Harry still confused saw only the hurt look in Aunt Petunia's eyes as he vanished away with the portkey.

"Harry!" he heard his name called by a familiar voice. He blinked a few times to get accustomed to his new bearings. He was at the Burrow.

He turned to see he was standing in the kitchen with Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, Ron and Hermione. Hermione ran up to him and pulled him into a seat on the kitchen table.

Ron and Ginny watched him carefully.

"Hey mate. Rough ride?" Ron said.

Harry nodded smiling solemnly.

"Oh Harry dear, you must be hungry. I'll get some lunch ready." Mrs. Weasley said, although he knew she wanted to know what had happened.

"Harry, are you alright? What happened?" Ginny asked not wanting to beat around the bush.

Hermione seated herself in the chair near Ron. "Yes, Ron's dad only said there was an attack and he was going to bring you back."

Harry settled himself to the plate of sandwiches Mrs. Weasley had put in front of him. He explained to them as he ate, how he was attacked and how the strange shield formed and the wolves began burning up. He kept Aunt Petunia's strange realivation to himself, taking a mental note to tell Ron and Hermione later.

"How did that shield thing form?" Ron asked. Harry shrugged and looked emptily at his feet a sickening feeling forming in his stomach.

"What's wrong with me..." He whispered to himself.

"Nothing, Harry." He looked up surprised someone had heard him.

"Yes, Ginny's right." Hermione agreed. "This isn't something wrong, I think I've read about these kinds of things, wandless magic… I'm going to go check." She said with a reassuring smile and left to go to the room she shared with Ginny. Ron got up and followed after her.

Mrs. Weasley got up too. "I hope you're alright Harry dear….I better get dinner ready as I wait for Arthur." As she left Ginny got up and sat beside Harry.

"How are you feeling now Harry?" she asked softly.

"I don't know, worried, anxious, mad, but happy to be here." He murmured.

Ginny looked at him earnestly, "Harry I understand what your going through-," she began but Harry cut her off.

"No, no one does. I'm worried what might happen to your dad. I'm anxious whether I'll be able to survive this summer. I'm mad that Voldemort ruined another special day of mine. When I finally become of age and this is how I spend it. FLEEING FOR MY LIFE!" Harry said raising his voice. He sighed unhappily and turned away from her.

"Harry," she started, softly, "I understand how you're feeling because, some people can feel the pain and emotions of the person they really care for, and I'm one of them. That's what I meant." She touched his hand. "You should get some rest…. You've had a long day. Your trunk is upstairs…"

She walked away leaving Harry in an even more confused mixture of feelings.

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Harry had decided to take a nap after the talk he had with Ginny. Ron and Hermione were still in the room rummaging through old books looking for clues.

After a few hours Harry woke to a shout in his ear. He got up drowsily and looked up to see Ron with a worried look.

"Harry, hurry get ready, I already laid out your clothes. Just put 'em on a get downstairs, I think we're being under attack."

Harry was wide awake now. Though he was still confused as to why the clothes laid in front of him were new and crisp. He shot a questioning look to Ron who shrugged.

"First thing I found. Hurry, Mum told us to get down quickly."

In a matter of minutes Harry was dressed with an anxious Ron beside him. He held out his wand as the tiptoed down the stairs. The lights were completely off. All that could be heard was their breathing.

"Why's it so dark?" Harry whispered.

"I dunno, keep moving get into the living room, maybe they used the floo network to escape." Harry nodded even though he knew Ron wouldn't be able to see it.

They walked onto the carpeted floor of the living room. Before any of them could move the lights flickered on.

"SURPRISE!" a large shout was sounded. Harry stumbled back to see eight Weasleys, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks, laughing wholeheartedly to the fact they had just tricked the infamous Harry Potter into his own Birthday Party.

Harry began laughing too as he joined the rest of them. Lupin and Tonks greeted him before heading off to the kitchen. The twins, Fred and George, handed him a box of tricks from their jokeshop and greeted him too. Harry sighed happily as he followed hem all into the kitchen.

The feast was magnificent. Everyone took three helpings; Fred and George snuck an extra two, saying it was for an experiment on Mrs. Weasley's cooking. Harry marveled at how everyone was talking openly as if nothing had happened that afternoon. No, he decided to push that out of his mind for now. They had held him a party so he could be happy and enjoy, and he was going to do just that.

Bill and Charlie were also in great moods too. Harry was surprised to see them, but he didn't want to question them now. After dessert was served they moved back to the living room and played games and chatted.

Fred and George finally urged Harry to open his presents. He had gotten sweets from Ron and a new chessboard. Hermione gave him a book about various types of Defense Against Dark Arts spells and a box of Bertie Botts Flavored Beans. From Bill and Charlie he got an exquisite case for his firebolt. Mrs. Weasley knitted him black sweater this time with a silver Gryffindor symbol in the middle. The other Weasley children were stunned at the amount of effort she had put into it for Harry. Mr. Weasley also got hima book about Aurours and the things they need to learn.Ginny had gotten him an album with pictures from the first year they met untl now, She even had a camera with her now.

Harry finally agreed to open Fred and George's present, which turned out to seem completely harmless. Yet as he waited five seconds after opening the box, a stream of cloud exploded onto everyone's face, except the twins, who conveniently had masks on. Everyone had white powdered face with make up that clowns would wear.

No one was angry though; they all burst out laughing after their first three seconds of shock, except Ginny. She chased the twins through the whole entire house until they realized they could apparate away from her.

After that the party was spent with Harry and Ron playing chess as Ginny and Hermione watched and gave pointers or even distractions. Which Ron wasn't grateful for. The adults spent the night chatting away as they listened to Holey Summer's best hits, Mrs. Weasley's favorite.

Ding Dong.

The clock tolled midnight. Mrs. Weasley finally got up and ushered Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny.

As they stopped by Ron's room, Ginny waited for Hermione to go off to their room and for Ron go inside before talking to Harry.

"Harry," she said softly. "I know this morning wasn't exactly how you wanted to spend your Seventeenth birthday. I hope you enjoyed this party. I hope you had a great birthday."

Harry smiled. "The best."

He knew he'd be sleeping tonight with a smile on his face.

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Well there it is, I hope it wasn't a drag and you enjoyed it. It was Harry's birthday I didn't want a special moment to be ruined, because…..well he's not going to be having much fun in this fic. With Voldemort on the loose, almost being attacked, Aunt Petunia's wild secret and that maybe Ginny still having feelings for him but they can't get together. It's gonna be a bit crazy.

Sigh, anyway please review. I will make sure the updates are longer. I have the other chapter almost finished; just need to edit it and it'll be posted. I want to speed things up a bit.