Summer '96
Chapter 2
Dear Ron,
I've been thinking about something lately. I can't say much in a letter, for obvious reasons, but I will say one thing ...vacation. We need to meet, Hermione too. It will have to be as secret as possible...we really need to talk. Can you write Hermione and see if she has any ideas?
Hope to see you soon,
Harry
Harry finished the letter and attached it to Hedwig's outstretched leg. "Just be careful," he said. "This letter can't fall into the wrong hands."
Hedwig nipped his finger in her usual affectionate and reassuring way, and then took off through the open window into the beautiful sunrise. No sooner had she disappeared into the distance when Harry spotted a new owl flying his way. It landed on his window sill and dropped an official looking envelope in front of him before taking flight once more.
Harry realized what it was immediately and, hardly even glancing at the writing on the envelope, he tore it open. O.W.L. results. He skipped over the introduction from some member of the Wizarding Examinations Authority and jumped right to his scores.
A grin spread slowly over his face when he saw his predicted score of Outstanding in Defense Against the Dark Arts. Not bad in Charms and Transfiguration either, with a steady Exceeds Expectations for both subjects. Dreadful in both History of Magic and Divination, he had expected that, Acceptable in Astronomy, Exceeds Expectations in Herbology, and Outstanding in Care of Magical Creatures.
Harry's heart suddenly sunk to the pit of his stomach and the grin vanished from his face at the sight of his next score. Exceeds Expectations in Potions. He had been so close. How would he become an Auror now? Snape only accepted students with an Outstanding Potions O.W.L. into his class, and if he couldn't take his class, then there was simply no way....
"Professor McGonagall," he thought suddenly remember a conversation he had had with his professor earlier this year. "She said she would help me to become an Auror if it was the last thing she did. I'll just ask her about it at the start of term. It is still possible."
With this comforting thought, Harry folded up the letter, put it on his desk, and, with a fleeting glance at Hedwig's empty cage, headed downstairs for breakfast.
A/N Hey I know the first two chapters are really short and a little slow, but hopefully I'll be able to make the third chapter longer, and finally get into the vacation planning. By the way, anyone got any ideas of where I can send these people???
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