I still do not own Harry Potter

Lot's of yelling in this chapter, this chapter is shorter then usual, mostly because I couldn't think of a whole lot.

Chapter 9: Christmas in MEXICO

The following takes place on December 25th, 2001

Mexico city, Mexico

"I LOVE TACOS!" said Daxter as he bite into a Mexican taco before he yelled "AHHH SPICYYYYYYYYYYYY" he grabbed his soda and chugged it down quickly

Harry laughed loudly at Daxter and said, "Did I forget to mention that the Mexicans make their tacos a little more spicy then ours?"

Every year they went somewhere exotic for every major holiday, this year they picked Mexico. They were at a small taco shack for lunch, they were sitting at a table near the taco stand eating, Alfy was under the table enjoying a plate of taco meat.

"YEAH YOU DID, it would have been nice to know." said Daxter

"Claim down, Daxter." said Harry as he bite into his own taco, he decided to start a conversation since it was the best way to make Daxter forget things. "Did you read in the prophet last month how my brother apparently defeated a mountain troll?"

"Yeah I saw that, I wonder how they did it, your brother's not you, he couldn't be powerful enough to defeat a mountain troll." said Daxter

"Merlin showed me, they defeated it, but not in a very glamorous way." said Harry

"Oh really, how did they beat it?" asked Daxter

"My brother stuck his wand up it's nose and his redheaded friend hit it in the back of the head with the troll's own club." stated Harry

Daxter's mouth dropped "PLEASE tell me you are joking."

"No" said Harry

Daxter broke out laughing "HE STUCK HIS WAND UP THE TROLL'S NOSE! WELL IT'S OBVIOUS YOU GOT THE BRAINS." yelled Daxter, who was still laughing hysterically

Harry chuckled "Yeah, no kidding."

Daxter wiped tears out of his eyes before saying "I bet they told their classmates a different story."

"Yeah probably, that one would get them laughed at for their stupidity." said Harry

"Any other stupid things your brother has done?" asked Daxter

"No, not really." said Harry

"Shame your brother always knows how to make someone laugh." said Daxter "Then again your entire family isn't exactly normal."

"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Harry

"Well let's see, your mom attacked THE Albus Dumbledore and WON." said Daxter "Your sister has hardly any friends and likes the brother she has only met once over the brother she has LIVED with for over nine years, and your FATHER, don't even get me started on him."

"Yeah, I guess my family is weird." said Harry

"Aren't you going to ask me what's wrong with you?" asked Daxter

"Daxter, I was orphaned by my family because of a manipulative headmaster with greater good syndrome, my brother took credit for defeating one of the most evil dark lords ever when it was really me who defeated him, I lived in a orphanage for six years before being found by MERLIN, I am an elemental and one of the most powerful wizards in history and I am only ELEVEN, not to mention my BEST friend is a two feet tall, orange, talking FERRET." Said Harry

"I'm an OTTESEL, and I can see your point, you are the weirdest of your family without a doubt." said Daxter

"Thank you, it's nice that we agree that I am not normal." said Harry

"Well, like you always say, normal is BORING." said Daxter

Harry laughed and said "Yeah, I guess." then decided to change the subject "How much do you want to bet Dumbledore is regretting his decision about sending me away? He sent me away so I would be unloved and uncared for so he could control me, now he has no idea WHERE I am and I hate his guts."

"I don't take sucker bets, Harry, but I do have a question." said Daxter

"What?" Asked Harry

"What ARE you going to do exactly? You still haven't told me your plans for Dumbledore and your family." said Daxter

Harry sighed and said "I plan to let Dumbledore sweat for awhile, make him scared that he may never find me, then I reappear and make his life ABSOLUTELY miserable for a few years."

"Sounds like a good plan, but how are you going to 'reappear'?" asked Daxter

"Haven't worked that part out yet, I think I will do it about... three years from now, let Dumbledore sweat for a while and then go in for the kill." explained Harry

"What about your family?" asked Daxter

"I like my sister, no problems there; chances are I am going to punch my brother at least once; my father... I don't know about him yet." said Harry

"What about your mom?" asked Daxter

"Already have that worked out, she should be getting my Christmas present I bought her" Harry looks at his watch "about now." said Harry

"You got your MOM a Christmas present?" asked Daxter

Harry nodded his head "Also bought my sister something too."

"What did you get your mom?" asked Daxter

"I sent her a very nice photo and a frame." said Harry

"YOU SENT HER A PHOTO OF YOURSELF, ARE YOU INSANE?! They will now know EXACTLY what you look like." Yelled Daxter

"So? I have no plan of stepping into Diagon Alley without glamour charms on myself, we don't spend much time in England anyway." said Harry, they mostly traveled to different parts of the world now, Harry studied different types of magic in different places so they spent very little time in England at the moment. "Also I sent her a little note with it, if she wants to gain my trust she won't show it to anyone."

