Nearly ten years had ...hardly changed at all.

"The house hardly changed in ten years? How on earth did they manage that?" Wondered .

"They don't approve of imagination, maybe they don't approve of change either." Shrugged Tonks.

The sun rose on ...lived in the house, too.

"Why not?" Asked Remus, frowning. "You still there weren't you?"

"Yes," answered Harry shortly. "Just keep reading"

Yet Harry Potter was ... "Up! Get up! Now!"

"Well, good morning to you to." Huffed Rose

Harry woke with a start. ... the same dream before.

"Woah, you remember that?" Seth looked impressed, a look mirrored on several faces in the room.

His aunt was back ... perfect on Duddy's birthday."

"She sounds like a joy to be around." Grimaced Eddie

"Doesn't she though."snorted Bill.

Harry groaned.

"What did ... spider off one of them, put them on.

"Harry," scolded "you should really keep your room in a neater state."

Sirius bit his tongue to keep himself from telling her to back off, and instead nudged Harry with his elbow and rolled his eyes.

Harry was used to ...was where he slept.

Charlie S. paused for a moment and reread the last part, sure he read it wrong.

"They made you sleep in a cupboard?" Hermione asked tearfully. Everybody turned to Harry hoping that the book was wrong. Harry, however was cursing his bad luck and wishing that they could've skipped this looked pleadingly at Charlie S..

"Can you keep reading please?"

That was enough to confirm to the room that the book had been right.

With a groan Sirius put his head in his hands, half furius half guilty. Rose let out a few phrases that would have normally cause Janine and/or Dimitri to admonish her. Neither did, seeming to agree with her. Christian hugged a misty eyed Lissa, and across the circle Carlisle mirrored this with Esme. Mr. and were deciding how they were going to try to convince Dumbledore to let Harry move in with them, while their children were having their own discussion. Fred and George had started it putting their heads close and whispering those who knew them had little doubt what about. Ginny reached over and tapped Fred's arm letting them know she wanted in. Bill noticed this and nudged Charlie W. then leaned over to Ginny.

"Whatever you're planning, we want in." he whispered. Charlie W. nodded.

Kingsley pulled out a small notepad and wrote a note. Snape leaned over to Dumbledore

"Did you know about this?" he hissed, but got no reply.

"Perhaps, we should continue reading." suggested Dumbledore. Protests started up but Madeye squashed them.

"Potters got a real room now, so there's not much we can do about it at this point, but if the notes are right there's information in those books that can save lives. If you ask me that's what we should be worried about right now."

Charlie S. looked down at the book and found his place again.

When he was dressed ...punching bag was Harry,

Grumbles and dark looks passed through the room.

but he couldn't often ...he was very fast.

"And he tends to forget that" Hermione huffed jokingly.

"Do I?"

"Only when you get excited" grinned Ron

Perhaps it had something ...old clothes of Dudley's,

Several people looked at him now and Harry had to keep himself from rolling his eyes, glancing down at his robes.

and Dudley was about ...a bolt of lightning.

"You hate your scar." Ron pointed out puzzled.

"Because people keep staring at it." Harry muttered "in the muggle world no one knows what it means."

He had had it as ... when your parents died,"

"They told you they died in a car crash?" Sirius asked incensed. Harry nodded.

she had said. "And don't ask questions."

McGonagall frowned at the boy in question wondering if that was the reason he never asked questions in class. She resolved to speak to him about it later.

Don't ask questions - that ... all over the place.

"James was the same way." Sirius grinned messing up his godsons untameable hair further. "Not that he made much of an effort to do anything about it."

"He went the opposite way," snorted Lupin "was always trying to make it messier."

"Really?" Harry asked, his mouth pulling up at the corners when Sirius and Lupin both nodded.

Harry was frying eggs ...his thick, fat head.

"Sounds like a good looking kid" grimaced Eddie.

Aunt Petunia often said ... less than last year."

"Thirty-six presents and he's complaining?" asked Seth incredulously.

"Darling, you haven't counted ... turned the table over.

"Has he done that before." Alice wondered

"A few times." Harry shrugged.

Aunt Petunia obviously scented ... I'll have thirty ... thirty..."

"Good God, how stupid is this kid?" Christian asked shocked. Lissa elbowed him lightly. "Come on Liss, he's eleven and he can't add thirty-seven and two."

"Thirty-nine, sweetums," said Aunt ... the cats she'd ever owned.

"That sounds awful" grimace Ron "why did she have to be such a bad babysitter."

"It will probably be in the books somewhere." replied Harry, not really wanting to explain it at the moment, leaving those who didn't know who she was to look on in confusion.

"Now what?" said Aunt Petunia, ... she hates the boy."

"Wasn't that the aunt you-" Ron started whispering to Harry.

"Yes." said Harry as he put a hand over Ron's mouth and glanced quickly at Sirius who had heard and was giving him a questioning look. "Before third year."

The Dursleys often spoke ... she'd just swallowed a lemon.

"Doesn't sound much different from her usual face, does it?" Questioned George

"Not sure how they could tell the difference." agreed Fred.

"And come back and ... leave him in the car..."

"He could get heatstroke." gasped Hermione

"Calm down Hermione, they didn't leave me in the car."

"That car's new, he's not sitting in it alone..."

"See."

Dudley began to cry ... gap in his mother's arms.

"What deplorable behavior." said McGonagall through thin lips.

Just then, the doorbell ... time in his life.

"Second time actually." Sirius smiled sadly. "I took you just before your family went into hiding."

"You did?"

"You particularly liked the aviary." nodded Sirius.

