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Chapter 3 – Surprise Harry
"I didn't think anyone else would be up at this time," said Wendy as she entered the kitchen to see Albus Dumbledore and Remus Lupin sitting at the table.
"Its quite alright miss Browne, please sit down there is much we need to discuss."
Wendy sat down facing Dumbledore. "I can leave if you like." Said Lupin rising from his chair
"No Remus stay, its quite alright." Said Dumbledore
"Your parents returned early and are currently staying with your grandmother. I am not going to lie to you, they aren't happy about you finding out about your powers. Your father is a wizard but he didn't want to be. He chose a muggle way of life. That's a non-magical person." He added, seeing her confused expression
"Now, we had a teachers meeting last night and we think it is best if you join us at Hogwarts. I can sort you privately to decide which house you will be in. But you have to work very hard, with being accepted into Hogwarts in your last two years. It's for your own safety but it is your choice of course, do you think you're up to it?"
Wendy thought about it, she was going to be doing her A-Levels if she went back to her muggle school, but she couldn't pass up an opportunity to learn magic.
"Ok I will do it," she said. Dumbledore smiled and had a twinkle in his eye.
"Good, it will be hard work, but with the family you come from it will be no problem. Have you any questions?"
"Yeah, why did that lord attack my house?"
"Well Voldemort has many supporters called death eaters, they are mostly pureblood families, nearly all the pureblood families turn over to the dark side but few don't, your family wanted nothing to do with him, they didn't believe in what he wants to do."
"What does he want to do?" asked Wendy.
"He wants to rid the world of muggles and muggle borns. He attacked your house because if he captured you then he might get your family to turn to the Dark Side." Wendy nodded understandably as Molly entered the kitchen "Morning" she greeted
"Morning" they replied
"Well I must be going I have a meeting with the minister of magic. I will return for the party and afterwards I will begin your sorting" and with a crack he disappeared.
The others entered the kitchen as Molly sat down plates of bacon, toast and eggs. Two redheaded twins entered the room that Wendy didn't recognize.
"Fred, George, this is Wendy, she will be spending the rest of the summer with us." Said Lupin as if reading her mind. They grinned at her as they sat down and she returned it with a sweet smile. "Wendy don't accept anything these two give you," said Molly, nodding her head in the direction of the twins.
"Now mum, do you really think we would be that evil?" asked Fred with an innocent smile.
"Yes" the table chanted together. The twins made a face of mock hurt and then returned to their breakfast.
"What time is Harry arriving at?" asked Ron
"Well me, mad-eye, Tonks, Kingsley and Diggle will be picking him up around 1 o'clock that will be plenty of time to get the decorations up." Said Lupin. "We're returning by portkey that Dumbledore set up."
"How's he holding up with the Dursleys?" asked George.
"Well he said they aren't treating him bad, they are just ignoring him and he says he's fine with that." Replied Lupin sadly.
"Do you need me to help you with any of the decorations for the party Mrs Weasley?" asked Wendy kindly.
"If you like dear, we could always use an extra pair of hands."
"Wendy's going to be going to Hogwarts with you." said Lupin.
"Brilliant" said Hermione smiling
At number 4 Privet Drive, a skinny boy of sixteen with messy black hair named Harry Potter was looking around his bedroom double-checking that he had packed everything. He would be being picked up in ten minutes by the Order.
He wasn't looking forward to going to number 12 Grimmauld Place for the remainder of the summer but he was glad he was getting away from the Dursleys. Once he had triple checked under the loose floorboard he decided to go downstairs.
He dragged his trunk down the stairs with Hedwigs cage under his arm and his broom in his other hand. Hedwigs cage was empty because he sent her on to Grimmauld Place. He left out his broom in case they were flying again.
As he got to the last stair he heard a loud shriek from the living room from his Aunt Petunia. He entered the living room and seen Lupin, Tonks, Moody, Kingsley and Diggle standing there trying to calm down the Dursleys.
"Honestly we have been treating him right, feeding him everyday and everything." Said Vernon Dursley.
