Chapter Three - Unexpected Guest
When Harry opened the door, he froze in place. He did not expect to see Snape standing in the doorway, with the Weasley's who were taking him to the train station.
"Well, Mr. Potter, do we have to stand out here all day or are you going to invite us in?" Snape said harshly.
"Severus, behave yourself. We are here to take Harry to the train station. So he just probably needs a little bit of time to go collect his things and then we will be off." Mrs. Weasley said.
Harry snapped out of his shock of seeing Snape on his door step. 'Why the hell is Snape here? Why is he coming to take me to the train station? I wonder if this had to do with my dream?' As he thought this Harry was gesturing for the Weasley's and Snape to enter and closed the door.
Once he closed the door, his mind went back to the dream he had last night about that girl. He seemed to remember that something was out of place in the dream, but what?
"Well, dear. Are all your things packed? We must get going or we will be late?" Mrs. Weasley said.
"Come on, Harry. I'll help you get your stuff," Ron said with an uncomfortable grin.
"I'll help too!" Ginny said as she quickly walked up side her brother Ron.
"Okay," Harry said as he headed up the stairs toward his room, followed closely by Ron and Ginny.
When he got to the top of the stairs, his uncle came out of his uncle and aunt's bedroom with his face red. "Where is that bloody tea, that I told you to make!" Uncle Vernon yelled.
"It is downstairs in the kitchen, it will stay warm. I put a warming spell on it. I have to get my things, since the Weasley's are here to take me to the train station. Goodbye uncle." Harry said all of this in a calm, cool voice.
Harry walked away from his uncle followed closely behind by Ginny and Ron. Harry saw Ron give his uncle a dirty look as he passed him. Harry couldn't help but smile because his uncle's face went livid and his eyes were full of fear. His uncle now knew that there was a lot more wizards in the house that could do magic besides Harry.
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Ginny and Ron could not believe how Harry was with his uncle. He just seemed void of all emotion when his uncle yelled at him. He also replied in a voice that both cause them to shiver. All they could think of was that Harry had changed a lot over the summer.
Ron gestured for Ginny to go in front of him and then to give Harry's uncle a dirty look for talking to Harry like he was a servant especially since Harry could do magic now.
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Harry stopped in front of his bedroom door and held it open for Ginny and Ron to walk in. Once they were all in the room he closed the door and asked in the same cool even tone he used on his uncle, "Why is Snape here?"
Ron and Ginny looked at each other before Ron replied, "He is here to make sure you get on the train for Hogwarts. It seems that there are a lot of people who want to make sure you get to the train station and have an 'accident' before you actually get on the train."
"What do you mean? I have not heard anything about this." Harry said in the same cool even tone, his face was still blank from emotion.
"It seems that only Dumblemore and the rest of the order got wind that the Death Eaters that were not caught and the families of all the Death Eaters are planning a way to destroy you." Ron said uncomfortably because Harry was looking at him with a face void of emotion and eyes that seemed cold.
Ginny also shifted uncomfortably because Harry was completely blank of emotion and didn't really seem to care that people were planning to kill him. She was starting to get worried because Harry was not himself, he was not reacting to any of this news, and it was awhile before he said.
"That doesn't explain why Snape is going to help make sure I get on the train."
"Well, I think it is to throw off the Death Eaters plan. You know that Snape is considered one of them, so they may think that he has a plan to kill you . . ." Ginny couldn't believe that she was saying this. Ron seemed surprised and relieved at her for saying something and Harry as looking straight at her his eyes seemed cold and his face was emotionless. ". . . so they may not try anything."
Harry just sat there looking at Ginny as she talked. Once she was finished, he turned and went to close the window. Then he walked over to Hedwig and coaxed her into her cage with a soft expression.
Ron and Ginny watched Harry walk to the window and close it. He then walked over to Hedwig and put her in her cage. They both noticed that Harry didn't seem phased by the news that they both just told him. He seemed like a different person, since the beginning of the summer.
"Well, we better get going or we will be late." Harry said with a blank expression and in a bored tone.
After Harry said this both Ginny and Ron were worried about him.
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Mr. Dursley went livid, when he saw two redheads, one girl and the other a boy. The boy gave him a dirty look as he passed by him. He knew that they were friends of Harry's which meant that they were wizards.
He wondered if they both could do magic, without getting in trouble like Harry.
'Harry, yes, he could do magic ever since he got a letter saying that he passed some test called OWLs, but he didn't seem to use it whatsoever to his knowledge. But the damn boy became more rebellious the moment he got the letter, but he also became a lot more withdrawn. He stayed in his room all the time and sometimes at night he would moan, talk, or in some cases scream in his dreams.' Vernon thought.
