A/N- I know that the characters may be sort of OOC.but it's MY FIC! Lol plz
enjoy This is I guess during Christmas break in Harry's 6th year.
I got the idea for this story while me and my friend soccerchic17 were
playing monopoly because there was no power, now please enjoy,
DUDLEY AND THE POWER OUTAGE
Hogwarts was renovating and both the Weaslys and the Grangers were both out of town so Harry was forced to stay at the dreary Dursley home from Christmas. He was sure that this was definitely going to be his worst Christmas ever. Harry never got around to telling the Dursleys that his criminal godfather died so they allowed him to keep all his belongings with him in his bedroom. Harry who was busy writing a two foot essay on something called an onkiwooff potion and its affects on swine could hear Dudley angrily yelling at the brand new X-box he got for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley had gone out to buy Dudley another present to make him stop complaining about the lack of Christmas presents he received. Dudley was left at home to baby sit Harry since Mrs. Figg was currently on a cruise to the Bahamas. Vernon kept repeating, "I always knew that lady was odd.who goes on a cruise in the middle of winter?!" The only reason that Dudley agreed to stay was that he was being paid handsomely, $30 an hour. (a/n sorry to any non-Americans reading this.I don't do the British money system well) The Dursley adults were gone and so it was pretty peaceful, Harry pretending he wasn't there just doing homework and Dudley thoroughly engaged in video games. Then suddenly the power flickered.
Dudley screamed, "D@#^! I just got past the hardest part and I didn't have a chance to save it!" He quickly forgot this and let the game reload and the resumed playing from the beginning. Then about forty-five minutes later the power flickered again and shut off. Dudley shouted numerous curse words and then finally chucked the X-box game at the door. He had learned not to destroy the whole thing. Then after this he ran over to Harry's room and shouted, "What the F^% was that for! Turn EVERYTHING back on right now!"
Harry simply replied, "Oh, I'm terribly sorry but I didn't do it." Dudley who had never experienced a power outage before yelled, "Yes, you did, I know it! I'm telling dad when he gets home!"
Harry just laughed at this, knowing that Vernon would be too scared of him to do anything if he didn't know it was a power outage already. Dudley who had noticed that Harry's wand was on the other side of the room made a run towards Harry and said that it was time for little game of beat up Harry. Harry being lighter and faster than Dudley noticed this too and ran straight towards his wand and said, "How about lets play 'magic' instead." Dudley backed down a little but then remembered that Harry wasn't allowed to use magic outside of his school. Harry seemed to notice that Dudley had taken note of this when he had received that notification. Snape, who appeared out of no where stared at Harry and then to Dudley then back to Harry. Then Snape said, "Weren't planning on using magic there, were you Mr. Potter? Fifty points from Gryffindor and I'm sure at least three nights of detention." Harry who was in position to throw a curse at Dudley quickly made to put his wand down and blushed a little then said quickly, "a umm. no I was actually just looking-- (holding it back up towards a window and examining it closely)
Snape cut him off and muttered to himself, "Why is it always me that has to run errands that deal with Potter?"
Dudley who heard this smirked while Harry tried not to look too mad. Dudley thought to himself, "so Harry really isn't enjoying school too much.this man around all the time giving him detentions."
Snape then spoke again, "Mr. Potter, I suggest that you do not lie, unless your life is in danger, and in this case unfortunately it is not."
Dudley let out an audible laugh while Harry muttered something that sounded like, "why Snape"
Snape continued, "And Mr. Dursley, I suggest you shall calm down or else you shall give Harry the opportunity to laugh at a new pair of little piggy ears to match that tail," nodding towards the jar which contained the tail Hagrid had given Dudley. Dudley wondered how he got his hands on this but didn't ever say anything.
Snape continued once more, "Mr. Potter, show me to your fireplace so we can floo to Hogwarts. Mr. Dursley I do believe you should come with us as it is not safe for you to be here alone on such a night."
"Umm, Professor, one problem, you see the fireplace is blocked up, and its not connected to the floo system-and Dudley here is a muggle so he wouldn't be able to see the castle anyway."
Dudley stood firmly where his feet were starting to get slightly nervous noticing that they must be talking about magic, hoping to remain the way he looked now and no extra parts.
Snape took all this into consideration then said, "Mrs. Figg lives right down the street, correct?"
"Yup," Harry replied.
"Yes, sir," Snape corrected.
