"Boy! Get down here!" Uncle Vernon yelled.

"Coming!" Harry yelled back, taking the stairs three at a time. Best not to keep Uncle Vernon waiting. Even though he was treated better now that Sirius visited once a week, and the Dursleys were scared stiff of him, it wasn't a good idea to make him angry.

He plodded walked into the kitchen. Dudley was still very chubby, but the diet was finally working. For the first time in three years, Dudley was under 200 pounds. The school nurse had assigned him an additional vigorous exercise program along with the diet. Better yet, Harry's growth hormones had just started to kick in, and he was now on eye level with Dudley.

"Sit down there, boy. We have things to talk about." Aunt Petunia told him.

"Like what?" he answered sarcastically.

"Now, boy. Around twenty years ago, my brother moved to Canada. He married a woman there, and they had three children." Uncle Vernon told him.

"And this concerns me why?" he asked.

"Because, they're moving back this year to be with the family."

"So?" he answered.

"Their children are staying with us for a few weeks, until school starts. Then they will go to their schools. You..." he said, pointing at Harry, "...Will hide all of your stuff so that they will have no reason to think you attend that school of yours. You go to St. Bartleby's Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys."

"How will you explain when I go to Ron's later this summer?" he asked. "And when Sirius visits?"

"Tell Sirius that he is to dress appropriately, and that he is your parole officer. When you go to Ron's, you will be going back to school early."

"Sure. Will Hedwig just be an obscure pet?"

"No. You will send that owl off for the summer to your friends' home."

"That's not fair!" he yelled.

"That's life."

that's just the first chapter. more coming later. guess what his relative will be like...