"Pro-professor Dumbledore??" Harry Stumbled to his feet scattering the former contents of his trunk.
"Calm yourself, dear boy," Said Dumbledore kindly, and patted Harry on the shoulder.
Harry looked into Dumbledores' kind sparkling eyes with hope. "Sir we have to get out of here! Something has happened to…"
"Harry please relax, or Dr. Pomfrey will have me thrown into a private room!"
"But Sir…"
"Harry wisdom can be found even in the darkest of times! Just remember that it is never wise to meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup."
"What?" Harry just could not believe what he was hearing.
Just then a rather severe-looking nurse with square glasses and black hair drawn up in a tight bun, hurried over to were they were standing. "Oh my goodness, what is this mess? Explain yourselves both of you!"
"Ah Nurse McGonagall, Lemon drop?"
"No, Thank you" the nurse gave Dumbledore a look that clearly said that this was not the time for lemon drops. "Harry you get this mess cleaned up immediately! Oh and Mister Potter, well your Uncle Vernon may dictate that you be allowed to keep your pet here. I must insist that you Please refrain from letting it out of its cage!"
"My pet?.. Hedwig! She's here?" Again, Harry had a surge of hope; if Hedwig was here, he could send out a message for help!
"Of course she is here. She is behind the nurses' desk. It took poor Mr. Filch the janitor two hours to catch her!" with that she turned on her heels, "Come now Albus it is time for your medicine." Dumbledore gave Harry an encouraging wink, popped another lemon drop into his mouth and shuffled off after McGonagall.
As soon as they were out of site Harry hurried over to what he thought must have been the nurses' desk. He was already composing the letter he would send to… Hum, now that was a good question. To whom would he send a letter? It was obvious that something had happened to most of the people he knew, possibly some kind of memory charm. A powerful one at that if it could affect the headmaster! Perhaps he could write to Remus or even Mr. Weasley.
Suddenly to whom he would send a letter became a rather moot point. Harry did not think his heart could sink any lower as he starred down at his beloved pet Hedwig, The beautiful snowy white… parakeet. Oh, with a gum wrapper tied to her tiny leg, just great. Dispiritedly he picked up the little birdcage and carried it over to his bed. He then started angrily tossing his things back into his trunk. The last thing he picked up was the gray torn old sheet. He sat on the edge of the bed and just held it for a moment trying to phantom why it felt so familiar.
"Oh great you got it out already!"
Startled Harry quickly looked up and saw Ron standing next to his trunk. Ron looked at Harry's surprised face with puzzlement, then said, "Jeopardy was a rerun," as way of an explanation. "You ready to sneak out?"
"What sneak out now? I think we should wait until everyone is asleep," Said Harry, trying to think logically.
Ron looked at him as if he was an idiot. "If we what until latter they will have locked up all the wards. Besides, no one will be able to see us underneath your invisibility cloak!" Ron then grabbed the dirty silk sheet from Harry and tossed it over his head. "See! I'm…Invis-I-ble!," Ron swooped around the bed like a bad ghost impersonation. "WooOooooh"
"no!No!NO! This just could not be happening! Ron was calling that torn, dirty, old sheet an invisibility cloak! His invisibility cloak! What was he going to do?" Harry thought to himself well Ron swooped around like an idiot. "He had to get out of here! He had to somehow find the remaining members of the Order. That was IT! He had to get out of here and bring back help!"
Sorry, I know I said that I would make this chapter longer, but I went back and fixed up the first two chapters instead. Well mostly the first chapter, I have added some little things here and there in an attempted to smooth out the rough areas that I just was not happy with. I have also tried to correct all the tiny spelling and punctuation mistakes.
Thankyou Tree Lurker: For your review! I'm glad you like my story. I was so happy to see that I had my first review that I had to go and type up a new chapter! Your right there is so many possible ways to take this story. I think that is what makes it so much fun to write! Hope you enjoyed the new chapter!