'The boy is going to be gone in a few years, so all I have to do is put up with all his crap for a few more years, then I can forget about the little bastard. Anyways I will be rid of him for ten months at that stupid school for wizards.' Vernon thought as he walked downstairs away from his nephew and his friends.
Once he reached the bottom of the stairs he saw a group of people staying near the front door. A man with black hair to his chin, a man with red hair and a woman with red hair. 'Mr. and Mrs. Weasel, Weasley, or something like that. They were the wizards that Harry would go and stay with if he was not at school or here on Privet Drive. But who was the other man? He has a bad look about him, that made him want to kick him out of the house before he tried to take anything from his home.' Vernon thought.
"Why, hello, Mr. Dursley. Do you remember me? I'm Molly Weasley, the mother of the redheads that went upstairs with Harry, Ron and Ginny." She took his hand in a handshake once he reached them. "Oh, where are my manners? Mr. Dursley, this in my husband Arthur Weasley and this gentleman here is Severus Snape. He is one of Harry's professors."
"What is the little brat in trouble?" Vernon asked with a smirk when he looked at Snape. "Because if he is then you can do whatever you want with him. I could care less what happens to him."
Snape looked at him with a piercing glance and said, "No, unfortunately Potter is not exactly in trouble and I would be careful what you say about the boy in front of present company, sir."
"I would ask you to not speak to me like that again 'wizard' in my own house!" Vernon yelled with a red face. He noticed that the Weasley's were standing in the background with expressions of both anger and surprise. 'HaHa. I have made them to respect me more.' he thought.
Snape pulled out his wand and pointed it right at Mr. Dursley. He was about to put a jinx on him when saw a woman coming downstairs with Potter and the Weasleys, and Molly telling him not to do anything that my cause trouble, Mr. Dursley didn't know what he was saying.
Snape saw the look on the woman's face when she saw the scene, she was mortified at the scene. She started to faint from the shock of what she was seeing. Potter and the Weasley boy caught her as he lower his wand.
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Harry and his friends got all his things and levitated them to carry downstairs. Once he had everything he opened the door, so they could go downstairs.
He stepped out of his room first and saw his aunt come out of her room. She looked better than she did when she fainted from George and Fred's prank. He smiled; it was the most fun he had all summer.
He walked towards his aunt with his trunk levitating behind him. She froze when she saw that and her eyes went wide. Harry stopped and asked, "How are you feeling Aunt Pentunia? Better I hope?" his voice was calm and soothing.
"Y-Yes, I feel better. What are you doing?" she asked in a hushed voice.
"That is wonderful that you are feeling better. I'm leaving now to go to the train station." Harry said with a warming smile to make her a little bit more calm. "Goodbye, Aunt Pentunia. I'll see you next summer."
She seemed to relax a bit at his smile and said, "Well, goodbye then Harry." Her voice was calm and caring. She seemed a little bit worried that he was leaving, but she smiled all the same because his friends were right behind him.
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Ron and Ginny watched, as Harry seemed to lighten up as he spoke to his aunt. Why was he so happy to talk to his aunt but not them? He seemed to really care about her, but why? They also noticed that his aunt was a little bit worried that he was leaving. Why was she worried?
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Harry asked in a more upbeat tone to make his aunt less worried about him, "How about you see us to the door Aunt Pentunia? Since you don't seem well enough to go see me off at the train station."
"Okay, Harry. Let's hope your uncle is in a better mood, than he was earlier," she said with a small smile. As they headed downstairs with Ron and Ginny following them downstairs with confused looks on their faces.
Once they got half way down the stairs they all froze at the sight of Snape holding his wand directly at his uncle.
Harry saw Snape look up at them, especially at Aunt Pentunia who was starting to faint again from the shock of the sight. Harry and Ron caught her as she fell. Harry could see out of the corner of his eye that Snape had put down his wand still looking at him and his aunt.
Once he and Ron gently laid her down on the stairs, Harry got up and walked the rest of the way down the stairs and put his trunk on the floor near the door. He proceeded to walk to the kitchen to get a cup of tea and some smelling salts. He looked at Snape as he passed by on his way to the kitchen; his face blank and Snape seemed to truly look at Harry with a confused look.
"Pentunia!" Vernon said as he turned around to see his wife laying on the stairs and that good for nothing nephew of his was heading toward the kitchen. "Boy, where do you think you are going! This whole mess is all your fault!"
Harry froze just as he arrived at the hallway door. He turned around and looked threatening at his uncle as he said in the coldest voice that he had, "Do not blame me for what has happened, it seems to me that it was your fault. You are the one that causes all the trouble around here not me. I will not take any of this anymore from you, so you will excuse me while I go get something for Aunt Pentunia." As soon as he was finished speaking he turned back around and walked through the door into the kitchen.