Beloved- George Weasley

Chapter 7

Diana sat in front of Mrs. Mason, her father's boss's wife, as they sat in the living room, during an awkward dinner party. She felt annoyed, her dress was too tight, and her Mum forced her to smile so much that her cheeks were hurting.

"So, Mrs. Mason, my dad says you like- "Diana said, but was interrupted by a loud noise from upstairs. Her father forced a chuckle, shaking his head.

"Just our cat." He said,

"Cat? What cat?" Diana scoffed; Vernon glared at her.

"Our cat. Tiger." He said again.

"Hm, I must have forgotten." She said, sipping her tea. Her mother threw her a warning glance, as Dudley looked between his family, confused.

"Diana, darling, why don't you go see what the cat is doing?" Her mother said through gritted teeth. She nodded, standing up and going upstairs to Harry's room. She pushed open the door, jumping at the sight of some animal in Harry's room.

"Harry, who or what is that?" Diana asked,

"Dobby. Dobby is a house-elf. Dobby is here to save Harry Potter." Dobby explained.

"I've been trying to tell Dobby to leave," Harry said.

"Dobby thinks it's nice to meet you. You are Harry Potter's cousin. Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts. Harry potter must listen to Dobby." Dobby said.

"Diana! Did you fix the cat?" Her father called up the stairs.

"Yes, dad!" She shouted,

"I have to go; Dobby, please stay quiet." She said, before shutting the door and walking back downstairs to the dreadful dinner party. She sat back down in front of Mrs. Mason, who was talking to Mum.

"Diana, your dress is beautiful." Mrs. Mason said,

"Thank you," Diana said before she noticed a nervous Harry walking into the kitchen, then suddenly her mother's pudding cake she had worked on all afternoon floated towards them, with a panicked Harry following it. They watched in horror as the cake floated over Mrs. Mason's head.

"Mrs. Mason- "Diana said, but it was too late. The cake fell, landing on Mrs. Mason. They sat frozen as Mrs. Mason whipped the cream out of her eyes.

I'm sorry. It's our nephew. Very disturbed. Meeting strangers upsets him, so we kept him upstairs..."

"With the cat," Diana muttered.

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After screaming for an hour, Diana's father sent everyone to bed without supper. It had gotten late now, but Diana still sat awake, trying to finish her summer homework. There was a loud noise coming from Harry's room that was connected to hers. She rolled off her bed and tipped-toed towards Harry's room.

"Harry?" She whispered, seeing a light from his bedroom. She pushed open his door, seeing him standing by the window.

"Harry, what are you doing?" She asked as he turned around seeing Harry grinning, before moving to the side, showing George, Fred, and Ron sitting in a floating car.

"What are you guys doing?" She gasped as she walked closer to the window.

"Well, that's not the reaction we were hoping for," George commented.

"Sorry, I'm just surprised. What are you doing here?"

"Coming to rescue you two! Get your trunk!" Ron said,

"Mum and Dad are going to be so mad, though," Diana said, looking at the door.

"Who cares!" Fred said,

"How are we even going to get out?" Diana asked,

"Go get your trunk and leave the rest to us." George grinned; Diana nodded. She ran to her bedroom, shoving the last of her belongings inside her trunk. She looked at her outfit, realizing she was still in her shorts and a tee shirt. She grabbed a pair of jeans that were thrown on her nightstand and put them on before dragging out her trunk and hearing a loud noise coming from Harry's room.

"Oh no," she said, running to Harry's door. She threw her trunk in before shutting the door and locking it.

"What's going on?" Harry asked,

"Mum and Dad are up!" She said,

"Hurry!" Ron said. They threw their trunks in the back of the car before shutting it. Fred turned the car and opened the door for them.

"Go first," Harry told Diana. She nodded, grabbing Ron's outstretched hand and getting pulled into the car. Hedwig squawked from the side of Harry's room.

"Hedwig!" Harry shouted as Mr. Dursley started banging on the door.

"Open this door!" Vernon shouted.

"Hurry!" Diana said, as Harry handed Harry her Hedwig, the door burst open.

"Petunia! They're getting away!" Vernon shouted. As Harry climbed into a car, Vernon grabbed Harry's foot. Diana and Ron grabbed Ron's arm and tried to pull Harry in.

"Step on it!" Diana shouted. Fred stepped on the accelerator, and Vernon was thrown out the window, hanging on by Harry's foot.

"Oh, we're going to be in so much trouble when we get back," Diana said, looking at her father's red face.

"Let go, dad!" She yelled. Fred stepped on the accelerator again, and Vernon, in fear, fell into the bushes under Harry's window.

"I'm not coming back next summer; I think I'm dead to them." Diana signed, shaking her head as she slouched in the car.