Disclaimer: Read the first one.
Thanks for the reviews. Okay so there weren't many(probably my fault as at the moment I'm not
really leaving people that much time to post a review) but the ones that are there are great
thanks. Special Thanks to:
Mabel Weasley: Hope you keep reviewing, cos after reading your fics, reviews from an excellent
writer such as yourself are much appreciated! But I don't see why you don't like Harry and Ginny
fics, they're meant to be together! I hope your not too sickened by the whole blood thing, I
noticed you mentioned that...
Katie: Your wish is my command! This chapter is not all Ginny and Harry but a look deeper into his
dark side. You'll have to wait until the next chapter for a deeper insight into hers!
Also to Harrysgirl: That would be telling wouldn't it. Wait and see, I might just surprise you!
Chapter 5.
Unexpected guests.
Ginny woke up in the morning with a huge smile on her face that she couldn't get rid of, not
even when she had to hurriedly change her bed sheets in case her mother came in. She was in
the middle of doing this when she felt a pair of eyes on her. She had been so busy thinking
about every detail of her wonderful dream last night that she hadn't noticed Hermione waking
up behind her. She turned to look at Hermione who looked as if she was caught between being
horrified, by the mess on her sheets or amused. Either way she looked very uncomfortable. Ginny
looked at her still smiling and let out a school girl giggle before rolling up her soiled sheets
into a ball and throwing them into a wash basket in the corner. She smiled at Hermione again
and trotted out of the room. She then ran back in and covered herself as she remembered that
she had no clothes on. This made Hermione smile as Ginny ran about the room startled into finding
some clothes. Ginny noticed that Hermione was watching her very closely. She thought about asking
her why she was staring when Hermione spoke instead.
"Have a good sleep last night?" she asked with a sly grin on her face. Ginny just smiled at her
and blushed, "Or did you have someone in here with you that I wasn't aware of?" At this Ginny
shot up off the bed, the bra she had been in the middle of fastening falling off onto the floor.
"What kind of question is that?" she said, trying to sound confident, but instead managing to
sound like someone with a secret that had just been found out. Hermione's grin started to get
wider.
"What are you so happy about?" she asked innocently, "I mean to say, I haven't seen you this
happy since you got here. What did you do last night?" she said, subconsciously glancing at the
wash basket. Ginny stuttered and fell back onto the bed as she tried to hurriedly pull her
clothes on.
"It has nothing to do with last night," she shouted, her voice sounding muffled because she
pulled a jumper over her head to hide the look on her face. When she could see Hermione again she
got up and looked at her pointedly, "It is in fact the surprise party for Harry today, in case
you'd forgotten. I just want his day to be special, that's all," she said not quite understanding
herself! "If he does enjoy it then I'm not going to be the one to ruin it for him by moping about
the house all day. Okay!" Without waiting for a response she flew out of the room hoping that
Hermione accepted her answer.
~~~~~~~~~~
Ron woke quietly and pulled on his jeans and sweater in complete silence. He looked over to Harry
still sleeping in his bed and smiled. He had woken to Harry pacing about the room late last night
and he was sure that he had stayed up like that for a good two hours after he went back to sleep.
That meant that it would be safe to leave him here; he would probably sleep through the racket
they were going to make downstairs. Just in case though he took out his wand and pointed it at
the bed. It was a little privilege of having finished your OWL's at Hogwarts that you were aloud
to do spells which came under a certain grade. He pointed the wand at Harry's bed and surrounding
area and whispered "Silentio..." This word enacted a spell that would make sure no sound got to
Harry until he was awake. He would probably notice that the spell had been enacted then and it
would lose its power. He smiled at his friend.
"Your first proper birthday party Harry!" he whispered, forgetting that Harry couldn't hear
anything, "We'll make it special for you my friend..." and he left the room closing the door
quietly.
