Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Chapter 2: A New Friend

A Note: This is ALL J.K. Rowling's work, not mine. I just felt compelled to write something on it! Please comment



The next day Harry woke up it had been the first night he hadn’t had his usual nightmare of Sirius falling through the veil and not being able to catch him. He was very grateful for not having to witness it that night, and was able to finally sleep soundly. Strangely he remembered his dream was about him sitting in a green meadow with a beautiful red headed girl, but he couldn’t figure out who it was. It definitely was better than what he used see though so he wasn’t complaining.

Harry decided, because it was so early, it would be nice to go for a walk, he now was able to protect himself so he didn’t have to stay cooped up. He grabbed one of Dudley’s used sweaters, and his wand and walked out the door.

He wandered around for a while, just thinking to himself trying to figure out what went wrong at the ministry, until he passed the small park that Dudley and his gang would terrorize. He spotted the swings and decided to sit down for a while. He walked over and sat down and started to rock back and forth, it had been such a long time since he had actually done this and was enjoying the comforting feel of the rock. He did this for a while, but stopped suddenly as he heard someone walking up from behind. He turned around quickly expecting a death eater or worse Voldemort, but what he saw was a little girl who couldn’t have been older than 11. She had dark brown hair down in a ponytail, and had hazel eyes.

The little girl looked up into the raven haired boy’s deep green eyes and immediately liked him; she knew there was something unusual about him, and it piqued her interest immediately.

“Hiya, I hope I didn’t scare you? I was just coming over to swing, can I join you?” She said in a light voice.

“Umm, sure.” Harry hadn’t dealt with many younger kids besides the ones he passed in the halls on the way to classes, so he was unsure what to do.

She jumped on the swing next to him and started to swing. “So what’s that stick you’re holding?” She asked. Harry hadn’t realized he even had pulled it out, it was just a reflex for him now.

“Oh this, this is a… gift from my parents.”

“Could I see it? It looks pretty.”

Harry wasn’t sure what to do, she was just a muggle so she couldn’t do anything with it, but he felt naked without it. He decided to let her hold it just for a little. “Sure, just be careful it’s really important to me.”

She took the wand from his hand and began to wave it around, when she that though a jet of red and gold sparks shot out of the end, and she dropped it in surprise.

“Whoa, that was cool!” She said grinning again.

Harry’s mind was in overdrive, she was a witch and didn’t know it, Muggles couldn’t do anything with a wand. Dudley had stolen his and couldn’t even get it to let out a spit of fire? She had to almost be 11, and if her parents were wizards then they would tell her, so she must be muggle born. Well just try and figure out as much stuff as you can about her, he thought to himself.

“It’s just a toy, like a magic wand, see,” he lifted his wand off the ground and shot some more sparks out of the end, “it’s just a toy. Oh and by the way my name’s Harry Potter.”

“Mine’s Emmaline Massey, I live just up the street,” she pointed her hand behind her, “where do you live?”

“Oh I live at #4 on Privet drive, but I’m gone most of the time at school in Scotland. Where do you go to school?” This girl was growing on him every second; he could tell she was very intelligent; she would make a good Ravenclaw.

“Oh I go to the public school right up the street. What do your parents do, mine is lawyer.”

“My parents were murdered when I was only a year old; I live with my Aunt and Uncle the Dursleys.” Harry said sadly, remembering he wasn’t going to be able to live with Sirius any more, but somehow being near this girl seemed to take the edge off of the memory of Sirius’ death.

“Oh I’m so sorry. My dad died also, he was killed in a car accident.” She looked down at her trainers momentarily then looked up at him again, “You have to live with Dudley? That’s a bummer. He’s too fat.”

“Yeah he really is a great pig isn’t he, but it’s alright I don’t have to see much of him thankfully. How old are you?” She seemed to have a very strong personality, one which Harry enjoyed

“I’m just about to turn 11, what about you?”

“I’m going to turn 15 on July 31.” So that means if she’s going to get the letter it will be soon. Maybe even before this school year starts, McGonagall’s usually pretty good about that stuff.

She let out a gasp of excitement, “Oh wow, that’s so cool. I have the same birthday as you!” Emmaline was really starting to like this boy, he sure seems mysterious, but he’s also nice. I wonder if he’ll be my friend, he doesn’t know about the stuff that I can do. “Do you want to be my friend?” She asked shyly.

Harry was taken aback for a moment, but then happily said “Sure I’d love to Emmaline.”

“Cool, you can call me Emma.” She had just gotten her first friend; she just hoped she wouldn’t frighten him away.

“Ok Emma, you can call me whatever.”

“Ok Whatever,” she giggled at her own joke, “I have to go home right now or else mum will be mad, but I’ll meet you here tomorrow ok?” She jumped off her swing, gave him a quick hug, and then ran off to her home.

