Disclaimer: If I'm JK Rowling, then Crabbe and Goyle are geniuses, Gilderoy Lockhart is the greatest DADA teacher ever and Voldemort is as harmless as teddy bear.

Ch. 3

Harry opened his eyes after what seemed to be mere moments, but had actually been several hours. As he got to his feet, he noticed Hedwig perched on the back of his chair. She was holding the response from Fred and George. He moved swiftly towards her and took the note. In it, the twins had written:

Harry-

We got the note and apparated to the Burrow immediately. We found her in her room sleeping soundly. Nothing to worry about over here, mate. Actually, we are more worried about you. Dumbledore has finally given us the okay to come and get you. We are coming at noon. Be in the living room, ready to go. We are traveling by portkey.

Yours very truly,

Glorious George and Fantastic Fred

Finishing off the letter, Harry felt happiness surging within him. He was leaving. He got to go to the Burrow after all. He began racing around his room, packing his trunk. Just as he was turning around to face the door, it swung open and Aunt Petunia stormed in to tell him to wake up. As they looked at each other, she shrieked, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE????" Harry looked at her as if she had 3 heads (A/N: Almost like Fluffy) and then it dawned on him. He moved his hand to his head and began to feel his forehead. When his fingers reached his scar, he felt something wet. As he brought his fingers down, he saw that the tips had become all bloody. Shoving his aunt out of the way and ran to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror, he saw to his horror that his scar had split open and was still trying to heal. Swearing silently to himself, he grabbed a towel and began to clean his forehead and wash away the blood. Suddenly, he felt his stomach jolt again and he found himself on the bathroom floor retching. Aunt Petunia called for Uncle Vernon and they both went running (well, Vernon waddled) into the bathroom to find Harry curled up in the fetal position laughing like a maniac.

Uncle Vernon roared, "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE, YOU UNNATURAL LITTLE FREAK!"

Aunt Petunia was a little smarter than that and ran to Harry's room. She found the note from the twins and flipped it over. On the parchment, she wrote:

HELP! The little freak has gone mad!

With that written, she gave it to Hedwig and said, "Take it to those nasty people who threatened us at the train station." If Hedwig didn't understand, she gave no signs of showing it. The owl flew out of the room and off into the distance. A mere ten minutes later, Albus Dumbledore walked up the front yard of number 4, Privet Drive and past a shocked Dudley on his way up the stairs. He walked calmly past Petunia and Vernon, only giving them a slight nod, and walked into the bathroom. In there, he found Harry curled up in the same position still, but now sobbing as a child would. He knelt down next to Harry. Whimpering, Harry, let Dumbledore clean him up and even though Albus was a very frail looking man, he picked Harry up and rocked him to a peaceful slumber.

Hey guys!

I'm so sorry that this was a short one, but wrote it in my STATs class today, so I didn't really have time to write a lot. I know that you are all waiting for a Ginny/Harry relationship, but this one is going to take a while. I hate it when the relationship burns out to fast. A sneak peek at what is coming up: Harry gets to go to the Burrow and we find out what is wrong with everyone's favourite redhead.