Harry rolled off the Knight Bus. In order to meet their request to reach St. Catchpole Village before dinner, the Knight Bus driver Mr. Ern Poulan drove all the way, and Stan Sampac even directly drove several passengers halfway. 'Put it down' from the window, just to satisfy Harry's needs.
"Goodbye, Mr. Potter!"
The pimple-covered conductor stretched his head out of the window, waved to Harry eagerly, and disappeared into the air with a whoosh, including the car and everyone there.
"No way!" Harry, who was bent over and gasping for breath, said with difficulty to the departed Stan Sampac, "This is definitely the last time I ride the Knight Bus in my life!"
"Don't speak too early, young man--"
The feeling of apparating was not much better than the wizard-only bus. Neither Sirius nor Remus was as embarrassed as Harry. Hearing Harry's complaint, Sirius stepped forward and put his hand on Harry's shoulder. Said with a smile.
When Harry found that he could breathe smoothly again, he found that the three of them were standing on a country road. The left side of the road led to a village. The surrounding land was farmland and swampland. The building was not too high. The mountain stands in the direction where the sun sets.
The right side of the path leads to a crooked several-story building, which is the home of his best friend in Hogwarts, Ron. It is also his second favorite place in the world, despite taking the Knight Bus. It still left Harry with lingering fear. When he saw the skewed silhouette of the tower in the pink-gold sunlight, Harry's mood immediately became high again. Ron also had Mrs. Weasley here, who cooked better than anyone he knew.
"Let's go, Harry"
Remus put his hand on Harry's other shoulder. The sunset made his pale skin look normal. He smiled at Harry and said,
Just when Harry was about to tell Mrs. Weasley that there was no need to bother with his birthday, footsteps suddenly came from the stairs behind them. Harry turned around and saw that it was not Fred and George, but him. Two young men I had never seen before. Of course, they also had red hair.
"Your scrambled eggs are getting burnt, Molly—"
Ron opened the back door of his house and led Harry and the others inside. Breathing in the smoke of fireworks in the small, crowded room, a sense of reassuring comfort lingers in my heart.
"Your friends are eager to see you--"
Before the end of last semester, the three of them had made an appointment to go watch the World Cup together. They agreed to meet up at the Burrow, but it was still a few days before the World Cup finals started. How did Hermione appear here.
After running for a while, Hermione's breath was not disturbed at all, which let Harry know that Hermione probably did not forget Professor Blaine's instructions during the summer vacation and still insisted on running, and he himself was entering After the summer vacation, I completely forgot about this matter.
"He wrote me a letter and said you must hope I can come and celebrate your birthday with you!"
Just like himself, Hermione was a lot taller than last semester, which made her look much taller. Moreover, Harry was surprised to find that pink pimples began to appear on Hermione's fair cheeks. Stung.
"Speaking of it,"
Both of them were running towards him, but the girl was obviously much faster and her movements were much sharper. Before Ron had run a certain distance, Hermione had already rushed to him.
Harry gasped.
Ron finally came over at this moment, his red cheeks were dripping with sweat and he was out of breath.
Harry released Hedwig from the cage and let it enjoy the wind in the wilderness. Then, they walked towards the Burrow together. Harry asked curiously
"Sirius, Remus, how do you know the Weasleys?"
When walking through the living room, Harry glanced at the magic clock hanging on the wall. Except for Mr. Weasley's clock, which pointed to the 'work' position, the other eight clocks pointed to the 'home' position. Harry blinked. Blinking, wondering why, Mrs. Weasley heard the noise in the kitchen and rushed out with a still smoking spatula. She quickly came to Harry and gave it to Harry like Hermione. He gave me a big hug.
"Ahem, everything is fine, Mrs. Weasley!"
"We've been dealing with Arthur and Molly a lot longer than you, Harry, haven't you, Remus?"
"Hello, Crookshanks—"
"call"
"Oh, honey, how's the journey going?"
