Hippocampus- Underwater animal that has the back half of a fish and the front half of a horse. You can find out about this animal on the Bestiary in or any myth site that I know of. I picked the right animal.
The person who Harry ends up with in the end and when I say end I mean till the end of my series of shock you. You may think it is one person but it turns out to be someone different in the end. But I must tell you it won't be Ginny, Hermione, Cho, or Tonks.
Chapter 6 Birthday
"Harry wake up" someone said shaking him gently. Acting on instinct, Harry rolled the opposite way of the person shaking him. He was rolling right off his bed and in a quick wrist movement his wand flew into his hand. Not even a second after he hit the floor he was crouching behind the bed....his wand pointing at a shocked Remus Lupin and Mr. Weasley.
"What is in London?" Harry asked, putting an emphasis on London.
"Diagon Alley?" Mr Weasley asked, still stunned.
"No not that Arthur" Remus sighed shaking his head. "The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix"
"Good" Harry said. He put his wand back in its holder and glanced at the two older wizards. "Sorry about that. Got to make sure of these things, especially when an evil Dark lord wants you dead. Would I have time to take a shower?" Harry asked.
"Take your time Harry" Mr. Weasley said. "We actually came half an hour early." Harry nodded his head before grabbing some clothes and walking to the bathroom. When he finished getting ready for the day, Harry exited the bathroom and went back to his room.
"Alright Remus, Mr. Weasley I'm ready" he announced. Mr. Weasley jumped at the sound of his voice and stopped examining his muggle objects.
"Yes, yes let us get going. We will be taking a car to London" Mr. Weasley said. Harry followed the two men out of the house and into a black Jeep Grand Cherokee. The drive was only an hour long because just like Mr. Weasley's old car, this one could fly.
"I couldn't help it" Mr. Weasley said grinning when Harry questioned him about it. "Besides I made a password so you and Ron can't fly it to Hogwarts again"
"And when were you planning on telling me about flying to Hogwarts in a car?" Remus asked, raising an eyebrow. So the ride was full of Harry telling Remus about his first two years at Hogwarts.
"Harry I don't know how you do it but you get into a hell of a lot of trouble. And not just trouble I mean trouble trouble!" Remus said astonished.
"Eh...its life" Harry said shrugging his shoulders.
"We are here!" Mr weasley said excited ly. The car stopped in front of the Weasley house and slowly floated down to the ground.
Mr. Weasley was practically skipping as they walked to the front door. Remus was shaking his head at the older man and Harry was suspicious. 'Alright let me think. It is my birthday...Mr. Weasley is skipping. So this must be something big...something exciting. Oooo hopefully a famous Quidditch star is at the house!' Harry thought. 'I hope it is Gwenog Jones!' Harry said thinking off the 23 year old hot Holyhead Harpy Beater.
Mr. Weasley opened the front door and walked inside, followed by Remus. Harry stepped through the doorway and was greeted by a shout of "Surprise!"
At first disappointment at not meeting Gwenog Jones filtered across his face. But then he realized it was a surprise party for him and all his fiends were there.
"Don't you like it Harry?" Neville asked, obviously noticing the look if disappointment that went across his face.
"Yeah I love it but I was kind of imaging Gwenog Jones being here" Harry said, embarrassed.
"You aren't the only one Harry ol' chap!" Fred said, grabbing his hand and shaking it.
"Right you are Forge!" George said, grabbing Harry's other hand and shaking it.
Many people came up to Harry wishing him a happy birthday. The only Weasley not there was Percy. Most of the D.A. members were there. Seamus, Dean, Neville, Luna, Parvarti, Padma, Terry, Anthony, Lavender, Colin, Dennis, Hannah, Susan, Angelina, Katie, Alicia, Lee, Ernie, Justin and Michael. Harry was glad that neither Cho nor Marietta not Zacharias was there. Oliver Wood was also there along with Fleur Delacour, Tonks and Kingsley.
"Hey mate" Ron said shaking his hand. "How those muggles treating you?"
Harry was about to answer but suddenly his hair was full of hair and he couldn't breath. "How are you doing Harry?" Hermione asked she hugged him.
"Mui ooing untay" Harry tried to say through the mouthful of hair.
Hermione let him go and Harry took a big breath, only to be brought into a bear hug by Mrs. Weasley.
"Oh Harry dear. So good to see you" Ms. Weasley gushed.
"Mum the poor kid can't breath" Charlie Weasley said, prying his mother off the suffocating young boy.
"Thanks Charlie" Harry mumbled, shaking the second oldest Weasley's hand.
"Anytime Harry" Charlie replied grinning.
