Harry Potter Male Reader Insert - Book 2

Chapter 4. The fly and arrival

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The end of the summer vacation came too quickly for Harry's liking. He was looking forward to returning to Hogwarts, but his month at the Burrow had been the happiest of his life. It was difficult not to feel jealous of Ron when he thought of the Dursleys and the welcome he could expect the next time he turned up on Privet Drive.

The last evening at the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry's favorite things and a mouthwatering treacle pudding. Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour. Then it was time for a last mug of hot chocolate and bed.

It took a while to get started the next day. They were up at dawn. And they seemed to have much to do. Mrs. Weasley rolled around in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept colliding on the stairs, half-dressed with bits of breakfast in their hands, as if they were ants in an anthill; Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck, tripping over a stray chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny's trunk to the car.

Harry couldn't imagine how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat would fit into one car. He had known, of course, without the special features Mr. Weasley had added.

„Not a word to Molly," he whispered to Harry as he opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily.

When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said: „Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don't they?" She and Ginny got into the front seat, stretched to resemble a park bench. „I mean, you'd never know it was this roomy from the outside, would you?" And Mr. Weasley glanced at Harry briefly, secretly.

Mr. Weasley started up the engine, and they trundled out of the yard, Harry turning back for a last look at the house. He barely had time to wonder when he'd see it again when they were back – George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks. Five minutes later, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. They had almost reached the highway when Ginny shrieked that she'd left her diary. By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and tempers were running high.

Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife.

„Molly, dear —"

„No, Arthur —"

„No one would see. This little button here is an Invisibility Booster I installed. It'd get us up in the air. Then we fly above the clouds. We'd be there in ten minutes, and no one would know."

„I said no, Arthur, not in broad daylight."

Then they reached King's Cross at a quarter to eleven. Mr. Weasley dashed across the road to get trolleys for their trunks, and they all hurried into the station.

Harry had caught the Hogwarts Express the previous year. The tricky part was getting onto platform nine and three-quarters, which wasn't visible to the Muggle eye. You had to walk through the solid barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. It didn't hurt, but it had to be done carefully so that none of the Muggles noticed you vanishing.

„Percy first," Mrs. Weasley said, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier.

Percy strode briskly forward and vanished. Mr. Weasley went next. Fred and George followed.

„I'll take Ginny, and you two come right after us," Mrs. Weasley told Harry and Ron, grabbing Ginny's hand and setting off. In the blink of an eye, they were gone.