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Eh...I've been meaning to post this, I swear! 2nd semester of your senior year sucks lol as far as crap you have to get done...but here's another chapter anyway! lol
Chapter 17
Harry woke up the next morning feeling somewhat better. It was amazing how much talking to Sirius had helped. He was nowhere being fine yet but at least he had someone who understood what happened to him, and someone he could talk to, if he chose to. He was brought out of his thoughts by an impatient tapping at the window across from his bed. He waved his hand to open the window and let the owl in that was causing the noise.
'Hello. Who are you?' he asked the owl.
'My name is Priscilla; I belong to Percy Weasley.' She ruffled her feathers to try and look important. 'Are you Mr. Harry Potter?'
'Nice to meet you Priscilla, and yes I am,' Harry replied.
'This letter is for you.' Priscilla stuck out her leg and as soon as Harry had removed the letter, she flew off.
'Thank you.' Harry waved his hand again and the window closed.
He unrolled the letter, and seeing it was from Hermione, he started reading it. After he finished, he sat in thought for about ten minutes. He knew what he needed to do and so he called some paper and pen to himself.
Dear 'Mione,
How are you? I hope things are going well at the Weasley's...aka, you and Ginny haven't killed Ron yet.
There's something I need to tell you but I wish to do it in person. If you can come to Hogwarts that'd be great, but please don't tell Ron.
I'm gonna ask Dumbledore to make it'll be okay and I'll owl you back later.
Tell Ginny I said hi!
~Harry
He rolled the letter up and magically sealed it. 'Hedwig,' he called for her in his mind. She immediately flew over from her perch on a nearby table.
'Yes?'
'Can you please deliver this to Hermione?' Harry asked.
'Of course.' She stuck out her leg and let him tie in on. She nipped lightly at his fingers before he opened the window for her and she left. He decided to go ahead and leave the window open to let some air in, and so Hedwig could come right back in without having to wait for him to open it.
Harry was wondering when he'd get a chance to talk to Dumbledore about Hermione visiting, when through the infirmary doors came Dumbledore.
"Ah, Harry, you're awake," Dumbledore smiled. "Would you like some breakfast?" he asked.
Harry though about it for a few seconds before answering, "Yes," fairly enthusiastically.
Before Dumbledore could summon a house-elf, a try of food appeared before Harry. Both wizards stared at it in shock before Harry smiled sheepishly.
"Um...I think I accidentally did that," he admitted.
Dumbledore just laughed, making the twinkle in his eyes even brighter.
"Professor Dumbledore? Do you think Hermione could come visit me sometime soon? Here?" Harry asked.
"Yes, I believe that would be all right," Dumbledore replied. He wondered why Harry didn't ask about Ron coming but figured he must have some reason.
"Thank you!" Harry smiled at him.
"I need to get back to my office now but if you need me just ask Poppy to get me," Dumbledore said.
Harry glanced over at Madame Pomfrey's office and saw her asleep at her desk, but saw no reason to tell Dumbledore this. Dumbledore just happened to follow his glance though and saw Pomfrey also.
"Or...some other way," he smiled at Harry. He winked at him before turning around and leaving the infirmary.
Harry wanted to go visit Sirius or Remus but he didn't know where they were staying in the castle. So instead, he summoned a random book to himself and Your Way Back from the Light: Hidden Powers You Now Have just happened to come.
About an hour and a half into his reading, Hedwig returned with a reply from Hermione.
'That was fast girl,' he said, surprised that she was back so soon.
'The winds are nice outside and Hermione took little time to reply,' Hedwig answered back, landing on the foot of his bed.
After Harry took the letter from her, he closed his eyes and imagined a bowl of nuts in front of him. When he opened his eyes they were right in front of him.
'Thank you Hedwig.' He pushed the bowl towards her and stroked her feathers a little before reading the letter.
Harry,
Of course I'll come! I won't tell Ron if you don't want me to, but can Ginny come visit you? She's been worried about you also. Let me know what Dumbledore says about visiting, as soon as you know.
