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Amscray- Yeah, Sirius scares me sometimes, but I like him because he was one of Harry's dad's friends. He is also kind of 'fatherly' to Harry. He has his reasons for what he wrote in his letter. You'll find out about that later. : )
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Chapter 24- On to Hogwarts Again
"Welcome back, Harry!" Mrs. Weasley cried and gave him a tight hug.
"Thanks, Mrs. Weasley." Harry replied.
"We were wondering when you'll be back so we can start the fireworks." Bill grinned.
"How did it go, dear?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"It went pretty well, actually. Better than I expected." Harry thought that Mr. Chang was going to blast him through a door, make it look like an accident and Harry will be stuck in Azkaban for the rest of his life for property damage or something.
Ginny gave Harry a smile. "Welcome back, Harry."
Harry grinned at Ginny. "Hi, Gin."
Fred took hold of a firework and his wand.
"George? Aren't you going to help?" his mother asked.
"No." George answered and gave a huff.
Mrs. Weasley sighed. "I wish you boys would just put it behind you."
"He went to the dance with my girl, mum!" George suddenly yelled.
"I asked her first! It was your fault for wai----"
"How am I supposed to even get a chance when you stalk her all the tim----"
"I am not a stalker!"
"Yes you are and----"
"I am not a stalker!"
"You bloody git! Why can't you realize that Katie is only interested in me and----"
"I am not a stalker!"
"Boys!" Mrs. Weasley said with sharp anger. "It's Christmas!"
"Yeah, cut it out." Charlie said impatiently. "Let's light the fire works. Give me one of those, I'll light one."
"Now it has to be completely dark in order for us to get the good effects."
"Indoor fireworks?" said Harry.
"Don't worry, completely safe." Fred grinned.
Mr. Weasley pulled out his wand. "Molly dear, perhaps you ought to sit a little more to the left. You're too close to the fireworks. I don't want them to accidentally burn you."
Mrs. Weasley got up and traded places with George.
Mr. Weasley gave a swish of his wand and the room became so dark you couldn't see anything.
One second later----
"Ouch!"
"Quit stepping on my toe!"
"I'm not stepping on your toe!"
"ARG! Who's hand just touched me!" that was Ron's voice.
"Will you children just be quiet?" Mrs. Weasley's irritated voice came about. "I'm so tired of hearing you fuss all the time!"
There was an immediate "shhhh!" coming from someone and then another person said, "you shhhhhh!"
"Why don't you shhhhhhh?!"
"You do realize," a voice that sounded like Ginny said. "that we are making more noise going 'shhhhh' than actually being quiet?"
"Shhhhhh!" six voices greeted her.
Within a moment, bright red and green lights filled the room as fireworks danced around and firework after firework were lit.
After about half an hour, the show was over, and Mr. Weasley restored all the light in the room.
"What a day!" Mrs. Weasley said. "Bill, you start the shower."
"Why can't I start the shower for once?" Ron asked. "I always get the coldest water."
"Because you are the smallest son and no one cares about you." Said Fred.
Mrs. Weasley gave Fred a look.
"Alright Ron, why don't we do it backwards this time? Ginny, you first, then Ron and then Fred and then George and Charlie and last, Bill."
"What about Harry?" Fred or George said.
"Oh! Dear, dear me." Mrs. Weasley said. "Guests first! Harry, dear, take a nice fluffy towel with you. They are in the closet by the bathroom."
"It's alright Mrs. Weasley, I can wait." Harry replied.
"No, I insist, please." Mrs. Weasley persisted.
"Okay." Harry went up the stairs to the little bathroom on the right. The Weasleys had nine little toothbrushes neatly hung by two little cups on the sink. A bar of soap and shampoo rested by the bathtub.
"Ron!" hissed a voice. "Come here."
"What?" Ron turned around and saw George.
"I want to show you something." George grinned.
"Okay, what is----ARG!!!" Ron screamed. "PUT IT AWAY!"
"What is that racket?" Mrs. Weasley demanded coming up the stairs.
"Nothing, mum, just showing Ron something."
"Get that spider out of my face!" Ron yelled.
"Are you scaring my poor Ron?" Mrs. Weasley demanded. She came to Ron in the hallway.
"Mom!" Ron said. "I'm not a 'poor' Ron!"
"Aww, little Ronniekins is mommy's littlest boy." George teased.
"Where is that spider?" Mrs. Weasley said with a sort of dangerous look on her face.
George's grin immediately dropped. "Just a joke, mum." He pulled out a little spider crawling on his palm.
Mrs. Weasley dropped it and stepped on it. "I don't want to hear another sound!" she finished just as another boom went off downstairs.
* *
The next week passed by far too quickly for Harry. Everyday was full of exciting adventures that he surely would never experience at the Dursleys. Finally, the last day of holiday arrived.
