Reality Check
~* Hey! Thanks to storm101, scholcomp25, radarPLO, Harry-Potter5972 and cant b bothered for reviews on my second chapter! I actually hadn't thought about making Caprice a witch, but now that you mention it, might not be such a bad idea! *~
Chapter 3 ~ Strange Behaviour
Harry was sitting in his cupboard under the stairs, when he heard the phone ring. He knew better than to get excited, because he never got phone calls, not even from Caprice. She was too sensible to call him at the Dursleys house. Harry heard Vernon Dursley pick up the phone and talk into it. Harry could always hear his Uncle Vernon, as the man had such a loud voice.
'Hello?' Dursley shouted into the phone, but in a nice enough voice incase it was someone important, or snoopy. There was a long pause, in which Harry got really worried. 'THERE IS NO HARRY POTTER HERE!' He screamed into the phone, holding it away from his ear, proceeding to slam the phone down. His face was bright purple.
Harry was rather scared. He heard Vernon's large footsteps clunking down the hall to his cupboard. He crawled up into a corner, and cringed, brushing a spider off his shoulder. Harry was used to spiders, as the cupboard under the stairs was full of them.
'GET OUT HERE BOY!' Vernon screamed from the living room, where he was standing away from the breakables in the Dursley house. Harry trudged cautiously out into the living room, to face a red faced uncle, who wasn't looking too impressed.
'What did I do this time?' Harry asked timidly, which only made Vernon angrier.
'You will NEVER give out this number again, do you hear? You will go straight to bed without any supper, and if that girl ever phone's here again, there'll be trouble.' Vernon yelled, and motioned angrily for Harry to get lost.
As Harry wandered back into his cupboard, he wondered who had called him. It couldn't have been Caprice, because she didn't know the Dursley's number, or did she? Harry continued to wonder who it was that called.
~***~
The next morning, Harry was woken at the usual time, 6am, by the usual method: Aunt Petunia's knuckles wrapping on the door to his cupboard.
'Up! Get up!' She screeched through the flap on the door. As Harry scrambled out of his bed, he heard her footsteps leaving, and going into the kitchen. Harry closely followed his Aunt into the kitchen.
'Boy, pack your things.' Vernon said. He was sitting at the breakfast table holding a letter. 'You're moving into Dudley's spare bedroom.' The beefy man continued. The look on Dudley's face was most certainly a Kodak (A/N - Kodak is a camera) moment.
'Father! You can't give him my room! I need it to keep all my toys!' Dudley's face scrunched up, and he went extremely red faced and puffy eyed. However, Vernon was not about to give in to a Dudley style tantrum this time.
'Pack your things and move.' Vernon said sternly to Harry. Harry, not believing his sudden luck, rushed out of the kitchen and into his cupboard. Shoving all his belongings into a cardboard box, Harry went upstairs to find Dudley's second bedroom. The bed was made, and all Dudley's broken toys were sitting about the room.
Seeing as the amount of belongings Harry owned was small, he only had to make the one trip upstairs to move in to Dudley's spare bedroom. Harry put down his cardboard box filled with his belongings and wondered why Vernon had decided to let him move into Dudley's room. Frankly, Harry didn't care. He was grateful to finally be out of his cupboard.
~***~
There were only three school days left before the summer holidays started, and Harry was getting anxious about starting at Stonewall High.
He was talking with Caprice that day at school, about starting middle school.
'Caprice, I'm so glad you're coming to Stonewall High with me, I don't know what I'd do without you.' Harry said.
'You're so lucky to have me Harry James Potter.' Caprice teased. Then, her expression turned serious. 'But, I'm not going to Stonewall High next year.' She said, looking at the ground.
'Huh? Why not? We discussed it and everything! Your parents said you could!' Harry said frantically. 'What about me? What made you change your mind?'
'Well, I've gotten a letter, accepting me to another school. It's a really good school, and I really want to go. . . sorry Harry.' Caprice said sadly.
'What school?' Harry asked.
'Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me.' She replied.
'Try me, I'll believe you.' Harry said.
'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.' Caprice said simply. Harry burst out laughing.
'Nice one Caprice! No, really, what school?' Harry said in between laughter.
'See, I knew you wouldn't believe me.' Caprice said. Harry stopped laughing.