~~~~~~~~~~
As soon as Hermione had got down stairs she felt as if she had been transported into another
world. The ceiling was covered in balloons of all shapes and sizes that floated around in
pre-determined routines, held there by magic. There were floating candles everywhere and they
parted and swirled around her as she walked slowly forward. Mrs. Weasley was still magically
setting the table as she walked on and she was about to help her when there was a knock at the
door. She opened it to a sight she hadn't seen in a long time. There stood Bill and Charlie,
both wearing their work clothes and both with wide grins on their faces. Their faces dropped to
looks of astonishment however when they got a good look at her.
"Hermione girl..." said Bill as he hugged her and then stepped back, "You grew up!" The look of
astonishment on their faces was almost enough to bring tears to their eyes as she hugged them
both again. The Weasley boys always knew how to make her feel special. They picked her up and
moved her out of the way and then put her down next to the table. It took Mrs. Weasley; who was
very busy, a second to notice that they were there. When she did she let out a cry of joy and ran
to grab her boys in a big Weasley hug. When they let go they were almost bowled over by a flash
of arms and red hair as Ginny ran headlong into them and tried to hug around both of them at once.
They looked at her and smiled awkwardly, but then they looked around for someone. Bill bent in
close to Hermione's ear and whispered, "She hasn't had any interest from boys yet has she?"
"Only one," she said smiling, "and I don't think you'll have to worry about him." Bill; looking
satisfied that his over-protective big brother bit was done, smiled at her as she felt arms grasping
her from behind.
"Weren't trying to steal me away from her already were you Bill?" said Ron as he kissed the back
of Hermione's head. Bill looked at him and smiled.
"Oh no little brother," he said with an evil grin on his face, "I'm saving that for later!"
Hermione expected Ron to blow up and try and kill him, but they both started laughing and Ron
embraced them both like the brothers they were.
"How long have we got before Harry comes down?" Ginny asked Ron, and she saw a strange smile on
her face.
"He'll be out for a few hours yet. And we don't have to keep it down; I put a silencing charm on
his bed..."
~~~~~~~~~~
Harry walked through a house with no doors, that looked somehow familiar to him. He had seen it
before but he couldn't remember where. He stroked his hand along the smooth wall until he felt
something wet on his fingers. He turned his hand over and saw blood on his fingers. He looked
back along the wall and saw four finger size trails of blood stretching back until he couldn't
see the end of the corridor. He almost screamed as he jumped back into the opposite wall but
jumped again as he hit something wet. He looked around to see that blood had started running down
the walls. His head started spinning, the heady metallic smell attacked his senses almost making
him sick; it had never had that effect on him before, apart from that one time...
He twirled around looking but he already knew that she was there. She was standing there naked
staring at him with those deep blue eyes, her black hair strewn about her head as if she had just
been running or exercising, or... he knew where he was instantly, but as he tried to get away she
was there, her hands grasped his arms. Suddenly he didn't want to move anymore, he felt himself
smiling at her, and he felt his head moving towards her. He could feel his mouth opening as he
started to kiss her neck. In a second he had bitten, blood flowed into his mouth and he delighted
in it, never had he felt pleasure like that. Suddenly he was hit in the stomach, and he keeled
over, cradling his abdomen and spitting blood onto the already wet floor. He looked up but he
didn't see her. The girl no longer stood there. Instead, she had been replaced by an even more
beautiful girl, whose neck bled all over her naked body. She looked up and brushed her long red
hair out of her face and he was looking at Ginny.
"Why Harry..." she croaked, blood streaming from her mouth as she coughed, "I loved you..." as
she fell onto the floor dead, Harry started to scream...
~~~~~~~~~~
Harry shot up in his bed still screaming. It took him a few minutes to realise that he wasn't
there anymore, he was in Ron's house, not that dark wretched place. He looked around the bright
orange room and smiled. This was definitely Ron's bedroom and he was safe here. But Ron wasn't
there. By his reckoning it was about noon, so Ron should have been still sleeping. It was only on
special occasions that Ron ever woke up before him. He was also surprised at how quiet it was.