Mrs. Weasley got up early to cook pancakes and sausage for all of them and then told everyone to pack up their trunks.
All of the sudden a great whoosh of water came from the upstairs bathroom.
"OH NO THEY DID NOT!" Mrs. Weasley said. "Not another exploding toilet!"
Harry and Ron grinned at each other across the table, quickly hiding their smiles when Mrs. Weasley turned to face them.
"ARTHUR!" Mrs. Weasley called.
"Yes, dear?" Mr. Weasley came down to the kitchen.
"Your sons," Mrs. Weasley said wearily. "Are causing another exploding toilet. Get them down now." And then without waiting, called, "FRED AND GEORGE! YOU GET YOUR BUTTS DOWN HERE!"
Fred and George appeared with little innocent smiles. "Hello, mother, lovely day."
"Don't you try that with me!" Mrs. Weasley said. "Have you two made up?"
"No," George said. "Fred tried to make the toilet explode while he thought I was in the bathroom, but it turned out to the Ginny."
Everyone stared at this comment for awhile and then----
"Well, whatever the reason was, I want you two to mow the lawn and feed the chickens, now! And stay outside until I tell you to come in! That will be a long time, mister!"
Mrs. Weasley glared down on her sons, who cowered down on their mother's face.
"Alright, alright, mum." They said and went outside.
"Arthur, will you do the rest of the dishes and clean up?" Mrs. Weasley asked, but it was more of an order.
"Yes, dear." Mr. Weasley said kindly.
As soon as Mrs. Weasley left the kitchen, Mr. Weasley tiptoed to the backyard door, and opened it. Fred and George were standing outside smiling at their father.
"Thanks dad," they whispered.
"ARTHUR!" a roar came from the other room.
Mr. Weasley swung the door shut in Fred and George's faces.
Mrs. Weasley marched back to the kitchen immediately. "Now don't you try to give in on those boys! They've been getting away with more than they should."
"Of course, dear." Mr. Weasley said, nodding frantically at his wife, who was wearing a menacing look on her face.
"And I am not too pleased with you either."
"What are you saying?" Mr. Weasley asked innocently.
"Guess what I just saw?"
Mr. Weasley shrugged his shoulders in what hoped to be a curious look.
"I KNOW ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLE!"
"I-I don't know what you're referring to----"
"The one in the GARAGE? That you and Bill and Charlie have been 'secretly' working on?"
"Calm down, Molly, I was simply experimenting a Muggle vehicle and----"
"Arthur Weasley you know it is illegal to operate a Muggle vehicle after changing the engine with a wizard's magic!"
"Well, you see, dear, I wasn't going to intend to ride the motorcycle---"
"Oh yes you were! You were going to not 'ride' it like with that car a few years ago!" Mrs. Weasley swelled with anger.
"Let's exit the kitchen." Ron whispered to Harry. The two boys went upstairs to finish packing their trunks.
Within an hour, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley called up all their children who were going to Hogwarts to get ready. Bill and Charlie kissed their mother goodbye and Disapparated back to their houses.
At the train station, Mrs. Weasley reached into her large purse and pulled out sandwiches for all of them.
"Here you go, Ron, dear." She said handing a couple to Ron and then to Harry.
She then kissed all of them as they got ready to board the train.
"Goodness, Arthur," a soft voice came from behind Mr. Weasley, "just when I thought your family cannot become any poorer, there you go drowning in unpaid bills again."
"Lucius, what do you want?" Mr. Weasley said irritably.
Mrs. Weasley kept a hand on Ginny's shoulder as Fred and George frowned at the Malfoy family.
Mr. Malfoy eyed the Weasleys and Harry.
"Taking in an orphan boy, Arthur? When your family already have so many children." Lucius said coldly.
Mr. Weasley flushed a deep color of red. Then he turned to his wife and children and Harry.
"Come along, now, up the train you go." He said, trying to keep his voice normal.
"Thank you, Mr. Weasley." Harry said shaking Mr. Weasley's hand.
"No problem, Harry. We are always glad to have you." He said bidding Harry goodbye.
"And thank you, Mrs. Weasley." Harry now faced Mrs. Weasley.
"You're welcome, dear! Hope you had a Merry Christmas at the Burrow!" Mrs. Weasley said clutching Harry close to her chest. "I know that we don't have much, but I hope you had a good time." She smiled at Harry.
"Of course, Mrs. Weasley! That was the best Christmases I've had!"
"Oh, you dear." Mrs. Weasley said, kissing Harry's cheek as Harry boarded the train.
Five minutes later, Harry and Ron were waving out the train's window at Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley had a large handkerchief out and she was wiping her tears.
"Behave yourselves!" she called. "Have a good term!"
Hermione appeared in the room a few moments later with her trunk.
"Happy Christmas." She said cheerfully.
"Hello, Hermione." Harry greeted. "How was your holiday?"
