A/N: Wow! I never expected to get so many reviews! Now if feel bad for telling everybody to review and I'd get it out faster, it put pressure on me. So here it is. I split it in half and will be giving the rest in a few days, I got finals right now so things are getting a little hectic but I'll try to have it out by Tuesday. So if anybody was really looking forward to Gollum meeting Hermione and Draco sorry but I swear next chapter it will happen. Thanks everyone and Happy Easter!
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Chapter 3
Escape from the Dursleyses
"Harry," Ron squeaked as he stared at Gollum from inside his car, "What's happened to you?"
"What's going on?" Fred asked from the drivers seat, before the young wizard could answer Harry pushed Gollum away from the window.
"Ron it's me!" he said "What are you doing here?" Ron immediately calmed down upon seeing his friend.
"Harry what is that thing!?" Ron asked looking at Gollum who was looking nervously at Harry. The young wizard looked to the creature and then to Ron, trying to think of the proper words to tell his friend about the last few days.
"It's complicated" Harry finally said "Ron you have to get me out of here."
"Yes you must free us!" Gollum said approaching the bars. "Get us out of this nasty cage and we will help you we will be very nicee!" Ron swallowed hard looking to Harry's "roomate"
"Don't worry Harry," Ron said "That's what we came here to do"
"Here grab this," George said handing Harry a rope and hook. "Wrap this around the bars real good and we'll have you out of here in a tick." hurriedly Harry did as he was told Fred floored the car and the bars popped quickly off.
"Alright I have to get my things but they're all locked up downstairs." Harry said
"No problem," George said from the front passenger seat "Out of the way Harry."
Fred and George climbed into Harry's room not noticing Gollum who had slinked into the shadows Using a hair pin to pick the lock that kept Harry in the room they soon had the door open. Quietly they snuck down Harry warning them about the creak in the bottom stair, soon they were on their way with Harry's trunk which they quickly stuffed into the car followed by Hedwig in her cage.
"Alright Harry," Ron said smiling widely "Lets get out of here."
"Right," Harry responded but almost as soon his face went white. "Where did Gollum go?" he asked suddenly.
"Who?" Fred and George said at the same time.
"That creature that was with me." Harry responded looking to Ron who had stayed in the car. "Did you see where he went?"
"I thought he was with you!" Ron said, Harry's heart seemed to sink into his feet. He quickly explained about how dangerous Gollum could be and sent Fred and George to look for him downstairs while he and Ron looked up stairs. Leaving the car hovering quietly by Harry's window.
"What's going on Harry?" Ron whispered while they made their way toward Uncle Vernon's room, "We came because you hadn't received a single letter. Now we find you locked up with some sort of monster?"
"I'll explain later," Harry said putting his fingers to his lips as they opened Uncle Vernon's door quietly, Harry's uncle lay snoring loudly, Harry couldn't see his Aunt Petunia but guessed that she was on the other side of his uncle's bulky belly out of view.
"Not here." Ron mouthed as they quietly shut the door.
"Wait," Harry whispered "He's starving, so he's more than likely gone after food, but he hasn't liked anything I've tried to get him…I think that he only likes raw meat."
"Where could he find raw meat here?" Ron asked. Harry's face suddenly went white as Nearly Headless Nick.
"Dudley!" Harry gasped running toward his cousins door. They threw the door open just in time as they saw Gollum standing over a sleeping Dudley, about to bring one of his unused baseball bats down on to the fat boy's head.
"Gollum!" Harry, yelled the creature dropped the bat screaming as Dudley also woke up and began shrieking at the top of his lungs.
"FATHER! HELP! FAATHEERRRRR!" the boy screamed.
"WHAT THE…!" they heard Uncle Vernon yell snapping awake. Harry and Ron looked at each other terrified and began to run toward Harry's room, with Gollum on their tails.
"Get away from us!" Ron yelled looking back to the creature, it was just then that Uncle Vernon burst out of his room.
"PETUNIA!" Uncle Vernon hollered his face a bright red "THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!"
Harry and Ron barreled into Harry's room, looking to the car, Fred and George were already inside.
"RON! HARRY!" they yelled "JUMP IN! COME ON!" Harry and Ron dove into the car landing hard in the seats, Harry spun to see Gollum leap straight toward them, falling just short as Uncle Vernon caught his ankle.
"Help us!" Gollum shrieked holding on the edge of the car with all his might as Harry's uncle pulled on his legs.
"No!" Ron yelled "Fred DRIVE!" Ron's brother floored the gas and the car shot away from the house causing Uncle Vernon to lose his grip and fall out the window, Gollum hung screaming his head off sounding much like a siren.
"Save us!" he shrieked "We swears to do anything you says!" Harry reached down and pulled the creature up to safety, slamming the door shut. Gollum turned around and held up his first two fingers backward, giving Uncle Vernon the "fork". He then looked down at the ground which was rapidly shrinking as the ascended higher into the air to get behind a cloud. The creature screamed and fell off his seat landing right by Harry's feet.
"Alright Harry," Ron said "What is that thing!" Harry looked to Gollum who was hugging his leg. It was going to be a long trip.