~Hermione~
Ginny's worried about me also? Harry knew that she had had a crush on him, but she was actually worried? Huh...
When Hedwig was finally done with her nuts she looked up and saw her Harry deep in thought.
'Are you okay?' she asked.
'Huh?' Harry shook himself. 'Oh, yeah, I'm okay. I hate to ask you to go back again, but do you think you could deliver another letter to Hermione for me?' He quickly wrote out a reply to Hermione and was about to give it to Hedwig when suddenly, what looked like a small ball came hurtling into the room
"Bloody hell!" Harry yelped and Hedwig flew into the air so she could protect her Harry if need be.
The ball slowed down enough that Harry could tell it was actually Ron's owl, Pig.
'Pig! What are you doing here?'
'Hermione sent me. She figured you'd reply soon and didn't want Hedwig to have to fly all the way back again,' Pig replied, flying around the room.
'That was nice of her. Could you please land so I can give you the reply?'
Pig immediately stopped, realizing something, and flew over to Harry slowly.
'You can understand me?'
'Yes smarty, he can,' Hedwig hooted.
'Hedwig!' Harry reprimanded. 'Yes Pig, I can understand you.'
'That's so cool!' Pig hooted and started zooming around the room again.
'You stupid owl! Get back over here and calm down before I get you and pluck your feathers!' Hedwig was becoming angry at the stupid, hyper owl.
'Hedwig, please calm down,' Harry scolded as he stroked her feathers.
Pig decided it would be in his best interest to go over to Harry and stay there, so he flew over.
'Thank you,' Harry said, tying his letter to Pig's leg.
'Now you can go,' Hedwig commanded.
Pig didn't need to be told twice so he zoomed out the window and headed off to deliver his letter.
'Hedwig! Why'd you have to be so rude?' Harry asked.
'He's too hyper...he needs to learn to settle down. It's quite annoying,' Hedwig replied, ruffling her feathers.
Harry just sighed and went back to his reading. At least he didn't have to feel bad about sending Hedwig out again.
Eh...I've been meaning to post this, I swear! 2nd semester of your senior year sucks lol as far as crap you have to get done...but here's another chapter anyway! lol
Chapter 17
Harry woke up the next morning feeling somewhat better. It was amazing how much talking to Sirius had helped. He was nowhere being fine yet but at least he had someone who understood what happened to him, and someone he could talk to, if he chose to. He was brought out of his thoughts by an impatient tapping at the window across from his bed. He waved his hand to open the window and let the owl in that was causing the noise.
'Hello. Who are you?' he asked the owl.
'My name is Priscilla; I belong to Percy Weasley.' She ruffled her feathers to try and look important. 'Are you Mr. Harry Potter?'
'Nice to meet you Priscilla, and yes I am,' Harry replied.
'This letter is for you.' Priscilla stuck out her leg and as soon as Harry had removed the letter, she flew off.
'Thank you.' Harry waved his hand again and the window closed.
He unrolled the letter, and seeing it was from Hermione, he started reading it. After he finished, he sat in thought for about ten minutes. He knew what he needed to do and so he called some paper and pen to himself.
Dear 'Mione,
How are you? I hope things are going well at the Weasley's...aka, you and Ginny haven't killed Ron yet.
There's something I need to tell you but I wish to do it in person. If you can come to Hogwarts that'd be great, but please don't tell Ron.
I'm gonna ask Dumbledore to make it'll be okay and I'll owl you back later.
Tell Ginny I said hi!
~Harry
He rolled the letter up and magically sealed it. 'Hedwig,' he called for her in his mind. She immediately flew over from her perch on a nearby table.
'Yes?'
'Can you please deliver this to Hermione?' Harry asked.
'Of course.' She stuck out her leg and let him tie in on. She nipped lightly at his fingers before he opened the window for her and she left. He decided to go ahead and leave the window open to let some air in, and so Hedwig could come right back in without having to wait for him to open it.
Harry was wondering when he'd get a chance to talk to Dumbledore about Hermione visiting, when through the infirmary doors came Dumbledore.
