Harry awoke the next morning refreshed and ready to live a happier life. The first thing on his list was to prank his cousin that was sure to give him few laughs. Harry looked through the box the twins had sent him. He decided to start small and work his way up that way no one would get suspicious. The joke he had chosen Sneezing Jelly Beans, assured that the recipient of the prank would be sneezing several times a minute and have a stuffed up and runny nose for the rest of the day the sneezing would only last about thirty minutes. Harry grinned in a satanic kind of way he could not wait to see the expression on Aunt Petunia's face when she saw her diddydunkins sneezing his pea size brain out.
Harry made his way downstairs to breakfast Uncle Vernon, looked up from the morning paper "boy" he said loudly "today you are to mow the grass trim the hedges and paint the fence if it isn't done by the time I come home you won't have dinner tonight. Harry knew this was and empty threat, the Dursley's were still frightened that the wizards that had spoken to them when Harry gotten of the train at the end of last school year. The warning seemed to be enough to keep them from punishing him but not quite enough to stop giving him chores to do to keep him busy.
Harry looked up and replied "yes sir" Uncle Vernon nodded head and folded the paper and drained the last swigs of his coffee picked up his briefcase and gave Harry one last look before he walked out of the door. Five minutes after his Uncle had left for work Harry put his Prank into action. He knew that in order for him not to get in trouble, he was going to have to pull his prank of right under his aunt's overly pointy nose. Harry got up from the table and put his plate in the sink. Dudley was getting ready to go into the living room to watch T.V. his gang didn't go out terrorizing people until the early evening.
As Harry passed the kitchen doorway he casually took his hand out of his pocket and dropped the jelly beans on the floor. Then quickly made his way up the stairs to change into his yard work clothes, he changed quickly and peeped his head around the corner just in time to see Dudley reach down with a huge smile spreading over his many chins he looked around to see if anybody was watching and seeing no one he popped the candy in his mouth.
Harry jogged down the stairs and was heading out the backdoor when he heard the first sniffle then a huge ajhoo, two seconds latter he heard another huge ajhoo he ducked outside before he started to laugh because he knew that would give him away. He hurried over to the garage to get the mower but not before he heard another sneeze and His Aunt exclaim "diddles are you all right your nose is all runny and stuffy!" I think you should go to bed and lay down, but mom was all Harry heard before another monstrous sneeze took over Dudley.
Harry took out the mower and started thinking about the prank he would play on Dudley at lunch. He thought the Snizzels would make an excellent chaser for the beans they would make Dudley think that the furniture was speaking to him and that was sure to be an enjoyable show the Snizzels looked just like nards in the muggle world. Harry was very happy with himself if he could get away with this prank it would make him a king in his own mind. Harry finished mowing the grass and cutting the hedges he would paint the fence after lunch he went inside and upstairs to freshen up and also to grab the Snizzels this was sure to be enjoyable evening the effects of the treats lasted six hours. Harry wondered if Dudley would be dumb the second time Harry played the trick. This time he drooped the prank as he was walking into the kitchen. He set down at his place at the table and picked up his fork.
When Dudley walked into the room he saw the box of Snizzels and reached down to pick them up when his mums back was turned he gobbled them down quickly. The prank began to work immanently Dudley got this terrified look on his face and yelled "Mum the tables talking to me and the chair mum they said they are going to eat me help me its lunging at me ITS GOING TO KILL ME!!!" and with that final sentence Dudley promptly passed out. This was better then Harry had suspected he was trying so hard not to bust out laughing right there. He didn't know which was funnier Dudley thinking he was going to die or his Aunts face when Dudley had fainting. Aunt Petunia had quickly grabbed the pot of water she had been fixing to boil and had thrown it over Dudley. It waked him almost instantly as soon as he awoken he started to scream in terror again. "The toaster mum the toaster told me to stop putting its friends in it," and that was all Harry could handle he quickly and quietly got up and slipped back outside. He held his laughter until he had reached the garage then he let it out falling to the ground laughing.
He finally got his act together and grabbed the paint out of the garage and painted the fence. As Harry painted his thoughts turned he wondered when he was going to get to leave this year he missed his friends. Harry thought they should know about the prophecy if they wanted to keep being his friends then they should know he also wondered if Neville knew about the prophecy Harry also thought that Neville had the right to know about it. After all it could have referred to him as well. Harry also was wondering way his O.W.L.'s had not come in with his school letter he wondered when he was going to get them he really wanted to know if he was going to get be an Auror or not. He hoped that he would get them soon.
Harry had just finished the fence when Uncle Vernon pulled up in the driveway "so I see you got it done boy" good now tomorrow you can wash all the windows and dust all of the furniture." "Yes sir" Harry wished that he could leave in the middle of the night just to spite them. I mean this was his birthday granted the pranks he had pulled on Dudley were good but they weren't a party our cake. He made his way back to the house and upstairs and there was Pig flying around with a letter Harry managed to convince him to come down with an owl treat and took the letter of his leg it read dads coming Harry tonight at six be ready Ron. Harry got excited he was going to be with his friends on his Birthday he hoped that he was going to get to go to the burrow god how he missed it.
The burrow was the only place he had ever felt at home at. Harry glanced at his clock it was 5:55 god they Mr. Weasley will be hear in five minutes and I am not ready. Harry quickly gathered his things and through them in his trunk he had just finished when the door bell ring. He was hear! Harry was leaving this was the best birthday present ever! "You!" he heard his uncle yell. Me said Mr. Weasley calmly now is Harry ready to leave.
"Yes" Harry yelled as he bonded down the stairs with his trunk and Hedwig's cage in hand. "I am so glad to see you Mr. Weasley" "let's get out of hear I want to go see my friends." The Dursley's were too stunned to say anything when Mr. Weasley grabbed Harry's trunk and headed out the door. Harry smiled "see you next summer" and with that he turned on his heel and left. He made his way out to the car waiting on the curb and climbed in. and in the matter of seconds they were driving through the village of Ottery Saint catchpoll. And mare minutes latter they were in front of the burrow. Harry climbed out of the car and ran into the house and stopped short their was no one their. Mr. Weasley said "let's go out to the garden I bet that is where everybody is." They walked out of the back door and opened the gate and all of the sudden Harry heard SUPRISE "HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!!"