There were almost always a few birds outside the window chirping happily, and he could always
hear stuff going on downstairs. Almost as soon as he thought about it, sound washed over him like
a flood and he was bowled over by the sound of birds flying about outside. It took him a while to
distinguish their shrill whistles, from the noise of activity downstairs, which sounded like
everyone was trying to eat breakfast from the same bowl. He suddenly realised that no one had
come to see him when he was screaming because someone had put a silencing charm on his bed, "But
why would they do that?" he thought as he swung his legs over and placed them heavily on the
floor. It was a good thing that he was a quick dresser because just as he finished putting his
baggy black trousers on Hermione came bounding through the door. It was a mark of how much last
summer had affected him that he didn't scream at her for running in when he could have been
naked. Instead he just looked up at her and smiled. Before he could ask her who had put a
silencing charm on her bed she sat down next to him and looked at him, her eyes searching for
something to say to him.
"Before you go down..." she said, her eyes searching the room in desperation, still looking for
something to say, "I just wanted to know exactly what happened with that last girl. The one you
have nightmares about?" she asked sounding desperate, the question had probably been the furthest
from her mind. Harry just looked at her and smiled weakly. He really didn't want to talk about
this right now. He wasn't ready, and after those two dreams last night, he was scared.
"I've had a bad night Hermione, dreams that seemed so real... I'm really not in the mood to talk
about this right now," he said, his eyes pleading with her to let him go. But now he had given her
an opening, something to play with and question him about.
"What were the dreams about?" he knew she was going to ask this question but he still dreaded
answering it. He had hoped that talking to Hermione and Ron about the summer would have stopped
them, made them all go away, but he had been wrong. Now Ginny was involved, though he didn't know
how, and he was afraid things were going to get worse before long. He told Hermione about the last
dream first, how he had felt like she had some kind of power over him and how she had turned into
Ginny. This however didn't seem to phase Hermione, even when he told her about the blood drinking.
But when he told her about the first dream; not leaving a detail out, she just smiled.
"I thought so..." she said as she got up and knelt down in front of him, "The first one is nothing
to be afraid of. You like Ginny! Ok so I think this summer has tainted your view of what normal sex
is like but the message is the same. You like Ginny!" she squealed and hugged him. But Harry was
scared of this to. He got up and started pacing the room.
"I can't like Ginny, it wouldn't work, I've changed, Ron wouldn't let us, and she doesn't feel the
same way!" with the last statement he sat back down. Saying it out loud had made him realised how
many real problems there now were. Hermione however, just smiled at him in disbelief.
"You've got to be kidding me! Ginny Weasley! The girl who very nearly did start the Harry Potter fan
club in our second year! The Ginny Weasley who spent every day for the four years after that asking
me why you didn't fancy her. The Ginny Weasley who spent every waking moment with you last year,
because Ron and I were pretty much oblivious to anyone! The Ginny Weasl..." she stopped herself for
saying any more and realised she had already said too much. She found herself happy that Harry was
in a depressed state when he turned to her, with hope in her eyes.
"That was then, this is now. Has she said anything about me recently?" he asked looking for an answer
in Hermione's eyes. Hermione shrugged but put an encouraging tone in her voice.
"Since her time spent with you last year she's become a lot more closed about her feelings and
herself, obviously a trait she picked up from you! I can't get anything out of her," she said,
hoping Harry would believe her. Harry knew what he was like; he never told people his problems or
his fears if he thought he could deal with them himself. He just looked at Hermione and waited,
hoping that the sadness on his face was enough to make her disclose anything, "I'm sure she still
likes you though," she said a sly smile starting to creep across her face, "In fact if you follow me
downstairs, you'll see what she's arranged for you and you'll be sure of it to," she said as she got
up, gave him a peck on the cheek and skipped out of the room. Harry was suddenly intrigued. He rushed
to get himself dressed and was about to run downstairs when he noticed the letter for Sirius still
laying there on the sideboard. He got Hedwig out of his cage quickly and tied the letter to his leg.
He gave Hedwig an Owl treat and let him go out of the window, before running out of his door and down
the stairs. He didn't notice Hedwig turn sharply a few feet from the window and fly around and down to
the front driveway.
