The Chambers doing

Chapter 7 - The Secrets of a Meddlesome Old Fool

The next morning, Harry and Ginny were up early, having made themselves an early breakfast and left some for the Dursleys, awaiting Mr Weasley's arrival.

Soon, they heard a knock at the front door. Not wishing for Aunt Petunia to answer it, they went themselves, hoping to avoid the inevitable conversation about "ingenious muggle contraptions", which would be sure to set the Dursleys off and try to kick Mr Weasley out of the house.

"Good morning Mr Weasley." Harry started. They showed him to their room.

When they arrived, Mr Weasley looked around and frowned. "They expected you to live in here?" He asked. Receiving a hesitant nod, he continued "This won't do at all." He removed his wand from his pocket and started waving it about. Soon the locks were removed from the door, the room was three times the size, and the bed was enlarged to be queen-size. He also transformed some of Dudley's old toys in the corner into better furniture for the room, including a wizard radio, and others simply disappeared.

"To your shed?" Ginny asked with a smirk. This made Mr Weasley look decidedly uncomfortable.

"Yes, well, don't tell you're mother." He replied quietly.

He also conjured two sofas for them to use. Once they had sat down, he addressed Harry. "So, are the relatives treating you well?"

"Better than they used to. They mostly just ignore us."

"That's good. Are you getting fed?"

"Not as much as we are at the Burrow, but enough." Ginny replied.

"Then it was a good thing your mother insisted I brought this basket of food." He waved his wand and a basket jam-packed full of food appeared. Harry placed it beside his newly expanded bed. "Now, is there anything else you want to know?"

"I was wondering," Harry started tentatively, "if you knew anything about Sirius Black?"

"How do you know about him" Mr Weasley asked sharply.

"He made an appearance on the muggle news. Ginny told me what she knew about him, but I want to know why he was so dangerous that he was in Azkaban in the first place, and now the muggles need warning about him."

"I'm sorry Harry, but the ministry are restricting all information for the time being. I'm as much in the proverbial dark as you are right now. But if I find anything out, I'll endeavour to tell you both."

"Thank you."

The conversation continued for about half an hour, when Mr Weasley took his leave.

At the Burrow, Ron was angry. Actually, that was an understatement, he was fuming. No matter what his parents and brothers said, he just knew that Harry was taking advantage of Ginny.

This was too much. They were best friends and best friends don't date each others younger sisters. Ginny was much too young to be dating anybody in his mind, and if anyone it should definitely not be Harry.

He didn't know where this dislike for his friend came from all of a sudden, as the rest of the family seemed to think him perfect for Ginny. But now he had had a few days to mull it over (he had barely left his room since he had found out where Ginny was), he realised what was happening. He was jealous. Jealous that he would no longer be the first person Harry went to for advice. Jealous that he would split his time between Ron and Ginny. Jealous that someone else had taken his place as the most important person in Harry's life.

However, Ron's ego couldn't take being bruised by the realisation of such strong jealousy, so he tried to hide it from himself. This resulted in him lying on his bed some more, trying to find some other reason for his growing hatred for his former best friend. He didn't even consider doing anything else, he had lost any chance of limited amusement in his room when Scabbers had disappeared from his cage on the train home. But that couldn't be important, if anything he might be able to persuade his parents for a new, more useful pet.