Chapter Two
"GET UP!GET UP NOW!"Came Aunt Petunia's screams through his bedroom door.
"I'm up you hag!"Harry yelled back. This was the last time he would ever spend with his rediculus relatives.
"Don't speak to me like that!"Aunt Petunia hissed with pure veom dripping from every single word.
"Well then get the hell off my case!"Harry screamed through the door. "I'm leaving in a week get over yourself already!"Harry screamed as he heard his Aunt's footsteps fading away as she walked down the hall to check on Dudley.
Harry stood up and walked accross the room to a dresser and opened the top drawer. He pulled out a pair of light blue boxers and then closed the drawer moving down one. He dug through the jeans and pulled out the pair that he could lable with pride as his favorite. The pair he had been wearing when he met Sirius. Sirius Black was Harry's godfather untill he was murdered by Belatrix Lestrange. Harry shuddered as he remembered that night.
F-L-A-S-H-B-A-C-K
Only one couple were still batteling, apperently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: He was laughing at her. "Come on, you can do better than that!" He yelled, his voice echoed around the cavernous room.
The second jet of red light hit him sqarely on the chest.
The laughter had not quite died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock.
"HARRY GET OUT HERE NOW!" The vioce pulled Harry out of the flashback. He opened his door and came face to face with his cousin Dudly.
"What the hell do you want?"Harry asked rather rudely.
"Well I want you to take my things down the stairs."Dudly stated as though this were to most obvious thing in the world.
"Get them your self you hog!"Harry screamed at Dudly and walked into the bathroom accross the hall and started the shower. He brushed his teeth rather more forcefully than he would normaly have done then payed the price as he spit out a mouthfull of blood from scraping his gums. "Damn it" He muttered then took off his nightshirt and shorts. Folding the towel on the hanger over in half and laying it on the floor as a sort of rug he slipped out of his boxers and into the shower.
Ten minutes later Harry was down in the kitchen eating the breakfast his Aunt had had to prepare for the first time in nearly eight years. Harry kept his head down and when he was done he put his plate in the sink. When Harry stood the entire Dursley family had flinched horribly knocking the salt and pepper shakers over from the table. They rolled accross the floor and Harry let out a laugh. The dursleys all flinched again and Dudley actually fell out of his chair. Harry just tried to stifle his laughter as best as he could and walked up the stairs.
He pulled a book towards him and continued to read the reserch journal of Dumbledoor's that was left to him. He flipped a page every once in a while and suddenly heard a soft tap tap on his window. There was a beautiful black owl. Harry opened the window and the owl droped a letter on his desk before flying out quickly. Harry picked up the letter and noticed it was from Hogwarts.
Mr. Potter,
I know you were thinking about not returning to Hogwarts but i think i have something that I believe will change your mind. Professor Dumbledoor left the new head boy and girl on his desk which I found and both of them have been informed. I believe I need to tell you for this reason. The new head boy is Draco Malfoy. Now I know you don't like Mr.Malfoy but that isn't the whole reason. The new head girl is Miss Granger. They will share a common room and lavetory. I need you here to assist me in keeping an eye on Mr. Malfoy. Owl me back and tell me if you are comming or if i need to request additional help.
Professor Minerva McGonnogal
Head Mistriss
How did she know I wasn't going to come? Wait Draco and Hermione? Shit. I know she will let me take only the classes I require for becoming an Auror. Shit. Why Draco. Shit. Why not Earnie or somthing? Shit. Shit. Shit.
Harry grabbed a peice of parchment from his desk and began a letter.
Professor,
Please do understand that I will not be able to take more classes than absolutly necessary to becoming an Auror. I need all the time I can to research on the horcruxes. Please understand this. I will be delighted to keep and eye on Malfoy. Just know that he tries anything funny with Hermione he won't be able to eat proper for at least a week. I must let you know that I am returning with the utmost regret. I do not wish to have to be where Professor Dumbledor once was. I respect his memory and his last wishes. Please do understand. Expect to see me on September the third please send my ticket and I will come.
Sincerely,
Harry J. Potter
Harry closed this letter and sealed it with his very own wax seal a gift from professor Dumbledoor from the christmas before. It was only a lion and the letters HJP but Harry understand the very true deep meaning to it now. The lion represented courage which was something he needed a lot of now. The idea was that every leter he wrote using that seal he would gain more courage. He walked over to Hedwig's cage and prodded her softly on the wing to wake her up. He woke her up and tied the letter to her leg. He told her softly,"This goes to hogwarts. Professor McGonnagol is now in Professor Dumbledoor's office. Ok?" Hedwig hooted in responce and flew out of Harry's open window.
