Saturday, July 22, 2006

Harry Potter and the spirit of the stag(Chapter one)

CHAPTER ONE
THE WEDDING IN SNOW
The last drop of summer seemed to be gone for months in the year. Snows kept falling on the street. Steams went all around the country. All the places became cold. The only happiness around came into the Burrow. In the big snow, everyone were looking at the couple happily. Only Harry stood behind the window, looking directly out of it, thinking about Dumbledore. Dumbledore will think it is a good thing to have love after he had left. Harry knew it. He must kill Snape for Dumbledore. He must kill Voldemort for the wizard world. That’s his mission, a mission nobody else can finish.
‘Aarry!’ shouted a girl’s voice behind him, waving her slivery hair. Harry remembered her, the girl he saved when he was fourteen-Gabrielle. The golden dress on her set off her hair, it made her looked even more beautiful. ‘Don’t stand there! Join us!’
Harry turned back and saw everybody talking excitedly. Ron was talking to his dad, who looked worried. Gabrielle was waving at him, smiling. Harry smiled back to her. Fred and George were making crackers to celebrate. Mrs.Weasley was dressing Fleur. The tiara on her made her beauty unbelievable. At last, he saw Lupin and Tonks repelling Dementors.
‘Call the Aurors! Our happiness is too delicious to Dementors!’ yelled Lupin. ‘Expecto Patronum!’
Harry smiled and pulled out his wand, and repelled one of them.
The bell on top of the Burrow, which Harry thought was made by Fred and George started ringing. The wedding finally began. Bill walked out of the front door with Fleur. The scar was still on his face. The crackers exploded and the flame brushed into the air. Everyone clapped for them. Everyone looked so happy. Except the Aurors, they looked angrily at the Dementors. Harry laughed. Moreover, so did everyone.
The happiness that was brought by the wedding covered the fear and the sadness from Voldemort. Harry wondered how long it could last. The fear from Voldemort will soon exist again.

