Title: Time Warp: Year Two
Author: Laen
Chapter: (2) The Burrow
Summary: Harry arrives at the Burrow and makes an attempt to be Ginny's friend.
Disclaimer: All characters below belong to Joanne K. Rowling; the idea of Harry going back in time came from Back to the Future.
A/N: Writer's block is a pain in the butt... I'm trying to get my mind all sorted and stuff... sorry about not updating lately.
When Fred and George Weasley snuck out that night, to start a journey in hopes of saving their friend Harry, they weren't expecting to bump into their younger Ron on the way down the stairs.
What are you doing here? George wrote in the air swiftly with his wand.
The twins watched as Ron fumbled to pull his wand out, and write a reply in messy writing.
Are you going to rescue Harry? Can I come?
Fred and George both looked at each other.
Give us a reason why. Fred wrote.
I'll tell mum you two snuck out. Ron wrote with a smug expression on his face as the Twins paled.
The twins didn't answer, but they did give a sigh of defeat before they turned around, and both headed out towards the garage.
"You've got his address?" Ron asked as they entered the garage and approached the car.
"Yeah, let's just hope he's still—bloody hell!" George exclaimed suddenly as he froze in his actions.
Fred and Ron both looked into the car to see what had caused George to go into shock, and were even more shocked to see someone lying in the back.
"Harry?" Ron croaked as movement was seen inside the car.
"Ron? That you?" Harry's tired voice mumbled from inside the car.
"Um... yeah... Harry mate... what are you doing here?" Ron asked as he looked at his two brothers, who were still frozen in shock.
"Remember what I said to you at the beginning of summer?" Harry questioned as Ron nodded.
"I got sick of waiting." Harry muttered as he opened the door to the car, and stepped out.
As he did, the three Weasleys noticed the large amount of candy wrappers in the back.
"How long have you been here?" George asked at last.
"About three days." Harry whispered as he rubbed his eyes.
"And you've been—eating—that?" Fred asked as he pointed at the left over candy wrappers.
"Yeah... sorry about the mess by the way, I'll clean that up right now." Harry muttered as he pulled his wand out, and said a quick cleaning charm.
"Harry, are you mad? You'll get expelled for doing that!" Ron said loudly.
"No I won't. There's a spell on it that allows me to use magic." Harry smiled.
Fred and George both looked like Christmas had came early.
"Harry, could you tell us the spell?" they both asked at the same time as Harry shook his head.
"Why not?"
"I'd have to ask Padfoot for permission. And I won't be seeing him until a few days before the start of school." Harry stated as Fred and George both frowned, but their expression lightened incredibly when they realized what Harry had also said.
"You know Padfoot? The Padfoot?"
Harry nodded.
Fred and George both pretended to faint, but misplaced their footing, because they went crashing back towards a pile of muggle items.
A loud crash was heard.
"Oh bugger." Ron muttered when he noticed the lights in the house turn on.
"Fred and George Weasley when I find you two I'll—Ron! Ronald Weasley where are you!?" Mrs. Weasley's voice cried out from inside.
"Let's go inside..." Harry said in a low whisper as the three Weasleys nodded.
When they reached the door of the house, Harry decided to go in first, in hopes of calming Mrs. Weasley down.
"George! Where are you—Harry?" Mrs. Weasley was in the middle of her tantrum when she noticed Harry standing there.
"'Lo Mrs. Weasley." Harry smiled faintly.
"Harry!" Mrs. Weasley said in delight as she swept Harry up in a hug.
"Ooof!" Harry gasped as he struggled not to yell out in pain.
"Um... Hey mum... guess who we found in the garage?" Fred Weasley said as he and his brothers stepped into the house.
Mrs. Weasley looked like she was about to begin lecturing them, but Harry cut in quickly.
"They really did find me in the garage Mrs. Weasley... The Dursleys were treating me horribly because of something that happened in the beginning of summer... and I got tired of it so I decided to fly here on my broom a few nights ago..." Harry explained as Mrs. Weasley's expression softened.
"Dear Heavens boy, you've been living out in the garage for days?" Mrs. Weasley asked in disbelief as Harry looked down at the ground.
