A/N: Updated and re-written for the first time, and it's no joke, in years. It really is re-written and although the first chapter is really short every chapter after this is at least 5 pages. For those who have stuck around I recommend re-reading as it has changed a lot and more Harmony sooner so it's not all bad. Now enjoy and please, please, please review!

Disclaimer: If I owned it I wouldn't be living in Ohio.

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"Potter! Come down here! Now!" yelled Vernon. Harry Potter, now 16, relentlessly closed the book he had been reading. He ambled down the stairs and turned on the landing to come face-to-face with his uncle.

"Owls keep delivering letters. Tell them to stop!" Vernon yelled in his face.

"I can't, I have to read one of the letters before they stop." Harry calmly explained. "So, er...do you have one?"

"Here, read it fast." said Vernon, handing him a parchment envelope. Harry examined the seal, just to make sure they weren't playing a joke on him. He slowly turned it around, but instead of seeing his name on it, he saw Dudley's.

"Um... Uncle Vernon, it's for Dudley, not me." He spoke in a quiet voice but his uncle heard him.

"What in the blazes is that school writing to Dudley for?" Vernon exclaimed. He headed off to the kitchen to give Dudley his letter. Harry followed to see what Hogwarts was writing to Dudley for.

"Dudley, mail for you." said Uncle Vernon, handing Dudley his letter. Dudley ripped it open and began to read the following:

Dear Mr. Dursley,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress

Also inside the envelope was another letter that Harry knew was Dumbledore's handwriting.



Dear Mr. Dursley,

I am sorry that your son did not receive his letter at the same time as Harry, but we did not think him a good candidate for our school. In the past few weeks, however, your son has been showing magical powers. I am sorry again for not getting this to you sooner.

Headmaster Dumbledore

Harry blinked and opened his mouth but no words came out. He looked up from the letter to see Dudley staring at his letter and his uncle to go white. It only took a few moments, though, for color to go back in his face.

"Potter, get me something to drink." he said hoarsely. As Harry did he thought about what this meant. Hogwarts was no longer the only thing that he had that Dudley didn't. No more classes without him. He had to share everything with him. Harry handed Vernon a glass of water.

"Daddy, am I going to this school?" Dudley asked. Harry wished as hard as he could that the answer was no. Vernon opened his mouth, but got a look at Harry. His eyes were screwed tightly shut and fingers crossed. A smile crossed his face.

"Of course son. It's not every day a letter like that comes." said Vernon.

"But what about Mum?" asked Dudley.

"I'll talk to her." answered Vernon. Harry ran upstairs and locked the door. Even though Dudley now had the special place he had known as home, he wasn't going to give him free reign. He threw two pieces of parchment down on the desk a quickly wrote to Ron and Hermione about what happened. He woke Hedwig with a small but forceful poke.

"Take these to Ron and Hermione. Don't come back until you get some sort of answer from them, OK?" He opened his window and let the owl fly off. He fell asleep wondering what life would be like after Dudley went to school with him.

He awoke to a tapping on his window. Hedwig was back. He let her in and she dumped two letters on the desk. She promptly went to her cage and fell asleep. He ripped open the one from Hermione first. All it said was that he would be ok, that he would survive and she would help him through this. He smiled at the inside joke his girlfriend sent him but hoping Ron's had a bit more to say he opened it. His was close to Hermione's but he did say that at Hogwarts he could curse Dudley 'til he thought proper. Harry smiled and thought of all the good jinks' he could lay on Dudley.