‘Harry! It is already afternoon, you’ve stood there for an hour! We’ve been finding you!’ yelled Hermione.
‘We can go and have a ride if you want to. The others are still playing Fred and George’s new product.’ Ron suggested.
‘On a broom?’ said Harry, looked like he is thinking.
‘Of course! What are you thinking about?’ Ron was looking at Harry as though he was crazy.
‘I mean- Wait!’ Harry walked out of the front door. ‘Mr.Weasley, did you buy the thing I asked you to buy?
‘Oh! It is there. Just in the red box.’ Mr.Weasley pointed at the front door.
‘Thanks! Mr.Weasley!’ Harry took it out and opened the package. A broomstick was inside. The shinny and sleek broomstick with long tail of neat and straight twigs. On the top of it, the tiny golden word Bluebottle was written on it. Ron and Hermione smiled, as though they knew what it was for.
‘Best for beginners.’ Ron said, grinning.
Hermione ignored him ‘It was lovely, thanks! I haven’t even ridden a broomstick Expect the old school ones, but I don’t think-’
‘I told you. Best for beginners! Nevertheless, Harry, we can Apparite if necessary. Why did you buy that?’ said Ron, still checking the broom.
‘You can’t Apparite to some places!’ said Hermione Impatiently.
‘But you can still Apparite near it, can’t we?’ Ron still didn’t understand.
‘How near can you do?’ Hermione asked.
Ron finally understood. ‘Not very. So that is the reason?’
Harry was happy for him to understand, and said. ‘Yes! Now we can have a flight and fight with the Dementors. See if we can teach Hermione how to fly. Or maybe Ron can convey-’
‘I will try to fly myself’ Hermione interrupted, Red spots appear in her face.
‘All right. Let’s go!’ Harry said, laughing without making a sound.
Harry, Hermione and Ron walked out of the house. The snow piled higher and higher. The weather didn’t scare them. Just when Harry mounted on the broom, Ginny ran to them with her broomstick. Harry smiled and ran to her.
‘Going on a flight?’ Ginny asked. ‘Can I join too?’
‘Of course, What about Fred and George?’ Harry asked, wondering did Mr.Weasley buy her a new broom or not, but he soon got the answer.
‘We thought that you have forgotten us.’
Fred and George appeared at the back of him and Fred said ‘Dad bought all of us a new broom, except poor Ron, He shouldn’t ask for it last time.’
‘And by the way, our products sales so well at this time, we shouldn’t miss it; we will come and play later.’ George added.
They walked back to the Burrow in the snow as Harry and his friend mounted on their broom. Once they have set off Harry suddenly thought of on thing.
‘Wait! I forgot that I am still underage!’
‘It’s okay! Ginny and you can avoid the Dememtors, Even if you can’t. You can still use the Patronus spell if you need to, because we are in danger!’ Ron laughed. ‘Off we go Hermione! Expecto Patronum!’
Ginny whispered ‘What a lovely date’ and they flew up high into the air. Harry smiled and dodged one Dememtor as he raced up to them. The cold air rushed on him. He remembered how the feeling is to fly in the cold air, but none of them is as cold as this time, even colder than the time he was chased by a lot of Dememtors. Harry wondered if he is going to fell down again. He wished that he was already seventeen.
He rushed into the air behind Ron and Hermione, cold snows are felling on him. Hermione’s Patronus, which was a shining sliver otter was flying and flying between the Dememtors, chased after them in a high speed. Ron’s giant Patronus rat was bumping on the Dememtors head and pressed them. He was so excited and started to give orders to his Patronus.
‘Bump that one! That one! You idiot rat!’ Ron shouted at his Patronus. ‘Smash that one- Hermione, be careful!’ Hermione was on her broom with only one hand. Harry helped her on quickly. Just after Harry helped her, four Dememtors rushed into Ginny. Hermione and Ron shouted out ‘Expecto Patronum!’ at almost the same time. Harry pulled out his wand and pointed at rest the Dememtors.
‘Expecto Patronum!’ two different voices yelled out. Harry looked at them. Each of them wore a Chinese Fireball dragon skin robe. On the top of their broomstick, the word Firebolt was written on. Fred and George are smiling at him. ‘Harry! You have almost broken the law!’
Harry was surprised at what happened. He yelled back ‘I know, but I have to-’
‘Save your little girlfriend?’ said George ‘We have heard it from Ron. Is that true, Ginny?’
‘From Ron again?’ Ginny raised her eyebrows.
‘Its fine, Ginny. I don’t care about it.’ said Harry quickly.
‘Fine, lets continue the game, I will talk to him later.’ said Ginny, who still looked angry.
The big game with the Dememtors was really fun to them. They let their Patronus sit on their broom and rushed into the Dememtors. The Dememtors slid away as quick as they can. Just after that, other Patronus surrounded them and destroy them. They all liked the game. Just not the weather. The reason of why game ended so quickly is the weather too. The cold snow and raindrops fell on them. Only Fred and George’s dragon robe can resist them. The snow gets bigger and bigger. They had no other choices but to end the game.