"Fair enough, which photo did you send her?" asked Daxter

"The one with us and Alfy, you know, where Alfy is wearing the tiny santa hat." Harry explained

"OH, that one, that's a nice one." said Daxter,

Harry nodded deciding to change the subject again and have a little laugh at Daxter "SO, did you get us world cup tickets yet?"

"HEY, these things take time, I found someone who may be willing to sell us tickets, he's head of magical games and sports, he's willing to sell us tickets at a fair price when they become available." explained Daxter

"Your bribing Ludo Bagman?" asked Harry, who knew the name of nearly every department head.

"NO, he's selling us the tickets, I'm not bribing him." said Daxter

"SURE you aren't." said Harry, not believing him

"WHATEVER, you'll be apologizing to me when I get us BOX SEAT tickets to the world cup." said Daxter

Harry chuckled and bite into another taco, this was going to be a fun Christmas

Meanwhile at Potter manor, England

Lily Potter was in the Potter manor living room, cleaning up the mess of wrapping paper Harrison and Taylor had made as they opened their presents. They were both up in their rooms now, enjoying their presents, James had went with Sirius and Remus somewhere, so she was stuck cleaning up after those children. She took the large garbage bag to the kitchen to throw it out when she saw a snowy white owl in the kitchen she walked over to the window to let the owl in, thinking it was her snowy owl, Merlin, but when she opened the window and saw it more closely she realized it wasn't Merlin, the owl was much younger. The owl flew in gracefully and landed on the large old kitchen table, it had a gift, addressed to her. She took the gift and looked at the owl, she didn't recognize it, none of her friends owned a snowy owl and they had all already given her their gifts, she stroked the owl's head, then looked at the gift. It was rectangular and was wrapped, very neatly, in average muggle wrapping paper, there was no writing on it that showed who sent it. She quickly ripped it open to reveal a picture frame, a note was covering the subjects of the photo, she moved the note and saw the people in the picture, her mouth dropped. It was a photo of HARRY, it had to be Harry, he looked too much like James to be anyone else, he wasn't wearing any glasses, which she found odd, she always thought he would need glasses, on his shoulder was a orange ferret standing on two legs and a small kitten wearing a tiny Santa hat was sitting on his lap. She quickly opened the letter and starting reading:

SURPRISE!

Hello mother, surprised? Thanks for kicking Dumbledore's ass for me, saved me the trouble of having to do it myself. Thought I would thank you with a little present, a photo of ME! The little kitten is Alfalfa (LONG STORY) and the ferret like thing on my shoulder is Daxter, he's an OTTESEL (DON'T ASK). We are currently enjoying our Christmas, somewhere very warm. I would like to ask for you guys to stop looking for me, you will never find me anyway. Also PLEASE to do not share this photo with the aurors, I am asking you this as a favor. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Your son.

Harry James Potter

Lily reread the letter several times before looking at the photo again, she then turned to the owl and asked "Where is Harry?" she wasn't really expecting a response, the owl just hooted and flew out the window. She sighed, she had a feeling that her son was telling the truth, the aurors would not find him unless he wanted them to, which meant she would not be seeing her son until he wanted her to see him. She just wondered how long she would have to wait before she could see her son again, in person.

Meanwhile at Hogwarts, Dumbledore's office

Cornelius Fudge appeared in the fireplace at Dumbledore's office with a huge smile on his face, Dumbledore was shocked to see him "Hello Cornelius, I wasn't expecting you."

Fudge just smiled, walked over to Dumbledore's desk and said "I have excellent news Dumbledore, I think I have found us a way of finding the missing Potter."

Dumbledore's eyes widened at that and he asked "How may I ask can we locate him?"

"You remember Ludo Bagman, I assume" said Fudge, Dumbledore nodded his head "Well he was approached recently by a very familiar talking orange ferret."

"The same ferret that was with young Harry?" asked Dumbledore

"Are there any other talking ferrets?" asked Fudge smiling

"He approached Bagman looking for TWO tickets to the world cup in three years, all we have to do is convince the ferret to bring the boy along with him to pick up the tickets and then we have him." stated Fudge

Dumbledore frowned, he couldn't wait three years, he needed Harry sooner "Cornelius, the world cup is not for another three years, Harry has shown us he is no idiot, he will not come unless it is believable, which means we cannot capture him for nearly another three years, when the world cup is near."

Fudge frowned at that, he hadn't thought of that "Well surely Ludo can convince him to bring the boy earlier, as part of some meeting or something?"

"I doubt it, Harry has shown his intelligence, none of the shopkeepers in Diagon Alley have seen him since we started looking for him." stated Dumbledore, he silently cursed Harry, he never thought the boy would be so smart.

Fudge sat down on one of the chairs in front of Dumbledore's desk, election season was soon, if he captured the Potter boy he would no doubt get the support of the Potter family, which would ENSURE his victory, but without him, there was a risk he would LOSE, he had to think of a way to find the boy, quickly, no matter what.

Love it? Hate it? Please Review. I know this chapter is shorter then usual, but I couldn't think of anything else to write about for Christmas.