Chapter 132: Surprise delivery

Chapter 132: Surprise delivery

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Chapter 132: Surprise delivery

"Mister Potter, the Headmaster would like to see you in his office," Professor McGonagall informed him on Saturday morning.

It was a good thing he was alone in the common room. Hermione would have jumped to wild conclusions.

Harry was about to order the gargoyle to move out of the way when he remembered his promise to the Headmaster.

"Password...," the statue demanded.

"Let's see.... it was... wine gums, whatever those are." It was the one that McGonagall had given him.

"Correct... you may come in." The gargoyle rotated around and revealed a set of stairs.

"Professor, you wanted to see me?" Harry went inside the office and got comfortable.

"Yes, I wanted to inform you that..." Dumbledore pulled something from a drawer. "Your new wand core is ready." He placed the pristine Phoenix feather on the table.

Harry took the feather...red and orange lights shone over its surface.

"Thank you, Fawkes. I'll put it to good use," Harry glanced at the Phoenix on his perch. He looked completely recovered now.

Fawkes gave a cry that Harry interpreted as "You are welcome".

Dumbledore smiled for a moment. "Yes, we are expecting great things from you, Mister Potter, however..." his smile faded. "I do have a less pleasant topic to speak with you about."

"Let me guess... is this about my duel with Mister Malfoy? You think I went too far with my methods," Harry could easily guess.

Most students had left, so the hall was a nice place to hang out.

"To be honest, I do miss my home... I can't believe it's only been three months since we started school," Lyra admitted.

"I know what you mean... it has felt like a lot longer. A lot has happened." Ginny gave her a weary smile.

Luna didn't know what they meant. The time had passed very fast for her, so she went back to enjoying her pudding.

"I'm looking forward to Mum's cooking. Not that there is anything bad with Hogwarts, but..." Ginny said.

"Yeah, your mum is an amazing cook!" Lyra then recalled something. "Did you know that Harry can cook too?"

"He does?" Ginny looked incredulous.

"Totally!, he makes some amazing breakfast. You and Luna have to come visit during the break. I'm sure that he'll... wait, what is that?" Lyra pointed up as something flew into the hall.

"A delivery owl... someone is getting a present. How nice!" Luna exclaimed.

Lyra looked around, trying to guess where the owl was going... there were only around four or five groups of people left in the entire hall.

The owl appeared to fly around in circles for a bit before deciding where it had to go.

"Wait! It's coming this way!" Lyra said.

The owl was flying straight at them.

"No way! Is something for us?" Ginny said.

The owl landed right in front of Ginny and dropped a small package in front of her.

"Huh? Is it for me?" Ginny found it hard to believe. Her parents wouldn't send her a present now. She was going home in a week. "Who could have sent me something?"

"There is one way to find out, you know?" Luna pointed out the obvious.

"She is right, open it up!" Lyra said with excitement.