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Harry got back to the Burrow okay. The Weasleys were steadying themselves and brushing soot off their robes.
�Ginny, go start dinner,� Mr. Weasley said. �Boys, go upstairs, except you, Harry. I need to talk to you. Icicle, go check on Molly. See if she needs anything.�
�See you later Harry,� Ron said and climber the stairs after the twins.
�Well, Harry,� Mr. Weasley said, �if I know you, and I think I do, you�ve got some questions for me. I�ll answer if I can.�
�Ok,� Harry said, �Why is there so much extra security at the Leaky Cauldron?�
�Well, you know about Dumbledore. After he was sacked, he told everyone he could convince the truth. They want to make sure no one tries to pull anything.�
�Why was Professor Wilson there?�
�She�s got a job there until school starts. She moved here from America to take the teaching job and send her daughters to Hogwarts. I believe they�re in 6th year. Twins. Anyway, Elisabeth got the job to take care of her daughters.�
�Mr. Lytle said that she was acting strangely.�
�Yes. I think she might have been speechless. After all, you are Harry Potter. That�s my best guess. Is that all? Why don�t you go upstairs? I�ll call you when Ginny finishes the dinner.�
Harry walked up the stairs. What did Fudge think of the extra security? He was probably down there telling people off for believing Dumbledore.
�Are you okay?� Ron asked when Harry walked into his room.
�Yeah, fine,� Harry said, staring out the window.
�You want to go practice quidditch? Maybe I�ll get on the team this year.�
�No, you go,� Harry said.
Even quidditch couldn�t make Harry feel better. For the first time in weeks, he thought about the dream. He reached into his truck and pulled out the photo album. Was the dream a warning? And, if it was, what was it a warning of?
Harry opened the album. There were his parents, smiling and waving at him. Why did they have to die at all?
Harry remembered what Voldemort had said. I killed your father first, he had said. He also said, Your mother needn�t have died. He�d gone on to explain that his mother was only trying to protect him. But why did Voldemort want to kill him for anyway? Dumbledore hadn�t answered this question. He said Harry would be told when he was older. But told what?
�Harry, come down for dinner.�
Harry put the album back in his truck. He didn�t feel like telling anyone about the dream.
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Hermione was also looking at a picture. A picture of Harry she�d gotten from Colin Creevey last year. At first, the picture version of Harry had stayed out of the picture. When Harry realized that the person looking at the picture was Hermione, he�d come out and was now smiling and waving at her.
Hermione looked at her door to make sure it was closed. She lifted the picture up and kissed it. The picture version of Harry blushed.
Is the picture the same as the real person? Hermione thought.
�Hermione,� her mother called, �dinner.�
Hermione put the picture in her hiding place, page 666 in Hogwarts: A History. With one last glance at the window for an owl, Hermione left her room.
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