"Sloven! Useless! Idle, good-for-nothing layabout!"
Vernon Dursley completely ignored the fact that Harry had mowed the lawn under the blazing sun yesterday, while Dudley could not even wash his own socks, and roared furiously:
"I've never seen such a lazy pest! You don't even do the most basic chores..."
The man's bellowing seemed to make the walls hum and tremble. Harry blocked it out, slammed his bedroom door shut, rushed to his bed, and dug out the Book of Friends. His chest rose and fell violently with his rapid breathing.
He urgently contacted Ron, but received no response.
Then he contacted Hermione. She hurriedly sent back a single message: [I know what you want to say. I'm asking about it too.]
Harry then tried contacting Wade, but the page was as silent as ever.
Just as he turned two pages and sent inquiries to Fred and George as well, the Communication Pea in his pocket suddenly began to vibrate.
Harry hurriedly put on the Communication Pea. The moment the call connected, he heard Ron's yawning voice.
"Merlin's beard, it's still summer break. Why are all of you up so early? Hermione was urgently looking for me just now too. Did you two arrange this?"
"That program on television!" Harry did not bother with pleasantries, lowering his voice as he spoke urgently. "I saw Fred and George! Have they gone mad? They actually dared to use magic on television!"
"Oh, I knew you'd all be talking about this..."
Ron muttered, "Good thing I had the foresight to borrow Mum's Communication Pea..."
"Percy even sent an owl this morning to lecture me! He said Fred and George were making trouble for him—as if I could control them! He knew the Twins wouldn't pay attention to him, so he came to throw his