Harry woke up the next morning with the sun shining in through the window.
Yawning, he went downstairs. As he entered the kitchen, Harry saw Hermione
cooking breakfast. The scent of sweet pancakes drifted up the hungry mans
nose. Adam was at the kitchen table reading the Daily Prophet and Jordan
was playing on his gameboy.
''Morn all,'' Harry said cheerfully.
Adam smiled and said, ''Morning''. Hermione smiled.
''Morning Uncle Harry!'', Jordan said, rushing over to give his favourite uncle a hug. Jordan was looking quite smart this morning. His light blonde hair was combed down, his fringe nearly overlapping his big, sparkling blue eyes. He wore a navy blue shirt and black suit trousers. Hermione was wearing a lovely lilac dress that had tiny blue flowers sewed onto it. Her long brown hair lay in soft curls; two butterfly clips were clipped on the top of her head. In Harry's opinion, Hermione was beautiful.
Adam wore a dark green robe a with matching cloak ''Come and eat,'' Hermione offered. ''You never had anything last night, you must be starving.'' Harry nodded. He settled down at the table and Hermione placed a plate of pancakes in front of him.
''We see Ron today, right?'' Harry asked.
''Yeah, and he can't wait to see you, Harry. He called early this morning asking if you got here safely.'' Adam chuckled. ''I never knew he could get up out of bed before nine am, I for one was shocked.''
Harry laughed. He felt happy that Ron still cared for him so much. Though it had been years since they last saw each other, Harry remembered Ron crystal clear, down to the last freckle. Harry couldn't wait to see him again.
Sadly, Harry had a shopping trip with Hermione and Jordan before they all had dinner with Ron.
Ugh, clothes shops!
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Six long, boring, exhausting hours later Harry's hands were full of shopping bags filled with clothes of every kind. Hermione made Harry try on every piece of clothing she thought was appealing. For wearing out in muggle places Harry had three pairs of jeans, five shirts and a designer jacket. For being among wizards, he had seven new robes and a black pointed hat that changed colour if asked politely. Jordan was highly entertained by this.
''May you please turn violet?'' he asked on the drive back home. The hat wriggled a bit and slowly turned into a violet shade. Jordan giggled.
''May you please turn peach?''. The hat obeyed.
''Jordan, quite it or you'll brake the thing!'' Hermione snapped in the driver's seat.
Harry just laughed, ''Oh, leave him alone, Herm, he's only playing.'' Hermione scowled.
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(Outside the posh restaurant 'Del de emb pica')
''What is TAKING him so LONG?!!'' Hermione said angrily.
Harry shrugged. ''Traffic?''
Hermione shook her head, ''No, no, no, no, no, no...''she started pacing. ''Ron can't stand traffic, he just waves his wand and he's at the front of all the cars. Honestly! The night he gets to see you after four years and he's late!''
''It's definitely not like him, should we call to see if he's alright?'' Adam asked with a worried look.
''Is Uncle Ron coming to dinner tonight daddy?'' Jordan asked.
''I'm not so sure,'' Adam sighed. ''I'll ask if I can use the restaurant's phone to see if he's left his house yet.'' With that, he entered the restaurant. Minutes later he returned, ''he isn't answering, he must be on his way.''
But Ron didn't show up, at all. Harry, Hermione, Adam and Jordan had to go back home, Hermione giving furious comments on the way.
As they pulled up on Gardenviews Avenue, Adam and Hermione's street, they noticed a sheet of paper stuck on their door that was definitely not there when they left.
Adam ran up and took the paper off the door. Everyone gathered round to see what was on it.
Harry at once thought it was from Ron explaining why he never made dinner, but then Harry noticed it was not hand written. It was like in the movies when someone was kidnapped and the random note was always made out of letters or words cut out of newspaper articles.
Harry gulped.
It read: If YoU wAnt 2 sEe yOur FrIEnd aGAin,
LeAvE 100'000 gALLionS On tHe
BoaT tHAt LEaVes On tHe 14 OF July,
nO LATer Or yoUr FRieNd IS DoomEd!!!!!
Jordan started crying.
