Chapter Three; The Surprise

A quick note; Just so you know, I decided to divide this story up in two parts since it's going to be a little bit longer than the previous "episodes."

The next morning Harry woke up and showered early before grabbing a quick breakfast and rushing off to work. He was planning on getting his car washed when suddenly he popped a tire out on the highway. "Ah shit." He muttered under his breath before parking it on the side of the road and withdrew his wand. He quickly threw off his seatbelt and slammed the door behind him before pointing his wand down at the tire.

"Inflatus." He said having the tire swell back up to its normal size before he got back in the car and strapped himself back in. Then placing his foot on the brake he pulled it out of park and stepped on the gas pedal, but he had only gone a few inches when he had realized that he was hearing a whistling sound coming out of it. He quickly stepped back on the brake and saw smoke rising out from underneath his hood. "Oh c'mon!" Harry hollered as he quickly put it in park again and tossing his seatbelt off again he climbed back out of the car and slamming the door behind him rushed over to the hood and popped it open.

He waved his hand in front of his face and started to cough as the smoke continued to rise. Then with a rather loud groan he dug his cell phone out of his pocket and started dialing the number for the tow truck. "Uh hey, my name is Harry Snape and my car has just left me stranded in the middle of the highway." He explained.

"I see and what seems to be the trouble?" the man on the other end of the phone asked him.

"Every time I step on the accelerator I keep hearing this whistling noise and there's smoke coming out from underneath the hood." He explained.

"Alright Harry, just tell me where you are and we'll send somebody out to you as soon as we can." The man said as Harry nodded and thanked him.

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"Hey Harry, are you alright?" Jessie asked him as soon as he walked inside.

"Well yes I am but my car is shot. I'm getting it fixed though, the tow truck just took it away." He explained. "It looks like we'll have to take a different car to the ballpark and the movies tomorrow though if we want to drive. And considering that Hermione doesn't have one yet and Ron's getting new brakes put in, that means that we'll have to use my Dad's." he said.

"Oh yeah he still drives one of those cars from the seventies doesn't he?" she wondered.

"Yeah, a 1971 Datsun. That's nine years before I was even born. I know he wants a new one but right now he's more focused on his money going towards my brothers and sisters and the rest of his family to get one." He said.

"Well, Father's Day is coming up, maybe you can surprise him with one." Jessie suggested as Harry grinned.

"Yeah, maybe I will." He told her.

"Anyway I have some great news about Lucky. Moonshine has accepted him as one of her own draglings so he's finally able to be with a herd." She told him.

"Really? That is great news." He told her.

"David also gave us the task of naming the other draglings and scooping up dragon dung." She told him as Harry made a sickish and disgusted face.

"Yuck! I don't care how much I love dragons, I'll never enjoy scooping up dragon dung." He said as she giggled.

"I don't think that anyone does. However he also said that once we're finished with that we can take Hope and Destiny out for a ride." She told him as a wide grin stretched a crossed his face.

"Now that is more my cup of tea." He said as Jessie giggled again and they both disapparated.

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"Hey mate what happened to your car?" Ron asked Harry as he came through the front door later that afternoon. "I didn't see you pulling it in the driveway." He added.

"That's because it's getting fixed. First the tire popped off which was easy enough to fix, but then the gas pedal started whistling and it started smoking underneath the hood." Harry explained.

"Wow, sounds like a triple whammy. I'm glad that all my truck needed was new brakes. It sounds like what your car needs in therapy." Ron told him.

"I know, so that means that we'll have to take my dad's car with us tomorrow and his car is just about to kick the bucket any day now." He said before he placing his car keys on top of the counter and turning around to walk down the hallway.

"Hey wait a minute," Ron began. "I just thought of something. What if we got Snape a new car for Father's Day?" he questioned. "I mean even though we don't have summertime jobs we both get paid enough, if we put our salaries together we should have enough." He told her as she nodded at him.

"I think that's a good idea, but we can't tell anybody about it not even Harry. I want it to be a complete surprise to everyone." She told him.

"Yeah," he whispered softly before they exchanged grins and gave each other a high five.