Harry burst out laughing, he had never expected his godfather to be so naughty in his youth.
"Seriously, Hermione—"
"At least it's really good at catching mice," Sirius said with a smile. "During the period before Christmas last year, I relied entirely on the mice it caught."
"That's because some of the ideas you put forward are always too radical. Molly doesn't like plans that are too risky," Remus said cheerfully, "and you always like to take advantage of Arthur's hair, which is getting less and less day by day. joke."
Harry immediately turned his head to look at the surprised Sirius, and saw a face with a kind smile.
"You have to have a decent birthday, right?"
"What a good boy!"
When the three of them climbed over a slope, the Burrow suddenly became very close. Two people were standing in front of the small stone house where the Weasley family kept their brooms, staring eagerly at this side.
"Huh - now I finally see the value of Professor Blaine's physical education class. Hermione, you run so fast. Oh brother, how are you these days? Muggles are still treating you -"
The intoxicating evening breeze clung to his cheeks, Sirius squinted his eyes lazily and smiled,
"At that time, Voldemort had not yet fallen. You know, Harry, at that time, there were not many people who had the courage to resist the most evil dark wizard in the world. Albus tried his best to gather the power of these people. I And Sirius, and of course your parents, knew Arthur and Molly at that time.”
"I'm Harry's godfather, Molly!"
Harry said seriously, "You should check to see if Crookshanks is also an Animagus. He's less cat-like than any cat I've ever seen."
"It's always been good, hasn't it?"
Mrs. Weasley raised an eyebrow, and Remus smiled at the right moment and said,
"Harry!"
"We can eat in a little while, Harry. Arthur also promised not to miss your birthday dinner before he went out in the morning!"
After putting aside the boring discovery in his mind, Harry grinned and said in surprise,
"Why are you here? There are still some days before the World Cup?"
"Oh, this -"
"Are you okay, Harry!"
Sirius said with a dark face,
"It's natural for me to pick up Harry, and there's no need to ask for anyone's permission."
Harry said eagerly.
Hermione hugged Harry hard, and after letting go, her face was filled with joy and excitement.
Before Ron could finish his words, he was interrupted by Harry's nervous coughing. He helped the Dursleys smooth things over in front of Sirius, but he didn't want the truth to be revealed in Ron's unintentional words.
Sirius rubbed Harry's head and said softly.
Mrs. Weasley held Harry's cheek (Ron rolled his eyes while Hermione pursed her lips and snickered) with a kind look on her face.
"I originally planned to ask Arthur to pick you up, but the Ministry is too busy at this time and Arthur can't get away. And Sirius insisted on going in person, so I had to agree."
When passing by the Weasley family's vegetable garden, Harry waved his hand at the big ginger cat jumping up and down in the garden to compete with the goblins. Crookshanks, after catching a glimpse of Harry, lazily barked twice and also He waved his front palm at Harry.
"Hermione?"
It must have rained not long ago near Stoat Mountain. Although the ground was dry, it was not full of small puddles. Sirius jumped over a puddle nimbly and said with a smile.
"But Molly never really liked me--"
"Oh, thanks for reminding me, Remus-"
"Ah, you are back already?"
"That was probably before you were born." Remus tightened the collar of his wizard robe, and this action made Harry realize that Professor Remus was actually wearing a brand new wizard robe. When he was at Hogwarts, he always wore a robe that was washed white and patched. Many people in Slytherin made fun of him because of this.
It could be seen from the thick white smoke coming out of the chimney on the roof that Mrs. Weasley was probably very busy at the moment. After Hermione and Ron both greeted Sirius and Remus, the group of them walked towards the Burrow.
"It's Black. Oh, it's Sirius!"
Weasley's attitude towards Remus was much more friendly. She turned around and rushed towards the kitchen, shouting,
"Charlie and Bill—"
Ron laughed inexplicably,
"You must still remember the story about the two of them when they were at Hogwarts, right?"
(End of chapter)
