Reunions and warnings

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Third person

The trains were loud this morning, shaking Harry's ancient room as they passed. People were crowded underneath him at a near by flea market, debating with one another over prices. It was amusing to watch yet, not at the same time.

Harry's school books Fudge had so kindly gotten him when he arrived sat on a nearby bench, new and full of knowledge. The top one however, seemed as it was bursting with personality. The furry cover moved and the pages growled as though a beast was hidden inside. Curious, Harry went to investigate. He hadn't really cared to look at the items until now. "The Monster book of Monsters" it read in gold italics. The book was shut with a belt, making it more and more suspicious to Harry. A bulge was under the fur, twitching when pressed against.

The belt was taken off and the book was turned in the landscape position. It opened  and growled, plunging towards the boys face. Harry dropped the object in surprise as it began to crawl towards him, opening and closing the cover to move. It cornered him against the bed frame before tripping Harry and merely escaping a rather embarrassing story as to why one of his toes where missing.

Harry's POV

I huffed with relief. All my parts were still intake and that's what mattered. The bed frame wobbled as I moved to look over the edge and under its mattress. The book sat there, humming a low groan before moving towards my face yet again. I sat up just as it was about to touch me. It looked around for a second, unable to see me from above and then went under the bed again. For a moment, I wondered what to do before rolling backwards and unlacing my shoe for bait. The black sneaker was held above the frame for a moment as I lined up my trap, then dropping it and seeing the furry book come back out yet again.

In one foul motion, I jumped atop the book and squished it closed, it's tongue popping out for the side and fang like tentacles ending their movement.

*

Outside, a housekeeping witch, strolling past with a trolley full of supplies knocked on the door beside mine. "House keeping" she said in a motiton voice. The door was swung open and a gust of wind came out along with the loudest roar I'd ever heard. Bits of saliva flew everywhere yet she kept her blank expression and said "I'll come back later" before walking away into some storage closet.

Three animals ran by, two cats chasing after a rat. One was rather fat with long fluffy white hair and the other, a flat faced ginger cat. They pounced after the grey sewer rat and turned a corner with an array of meows. 'They're here' I thought while following the mammals I'd known to be named, Scabbers, Crookshanks and Cartwin.

"I'm warning you two, keep those bloody beasts away from Scabbers or I'll turn them into a tea set" a redheaded boy said, his cheeks scarlet with anger. "It's a cat Ronald, what do you expect, it's in their nature" the bushy haired girl in front of him jutted back. "A cat? Is that what they told you? Looks more like a pig and cow with hair if you ask me". The third girl in between them snorted. "That's rich, coming from the owner of that smelly old show brush".

I stood at the second last step, smiling to myself. "Don't listen to him you two beauty's, he's not worth your time" Hermione said, nuzzling into the ginger cats fur.

It took a minute or two for them to realize I was there, that is, until Ron saw me and smiled. "Harry!". The two girls looked back as well. "Harry!" They said together. "Hey you guys" I grinned back, going to join them. Y/n and Hermione placed they cats down to jump out of their hands before each taking their turn to hug me.

Hermione was very matured. Her hair had seemed to be cut into a longer bob, while her once iconic bangs were swept to the sides of her face. Just long enough to be the same level as her eyebrows. Ron had grown quite a lot, now maybe gaining two or so inches on me in height. His hair was cut short and swept handsomely to the left and right, complimenting his face. So much of their appearance had changed over the break, it was a bit of relief their faces looked the same.

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