Chapter Sixteen; An old Friend
Thanks a lot you guys! I'm really glad that you're enjoying it! We're getting closer to the end now and there's only a few more chapters left until the premier of Friendship Is Magic which will take place directly after this story. And it's not going to be a crossover so it'll be in the regular Harry Potter *coughs loudly* Snape section. Lol, I sort of wish there was a Harry Snape section (even though Potter still rocks too) lol! Who knows, maybe I could invent one lol! Anyway, here's the next chapter!
By the way, our family says the dinner prayer in this chapter a lot so that's why I decided to use it.
Later on that evening Harry helped James, Lily, and Jenny set the table before they sat down for dinner. They bowed their heads and began to pray. "Come Lord Jesus be our guest and let these gifts to us be blest amen." They said together.
"So what do you do in the line of work Harry?" James wondered as he turned over to look at him before starting to pass the pan of meatloaf around.
"I actually do a couple of things. I'm a Sunday school teacher and I work really well with dragons." Harry told him.
"Really? No kidding." James began with a grin. "I was a Sunday school teacher too. Now I work as an auror for the ministry of magic." He told him as he passed him the pan of meatloaf.
"Really, my mother never mentioned that to me." Harry began with a shrug before starting to serve himself. "Of course I never really asked her. I guess it's only now that I've realized how little about you I already know." He said as he passed the pan of meatloaf over to Jenny who served herself while James passed him the bowl of corn.
"So you also work with dragons then?" Lily asked him as he put a spoonful of corn on his plate beside his meatloaf and nodded. "Wow that's kind of dangerous. What exactly do you do with them?" she wondered as he passed the corn over to Jenny while Jenny passed the meatloaf over to her.
"Not exactly. It's not as dangerous as a lot of people think." Harry began as James passed him the bread in which he took a slice and started to butter it. "See there is this pretty big misconception that dragons are these big mean and scary vicious creatures. A lot of people think that even muggles. However usually the only reason they act like that is to defend themselves from people that abuse them. We recently got this Chinese Fireball who is one of the most sweet and docile creatures that I ever saw, but somebody just left him out in a cage in their backyard." He explained.
"Really? That's awful! The poor thing!" Jenny exclaimed.
"I know, and he's only a baby. I just don't understand what's wrong with people sometimes. They just don't use the brains that God gave them." He said while he finished buttering his bread and passed it on over to her.
"Amen to that." Lily said.
"Yeah, it's just too bad that He didn't leave me with a manual." Harry said while he started cutting his meat and then took a bite of one of his pieces.
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Harry flushed the toilet and washed his hands before he came out of the bathroom. "Well Harry, the bed in the guest room is all made up for you. I'm just sorry that we don't have a change of clothes for you." She told him.
"Oh that's no problem, I can handle it." He said as he snapped his fingers and a suitcase magically appeared inside his arms. Jenny widened her eyes and stared at him with complete and utter astonishment and disbelief.
"Whoa,.. you do wandless magic?" she questioned him as Harry laughed.
"Yeah, I can do a little bit of it." He told her.
"Wow, that's really hard to do." She began. "Well I better get home, goodnight Harry I'll see you in the morning." She told him as he told her goodnight and hauled his suitcase upstairs to his room and tossed it on top of his bed. Then he heaved a heavy sigh as he leaned his head against the windowpane and looked outside into the night. The full moon and the starry sky reminded him of somebody else that he really wanted to see.
"I miss you Ginny." He said to himself unaware that she was back at Hogwarts and looking out her window saying exactly the same thing about him. He turned back around and walked back to his bed, unzipped his suitcase and took out his pajamas. That's when suddenly he heard something wrapping against the glass. He quickly looked up to see his owl Hedwig frantically trying to get inside. "Hedwig?" he questioned with uncertainty before he walked over to the window and slid it open for her.
The snowy white owl flew inside and landed down on the sill with a flutter of her wings. "How did you get here?" he asked her as she just simply blinked her eyes at him and held her head up showing him the envelope underneath her beak. He reached down and grabbed it away from her seeing that it had his name written on it so it was certain that it wasn't a mistake.
He carried it over to his bed and quickly set his pajamas back down before flopping down on top of it and leaned his back against the wall. Then he slowly tore it open and allowed it to fall open inside his hands. He could tell from the fancy cursive writing that it had been from Hermione.
Dear Harry,
I'm not sure where you've been but Ron, Ginny, and I are starting to get really worried. Tobey is getting worse without you here. I'm afraid he's just about given up all hope for a chance of a normal life even after I talked to him about it. Ginny isn't doing much better either. She's afraid that something happened to you. Please send us a letter back with Hedwig as soon as you get this owl to let us know where you are and if you're alright.
Hermione
Harry turned the letter over and snapped his fingers again making a quill appear in his right hand before he started writing back to her.
Dear Hermione,
I'm fine. I've been stuck in this alternate dimension trying to get home. Please tell Ginny and Tobey that I'm alright and not to worry about me. Tell them that I love them and I'll try to get back to them as soon as I can.
Harry
He folded the letter back up and placed his answer right side up inside the envelope before licking it and sealing it back up. Then he stood back up and walked back over to Hedwig. "Give this to Hermione, alright?" he said placing it back underneath her beak before she blinked back at him, stretched her wings and flew back outside into the night while Harry watched her go. He had decided not to add the part about meeting Jenny and the alternate version of his parents because he wanted to explain that in person to them so that they wouldn't think that he was cheating on Ginny.
Although he figured that they already knew how much he loved her and that he was a big believer in following Jesus and staying loyal to her, he figured that he would rather be safe than sorry. So he shut the window, snapped his fingers for a third time and instantly changed inside his pajamas. Then he removed his cross necklace and set it down on the nightstand beside his bed. He placed his suitcase underneath his bed, took off his glasses, set them beside his glasses and crawled under the covers looking up at the ceiling while starting to sit up and folding his hands together.
"God," he began. "I'm getting used to the fact that I might be stuck here for a while. So all I ask is that you watch over Ginny and Tobey and Ron and Hermione for me until I get back. I mean I really like Jenny and being back with my parents again, but please help me find it in my heart to get over them so I can get home. Right now just help Tobey see how much I love him and that he just shouldn't give up on his life. Because if he does, then I will too. That's all I really ask, I hope it's not too much trouble." He said as he took a deep breath and sighed heavily.
"Well,.. Amen." He said as he laid back down and rolled over onto his side while turning over to face the window. A lone tear rolled down his cheek before he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
