Chapter twelve

'It's getting hard to breath,' Harry said softly before they climbed off Harry then pulled him off his bed.

'I can't believe you did that,' Fred said.

'Yeah, for the four of us,' George said.

'You and your family stuck by me, but you four did when you heard what I said and made him do. It shows I've got people I can count on, I never had that before.'

'We'll always have your back, to us your family,' Ginny said giving Harry another hug.

'See, she finally got over her little crush,' Fred smirked at Ginny George was smirking at Harry.

'It was more the-boy-who-lived, but then you rescued me, saved me, it sort of went to hero worship.'

'I get that Ginny, but I'm glad we can stay close. I would hate for it to be awkward.'

'Never, now I can just hex you like my brothers, since you are like a brother,' Ginny smirked, Fred and George laughed as Harry grimaced.

'Come on Ron, let's get down to dinner,' Fred called.

Ron launched himself at Harry, hugging him, 'I wonder if these boys are gay,' George said.

'Oi,' Ron let Harry go then glared at his brothers, 'I'm not gay.'

'We know you're not, what about you Harry, like boys or girls?'

'Well, I haven't really thought about it. Maybe I need to check out some girls and some boys, see if I can tell.'

'Come on, I'm hungry,' Ginny said.

'When isn't a Weasley hungry,' Harry smirked then he had Fred's arm around his shoulder leading him out of the room.

The four Weasley's and Harry walked down through the school, Fred still had his arm around Harry, Lee, Dean, Seamus and Neville following.

'Why is your arm around me Fred?'

'To see how you feel being touched by a bloke, since I'm gay then I can without feeling uncomfortable.'

'Oh, do you have a boyfriend?'

'Nope, been too busy.'

'Did you tell Harry about what will take place every weekend after the champions have been selected?' George asked.

'No, I only told him about the tournament, but he knew, um...he was filled in last night.'

'So what else is happening?'

'The other two schools are going to show their talents to Hogwarts, sort of like mini concerts on Saturday nights until the first task then it will continue throughout the year.'

'What about Hogwarts, do some get to as well?'

'It wasn't mentioned, but a few of us thought we should.'

'Then why don't we protest, get the head boy and girl to give the headmaster and deputy our petition?'

'Hey, I like it, Fred and I will work on the petition then get everyone to sign it.'

'Yeah, I know for a fact that there are some people with talent in this school, I've heard girls singing, great voices,' George.

'Have it written that if the students of Hogwarts can't show their talent then none of us will attend to watch them.'

'Oh Harry really is showing how devious he can be,' Ginny grinned, 'I love it.'

Harry laughed loudly, 'You have no idea Ginny, but hopefully you will see some of my devious plans soon.'

'Oh, are you becoming a marauder?'

'Well, I am the son of a marauder, so why not.'

They walked into the great hall, still with Fred's arm around Harry, Ron on his other side. The group took their seats on the Gryffindor table.

'So why didn't you arrive yesterday Harry?' Neville asked.

'Oh, well, I wasn't sure if I was going to return. I thought about going to a muggle school.'

'Why?' all the friends around Harry and the Weasley's asked.

'Well, I figured I've never had much of a life here, dangerous really, then I got stuck with those people that hate me. I figured since I could afford to look after myself I might just give up my magical heritage. Dumbledore wasn't happy so we worked out a few things which allowed me to leave the muggles, I decided I'd return, so I shopped today.'

'So where will you be living?' Dean asked.

'I'm with a good friend of my fathers who wanted me to live with him. We're keeping his name secret just in case. You know there are a lot of death eaters still out there and none are too happy with me.'

'Right, you killed…him so they would want to kill you. Is that why no one knew where you lived?' Seamus asked.

'Yeah, safety, but they were cruel, abusive people, I figured I would work on a better place. So this friend offered me a home I took it, but it's been great, he's been telling me about my parents.'

'Yeah, I suppose he could. But why is Hermione sitting down the other end?' Neville asked.

'To tell you the truth, I can't stand her. I put up with her for a while, hoping she would cut that attitude, she didn't,' Harry shrugged.

'I was going to give her a go but then she tries to tell me to order Harry to stay with those muggles that Dumbledore thought Harry was safer there. She just didn't care Harry had been hurt by them, she only cared that Harry stopped listening to Dumbledore. I went off at her when she started on Harry.'

'To be honest,' Seamus looked at Dean and Neville, 'None of us can stand her, we only did because you two were friends with her.'

'Same here, I can't stand her either,' Ginny said.

Heaps of others sitting around the group all said the same thing, they only stayed friends with Hermione because she had been friends with Harry and Ron.

The twins winked at Harry, they knew that Hermione was going to be ignored by everyone from now on.

'Harry, Dumbledore looks strange, do you know why?' Ginny asked.

'He tried to evade my mind without my permission, I have protected my mind to all intrusions,' Harry smirked, 'He ended up flying across the room, landed in a heap and will be suffering from some severe headaches for a week or two.'

'He used legilemency on you without asking?' Lee asked.

'Yep, now he knows what will happen if he tries. But even if he did get through I removed the memories that he wanted to see, they are hidden away. If he keeps going then someone is going to release some information that would make Dumbledore look bad to the public,' Harry looked at the twins, 'So when is that going to happen?'

'Two days, it has to be so your friends can see it,' Fred grinned.

'What are you on about?' Ron asked.

'You'll see in two days brother,' George smirked.

'So Harry really is becoming a marauder,' Ginny said.

'More than you know Gin.'

'Hey, Harry,' a girl called.

Harry turned, 'Hi,' he got up and moved over to the Hufflepuff table, sat on the end between Susan and Hannah.

'He really has changed,' Neville said, 'Look, it's like he's chatting up two girls.'

'He's working out if he's into girls or boys, but I think it's girls,' George said.

'Is that why Fred had his arm around Harry when you lot walked in?' Lavender asked.

'Yep, I let him see how it feels to be touched by a bloke.'

'Were those people really that bad?' Neville asked.

'They were terrible to Harry Neville, they starved him, locked him in a cupboard for weeks at a time. The uncle was this huge man that would hit Harry, with his fists. But from what Harry hinted at, the man he is going to be living with worked a few things out. So today those people will be arrested, questioned and there is a lot of evidence in the house to prove Harry's allegations. So even though he finally got free of them he was going to make them pay.'

Harry sat back down, 'So what did they want?' Ron asked.

'They just wanted to know why I'm not wearing glasses anymore, I explained how I took the potion this morning.'

'That's worth two hundred galleons,' Seamus blurted out.

Harry shrugged, 'Yeah, but it's worth it to get rid of those ugly things, it will help with quidditch as well. But I figured it out Fred.'

'So am I going to get lucky?'

'Sorry, you'll have to find some other bloke so you can dip your wick.'

'Damn, here I thought I would get to be the-boy-who-lived first.'

'Okay, change the subject, I don't want to think about you blokes doing that, especially to each other, my brother and my mate,' Ron grimaced making everyone laugh before Ron ended up laughing.