Lord Harry Potter

Day 12 Harry Potter driving a car RUN!

(Saturday for those following)

Harry gets up late and heads down to breakfast, where he finds only Hermione.

"Where is everyone?" Harry asks

"Well Neville is giving Ginny a grand tour Luna is being taught how to enchant her hair from Mary and Ron has been up since 7 playing the play station."

Harry laughs

"So what are you going to do today, Hermione?"

"I really don't know, I haven't any plans yet." She admitted

"Well than would you give me that driving lesson this morning before Dumbledore arrives?" Harry asks.

"Offcourse Harry, this should be interesting, we can start as soon as you finish eating"

"Good! All done." He announced

"Enthusiastic are we Mr Potter?"

"Whatever do you mean" replied Harry innocently "Lets go, last one there's hippogriff dung." And he raced off

"Boys" someone muttered and tore after him.

After reversing the car out, Hermione sat in the passenger seat and Harry got in the drivers.

"Alright Harry you know the road rules or you wouldn't have passed your test, but how much do you know about driving?" asked Hermione

"Only what I've seen Uncle Vernon and Aunt petunia do really, but there car has a different stick I think its an automatic and this has another pedal"

"O.k. this is a manual which means you change gears every so often, but we'll start slow, start the car and then put your foot on the left hand pedal." VRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMM

"OTHER LEFT HARRY"

"Sorry"

"No happens all the time 17 year old grown man doesn't know left from right. Now I'll tell you the next bit okay don't do it yet. When I tell you let the handbrake off, put the far left pedal in and move this stick into 1st then gently release it while applying a little, I repeat A LITTLE bit of accelerator the far right pedal, when you want to stop you push in the clutch far left pedal and the brake middle pedal. Got that. Good, now when we start moving do you know how to steer?"

"I'm not that bad Hermione I get the basis of steering."

"Good just checking I'd rather not end up near a tree. Are you ready?"

"As ready as ever"

"Well that's as good as your going to, get now you can start." Hermione told

"O.K" Harry Muttered "Clutch…gear…clutch put…little gas" before attempting and promptly stalling. "Ah Hermione, what happened to the car?

"You stalled Harry it means that you let the clutch out to quickly try doing it slowly."

After 7 more try's of Harry stalling he finally managed to get it moving gently down the drive.

"Harry its not a truck you don't need to steer quite so much" Hermione said when the fence came rather close, Now lets try stopping like I told you."

STALL

"Clutch before brake Harry, we'll try again"

2 Stalls before he got it moving and then amazingly he managed to pull the car up very gently before accidentally letting the clutch out and STALL.

"Yes ah take it out of gear after you pull up maybe Harry. Again"

Started car easily and stalled stopping. Started car managed to drive and stop nicely even managed to remember to take it out of gear.

"Very good Harry just practice that for a while." After a few slip ups but many more successful attempts Hermione explained how to change into second gear.

"Now after you've got it moving put the clutch in and move the gear stick straight back then gently release clutch."

Harry attempted this, got it to second and stalled.

Second attempt CRUNNCCCH went the gear. "Clutch Harry, 3rd times a charm"

Turned out 14th attempt is the charm but hey who's counting.

"Now Harry let your foot of the gas, clutch in and change back down, THAT'S 3rd Harry go down I said. That's better wasn't that…"

STALL I don't even know how that one happened.

"Just keep trying Harry" sighed Hermione looking pale.

And with another twenty minutes Harry had mastered gears and Hermione didn't look as pale.

"Oh well Harry that's really good. Now let's try blinkers as you drive the corner by the garage, Windscreen wiper Harry try the next corner, that's the gear stick Harry try again. Excellent, now could you pull gently over hear stop the car and put the handbrake on, Very good Harry I'll only be a minute." And she promptly got out ran behind a tree and vomited. After 10 minutes she came back and asked "Wouldn't it be easier to get a chauffeur?" Harry scowled "No alright well lets head back up the drive, gently now please Harry." Harry drove very gently and pulled up in front of the garage.

"I wasn't that bad was I?" asked Harry

"No not really, Dad nearly had a fit teaching me though and he never quite trusted me with the car after I ran into the garage door. You were pretty good we'll try again tomorrow, It's probably lunch time anyway."

She was right and the five of them sat around for there meal.

"Where's Ron?" Asked Harry

"Playing that bloody game, threw a glass at me because I said lunch was on." Neville answered "I think he's addicted."

"I'll go get him after we eat" Harry said

And Harry did he walked very quietly behind Ron who was mumbling "…got to finish…hurry…there gonna get me…oh yeah…die bitch die MWHAHAAH." And whispered in his ear.

"Neville's snogging Luna in the hall" To which Ron raced out of the room towards the hall, He came back bright Red five minutes later very embarrassed and angry.

"That was below the belt Harry, below the belt" to which Harry laughed and dragged him downstairs where dobby had kept a lunch warm. Dumbledore apparated into the hallway at 2 to check on things and see all was right. Harry gave him a full account of his transactions with the lawyer, introduced him to the staff and showed him the finished house.

"You've everything in order Harry, couldn't have done better myself. I received your letter too and I'd be very happy for you to hire Winky and Dobby, I'll tell them now and then there is no reason for me to stay I think you've got everything under control Harry."

"Please Professor at least stay for dinner before you leave" Asked Harry

"Well I suppose that wouldn't hurt, I'll just talk to the elves, what else are you up to today?"

"Nothing much sir, Hermione just gave me a driving lesson in the new car and I was planning on going down to the Village and having a look around this afternoon If you'd like to come"

"That does sound Nice, why don't we all go, I'll meet you out the front in 10 minutes." And off the old man went.

Harry rounded everyone up and when Dumbledore arrived, Harry asked if he'd please drive today to which he agreed. Soon they were headed down to the village in the new car, while Neville couldn't get over that Dumbledore drove.

When they arrived 10 minutes later it was to see a rather nice village that looked as though it had come straight out of a postcard, The main street had a grocer, a baker, a post office, a fish and chip shop, a park, a café, a mechanics, a bookstore, a small clothes store, a farming supply store, about 30 cottages spread out around and some other buildings in the distance. The group wandered a little marvelling at the picturesque little cottages before entering the café for some afternoon tea.

"This place is really nice." Commented Luna, to which Ginny professed a love for the cottages before they had a walk around the lake in the park and Harry brought a paper from the post office. They headed back to the Manor around 5 to freshen up before tea where they were told they behaved impeccably by Dumbledore before he bade Goodbye and returned to Hogwarts. The group stayed then stayed up watching a horror film before heading to bed at 12.