Dudley wondering why this man new about her decided that wherever or whatever they were doing, Harry was going to get into trouble so it was worth going. (Even though he didn't really have an option.) He was also confused because he thought that she was in a cruise to the Bahamas.
The three of them walked down the street to Mrs. Figg's house. She invited them in and offered tea. Apparently her power was working. Snape asked her to watch the boys for a few minutes while he went to speak with the Headmaster. Then he flooed away. Harry and Dudley say there quite quietly sipping tea occasionally. Dudley was starting to grow impatient and was thinking to himself, when will Harry get into trouble.this is getting boring. Dudley asked why she wasn't on her cruise and she said that it got cancelled due to a hurricane. A hurricane in the winter, how odd can it get he thought to himself. This was going to be a very weird break indeed.
~*~*~*~*~
"Headmaster, we have a problem."
"What is it, Severus?"
"It's the Dursley's home-no power-power everywhere else," Snape said as if he had just run several miles non-stop.
"Where is Harry, you didn't leave him alone, did you?"
"I took Potter and that oversized piggy looking cousin of his over to Mrs. Figg's house."
"Go ahead and have the two of them floo here-have them say 'room of requirement.'
"Yes, sir, but how can the muggle boy come if he can not even see the castle?"
"Ah, he is going to the room of requirement and Mr. Dursley being there is a requirement."
Severus flooed back to "Figg's house, Private Drive" and explained to each of the boys what they must clearly say, having Harry go first. Snape then told Dudley exactly how to do it and made the reluctant boy go. Then he followed.
Thankfully when Snape got there he found both Harry and Dudley had both gotten there safely. As soon as he stepped out of the fireplace he noticed iron bars close it off so that you could not step into the fire and floo away. It was padlocked shut with a charm that needed more that alohamora to be opened, as with the door. They all looked around and saw curtains to be pulled as dividers to make small dorms for everyone. There was a little area for Dudley and Harry to share and there were two bunk beds. All their belongings were also there, somehow transported there. Snape pointed out rather truthfully that Dudley had better let Harry sleep on the top bunk because no matter what any bed was built of it was likely to cave underneath his weight. Harry eyed his professor and it seemed as if there was someone in the world that Snape hated more than Harry, Dudley a muggle blood relative to Harry. This relieved Harry because it made him know that Snape wouldn't be focusing in on him. Harry let his eyes continue wandering around the room, he notices another area that could be curtained off that had a large bed that appeared to have muggle things scattered about then he said, "So, I assume that my aunt and uncle have already been notified then?"
"Yes, Harry, I had Professor McGonagall dress as a muggle and told her she could force them in anyway she had to, to get them here, besides using the imperius curse," Dumbledore said.
As if almost on cue the iron gates to the fireplace and there was Harry's aunt and uncle tied together Uncle Vernon purple with fury and Aunt Petunia kind of petrified in shock. Dumbledore took them out of the fireplace, modified their memories, and then untied them. Dudley ran over to his parents who embraced him as best they could, not being able to reach completely around him. Then a few seconds later Professor McGonagall stepped right on through. The room of requirement seemed to turn itself into a house trying to make everyone as comfortable as possible. There was a room for Harry and Dudley to share, a room for Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, a room for Professor Dumbledore, a room for Professor Snape, and a room for Professor McGonagall. There was also a mini room of requirement for whatever purpose. Whenever this room wasn't booked for a specific room Dudley was to be found in there having the room the way a muggle would. It would be found stocked with a computer, every game imaginable, and every type of video gaming system. Every night though right before everyone was about to go to be it became a space for Harry and Snape to go so Harry could practice his occlumency, which Harry did not yet know was the reason he must come.
Everyone had a feast at dinner and Dudley was thoroughly enjoying this; all of his favorite foods were there. After dinner everyone went to get ready for bed, but then Harry was called back by Dumbledore who was standing there along side Snape. Had Snape told Dumbledore about how he was about to hex Dudley? This was sure to be a big disappointment and maturity lecture. When harry got within about a yard of them Dumbledore said, "Harry, each night before you go to bed from now until further notice you are to have an occlumency lesson with Professor Snape."
"Yes, sir."
Snape added, "and there will be no sifting through those thoughts of mine which are contained outside my head, correct Potter?"
"No, sir, I won't look through your private thoughts."
"You two are to start the lessons tonight, and then during the day time Professor Snape has agreed to help you with your potion skills so that you may achieve your goal of becoming an auror."
