11 Ch 11 - Intro 2: Saving Potter

"Ron? Chris?" breathed Harry, creeping to the window and pushing it up so they could talk through the bars. "How did you — What the — ?" I noticed he was looking mouth-agape at our turquoise car, I know right? IT WAS FLYING!

"All right, Harry?" asked George.

"What's been going on?" said Ron. "Why haven't you been answering my letters? I've asked you to stay about twelve times, and then Dad came home and said you'd got an official warning for using magic in front of Muggles —"

"It wasn't me — and how did he know?"

"He works for the Ministry," said Ron, and I interject

"We can talk about this later, Fred, George you wouldn't happen to have some gadget to open these bars right?" they looked at each other before grinning.

"Only one correct way"

"The FUN way," they said pulling out a rope from somewhere.

"Of course, you have some convenient shit you pull up from your ass," I said rolling my eyes

"Your confidence in us is the main reason you are our friend," said one of the two.

"Tie that around the bars," said Fred, throwing the end of a rope to Harry.

"If the Dursleys wake up, I'm dead," said Harry as he tied the rope tightly around a bar and Fred revved up the car.

"Don't worry," said George probably, "and stand back."

Harry moved back into the shadows next to Hedwig, the owl looking more annoyed than anything but seemed to have realized how important this was and kept still and silent thankfully. The car revved louder and louder and suddenly, with a crunching noise, the bars were pulled clean out of the window as Fred drove straight up in the air. How in the name of fiction the Dursleys didn't wake up is beyond me. Being the closest to the window I helped pull the bars up. Ron put them between the two of us.

"Get in," said Ron

"Oh no, broomstick, wand, everything is in the cupboard downstairs, and the door is locked"

"Fred, George? Got anything again?" I tried

"Sure we do" the two grinning madmen struck a pose happy to be the key players in this emergency breakout.

They started lockpicking the door much to mine and everyone's impressed stares.

"Well, there is no stopping the twins is there," I said amused, I forgot about this scene, the movies were very different.

In the end, the two were able to successfully open the door, and with a loud click, we were all set and ready for action.

"So — we'll get your trunk — you grab anything you need from your room and hand it out to Ron," whispered George.

"Watch out for the bottom stair — it creaks," Harry whispered back as the twins disappeared onto the dark.

Harry started hoarding anything but I noticed he was forgetting something important.

"Harry, your owl"

"Thank you!"

After that, he went to help the twins with his trunk and I heard Vernon's loud cough almost making my heart explode. Then the trio came into the room and started pushing the trunk into the car now parked very close to the window and ready to take off at any moment.

"A bit more," panted Fred, who was pulling from inside the car.

"One good push —"

Harry and George threw their shoulders against the trunk and it slid out of the window into the back seat of the car.

"Okay, let's go," George whispered.

Harry jumped in and we departed without any problems at the speed of light, Team Rocket who?

"They aren't gonna know what hit them" I loudly cheered much to the joy of everyone.

"So, what's the story, Harry?" said Ron impatiently. "What's been happening?"

Harry told us about Dobby, the warning he'd given Harry, and the fiasco of the violet pudding. There was a long, shocked silence when he had finished.

"Very fishy," said Fred finally.

"Definitely dodgy," agreed George. "So he wouldn't even tell you who's supposed to be plotting all this stuff ?"

Harry shook his head

"Well I think I know who this elf belongs to," I told the group who wa snow intently looking at me

"I overheard Malfoy talking about this house elf of his, he sounded happy about the fact that his family trained him to punish himself if he made a mistake" everyone grimaced.

"Well," started Fred

"It definitely checks out" ended George

It wasn't even a lie, he was actually gloating in the library during one of my study sessions.

"Do you think Draco sent him to me, to do a prank?" asked Harry

"I doubt it" I answered

"But why not," asked Fred with a raised eyebrow his eyes briefly meeting mine in the rear mirror "House-elves have got powerful magic of their own, but they can't usually use it without their master's permission. I reckon old Dobby was sent to stop you from coming to school this hear" I nodded, it would make a lot of sense if we weren't talking about Draco that is. That got their attention.

"Draco and the Malfoys are prideful by nature, if they have to do something like scaring, threatening, or simply family business they do it themselves, they will never send House Elves to perform them because even if they have more powerful magic than us they are treated like slaves, and slaves don't deal with important family business"

"Mmh. Now I know why you got straight Os on all tests. That makes a lot of sense" said George, gaining a nod from both Harry and Ron.

"Well, going back to House Elves in general whoever owns him will be an old Wizarding family, and they'll be rich," said Fred.

