Written In The Stars -[Harry Potter xFem!Oc]

Chapter Three: A Vow.

It wasn't hard for Mel to hide the truth considering that she didn't see Harry the next days after Dudley's birthday.

She knew another of his odds incidents had happened and Mr. Dursley had grounded him. She could only wait and hope Harry was able to get his letter.

Mel hated whenever Harry was grounded, not only because she had to attend to school on her own, but also cause they were terribly harsh on him, locking him up in that cupboard and not even feeding him, they were the reason why Harry was so thin and tiny.

She hated them.

Mel told her mother as soon as she found out, Emily was pissed when she heard about it, she didn't have any right on Harry's upbringing and she didn't want the Dursleys forbidding Harry from seeing Mel, so they had no choice but to remain silent.

However, they had a rule for whenever those sort of things happened: As soon as Harry was allowed to leave his house, he would spend the majority of his free afternoons at her place. There, he could eat whatever he wanted, as much as he wanted (that also applied to Mel, so she was more than happy to welcome him home) and they would watch the telly with Emily.

This was also to avoid Dudley's gang, they loved chasing Harry around and punch him, all Dudley's idea of course. They never tried to hurt Mel, not because they were little gentlemen, but because Dudley was afraid, though he wasn't going to admit that.

One summer morning, Harry was finally free, they had planned to play all day and (this was just Mel) wait for Harry's letter so they could talk and picture how Hogwarts would be.

She had made her part imagining half of the things: the classes, the people, the rooms. Although it wasn't half as exciting as waiting for Harry to find out.

One evening, while Mel was reading a book about witches helping poor villages (she was starting to get very fond of those), she heard window opening at Harry's house, thinking it was maybe Mrs. Dursley she looked up with curiosity. Instead, she found Harry.

"What are you doing there?" She said with a tiny gasp, "They'll punish you again if they find you snooping around!"

"Uncle Vernon sent me here," He replied, "he gave me the room"

"WHAT?" She exclaimed, loud enough that even Dudley could hear her over his cries.

"I got a letter this morning," He explained, leaning his arms on the window sill, "I don't know what it said cause they took it away before I could read it..."

He told her about his strange occurrence and Mel fought the urge to go and fight Uncle Vernon.

"You have to find a way to read it!" She exclaimed, practically jumping on her bed from excitement.

"How didn't I think of that?" Harry teased, "Don't you think I want to find out what's in the letter too? I just don't know how to do it..."

"You ought to read it," She insisted.

Harry frowned, not because he was upset with her, he just thought of the situation as something strange.

Mel, on the other side, felt happy to have the revelation so close to her that she could barely sleep that night, waiting for Harry to hear the news. The next morning, he threw little rocks at her window from his own room and Mel opened it eagerly.

"So?" She asked with a big smile.

"They know I moved from the cupboard," He mumbled, totally confused, "How?"

Magic. It was magic!

"You should know," Mel shrugged, too anxious to pretend, "You should know if you read it. What did the letter say?"