~~~~~~~~~~
"SURPRISE!" all the Weasley clan screamed as he hit the foot of the stairs. He looked up to see them
all standing around the table, Ginny and her mother covered in flower but then boys stood there raising
huge tankards of foaming butter beer, "A very late Happy Birthday to you Harry!" at this Harry felt as
if he was going to cry. Everyone just smiled at him and the look in their eyes; one of familial love
and friendship just sent him over the edge. He knew that this was the best Birthday; however late it was,
he had ever had. Nothing could top it off now...
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Mrs. Weasley motioned for Harry to join them as she walked
towards the door, brushing her self down but Ginny grabbed her arm.
"No mum!" she called, letting a strange smile play across her face, "I think it's for Harry. Let him get it,"
with that she pulled her mum back and motioned for Harry to open the door. He looked at her, confusion
showing on his face and headed for the door. As soon as he opened the door he was confronted by a mass of
white feathers it took a while to focus on.
"Hedwig?" he said confused as he looked behind the Owl. All however became clear as he looked into the
face of his old DADA professor and family friend Remus Lupin. Hedwig was sent flying into the house as
Harry pushed passed to hug Remus like a much loved uncle he hadn't seen in a long time. Remus just
smiled and held Harry, the tears that had been welling up in his eyes now running down his face, "What
are you doing here?" Harry asked as he finally broke the embrace. Remus silently passed him Ginny's
letter and they moved into the House as he read it. He looked up smiling widely looking from face to
face to find that Ginny was nowhere to be seen. He was about to ask where she was when Hedwig flew to
his arm and gave him a nip on the ear. Harry noticed suddenly that Hedwig didn't have the letter. He
turned on Remus quickly, "Why did Hedwig come to you?" he asked shocked, what had happened to Sirius?
"Oh yes! Mr and Mrs. Weasley, I was wondering if it would be alright to bring my pet dog inside, it has
been a long journey and he's quite cold," as Mrs. Weasley nodded smiling, Remus whistled out the front door.
Harry was almost immediately bowled over by a big black mass of hair. He looked up into the mouth of a dog
that held his letter. He looked further up to see the smiling eyes of a dog he knew quite well, "Allow me
to introduce Padfoot," Harry smiled as he looked up into the deep brown eyes of Sirius Black!
Thanks for the reviews. Okay so there weren't many(probably my fault as at the moment I'm not
really leaving people that much time to post a review) but the ones that are there are great
thanks. Special Thanks to:
Mabel Weasley: Hope you keep reviewing, cos after reading your fics, reviews from an excellent
writer such as yourself are much appreciated! But I don't see why you don't like Harry and Ginny
fics, they're meant to be together! I hope your not too sickened by the whole blood thing, I
noticed you mentioned that...
Katie: Your wish is my command! This chapter is not all Ginny and Harry but a look deeper into his
dark side. You'll have to wait until the next chapter for a deeper insight into hers!
Also to Harrysgirl: That would be telling wouldn't it. Wait and see, I might just surprise you!
Chapter 5.
Unexpected guests.
Ginny woke up in the morning with a huge smile on her face that she couldn't get rid of, not
even when she had to hurriedly change her bed sheets in case her mother came in. She was in
the middle of doing this when she felt a pair of eyes on her. She had been so busy thinking
about every detail of her wonderful dream last night that she hadn't noticed Hermione waking
up behind her. She turned to look at Hermione who looked as if she was caught between being
horrified, by the mess on her sheets or amused. Either way she looked very uncomfortable. Ginny
looked at her still smiling and let out a school girl giggle before rolling up her soiled sheets
into a ball and throwing them into a wash basket in the corner. She smiled at Hermione again
and trotted out of the room. She then ran back in and covered herself as she remembered that
she had no clothes on. This made Hermione smile as Ginny ran about the room startled into finding
some clothes. Ginny noticed that Hermione was watching her very closely. She thought about asking
her why she was staring when Hermione spoke instead.
"Have a good sleep last night?" she asked with a sly grin on her face. Ginny just smiled at her
and blushed, "Or did you have someone in here with you that I wasn't aware of?" At this Ginny
shot up off the bed, the bra she had been in the middle of fastening falling off onto the floor.
"What kind of question is that?" she said, trying to sound confident, but instead managing to
sound like someone with a secret that had just been found out. Hermione's grin started to get
wider.
