The knock on the door broke Petunia Dursley from the time spent with her son. She glanced at the clock and let out a sigh a small sign of relief. She gave her son one last adoring kiss before laying him down on a mat on the ground with a bottle of juice. She cooed as she watched her son greedily suckle on the bottle before making her way quickly towards the door. When opening it she could no more stop the small grimace that crossed her face or the way her nose scrunched up as if smelling something bad.
"Hello to you as well Petunia." The women on Petunias door step was pretty. She was of average height of 5.6 with dark auburn hair that was cropped short around her ears in what Petunia knew was called a pixie cut. Her skin was lightly tanned, her figure slender like an athletes. She was also six years younger than Petunia and three years younger than her other sister.
"Iris. You're later than I expected. I was beginning to worry I would be stuck with the boy." Iris large almond eyes grew even larger at Petunias worlds but she followed the older women into the house any ways.
"How is he? You said he came to you in a basket on the stoop?" Petunia nodded her head towards the basinet in the kitchen. As she walked back towards a now fusing Dudley. Iris went straight towards it picking up small babe with in. The small child smiled up at Iris and she knew that even at this age the small boy were seeing the similarities in her and Lily. Tears sprung to her eye making the vibrant green seem too much darker. She couldn't tear her eyes from the upturned face of Lily's child. Clearing her through, "Do you know what happened?" Iris was prod to hear her voice barely cracking.
Petunia reached into her apron tossing a crumpled letter on to the kitchen table along with a small plastic bag. "The letter was left with it on the porch. They didn't leave anything else for him besides a blanket. I have some of Dudley's old things, you of course can pay me back of these things." Iris rolled her eyes as she poked into the bag. There was some onsie, cloth diapers, a blanket that must have come with him and some a couple bottles of baby food. The clothes looked new to Irises surprise but after pulling out one of the onsies could tell why. The clothing was obviously much too small for the large child currently taking up his entire mother's arms. The food looked older, and probably flavors that Dudley would eat.
Pulling out her wallet, Iris pulled out a twenty and set it on the table before gathering up the bag.
"Petunia?" Petunia looked up towards Iris and shook her head.
"Vernon will be home from his trip this afternoon. I don't want him to know that you or he were even here. Just take the child and go."
Iris snorted giving Petunia a dark look. "Petunia I'm your sister, Lily..." Petunia shook her head again motioning towards the door.
"Lily died because she married some no good lay about and got herself blown up. I don't want that…that…freak living in my home, corrupting my poor Dudley. I won't have you putting my family in danger. I did my right by Lily. I have no interest in catching up. Leave."
Iris green eyes widened and she pulled Harry closer to her body, protecting him for his Petunias cruel words. "You'll never see either of us again. I hope you're happy with your life Petunia." With that Iris turned tail and practically fled out to the car.
Throwing the bag Petunia had given her into the back seat Iris placed Harry on the passenger seat situating him as best as she could without a car seat. There was a small shopping center not too far from here where she would pick up the necessities she would need for the trip home.
Looking down at Harry from the driver's seat she placed her hand on the stomach of her new charge. "Don't worry Harry, I'll never be able to replace your parents but with me you'll get all the love, education and protection you could want." Looking back up towards the house of her last remaining family. "It's just us now my nephew, no other family to speak of."
Turning the car on Iris made her way slowly towards the shopping center then to Killarney, Ireland where she had made her home after finishing her own schooling at the elemental's school.