Somewhere in London a boy named Ron Weasly was waking up and Harry knew it. He deided to write one more letter that morning. He pulled upen his desk drawer and pulled out another piece of parchment.
Once Harry was finnished with that letter as well he sealed it and set it aside and stood. Streatching out his back like a cat he cast a weary eye around him. His floor was jumbled with a bunch of things. Everything from his broomstick to his old history textbook from his old muggle school. He decided today would be a good choice to start packing. So he grabbed the textbook and tossed it into a large trash bag along with several of Dudly's old clothes. He picked up his broom stick and layed it on his bed also picking up his Hogwarts robes. He tossed the robes along with several other sets into a large laundry basket. He picked up all of his school books from last year and put them on his bed as well. No way is this all going to fit into one trunk. Harry then decided that the only think he could do was go and buy another. He chucked his quiddech robes into the basket and walked out his bedroom door.
"I'm going out. I need to buy a few things." Harry yelled and got a grunt from the livingroom in response. Harry stayed by the frontdoor wondering if he should appologise for his earlier response to his Aunt. She had treated you like a slave for the past like thirteen years to hell with her. As this thought reached the surface of Harry's mind he opened the door and left.
Once on the street Harry pulled out his wand a ut it up his sleve. He stuck out his right hand and a tripple decker bus appeared.
"Welcom to the night bus."Said Stan Shunpike.
"Yes Stan I know." Said Harry as he stepped aboared. He stopped at the driver and payed his fine. "How you hangin in there Ern'?"Harry asked the man.
"I'm fine." He chuckled.
"Diagon Alley if you don't mind."Said Harry and he walked over to an empty arm chair by a window. He didn't sit yet not untill...BANG The Knight Bus flew over to some country field or another and then stopped in front of a large group of people. They all clambered on and Harry noticed they all had red hair with the exception of one who was presumably wearing a hat.
"Oh Harry dear what are you doing on here all on your own?"Asked the person wearing the hat.
"Just headig to Diagon Alley. What aout you Mrs.Weasly?" Harry asked in responce. As the woman swept him into a hug.
"Same here just buying the childrens new books."Replied the woman.
"Well I must regretfully say that I just have to buy a few things. Another trunk for example."Said Harry smiling at the person who had just sat down next to him."How are you mate?"Harry asked the man.
"Fine thanks. How you hangin'?" Ron asked with a broad grin.
"Good. Fancy seeing you lot on the Knight Bus."Harry said looking around at the others.
"I know odd to see a wizarding family on the only wizarding bus eh'?"Said Ron laghing.
"How are you Ginny?"Harry asked.
"Fine yourself?" Ginny asked avioding his gaze.
"Good."Harry said then turned back to Ron.
"So who di you reckon is going to actually show up at school?"Ron asked seriously.
"Well not many Slytherins. Probaly a few Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. Deffiantly loads of Gryffindors."Harry said happily.
"Yeah we were always known for our bravery weren't we."Ron said blushing slightly most likely the reason to the blush was a memore of their second year when Ron had been everything but couragous against a few huge spiders.
"Well as long as spiders don't show up and try to kidnap us then I think you'll make it."Harry said letting out a laugh.
"Yeah sure. Wait, shut up Harry."Ron said now turning a deeper shade of maroon.
"Don't worry mate we'll be ok. I was actually not going to come back but I heard something from McGonnogal that changed my mind."Harry said pointedly.
"What did you hear?"Ron asked in a lower voice.
"Well Hermione's been made head girl and she shares a commonroom and living space and such with the head boy. Whom happens to be Draco Malfoy."Harry said this last bit very quickly waiting for the explosion.
"MALFOY!" Yelled Ron so that every Weasly present turned to stare at him. "Sorry I mean Malfoy?"Ron wispered appologitacly.
"Yeah. So I have to go and keep an eye on the bugger. If he even shows up. He might be to busy fetching new flowers for his higness."Harry wispered with a snigger.
"Yeah that sounds like Malfoy alright."Ron wispered back sniggering too.
"Well theres only one way to know for sure isn't there? I have to go back. I really wish Dumbledoor could have just made someone more decent head boy. But as we all know Dumbledor has his reasons for everything."Harry said slightly sorrowful.
"Yeah your right mate there has to be something we aren't getting here."Ron replied in his wisper.
