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Chapter 30 – Harry

What a bloody idiot I am!

I should have been worried when Yuki left. But obviously, I don’t think, just like Snape always says. I can’t believe it!

Why am I so blind? I already knew they didn’t’ like me? Still, they were so nice while threatened that I mistook it for some actual kindness. Hah!

The stupid house-elf – wobbly or something, showed up three days after Yuki left and told me again not to go back to Hogwarts. Of course, I didn’t listen – it was a house-elf for goodness sakes!

That’s when it blew out every single window in the house. And that’s when the Dursleys got sent the ‘Improper use of Magic’ form from the Ministry. And that’s when they locked me in the second bedroom, with a million bolts and locks on it.

They haven’t fed me for two days. I wonder how long I can hold out. At least they’re giving me water.

That biology text over in the corner says that humans can survive a month without water. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I don’t want to try! Stupid muggles.

Now I think I understand why Malfoy hates them. Perhaps they’re not all bad, but… if Hermione Granger and the Dursleys are any example…

Idiot.

My throat hurts.

I wonder if I’ve caught one of those summer colds. I probably have. Malnutrition and dehydration lead to sickness or something like that.

Biology is kind of interesting though…

There’s a tapping noise at my window now. It’s a white pigeon-like bird. White Raven? Might be…

Well, it’s got a letter. Oh! From Yuki. I wonder what he’s sent me. A bit early, my birthday’s tomorrow, but hey, presents are good!

How can he be engaged at age ten? Ugh, that’s creepy. I’m happy for him now that it’s gone. I wonder what his cousins are like?

Let’s see now… stupid muggles didn’t leave anything in this room besides books, the bed, and the chamber pot…

Aha! A nail file. Wonders what this is doing here? Come on, rip… why did he wrap it in duct tape?

The bird’s flown away. Isn’t Yuki in China? Wow, that’s far. Poor bird. I should have let it rest, but Hedwig’s probably averse to sharing her cage.

Nah, it should be fine.

Okay! Duct tape off. Now… a box. Hmm… it’s pretty big. I wonder what he’s sent me? Candies? Nope, seems more like Ron.

Why hasn’t he written since the last owl?

Well, this is interesting. A book on Vampires? Cool, maybe I’ll be able to find out if Snape’s one. And… hey, a twenty-pound box of Belgium chocolates. Wow.

I’ll have to write him back and thank him.

Maybe it won’t be so bad here…

Hmm? There’s something else in here? It looks like an… egg. I’m glad he’s included a label.

Harry,

This is a milksnake from Southeast North America. It is not poisonous. It will hatch in approximately a day. I hope you like it. I know you probably wanted to pick out a snake yourself, but I saw this one at the market and thought you might like it. It will probably be four inches long when it hatches. Try feeding it the pinky mice first. After a few months, switch to larger rodents. These will eat other snakes, so don’t keep it with others unless you get a boa constrictor or something. Enjoy!

Yuki.

P.S. There are enough frozen mice for two months in the box next to it. If you need more, we can visit Diagon Alley or something.

He sent me a pet snake? Wow! But wait… don’t I need a cage or something? Aha, here’s Dudley’s computer from last year.

I hope it still works. He’s probably just ignoring it since now he has that one with thirty-inch screen. Spoiled pig.

I wish Hagrid had turned him into a real pig…

Okay, let’s see… it’s booting. It’s loud! I hope no one hears it. No, no one’s home yet, they’re at the amusement park and won’t be back for at least an hour. Okay. I can do this. Password?

Oh shoot. It’s still password protected? Um… what would Dudley use? Food? Piers? Pork snout? I hate Harry? Duddums? Pudding? Godiva chocolate? Blubber? Great, that’s stupid. Blimp. Candy? Lemon drop?

What? That’s the password?

Great, I’m in…

Hmph. Waste of time. There’s no Internet connection on this. Oh well. I’ll just check my books….

Or I could ask the snake when it hatches. Surely my talent has some use! I’d better keep the egg nice and warm…

The only lucky thing is that they didn’t take my trunk, since I hid it under my invisibility cloak. Well, all my homework’s done, now what?

Thump.

Errol? Poor owl. He can barely fit through the window. Well, he’s brought Ron’s letter then! Oh my. He sent me a vanilla birthday cake, a bag of chocolate frogs, and some chicken biscuits. Interesting things. They look like miniature chickens. Taste pretty good too.

I’d better not eat the chocolate. I’ll throw up. But I’m so tempted! Stupid muggles! If they had fed me-!

Ah, why am I bothering? They’ll never care about me anyway. I wish I could stay at Hogwarts over the summer.

It looks like my Hogwarts letter has arrived too.

So this year I’ll need Standard book of spells, Grade 2… and… woah! Why do I need all these Lockhart books?

Something smells fishy…

He must be someone special though. Let’s see… where’s my copy of that book…

Hmph. So he is really famous. I guess he’s our new DADA professor his year. But do we really have to get all of those?

At least I’ve still got tons of money in my vault.

Ron might have problems though. It’s no shame being poor, but… who knows?

I can’t wait until summer ends and I can go back to Hogwarts.

End Chapter

Completed 4/1/05