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Harry awoke the next morning after having a rather peaceful night's sleep. He retrieved his glasses from the bedside table and put them on. The clock next to his bed said 8:30 am. Harry jumped out of bed and got dressed very quickly. He ran downstairs and into the kitchen where Vernon was barely hidden behind a newspaper, Dudley had taken his spot in front of the TV and Petunia was looking rather impatient.
"Toast, boy? What do you think you were playing at! Dudley is a growing boy, he can't live on toast and jelly alone!" Petunia nagged as Harry opened the refrigerator and pulled out about 10 eggs. Harry paused for a moment, still bent over in the refrigerator. He shoved the eggs back onto the shelf, as half of them spilled back out onto the floor, and turned to stare Petunia square in the face.
"Growing boy? From the looks of it, he's grown twice as much as a normal person! It would do him some good to cook his own breakfast for once. Sweat off some of that fat you think is muscle! Oh and by the way, maybe you should look into where your sweet baby Duddy-kins goes every evening. I promise it's not to Piers for a cup of tea!" With that, Harry slammed the refrigerator door shut, and stormed out of the kitchen. Vernon and Petunia stared after him in shock of what he had said about Dudley. Both their heads slowly turned toward Dudley, who stared at his parents in wide-eyed amazement.
Harry opened the door to his bedroom and went over to his trunk. He haphazardly threw his belongings in, just wanting to get it done and out of this horrible place. After he had done a last scan of his room to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything, he closed his trunk and locked it. Just as he had done this, Harry heard a knock on the front door. He went to the top of the stairs as he heard Uncle Vernon get up and waddle to the door. Harry couldn't see who was on the other side of the door when Vernon opened it.
"Good morning, Mr. Dursley. We're here for Harry." Came a male voice from the other side of the door. There was a long silence as Vernon stood at the door staring at the strangers in front of him. He slowly swung the door all the way open, revealing the stairs to the two strangers. The man smiled and nodded his thanks to Vernon and entered the house and walked over to the stairs. A large grin crept across Harry's face for the first time in months as his eyes laid on his dear friends Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. Remus and Tonks looked up from the bottom of the stairs and both smiled at Harry.
"Wotcher, Harry!" Tonks said smiling. Harry smiled back at her.
"Hey, Tonks, Professor Lupin." They both began climbing the stairs. Harry moved out of the way and led them both into his room.
"So are you all packed?" Tonks asked looking around his room, and finding the mirror inside his closet door. She examined her bright blue shoulder length hair, which then turned into a short, spiky acid green do. Harry nodded, which Tonks caught in the mirror.
"Excellent. Let's just get your stuff and we'll be out of here!" Remus said with a smile. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry's trunk. It shrunk to the size of a game piece, and he placed it in his pocket. He then moved over to Hedwig's empty cage and shrunk it as well. Tonks walked over to the chest Hedwig's cage was on and unfastened the silver chain around her neck, and adding Hedwig's cage to it as if it were a pendent, and refastened the chain.
"How are we getting there?" Harry asked.
"Dumbledore's set up a portkey that's going to take us just outside of headquarters." Remus laughed at the expression of pure dread on Harry's face. Harry hated portkeys.
Harry, Tonks, and Remus landed about a block away from #12 Grimmauld Place. They began walking in the direction of Headquarters in silence.
So Harry, anything new with you since the summer began?" Tonks piped up as they walked poignantly toward the Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.
"Nope, nothing apart from being locked in my room 'most all of the time till this morning" He replied. They reached the front door of #12 Grimmauld Place and Harry's mind was flooded with memories from just one year ago when he first arrived at his late godfather's home. Any happiness Harry had felt leaving the Dursley's was now gone and replaced with anger and sadness.
'What were they thinking bringing me here? This isn't just Headquarters! This was Sirius's home. Did they think this was going to make me happy?' Harry thought to himself as Remus knocked on the door. A small hole in the door opened and Harry could see an eye peaking through it. They heard the sounds of locks being undone and the door swung open. Molly Weasley stood before them beaming. She ushered the three travelers inside, while holding her finger to her lips, asking them to be quiet. The three entered the house and Molly shut the door. Molly led the way out of the now very loud hallway (Tonks had tripped over the umbrella stand, cursing loudly, which woke the painting of Sirius's mother on the wall). Ron and Hermione came wheeling around the corner to see what all the noise was.
"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, throwing her arms around Harry's neck. Harry smiled and returned the embrace. Tonks looked away from her task of helping Remus and Molly pull the curtains over Mrs. Black at Harry and Hermione hugging. Her smile immediately turned to a frown.
'What's wrong with me? I should be happy for him; he hasn't seen her all summer. He must have been so lonely. Why, then, am I not happy that Harry's reunited with his friends? Am I jealous? No. I couldn't be jealous. What's there to be jealous about?' Tonks thought to herself.
'Perhaps, you would rather be the one Harry has his arms wrapped around.' A voice answered back.
'Don't be silly! He's just a boy. Granted, only five years younger than me, but still. I couldn't be jealous.' Tonks felt a jolt in her stomach as she saw Hermione kiss Harry on the cheek. 'Oh my God! I am jealous!' Tonks quickly turned away from the three students and jumped back in to help Molly and Remus.