Harry Weasley
Chapter Twenty-One: Going Home
A/N: I just wanted to say that this is the last chapter of year one based on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone. I hope that you have liked the story so far, and that the story will be following basically what happens with my own twists through the end of OOTP. Each year will start in the summer, and then go to the end of the year. Please read and review. —Donald
The next day found the school up and running quite early. They were all eating breakfast and talking about what they were going to be doing this summer. "You going to come over for a while this summer Hermoine, aren't you?" Harry was excited to have a friend come over for a while, and especially if it was Hermoine.
"Of course I will Harry, I will be coming over before your birthday, my parents and I are going to the south of France for the first couple of weeks on vacation tho. I will be there in time to go to the lake for swimming and flying on the brooms to help you practice. We all will be having fun this summer. Doesn't your sister Ginny start here next year? We can help her out, and get her started on learning and reading up on different things that she is going to learn next year." Hermoine was excited about seeing her friends again this summer, and having fun with the Weasely's.
"What about you Draco, do you think your parents will let you come over for a couple of weeks towards the end of the summer to stay? Maybe you can come over and invite Pansy over also so that the girls won't be outnumbered this summer." Harry and Ron asked this when they saw Draco come over to say good bye.
"I don't think my parents would like that, but I will ask. We might be friends, but I should warn you, that Pansy and mines fathers are supporters of he-who-must-not-be-named, and wouldn't like us to fraternize with you all. So if you see us this summer out and about, don't be offended if we snub you, it's so that we won't be hurt by our parents or the Dark Lord. Don't worry about us, we have grown up learning how to get around the brutality, and we are survivors." Draco smiled at his friends, and said his good-byes. The rest of the Slytherin house wasn't to worried about this, for Draco had a cover story already set up about his friendship with the Gryffindors.
They all got up after breakfast and said there good byes to there favorite teachers, and made their way out to the carriages that would take them down to the train. Harry was waylaid a second when Hagrid stopped him and said. "Harry I have something for you, it's a photo album that has a bunch of pictures of your parents from when they were younger and what they were like. It is a wizardring book in that the pictures move. I hope you like it, and that it will help you remember them." Hagrid gave Harry a hug and sent him on his way with his new photo album.
Harry went down to the stables one last time before heading home to make sure that Lightning had her way to the burrow secured. "Now I will see you when I get home girl, ok. You be careful, and do as Charley asks you to. He should be here in a couple of hours to get you, and you will be traveling with him to my home. I'm sorry that I can't go with you at this time, but I will be there later. Take care of yourself, your growing into a beautiful young filly. Your going to be a beautiful unicorn when you get older." Harry gave her a hug, and patted her on the horn before turning and going to the last carriage to get to the train. He could have stayed with Lightning but didn't want to miss out on going home with his friends on the train. He knew that she would be alright with his older brother on the way home.
Harry found his friends in a empty compartment waiting for him. He sat down next to Hermoine, and started playing a game of chess with Ron. Hermoine was reading Hogwart's a history again, and Harry just smiled as he watched her. He didn't know what the feeling in his stomach was at this time, but if he did, he didn't think that he was old enough to fall in love. He knew that he liked her like a friend, and that he loved spending time with her, but love, he didn't know that it was what that was. After losing a couple of games to Ron, he decided to read the same book Hermoine was reading at the time, and pulled out his copy. Ron seeing that they were going to be reading on the rest of the way, decided to start his summer homework essay for Potions, and to be happy with it. He found that it was getting easier for him now that he had actually started to study more frequently, and was getting good study habits.