'You're serious? A magic school? Can I come?' Harry said hopefully.
'No, you have to be accepted by a letter.' Caprice said. 'I'm magic! Watch me turn you into a toad!' Caprice waved her hands at Harry. Nothing happened.
'Am I a toad yet?' Harry teased.
'Shut up! I haven't had any magic lessons yet, so I'm a little rusty.' Caprice said.
'How come I didn't get an acceptance letter?' Harry whined.
'Maybe you did, maybe your Uncle and Aunt took it off you.' Caprice suggested.
'No, they wouldn't do that, they'd want me as far away from them as possible.' Harry said, and scratched his head.
'By the way, I tried calling your aunt and uncle's house on the weekend.' Caprice said. 'I wanted to tell you about my new school.'
'Oh so that was you who Uncle Vernon was yelling at?' Harry asked.
'Yeah, he said that there was no Harry Potter living there.' Caprice said.
'I know, I heard him.'
'That's so sad Harry.' Caprice said. 'Maybe I should smuggle you into Hogwarts?' Harry smiled.
'That would be so cool!' He said. 'And we'd have adventures exploring the school and everything! No Dudley, no bullies, just you and me.' Both friends stared into space thinking how lovely that would be.
~***~
It was the first day of the summer holidays, and Caprice was getting excited about going to Hogwarts. Harry got jealous every time she brought up the topic of her being gone for the whole year studying magic. Harry was in his room playing with a small plastic horse when Vernon walked in.
'Here's your uniform for Stonewall High.' He said, and dumped Harry's uniform on the bed. Harry looked at the sad uniform. It was a bunch of Dudley's old clothes dyed grey to look like the Stonewall Uniform. Naturally, they looked nothing like the uniform. Harry had seen Stonewalls uniform in a catalogue, and he shuddered at the amount of teasing he would receive.
A small rock hit his window. Harry walked over to the window and looked down. On the ground outside, stood Caprice.
'Harry, I'm going to a place called Diagon Alley to get my school supplies! Do you want to come?' Caprice called up.
'I don't think I'll be allowed.' Harry called down to her.
'So? Come anyway, sneak out! Live life on the edge!' Caprice said.
'How do you plan on getting to Diagon Alley?' Harry asked.
'It's only in London.'
'Wouldn't normal people notice a magic place?' Harry asked.
'It's hidden you know.' Caprice replied.
'How are you getting there then, if it's hidden?'
'Mum and dad are taking me, they're witch and wizard! I never knew!' Caprice said.
'I wish my parents were witch and wizard.' Harry said sadly. 'I wish I could remember them.'
'It's okay Harry, I'll try to come home for the Christmas Holidays, that's not far away! I'll come and visit you and everything!' Caprice said reassuringly.
'Thanks. . .' Harry said.
'Not a problem! I can't wait until school starts! I want to do magic now! Oh, guess what? I get a wand!' Caprice said, picking up a stick and waving it around like a fool.
'Go on, rub it in even more.' Harry said sadly.
'Sorry Harry, I'm just so excited.' Caprice threw the stick to the ground.
'You know, through all our years of friendship we've always done everything together. This will be the first time we've been apart for more than a weekend.' Harry called down to her.
'So you'll miss me Harry?' Caprice asked.
'Of corse I'll miss you! How can I not?' Harry replied. Harry heard the door to his room open, and he ducked inside, waving to Caprice to let her know she had to get out of there.
Vernon Dursley stood at the doorway looking big and mean.
'You are not to associate with that girl ever again.' He roared. 'I will have none of this magic nonsence under this roof, you hear!' He roared. Harry cowered in the corner.
'But she's my friend.' Harry pleaded.
'I don't care, she's no good, and you will not be seeing her ever again.' Vernon said, and turned to leave, but Harry stopped him.
'So what else can't I have? Huh? First the letters, and now my best friend.' Harry said bravely.
'You shut your mouth boy, if you know what's good for you.' Vernon barked, and slammed the door behind him. Harry plonked onto his bed and sighed.
