Chapter Two
The
drive took them all over an hour to get to their new home.
"We
are finally here. Our temporary home sweet home." Mr. Weasley
broke Ginny's thoughts as they arrived.
Harry was having one
of the worst days of the worst summer in his life. Ron and Hermione
hadn't answered any of his letters, and Aunt Petunia was freaking out
that they were getting new neighbors. She would be found looking out
the window most of the time spying to see if they were
coming.
"They're here!" Petunia's voice rang through
the house as, Dudley and Uncle Vernon arrived in their best and most
expensive attire. Harry was dressed in his normal baggy
clothes.
"Can't I at least introduce myself?" Harry
pleaded, "let them know I exist so they won't get suspect
anything if they see me?" he had Aunt Petunia hooked.
"Over
my dead body, boy! You're staying here." Uncle Vernon said,
sounding sure of himself.
Aunt Petunia squeaked, "Vernon
dear, just let him come. They new neighbors will surely hate him."
she turned to Harry "Don't speak unless spoken to. And you boy,
are to stay on the front porch of the house!"
Harry saw a flash of red hair that he thought was from a young girl either the same age as him or a year younger. The first thought that came into his mind when he saw her was, "Ginny?" Nah it can't be her, but maybe it could be her.
Then another red head boy that almost looked like, Ron, could it be. He thought.
As Petunia looked at the man and woman a smile crept across her face. She thought, I hope she and I will become close friends. Yeah, right like I need another friend on the block. She said to herself.
Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley approached the new neighbors. "Welcome to the neighborhood. My name is Petunia Dursley." She said holding out her hand to the woman.
Molly looked at the woman that resembled a giraffe, she had seen her before but didn't know where they had met. "Molly Weasley," she said.
Harry was getting a bit bored just standing on the porch of his home. He decided to go into the house and prepare dinner for his aunt, uncle and cousin. Harry entered the house and went into the kitchen, where he started to get the ingredients for a meatloaf out. Knowing his aunt, he knew that she would probably invite the new neighbors over for dinner.
So he said, "I need at least 4 pounds of meat."
When he opened the fridge there were at least 3-4 pounds of meat in the fridge already defrosted one thing that nobody knew was that Harry had learned how to do wandless magic. He had discovered this on his own by a mistake. And he had been practicing it over and over again with out his aunt and uncle knowing about it.
Harry took out the 3-4 pounds of ground turkey meat, ketchup, and eggs from the fridge he went to the cupboard and took out applesauce, breadcrumbs, he went into another cupboard and got a mixing bowl and a baking sheet, he then set the temp on the stove to about 350 while he prepared the meatloaves. He put in one pound of turkey meat, one egg, breadcrumbs, some applesauce and some ketchup he mixed it all together and poured the mixture onto a baking-sheet. (All I can say is try this recipe it is really good. I do not measure the ingredients so you would have to improvise with the measurements.) He then did the same steps 3 more times till there were four one pound loaves made and he put all of them into the oven to bake over an hour.
Petunia asked, "Why don't you and your family come over for dinner tonight that way we get to know each other."
Molly thought it over and thought that it was a good idea, they had just moved from the Burrow to start a new life as muggles for at least a month or two, and what better way to act like muggles are to become friends with muggles. "That would be great."
Ron stood by his mother and asked, "Mum, can I go into the house and write a letter to one of my friends at school?"
Molly said, "Yes of course, Ron. Do you have your pens and paper that I got you?"
"Yes, mum I do."
Molly handed him the key to the house and he let himself in. Ron sat on the floor and started to write. The furniture had not yet arrived since Percy and the twins were going to bring it over later.
Dear Harry,
Guess what? We are no longer at the Burrow but we moved for a month or two away from home. Everything is doing just fine though. The only thing that I can tell you is that we are in a town that sounds like a place that old people live. I believe the two is called Little Whining in a city called Surry.
From Your Best Mate,
Ron
Ron put the letter in an envelop just when a thought occurred to him, how was he going to mail the letter, he was not allowed to bring Pig with him to the muggle world. Then he remembered something that Hermione had said to him. Something about a mailbox.
He went back outside and walked back to his mum and his neighbor and asked her, "Where would the nearest mailbox be?"
Petunia said, "See that blue box over there that's it."
Ron went back across the street and put the letter into the box.
He then had to go to the bathroom and asked, "Mom, I have to use the loo."
Molly turned to him and looked at him and said, "Ron the water hasn't been turned on yet. We just got here."
Petunia seeing the look on the young boy's face said, "You can use the one in the house. Just go in the door and enter the living room and it is right through the door there."
Ron went into the house and walked right into the living room. He opened the only door that he saw, and what he saw amazed him.
It looked like a broom closet or some kind of cupboard. He entered the room and looked around there was a makings of an old bed, with some shelves in the back. It looked like something that Harry had once told him in his first year. Then he thought Could this be his house.