"Why must we start occlumency tonight?" Harry asked then tried to stifle a yawn.
"We have to start tonight because we have received special news that the Dark Lord is going to try something very, very soon."
Harry couldn't help but asking, "May I know where you got this information?"
"Ah, Harry, that does not need to be thought about now, I shall tell you in the morning when you can keep thoughts in your head and you won't have to worry about clearing them out," Dumbledore said. Harry and Snape proceeded into the mini room of requirement and practiced. Harry successfully blocked Snape out of his mind two out of three times. Snape said that he did reasonably well but he could tell he had not practiced, as he was very exhausted from blocking him out. That one time that Harry was unsuccessful bothered Snape like a thorn in his side. He knew the images that flew by and he prayed that Harry would be successful in blocking out everything tonight as the Dark Lord was going to try his hardest to pry his way into Harry. On Harry's way to bed he reminded Harry to clear his mind of all thoughts. Harry made sure he did as he was told as he remembered what happened last time, he had cause the death of his beloved godfather. After Snape was sure Harry had cleared his mind and fallen asleep he couldn't help but praying that harry cleared it completely and would be able to block out all intrusions. His mind was going to get hit hard with several attempts to gain information. Snape found Dumbledore and told him what he had seen. Dumbledore turned as pale as Nearly Headed Nick and became speechless. In silence the two of them locked up every entrance and made sure that the room was impenetrable from inside to out and outside to in. This was most definitely a very dangerous time.
OK-so what did you think? Please review, it's not that hard. Please no flames unless used in a nice manner (constructive criticism) which burns beautifully! If you have any ideas for the story let me know, put your ideas in the review and I'll take it into consideration. I will try my hardest between this story and my other (Can't you tell me anything please R&R it also: D) story (and school projects and such) to update something so that I've updated at least twice a month.
Also I'd like to thank anyone who reviews ahead of time because reviews mean so much to me. I will thank more next time I post.
More thanks go out to Ash17920 who has agreed to start proofreading my stuff for me. : D You should really read her stories, especially the one about Koraleigh, its definitely one of my favorite stories that I've found on fanfiction. If stuff is still messed up on here it's because it hasn't been proofread yet and I only ran the grammar check Microsoft word has. Sorry for all misspelled terms that are not corrected and any information that contradicts itself. Feel free to correct me.
DUDLEY AND THE POWER OUTAGE
Hogwarts was renovating and both the Weaslys and the Grangers were both out of town so Harry was forced to stay at the dreary Dursley home from Christmas. He was sure that this was definitely going to be his worst Christmas ever. Harry never got around to telling the Dursleys that his criminal godfather died so they allowed him to keep all his belongings with him in his bedroom. Harry who was busy writing a two foot essay on something called an onkiwooff potion and its affects on swine could hear Dudley angrily yelling at the brand new X-box he got for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley had gone out to buy Dudley another present to make him stop complaining about the lack of Christmas presents he received. Dudley was left at home to baby sit Harry since Mrs. Figg was currently on a cruise to the Bahamas. Vernon kept repeating, "I always knew that lady was odd.who goes on a cruise in the middle of winter?!" The only reason that Dudley agreed to stay was that he was being paid handsomely, $30 an hour. (a/n sorry to any non-Americans reading this.I don't do the British money system well) The Dursley adults were gone and so it was pretty peaceful, Harry pretending he wasn't there just doing homework and Dudley thoroughly engaged in video games. Then suddenly the power flickered.
Dudley screamed, "D@#^! I just got past the hardest part and I didn't have a chance to save it!" He quickly forgot this and let the game reload and the resumed playing from the beginning. Then about forty-five minutes later the power flickered again and shut off. Dudley shouted numerous curse words and then finally chucked the X-box game at the door. He had learned not to destroy the whole thing. Then after this he ran over to Harry's room and shouted, "What the F^% was that for! Turn EVERYTHING back on right now!"
Harry simply replied, "Oh, I'm terribly sorry but I didn't do it." Dudley who had never experienced a power outage before yelled, "Yes, you did, I know it! I'm telling dad when he gets home!"
