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Harry woke up that morning with a searing pain across his forehead. He laughed to himself. 'Ha, ha, ha, she's getting her punishments. That's good. I hope it hurt her… make her pay for what she did to Sirius,' Harry thought to himself.

He walked over to his wardrobe to see what it looked like when his scar hurt; the same, nothing different, just a look on his face that looked like someone had stuck a pile of dung under his nose. Harry looked to his clock and he realized he shouldn't have stayed up so late. Ron and Hermione would be there any moment and we would be half asleep. It was 11:48, the Dursleys must be up.

Harry quietly got out of his bedroom and went to the bathroom. After urinating, he went to the sink and brushed his teeth. 'Maybe I should shave…' thought Harry, 'Nah, I'm good as I am. No need to shave, all I have is peach fuzz.' As he look at himself in the mirror, that was a loud rapping on the door.

"Harry! Get out! I have to pee! Harry, please get out!" Harry opened the door. It was the great whale of a cousin of Harry's, Dudley.

"You know, I bet it's hard for you to get through doors. I mean, even if you tried sideways you'd get stuck," said Harry, then he ran under his cousin's chunky legs and ran straight for his room. "Oh yeah, tell your mum and dad that I'm leaving today. I'll be going to Hogworts in a month or two, just to let them know."

"I'm telling! You're not allowed to say that!"

"I bet before you get down to your mum, you would have already forgotten what you went down there for!" He hated Dudley, he was such a loser.

When Harry walked in his room, he put on a tee-shirt and a pair of dark blue baggy jeans. When he turned around, sure enough, Ron and Hermione was standing outside his window. As Harry beamed at them they gestured that he open the window to let them in.

"Dude, I just woke up. Oh well, I'm ready. Or… do you guys want to meet my cousin? You already have Ron haven't you? Well, how about you Hermione? He's nice and fat, and hairy too."

"That's quite alright. Harry, have you got your things ready?"

"Yeah, um… how do I get this all like… attached to my broom?" They spent maybe forty-five minutes trying to figure out how to do this. Finally that just thought Harry would have to levitate it all there.

As Harry was flying about he felt so happy. Like all the weight just flew off his shoulders. He was so happy to see his two best friends in the world and happy to fly again. He had almost forgotten how upset he was. The journey took about 2 and a half hours. So they got there at about 3 o'clock.

They landed and Harry ran around the back garden like a little kid. He had no idea why. He was that happy. When he saw Mrs. Weasley she greeted him with a great big hug. And Fred and George handed Harry a new invention of theirs' The Squirting Quill. He decided to use it later, but not really wanting to use it at all.

A few weeks had passed and they got their Hogworts letters and already gotten their books and things. Only about a week left until thy boarded the Hogworts express. Harry's birthday came up and he really didn't want anything so they didn't give him anything.

More weeks passed and the time came for them all to go to Kings Cross to get to the Hogworts Express. Mr. Weasley got a car from the Ministry of Magic so they could get to Kings Cross. Two cars came; one a white Lexus, and the other a silver BMW.

When they got there, they came across many of their school friends. They saw Neville, who was getting scolded by his grandmother. Also they saw Seamus with his mom. When it was five minutes till eleven, they all went through the barrier to platform nine and three quarters.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all found themselves a nice little compartment near the back of the train. Hedwig and Pig were set next to Hermione and Crookshanks. Ginny said that she'd go and look for Luna so then Harry, Ron and Hermione had the compartment all to themselves.

Ron and Hermione didn't have much to say. They still felt a bit detached from Harry because he still wasn't talking much. Even though he was really happy, Harry still felt horrible. Just going back to Hogworts, just reuniting with the wizarding world make him sorrowful. He felt like he needed to talk to Ron and Hermione about it, but he couldn't. He really wanted to, but it was just too hard to talk about.

When the train started moving, Neville came in with Trevor. He told them that for once, he hadn't forgotten anything and that this summer his grandmother was really proud of him. He showed then his new wand. It was mahogany with a unicorn tail hair in it, and 9 inches. Harry had just remembered the occasion last year when Neville's wand broke in the Department of Mysteries.

A few hours passes and a nice lady came by with the cart full of treats. Harry, who was being really careless, bought 10 of everything. He shared with the rest of them, even Luna when she came back with Ginny. They spent the rest of the time talking, well Harry was just listening, about the feast.

When the train stopped and they walked out, they heard a familiar voice.

"All firs' years come with me! Firs' year over!" called Hagrid, waving his large hands to get the first years' attention.

"Hagrid!" shouted Ron.

"Hullo Ron, Harry, Hermione. How 'ave you three been?" Hagrid asked beaming at all of them.

"Fine! It's great to see you Hagrid and we'd like to chat but we see you're busy and we need to get to the Great Hall," said Harry. Then they walked to the entrance hall and into the Great Hall. The ceiling showed that the sky outside was a little cloudy and the moon was already out.

They took their seat at the Gryffindor table and sat to wait for the first years to come in with Professor McGonagall. In front of the staff table there was a wooden stool with a battered old hat on top of it. When McGonagall finally came it with the first years, she put them all in two lines. Then the hat opened its mouth and began to sing.

Welcome students

To another year for learning

Even though

The Dark Lord's returning

We must all enjoy our year

For together we must stand

To fight away our fear

Now must I shut up

And put you where you belong

For if I don't hurry up

You might be old and gone

Will you be in Gryffindor

Those brave and loyal to all

Or perhaps maybe the witty ones

Who are in Ravenclaw

So maybe you belong in Hufflepuff

For you are sweet and kind

Or you could be in Slytherin

They're sneaky but right in mind

Now that I've told you

Where you could be

Just remember this

It's not up to me

Professor McGonagall came up with a piece of parchment and read from the list. There were nine new students for Ravenclaw, 12 for Hufflepuff, 10 for Gryffindor, and 13 for Slytherin.

After they all sat down, Dumbledore stood up. He made his usual beginning of term speech. Then food emerged from the empty (now full) golden plates. Harry, feeling a little happier, helped himself to some turkey and a little chicken. Ron grabbed five hand fills of Buffalo wings, and Hermione had a little bit of chicken.

When everyone was done eating, the plates emptied themselves and then filled up with desserts. Harry was almost so full, that his stomach would explode, but he couldn't resist. He had to grab some treacle tart.

When every one finished, the plates emptied themselves once again but did not refill its self. That told everyone that it was time to go to bed, even Dumbledore said so. Harry, Ron and Hermione walked themselves to the Gryffindor tower. They stood in front of the Fat Lady and said the password. This year it was Sarang hae yo. That's Korean for I love you. The Fat Lady picked it. She had visited her friend, Jung Choi, over the summer.

Harry and Ron said good night to Hermione and walked up the spiral staircase leading them to their dormitory. Harry was too tired to talk to Ron so he just lay there thinking about how much better it was at Hogwarts than at Privet Drive. He was just remembering when he got his letter from Hogwarts, and how Uncle Vernon took it away from him. Then he fell asleep.

A/N: Im so happy I finally finished this chapter. I took like a few weeks I think. Well I hope you liked it! Bye bye!