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~* Quite a lot shorter than the last chapters, so sorry for the wait! I haven't had time to do this fiction lately. . . Caprice is a witch! Who's happy! Lol! Well, please review guys, I'll be looking to post the next chapter a lot sooner than I have posted this one! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~
~* Hey! Thanks to storm101, scholcomp25, radarPLO, Harry-Potter5972 and cant b bothered for reviews on my second chapter! I actually hadn't thought about making Caprice a witch, but now that you mention it, might not be such a bad idea! *~
Chapter 3 ~ Strange Behaviour
Harry was sitting in his cupboard under the stairs, when he heard the phone ring. He knew better than to get excited, because he never got phone calls, not even from Caprice. She was too sensible to call him at the Dursleys house. Harry heard Vernon Dursley pick up the phone and talk into it. Harry could always hear his Uncle Vernon, as the man had such a loud voice.
'Hello?' Dursley shouted into the phone, but in a nice enough voice incase it was someone important, or snoopy. There was a long pause, in which Harry got really worried. 'THERE IS NO HARRY POTTER HERE!' He screamed into the phone, holding it away from his ear, proceeding to slam the phone down. His face was bright purple.
Harry was rather scared. He heard Vernon's large footsteps clunking down the hall to his cupboard. He crawled up into a corner, and cringed, brushing a spider off his shoulder. Harry was used to spiders, as the cupboard under the stairs was full of them.
'GET OUT HERE BOY!' Vernon screamed from the living room, where he was standing away from the breakables in the Dursley house. Harry trudged cautiously out into the living room, to face a red faced uncle, who wasn't looking too impressed.
'What did I do this time?' Harry asked timidly, which only made Vernon angrier.
'You will NEVER give out this number again, do you hear? You will go straight to bed without any supper, and if that girl ever phone's here again, there'll be trouble.' Vernon yelled, and motioned angrily for Harry to get lost.
As Harry wandered back into his cupboard, he wondered who had called him. It couldn't have been Caprice, because she didn't know the Dursley's number, or did she? Harry continued to wonder who it was that called.
~***~
The next morning, Harry was woken at the usual time, 6am, by the usual method: Aunt Petunia's knuckles wrapping on the door to his cupboard.
'Up! Get up!' She screeched through the flap on the door. As Harry scrambled out of his bed, he heard her footsteps leaving, and going into the kitchen. Harry closely followed his Aunt into the kitchen.
'Boy, pack your things.' Vernon said. He was sitting at the breakfast table holding a letter. 'You're moving into Dudley's spare bedroom.' The beefy man continued. The look on Dudley's face was most certainly a Kodak (A/N - Kodak is a camera) moment.
'Father! You can't give him my room! I need it to keep all my toys!' Dudley's face scrunched up, and he went extremely red faced and puffy eyed. However, Vernon was not about to give in to a Dudley style tantrum this time.
'Pack your things and move.' Vernon said sternly to Harry. Harry, not believing his sudden luck, rushed out of the kitchen and into his cupboard. Shoving all his belongings into a cardboard box, Harry went upstairs to find Dudley's second bedroom. The bed was made, and all Dudley's broken toys were sitting about the room.
Seeing as the amount of belongings Harry owned was small, he only had to make the one trip upstairs to move in to Dudley's spare bedroom. Harry put down his cardboard box filled with his belongings and wondered why Vernon had decided to let him move into Dudley's room. Frankly, Harry didn't care. He was grateful to finally be out of his cupboard.
~***~
There were only three school days left before the summer holidays started, and Harry was getting anxious about starting at Stonewall High.
He was talking with Caprice that day at school, about starting middle school.
'Caprice, I'm so glad you're coming to Stonewall High with me, I don't know what I'd do without you.' Harry said.
'You're so lucky to have me Harry James Potter.' Caprice teased. Then, her expression turned serious. 'But, I'm not going to Stonewall High next year.' She said, looking at the ground.
'Huh? Why not? We discussed it and everything! Your parents said you could!' Harry said frantically. 'What about me? What made you change your mind?'
'Well, I've gotten a letter, accepting me to another school. It's a really good school, and I really want to go. . . sorry Harry.' Caprice said sadly.
'What school?' Harry asked.
'Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me.' She replied.
'Try me, I'll believe you.' Harry said.
'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.' Caprice said simply. Harry burst out laughing.
'Nice one Caprice! No, really, what school?' Harry said in between laughter.
'See, I knew you wouldn't believe me.' Caprice said. Harry stopped laughing.