"We know, we are just here to pick up Harry. Didn't you tell them that we were coming to pick you up today?" Lupin asked Harry.
Harry held in a laugh before replying, "slipped my mind." Lupin was also held in a laugh.
"How are we getting there?" asked Harry.
"Portkey" growled Moody.
Harry was dragging his trunk in and he caught on to something.
"Wait a minute how do I know you really are who you say you are?"
"You've been around Mad-Eye too long" said Tonks as she looked interestedly around the house.
"Ahh constant vigilance boy." Said Moody impressed.
"OK ask us a question." Said Lupin
"Who's the secret keeper of the order?"
"Dumbledore." They all said.
"Ok, cant be too sure." Said Harry.
Remus motioned Harry over and he took a candle out of his pocket. Harry new what to do.
"On the count of three, 1...2...3"
Harry felt the usual tug behind his navel and found himself, strangely, on the floor of his and Ron's bedroom.
"Why did we end up here?" asked Harry.
"So we didn't wake up that old portrait." Harry knew which portrait Lupin was talking about, the portrait of Mrs Black, and his now deceased Godfather Sirius' mother.
"Leave your trunk here and lets get downstairs," said Lupin
"Where are Mad-Eye, Tonks, Diggle and Kingsley?" asked Harry
"They apparated, I suppose they are downstairs." Harry nodded and continued downstairs. When he pushed open the kitchen door he almost fainted when everyone shouted, "SURPRISE."
Harry was nearly knocked of his feet with people hugging him and saying happy birthday. Everyone from the Order was here. He was glad when Hermione pulled him out of the crowd.
"Happy birthday mate" said Ron
"Thanks. Who's idea was this? I love it."
"Well we all thought of it we thought it would cheer you up a bit after...you know." Hermione trailed off after seeing the look on Harry's face.
"Come on meet Wendy, she is going to Hogwarts with us this year, she going to be in our year, she only found out that she is a witch yesterday. She had to come here because Voldemort attacked her house." Ron and Ginny flinched Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Hey Wendy, this is Harry." Harry reached out his hand and Wendy shook it. "Harry's in our year as well." She told Wendy.
"Are you going to be sorted with the first years?" asked Ron.
"No Professor Dumbledore is going to be sorting me after the party" she replied
"Come on and open your presents Harry." Shouted Lupin from the other side of the kitchen.
"OK" said Harry "nice meeting you"
"You too"
Wendy went and stood with her grandmother, she felt slightly out of place with all these people she didn't really know. When no one was looking she snuck out of the kitchen and up into her room.
Harry had received a lot of presents this year. When he had finished opening all of them Mrs Weasley had brought out a huge cake with 'happy birthday Harry written on it with icing and little snitches on it as well. He blew out all the candles and when it was cut everyone got a piece.
"Where's Wendy?" asked Mrs Weasley "there is some cake here for her"
"Give it here and I will go look upstairs for her." Said Harry, eager to get out of the room.
"OK dear"
And with that he exited the room. He knocked on the door of the girls' room. Wendy was just sitting there with her knees pulled up to her chest.
"Hi," said Harry "there is some cake here for you."
"Thanks," said Wendy as he sat the cake down on the bed. "Here, its nothing really, but I made you this card last night, I couldn't sleep."
"Thank you, I love it." Harry looked at the card it was made from paper and had some balloons drawn on the front of it. He opened it. It read:
Happy birthday Harry, from WendyIt was really plain, but he appreciated it all the same. He sat down beside her. "So, you only found out that you're a witch?"
"Yeah I thought it was all some big joke but know that it isn't. What is the houses you get sorted into?" asked Wendy
"Well there are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. We are all in Gryffindor."
Harry sat and told her all the qualities that the different houses look for and told her to watch out for the trick steps and all the good things about Hogwarts.
"I was about to go see Buckbeak, do you want to come with me?" asked Harry.
"Yeah sure who's Buckbeak?" she replied
"A hippogriff." Said Harry plainly.
