Disclaimer: We don't own anything but the words. Chapter 1 rewritten 12/2003 by Bunny. We hope everyone who reads this story likes it, and that you read until the end of chapter 4 before you decide if it sucks or not. (Also, R&R!!) - Bunny

Chapter one - To The Burrow!

"Harry!" Aunt Petunia's piercing voice called out, waking Harry up, "Come down here and help me make breakfast!"

Harry sat up and called down to his aunt that he was awake. Then he got out of his bed and put away his photo album of his friends.

In only a few days, Harry Potter was going back to his school, Hogwarts, with his friends, and he couldn't wait.

After getting dressed, Harry went down to the kitchen and started the Dursley's breakfast.

Harry was just putting the food on the table when an owl came swooping in, it was Pig.

"Pig, come here," Harry said as he reached for the hyperactive owl.

Two minutes of chasing Pig around the room, with the Dursleys watching in horror, later Harry finally caught Pig and took the letter.

Harry gave Pig a huge owl treat, then quickly opened the letter and read it. It was from Ginny, telling him he was going to the Burrow to support Ron, who had touched one of the twin's experimental pranks. She also described what had happened to him.

Harry wrote a response to the letter and sent it with Pig.

Then Harry, after telling the Dursleys that he was leaving, went up to his room and packed his trunk.

At 12:00 sharp, Mr Weasley drove up in front of the house in a ministry car. He parked the car, then got out and rang the doorbell, after admiring it, five times.

Harry had opened the door at the third ring and had managed to drag Mr Weasley away from the doorbell at the fifth ring to help him with his trunk.

They got the trunk into the boot of the car and then left Privet Drive.

They stopped off at Hermione's house on the way to the Burrow, and picked her up. She was drawn into the conversation about doorbells as soon as she got in the car.

When they got to the Burrow they had talked about doorbells, pens, television, cars, traffic lights, and they were in the middle of talking about dishwashers when they arrived.

After promising to talk later, Hermione and Harry entered the Burrow, leaving Mr Weasley to bring the trunks in. They went to the kitchen and saw Ron immediately.

"Wow," Harry said as Hermione gasped.

Ron was blue, there was no denying it.

He was sitting at the table with Ginny, eating something. Then Hermione and Harry noticed his wings and his tail.

"So, how are you, Ron? Feeling ok?" Harry asked.

Ron turned around and replied, "I'm fine, except for the fact that I look weird, mum keeps making me drink potions, and they're thinking about calling in Snape!"

Harry looked horrified at Ron and Hermione looked thoughtfully at him.

"Snape?" Hermione said.

"They can't!" Harry said, outraged.

"Well, he may know a cure," Hermione said hesitantly.

"Who's side are you on?!" Ron demanded, "Snape can not see me like this!"

"He still may know a cure," Hermione said as she frowned at Ron.

"Madam Pomfrey's coming too," Ginny said.

"I refuse to let Snape see me. I will lock myself in my room if I have to," Ron said as there was a knock at the door.

It was Madam Pomfrey. She examined Ron for a few minutes before getting a potion out from her bag.

"Drink this," she said, handing Ron the gooey orange potion.

Ron took the vial and swallowed the liquid, then took a huge gulp of pumpkin juice.

"My work here is done, that was a potion form of a cancel spell. By tomorrow you'll be back to normal," Madam Pomfrey said before leaving to talk to Mrs Weasley.

"I guess Snape won't have to come after all," Harry said.

"If this potion works," Ron said as he got up and put his dishes in the sink.

"So, how is the tail magical?" Hermione asked the question that was on Harry's mind.

"It shoots sparks when I wave it, and it moves on it's own," Ron answered.

Just then Ron's tail moved in a shower of sparks and picked up his spoon.

"Hey!" Ron exclaimed, "I wasn't done eating that yet!"

Ginny giggled.

"You wouldn't think it was funny if you had a tail," Ron said.

"Sorry, but you have to admit it's funny," Ginny replied.

Ron sighed.

"Harry, Hermione, nice to see you two!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed as she entered the room, "Why don't you kids go upstairs and unpack and get ready for dinner."

"Alright," Hermione said.

"You'll be staying in Ginny's room, Hermione, and you, Harry, will be in Ron's" Mrs. Weasley told them.