"I didn't want to be bothersome..." Harry whispered as Mrs. Weasley swept him up in another hug.
"Harry dear, you'll never be bothersome..." Mrs. Weasley began as she looked over at her three sons.
"You three on the other hand..."
Fred, George, and Ron each had their own little awkward yet fearful expression on their faces now.
"Um..." Ron mumbled as he looked away gulping.
"What were you three doing in the garage to start with?" Mrs. Weasley asked as the twins decided to take the blame.
"Well you see mum," Fred began as George jumped in to help.
"Fred and I were planning to save Harry—"
"Cause he hasn't been answering any of our letters and—"
"Only Ron knew where he lived, so we decided to drag him along—"
"We were going to fly the car—"
"The car?" Mrs. Weasley screeched.
George looked over at Fred and gave him a look of disbelief.
"It was probably the quickest and only way... the Dursleys aren't connected with the floo." Harry tried to help as Mrs. Weasley sighed and shook her head.
She was about to say something when footsteps were heard coming down the stairs.
"Mum, what's going on?" Percy Weasley's voice rang through the kitchen as Harry and the four Weasleys all turned to see Percy and Ginny standing at the bottom of the staircase looking at them tiredly.
"We'll talk about this tomorrow." Mrs. Weasley stated as the twins and Ron all sighed in relief.
"All of you—back to bed... and Harry, where's your trunk?" Mrs. Weasley asked as Harry pointed towards the garage.
"I'll help Harry get it." Ron said as he ran out of the house.
"Us too—" Fred and George both said at the same time, but Mrs. Weasley had grabbed the two of them by their ear, and was already dragging them towards the stairs.
"You two, will go to bed, and pray that you'll live to see tomorrow." Mrs. Weasley said as Harry noticed the twins flinch.
When Mrs. Weasley and the twins were out of sight, Harry turned to Percy and Ginny.
"Hey." He said as Percy yawned.
"I'm going back to sleep... you can explain what's going on in the morning..." he mumbled as he walked back up the stairs.
"Me too..." Ginny said as she looked down, and turned to walk away.
"Gin—hold up." Harry said as Ginny turned around to face him.
"Wanna help me and Ron get my trunk?" he asked as Ginny frowned at him.
"It's not that heavy is it?"
Harry shook his head.
"Just want a chance to get to know you, that's all." He stated as Ginny's ears turned red.
"If you don't want to, I'll understand. It's just that... I never did get a chance to talk to you. That's all." Harry explained as Ginny nodded.
"Sure." She muttered as she walked towards the door.
Harry held it open, and the two of them began to walk towards the garage. When they arrived, they noticed Ron was already lugging the trunk out of the garage.
"Bloody hell Harry, what do you have in here? Bricks? It's bloody heavy." Ron cried out as Harry and Ginny came forth and helped him with the trunks.
"Ginny? What are you doing here?" Ron asked when they finally got the trunk inside the house.
"I was helping you with the trunk lumphead!" Ginny insulted as Ron scowled at her.
"Go to sleep!" he said as he pointed towards the stairs.
"Ah give her a break Ron. She was just helping." Harry muttered as he looked around, before pulling his wand out, and placing a levitation charm on his trunk.
"Whoa! You can use magic?" Ginny cried out at the same time Ron shouted: "Why didn't you do that when we were back at the garage!"
Harry laughed slightly as he maneuvered his trunks around the kitchen grounds, and towards the staircase.
"Come on, let's get some sleep." Harry said as he turned around to face them..
"I'll talk to you tomorrow Gin. Night." Harry gave her a warm smile, causing her ears to turn red.
It was something Ron didn't miss, but the young Weasley didn't comment about it until they reached the bedroom.
"I thought you liked Hermione!" he exclaimed as Harry rolled his eyes.
"Is it illegal to be nice to someone?"
Ron nodded his head.
"It is when that someone thinks you're actually flirting with them!"
Harry managed to chuck a pillow towards Ron's direction before shutting his eyes, and falling asleep.
A/N: Well there it is! The second chapter! I must apologize for not updating for so long... Yes, I do realize it's been past three months... and no, I am not dead... just writer's block that's all... anyways, do review and let me know what you think...