"What are you so happy about?" she asked innocently, "I mean to say, I haven't seen you this
happy since you got here. What did you do last night?" she said, subconsciously glancing at the
wash basket. Ginny stuttered and fell back onto the bed as she tried to hurriedly pull her
clothes on.
"It has nothing to do with last night," she shouted, her voice sounding muffled because she
pulled a jumper over her head to hide the look on her face. When she could see Hermione again she
got up and looked at her pointedly, "It is in fact the surprise party for Harry today, in case
you'd forgotten. I just want his day to be special, that's all," she said not quite understanding
herself! "If he does enjoy it then I'm not going to be the one to ruin it for him by moping about
the house all day. Okay!" Without waiting for a response she flew out of the room hoping that
Hermione accepted her answer.
~~~~~~~~~~
Ron woke quietly and pulled on his jeans and sweater in complete silence. He looked over to Harry
still sleeping in his bed and smiled. He had woken to Harry pacing about the room late last night
and he was sure that he had stayed up like that for a good two hours after he went back to sleep.
That meant that it would be safe to leave him here; he would probably sleep through the racket
they were going to make downstairs. Just in case though he took out his wand and pointed it at
the bed. It was a little privilege of having finished your OWL's at Hogwarts that you were aloud
to do spells which came under a certain grade. He pointed the wand at Harry's bed and surrounding
area and whispered "Silentio..." This word enacted a spell that would make sure no sound got to
Harry until he was awake. He would probably notice that the spell had been enacted then and it
would lose its power. He smiled at his friend.
"Your first proper birthday party Harry!" he whispered, forgetting that Harry couldn't hear
anything, "We'll make it special for you my friend..." and he left the room closing the door
quietly.
~~~~~~~~~~
As soon as Hermione had got down stairs she felt as if she had been transported into another
world. The ceiling was covered in balloons of all shapes and sizes that floated around in
pre-determined routines, held there by magic. There were floating candles everywhere and they
parted and swirled around her as she walked slowly forward. Mrs. Weasley was still magically
setting the table as she walked on and she was about to help her when there was a knock at the
door. She opened it to a sight she hadn't seen in a long time. There stood Bill and Charlie,
both wearing their work clothes and both with wide grins on their faces. Their faces dropped to
looks of astonishment however when they got a good look at her.
"Hermione girl..." said Bill as he hugged her and then stepped back, "You grew up!" The look of
astonishment on their faces was almost enough to bring tears to their eyes as she hugged them
both again. The Weasley boys always knew how to make her feel special. They picked her up and
moved her out of the way and then put her down next to the table. It took Mrs. Weasley; who was
very busy, a second to notice that they were there. When she did she let out a cry of joy and ran
to grab her boys in a big Weasley hug. When they let go they were almost bowled over by a flash
of arms and red hair as Ginny ran headlong into them and tried to hug around both of them at once.
They looked at her and smiled awkwardly, but then they looked around for someone. Bill bent in
close to Hermione's ear and whispered, "She hasn't had any interest from boys yet has she?"
"Only one," she said smiling, "and I don't think you'll have to worry about him." Bill; looking
satisfied that his over-protective big brother bit was done, smiled at her as she felt arms grasping
her from behind.
"Weren't trying to steal me away from her already were you Bill?" said Ron as he kissed the back
of Hermione's head. Bill looked at him and smiled.
"Oh no little brother," he said with an evil grin on his face, "I'm saving that for later!"
Hermione expected Ron to blow up and try and kill him, but they both started laughing and Ron
embraced them both like the brothers they were.
"How long have we got before Harry comes down?" Ginny asked Ron, and she saw a strange smile on
her face.
"He'll be out for a few hours yet. And we don't have to keep it down; I put a silencing charm on
his bed..."