Harry just laughed at this, knowing that Vernon would be too scared of him to do anything if he didn't know it was a power outage already. Dudley who had noticed that Harry's wand was on the other side of the room made a run towards Harry and said that it was time for little game of beat up Harry. Harry being lighter and faster than Dudley noticed this too and ran straight towards his wand and said, "How about lets play 'magic' instead." Dudley backed down a little but then remembered that Harry wasn't allowed to use magic outside of his school. Harry seemed to notice that Dudley had taken note of this when he had received that notification. Snape, who appeared out of no where stared at Harry and then to Dudley then back to Harry. Then Snape said, "Weren't planning on using magic there, were you Mr. Potter? Fifty points from Gryffindor and I'm sure at least three nights of detention." Harry who was in position to throw a curse at Dudley quickly made to put his wand down and blushed a little then said quickly, "a umm. no I was actually just looking-- (holding it back up towards a window and examining it closely)
Snape cut him off and muttered to himself, "Why is it always me that has to run errands that deal with Potter?"
Dudley who heard this smirked while Harry tried not to look too mad. Dudley thought to himself, "so Harry really isn't enjoying school too much.this man around all the time giving him detentions."
Snape then spoke again, "Mr. Potter, I suggest that you do not lie, unless your life is in danger, and in this case unfortunately it is not."
Dudley let out an audible laugh while Harry muttered something that sounded like, "why Snape"
Snape continued, "And Mr. Dursley, I suggest you shall calm down or else you shall give Harry the opportunity to laugh at a new pair of little piggy ears to match that tail," nodding towards the jar which contained the tail Hagrid had given Dudley. Dudley wondered how he got his hands on this but didn't ever say anything.
Snape continued once more, "Mr. Potter, show me to your fireplace so we can floo to Hogwarts. Mr. Dursley I do believe you should come with us as it is not safe for you to be here alone on such a night."
"Umm, Professor, one problem, you see the fireplace is blocked up, and its not connected to the floo system-and Dudley here is a muggle so he wouldn't be able to see the castle anyway."
Dudley stood firmly where his feet were starting to get slightly nervous noticing that they must be talking about magic, hoping to remain the way he looked now and no extra parts.
Snape took all this into consideration then said, "Mrs. Figg lives right down the street, correct?"
"Yup," Harry replied.
"Yes, sir," Snape corrected.
Dudley wondering why this man new about her decided that wherever or whatever they were doing, Harry was going to get into trouble so it was worth going. (Even though he didn't really have an option.) He was also confused because he thought that she was in a cruise to the Bahamas.
The three of them walked down the street to Mrs. Figg's house. She invited them in and offered tea. Apparently her power was working. Snape asked her to watch the boys for a few minutes while he went to speak with the Headmaster. Then he flooed away. Harry and Dudley say there quite quietly sipping tea occasionally. Dudley was starting to grow impatient and was thinking to himself, when will Harry get into trouble.this is getting boring. Dudley asked why she wasn't on her cruise and she said that it got cancelled due to a hurricane. A hurricane in the winter, how odd can it get he thought to himself. This was going to be a very weird break indeed.
~*~*~*~*~
"Headmaster, we have a problem."
"What is it, Severus?"
"It's the Dursley's home-no power-power everywhere else," Snape said as if he had just run several miles non-stop.
"Where is Harry, you didn't leave him alone, did you?"
"I took Potter and that oversized piggy looking cousin of his over to Mrs. Figg's house."
"Go ahead and have the two of them floo here-have them say 'room of requirement.'
"Yes, sir, but how can the muggle boy come if he can not even see the castle?"
"Ah, he is going to the room of requirement and Mr. Dursley being there is a requirement."
Severus flooed back to "Figg's house, Private Drive" and explained to each of the boys what they must clearly say, having Harry go first. Snape then told Dudley exactly how to do it and made the reluctant boy go. Then he followed.
Thankfully when Snape got there he found both Harry and Dudley had both gotten there safely. As soon as he stepped out of the fireplace he noticed iron bars close it off so that you could not step into the fire and floo away. It was padlocked shut with a charm that needed more that alohamora to be opened, as with the door. They all looked around and saw curtains to be pulled as dividers to make small dorms for everyone. There was a little area for Dudley and Harry to share and there were two bunk beds. All their belongings were also there, somehow transported there. Snape pointed out rather truthfully that Dudley had better let Harry sleep on the top bunk because no matter what any bed was built of it was likely to cave underneath his weight. Harry eyed his professor and it seemed as if there was someone in the world that Snape hated more than Harry, Dudley a muggle blood relative to Harry. This relieved Harry because it made him know that Snape wouldn't be focusing in on him. Harry let his eyes continue wandering around the room, he notices another area that could be curtained off that had a large bed that appeared to have muggle things scattered about then he said, "So, I assume that my aunt and uncle have already been notified then?"
