Harry Potter and the Summer To Remember

Summary:

This story will be about Harry Potter and the summer after his sixth year. He is nervously about to start his seventh year at Hogwarts. This story may include some spoilers from all books as it goes on.

Disclaimer: The characters of Harry Potter are owned by J.K. Rowling.

It was a normal dreary day at the Dursleys. Harry was being awakened by Dudley screaming at his door "Fix me my breakfast, now!!" Harry yawned, stretched, then reached for his glasses. He got up, threw some clothes on and started to walk out of his room when he heard a pecking sound on his window.

He opened the window to let the owls in. There was Hedwig with a letter from Hagrid, Pigwidgeon with letters from Mrs. Weasley, Ron, and a small package with a letter from Fred and George the Weasley twins. Finally, another larger barn owl entered, with a letter from Hermione. Dudley's tantrum got louder and louder . Harry not wanting to wake the Dursleys, decided he would go down and fix Dudley breakfast.

Harry Potter had no idea why Dudley would want him to fix breakfast, as Dudley and the rest of the family were still on that horrid diet. Harry quickly cut up some grapefruit, put it on a plate, and poured Dudley a huge glass of water. Hoping that the Weasleys had sent some food better than this, Harry went upstairs very quietly to look at his letters, so as not to wake the sleeping Dursleys.

Luckily, when he got to his room, he remembered Hermione had put an enlargement charm on the owl cage, so all three owls were drinking and eating happily. Before taking the letters, Harry decided to give a treat to each of the owls, he did so to happy screeches and pecking. He picked up the letter from Hagrid, and eagerly tore it open.

The letter said:

Dear Harry,

How are you? Are you doin' better this summer with the Dursleys? I hope you are. See you sometime this summer Oh I shouldn've said that!

Hagrid

Harry, laughed at the last line of Hagrid's letter, all throughout their schooling at Hogwarts Hagrid had said things that he shouldn've said. Harry wondered if this time it meant anything. Thinking about this, he decided to open the next letter. this time from Mrs. Weasley.

Dear Harry,

I thought I would ask you if you wanted to take a break from the Dursleys for the rest of the summer? I know it must be terribly dreary over there, so want to come? If so owl me back, and I will have Mr. Weasley arrive tomorrow evening at five with a portkey for you to get back with.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Mrs. Weasley

Harry, excited as ever at the prospect of the rest of the summer away from the Dursleys was ready to go and talk to his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon as soon as possible. First, he decided he needed to finish reading his letters, only three of them left, he thought. Next came the letter from Ron:

Harry,

Have you read the letter from Mum yet? Are you going to ask to come? I hope so, or dad will just come get you anyway!

See you soon,

Ron

Harry laughed at the thought of Mr. Weasley coming for him unannounced. He would probably apparate which would definitely cause the Dursleys to need a memory charm for good! He heard his aunt and uncle up and around, so he decided to put the letters away to finish for later, and ask them about staying at the Burrow. He opened the board under his bed, and stuffed the rest of the letters along with the package under there for now.

Harry slowly walked downstairs, dreading of asking the Dursleys, but as he really wanted to go, it was not a hard choice to make. His Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon were in the living room sitting on the couch and watching TV as usual. Dudley was in his room having a tantrum over dying on one of his Playstation games as usual.

Over the noise of Dudley's tantrum, Harry began his speech "Uncle Vernon, erm.. can I go to the Weasleys this summer? I've been invited to spend the full summer with them, and I want to know if I can go? Vernon acted shocked at his nephew to be bold enough to ask. He said "Well, Dudley will be having a few of his friends from Smeltings over for the rest of the summer. We definitely don't want them to know about your problem, so I suppose you can go." Harry sighed with relief and said "Mr. Weasley will be here at five tomorrow to take me to The Burrow." Vernon just responded by shaking his head and looking at the television. Harry went back up to his room to finish reading his letters.

Harry reached and opened the board under his bed. He picked up the letters, and the package. He decided to begin reading Hermione's letter to him:

Dear Harry,

How has your summer been? I am sorry you have to spend it with the Dursleys. Did Ron or Mrs. Weasley owl you about coming to The Burrow this summer? Mum and Dad said I can go. Can't wait to see you there!

Hermione

Harry laughed, thinking of the bossy, bookish Hermione he knew actually having fun just enjoying summer vacation at The Burrow. It almost didn't seem possible, but he couldn't wait to see her either, thinking about it.

Thankfully, he only had one letter and the package left. Harry was eager to begin packing for his trip to the Weasleys. He opened the letter first, this one of course being from Fred and George, the twins:

Hullo Harry,

We hope you get to come spend the summer with everyone here! In the meantime, here is something to try on Dudley. You will just have to try them for yourself. It fades away so there is no need for a Memory charm. We reccommend trying them just before you leave though.

See you soon,

Fred & George

Harry laughed at the thought of what these new Weasley's Wizard Wheezes would do to Dudley next. He couldn't wait to try one, but knew if he wanted to go to see Ron and Hermione as well as the rest of the Weasleys he needed to wait.