Ginny, Hermione and Harry started up the stairs. They were half way up when they realized that Ron wasn't with them. They looked back down and saw that Ron's tail had grabbed hold of the chair.

"Guys! Help me!" Ron called.

Harry and Hermione went over and pried the tail loose.

"Thanks, Herman just didn't want to let go," Ron said as they started upstairs.

"Herman?" Harry asked.

"That's what Fred and George call it," Ron answered.

"Herman."

Ron nodded.

"Fred and George are definitely weird," Hermione said.

"Yup," Ron replied as he and Harry started up the stairs to Ron's room.

Hermione and Ginny went into Ginny's room.

Harry and Ron talked about their summers so far as Harry unpacked a few things, until they were called down to supper.

"I was thinking that we would go get everyone's school supplies tomorrow," Mrs. Weasley said.

"We can't! Not if I'm still like this!" Ron protested.

"But Madam Pomfrey said that you wouldn't be blue," Ginny said.

"She said tomorrow, but she didn't say when," Ron replied.

Just then Ron got a funny feeling. The next thing he knew was that everyone was laughing hysterically. Then Ron noticed what they were laughing at, and turned a shade of crimson, and ran upstairs.

He had become normal again, but when he became normal he was naked.

"Well, it looks like we can go after all," Harry said.

"Yes, it does," Hermione replied.

A few minutes later Ron came back down, fully clothed, still a shade of crimson.

"That's what happens when you touch things that don't belong to you," Fred said, still laughing.

"Which reminds me, you two are grounded until you leave for school, and I better not see you with any more of your tricks," Mrs. Weasley said.

"Aw."

"But," Fred and George protested at the same time.

"No buts," Mrs. Weasley said.

Hermione was trying very hard not to look at Ron, for fear of laughing and not being able to stop.

Harry was having a hard time too. He kept having to stop himself from shaking with silent laughter.

"Great lot you are," Ron whispered to Harry, making him shake harder.

"Are you okay, Harry?" Ginny, who had noticed him shaking, asked.

"I'm fine. Excuse me, I'll be back." Harry managed to get upstairs before bursting out with laughter. Hermione soon followed him.

It was several minutes before they calmed down enough to look at each other, which made them laugh even harder.

A few minutes later Ron appeared at the top of the stairs.

"What are you doing up here? Your dinner is getting cold," Ron told them.

Hermione and Harry looked up at Ron and burst out laughing again.

"Oh you two! I should have Mum kick you out," Ron said.

"Sorry ~giggle~ Ron," Hermione said.

"Yeah ~laugh~ we can't ~laugh~ help it," Harry joined in.

"This better not reach school or Malfoy," Ron said, "now go eat dinner!"

Harry and Hermione went down to finish eating, which took a while, considering every few minutes they had a laugh attack.

After dinner, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went up to Ron's room.

"Who do you think Dumbledore will hire for Defense Against Dark Arts?" Hermione asked over the din of the Ghoul in Ron's attic.

"I hope it's Lupin," Harry said, "but as long as it isn't Snape, or a person trying to kill me, I really don't care."

"It would be neat to have someone famous be our teacher," Hermione said.

"You remember last time that happened," Ron replied, "and we don't need it to happen again."

"It could be an Auror, some one who knows their stuff," Hermione suggested.

"Fred and George said that a vampire was going to teach, but then later they said it was going to be a banshee, so I don't trust them," Ron said.

"Why was that potion out, anyway, I thought you said that the twins kept everything in their room," Harry said.

"They usually do, they said that they didn't put it out, but it's them! It was strange though, before I touched the potion to move it, I thought I saw two girls out of the corner of my eye," Ron said.

"Two girls?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, I was probably imagining it though," Ron said.

"Is that a new Quidditch poster?" Harry asked.

"Yup. Fred and George gave it to me, to get Mum off their backs," Ron answered.

"Cool," Harry said, getting up to look at it more closely.

Hermione sighed as the two boys started talking about Quidditch, then went down to Ginny's room.

Soon it was time for the two boys to go to bed.

As Harry was drifting off to sleep he heard a voice say, "I love how you made his clothes disappear, his face was so funny!"