As Savannah walked away from the house she felt a sense of freedom she'd never felt before. Dretly was still following her but she didn't care. She stopped suddenly and whirled around to face him.
"Do you have any idea where Harry Potter could be?" She asked him a slight edge to her voice.
"No, no I don't. But we'll find him. I know we will."
"Stop trying to suck up it wont work." Dretly stayed silent and Savannah knew he was annoyed. She didn't care though. In fact she was almost hoping for an outburst because it meant that she didn't have to lug him round with her. She sighed softly.
"Where should we go first then?" She asked.
"No idea."
"Excuse me? I brought here to help me. So HELP ME. Do you want to die?"
"No, no of course I don't….. please don't kill me, please."
"Oh shut up. Have we got money?"
"I have a bit but we need more."
"Well then GET SOME"
"Y.. yes I will, but you have to come with me. I swore to your father that I would protect you and I will."
"I've said it before Dret. May I call you Dret?"
"Ermm not really I don't like that…" He paused when he saw her expression. Her eyes were black.
"I'll ask again." Savannah snarled, fury written all over her face.
"Yes, yes you can call me…. whatever you want."
"Much better. Now where were we? Ah yes money. Where do we go?"
"There's a wizard bank in London. We can go there." She just nodded.
"Oh I don't THINK so. Where are we going again?"
"The Leaky Cauldron, it's the easiest place."
"Ok." She replied.
A few seconds later they were outside the pub.
"Follow me." Dretly said.
They walked through the Leaky Cauldron, and were standing in front of a large brick wall. Dretly tapped it with his wand and the bricks moved out until the gap was big enough to fit through. Savannah looked back at Dretly in amazement.
"Magic," he replied simply, and she laughed.
Several hours later Savannah was sat in the Leaky Cauldron, Dretly sat at her side. They had been busy shopping. Savannah had bought pretty much anything she saw, they had money, so why not? She thought the bank was wonderful. She'd never been in a place like that before. Well, she'd never been in ANY place before. She now had a broomstick, an owl, random books she liked the look of, a new wand, that, in her opinion, was a lot better than her old one.
She downed the firewhisky she had bought and asked for another one.
"You know getting drunk isn't going to get you anywhere." Dretly muttered.
"And your point is….?" Savannah replied.
"That were not getting anywhere sitting here".
"Shut up Dret. I'll think of something." As soon as she had finished speaking the door opened and several people stepped inside. Savannah gasped because she felt as if her skin was on fire. Her eyes turned black as she realised who the boy who had appeared was.
"Harry Potter," she hissed, and Dretly spun in his chair so fast that he fell off it onto the floor. Savannah burst out laughing and so did everyone else. Her eyes turned to there normal colour as she began to relax. Her eyes focused on another boy who had entered the pub. He had red hair and only one ear. His eyes looked at the floor, he seemed really depressed.
"Mum I want to stay here," he murmured to a small woman at the head of the small procession.
"Are you sure George?" she asked and concern was audible in her voice.
"Yes I'm sure," he replied.
"Well….." she paused, "ok."
George sat down at one of the tables and Tom the bartender asked him what he wanted to drink. Savannah was too far away to hear his answer, but a plan was forming in her mind. When Tom was about to take the drink to George, Savannah stopped him.
"I'll take that, really it's fine," she said. Tom handed her the drink but Dretly stopped her.
"What are you doing?" He questioned.
"Calm down Dret, I have a plan."
"Which is?"
"Look I cant tell you now, but I will later."
"Fine. What do you want me to do?"
"Just go back to your room or whatever, and stay out of my way. I can take care of myself."
"No you can't," he whispered softly when she turned her back. Her eyes flashed that dangerous shade of black and she was tempted to turn round and blow his head off. But she didn't. She walked over to George's table and put his drink in front of him.
"Hi," she said softly.
"Ermm hi," he replied.
"I'm Savannah. You are…..?"
"I'm George."
She saw Dretly leave out of the corner of her eye and glared at the back of his head.
"What's the deal with that guy?" George asked pointing at Dretly's head.
"Don't ask," she replied laughing.
"Why not? Things not going well?"
"You could say that yeah. He doesn't think I can look after myself. He thinks I'm too young."
"Why how old ARE you?" George asked. He was attracted to the girl sat next to him. She was quite tall, with long black hair. She was thin but not too thin, and her brown eyes seemed to emit warmth. To him, she was beautiful.
"I'm seventeen, you?"
"I'm nineteen."
"Not much of a difference then," she replied cheekily.
"Ermm no there's not." George could feel himself blushing.
Aww he's cute when he blushes, Savannah thought. Wait, WAIT A MINUTE. Did I just call some CUTE. Oh my god. What's happening to me? I need help.
"Are you ok?" George asked.
"Yes I'm fine. Why?"
Great he noticed just my luck.
"You just seemed to space out a little that's all," he laughed.
"No, no I'm good."
They talked for about an hour before George's mum and everyone else appeared, back from diagon alley.
"George are yo..." Mrs Weasley trailed off when she saw Savannah sat next to her son.
"I'm sorry you are..?" She asked.
"Oh where are my manners. Hi I'm Savannah."
"Well hello Savannah. George we need to get going."
"Mum can Savannah come back to the burrow with us for a bit?" George asked, and the level of pleading in his voice got to his mother.
"Of course she can! Come on Savannah, George can introduce you to the family."
George introduced her to everyone, which was Ginny and Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Mr Weasley and of course Harry Potter. Savannah talked to everyone for a while before dropping back to talk to George.
"Sorry about my mum, Savannah. Ever since my brother died she's been a little overprotective of everyone."
Savannah could tell George was uncomfortable talking about the subject of his brother so she had to act nice if she wanted to get into his good books.
"Oh my god! You're brother died? I am so sorry!"
"Yeah he..he died in the war."
"Well then I can totally understand why your mothers overprotective of you! But don't worry, I'll soon sort that out." She said laughing as she said it.
They reached a small alleyway where they could apparate safely. Savannah had to go by side-along-apparation with George because she didn't know where they were going. George offered her his arm and she could of sworn she felt a spark when their skin touched. She blushed and George noticed. Then there was the sensation of being squeezed through a small tube and they were at the Burrow.
"Do you like it?" George asked nervously scuffing his shoes on the ground.
"Like it? I love it! I've never seen a place like it before." She said, amazement in her voice. He smiled at her and she felt her heart beat slightly faster.
Damn it Savannah, pull yourself together. You can't fall for him, YOU CAN'T. It's wrong. Very very very wrong. Don't forget what you're supposed to be doing.