Harry turned around to his closer friends. Ron seemed to of grown a couple more inches making him a good six feet, two inches. Harry was happy to see that he went up to Ron's eyes, making him at least five feet seven inches. Ron's red hair was grown out some, making it half the length of Bill's. In fact Ron looked remarkably like Bill. The twins and Charlie were short and stocky but Bill, Ron and Percy were all long and gangly.
The first thing Harry noticed about Hermione was her hair. It was still frizzy but it wasn't as bushy. She filled out in parts Harry was only now starting to notice more. All in all she was very...hot. But Harry had no attraction to her at all because she was like his sister and Harry just couldn't come to think sexual things about her because it disturbed him and made him want to puke.
Neville was standing next to Ron. He was around Hermione's height off 5 feet and four inches and he seemed to off lost some of the fat he use to have. He was still a little chubby still but the difference was noticeable. Luna was there and still looked the same as she did at the end of the year. The only difference that Harry could tell was that her dreamy expression didn't look as...dreamy as it use to.
Ginny had also grown out more, like Hermione had. Her face had lost the baby fat it use to have and it looked more feminine. Ginny Weasley had grown up into a very pretty girl but when he looked at her, Harry didn't feel anything. No sexual thoughts, no sisterly thoughts, no nothing. Ginny was just a friend, nothing more and nothing less.
Hermione's parent were there and Harry greeted them both warmly.
"Come on everyone!" Fred shouted. "Outside...we are so having a Quidditch match!" Enthusiastic cheers met this. Harry hasn't flown on his broom since the first Quidditch match of last year when he punched Malfoy.
'Wait my broom!?' Harry thought.
"Harry, Dumbledore sent your broom over this morning" Mrs. Weasley said. "He will be stopping by later in the evening"
'Thanks Mrs. Weasley" Harry responded with a huge smile on his face as he took his broom from her hands. As soon as he could Harry raced out of the house. The minute he was outside he jumped on his broom and shot into the air. He flew around like a madman, diving from fifty feet and pulling out of the dive, his feet skimming the ground.
Whoops of excitement could be heard below him. It took a minute of calling to get Harry down to the ground in order to make teams. Harry was told that Dumbledore had conjured up the three goals they would be using. Since there were so many people the teams had to be expanded a little bit. There would be three Beaters, and five Chasers per team. There would still be one Seeker and one Keeper per team.
The teams were as followed. Ginny, Dean, Alicia, Anthony and Katie would be Chasers for Team 1. The Beaters for Team 1 would be Terry, Fred and Bill. Ron would be the teams Keeper and Harry was going to be the Seeker. Team 2 consisted off Angelina, Seamus, Tonks, Collin and Justin as Chasers. George, Kingsley and Michael would be Beaters with Oliver as Keeper and Charlie as Seeker. Lee was going to commentate, something he was going to miss terribly.
It seemed Neville and Dennis were the only boys not playing. Luna, Hannah, Padma, Parvarti, Hermione, Fleur and Susan didn't want to play either, much more interested in watching then playing.
"And they are off ladies and gentleman!" Lee said enthusiastically, his voice raised by the Sonorous Charm. "Katie passes to Ginny who speeds on down the pitch. Justin is on her tail and is reaching to steal the Quaffle. Nice Bludger work by Fred who gets Justin off Ginny's back. Ginny throws the ball to Anthony but it is intercepted by Angelina. She speeds down the pitch. Look at her fly! And it isn't just Quidditch she is good at let me tell you!"
"Oi that's my girlfriend!" Fred shouted.
"Sorry mate" Lee shouted back. "And during that interruption Angelina Johnson has scored a goal!" Lee shouted.
The game continued on and the score was 130-110. Team 1 had the better Chasers but Team 2 had the better Keeper and the Beaters for both teams were basically evenly matched. Everyone knew it would come down to the two Seekers. In fact a bet was going on to see who caught the snitch. The ones who haven't seen Harry play and several that had, had all bet on Charlie. However most of them placed their money of Harry, knowing his skill from seeing him play numerous times.
"And it looks like the two Seekers have spotted the Snitch!" Lee shouted. "Charlie you better catch this! I have twenty galleons on you!"
The Snitch was zig zagging around and Harry and Charlie were following it closely. Whenever one was about to grab it in their hand it changed directions.
"And the Snitch zooms toward the ground! Both Seekers go into a dive and are hot on its tail! Snitch comes out of the dive inches from the ground and it looks like Harry and Charlie are going to crash!"
Harry pulled up hard on his broom, his feet hit the ground, digging into it and lurching forward. He quickly righted himself and took off after the snitch again, Charlie slightly in front of him.