"Yes, Harry, I had Professor McGonagall dress as a muggle and told her she could force them in anyway she had to, to get them here, besides using the imperius curse," Dumbledore said.
As if almost on cue the iron gates to the fireplace and there was Harry's aunt and uncle tied together Uncle Vernon purple with fury and Aunt Petunia kind of petrified in shock. Dumbledore took them out of the fireplace, modified their memories, and then untied them. Dudley ran over to his parents who embraced him as best they could, not being able to reach completely around him. Then a few seconds later Professor McGonagall stepped right on through. The room of requirement seemed to turn itself into a house trying to make everyone as comfortable as possible. There was a room for Harry and Dudley to share, a room for Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, a room for Professor Dumbledore, a room for Professor Snape, and a room for Professor McGonagall. There was also a mini room of requirement for whatever purpose. Whenever this room wasn't booked for a specific room Dudley was to be found in there having the room the way a muggle would. It would be found stocked with a computer, every game imaginable, and every type of video gaming system. Every night though right before everyone was about to go to be it became a space for Harry and Snape to go so Harry could practice his occlumency, which Harry did not yet know was the reason he must come.
Everyone had a feast at dinner and Dudley was thoroughly enjoying this; all of his favorite foods were there. After dinner everyone went to get ready for bed, but then Harry was called back by Dumbledore who was standing there along side Snape. Had Snape told Dumbledore about how he was about to hex Dudley? This was sure to be a big disappointment and maturity lecture. When harry got within about a yard of them Dumbledore said, "Harry, each night before you go to bed from now until further notice you are to have an occlumency lesson with Professor Snape."
"Yes, sir."
Snape added, "and there will be no sifting through those thoughts of mine which are contained outside my head, correct Potter?"
"No, sir, I won't look through your private thoughts."
"You two are to start the lessons tonight, and then during the day time Professor Snape has agreed to help you with your potion skills so that you may achieve your goal of becoming an auror."
"Why must we start occlumency tonight?" Harry asked then tried to stifle a yawn.
"We have to start tonight because we have received special news that the Dark Lord is going to try something very, very soon."
Harry couldn't help but asking, "May I know where you got this information?"
"Ah, Harry, that does not need to be thought about now, I shall tell you in the morning when you can keep thoughts in your head and you won't have to worry about clearing them out," Dumbledore said. Harry and Snape proceeded into the mini room of requirement and practiced. Harry successfully blocked Snape out of his mind two out of three times. Snape said that he did reasonably well but he could tell he had not practiced, as he was very exhausted from blocking him out. That one time that Harry was unsuccessful bothered Snape like a thorn in his side. He knew the images that flew by and he prayed that Harry would be successful in blocking out everything tonight as the Dark Lord was going to try his hardest to pry his way into Harry. On Harry's way to bed he reminded Harry to clear his mind of all thoughts. Harry made sure he did as he was told as he remembered what happened last time, he had cause the death of his beloved godfather. After Snape was sure Harry had cleared his mind and fallen asleep he couldn't help but praying that harry cleared it completely and would be able to block out all intrusions. His mind was going to get hit hard with several attempts to gain information. Snape found Dumbledore and told him what he had seen. Dumbledore turned as pale as Nearly Headed Nick and became speechless. In silence the two of them locked up every entrance and made sure that the room was impenetrable from inside to out and outside to in. This was most definitely a very dangerous time.
OK-so what did you think? Please review, it's not that hard. Please no flames unless used in a nice manner (constructive criticism) which burns beautifully! If you have any ideas for the story let me know, put your ideas in the review and I'll take it into consideration. I will try my hardest between this story and my other (Can't you tell me anything please R&R it also: D) story (and school projects and such) to update something so that I've updated at least twice a month.
Also I'd like to thank anyone who reviews ahead of time because reviews mean so much to me. I will thank more next time I post.
More thanks go out to Ash17920 who has agreed to start proofreading my stuff for me. : D You should really read her stories, especially the one about Koraleigh, its definitely one of my favorite stories that I've found on fanfiction. If stuff is still messed up on here it's because it hasn't been proofread yet and I only ran the grammar check Microsoft word has. Sorry for all misspelled terms that are not corrected and any information that contradicts itself. Feel free to correct me.