Harry Potter and What Happened After - Sahits

Chapter 41
The next morning Harry and Ginny woke up to find two large piles of presents at the bottom of their
bed. They both sat up and summoned pajamas to themselves. Looking out the window Harry could see
snow still falling, the sky in the back round was bright blue with thick white clouds sliding across it.
"So, what do you think, should we open presents up here or down stairs?" asked Ginny, putting an arm
around Harry and leaning into him.
"Up here," Harry said quickly, putting his arm around Ginny, "after all, I don't think your parents would
appreciate me opening my Christmas present from you in front of the whole family." Harry indicated
the lingerie that had been thrown into the corner.
Ginny giggled, "No, I don't think anybody in my family would appreciate you opening that in front of
them." Harry and Ginny crawled to the foot of the bed and started opening their presents.
Harry got a green Weasley sweater from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill and Fleur had gotten him a foe
glass, Hermione and Ron had gotten him a schedule book, with study times for the N.E.W.T.s already
written in and a box of sweets from Honey Dukes, George and Angelina had given him the newest
defense products from the shop. Hagrid had given Harry a totem that he had carved himself; the note
said that the totem was supposed to protect the carrier from harm. Percy had given him a book on
ministry regulations, which ended up in his trunk, hopefully never to be read. Andromeda had given
him a few Dark Magic detectors and a few books on Dark Magic, they looked slightly used; Harry
suspected they had belonged to Tonks, and was honored to have them. There was a package from Luna,
an advanced copy of his biography, with a note saying that the books would be out in the next week.
The Dersleys had sent Harry a card, Harry took out the card, and a picture and hand written note also
fell out.
Harry,
Hope you're having a good Christmas with your friends. I just wanted to thank you for what you did for
Mum, Dad and I before you left. We were moved all over the country for a few days, and finally settled
in an apartment in London. That little wizard that took us away came back after about 9 months and
told us we could go back to Privet Drive. Dad wanted to get back home immediately, but Mum and I
asked the man what had happened. He told us all about 'the final battle' as he called it. I'm glad you
won. When we got home we found the house a mess, Mum almost fainted when she saw what had
happened. The little wizard said that 'Death Eaters?' probably broke in looking for us or you; he
offered to clean it all up and took out his stick. Dad nearly fainted that time; he practically picked the
man up and threw him out of the house. We spent the next week cleaning up the house. Things are
pretty much normal now, I don't ever mention it in front of Dad, but I kind of miss having you around.
Mum's a bit more open about it; the little wizard showed us an article about you and your friends in a
newspaper. Mum found a picture of you and cut it out, she keeps it on her bedside table, right next to a
picture of you're Mum and Dad. Any way, I just wanted to thank you for what you did, and ask that you
keep in touch. I put a picture of Mum, Dad and I in the envelope with the card, I thought you might like
to remember us, although I wouldn't blame you if you didn't.
Your Cousin,
Dudley
Harry picked up the picture that had been lying face down in his lap. Turning the picture over he saw
Dudley, Uncle Vernon, and Aunt Petunia standing in front of number 4 Privet Drive. In the back round
was a new looking car that looked tightly packed with Dudley's stuff. Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon