Chapter Twelve: Last Week Before School
After his nightmare, Harry awoke clutching his scar in a cold sweat. 'Well, that certainly hasn't happened in a long time' Harry thought to himself, 'Better go tell Dumbledore'. Harry made his way over to the fireplace in the master bedroom, picked up some orange glittering powder, threw it in the fire, and said "Albus Dumbledore"
"Ah, Harry. What an unexpected surprise. How're things?" asked Dumbledore.
"Well, not so good. Last night I had a nightmare about Lord Voldemort," said Harry, "One that I'd like to speak to you in private about. Where are you?"
"Very well, actually I'm at Grimmauld Place," answered Dumbledore.
"I'll be there momentarily," said Harry. He apparated to the large room in which Order meetings were held. As Dumbledore walked in, Harry began to tell the headmaster about the dream. Harry also told Dumbledore about the out of place objects.
"Are they of any importance sir?" asked Harry.
"Perhaps but without more information I cannot be certain. About Draco Harry, this just means that you'll have to keep certain information to yourself. Draco may be listening, even if you can't see him," said Dumbledore, "I would please like you to tell me the story of your apparent transformation." Harry told the headmaster about the chamber he found in the Manor.
"Hmm… what an excellent room. I wish I had one," chuckled Dumbledore.
"Professor, can Ron, Hermione, and Ginny come and stay at the Manor? I'll take them to King's Cross Station and meet Mrs. Weasley there, so she knows that they're fine," asked Harry.
"If it is alright with Molly, I see no reason why you can't," replied Dumbledore.
"Excellent," said Harry.
Harry went and told his friends that, with Mrs. Weasley's permission, they were coming to live with him for a week.
"Wicked," said Ron, "We can play Quidditch all the time!"
"I can spend all my time reading!" exclaimed Hermione.
"Well, what about me? What do I get to do?" asked Ginny.
"Whatever you want," replied Harry, "If you all want I can teach you stuff that they don't teach at Hogwarts."
"Yeah!" replied Ron, Hermione, and Ginny at the same time.
For the next week, Harry taught his friends as much as they could learn. He taught them apparation, how to be invisible, and how to be an Animagus. Ron found that his magical Animagus form was a niffler with red hair, and his non-magical form was a red fox. Hermione's magical form was a hippogriff with large bushy brown feathers. Her non-magical form was a brown tabby cat. Ginny's magical form was a unicorn, her non-magical form was a red squirrel.
"Well that fits. Ginny's pretty nuts," laughed Ron.
Also, Harry taught them some of the advanced spells he learned. His friends were eager to learn from him.
As Harry went to bed the night on August 31st, he found a piece of paper on his bed with one word on it: 'SOON'.
This frightened Harry but he would tell Dumbledore the next day when he arrived at Hogwarts. He cleared his mind and went to sleep. Early the next morning, he awoke his friends and had them gather their trunks together for the trip to the train station. Harry asked Dobby to cook them a nice breakfast, which they ate quickly. They apparated to an alley across from King's Cross Station where they proceeded to enter the train station and make their way towards Platform 9 ¾. There, they met an agitated Mrs. Weasley.
"Oh, there you are! It's about time, I've been waiting forever!" exclaimed Mrs. Weasley, "Have you got all your things? Excellent"
She kissed the children on the forehead and waved to them as the train departed. Harry and Ginny found an empty compartment while Ron and Hermione made their way to the prefect cabins.