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Chapter 3"Hey Harry, have you had fun with Dudley over the holidays?" Fred gave Harry a grin as he went into the kitchen for dinner.
"You should have seen my uncle's expression! You two are great!" Harry said.
"We got the idea from your dear little cousin, to invent stuff for these greedy people. We have to use our brains now that we are no longer studying in Hogwarts." George replied.
"IF ONLY YOU could have STAY PUT IN SCHOOL UNTIL YOU FINISHED YOUR NEWTs, YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN A BETTER JOB!" Mrs Weasley suddenly screamed from behind them. Harry got such a big shock that he almost upset the plate of stew that he was holding.
"I guess we'd better go and set up the tables." Hermione said as they left the room, meeting Ginny who popped out to say hi to Harry.
"Hi Harry! Long time no see!" Bill and Charlie greeted Harry.
Harry got another surprise as he look around the dinner table. He couldn't believe his eyes, as he saw none other than Percy at sitting at the edge of the table! Percy gave him a faint smile.
"He has been down since that idiot Fudge was proven wrong. Dad took a long time to persuade him to stop working for Fudge and come home. He is now working at another department. I'm not sure if I had forgiven him yet for what he had done to us! Git. " Ron whispered an explanation.
A sudden 'pop' announced the return of Mr Weasley.
"Harry! I'm so glad to see you here. Guess what. I have collected a lot of beartees for work…"
"It is batteries, Mr Weasley." Hermione cut him.
"Something like that, which causes electrikal stuff to run on them." Mr Weasley said with a sheepish grin.
Harry grinned to himself; perhaps life is going to be the same, only without Sirius. He will still be in my mind though, Hermione was right, it was not I who killed him or Cedric.
"Ron, I haven't heard you saying anything about your results. I mean you wanted to be an Auror, don't you? Did you get in?" Harry asked as they were on their way back to their room after dinner.
Ron passed him the letter with his OWL results.
Astronomy- Acceptable
Care of Magical Creatures- Outstanding
Charms- Exceeds Expectation
Defence against the Dark Arts- Exceeds Expectation
Divination- Poor
Herbology- Exceeds Expectations
History of Magic- Acceptable
Potions- Exceeds Expectation
Transfiguration- Exceeds Expectation
Ron wore a long-suffering look as Harry looked up from his result slip. "Look, I didn't and mom was nagging to me the whole holiday. At least I did better than Fred and George."
Harry gave his best pal a glance of sympathy and he said, "What subjects will you be choosing then?"
"Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Defence against the Dark Arts, Herbology and Transfiguration, what about you?"
"Same as yours. Except that I'm taking Potions as well"
"So you managed to qualify for the job of an Auror? And you're taking Potions? I pity you mate. Another two years of Snape? Better you than me."
"Yes. It is surprising that I managed to get an Outstanding for Potions. What about Hermione?"
"Hermione got Outstanding for all her subjects but she was complaining that she could have done better. She would be taking all the same subjects as she had taken last year. I wonder if she would be surviving on a time turner again?"
"Interested to have a game of Quidditch?" Fred's head popped into Ron and Harry's room.
"Of course." Harry said with almost too much enthusiasm. However he's face fell after remembering that his Firebolt was still chained up somewhere in Hogwarts.
"Don't worry about having no broom Harry! We just found a whole shed of broomsticks the backyard!" Fred said cheerfully. "And Grimmauld Place have the biggest backyard too! Enough place to fly for everyone!"
After the game, Harry found out that Ginny was an excellent chaser and even Fred and George praised her. That's a lucky thing! Harry thought if not I would feel remorseful for snatching her post as a Seeker.
On their way to the shower, Harry asked Ron, slightly concerned, "Ron, do you know if Ginny still goes out with Dean Thomas?"
"Ginny's gone wild. One moment she is with Dean and another moment she told him she liked someone else." Harry's heart gave a skip. "So they broke up. Wonder who she likes now?"
Harry felt puzzled as he felt a small thug in his heart after findaing out that Ginny likes someone else…
The booklists were sent to them the next day.
Mr and Mrs Weasley decided to travel to Diagon Alley by Floo powder again. Harry was not not really enthusiastic about it as he ended up somewhere in Knockturn Alley the last time he used Floo Powder and he sure didn't want to repeat that incident again.
"Harry, it's your turn." After a moment of soaring past, or rather twisting past a dozen fireplaces, he landed in an unfamiliar place. Again. "I don't seem to have much luck with Floo Powder. Where am I? I sure hope that I landed somewhere near Diagon Alley." Harry said nervously.