After a little more swinging Harry also got up and headed home smiling, thinking about the little girl who he’d just become friends with.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

First Chapter

The Heart Bond

Note: I am in no way trying to rip off J.K. Rowling's unbelieveable work, I just was so influenced by it I felt it necessary to write something. This ALL belongs to her. Thank you!
I tried to make the font large enough so you could read it easily, also any commments would be greatky appreciated.
I will post hopefully at least once a week, hopefully more.

Chapter #1 (A Magic Emancipation)

It was a dreary, rainy day on Privet drive, and the raven haired boy with the unusual scar on his forehead, was matching it perfectly, laying down in his bed staring into eternity. He had been like this for two whole days now since he’d returned home to the Dursleys. His Aunt and Uncle had taken to ignoring and avoid him ever since Mad-Eye had a chat with them about treating Harry correctly. This new tactic didn’t bother Harry at all, in fact he preferred it.

These past few weeks had been the worst he’d ever felt in his life. His mind was weighed down with the thoughts of the battle in the Department of Mysteries that had occurred only a week ago. He blamed himself for involving all the people he loved and cared for, for almost getting them killed, and worst of all Sirius getting murdered. Harry had gone down to the Ministry thinking he was going to save him, instead he fell into a trap and got Sirius killed while he was trying to save him.

He slammed his fist into his pillow in frustration. “It just isn’t fair; I was going to live with him. We were going to be a family!” He screamed, forgetting in his anguish that he was still at his Uncle’s house. A moment later an enraged Uncle Vernon burst into Harry’s room.

“What the bloody hell do you think you’re doing? It’s 9 o’ clock at night! You’re going to wake the neighbors. They’ll be wondering…” At that moment he stopped after realizing that Harry had been crying. “What are you crying about? What happened, you can’t go back to your school? Did they realize how bad of a person you were? Or did that convict that you call a godfather get caught finally? Well boy…. answer me! Answer” Vernon screamed, his face turning an ugly puce color.

Harry felt his stomach drop at the mention of his deceased godfather, he didn’t need to hear about him right now, he would have hexed Vernon right where he stood if it wasn’t for the fact that he wouldn’t be able to go back to Hogwarts; Instead Harry stood and in an icy voice said, “Leave me alone.”

“Or what? You’ll curse me,” He cried derisively. “I know you can’t do you your thingy out of school, you’ll get expelled.” The large man spat at him.

“Leave,” Harry said again, this time standing and pointing towards the door, he was furious at his Uncle and the way he had treated him all his life. At that moment a loud crack sounded and Uncle Vernon flew through the door, and tumbled down the stairs.

Harry thudded down on his bed dumbstruck; he had just performed wandless magic, he knew that sometimes wizards could perform accidental magic, but he never knew you could do complex magic without a wand. The stunned boy had now completely forgotten about his uncle who was currently piled unceremoniously at the bottom of the staircase, all that mattered now was that he was certainly going to be expelled from Hogwarts for performing underage magic. He turned around when he heard the familiar noise of an owl tapping on his window.

The ash grey owl lifted its leg so that Harry could retrieve the letter. It was from the Ministry addressed to him.. “Might as well get this over with.” He muttered to himself. He opened the letter expecting it to be a summons to another disciplinary hearing, but what he found surprised him. It was a letter from the new Minister of Magic herself, Madam Bones. (Fudge was run out of office the day after he announced Voldemort’s return; no one had seen him since. The letter said…

Dear Mr. Potter-

It came to our attention that a massive amount of magic was expelled at the residence of #4 Privet Drive. It was concluded that it was also underage magic. Under usual circumstances we would be forced to take your wand and potentially expel you from Hogwarts. This is not the usual circumstances however; Albus Dumbledore has brought to my attention that it is imperative that you and your friends are allowed to use magic over the summer in hopes of preventing another attack. I would have to agree and therefore The Order and I have now officially made you, Mr. and Ms. Weasley, Ms. Granger, Mr. Longbottom, and Ms. Lovegood, registered wizards. You are now legally adults in our world. I can only urge you to use the utmost care with your new allowances.

Sincerely,

Minister Bones

Harry dropped to his bed still clutching the letter, he could do magic out of school! He couldn’t imagine what his friends would be doing. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny would be ecstatic, and Neville and Luna would just be stunned. The one thing that bothered him about the letter was Madam Bones’ knowledge of the Order of the Pheonix, he mentally reminded himself to tell Dumbledore.

Harry just sat there on his bed imagining what he could do know that he was a legal adult wizard; he didn’t even notice Uncle Vernon walk into his room again.

“They threw you out didn’t they, that’s what’s in that letter isn’t it?” Uncle Vernon laughed manically.

“Nope,” and with that one word Harry raised his wand and shouted, “Expelliarmus!” Uncle Vernon was, for the second time that night, forced out through the door and tumbled down the stairs. Harry used colloportus and a silencing charm on his door, and went to bed smiling for the first time in a week and a half, at the thought of his uncle’s startled expression when he had pointed his wand at him.