A/N Well I'm back with a new story so enjoy.
Dudley tried to crane his neck around in order to see number 4 for the last time, and maybe Harry. Unfortunately for him Vernon saw him in the mirror.
"What are you looking at boy?" he was still in a bad mood from Dudley's emotional outbursts at home.
"Just trying to get a last look at home aren't you Sweetums!" his mother replied.
"All this sentimentality is not healthy for a boy!" Vernon huffed while Petunia smiled sweetly at Dudley. Dudley however had caught the eye of Hestia. The gaze felt as if it was forcing into Dudley trying to get in his head, it was exactly like Dudley thought mind-reading would feel like. Dudley suddenly felt all the emotions that he had felt at Privet Drive but could not express. Then as quickly as the feelings had come they went, and Dudley found himself still staring into Hestia's eyes, who was now beaming. Could wizards read minds?
"Well, when are we stopping?" barked Vernon from the front of the car.
"Oh somewhere down here, so we can leave without being noticed." Responded Diggle brightly.
Vernon pulled into a layby and stopped the car.
"Well mister Dursley. I am very impressed, how you kept track of all of those things is remarkable! He even used his feet!" Diggle told Hestia who was immediately impressed as well.
"Well, let's get the suitcases out, get moving, I thought we were late?" The vein in Vernon's temple was throbbing, he could not bare being complimented on anything by people that were so abnormal.
A moment later all of the suit cases were out the boot of the car and lined up next to Dedalus.
"Well, what do we do now?" Vernon huffed. He was very close to loosing his temper.
"Oh, perfectly simple." Deadalus whipped his wand out and the cases vanished.
"So if you would like to take my hand..."
"Look fireworks!" Dudley exclaimed "I wonder what they are celebrating?" every one in the group was momentarily distracted by Dudley's exclamation.
"I, I don't think it's fireworks."
"What do you mean?"
"That's a battle, Harry's escape has gone wrong!"
Sparks exploded in the sky high above them. Dudley thought that if he looked carefully then he could just make out the shape of people flying in the air.
Suddenly Hestia cried Protego and bright silver sparks showered the Dursley's. Two people swept out of the darkness and headed strait for Dudley. The only thing that saved him was a bolt of red light streaking past and hitting a wizard in the face, Dedalus ran in front of Dudley and began duelling the second man. Hestia had now grabbed petunia around the neck and disappeared into thin air moments before a curse struck the ground gouging a great crater in the floor.
Dudley stumbled sideways confused. Lights were flashing in front of him from Dedalus' duel, he was covered in mud, the car was now on fire and Vernon was bellowing his outrage at the wizards.
Dudley turned and a wizard in an ugly and distorting mask appeared in front of him, This must have been closer than the wizard had intended because for a moment both men just stared. Dudleys boxing training suddenly pain dividend as Dudley laid a huge right hook strait to the wizards face. Before Dudley could cry-out in triumph he heard a scream from behind and Dedalus fell to the floor without his wand.
The wizard looked Dudley in the eye and pointed his wand him. Suddenly Hestia appeared in the path of the curse just as it was fired and rebounded it strait back at the wizard with a huge reverberating note. Both Dudley and Hestia were knocked to the ground with the force of the curse as it rebounded. Hestia was first up and tended to Dedalus as soon as possible, Dudley shook his head and hurried over.
"Is he all right?"
"Oh I will live for a while yet I think." Dedalus answered to Dudleys surprise
"We need to keep moving, we cannot afford to be caught again!" Hestia continued
"I thought you were brilliant, bloody amazing in fact." Dudley told the witch and wizard in front of him
"Go to the house. I will be back in a second with Dudley" With that Dedalus disappeared. Hestia looked Dudley strait in the eye with that strange gaze.
"Listen to me very carefully and remember what I say, we are going to Primrose House Holyhead. OK now grab my hand we need to leave!"
Dudley held Hestia's hand and suddenly felt as if he would suffocate. The pressure was past endurance he was trying to cry out but couldn't , he squeezed Hestia's hand with all his might to stay with the witch. Then it was over and Dudley fell on all fours gasping for breath.
"That was horrible."
"You did better than your father!"
"I can imagine." Hestia smiled and Dudley did not think that this trip would not be to bad after all.
Dudley and Hestia entered the sitting room of the rather grand house that they were staying in, to see Vernon pacing up and down and Petunia sitting in the corner white as a sheet.
"You, What did you do to us? Where is our car?"
"Your car we can fetch later and fix if it is not curse damaged. As for what Hestia did, she got you out alive while she was under fire so show a little more respect please sir." Dedalus replied to vernon, his usual air of kindness had evaporated and Dudley suddenly appreciated why this man had been sent to protect them. Vernon stared at Dedalus for a second and then sat down next to petunia evidently deciding not to continue the argument.
"Well, I had better contact Molly and find out if everyone got out excuse me" Hestia then went to the fire place lit a fire with her wand took a pinch of some powder on the shelf and stuck her head in the fire, Dudley and Petunia gasped. A few moments later Hestia reappeared from the fire.
"Well what happened?" asked Diggle
"They have not come back in order but Harry is alive, thank Merlin, it looks like they new, they were ambushed George Weasley has lost an ear, Kingsley has just left to look in on the prime minister, Mundungus Fletcher is missing and Alastor is dead." Hestia began to cry as she said this and Dedalus just dropped into a chair.
"But Moody was the best are they sure?"
"Bill Weasley saw it happen. That's not all he did it again"
"Who did what?" Dedalus looked confused now.
"Potter, He faced him in a straight fight again and beat him."
"That boy has some back bone, he really is our last hope isn't he?"
"Yes, Dumbledore told us to trust him, but I think things are going to get much worse before they get better."
A/N just to let you know that i am writing to the cannon of my other story. but please tell me what you think of the story. Next time there will be a bit of time jump, as this story will only be a few chapters long at most unless someone has a really good idea they want to share.