Harry Ron, Hermione and Ginny gathered around the fireplace and play Fred and George’s new exploding pokers. It will explode in your hand if you lose before you can drop it. Some cards are called explode cards. Once you draw it, the next person’s card will explode. The card made them spent a lot of time on it. Once they made everyone’s clothes burnt. They began to talk about Voldemort. Harry wasn’t surprised to see what Hermione had done. She made a long list of plans to destroy Voldemort.
‘You still got a problem, Harry is still underage.’ said Fred after Hermione’s long speech.
‘We can use the time to find other people who might know Voldemort’s weakness.
Like Karkaroff. See if he knows about the Hor-’ Harry gave her a sharp look, Hermione stopped the sentence and said ‘and if Harry goes to his uncle’s house before his birthday. The protection that Dumbledore made will not disappear. He won’t be in danger.’ Hermione answered.
‘How about the transportation? Harry can’t Apparite, too.’ George asked. Didn’t seemed to have realized.
‘We have brooms, don’t we?’ Hermione answered. The ‘It’s an easy question’ look on her face made George embarrassed. So he stroke back immediately.
‘How about you? You can’t fly very well.’
‘Hermione only needs to practice, George.’ Ron debated.
‘But she doesn’t seem to have talent on flying’ said Fred.
Ron ignored him. ‘Practice makes perfect. And-’
‘Ron, Can I talk to you?’ Ginny cut in. Ron followed her upstairs.
‘So we needed to train her, don’t we?’ Fred was still arguing about the plans.
‘Maybe I really need training, but-’
‘Its dinner time, everyone!’ Mrs.Weasley shouted out. Harry was glad to stop listening to the argument, so he went out first. Than Ron and Ginny walked downstairs to the table just after him.

Delicious foods like chicken, pork and Mrs.Weasley’s special soup soon filled their stomach. People from the Ministry came in one after one, and congratulated Mr. and Mrs.Weasley for Bill and Fleur’s wedding. Mrs.Weasley looked like she was waiting for Percy, but she didn’t even see his letter. She looked so upset and sat down. Ginny tried to comfort her.
Ron looked at Fred and George. They were introducing their new products to some workers in the Ministry. They quite liked their protection cloaks. Ron thought it is save now, and started talking about the plans with Harry and Hermione.
‘What did Ginny told you, Ron.’ Harry asked, though he knew what they talked about.
‘Oh! It was just about not to get into her business.’ said Ron. ‘And how can we find Karkaroff, Hermione?’
‘You’ll know the plan after we go to Harry’s uncle’s house.’ said Hermione. ‘The problem is how we can-’
‘Visitors, Harry!’ Mrs.Weasley shouted out. He wondered if it is Scrimgeour. Haven’t he already given up? He walked to the door, Ron and Hermione followed him through the crowds. He found out that Scrimgeour and Percy talking to Mr. and Mrs.Weasley. He rushed away and relieved. He saw and old woman and-
‘Neville?’ said Ron, looking that he couldn’t believe what he saw.
‘Hi Harry! Hogwarts is closed. I’ve got nothing to do. My grandmother wants me to join you.’ said Neville. ‘I’ve been trained by Lupin in the last few days. He said that I will be fine.’
Harry was shocked by this. ‘But it is-’
‘Dangerous? My grandson will not afraid of that. He will be proud of sacrifice because of Voldemort. He isn’t afraid of that!’ said Neville’s grandmother proudly.
‘What about joining the Order?’ suggested Ron.
‘The Order is a nonsense without Dumbledore!’ Neville’s grandmother didn’t like his suggestion.
‘All right, Neville can help us to collect information with Lupin.’ Hermione tried to refuse him. She saw Neville’s grandmother’s mouth open angrily. So she quickly added. ‘He can still join us on some missions too, and he stills need more experiences.’
Neville’s grandmother finally agreed, and left Neville alone with them. Harry tried to make him feel better. However, he still looked unhappy. Therefore, they promised to take him on missions after more training. He finally smiled.

Night soon came to the Burrow. Harry decided to start the trip now. Everyone came out and said good-bye to them. They looked both worriedly and hopefully at them. Fred and George gave Harry a lot of their products and potions, and told him that he must send news to them. Harry nodded. Lupin helped them to Disillusion themselves. That made everyone can’t see them, but they still stood there and looked at their brooms.
‘Be careful Harry! Take care, Ron!’ Mrs.Weasley said to them. Mrs.Weasley, Lupin, Tonks, Fred, George and Ginny Smiled at them.
‘Good-bye everyone!’ said Harry and Harry, Ron and Hermione mounted and the broom, and set off in everyone’s hope. All the people got smaller and smaller in their eyes. Harry turned back to the sky, recognized the direction, accelerating up into the air.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home