AN- Sorry for the long wait guys, I've been having trouble getting the chapter to be not so freakishly long...unfortunately they still kind are...but now i know how to upload more chapters:D:D
Chapter 2- The cabin in nowhere
After many hours of driving Uncle Vernon pulled over at a little run down shack near the ocean. He got out and the three left in the car watched him run into the shack. He came out a few moments later with a long thin package, a smaller, bulkier package and a piece of paper. "There's a storm coming, but we should be there before the worst of it hits." He said as he came to get his family out of the car. Harriett was very confused and she could tell that both Dudley and Aunt Petunia were equally confused. Until they saw a little row boat being pushed around in the waves. They all climbed in cautiously and set out across the seemingly unending water.
Just as Harriett saw a shaped in the distance, the storm hit. It blew their boat violently and threatened to dump them out into the freezing cold water, but Uncle Vernon continued on, pushing through the storm towards the distant blob. As they neared Harriett saw a hut, even more run down than the one they had left behind sitting on what looked like a very large rock.
They climbed out of the boat and went inside the hut, looking around. Harriett could tell that Dudley wanted to go back to the house, mostly because he kept saying he wanted to go back and he burst into tears when he found out here was no television. Aunt Petunia gave a little snort of disgust and went into the single bedroom to put her things down.
After a small dinner of a packet of crisps each and an attempt to make a fire out of the packets, it was time for bed. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia slept on the bed in the room and Dudley slept on the couch, leaving Harriett to sleep on the floor. After a few hours of trying to sleep she drew herself a cake in the dirt, adding eleven candles. She looked at Dudley's watch which told her there were still two minutes until her birthday. She watched as the time grew closer to midnight. Finally the time arrived and she muttered, "Happy birthday," and blew out the dirt candles. After a couple seconds of silence there was a loud BOOM. The force caused the whole shack to shake and the dust hadn't even had time to settle when another loud BOOM rang out again, waking Dudley, who stupidly said "Where's the cannon?"
Uncle Vernon came into the room holding a long rifle in his hands. "Who's there?" he shouted, "I'm warning you- I'm armed!"
There was silence for a few heartbeats, then- SMASH! And the door came down.
In the doorway stood and enormous man. He stepped in over the door and, with a quick "sorry abou' tha'" over his shoulder, he lifted the door and put it back into place. When he turned around Harriett saw that he had a large mess of black hair and beard and small beetle black eyes.
The giant man squeezed into the shack, the top of his head would have gone through the roof had he not been stooping. He bent down and easily lifted the door up, putting it back in its spot. The noise of the storm outside dropped a little.
The giant turned to face them all and said, "Couldn't make us a cup o' tea, could yeh? It's not been an easy journey…"
He strode over to the sofa, towards a terrified looking Dudley, "Budge up, yeh great lump." The stranger said to him. Dudley squeaked and ran to hide behind his mother who had been hiding behind Uncle Vernon. "An' here's Harriett!"
Harriett looked up into the wild, shadowy face of the giant and saw that the beetle black eyes were crinkled into a smile. "Las' time I saw you, you was only a baby," the giant continued, "Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh've got yer mum's eyes."
From the corner came Uncle Vernon's voice, "I demand you leave this place at once, sir! You are breaking and entering!"
The giant reached behind the sofa and grabbed the gun, easily knotting it and throwing it across the room as he said, "Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great prune."
Uncle Vernon made a noise like a mouse being stepped on.
"Anyway- Harriett," the giant turned his back to the Dursleys, "a very happy birthday to yeh. Got summat fer yeh here- I mighta sat on it at some point, but it'll taste alright."
The giant pulled out a slightly squished box and opened the lid with trembling fingers. Inside was a large, sticky looking chocolate cake with the words Happy Birthday Harriett were written in green icing.
Harriett gaped open mouthed at the cake and then up to the giant. She meant to thank him, but what came out instead was, "Who are you?"
Instead of being offended, the giant chuckled, which shocked Harriett. "True, I haven't introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid," He said holding out one of his huge hands, "Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts." He shook Harriett's whole arm. "How 'bout that tea then? I'd not say no to summat stronger if you've got it, mind."
His eyes fell on the empty grate and the shrivelled crisp packets. He snorted and bent over the fireplace, blocking Harriett's view, but when he drew away there was a roaring fire in the grate the filled the small dark, damp shack with flickering light and warmth. The giant sat on the couch, which sagged under his weight and from his coat he pulled: a copper teapot, a packet of sausages, a poker, several chipped mugs and a bottle of amber liquid that he immediately took a swig from. Soon the shack was full of the smell and sound of the sizzling sausages. When the giant was finished he began sliding the sausages from the poker and Uncle Vernon shouted, "Don't touch anything he gives you, Dudley," breaking to silence that had been created while the giant cooked.
"Yer son don' need fattenin' no more, Dursley, don't worry." the giant chuckled darkly. He passed the sausages to Harriett who took a bite and could imagine no better tasting thing.