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"I think Malfoy must behind it." Ron said as he and Harry began to eat their breakfast, They had arrived at the Burrow the previous morning to the angry face of Ron's mother, furious that they had taken the car and terrified at the unexpected "guest" that Gollum was. At first they had tried to get the creature to leave but he claimed that Harry he had to serve the "master" who in this case was Harry. Begrudgingly Mrs. Weasley allowed Gollum to sleep in the attic with the ghoul they had. Harry told Ron everything that had happened during the summer, about Gollum's appearance and the disasters it had led to.
"Do you think he's this "Dobby" person that Gollum is always talking about?" asked Harry stuffing a piece of sausage into his mouth.
"Dobby sounds like a house-elf's or something like that." Ron said with his mouth full, "I don't see why Draco would have a servant call him that."
"Maybe if he didn't want us to know," Harry said "Maybe he told Gollum to call him that so I couldn't blame him." Just then Ron's mom came in holding what looked like the remains of several small birds.
"Do you see these!" Mrs. Weasley growled "There are three more at the birdbath! If that creature is going to live for the rest of the summer, you had better keep a better eye on him!" her voice immediately softened as she turned to Harry "Of course I don't blame you Harry dear, you can't help it if things like this happen to you, but if you could try to have a word with him."
"I'll see what I can do." Harry said.
"Thankyou dear." she smiled then turned and headed up the stairs her voice changing "Fred! George! We are leaving for Diagon Alley in an hour! Your room had better be clean!"
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"We needs to leave!" Gollum said angrily "We must find the Precious! The Baggins has it we knows it and we wants it!"
"But we promised to serve the Master!" Smeagol whined "He gives us food and nice birdses to eat. We promised Dobby to make the boy not go to nasty school!"
"Dobby, Dobby, Dobby!" Gollum hissed "We doesn't need to listen to Dobby, we hates Dobby! We hates the boy, and We hates the Baggins!"
"But Master is powerful!" Smeagol replied trying to get on Gollum's good side "Master could help us find the Precious!" Gollum suddenly stopped as he heard footsteps approaching him. The creature slunk even further into the shadows of the attic.
"What does it say my precious?" Gollum asked
"Master has powers." the other personality said "Smeagol knows 'cause Dobby says so, Master can help us find the Precious, and find the thief Bagginsss."
"Yes precious." Gollum smirked "We can use Master's powerses to find the Precious and once we do. We will take it and eat the stupid red haired boy."
"Yess!!" Smeagol cackled it was just then that the attic door opened and Harry came up followed by Ron.
"Gollum!?" Harry called, swearing that he heard the creature shush himself as he saw it immerge from the shadows.
"Yes, Master what is it?" he said "How can good Smeagol help you?"
"Don't call me Master," Harry said then continued "We're going to go buy things for school, you'll have to come with us."
"Oh yes," Gollum said with a wide grin while groveling at Harry's feet "Smeagol, will do what ever master says, if Master wants Smeagol to go we goes, if Master wants us to stay here we stays and will be very nice."
"Oh no you don't!" Ron said "Your going. I'm not going to leave you hear all by yourself so you can through my things and wreck the house!"
"Relax Ron," Harry said "I think we got him under control." The three made there way down the stairs and found Ron's family all gathered near the fireplace with a flowerpot full of floo-powder. Mrs. Weasley explained to Harry how the powder worked then turned to Gollum eyeing him crossly.
"Did you understand that?" She said looking the creature in the eyes.
"umm..yes…Gollum…Gollum …" he swallowed "dust will take us to a place with Master."
"Be sure to speak very clearly or you could appear anywhere." Mrs. Weasley reiterated
"Anywhere?" Gollum asked giving the woman a look that worried her.
"Yes," she repeated "anywhere," turning from the creature she addressed her other house guest "Alright, Harry in you go. Take a good handful" Harry stepped into the chimney taking a good handful of floo-powder.
"D-Dai-gon Alley," Harry chocked as a burst of green flames shot up and engulfed his body taking him to Knock-turn alley.
"MASTER!" Gollum screamed running into the fireplace, as Harry vanished, spinning around Gollum faced the Weasleys getting upset "Where is he! Where did Master go!"
"Calm down now," Mr. Weasley said holding his hands out to calm the creature. "Just use some floo-powder and you'll go to be with him." slowly he brought the flower pot to Gollum who quickly grabbed a handful of powder. "that's it," Mr. Weasley coaxed, "now tell the fire place where you want to go and throw the powder down and you'll be with Harry.
"Yes," Gollum said getting ready to speak the stopped "Where do we wants to go?"
"Daigon Alley," Mrs. Weasley said "Remember to say it very clearly or you could end up anywhere remember. Gollum's face lighted up like Christmas light.
"Oh yes we remember!" he said "anywhere!"
"Daigon Alley!" the Weasleys shouted in unison, Gollum suddenly started to laugh wickedly then looked them all in the face.
"THE PRECIOUS!" he yelled in delight as he vanished.
"What did he say?" Mrs. Weasley asked confusedly to her husband.
"The Precious…whatever that means." he replied.
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Okay everybody, that's chapter 2! I swear next time Gollum will meet the whole gang, which raises an interesting question. Where did he go? Read next time and find out. Also I want your suggestions as to how much of Chamber of Secrets I should cover in this story, Originally I had planned on skipping to certain parts since the story is so long, but I want your ideas and suggestions as to how much I should do and also what you want to see happen. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
