Chapter Three
Leaving Privet Drive
It was Fawks, a phoenix that belongs to Dumbledore, who was waiting for Harry to return. "Hello Fawks," Harry said to the phoenix. Fawks flew off from where he was perched and landed on Harry's shoulder. He stroked the bird and relieved him of his letter. The letter contained loopy handwriting. Harry was just about to read the letter when Fawks vanished from sight in a ball of flames. Harry opened the letter and it read:
Harry,
If are wondering about your post, it has been stopped for your own safety and your owl is safe at disclosed location. In the next few days, you will be picked up to a disclosed location. You will receive information on how you will be traveling there. Do continue to clear your mind every night since you are more vulnerable when you are asleep. Your friends are also safe at the disclosed location so you don't have to worry about them.
Albus Dumbledore
Harry finished the letter with a silent smile on his face that he will be leaving Privet Drive in the next few days, and was more than glad that his friends are safe. He also remembered that for the past few days he has not cleared his mind, but he felt strange that he has not had any nightmares containing Lord Voldemort. The sound of water hitting the window singled that the rains have come. Harry spent the remainder of the day in his room only leaving to eat and use the bathroom. He checked to make sure that everything was packed in his trunk.
The next few days past by rather quickly without incident; if you don't count Dudley being caught smoking with his friends and have been brought home by an officer of the law with a warning. At the kitchen table after lunch one day Uncle Vernon spoke to him. "All right boy, there is a company dinner tonight and you will be staying in your room until we come back home. I will not be made a fool of myself like last year. You go it."
"Yes sir," Harry said and walked off. Harry didn't care but remembered that he was going to be picked up somehow.
It was close to five when Harry was locked into his room with a meager meal for his dinner. The storm outside seemed to go on forever. It was well past six when a burst of flames erupted in front of Harry's door that made him jump. It was Fawks with another letter in his beak. Harry took it and read:
Harry,
Gather all your possessions and hold onto Fawks. He will take you to your destination.
Albus Dumbledore
Harry seemed puzzled at the letter but suddenly remembered how Dumbledore escaped his office the previous year. He gathered Hedwig's empty cage and took a handle on his trunk. Fawks flew off from his perch on Harry's bed and showed him his tail feathers as if he was waiting for Harry to touch them. "Alright," Harry muttered under his breath and picking up his trunk by one of its handles. He touched Fawks' tail feathers and saw that flames have erupted around him. A bright flash blinded him and when the light faded, he was no longer in his bedroom. He was in a dimly lit room and Fawks left his shoulder soon after they had arrived.