"Ah, Harry, you're awake," Dumbledore smiled. "Would you like some breakfast?" he asked.
Harry though about it for a few seconds before answering, "Yes," fairly enthusiastically.
Before Dumbledore could summon a house-elf, a try of food appeared before Harry. Both wizards stared at it in shock before Harry smiled sheepishly.
"Um...I think I accidentally did that," he admitted.
Dumbledore just laughed, making the twinkle in his eyes even brighter.
"Professor Dumbledore? Do you think Hermione could come visit me sometime soon? Here?" Harry asked.
"Yes, I believe that would be all right," Dumbledore replied. He wondered why Harry didn't ask about Ron coming but figured he must have some reason.
"Thank you!" Harry smiled at him.
"I need to get back to my office now but if you need me just ask Poppy to get me," Dumbledore said.
Harry glanced over at Madame Pomfrey's office and saw her asleep at her desk, but saw no reason to tell Dumbledore this. Dumbledore just happened to follow his glance though and saw Pomfrey also.
"Or...some other way," he smiled at Harry. He winked at him before turning around and leaving the infirmary.
Harry wanted to go visit Sirius or Remus but he didn't know where they were staying in the castle. So instead, he summoned a random book to himself and Your Way Back from the Light: Hidden Powers You Now Have just happened to come.
About an hour and a half into his reading, Hedwig returned with a reply from Hermione.
'That was fast girl,' he said, surprised that she was back so soon.
'The winds are nice outside and Hermione took little time to reply,' Hedwig answered back, landing on the foot of his bed.
After Harry took the letter from her, he closed his eyes and imagined a bowl of nuts in front of him. When he opened his eyes they were right in front of him.
'Thank you Hedwig.' He pushed the bowl towards her and stroked her feathers a little before reading the letter.
Harry,
Of course I'll come! I won't tell Ron if you don't want me to, but can Ginny come visit you? She's been worried about you also. Let me know what Dumbledore says about visiting, as soon as you know.
~Hermione~
Ginny's worried about me also? Harry knew that she had had a crush on him, but she was actually worried? Huh...
When Hedwig was finally done with her nuts she looked up and saw her Harry deep in thought.
'Are you okay?' she asked.
'Huh?' Harry shook himself. 'Oh, yeah, I'm okay. I hate to ask you to go back again, but do you think you could deliver another letter to Hermione for me?' He quickly wrote out a reply to Hermione and was about to give it to Hedwig when suddenly, what looked like a small ball came hurtling into the room
"Bloody hell!" Harry yelped and Hedwig flew into the air so she could protect her Harry if need be.
The ball slowed down enough that Harry could tell it was actually Ron's owl, Pig.
'Pig! What are you doing here?'
'Hermione sent me. She figured you'd reply soon and didn't want Hedwig to have to fly all the way back again,' Pig replied, flying around the room.
'That was nice of her. Could you please land so I can give you the reply?'
Pig immediately stopped, realizing something, and flew over to Harry slowly.
'You can understand me?'
'Yes smarty, he can,' Hedwig hooted.
'Hedwig!' Harry reprimanded. 'Yes Pig, I can understand you.'
'That's so cool!' Pig hooted and started zooming around the room again.
'You stupid owl! Get back over here and calm down before I get you and pluck your feathers!' Hedwig was becoming angry at the stupid, hyper owl.
'Hedwig, please calm down,' Harry scolded as he stroked her feathers.
Pig decided it would be in his best interest to go over to Harry and stay there, so he flew over.
'Thank you,' Harry said, tying his letter to Pig's leg.
'Now you can go,' Hedwig commanded.
Pig didn't need to be told twice so he zoomed out the window and headed off to deliver his letter.
'Hedwig! Why'd you have to be so rude?' Harry asked.
'He's too hyper...he needs to learn to settle down. It's quite annoying,' Hedwig replied, ruffling her feathers.
Harry just sighed and went back to his reading. At least he didn't have to feel bad about sending Hedwig out again.