Harry Potter and the Guardian of the Forest

Molly's Cottage

   "What?" interrupted Harry. Both Dursleys turned around and stared at Harry.
"Um... Harry. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in that car?"
"I forgot Hedwig."
"Than go-"
"WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?!"
"Excuse me?"
"What were you talking about."
"I'm sure I have no idea what you're clarifying."
"Tell me...now!"
"Harry..." Petunia pursed her lips.
"Harry, um. We received a letter from-" she pulled out a wrinkled piece of parchment paper from her apron and looked closely at it, resuming her sentence,
"We received a letter from Kingsley Shacklebolt and um... well..."
Vernon cut her off," He feels that you should maybe... skip Hogwarts this year."
   Harry couldn't take in what Vernon was saying.
   "I beg your pardon? Why didn't you tell me any of this before I left?!"
   "What he said was that there is a lot of danger coming Harry Potter's way."
"Like what?"
"That's all he wrote."
   Harry scowled at them and shouted, "IM GOING TO HOGWARTS! YOUR LIES CAN'T FOOL ME!" He stomped upstairs, grabbed Hedwig's cage, swiveled back around and walked back down the stairs heavily. Harry gave his Aunt and Uncle one more look and was out of Privet Drive in an instant.

   "How do you like dad's new car?" Ron asked Harry.
   "Oh it's amazing. New and improved, I see. Very nice view. "
   "Thank you so much Potter! Means a lot." Arthur said looking back at Harry.

   "We're here!" said Ginny bumping Harry. He looked out the window to see the wrecked cottage that he'd seen his second year at Hogwarts.
   "Oh! Harry! I got a couple pounds this holiday! We can go to Zonkos when we arrive at Hogsmeade."
   "Don't forget about The Three Broomsticks Ron!" said George.
   "Fantastic!" said Harry almost as happy as he'd ever been.

Molly walked outside to greet Arthur as he got out of the car.
   "Hello Harry! Good to see you! Oh, no no dear!" she said looking at Harry's bags in his fists, "Let me carry those." Harry handed his bags to her and followed her into the house, watching her stumble in her slippers.
   Harry had forgotten how much he missed the Weasley's cottage. There was bread toasting itself, buttering the surface. There was a pile of clean dishes on the counter, mind you, there were still plenty of dirty bowls getting cleaned. Everything was magic. It really was.
   "Come up to my room Harry!" Ginny tugged on his arm. They walked up the creaky stairs up to the top floor where Ginny's room
appeared.
"Look! I've been saving up my money for a couple years to buy this!" she unwrapped a long package.
"A Nimbus 1005!" she excitedly said, "Isn't it wonderful?"
"Yeah it is." Harry stroked the glazed bristles until Ron called Harry to his room. "Uh... Really nice room... gotta go!" He said walking out of her room into Ron's.
   "Beware!" Ron shouted as Harry came close to him. "Welcome to the dome of James Lavarty!" Ron's room was covered in posters, magazines, cutouts, and figures of James Lavarty.
   "Didn't you hear? James helped win the World Cup for New Zealand. It was amazing! He just-"
   "Ronald Weasley!" cried Molly, "Come to the door please!"