Harry soon found that he had landed into a particular shop with a weird lady inside. He picked himself up hastily and mumbled "Sorry" to the lady, who was staring at him. He looked around him, trying to figure out where he was. The lady pointed to his scar and said, "You're Harry Potter, aren't you?"
Harry tried to smoothen his fringe as he said, "Yes" and continued walking to the door in front of him. "You better watch where you are going. And that door is the door where …" Boom, boxes fell onto him. "…we stored our stocks."
Harry then saw a book, How to be a chaser, lying on floor. Ginny said that she wanted to be a chaser this year since Umbridge is gone and my ban is lifted. Perhaps, I should help her, Harry thought. He bought the book and walked out of the shop in the direction the lady pointed him to.
After walking past a few shops, Harry gathered that he must have landed in a not-so-popular part of Diagon Alley. Just as he was walking past a Potion store, he saw a familiar figure. "Professor Lupin!" Harry exclaimed as he saw Remus Lupin, his ex-DADA teacher.
"Harry! Good to see you!" Remus Lupin exclaimed as he caught sight of Harry" And it's Remus or Moony. I'm not your Professor anymore! Now let's get you back to the Weasleys. Molly is already having kittens about loosing you again!"
Soon, Harry was back with the bunch of frantic looking Weasleys.
"Thanks, Remus." Mr Weasley said as he wipe the sweat off his forehead with his handkerchief.
"You kids go and wander around, while Arthur and me help you to get the books." Mr Weasley said to Harry as she dusted the soot of Harry.
While Mr and Mrs Weasley were helping them to get their books, Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron were left to wander around on their own.
"Ginny, I bought this book from the shop I landed in just now. Hope that it'll be great help to you being a chaser in Quidditch this year." Harry said as they were walking down the streets.
"Thanks! I was quite worried actually. It'll be a great help indeed!" Ginny said. "You shouldn't have! It's so expensive"
"Don't worry about the price Ginny, anything to help you!" Harry said shyly. "Just win the Quidditch cup for us!"
"Harry, I like you. You are like another brother to me. But I am sorry; I can't accept your love. Yes, I love someone , but it is not you. I hope you will understand." Harry had told Ginny about his secret but she had rejected him.
"Ginny, I…" Ron finished his sentence for him, "I wouldn't have you as my brother-in-law, you are my brother and you can't marry my sister."
"Yeah, you love Cho Chang don't you? I won't let you play with my sister-in-law's feelings!" Hermione said fiercely, preventing him from getting to Ginny.
"Ginny, don't go… Ginny…" Harry said desperately as the figure of Ginny became fainter and fainter.
Harry woke up. It was just a dream. But would it happen just like his dream about Voldemort harming Mr Weasley? Harry asked himself. No, it won't. She liked you before didn't she? A small voice at the back of his head argued.
"RON, HARRY, GET UP FOR BREAKFAST!" Mrs Weasley's voice boomed up from below.
Crack
Fred and George Apparated under Ron's blanket.
"Argh, you two again!" Ron shouted.
"Shhh, don't let Mum hear you." Fred said. "Anyway, you two should have been up long ago. Listen, we need you guys to try this new product, Snake Turner on Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle later on the train or in school. We will see how that Slytherin prefect and his mates dare to do any thing to our Honourable Partner in Mischief Making for the Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes or ickle ronniekins, the perfect prefect."
"For goodness sake, won't you hurry?" Mrs Weasley said as Harry, Ron and the twins walked down the stairs wearing identical evil grins. "Although Arthur has borrowed a car from the Ministry to drive all of you to King's Cross, you are still going to be late!"
"After Fudge's claim of Voldemort's return, Fudge didn't dare to harm as much as a gnome in the house of anyone related to Dumbledore, including Dad." Fred said, laughing.
Percy, who had heard this, growled at them.
"Stop talking, AND GET DOWN!" Mrs Weasley shouted.
The ministry cars zoomed to the station when all of them are finally packed into the car.
They rushed to the barrier between platforms nine and ten. "Ginny, you'll go first, Hermione will be next, followed by Arthur and I; you two follow us." Mrs Weasley said.
Ron and Harry walked casually to the barrier and made a show of leaning on it, while trying to get to the platform, but all was in vain.
"Damn it, we're too late! It's past 11! The barrier is locked! How ever are we going to get to school? Dad's old car is still in the Forbidden Forest!" Ron swored.
An idea popped into Harry's head. "Fred and George sent me samples of products in their joke shop and there happened to be wings sprouters. We could try them out!"
a/n: soooorrrryyyyy for the long wait!!! Have been really busy with school and cca and stuff! ) hope you like this chappie! And I think I seriously need a beta reader!!! Anyone want to volunteer? Thanks! Alright, I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible! Remember to review! Love ya loads!
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