My Version of Half-Blood Prince
Hey everyone, I'm new here, but I usually go on other Harry Potter forums, but for some reason they're not working. Anyways, I've written the start of my version of Half Blood Prince, it won't fit in one message so I'll do 1 chapter at a time enjoy:
Chapter 1: Friends are always there…
Harry awoke with a start. He looked for the source of what had awakened him, and then noticed Hedwig pecking his arm, with a letter clutched in her claws. Harry took it and stroked Hedwig, who gave a hoot and went off to get some water from her cage. Harry opened the letter, with a sense of foreboding. It said:
Dear Harry,
I know your upset, but please stop trying to ignore our mail, we are your friends and we care about you. Anyway, I’m at the Burrow with Ron, and Mr Weasley is coming to get you. (I don’t know how, hopefully not by floo powder, you remember what happened last time don’t you?) We hope you all the best and hope the Muggles are treating you right. We can’t wait to see you and talk again; we have really missed having you around lately.
Love
Hermione
Harry put the letter in the pile of mail he had received in the last few days. Most of them were just from Lupin and the Weasleys checking that he was O.K. Harry grinned as he remembered what Moody had said to Uncle Vernon at the end of last year. Most of the Order were there, just to greet him off the train. Harry’s stomach slipped several notches…most of the Order…Sirius wasn’t there. Harry had dwelled on his Godfather for most of the summer so far, in grief and partly guilt. His dreams had also gone in that direction. Every night, Harry would see his Godfather get a stunning spell in the chest, and fall into the veil. Harry would run towards it, yelling at Lupin to just go and drag him back out, but he wouldn’t. Harry would wake up, only to dwell on his Godfather again.
To try and take his mind off his Godfather and the grief that burned inside him, Harry picked up one of the letters in the pile at random. He recognised the handwriting at once. His best friend, Ron.
Hey, Harry, why aren’t you replying to my letters? I must have sent Errol about five times now. I think he’s getting slightly tired though, so I’ll give him a rest after this. Hermione is going to send you an owl soon, to ask if you want to come to the Burrow, but I’m not going to ask you to come now, I know you want to be on your own. We have had no word from the Order or anything, but then again as mum says “It’s secret business, Ronald, it’s nothing to do with you!” Fred and George have got a great shop running now and they have also become members of the Order. We haven’t been to Grimmauld Place (Harry’s heart gave a painful twang). I don’t know what’s going on with the Order, like I said, so honestly I’m not holding anything back this time. Well, I can’t wait to see you mate, we’ve missed you lately. Hope the Muggles are treating you like they should,
From Ron.
Harry shoved the letter back into the pile. He tried as hard as he could not to remember Sirius, but when he tried hard not to, the image of Sirius falling through the veil played through his mind like a video.
‘Oy! Boy, you have really done it this time! GET DOWN HERE NOW!!!’
Trying hard to think what he possibly could have done to upset his Uncle now, Harry made his way downstairs. What he got was the shock of his life.
Standing there, in a rather filthy heap on the floor, sat Mr and Mrs Weasley, Tonks and Lupin. All of them seemed to be covered in soot. Harry’s worst assumptions had been realised – they had tried to use the floo network, causing Uncle Vernon’s living room to be covered in bricks and soot again.
‘Ah, there you are Harry,’ said Lupin, ‘I hope you got Hermione’s owl, saying that we would come and get you.’
‘Er…yeah I did, but I’d hoped you wouldn’t use the floo network, you know what happened last time Mr Weasley, remember?’
Mr Weasley grinned, ‘Yes, I do remember Harry, and I hope your Uncle has forgiven me,’ he said, glancing at Uncle Vernon. Uncle Vernon looked livid at the fact that he was asked to forgive someone who had blown up half his living room two years ago.
‘Well, hurry up then, boy; get your stuff and go!’ Uncle Vernon half-shouted.
Harry did it immediately; any reason to get away from the Dursleys was fine with him, despite what he had heard from the Dumbledore at the end of last year.
A couple of minutes later, Harry was back downstairs and heaving his trunk into the fire place. He stepped into the warm flames, and said loudly and clearly ‘The Burrow!’ A moment later, Harry was rushing in a howl of wind and colour.