Chapter 7 : Another Dementor?

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"WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP!!" 

That was what I woke up to. It was Fred and George. They were standing just inside our door, leaning against the wall looking pleased with themselves. 

"Why?" I whined sleepily, looking over at my clock, which read 6:43am. 

"Because we've got to go to school!" Fred exclaimed.

'What?" I questioned, confused. Wasn't it the holidays?

"We're going to school today. You know, on the big red train?" George said. "CHOOO CHOOO!"

"Oh. Oh yeah." I said plainly. I jumped out of bed and told George to wake Ginny and Hermione up, as they had surprisingly slept through the twins' human alarm clock. I went to Harry's room, and Fred went to Percy and Ron's room. Daniel was already awake, as were Mr and Mrs Weasley. 

Harry's room was starting to light up with the morning sun filtering through the gap of his curtains. I walked over to his bed. He was fast asleep, hair messy and scar uncovered, glasses sitting next to his bed. He looked so peaceful that I almost didn't want to wake him up. It was nice to see him look untroubled for once. I stared at him for a moment or two until I pulled myself out of the daze, realizing that staring at someone when they're asleep was pretty creepy. I poked his cheek. "Harry! You've got to get up now," I told him. I gently shook his shoulder and he began to stir. 

He sat up and pulled on his glasses, smiling a little as he saw me. "Morning," I ruffled his hair like I would do to a brother and left the room to go to the dining room where Daniel, Mr and Mrs Weasley, Fred and George were eating cornflakes. 

"Pretty boring breakfast today!" I said with a laugh as I sat down next to Fred. He chuckled and agreed. Cornflakes was very different from what we'd been having recently.

"Miranda, have you finished packing?' Mrs Weasley asked me.

"Nearly. I've just got to put my new books in, and my wand." I answered.

"When you're finished your breakfast, go and finish putting those in your suitcase. I don't want us to be late today," Mrs. Weasley said. I nodded and continued eating. It didn't take long to finish off the bowl, and after I'd cleaned up, I raced up the stairs back to my room. Ginny and Hermione were awake and chatting as they got dressed.

"Mornin', Mrs Weasley said to go downstairs and have some breakfast and then finish off your packing," I told them while I grabbed my clothes.

"Okay!" They chorused. I smiled and changed into my outfit. When I was dressed, I started to finish my packing.

I looked through all my things I'd already packed, and I couldn't help but smile. Everything that was in there reminded me of Hogwarts, and it brought back memories from last year - when Dumbledore came and told me I was a witch, when I met the Weasleys, and had the first glimpse of Diagon Alley, when I felt sick going up in front of the whole school to get sorted, when we walked into the common room to find Daniel and he then became one of my closest friends, when Ginny showed me her diary, when Ron's spell backfired and he ended up spewing slugs, when Harry, Ron and Hermione had come across Mr.Norris whilst she was petrified, the crazy Bludger that almost killed Harry, when I 'saved' Harry from the snake and the after party, when I got the Marauder's Map from Fred and George, when I followed Harry and Ron just to find out that Ginny had been taken into the Chamber, when I got to the chamber and helped Harry defeat Voldemort, when Fawkes helped us escape, when we got awarded house points, the train ride home, and finally saying good-bye to all of my friends.  

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