He arrived at a small motel in the centre of the village opposite the family business.

He went into the motel and took his trunk up to his room.

He sat on his bed and wondered how he'd keep up with his half brother and his job. (A/N, using horizontal rule to divide up the different charater perspectives...)


Harry walked through Ottery St Catchpole with Ron and Ginny.

He was staying at the Weasleys while Remus dealt with things at the order.

Remus didn't trust him alone at the house they lived in and sent Harry to the burrow every time.

Not that Harry didn't like The Burrow; he liked hanging around with one of his best friends and his girlfriend.

But he had looked forward to having the house to himself.

He held Ginny's hand and chatted to Ron about the next Quidditch match the Ballycastle Bats and the Chudley Cannons.

But he could feel someone watching him.

"Something wrong mate?" asked Ron.

He knew when Harry's mood changed, him, Harry and Hermione had connected with the whole Voldemort thing, so close they often knew what the other's thought.

"No, just thought I felt something." frowned Harry looking around as they continued to walk back to the burrow.


Joaquin had watched his half-brother walk with his girlfriend and one of the two best friends.

He couldn't help but sneer at the sight of them.

Truth be told he'd never had what his half brother had had. He'd never been popular friend wise...sure he'd been popular with the ladies...dating a Harry Potter look-alike was enough to get any girl attacking him.

Joaquin felt an evil grin spread across the similar features to his half brother.

He had a plan and it would get him noticed with his half brother.


Harry, Ron and Ginny walked to the burrow to hear a clatter from the open window of the twin's room.

Ron sighed and shook his head in disgrace.

Harry smiled as they went in through the back door into the kitchen where Mrs Weasley was over looking the clean up of the kitchen.

"Take off your shoes! I just cleaned the kitchen floor," snapped Mrs Weasley.

She'd adopted Harry as an eighth child and in a way Harry had been grateful, having never known his mother and father very well. Losing Sirius had killed a bit more of him he'd tried to hold on to. That bit was small but remained there because of Remus.

Harry took off his shoes and put them outside the back door, as did Ginny and Ron.

"Would one of you go tell Fred and George they need to degnome the garden. I asked them to do it this morning but they've been in their room all day," sighed Mrs Weasley as the dishes washed and dried themselves.

"I will." said Ron, making his way to the staircase where Fred had left a set of extendable ears on the bottom step that stretched to their door.

It was in part to make it easier for Mrs Weasley to bug them and in part so their siblings could warn them if Mrs Weasley was coming up.

Ron picked up one ear and called into it.

The message echoed up the ear and soon a reply was heard.

"We're coming." echoed out the ear.

Harry and Ginny sat at the kitchen table.

"Ginerva Weasley have you got homework to do?" asked Molly as a duster floated across the room dusting the tops of cupboards.

"Yes mum. I'm going to do it," said Ginny.

"Do it now Ginny. I'm sure Harry will help you," said Mrs Weasley.

Ginny rolled her eyes and saw Ron was about to go up stairs.

"Could you charm my homework down while you're up there Ron?" asked Ginny.

"Sure. Anything else?" asked Ron.

"Yes, I'd like you to clean your room and take these clean clothes up to your room," said Mrs Weasley shoving a pile of clothes into Ron's hands.

Ron sighed before apparating up to his room.

The twins came down and went trough the kitchen not touching the floor as they went out.

Harry soon saw Ginny's homework come down along with a quill and inkpot.

"So what do you need help with Gin?" asked Harry smiling at her.

"Its this stupid 19 inch essay on the Wolfsbane potion ." sighed Ginny as she set up the parchment and the ink pot so it wouldn't fall on to the parchment.

"Well I've got a potions encyclopaedia in my room. It could help you," said Harry.

"Thanks Harry." smiled Ginny.

"And when you've given Ginny that book can you go help clean up Ron's room you're side of the room is as bad as his." said Mrs Weasley.

"Of course Mrs Weasley." said Harry...knowing it wasn't good to argue with Mrs Weasley when she was in a bad mood.

He went up to the room he and Ron shared in the attic.

Ron was trying to get his broom back from the ghoul who was dancing around and cackling.

"Need some help?" asked Harry.

"I've got it under control." said Ron jumping up and down as he tried to get the broom.

Harry rolled his eyes.

"Have you seen my encyclopaedia of potions around?" asked Harry moving piles of clothes aside.

"Um I think it's in your trunk under the mouldy old every flavoured beans and the dead chocolate frogs," said Ron.

"Accio!" called Harry and saw the book come from under the bed covered in frog guts from when he'd stepped on a chocolate frog.

He wiped the book with an old T-shirt of Dudley's he'd kept to cover pig's cage with.

Harry charmed it down the stairs and sighed, as he looked around his half of the room.

It was covered in piles of dirty and clean clothes, there was books everywhere and pieces of parchment as well as potions ingredients from when he and Ron practised some of the useful potions they'd looks up.

Harry reluctantly picked up his books and threw them in his trunk as well as blank pieces of parchment and clean clothes.

He put the dirty clothes in the washing basket and threw pieces of parchment covered in doodles of Snape being hanged and Malfoy as a ferret in the bin, which burped loudly.

He cleared up his potions kit and soon his side of the room looked better than Ron's side.

Ron was still trying to grab his broom from the ghoul and Harry sighed as he reached to help him when he heard Mrs Weasley call for Harry and Ron to come down stairs.

Ron finally got the broom off the ghoul and locked it in his closet before following Harry down stairs.

"Yes Mrs Weasley?" asked Harry as he and Ron appeared in the kitchen.

"I just got an owl from Hermione. She wants us to meet her at the Leaky Cauldron. Get yourselves ready and then we can go." Said Mrs Weasley

The two teenagers apparated back upstairs.

Ginny was about to follow them when Mrs Weasley shook her head.

"Not you Ginny dear. You need to do this homework. We won't be long." Assured Mrs Weasley as she pulled on her robes.

Ginny sighed as she sat back down and continued to struggle on with her essay.

Harry and Ron came back down with robes on and money in their pockets.

They appeared in the kitchen to see Mrs Weasley had rounded up Fred and George who had finished degnoming the Garden and were charming themselves clean.

"Come on dears we mustn't be late." Said Mrs Weasley.

Harry went to where Ginny was struggling with her essay and kissed her on the cheek.

"Don't worry Ginny, I'll be back before you know it." He smiled before he followed Ron's lead and apparated out the burrow.

Ginny sighed miserably as she carried on with her essay, occasionally taking look at the books in front of her and pausing as she dipped her quill back into her ink pot.