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Petunia woke up with a gasp, she looked around to see what could have disrupted her sleep, she listened attentively and heard people arguing. She looked outside and could not see anyone, she got up and descended the stairs to get a drink, closing the refrigerator she glanced at the clock and noticed it was shortly before dawn. As she existed the kitchen to go back upstairs she saw a silhouette of a man leaving her door, petunia froze in fear could they be robbers at this time of day. She waited until she could not see or hear anything else she slowly moved the curtain and checked her front door not noticing anything out of the ordinary she opened the door. Petunia could not believe it "a baby… dear lord it looks cold, oh the poor thing." She picked up the baby carrier and took it inside. Noticing the large envelope, she opened it and upon reading it paled, this was her nephew. Petunia recalled her sisters last letter approximately six months ago,

Dearest Tuny,

I have missed you greatly, how are you? How is my favorite nephew? I cannot express how glad I am that we re-connected, and that our children have finally met their cousins. I hope to one day soon spend a few weeks in surrey with you and to get to know your husband.

Dearest sister, this world I am in is facing a war and there is a madman targeting my family and as such I regret to inform you that I am going into hiding with my husband and my little harry.

If I do not reply to your letters for the following months do not worry about me, if you must contact me or there is an emergency contact our old friend.

Sincerely,

Your loving sister

Petunia with tears running down her face picked up the little child, "oh dear harry, do not fret my child." She took the baby changed his nappy and fed him. Petunia wrote a short letter and attached it to the leg of the owl her sister gifted to her three years' prior, the owl came back with an attached reply of "meet me at seven PM in the park". She put the child to a nap, fixed breakfast and waited until her husband and her Dudders woke up. Vernon upon entering the living room notice the small child.

"Pet,what is the meaning of this"

"that is harry, my sister's child she was killed two days prior I found the child and a letter on our doorstep this morn."

"pet, we cannot care for that child, you yourself said your sister had to move to that world because of her powers and we cannot afford to care for him either financially."

"do not fret Vernon, I am aware of our shortcomings when it comes to this child's welfare, and as such I am headed to my old neighborhood this evening to seek out the help of an old friend."

Throughout the day, she kept busy with two small children under the age of two needing her. Petunia secured the small child into the carrier and left Dudley with Vernon.

She arrived at the meeting spot a little after seven and spotted her childhood friend. She set out of the car with the small child rest his head on her shoulder.

''Sev, this morning I received the most upsetting news about lily ''said Petunia stifling the urge to cry.

''my condolences Tuny'' he said giving her a tight hug mindful of the child with her

"I must admit I am surprised you have heard of the events that occurred, I myself accepted this meeting mostly to tell you what happened. I unfortunately do not know much about it, I have only come back last week. Is that your child? '' Severus has been working on a mastery in defense in Italy.

''Sev, have you not seen Lilly's child? this is harry'' Petunia was shocked she knew Lily and Sev were best friends at one point, and her sister was the one who said to contact him if anything happened.

''no I must admit I haven't seen Lily since my grandfather withdrew me from that school, what is harry doing with you? ''

"here read this letter, I found the child this morning on my doorstep.'' she was still angry about that, what kind of a human being left a small child outside, in October in England!

''doorstep? Why would they do that? this letter says there are wards around your house and that you must raise the child''

''there are no such things around my house, last year when Lily and young Harry visited she put up a spell on the house that would let me know if anyone cast magic on it. She said it was to protect me in case anyone find out about us, I will be able to know so I can call her servant and leave the house.''

''you mean house elf, why would Dumbledore lie about the wards? I have never been fond of the man but I do not see why he would do such a thing, Lily and Potter were his favorite.''

''I do not know, Severus I implore you to take this child, I cannot care for him I do not know magic you were Lily's best friend I hope you can help me.''

Severus: are you sure about this? He is your nephew

Petunia: yes, I am sure, I will sign guardianship over to you, I would like to get know my nephew and I would love to keep in touch with you.

Severus: alright, but before that happens If you do not mind I would like to accompany you back to your home to see if that old man did something to the wards, he is quite powerful he might have placed wards that would not raise alarm. grant me some time and we will work this out Tuny.