Chapter10:

They went to diagon ally the following day. It was very quiet with more than half the shops boarded up. They moved as fast as they could not wanting to hang around. Lining the street were retched people who hackled any parsing people for money. They went to the back and like she did every year Luna read out the inscription in the door.

Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn,

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

And they entered.

It took ages for Mr Lovegood to get his gold with hundreds of security checks including checking his wand.

But finally they left for flourish and blots.

An hour later they left through the leaky cauldron as Xenerfilius seemed to think it would be safer to travel back using muggle transport. So after a long climb they finally reached their house.

After that the rest of the summer holidays passed unbelievably fast. It seemed no time at before they were searching the house making sure they had everything. Normally Harriet would greatly be looking forward to going back but something told her that this year was going to be different. Perhaps it was the fact that it had now been made compulsory or perhaps it was just the two new books they had to buy. It seemed to Harriet when she first started reading them as though she was reading the wrong book. The people at flourish and blots must have got it wrong as rather than telling you how to protect yourself in the defence against the dark arts book it gave instructions on how to perform curses and in one chapter even instructions on how to use the unforgivable curses were given.

Then there was the muggle studies book which rather than explaining how muggles lived. It talked about how they were stupid and animal like. After about 10 minuets she and Luna both closed their books and Luna said:

"muggles aren't really like that? Are they"

Harriet shook her head. Well maybe Marge was but most people weren't like Marge.

They got to kings cross by muggle transport. This was not at all easy with their heavy school trunks. But finally they made it. They stood an platform 9 ¾ loading their trunks with help from Xenerfilius onto the Hogwarts express.

Then with a burst of steam they set off for a school year that would be rather less than enjoyable.

Harriet and Luna said together Debating why Snape had become Headmaster.

"wasn't he the one who killed Dumbledore" Luna asked looking serous.

"yes according to Harry Potter"

"well then it must be right" Luna said confidently.

"have you seen Harry" a voice then came from the compartment door.

"No" Luna said "come in and sit down Nevil"

"i expect he's gone out into the wider worked" Harriet said.

"who are you?" Nevil asked sharply.

"this is Harriet Dursley, Nevil" luna said "and Harriet this is Nevil, he was a member of the DA"

"yeah" he said eagerly "I was thinking we might need to start again. I mean this new teacher doesn't seem so good with the book they've given us"

Harriet nodded and asked

"can I join? I wasn't in it before because I missed the first meeting"

"of course you can Harriet" Luna said confidently.

"well I'm going to carry on looking for harry" Nevil said getting up.

"we're coming too" Luna said softly and she and Harriet followed Nevil out of the compartment.

Soon however they came back to the compartment. They had walked up and down the train at least twice. They had found nothing. but they had finally found Ginny who said that harry, Ron and Hermiony weren't coming back to Hogwarts.

Now they were all back into the compartment Nevil, Luna, Harriet and Ginny.

"so, it's up to us then" Harriet said.

"I suppose so" Nevil said looking nervous.

"at least the room of requirement still there" Luna said softly.

"yes" Nevil said "and I know I've still got my galion"

"I don't think we should use galions, that's what we had last time" Ginny cut in.

"but can anyone do the... charm?" Luna asked sounding worried.

"I can" Harriet said quietly.

"you can" Ginny said surprised "what's your name anyway?"

"Harriet" Harriet said smiling.

"okay" Nevil said "I reason then to begin with we should start because, you know... " he hesitated. "I'm not that good"

"of course you are" Harriet said definitely "no ones not good, it just takes some people longer to learn"

"well Harriet" Ginny said beaming at her.

Harriet expression did however not charge at the smile. She was after all blind.

"I'm not going to be much good" she said looking around.

"of course you are" Luna said sounding more normal than she had done in a wile "you've disarmed me loads"

"that different"

"no its not, why don't you try to disarm me" ginny said.

Harriet's wand was out in a flash.

"expeliarmous"

Ginny's wand whistled into the air and Harriet reached up and caught it.

"told you" Luna said looking at her. Then looking around at everyone else who looked confused "Harriet blind"

"oh" they all said.

Harriet just grinned.

Finally they began to slow down. Then the train pull into Hogsmeed station and careful not to be separated by the great around they made their way out of the train and into the carriage. Which Harriet had been told by Luna were pulled by thesterals.