"Come one you broom! Move faster move faster!" Harry whispered urgently.
"And Potter is gaining speed!" Lee yelled, jumping up and down excitedly. "They are neck and neck for the Snitch."
Harry and Charlie were trying to push each other off course. Harry was at a disadvantage though because even though he gained about twenty pounds, Charlie was still bigger. So being the brilliant Quidditch player he is Harry did something really risky.
The next time Charlie went to ram him from the side, Harry let his grip loosen. He fell to the slide so he was hanging on upside down. Charlie flew over him and Harry righted himself quickly and pushed his broom to the limit. Charlie was a couple of feet behind him, trying to cath up but it was no use. Harry grasped the snitch in his hand.
"YEAH!" the dark haired teen yelled. His eyes shone with excitement and life.
"Damn it! I just lost twenty galleons!" Lee cursed.
Harry landed on the ground his eyes twinkling, much like Dumbledore's. "Bloody brilliant Harry!" Ron shouted as he patted his friend on the back.
"That was amazing flying!" Charlie said as he walked up to Harry. He outstretched his hand and Harry shook it. "Absolutely brilliant!"
"Lunch time!" Mrs. Weasley shouted over the chatter of the teens. Hearing it was lunch time all the boys and the few girls who played Quidditch almost caused a stampede running to the house. The brooms were placed down on the side and everyone ran to the several tables sitting outside filled with food.
Harry was having the best day of his life so far. Everyone was talking excitedly about everything from Quidditch to the upcoming term of Hogwarts. They were all excited to see that the D.A. was going to be made official. Though they were worried about the test Harry and Dumbledore had in store for them. But Harry didn't even know what books they were going to use.
Harry was in a conversation with Neville about Neville's new wand. "Of course you'll do better with it Neville! You can't do as good with someone else wand as you can with yours!" Harry exclaimed.
"I hope so Harry" Neville said. Harry gave Neville a reassuring smile before getting swept into a Quidditch talk with Ron, Seamus, Oliver and Tonks.
"Ron give it up! Cannons aren't going to make it!" Seamus said, annoyed with Ron.
"I hate to agree but face the facts Ron, Cannons are doing horrible just like every other year!" Harry said, agreeing with Seamus.
"Yeah well..." whatever Ron was about to say was cut off by Remus, Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley walking outside with dozens of presents. He already got Ron, Hermione's and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley
"Time to open these suckers up!" Remus said. He put the pile he was carrying on the ground a couple of feet away from the table. The Weasley parents put the other presents by the first pile and soon everyone was gathered around the presents.
"We sorted them into two piles. One from people you know, one from those you don't know. All presents have been screened for anything dangerous" Remus told him.
Harry picked up a random present from the pile and opend the card.
'Dear Harry,
I know you are not out of Hogwarts yet but will you marry me?
Your love,
Christine King'
Harry unwrapped the present only to see a thong.
Fred grabbed the thong and George grabbed the letter. Everyone was rolling on the floor cracking up after George read the letter, that is except Harry who was blushing like there was no tomorrow.
"Alright you guys...just put the damn thing back in the box and lets get on with it" Harry mumbled. He picked up another one and opened the card.
'Dear Mr. Potter,
I didn't believe a word the Ministry and Prophet said about you last year. You have my full support in the upcoming war
From,
Jonathon S. Jones,
Inside was a small, hand held foe glass. Many shadows were lurking in the background. And even though he knew many people wanted to hurt him, it still was unnerving.
"Come on Harry, open the next one!" Seamus said.
"Hold your threstals" Harry muttered. He picked up the next one and read the note.
'Dear Mr. Potter,
Last time Voldemort was at power he had many dark creatures under his control. Figuring he will do the same this time, I thought this book will be useful.
From,
a Supporter'
The book the letter was talking about was probably two thousand pages long. 'The Magic of Other Creatures: A Guide to Defending Yourself Against Creatures That Have Their Own Form of Magic and Some That Don't' read the long title.
"A book?" Ron asked, staring at the thing. "A really long book!?" Harry just shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Hermione. She had a look on her face that clearly said 'The minute he isn't looking that book is mine!' Harry pulled the book closer to him and placed it in his lap.
Harry opened the rest of the presents from people he didn't know. There were four more marriage proposals, three came with underwear and one came with a naked picture of a very attractive witch. Harry was of course keeping that one. He got many shiny objects, much like Dumbledore had in his office. They were all Dark Arts detectors and everything.
There were many letters of support for him and Harry was glad to see people were behind him. Especially if he was going to put this plan he had been thinking about since the beginning of the summer, in action. He had asked Fred and George to get him two things, that he hoped they would come through.