~~~~~~~~~~
Harry walked through a house with no doors, that looked somehow familiar to him. He had seen it
before but he couldn't remember where. He stroked his hand along the smooth wall until he felt
something wet on his fingers. He turned his hand over and saw blood on his fingers. He looked
back along the wall and saw four finger size trails of blood stretching back until he couldn't
see the end of the corridor. He almost screamed as he jumped back into the opposite wall but
jumped again as he hit something wet. He looked around to see that blood had started running down
the walls. His head started spinning, the heady metallic smell attacked his senses almost making
him sick; it had never had that effect on him before, apart from that one time...
He twirled around looking but he already knew that she was there. She was standing there naked
staring at him with those deep blue eyes, her black hair strewn about her head as if she had just
been running or exercising, or... he knew where he was instantly, but as he tried to get away she
was there, her hands grasped his arms. Suddenly he didn't want to move anymore, he felt himself
smiling at her, and he felt his head moving towards her. He could feel his mouth opening as he
started to kiss her neck. In a second he had bitten, blood flowed into his mouth and he delighted
in it, never had he felt pleasure like that. Suddenly he was hit in the stomach, and he keeled
over, cradling his abdomen and spitting blood onto the already wet floor. He looked up but he
didn't see her. The girl no longer stood there. Instead, she had been replaced by an even more
beautiful girl, whose neck bled all over her naked body. She looked up and brushed her long red
hair out of her face and he was looking at Ginny.
"Why Harry..." she croaked, blood streaming from her mouth as she coughed, "I loved you..." as
she fell onto the floor dead, Harry started to scream...
~~~~~~~~~~
Harry shot up in his bed still screaming. It took him a few minutes to realise that he wasn't
there anymore, he was in Ron's house, not that dark wretched place. He looked around the bright
orange room and smiled. This was definitely Ron's bedroom and he was safe here. But Ron wasn't
there. By his reckoning it was about noon, so Ron should have been still sleeping. It was only on
special occasions that Ron ever woke up before him. He was also surprised at how quiet it was.
There were almost always a few birds outside the window chirping happily, and he could always
hear stuff going on downstairs. Almost as soon as he thought about it, sound washed over him like
a flood and he was bowled over by the sound of birds flying about outside. It took him a while to
distinguish their shrill whistles, from the noise of activity downstairs, which sounded like
everyone was trying to eat breakfast from the same bowl. He suddenly realised that no one had
come to see him when he was screaming because someone had put a silencing charm on his bed, "But
why would they do that?" he thought as he swung his legs over and placed them heavily on the
floor. It was a good thing that he was a quick dresser because just as he finished putting his
baggy black trousers on Hermione came bounding through the door. It was a mark of how much last
summer had affected him that he didn't scream at her for running in when he could have been
naked. Instead he just looked up at her and smiled. Before he could ask her who had put a
silencing charm on her bed she sat down next to him and looked at him, her eyes searching for
something to say to him.
"Before you go down..." she said, her eyes searching the room in desperation, still looking for
something to say, "I just wanted to know exactly what happened with that last girl. The one you
have nightmares about?" she asked sounding desperate, the question had probably been the furthest
from her mind. Harry just looked at her and smiled weakly. He really didn't want to talk about
this right now. He wasn't ready, and after those two dreams last night, he was scared.
"I've had a bad night Hermione, dreams that seemed so real... I'm really not in the mood to talk
about this right now," he said, his eyes pleading with her to let him go. But now he had given her
an opening, something to play with and question him about.
"What were the dreams about?" he knew she was going to ask this question but he still dreaded
answering it. He had hoped that talking to Hermione and Ron about the summer would have stopped
them, made them all go away, but he had been wrong. Now Ginny was involved, though he didn't know
how, and he was afraid things were going to get worse before long. He told Hermione about the last
dream first, how he had felt like she had some kind of power over him and how she had turned into
Ginny. This however didn't seem to phase Hermione, even when he told her about the blood drinking.
But when he told her about the first dream; not leaving a detail out, she just smiled.
"I thought so..." she said as she got up and knelt down in front of him, "The first one is nothing
to be afraid of. You like Ginny! Ok so I think this summer has tainted your view of what normal sex
is like but the message is the same. You like Ginny!" she squealed and hugged him. But Harry was
scared of this to. He got up and started pacing the room.
