Chapter Thirteen; The Familiar Stranger
Just a quick note that I forgot to mention to all of The Doctor Who fans out there who will understand this, The Doctor is in his tenth incarnation for two reasons. I LOVE David Tennant! He is SO sexy! And the tenth is my favorite Doctor, not to mention he's the same guy who plays Barty Crouch Jr. Alright, so maybe it's three reasons then lol!
Later on that afternoon Tobey felt well enough to return to his classes. Before Harry left him he made him promise that not only would he study hard to get caught up on the work that he missed, but he wouldn't try out for Qudditch again that year for his own safety. Then he told Eve to make sure that that happened and he ventured down to Hagrid's hut to see how The Doctor was coming along on the TARDIS.
Chance Hagrid's year and a half Pitbull terrier perked his ears up as soon as he saw Harry and started wagging his tail before running over to greet him. Harry laughed as the dog jumped up on him and scratched him behind the ears while he continued wagging his tail and panting happily. "Hey boy, you've gotten pretty big since the last time I saw you." He told him.
"Chance no! Get off of him!" Hagrid scolded clapping his hands as the dog leapt back down to the ground with a great and whimper and hung his head.
"Oh it's alright, he was only telling me that he was happy to see me." Harry said as he walked over to him and sat down next to him. "I'm not sure if you heard but my dog died, and so did my mum." He told him.
"Yes I heard about that alright. I'm sorry Harry, your mother was an extraordinary lady, and a brilliant witch at that." Hagrid told him. "And as for Cowboy, Chance hasn't been the same without him around. Oh he loves playing with Pumpkin don't get me wrong, but those two dogs were the best of friends. In fact, I think they were as close as you and Ron are." He told him.
"Yeah I wish Cowboy was here right now. I could really use him for some support." Harry said.
"It's about your brother isn't it?" Hagrid questioned him as Harry slowly nodded.
"He's out of the hospital now, but he still just isn't the same person anymore now that he's losing his sight. Both physically and emotionally I'm afraid. I think I'm going to have to go back home and talk to my father about it. He can take the twins over to Aunt Petunia's. I know that she'll watch them for him. Right now Tobey is more important because he needs his eyes examined just to see how bad they really are." Harry said.
"I'm so proud of you Harry, you truly are a great big brother and Tobey is very lucky to have you looking out for him. And so is Eve and the twins. Your mum would be proud of you too." He told him as Harry nodded.
"Thanks, I already know. She told me before she died." He said when all of a sudden The Doctor walked over to them.
"Well I think I found out what the problem was and managed to fix it. I'll go ahead and get Rose and we'll be on our way." He said. "Sorry about all the trouble." He added as he started to turn around and walk away.
"Uh wait!" Harry exclaimed as he quickly leapt to his feet and hurried after him. The Doctor stopped and turned to look at him. "My brother is having problems with his vision, that's why he crashed yesterday. He couldn't see the Snitch or where he was going. I need to get back home and tell my dad. Can you take me there?" he asked him.
"Well sure, I don't see why it would be a problem. But can't you just disapparate or something?" he questioned him.
"Well yeah, I could, but I want a chance to fly in the TARDIS. I mean I don't have to drive either but I still like doing it." Harry told him as he started to scratch the back of his head.
"Well alright Harry, I'll talk to Rose and see what she thinks about having you come along. After all, it isn't every day that you get to travel with the famous Harry Potter now is it?" he questioned him as Harry grinned.
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"Alright Harry, welcome aboard the TARDIS." The Doctor told him as Harry followed him and Rose inside the box.
"Whoa!" Harry whispered with great disbelief and astonishment as he started looking around. "Is this the same thing I just saw a few seconds ago?" he questioned as Rose giggled and nodded at him.
"Yep it's bigger on the inside. But don't worry, I had that same reaction too." She told him.
"Yep, generally speaking everyone does." The Doctor said. "Well then we're off!" he exclaimed before the doors to the TARDIS closed and he pulled back a lever making it disappear. Harry quickly placed his hands over his ears as there came a great loud whooshing noise. A few moments later the box reappeared and The Doctor dug something small out of his pocket that resembled a wand.
"What is that?" Harry asked him.
"Ah this is my sonic screwdriver, it helps me unlock doors and other stuff like that." He replied as he clicked a button, unlocked the doors, then all three of them stepped back outside. "Now does any of this look familiar?" he inquired as Harry started looking around with them. As a matter of fact it had, but Harry hadn't lived here since he had been a baby. "Yes, it's my parents' cottage." He began.
"Perfect, we'll go ahead and leave you to talk to your father then." The Doctor said as he and Rose started heading back towards their ship.
"Wait a minute, you don't understand! This isn't_" he began but it was already too late. They had gone back inside the TARDIS and disappeared before he had gotten a chance to finish his sentence. Then he heard a roll of thunder and it started pouring rain down from out of the sky. "Well this is just perfect!" he exclaimed sarcastically tilting his head back and looking up at it while the rain poured down all over him getting him soaking wet. That's when he realized that he didn't have much of a choice.
He would go knock on the door of the cottage. Maybe he would get lucky and find that somebody was living there. Anything was better than standing out here in the rain and getting wet. He quickly turned around and started running up the driveway. As he rang the doorbell a girl with dark red hair and bright green eyes came to the door and answered it. She had looked like a younger version of his mother.
"Hullo?" she questioned him.
"Hullo I'm sorry to be bothering you but I'm a little lost." He told her.
"That's alright, come on in." she told him while holding the door open for him. "But be careful of the cat." She warned as Harry quickly came inside and she quickly slammed the door behind him as a fluffy white cat with black splotches all over his head and back started rubbing against his legs and purring. Harry gasped as he looked down at it.
"It's alright, Cowgirl's perfectly harmless. I got her when I was a little girl. I named her that because she's a girl and looks like a cow." She told him.
"What!?" Harry exclaimed. "That's so weird! I used to have a dog like that but he was a boy. That's why I named him Cowboy." He told her.
"Really? Wow, that is strange." She told him. "What's your name anyway?" she asked him.
"Harry Snape." He told her.
"That's funny, I know somebody with that exact same last name." she told him as she smiled warmly at him. "My name is Jenny by the way. Well actually it's Jeannette and it's really my middle name that I go by. My actual name is Harriet Potter." She told him as Harry widened his eyes and stared at her.
