The childhood that led to something

Chapter 1

"Harry, come on we can't let them find us, hurry!" Ginny exclaimed. I ran after the six year old as fast as my seven year old legs could carry me. Our cousins where chasing us, trying to beat us if they could get their hands on us. We made it to the park, which held an area resembling a forest. We hid in that. Ginny climbed in a big oak tree and I climbed up behind her. She climbed high, and I followed, then she stopped on a thick branch that would hold us both up. It was covered with a lot of leaves so that no one would find us.

"I think we're safe here", I said to her. We were both heaving with breath. Ginny looked scared out of her wits.

"Maybe we're safe now, but we won't be for long, you know." she whispered to me. I looked at her and I know what she was saying was true.

We both lived a life of hell with our families. The girl in front of me was not my family. Her aunt and my aunt have been friends since their childhood. Their sons have become friends, and Ginny and I just sort of stuck together because we had nowhere else to go. Ginny is an orphan like me. I lost both my parents in a car crash when I was a year old, so I was put with the only family I had left; my aunt and uncle. Ginny has been with her aunt and uncle since she was two months old. She doesn't know what happen to her parents – her aunt never told her.

"Yeah you should have seen Dudley going at me last night. He had a tantrum because he had to eat all his veggies, so I got stuck with them and then he decided to gloat and I didn't want any of it, then he kind of ran me into my room." I recounted the tale of horror.

"Lovely! When I got home I did my chores, then before Peers got to me I ran to my room." she said. She and I don't really have rooms. I live in a cupboard under the stairs, and she lives in a closet in the basement by the boiler. But we just call it our bedroom.

"Why does it have to be us? Out of everyone in the world, it had to be us. I hate our lives." I declared.

"Yeah but it was us that were cursed with these lives, so we just have to deal with it."She retorted. Just then we heard it.

"Come out come out where ever you are! You guys have to show your face sometime." Peers taunted us. I could see them coming into the wooded part of the park. Ginny and I put our backs against the tree, so we could not be seen. We held our breath as we saw them walk by our tree, but they didn't see us, and soon they were past and gone from our sight.

"Come on let's go" she said as she jumped down. I followed behind her and we ran towards the houses.

Then I wake up. That was something that happened long ago, when I was still living with the Dursleys all year round, and when I didn't know that I am a wizard. That girl, Ginny Lupin, still lives with her abusive family. I haven't seen her since I was 11. I am now 14 and I still live with the Dursleys over the summer, but I go to a wizard boarding school in Scotland for most of the year.

I look over to Hedwig and see that she was just coming in from a hunt. Then I look at my bed side and see that it was 6:00. Well, might as well get up now, I think to myself.

I get up, get changed and go down stairs where Aunt Petunia is making breakfast. She looks at me then looks away as quietly as she could. She and I are always the first ones up, but we have our ways. She stays out of my way and I stay out of hers and in avoiding each other, we avoid waking the others. It's a win-win. I go over to the toaster and make toast. I am almost finished when Uncle Vernon walks into the room.

"Petunia dear did you hear; the Perkins' house has been infested with bugs." said Uncle Vernon, who sat down at the table while Aunt Petunia put his food in front of him. I just take my food and sit in my spot at the other end of the table, and listen in.

"Oh I know, Melissa called and told me last night. She said it will be a week before they can move back in." Aunt Petunia gossips as she gets her food and sits beside Uncle Vernon.

"Yes and I was thinking that instead of them living in a motel for the week they could live here! I mean Peers could sleep in Dudley's room and Melissa and John could sleep in the guest room." suggests Uncle Vernon.

"That sounds wonderful, but what about the girl." Aunt Petunia sneers. I listen in closer at the mention of 'the girl'. They were talking about Ginny.

"Oh yes, I forgot about her. Well she could always sleep in the cupboard under the stairs." Uncle Vernon decides.

"NO" I demand. She will not be treated here like what they used to do to me. I will not have that.

"No? Well then what do you supposed we do then boy." Uncle Vernon snarls, looking smug.

"She could stay in my room, I'll be fine with that" I insist. "But I will not have her being treated like I was, or I will tell my friends." They know that I am talking about the wizarding world.

"Fine she can stay in there. But someone will have to sleep on the floor," grumbles Uncle Vernon, displeased by my threat. "Well that's that, Petunia call them up and tell them. Now, I am off to work. And boy, there is work for you to do" He glares at me then leaves.

Aunt Petunia gives me a look, and then goes to make Dudley his usual mountain of food. I eat quickly then grab the list of chores for me to do. I read over the list quickly, and head outside to do my chores before it gets too hot.

When I get out there I see that I have all my regular chores to do, such as trimming the bushes and mowing the lawn, and who knows how much more. I know this is going to be a full day's work, but then again, when is it not? I work until lunch, then go in to eat whatever food I can get. When I get inside, I see that Aunt Petunia is on the phone.

"No you and the family will stay here, Mel" she insists. I guessed that she was talking to the Perkins, asking them to come here for the week.

"Mel, please! Vernon and I won't have you stay in a filthy motel." she attempts to persuade her friend. I could hear Mrs. Perkins on the other side. "The Girl can be staying here to... Yes she will be staying in the Boy's room." said Aunt Petunia. "Yes, okay you'll be here in an hour, how wonderful! We'll be ready! Alright, bye." she says as she hangs up. She grimaces at me.

Go up to your room. Forget the chores, just leave." she says and walks away. 'Leave'... I can do that. So I run up to my room and crash on my bed.

Ginny – the girl that I haven't seen in three years – is now going to be living with me for a week. I get up and start to clean my room. I put away all the things that had anything to do with magic. Hedwig, who was sitting in her cage, was just staring at me.

"Someone is coming to live in here with us Hedwig. She's an old friend of mine, so could you please be nice and not bite her? She doesn't know anything to do with magic so please be good for me," I plea. She just looks at me with those big amber eyes, and I know that she understands. After I am done with putting all my things in my trunk, I look at the time. I have about 20 minutes until she gets here. So I sit on my bed and grab my photo album. I look through the pictures of my parents, and their friends. I am looking at a picture of my mum and dad at their wedding with Remus and Sirius, and another woman who I guess was my mother's friend, when the door bell rings. My summer was about to begin.