"Yeah, Mum's always wishing we had a house-elf to do the ironing," said George. "But all we've got is a lousy old ghoul in the attic and gnomes all over the garden. House-elves come with big old manors and castles and places like that; you wouldn't catch one in our house..."

"Really? You can't just call one?" this time I was the surprised one

"Call one?" asked Ron "No, no, believe me when I say that mom tried but it is only a fairy tale, they will only come to you willingly"

Damn, I thought, another fanfiction mistake, that seems to happen a lot around here.

"I'm glad we came to get you, anyway," said Ron turning to Harry" I was getting really worried when you didn't answer any of my letters. I thought it was Errol's fault at first-"

"Who's Errol?"

"Our owl. He's ancient. It wouldn't be the first time he'd collapsed on a delivery. So then I tried to borrow Hermes-"

"Who?"

"The owl Mum and Dad bought Percy when he was made prefect," said Fred from the front.

"But Percy wouldn't lend him to me," said Ron. "Said he needed him."

"Percy's been acting very oddly this summer," said George, frowning. "And he has been sending a lot of letters and spending a load of time shut up in his room... I mean, there's only so many times you can polish a prefect badge... You're driving too far west, Fred," he added, pointing at a compass on the dashboard. Fred moved the steering wheel.

"Come on guys, are you really that blind?" I asked with a big grin "Percy is in love!"

Fred almost lost control of the car

"WHAT?!" asked George

"Come on guys, it is as clear as day, haven't you seen how he looks at Penelope?"

"Penelope? Clearwater? The chick from Ravenclaw?" asked Fred

"Yup" I only said popping the p, silence fell on the car

"How sure are you of this," asked Ron

"100%," I told them and silence fell on the car again

"Btw, do you know why he doesn't seem to tolerate me,? He has been like that all summer and I don't think I have ever done something to him"

Fred was the one to answer" He just doesn't like people being long-term guests, he actually tolerates you because you help in the house extending his free time"

"Well I do feel blessed right now," I said jokingly earning a chuckle

"Wait, all summer?" asked Harry, oh poor Harry.

"Oh yeah, you did not read the letters we sent," I told him "Miss Weasley invited me to spend the summer in her house, she feared I would feel alone in the orphanage" Harry nodded surprised, I also noticed a hint of jealousy but just a hint. He knows what being an orphan is like.

"The best part is that since everyone in the house is a wizard I can actually practice magic without having letters sent to me by the ministry we just have to make sure to not cast too many spells at the same time, that is how I was able to help in the house and how I taught Ginny a bit, oh Ginny is Ron's sister and she has a big crush on you Harry," I said chuckling

"She sure does" chimed in George with a smug grin

"I - She - What?" we all laughed at his embarrassed face, eyes going wide as a deer in headlights.

"Try not to scare her too much with your legendary achievements" I chuckled "Wasn't there one about you beating a dragon at the age of four?" at that I laughed harder, especially when Harry pouted and slowly whispered "I hate you"

Our journey back was pleasant with Harry asking questions and everyone answers. Everything was new to him, everything was magical, it was to me as well but I just knew more things by nature.

...

Needless to say, we got scolded, hard.

I didn't and so didn't Harry, I decided to help Molly with breakfast much to her joy, I did not use magic to do anything and it always tasted great.

This time I was in charge of the sausages

Harry was looking at everything that was happening in the kitchen, Molly was an expert in housekeeping magic, she could keep 5 or 6 charms running like it was nothing.

"Incredible right?" I asked him to which he nodded slightly surprised by my intervention and I saw his eyes twinkling.

"It is wonderful" he managed to say

"I know right? They keep saying this house is not much but I can't help but think otherwise. Compared to the regular boring flats we have in London this is 10 times better don't you think?"

He chuckled and nodded "So true. It feels like Hogwarts but..." he was struggling to find the words

"Cozier? Homely" I tried to help him and he nodded

"Yes"

"Come on go get seated, breakfast is almost ready"

he nodded and left

After a while, I heard a yelp and heard loud footsteps going up the stairs and I chuckled, Ginny

Molly entered the room and asked me "Sorry to bother you with this Chris but everyone is seated already could you go fetch Ginny?"

"Of course Miss Weasley"

"Oh come on, call me Molly already dear" I nodded and grinned

"Sorry force of habit"

...

It was time to go to Diagon Alley.

I thought the letters would arrive a bit earlier, shame they didn't.

It will be a good trip I guess.

Oh right, fuck canon btw, Ginny will NOT be "Horcruxed". Not on my watch anyways.