"Alright Harry, now that you got through the bazillion letters and presents from people you don't know you can start opening up the ones you do" Dean said, as he tossed him a small present.
Harry looked curiously at the package before opening it. It was a small silver snitch. "It is a practice snitch" Neville explained. "It can go as fast as a real snitch can go but it is harder to catch then the real snitch because it is smaller"
"Thanks Neville" Harry said grinning.
Ron handed him another package. Inside was a West Ham football team jersey. "Thanks Dean" Harry said, knowing right away who it was from.
"You have to see them play sometime Harry" Dean told him. "They are awesome."
"I'll try to do it sometime soon" Harry answered.
"Come on Harry you got thirty presents left! No time for talk!" Fred told him.
"Right you are dear twin!" George said.
Harry stuck his tongue out at them and picked up a present. "Thanks for a free year of the Quibbler Luna" Harry said, trying not to laugh.
"You are welcome Harold" she said dreamily. Harry had to suppress a snort at the dreamy girls antics.
The next present he picked up had holes in it. Harry took off the top and peered inside. A small crup was curled up in the bottom, his forked tail sticking high in the air.
"Is that a crup?" Hermione asked frightened. Crups were known for their viciousness toward muggles.
'Dear Harry,
Bought this little fellow of a Italian guy at a pub. I got him for cheap because he has something wrong with him. He isn't a threat to muggles like normal ones are. I even brought him to a muggle area to see if it was true and he didn't do anything except act like a regular dog. Fang seems to be a bit weary of him when I brought him to the hut.
Hope you like the little fellow
Hagrid'
Harry looked at the little dog who was still sleeping. "Apparently he doesn't attack muggles" Harry told Hermione.
"Apparently?" she asked, her eyes narrowed.
"Well Hagrid said he took him to a muggle area and nothing happened! Just acted like a regualr dog" Harry replied.
"Hagrid sent him to you?" she shrieked. "Get him out of here"
"Hey!" Harry said, offendedthat she insulted Hagrid. "Hagrid has a kind heart and is a very good friend of mine. I thought he was one of yours too Hermione but it doesn't seem like it with the way you don't trust him!" Harry snapped.
"Sorry" Hermione mumbled as she looked at her hands.
Harry opened the rest of the presents faster then the others. Most of the D.A. members gave him books on curses, charms, jinxes and hexes. All in all he got eleven new books, a lot of candies, cakes and chocolates. Lavender and Parvarti gave him several beanies in different colors that they said "Harry you would look so sexy in these things it wouldn't even be funny"
One of the best presents came from the whole D.A. It was a white dueling robe with a white cloak. They both had a crest with two gold wands crossed, shooting sparks and the letters DA in the background, both red. The robe had the crest above the heart and the cloak had it take up the whole back. The robe also had a large C on the right.
"Everyone from the D.A. has one, well except the three that didn't show up today" Terry explained.
"You have the large C to represent you being the captain" Ginny piped up.
"Thanks guys...this is, this is great" Harry mumbled as he stared at the robe and cloak.
Harry put all his presents inside the Burrow and walked back outside. As Harry was about to walk outside he was pulled to a corner of the livingroom.
"Harry" Fred whispered...or was it George?
"We were able to get" the other twin said quietly.
"The list of people who"
"Get the Daily Prophet"
"We were also"
"Able to get the"
"Magical printing press you wanted" Fred or George finished. A magical printing press was a lot different then a muggle one. It looked like a small medieval copy machine. You placed the parchment in the slot and pressed a button. Then the magic went to work, making the number of copies you want.
"Great!" Harry said. "Remember I never asked for this" Harry told them seriously.
"Aye, aye captain" they replied, saluting him.
"Idiots" Harry muttered as he took his miniature trunk out of his pocket. He made it return to normal size, opened the third compartment and put the printing press and the list of Daily Prophet subscribers inside.
"Come on Harry, me and Gred got a great game to play until dinner time!" Fred said as he pulled Harry outside. Harry quickly shrunk his trunk and stuck it in his pocket before being led away by Fred.
"Alright everyone gather around!" George shouted.
"We are gonna play a game of 'I Never'" Fred told them. "So everyone take a shot glass, don't worry Hermione only full of Butterbeer."
"It is charmed to refill itself every time it is empty" George explained. "I'll go first of course. I never thought anything nice about Snape" Noone drank their shot of Butterbeer.
"I never kissed anyone" Neville mumbled. Most of the people drank their shots down quickly. Only a handful that included Ron and Hermione did not.
It was Harry's turn now "I never...."
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