For Better or For Worse

Chapter 1- The Burrow

Harry was spending the summer at The Burrow. He was released from his Aunt and Uncle's clutches by Sirius, to whom he was very grateful. They only had a couple of days until they went back to Hogwarts so they were packing and enjoying their last few Snape and Malfoy free days.

"Harry d'you want to go flying?" Ron questioned from across the table.

"Sure." Harry said grinning.

He had been made Quidditch captain, (even though he was only a fifth year), and he wanted to train Ron. They grabbed their brooms from the broom shed and trudged up the hill to the makeshift Quidditch Pitch.

"So what do you think Malfoy has been up to this summer?" Ron asked Harry.

"I don't know but I also don't really care." Harry said as they kicked off the ground and soared into the air. As Harry kicked quaffles at Ron to save Hermione came onto the pitch and sat down. When Ron did a particularly spectacular dive she whistled and clapped. Ron looked down and blushed scarlet. Harry zoomed down towards Hermione with Ron in hot pursuit.

"Hey 'Mione!" He exclaimed when he hit the ground.

"Hello Harry." She said smiling.

Fred ,George and Ginny could be seen marching up the hill with broomsticks on their shoulders. Fred and George were holding a box in between them.

"What's in the box?" Ron asked his brothers when they came up the hill.

"That's a quaffle, two bludgers, and a snitch that is." Fred said.

"Really where'd they come from?" Ron asked.

"We made them dummy!" Fred and George said together.

"Let's play." Ginny said growing impatient.

"Right I'll be Madam Hooch." Hermione said. "Right I want a fair game.... From all of you." She said in perfect rendition of Madam Hooch.

With that, they kicked off after the Quaffle , the two Bludgers, and the Snitch had been released. Harry rose above the others searching for any sign of the Snitch. He heard a strange whizzing sound before he felt the hit. He felt himself beginning to fall.

"Harry!" Both Hermione and Ginny shrieked.

Harry waited for the impact but it never came. Slowly he opened his eyes and he found that everyone was staring up at him.

"What?" He asked.

Suddenly it dawned on him that he was in the air and not on the ground. He looked to see what was keeping him suspended in midair and saw a pair of green and black wings protruding from his back. He instinctively lowered himself down to the ground.

"Did you just see that?" Ron spluttered mystified.

"Yes Ronald he did. Why didn't you tell us Harry?" Hermione asked.

"First off I didn't know I could do that. Secondly the only odd thing is that my magic has been off." Harry retorted.

"Off? Off how?" Hermione asked.

"It's been really sensitive. If I get angry stuff happens. Also I can do magic outside of school." Harry said.

"You mean you won't get into trouble?" Hermione asked.

Harry nodded

"See watch." He instructed.

He thought of his wand that was locked in his trunk in Ron's room and a second later it zoomed into his outstretched hand.

"You can do wandless Magic?" Fred and George asked in unison.

"Yeah, and I've never gotten a letter for it, it just started this summer though." Harry said trying to justify it to his awestruck friends.

"It's okay Harry we always knew you had extraordinary magic." Hermione said.