"It was lovely." Hermione replied. "Ron had a good time over, didn't you, Ron?"
"Yup." Ron said in an unconvincing tone.
"Oh yeah, how was it?" Harry asked.
Ron muttered something inaudible.
"What?" Harry asked.
"Her father scares me," he said, his cheeks pink.
Harry snorted. "Ha! Now you know how I feel!"
"Well, it's just very quiet at Hermione's house. I'm not used to such quietness, it was strange." Ron said.
"Harry!" called a voice.
Harry turned to face Cho. He immediately got up with a grin to greet her. Cho was wearing the sweater Mrs. Weasley knitted. Harry, being smart for once, commented, "You look so nice."
"Thank you." Cho replied. She looked at Harry with sparkles in her eyes. "Will you come to my room for a minute? My friends went down to see Roger Davies for awhile."
A couple of whistles were heard and Harry looked up to see Seamus and Dean waving wildly in the doorway and nudging each other with smirks on their faces. They disappeared rather quickly.
"Sure." Harry answered, trying to avoid Ron's winks.
Harry walked with Cho to her room. As she ran her fingers through her hair, he remembered the picture in the locket.
"Cho," said Harry softly. "You look strikingly similar to Rowena."
"Hermione said that to me." Cho said sitting down.
Harry continued to look at Cho for awhile. "Maybe I should show you the picture. I found it in the library within a book."
"Sure," Cho shrugged. She smiled at Harry again and leaned closer.
"Hope you had a happy holiday," Harry chirped, getting a little pink in the face. He suspected what Cho was about to do. "I played a little Quiddich with Ron and the next game is----"
"Shhh." Cho pressed a finger on Harry's lips.
They kissed.
And kissed again.
And once more.
When they broke apart, Harry was breathing a little harder and smiled down at Cho.
Just then, they heard footsteps outside the door and giggles.
"They're coming back." Cho whispered, smiling.
"I better go then." Harry said and got up.
"Good-bye, Harry, I'll see you later." Cho said.
"Bye, Cho."
Harry headed toward the door just as it opened. Maggie and Denise stepped into the room in mid conversation and then suddenly stopped as they saw Harry. They nudged each other and smiled and looked at Cho.
"Hello," Harry said politely. "I was just leaving."
"Alright, then." Maggie said cheerfully. "Bye Harry!"
"Bye." Harry left. He heard shrieks and whoops as soon as he walked out the door.
* *
Harry ate one of Mrs. Weasley's sandwiches when lunchtime came. It wasn't bad with some pastries and chocolate frogs.
Then he, Hermione, and Ron played exploding snap until the train pulled into the Hogsmeade station.
It was snowing and the air was very cold. Hogsmeade had decorations all around the shops' windows to light the way.
"Out of my way, scarhead!" Malfoy said roughly, pushing through. Crabbe and Goyle followed stupidly.
Ron reached up to yank Malfoy's robe but Malfoy was already gone.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed the big crowd up to the horse-less stagecoaches and they rode up to Hogwarts.
There was a great rush to reach the castle because it was so cold. The crowd swarmed up the steps to the entrance hall and flaming torches lighted the way to the Great Hall.
The Christmas decorations were still up and as magnificent as ever. Ron and Harry and Hermione found seats together in the Gryffindor table.
"Welcome back!" Dumbledore said to the students. "Welcome back from your holidays! I hope you all had as much fun as I did! Now we all have to get back to work." Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling. "Neverless, not tonight! Not just yet! Now I must say several things before the feast begins. 'Nummy!' 'Boozy!' 'Gasbit!' 'Hooph!' Thank you! Let the feast begin!"
Instantly, the golden plates and goblets filled with warm soups, casseroles, hot biscuits, and a variety of other foods.
Laughter and chatter filled the air, as everyone felt better after eating.
After the great feast, Ron, Harry, and Hermione went upstairs to their dormitory. All of the sudden, Harry's scar felt a burning pain. He had to stop walking and press his hand upon it for several moments before it went away.
"What was that?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"Nothing, nothing." Harry answered. His scar hasn't been hurting for several months now. "I'm fine."
"Harry, if your scar is burning again, perhaps you should see Dumbledore---"
"No, I'm fine. It's nothing." Harry said quickly. The day has been too good and the holidays were so much fun. He didn't want any trouble.
Over in the Ravenclaw dormitory, Cho suddenly bent over. "Ouch!" she cried and then placed her hand over her mouth to stop her voice.
"Cho? What's wrong?" Maggie asked, looking up.
"Nothing, I just….it was really funny…."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Cho said.
The pain didn't come again.
A/N: Next chapter is called 'Rowena Ravenclaw'. Also, I've posted another story on Fictionpress.net. It's called 'Chosen Family' and if you search for my name, you should be able to find it, if you're interested. : )