Chapter 5
Harry cracked an eye open blearily. He could almost swear he had heard something. When all he heard was his uncle's snoring, he closed his eye again. A moment later both eyes flew open. He had heard something. Another creak from the squeaky step. Someone was trying to sneak up the stairs.
Harry reached for his wand and stood against the wall next to his door. Taking a deep he slowly began to reach for the knob, when suddenly the knob began to turn without his assistance.
With a creak and groan the door began to ease open and a shadow of a man began to step into the room. Harry waited till the head past through the doorway before jabbing his wand into the man's neck. "Drop your wand." He demanded in a tone that left no room to argue.
The man complied before stating. "Don't do anything rash. Hexing a grown up on summer break will look bad on your transcripts."
Harry blinked. "Remus?" He asked cautiously.
"Yes Harry. Any questions you want answered?"
Harry lowered his wand after Remus was able to tell him about Harry's Boggart. "Why did you come so late?"
Remus smiled. "I wanted to bring you your birthday presents. Hedwig's eggs should be hatching any day now, and I wanted you to know we're only waiting for the big day, so we can get you out of here."
Harry smiled, and then looked concerned. "We can't fly the owlets to headquarters on brooms, and Uncle Vernon will never let us use the floo again."
Remus nodded. "We're taking all that into consideration. We'll leave the actual method a surprise, but I promise not a feather will be ruffled by transport."
Notes: Thanks for all the reviews, they make me feel great. Anyway, I'm trying to get this done... We are in the process of moving and between the rugrats and real estate agents swarming my house, getting time to write has become next to impossible. Hopefully my the beginning of April I will be able to devote more time to finishing this so I can begin writing my next long fiction.