"I can't like Ginny, it wouldn't work, I've changed, Ron wouldn't let us, and she doesn't feel the
same way!" with the last statement he sat back down. Saying it out loud had made him realised how
many real problems there now were. Hermione however, just smiled at him in disbelief.
"You've got to be kidding me! Ginny Weasley! The girl who very nearly did start the Harry Potter fan
club in our second year! The Ginny Weasley who spent every day for the four years after that asking
me why you didn't fancy her. The Ginny Weasley who spent every waking moment with you last year,
because Ron and I were pretty much oblivious to anyone! The Ginny Weasl..." she stopped herself for
saying any more and realised she had already said too much. She found herself happy that Harry was
in a depressed state when he turned to her, with hope in her eyes.
"That was then, this is now. Has she said anything about me recently?" he asked looking for an answer
in Hermione's eyes. Hermione shrugged but put an encouraging tone in her voice.
"Since her time spent with you last year she's become a lot more closed about her feelings and
herself, obviously a trait she picked up from you! I can't get anything out of her," she said,
hoping Harry would believe her. Harry knew what he was like; he never told people his problems or
his fears if he thought he could deal with them himself. He just looked at Hermione and waited,
hoping that the sadness on his face was enough to make her disclose anything, "I'm sure she still
likes you though," she said a sly smile starting to creep across her face, "In fact if you follow me
downstairs, you'll see what she's arranged for you and you'll be sure of it to," she said as she got
up, gave him a peck on the cheek and skipped out of the room. Harry was suddenly intrigued. He rushed
to get himself dressed and was about to run downstairs when he noticed the letter for Sirius still
laying there on the sideboard. He got Hedwig out of his cage quickly and tied the letter to his leg.
He gave Hedwig an Owl treat and let him go out of the window, before running out of his door and down
the stairs. He didn't notice Hedwig turn sharply a few feet from the window and fly around and down to
the front driveway.
~~~~~~~~~~
"SURPRISE!" all the Weasley clan screamed as he hit the foot of the stairs. He looked up to see them
all standing around the table, Ginny and her mother covered in flower but then boys stood there raising
huge tankards of foaming butter beer, "A very late Happy Birthday to you Harry!" at this Harry felt as
if he was going to cry. Everyone just smiled at him and the look in their eyes; one of familial love
and friendship just sent him over the edge. He knew that this was the best Birthday; however late it was,
he had ever had. Nothing could top it off now...
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Mrs. Weasley motioned for Harry to join them as she walked
towards the door, brushing her self down but Ginny grabbed her arm.
"No mum!" she called, letting a strange smile play across her face, "I think it's for Harry. Let him get it,"
with that she pulled her mum back and motioned for Harry to open the door. He looked at her, confusion
showing on his face and headed for the door. As soon as he opened the door he was confronted by a mass of
white feathers it took a while to focus on.
"Hedwig?" he said confused as he looked behind the Owl. All however became clear as he looked into the
face of his old DADA professor and family friend Remus Lupin. Hedwig was sent flying into the house as
Harry pushed passed to hug Remus like a much loved uncle he hadn't seen in a long time. Remus just
smiled and held Harry, the tears that had been welling up in his eyes now running down his face, "What
are you doing here?" Harry asked as he finally broke the embrace. Remus silently passed him Ginny's
letter and they moved into the House as he read it. He looked up smiling widely looking from face to
face to find that Ginny was nowhere to be seen. He was about to ask where she was when Hedwig flew to
his arm and gave him a nip on the ear. Harry noticed suddenly that Hedwig didn't have the letter. He
turned on Remus quickly, "Why did Hedwig come to you?" he asked shocked, what had happened to Sirius?
"Oh yes! Mr and Mrs. Weasley, I was wondering if it would be alright to bring my pet dog inside, it has
been a long journey and he's quite cold," as Mrs. Weasley nodded smiling, Remus whistled out the front door.
Harry was almost immediately bowled over by a big black mass of hair. He looked up into the mouth of a dog
that held his letter. He looked further up to see the smiling eyes of a dog he knew quite well, "Allow me
to introduce Padfoot," Harry smiled as he looked up into the deep brown eyes of Sirius Black!