His aunt and uncle ... from now until Christmas."

"They wouldn't really keep you in there that long, would they" worried Ginny

Harry shook his head.

"I'm not going to ... No one ever did.

Still don't, he thought bitterly.

The problem was, strange ... had sheared it off

People who were not in the know muttered, but had apparently decided that the chances of them getting a strait answer was slim enough not to ask.

He had been given ...grown back so quickly.

"She knows what happened." snapped Tonks "with Lily for a sister."

Another time, Aunt Petunia ... sitting on the chimney.

"Sounds like you flew Potter." grunted Madeye, eyeing him speculatively.

The Dursleys had received ...caught him in mid- jump.

"Come on Harry," Fred rolled his eyes "you're scrawny"

"But not that scrawny." finished George.

But today, nothing was going to go wrong.

Everyone who know about Harry's luck groaned.

"You had to jinx it." sighed Ron.

It was even worth ... morning, it was motorcycles.

"Is there anything he doesn't complain about?" Adrian wondered idly.

"... roaring along like maniacs, ... suddenly. "It was flying."

"Harry." Ginny groaned.

"I know, stupid move."

Uncle Vernon nearly crashed ...mustache: "MOTORCYCLES DON'T FLY!"

"Was that really necessary?" huffed "Could've got them all killed."

Dudley and Piers sniggered. ... might get dangerous ideas.

"Hey Harry, what's a cartoon?" Fred asked, trying (and failing) to look innocent.

Hermione reached around Ron and put a hand over Harry's mouth before he could answer, asking Charlie S. to continue reading.

It was a very sunny ...that it wasn't blond.

The humor in Harry's inner monologue seemed to help the mood lighten a bit, as a few people even laughed at his latest joke.

Harry had the best ...hobby of hitting him.

The lighter mood Harry's thoughts had created vanished.

They ate in the ... to the reptile house.

Fred and George immediately started booing and making jokes about 'the house of our enemy', much to the amusement of those who knew what they were going on about (and some that didn't). Harry grinned, then paled, remembering that this was where he first talked to a snake. He looked around the room at the people who weren't there during his second year and wouldn't know he was a parselmouth. All of the people from the other groups, Bill, Charlie W., Madeye, Kingsley, Tonks, Remus,... Sirius. Harry glanced at the man in question thinking about how much he hates anything to do with the dark arts and his stomach turned. Sensing that he was being stared at, Sirius glanced over at Harry and raised an eyebrow. Harry flushed at being caught and shook his head. Sirius was going to question him, but the twins had been told of by their mother and Charlie S. started reading again.

It was cool and dark ... with Harry's.

It winked.

"Do snakes even have eyelids?" wondered Rose.

"I don't think so." Lissa replied

Harry stared. Then he ... The snake nodded vigorously.

"You're ...having a conversation ...with a snake?" summarized a bewildered Jasper.

Harry ignored him in favor of staring at the floor in front of him.

"How though, it's suppose to be genetic." Sirius nudged Harry "If these books don't explain it then we'll have to try to look up an explanation when we get back."

Harry looked back at him with a small smile.

"Where do you come from, ... you've never been to Brazil?"

"You didn't think it was strange to have a conversation with a snake?" wondered Abe.

"Not really."

As the snake shook ... punching Harry in the ribs.

Many objections could be heard through the room, the loudest one being from Sirius and the Weasley twins.

Caught by surprise, Harry ... constrictor's tank had vanished.

"Impressive ." McGonagall eyed him. He ducked his head, blushing at the impressed looks he was getting.

The great snake was uncoiling ... here I come... Thanksss, amigo."

"Think he ever made it to Brazil?" asked Jacob.

"Don't know, hope so." Harry mused "He was a cool bloke."

The keeper of the reptile house was in shock.

"Can't imagine why." snorted Leah.

"But the glass," ... squeeze him to death.

"Drama queens." Alice rolled her eyes.

But worst of all, ...it, weren't you, Harry?"

"Just couldn't keep his mouth shut, could he?" growled Charlie W. quitely.

Uncle Vernon waited until ...cupboard - stay - no meals,"

Protests rang out.

"No meals?", "For how long?", "They were starving you?" "Oh, Harry, why didn't you tell us?", "No meals!?" and a bunch of muffled curse words being the only ones that were able to be clearly heard. They came from Fred, Remus, Lissa, Hermione, George, and Sirius respectively.

Harry stared stubbornly at the spot in between Neville and Luna, refusing to answer.

before he collapsed into ... pain on his forehead.

"You...you remember that?" asked Sirius horsley. Harry just nodded. Everyone who knew what that meant looked at him in horror.

This, he supposed, was ...them in the house.

"You don't even know what they looked like?" gasped a teary eyed Esme.

"I do now." he replied shortly.

When he had been ...to take him away,

Sirius and Remus both looked as if they had swallowed something sharp.

but it had never ...get a closer look.

"How safe is he if people can just walk up to him in the street?" demanded Bill.

"He is safe there." Dumbledore said in his annoyingly even voice.

"Maybe at his house, but what about down the street if he goes for a walk, or in town to go shopping" Bill challenged back. "What kind of wards did you lay anyway?"

"We can speak on this later."

"I think that I would like to be a part of that conversation." agreed Sirius.

"As would I" noted Remus.

"I would as well." stated

"Me too." added Harry

"Now Harry-"started

"It's decided then, let's get back to reading" interrupted Sirius, giving Harry a wink that only he noticed.

At school, Harry had ...disagree with Dudley's gang.

"That's the last of this chapter." sighed Charlie S. in relief. "It says that Charlie W. should read next."