"Ok lets pretend I haven't got a clue about the wizarding world." Said Wendy sarcastically. They both laughed. "You'll see," said Harry smiling. It was the first time he had smiled properly in over a month. He led her down the corridor to Sirius' mothers' room where the stolen hippogriff stayed.
"Ok just do as I do." Instructed Harry. He motioned for Wendy to stay back. He went over to Buckbeak and bowed low. The hippogriff returned the bow. He went over and petted him. "Its ok, just do what I done."
Wendy went hesitantly over to the hippogriff and bowed just as Harry did. Buckbeak thought about it for a minute and then surprisingly bowed back. Wendy was relieved.
"Come on over and pet him," said Harry. Wendy walked over to it. "Its ok, trust me."
Wendy extended her hand and stroked the feathers on Buckbeaks neck. "Told you," said Harry grinning. It was an odd moment; they just stared at each other smiling. Wendy finally broke the awkward moment by sitting down on the floor with her back against the cold wall and asking Harry how his summer was.
"Honestly, awful" Harry swore to himself before he came to Grimmauld Place this summer that he would not talk about Sirius, but he found himself surprisingly telling Wendy every thought that was going through his head that month. He told her how he felt responsible for Sirius' death and how he messed up with Cho. Wendy done something that he has always wanted, she listened, she didn't tell him how to feel or what to do she just sat there and intently listened. When he started talking about Cho, she looked at the floor.
"What," asked Harry, "was it something I said?"
"No its nothing continue" said Wendy unconvincingly
"No you've listened to me what's on your mind?" asked Harry
"Its just that you were talking about Cho thinking that you were cheating on her with Hermione and it got me thinking about when my ex-boyfriend cheated on me."
"He did? What happened?" he asked
"Well we were going out for about a year, he lived in the Canary Islands and we kept in touch every day and visited each other once a year. Well about a month after I came home form seeing him, my mum and dad surprised me with tickets to where he lives I thought I would surprise him by showing up and not telling him. Well when I got there I found him kissing some other girl. I was really upset, my mum didn't know why because I never told her I had a boyfriend. When we I got home I ..." she trailed off she was reliving a horrible memory.
"I became anorexic. I was in hospital constantly I was an inch from death and I just realised that it was all for nothing and I started eating again. I had to take it slow. Finally I put weight on and went back to a normal life. But the memory still haunts me. I have never really trusted another boy again many have asked me out but I just refused. Please don't tell anyone this not even my family know." She pleaded
"Ok don't worry I wont tell no one. But I have one question, why did you feel that you could tell me this and not your family?"
"I don't know," she answered honestly.
"Wendy, Harry, professor Dumbledore is here to sort you come on down." Shouted Mrs Weasley from downstairs. "We'll be right there." Shouted Harry. Harry stood up and extended his hand to Wendy and helped her up "thanks for listening" she said
"Right back at you." Said Harry smiling.
They emerged in the kitchen and seen that everyone from the party was still here and Dumbledore was standing beside a stool with an old hat on it. Wendy was really nervous.
"Come sit on the stool" said Dumbledore, lifting the hat. Wendy walked forward. She hoped she was with the others in Gryffindor with the others.
"Usually the hat sings a song, but as this is a private sorting there will be no need." She sat down on the stool and looked around her, there were people smiling at her everywhere she looked, she could hardly see how anyone could call this a 'private' sorting. The hat was sat on her head, all she could think was how she wished she would be in Gryffindor. The Hat thought for a while, before announcing; "Gryffindor!" Wendy sighed with relief. Everyone clapped and Harry was smiling at her. She smiled back. Her grandmother came over and hugged her. "We will be going to Diagon Alley to get your school supplies and a wand."
"I have an announcement to make to the school children, I have spoken to the Minister of Magic, and he has agreed to let me put special charms around this house and it will allow you to perform magic inside without getting into trouble for underage wizardry." Said Dumbledore
The children were really excited about this. "Has anyone any questions?" he asked.
"Yeah, are they around the house now?" asked Ron.
"Yes they are, but use this privilege wisely."
"Wicked," said Ron.