The Boy Who Wanted to Live

Friendly Visitation

Harry laughed as Hannah sent playful sparks out of her wand. Ron was happily munching on the left over candy from Harry's gift basket and Hermione was looking at the books that Cadence had sent Harry with awe.
"These books are almost impossible to get, Harry," she exclaimed for the millionth time "Please tell us who sent you them"
"I'm sorry Hermione but you know I can't," Harry said with a small frown.
He hated having to lie to his friends. She sighed and began reading one. Neville looked at the dinosaur with interest and was studying Clarence with such intensity that Harry wanted to pull the animal away from the boy in attempts to keep it safe. Of course, Harry trusted Neville and so he let the large boy have his fun with the creature, only firmly reminding him that it hasn't been trained yet and not to stick his fingers in the glass habitat. Clarence was splashing in the tiny stream that was going throughout the small rainforest inside the glass tank and quite happy with the new arangement.
"It's time to feed him," Harry said, sitting up and pulling down on the yellow sweater that Ron's mum had made for him which he currently wore. Neville sighed and backed away from the tank.
"Here, Nev," Harry said passing him a container that held a live cockroach inside, "N-Newt Scammander's book says it's important that I feed him live food to help him focus his violence into a positive thing,"
Harry grimaced and looked away as Neville dumped the insect into the container. Immediately Clarence tensed and left the warm stream he was playing in. His skin turned to a dark green as he went into the brush, ready to conquer his meal. Neville and Ron watched excitedly as Clarence began the fight, slashing at the creature.
"How did you get that thing, again, Harry?" Hannah asked softly, going through the remainding pile of presents, most of which were books or food with a freshness charm on it.
"My uncle's friend knew a guy who was directing a film using these to reanact what would happen if muggle scientists wanted to recreate the dinosaurs.  The friend had to get rid of the remaining eggs though once the movie was completed. The rest of the dinosaur hybreds were sterilized and placed into wizard zoo's except this guy," Harry said, patting the head of the dinosaur which had come out of the shrubbery with insect goop all over his face and was very happy with his latest meal.
Ron smiled widly and also went to touch the scaled head but Harry grabbed Ron's wrist before he could and pulled it out of the tank.
"He's imprinting, Ron. If you mess with him he could imprint on you instead," Harry reminded.
Ron pouted a little and pulled his hand back.
"What is the movie?" Hannah asked, pulling out one last package and handing it to her friend.
Harry began to unwrap the bulky parchment paper to reveal a rather ugly cloak inside.
"Umm," Harry said throwing aside the parchment "Jurassic Park, I believe,"
Hannah nodded and picked up the cloak to try it on. Suddenly her body had dissapeared and she was only a floating head!
"Woah," Ron whispered excitedly "I know what that is! That's an invisibility cloak!"
Hannah quickly took off the cloak and threw it on the bed, turning to make sure no one had seen what had happened.
"Wonder who sent it to you," Neville said, searching through all the wrappers on the floor for a card.
"Probably death," Ron said with a chuckle.
Hermione and Harry looked into Ron's blue eyes with confusion and he sighed.
"Nevermind," he grumbled.
Hermione frowned and turned back to keep reading from her book.
"I wonder what Hagrid ever did with Fluffy," Neville said with amusement.
"Who?" Harry asked, his furry eyebrows drawn together in confusion.
"Oh yeah," Ron said "And what happened to Norbit after Charlie took him?"
"Who's Norbit?" Harry asked, looking around in confusion and feeling a little hurt that he didn't know these things.
His four friends looked at eachother and then looked at Harry, before breaking out into laughter.
"Who is Norbit?" Harry asked again now laughing too.