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CHAPTER 5 – The Visit

For the next week, Harry planned his trip. He had to make sure that no one would notice that he was missing; that would cause too many problems. Harry didn't write to his friends to let them know that he was coming. Harry decided to just surprise them. He spent his days in the library, telling Ron and Hermione that he was studying. He was, just not anything to do with school. He was trying to cast a strong enough glamour to change his entire face. So far, Harry was able to change his hair and his face. The only thing he still had trouble was his eyes. He also tried to walk and get around without his glasses so that he wouldn't have to wear them. He wanted to make sure that no one could recognize him so he decided the best way was to not just wear his glasses while he was traveling. He decided that he would use his "study" excuse while he was gone. Harry also looked up a charm in order to time a parchment to appear.

Friday came, and Harry was starting to get nervous. He had everything planned, but still…anything could go wrong. After supper he told his friends that he was going to go study. He went up to his dorm to get what he needed. He took his invisibility cloak and Maurauders map. He found a piece of parchment and wrote his message:

Ron,

I already left to Hogsmead. I wanted to go early since I will be studying for the rest of the day. I will just go and then come back to do some more research. I hope I will finish early, otherwise I will be there into the night. Might see you in Hogsmead.

Harry

He then took out his wand, placed the parchment on Ron's nightstand, and pointed his wand at the parchment 'Tempus revelio 7:42' Harry prayed that Ron wouldn't wake up before that time, since that was when the parchment was supposed to appear.

Harry left the dorm under his cloak, and took the secret passageway to the Shrieking Shack. Before he left to go to the Three Broomsticks, he put on his glamour. Finally getting his eyes just right. Outside of the Three Broomsticks, Harry took off his glasses and stepped inside. He walked over to the counter, where someone was just giving out some drinks.
"Hello, I would like some floo powder" Harry said.
"Okay, that will be two gallons"
Harry took out the money, handed it to the man, and went over to the fireplace and threw it in.
"Diagon Alley" Harry shouted and was whisked away.

He landed on the floor of the Leaky Cauldron. He got up and brushed off the sot and walked out of the door with a bit of trouble since he was not wearing his glasses. Once he was outside, he wasn't sure if he wanted to go to the park right away. He thought of some places that he could stay at while he waited. He didn't want to go to the Dursleys, but he also didn't want to go somewhere too far. He thought of some places close to the park that would stay open late. Harry finally thought of the Library that he would pass on his way to school. He knew that it was open until eleven. Harry took out his wand and hailed the Knight Bus. With a bang, the Knight Bus appeared in front of Harry. The doors opened and he stepped on.

"Where are you off to?" asked Stanley.

"Umm…the Public Library in Little Whining" Harry said.

"Take a seat," he said, and Harry went and sat down. After getting knocked around in the bus, it stopped and Harry got off.

Harry entered the library, finding a couch in the back corner. He looked up, searching for the clock. When he finally found it, it read 8:13. He found a book from the nearest shelf, and started reading. He was so into his book that he never realized that people were leaving. When someone finally approached him, he realized that it was five to eleven.

"We are about to close up," said the man.

"Sorry" Harry said and got up, put the book away and left out the doors. Once he was outside he decided to start walking to the park. He figured that it would take maybe 30 minutes if he walked at a slow pace. Harry was hoping that everyone would already be there when he got there since he didn't want to wait for them. When he got to a bus stop, he decided to take a little break; he did have enough time. Hearing the chiming of a nearby clock, he realized that it was already half past eleven.

Harry started walking again, and when he got closer to the park, a smile could be found on his face. He could hear everyone talking and laughing. Oh how he missed that, Harry thought. Harry went behind a tree, and took out his wand, taking off the glamour. Once the glamour was off, Harry started to walk towards the group. He knew that they wouldn't be able to see who he was, since he was walking in the shadows. He noticed their confused faces watching him.

"Hey guys!" Harry said, surprising everyone.

"Harry?" Zack asked.

"No, Superman" Harry said, rolling his eyes.

"Harry!" Alexia exclaimed, running towards Harry, enveloping him in a hug.

"I missed you," she said.

"Me too" Harry said, kissing her passionately. When they finally broke apart, Harry looked over Alexia at the others.

"So what's new?" he asked casually.

"Aren't you supposed to be at school?" Johnny asked.

"So what? Can't you guys just be excited that I'm here?" Harry said, a bit of annoyance leaking into his voice.

"Sorry…it's just we didn't know you guys got time off," Mark said.

"We don't" Harry said and at their confused expressions continued, "But that didn't stop me now did it?" he said and at their continued confused expressions said, "I just left okay? No one knows."

"Oh…won't you get in trouble?" Sam asked.

"Maybe, but only if they find out, which they won't. I covered everything," Harry said.

"So now lets stop worrying about me, and lets have some fuuunnn! I have been soooo bored since I went back to school," Harry said.

"Say no more!" Mark said and brought out a bottle of whiskey.

"Whiskey?" Harry questioned.

"Yeah…we decided to try something new. Not the best, but we can't get vodka for a while, so we decided to this stuff would have to do" Zack explained.

"Well stop talking and give me some" Harry said laughing and soon everyone joining in.

For once, Harry could relax with his friends. The last couple of weeks had been stressful for him, and Ron and Hermione were starting to become a bit of an annoyance. He was glad that he decided to come, and hoped no one would find out, even though he did cover all points so that no one would find out, but there was still that slim chance.

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