'You're serious? A magic school? Can I come?' Harry said hopefully.
'No, you have to be accepted by a letter.' Caprice said. 'I'm magic! Watch me turn you into a toad!' Caprice waved her hands at Harry. Nothing happened.
'Am I a toad yet?' Harry teased.
'Shut up! I haven't had any magic lessons yet, so I'm a little rusty.' Caprice said.
'How come I didn't get an acceptance letter?' Harry whined.
'Maybe you did, maybe your Uncle and Aunt took it off you.' Caprice suggested.
'No, they wouldn't do that, they'd want me as far away from them as possible.' Harry said, and scratched his head.
'By the way, I tried calling your aunt and uncle's house on the weekend.' Caprice said. 'I wanted to tell you about my new school.'
'Oh so that was you who Uncle Vernon was yelling at?' Harry asked.
'Yeah, he said that there was no Harry Potter living there.' Caprice said.
'I know, I heard him.'
'That's so sad Harry.' Caprice said. 'Maybe I should smuggle you into Hogwarts?' Harry smiled.
'That would be so cool!' He said. 'And we'd have adventures exploring the school and everything! No Dudley, no bullies, just you and me.' Both friends stared into space thinking how lovely that would be.
~***~
It was the first day of the summer holidays, and Caprice was getting excited about going to Hogwarts. Harry got jealous every time she brought up the topic of her being gone for the whole year studying magic. Harry was in his room playing with a small plastic horse when Vernon walked in.
'Here's your uniform for Stonewall High.' He said, and dumped Harry's uniform on the bed. Harry looked at the sad uniform. It was a bunch of Dudley's old clothes dyed grey to look like the Stonewall Uniform. Naturally, they looked nothing like the uniform. Harry had seen Stonewalls uniform in a catalogue, and he shuddered at the amount of teasing he would receive.
A small rock hit his window. Harry walked over to the window and looked down. On the ground outside, stood Caprice.
'Harry, I'm going to a place called Diagon Alley to get my school supplies! Do you want to come?' Caprice called up.
'I don't think I'll be allowed.' Harry called down to her.
'So? Come anyway, sneak out! Live life on the edge!' Caprice said.
'How do you plan on getting to Diagon Alley?' Harry asked.
'It's only in London.'
'Wouldn't normal people notice a magic place?' Harry asked.
'It's hidden you know.' Caprice replied.
'How are you getting there then, if it's hidden?'
'Mum and dad are taking me, they're witch and wizard! I never knew!' Caprice said.
'I wish my parents were witch and wizard.' Harry said sadly. 'I wish I could remember them.'
'It's okay Harry, I'll try to come home for the Christmas Holidays, that's not far away! I'll come and visit you and everything!' Caprice said reassuringly.
'Thanks. . .' Harry said.
'Not a problem! I can't wait until school starts! I want to do magic now! Oh, guess what? I get a wand!' Caprice said, picking up a stick and waving it around like a fool.
'Go on, rub it in even more.' Harry said sadly.
'Sorry Harry, I'm just so excited.' Caprice threw the stick to the ground.
'You know, through all our years of friendship we've always done everything together. This will be the first time we've been apart for more than a weekend.' Harry called down to her.
'So you'll miss me Harry?' Caprice asked.
'Of corse I'll miss you! How can I not?' Harry replied. Harry heard the door to his room open, and he ducked inside, waving to Caprice to let her know she had to get out of there.
Vernon Dursley stood at the doorway looking big and mean.
'You are not to associate with that girl ever again.' He roared. 'I will have none of this magic nonsence under this roof, you hear!' He roared. Harry cowered in the corner.
'But she's my friend.' Harry pleaded.
'I don't care, she's no good, and you will not be seeing her ever again.' Vernon said, and turned to leave, but Harry stopped him.
'So what else can't I have? Huh? First the letters, and now my best friend.' Harry said bravely.
'You shut your mouth boy, if you know what's good for you.' Vernon barked, and slammed the door behind him. Harry plonked onto his bed and sighed.
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~* Quite a lot shorter than the last chapters, so sorry for the wait! I haven't had time to do this fiction lately. . . Caprice is a witch! Who's happy! Lol! Well, please review guys, I'll be looking to post the next chapter a lot sooner than I have posted this one! *~
~Gryffindor Gal~