A.N. Rubbish, I know, but I'm hoping at least one person liked it cause I worked hard on this. Draco will appear in either chapter 4 or 5, dunno yet. I suppose this good news for all you who love Draco. : ) Sadly, Ron won't be in this until later, sorry to those who like Ron. : (
''Morn all,'' Harry said cheerfully.
Adam smiled and said, ''Morning''. Hermione smiled.
''Morning Uncle Harry!'', Jordan said, rushing over to give his favourite uncle a hug. Jordan was looking quite smart this morning. His light blonde hair was combed down, his fringe nearly overlapping his big, sparkling blue eyes. He wore a navy blue shirt and black suit trousers. Hermione was wearing a lovely lilac dress that had tiny blue flowers sewed onto it. Her long brown hair lay in soft curls; two butterfly clips were clipped on the top of her head. In Harry's opinion, Hermione was beautiful.
Adam wore a dark green robe a with matching cloak ''Come and eat,'' Hermione offered. ''You never had anything last night, you must be starving.'' Harry nodded. He settled down at the table and Hermione placed a plate of pancakes in front of him.
''We see Ron today, right?'' Harry asked.
''Yeah, and he can't wait to see you, Harry. He called early this morning asking if you got here safely.'' Adam chuckled. ''I never knew he could get up out of bed before nine am, I for one was shocked.''
Harry laughed. He felt happy that Ron still cared for him so much. Though it had been years since they last saw each other, Harry remembered Ron crystal clear, down to the last freckle. Harry couldn't wait to see him again.
Sadly, Harry had a shopping trip with Hermione and Jordan before they all had dinner with Ron.
Ugh, clothes shops!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Six long, boring, exhausting hours later Harry's hands were full of shopping bags filled with clothes of every kind. Hermione made Harry try on every piece of clothing she thought was appealing. For wearing out in muggle places Harry had three pairs of jeans, five shirts and a designer jacket. For being among wizards, he had seven new robes and a black pointed hat that changed colour if asked politely. Jordan was highly entertained by this.
''May you please turn violet?'' he asked on the drive back home. The hat wriggled a bit and slowly turned into a violet shade. Jordan giggled.
''May you please turn peach?''. The hat obeyed.
''Jordan, quite it or you'll brake the thing!'' Hermione snapped in the driver's seat.
Harry just laughed, ''Oh, leave him alone, Herm, he's only playing.'' Hermione scowled.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
(Outside the posh restaurant 'Del de emb pica')
''What is TAKING him so LONG?!!'' Hermione said angrily.
Harry shrugged. ''Traffic?''
Hermione shook her head, ''No, no, no, no, no, no...''she started pacing. ''Ron can't stand traffic, he just waves his wand and he's at the front of all the cars. Honestly! The night he gets to see you after four years and he's late!''
''It's definitely not like him, should we call to see if he's alright?'' Adam asked with a worried look.
''Is Uncle Ron coming to dinner tonight daddy?'' Jordan asked.
''I'm not so sure,'' Adam sighed. ''I'll ask if I can use the restaurant's phone to see if he's left his house yet.'' With that, he entered the restaurant. Minutes later he returned, ''he isn't answering, he must be on his way.''
But Ron didn't show up, at all. Harry, Hermione, Adam and Jordan had to go back home, Hermione giving furious comments on the way.
As they pulled up on Gardenviews Avenue, Adam and Hermione's street, they noticed a sheet of paper stuck on their door that was definitely not there when they left.
Adam ran up and took the paper off the door. Everyone gathered round to see what was on it.
Harry at once thought it was from Ron explaining why he never made dinner, but then Harry noticed it was not hand written. It was like in the movies when someone was kidnapped and the random note was always made out of letters or words cut out of newspaper articles.
Harry gulped.
It read: If YoU wAnt 2 sEe yOur FrIEnd aGAin,
LeAvE 100'000 gALLionS On tHe
BoaT tHAt LEaVes On tHe 14 OF July,
nO LATer Or yoUr FRieNd IS DoomEd!!!!!
Jordan started crying.
A.N. Rubbish, I know, but I'm hoping at least one person liked it cause I worked hard on this. Draco will appear in either chapter 4 or 5, dunno yet. I suppose this good news for all you who love Draco. : ) Sadly, Ron won't be in this until later, sorry to those who like Ron. : (