Chapter Six: Harry and Douglas, the Reunion
Douglas, Neville and Hannah had been in the same room doing the last of their summer assignments completely oblivious to what had been going on down in the kitchen. In fact all three of them were reading their Transfiguration work right now and all three of them were reading the Transfiguration textbook. Douglas could not help sighing in frustration as the words seemed to be getting blurry when a familiar sounding voice said,
'Are you struggling with Transfiguration?'
Douglas rolled his eyes and despite the fact he was struggling, he would not let anyone help him and so without turning around to face the speaker, he said, 'I'll get it eventually, Dad …'
There was a chuckle before the voice said, 'I am not our father.'
Douglas' eyes widened and he span around to see four people standing in the room. Two fit girls, a young red haired bloke who was built like a brick shithouse, and, looking at him with a look of total disdain was his twin brother, Harry.
'H-Harry?' he stammered, 'How –? Where have you been?'
Harry smirked at him and said, 'Oh, Dougie, I've been everywhere … now, allow me to introduce you to my friends. The big fuck off red headed bloke is Ron Weasley, and he's my true brother, a much better brother to me than you ever were. Next to him is his better half and my sister in all but blood, Hermione, and last, but by no means least, is my Ginny. She's my girl, so don't even think about it!'
Douglas couldn't help checking out the two girls. Both were wearing very sexy clothes and had great racks and fit legs.
'OI, shithead, when you've finished checking out our girls, perhaps we can tell you why we are here?' growled Ron.
Douglas snapped out of his ogling to face Harry again.
'Good boy, mummy will be so proud,' said Harry, before he said, 'where are your manners? Aren't you going to introduce us to your friends?'
Douglas was still looking at Harry in disbelief before he said, 'Neville Longbottom and his girlfriend, Hannah Abbott.'
'Nice to meet you both, we have no quarrel with either of you and I look forward to getting to know you both better. However, we need to speak to Douglas alone, so if you don't mind …?' said Harry.
Neville and Hannah stood up and as they walked out of the room they received smiles from the four before they closed the door to speak to Douglas once more.
'So, Dougie, what have you been up to all these years – besides lying about saving the Philosopher's Stone?' asked Harry.
Douglas swallowed before saying, 'N-not much. I met Nev and Hannah on the train to school before first year. Then I made the Quidditch team in second year.'
'Have you won the Quidditch Cup, yet?' asked Harry.
'No, we came close in third year but I caught the snitch too soon in our last game.'
'You're a Seeker too, are you? Well, too bad because that's my position and I'll be taking your spot on the team. Do you play any other positions?' said Harry.
'No, but if you think you're better than me, you're out of your mind! You're too big and I bet you haven't got a decent broomstick,' sneered Douglas.
'I have a Firebolt and I could out-fly you on your best day, in fact, all four of us are better than you! Ron's a Keeper and the girls play as Chasers,' said Harry, coolly.
'Hang on; what makes you think that you'll be in Gryffindor? You might end up in Slytherin!' Douglas argued.
'Potters and Weasleys have always been in Gryffindor, Dougie,' stated Harry.
'But what about her?' said Douglas, pointing at Hermione, 'she isn't a Potter or a Weasley, is she?'
'Not by birth, but Hermione is a Weasley thru marriage and Soul-Bond, oh lesser twin,' said Harry.
'What the bloody hell are you talking about? You're all too young to be married!' said Douglas.
Harry then told Douglas everything and when he was finished, Douglas was now doing a rather accurate impersonation of a fish underwater as he opened and closed his mouth as he had no idea what to say. Harry had told him why he looked older than him, that he and Ginny were married and Soul-Bonded, as were Ron and Hermione, but the last thing he told him was why they had returned – to protect him.
'Harry, we need to get moving if we're going to be on time for dinner with my parents,' said Hermione.
Harry then looked at his watch and saw that time was creeping on before speaking to his twin again.
'Well, this was fun, but we have other plans, so, cheerio!'
Harry then led his Soul-mate and his two best friends away from Douglas and down the stairs where they were met by the Potters and Weasleys, including Fred and George, who had been brought up to speed. However, there was no time for a meet and greet and so they walked out of the house as the rest watched them get into two cars which had been parked facing each other, bumper to bumper.
Harry opened the passenger door to his Red left-hand-drive Ferrari Dino 246 GT for Ginny to get in before walking around to get in the driver's side, while Ron opened the passenger door to his Bahama Yellow right-hand-drive Aston Martin DBS V8 for Hermione to sit in before walking around to get in the driver's side before starting the engine, while Sirius got on his old Triumph motorcycle to start his engine too.
The roars of the three engines were very loud and so Ron reversed his car at speed before spinning it one hundred and eighty degrees to drive away as Harry followed him and Sirius followed him, leaving behind a group of people with their mouths open in shock and awe.
A/N: The two cars driven by Harry and Ron are the cars driven by Tony Curtis and Roger Moore in the 1970's television series The Persuaders!