167 Chapter 167: Saving Harry (Edited)

It had been three days since Hermes delivered Harry's letter, Ron still hadn't heard from him and Fish had asked Errol and Hermes, who had indeed left the envelope in the Dursley's mailbox.

"Strange... Is it possible he's gone on a trip? But the place where the owls delivered the letter hasn't changed..."

As Harry's close friend, Ron was very concerned about this.

But the others weren't as worried as he was.

Fish was busy chasing the chickens and dogs and intimidating the garden gnomes; the gnomes that the Weasleys had spent so long trying to get rid of, Fish had forced them to move in just two days.

Percy was busy writing letters to his girlfriend, and after Fish exposed the affair, he didn't need to hide in his room all day, and after his shyness wore off, Percy was all smiles.

What surprised Percy most was that the twins didn't tease him, but worked on their magical Monopoly game.

After all, in the twins' minds, becoming animagi and their magical prank business was the most important thing, and teasing Percy had at least one-hundredth of the priority.

Ginny, as always, maintained a keen interest in "The Boy Who Lived," but with Fish's company, Harry's affairs couldn't help but be put on hold.

So soon Harry's birthday arrived, and Ron still hadn't heard from him. He had wanted to send a gift, but feared it would end up as one of those envelopes, so, after some hesitation, he sent a card.

The Weasley children had learned to be frugal at a very young age.

But the next night, when Mr. Weasley returned home after a busy day, things were different.

"Harry was warned by the Ministry of Magic for using a Levitation Charm on his house at 9:20 last night."

Mr. Weasley took a sip of his delicious mushroom soup and told the children, "He probably fell by accident, or something fell from a height by accident."

He still didn't take it seriously, because Mr. Weasley knew there was a Mrs. Figg watching.

But Ron didn't think so and shouted, "Maybe Harry's in danger!".

"Yes, falling from a height."

"No, I mean Harry's aunt might be abusing him."

Mr. Weasley still wasn't taking Ron's words seriously, it seemed to him that Ron's abuse was probably a punishment to Harry for doing chores or something.

How Weasley, he couldn't imagine any member of the family being as ruthless as the Dursleys.

In fact, none of the others, except Ron, took it too seriously, after all they hadn't heard Harry complain about his aunt's family and they didn't think Muggles could hurt a wizard, even if Harry was only a young wizard in his first year of wizarding school.

But after Ron's incessant chatter, he finally managed to convince George and Fred to finish dinner and go back to their study of Monopoly.

The main reason, of course, was that the twins were used to making a little noise and having some fun now and then, and after a few days of inactivity, they were a little restless.

They first approached Fish, who was lying on the roof watching the moon, and asked him if he could summon the Thestral that had brought him here earlier.

"No, it's in the Forbidden Forest, too nya." (`w′≡`w′)

Fish, who had reverted back to his cat-person form, shook his head, "Why don't we have Comey take us there?"

With that, he called Comey over.

"Master Fish, what do you need?"

Comey, who was helping Mrs. Weasley iron, appeared in front of Fish with an iron in his hand.

"Can you take us to Harry's house? Ron's a little worried about him."

"No problem!"

Comey replied curtly.

Like owls, house elves had a special way of finding people, and Muggle families like the Dursleys had no magic spells to protect them, so he easily located himself at number 4 Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey.

"Wait!"

Just as Comey was about to perform the 'Apparition' to take them there, Fred abruptly stopped his.

Looking carefully around, Fred whispered, "We have to wait until Mom and the others are asleep before we can act, or he'll definitely stop us."

As much experience as Fish had against Professor McGonagall, the twins and Mrs. Weasley had their share of rivalry.

Fish, also a troublemaker, quickly understood what Fred meant and promptly ordered Comey, "Remember to keep it quiet, nya!"

Comey agreed without hesitation, he was an elf loyal to the McGonagall family, but not to Mrs. Weasley, and in Professor McGonagall's absence, Fish's orders were absolute.

As the night progressed, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley went to bed in their respective rooms, and the whole Burrow slowly quieted down before the twins and Ron emerged from their rooms.

Fish and Comey were waiting for them.

"Come on then!"

The twins looked a little excited, as this was the first time they had ever had a house elf delivery service.

"Grab Master Fish, everyone."

Ron and the others put their hands on Fish's shoulders and arms at Comey's reminder.

Then they felt a whirlwind and appeared in the Dursley's living room.

"Wow... Is this a Muggle house?"

Influenced by Mr. Weasley, Ron and the others became interested in the Muggle world, and noticed objects such as televisions and VCRs not normally seen in the magical world.

After making a fuss about visiting the Dursley's living room, Ron and the others finally remembered the purpose of their visit.

"Speaking of which room does Harry live in?"

"Over here nya." (●ΦwΦ●)?

Fish raised his head and sniffed the air, quickly following Harry's scent to the cubicle at the top of the stairs, but when he reached the staircase, he found that Harry's scent was stronger upstairs and there wasn't a sound in this cubicle.

"Scar Head, I mean Harry, should be upstairs nya."

Fish raised his head and pointed to the top of the stairs.

The group then cautiously climbed the stairs until they came to a locked room with a huge lock, with a small quickstack, which appeared to be used to bring food to the prisoners.

"Oh my, Harry is really locked up by his aunt! No wonder he hasn't answered my letters!" exclaimed Ron under his breath, then he moved the small door and peeked inside, but it was too dark to see anything.

"Harry, are you in there?"

Harry, who had been starving all day, heard Ron's voice in a daze and thought he was hallucinating, but then Ron's voice became clearer and clearer, accompanied by the clattering of Hedwig's beak against the cage.

Harry woke up instantly, jumped out of bed and ran to the door.

"Ron, is that you?"

"It's me, and Fish, George, Fred and Comey, I've been writing to you, but I haven't heard back, and yesterday Dad said you were warned for using magic in front of Muggles..."

Ron was babbling on and on as he told Harry what had happened.

"I didn't do that spell!" Harry argued irritably, "A house elf named Dobby did!"

"You framed Harry Potter!" Comey shouted loudly, "He must be a very, very bad elf!"

"Well, now we should release Harry first."

Seeing Harry and Ron talking non-stop, especially Comey, who had barely lowered his voice, Fred hastily interrupted them.

"Leave it to me! Fish is a great door opener!"

And immediately he stepped forward, reached out and grabbed the sides of the door frame, before the others could react, swung his arms around and ripped the whole door off.

"Nya!"ヽ(●-``Д′-)ノ