Summary: As summer truly started for students all over England, Petunia has had enough and leaves Vernon taking her son and nephew along with her. This unexpected opportunity gave Harrison the chance that he has wanted and needed for along time now. A chance to leave Dudley's clothing and his old self behind and become who he is deep within himself, the true soul that was within him shaking to be unleashed. A chance to leave his past and who he was behind and focus on who he is in the present and what he wants of himself in the future.
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Disclaimer: Ciao, it's me just letting everybody here know that I unfortunately own nothing having to do with the actual factual Harry Potter. This is going to be kind of AU so...yeah. As of right now I own the plot and nothing more. Read, enjoy, and review please, I'll try and rtf when I can!
"Very well everyone, the express will be here in one hour. Go finish your packing and come back here to be taken down to the station" said Headmaster Dumbledore, who, in true Dumbledore fashion, was sporting a starry robe that made him look like Merlin himself or someone of that nature. Actually, I wonder anyway, that what with the long white beard and his equally long and white hair, if maybe just maybe he is- my thoughts were interrupted by a sigh of frustration somewhere above my head and looking up I found myself looking at Mia one of my best friends since first year and who I'm beginning to think of as something more than a friend...I reckon I should probably answer her now.
"Yes, what is it Hermione?" I asked her with what I hoped was an innocent smile...and judging by the small smile playing at her lips, it worked.
"What I was saying is that if you looked around, everyone else is packing up" she said, faking exasperation.
"Yeah mate, we were starting to think you were a goner" said my other best friend since first year, Ron. I grabbed my bag and made my way out of the Great Hall and without glancing back at the two of them I said "Don't worry I'm just fine, trust me." We made our way to the Common Room, put the last things away, and went down to the Great Hall again, only this time to go back home...wonder what'll happen this summer? After a really long ride we were at Kings Cross where I was surprised to see Aunt Petunia and Dudley with no sign of Uncle Vernon, not that I was complaining mind you. As I reached the two of them I asked where Uncle Vernon was and Dudley decided to answer this one.
"Mum, got rid of him, she did; she just packed some bags and told him that we were leaving and he had better leave us alone from now on!" I looked at my Aunt in mild surprise, I knew that she had wanted to leave him for quite some time now; I just never thought she would actually get the nerve to do so. She looked at me, and I was slightly startled when I realized that she looked younger and more carefree like a heavy burden had been lifted, answered me by saying "Let's get in the car first and we can continue talking on the way to our new house." As we got closer to the suddenly near empty parking lot I noticed the car that Aunt Petunia had apparently just gotten from some car lot. The car was gently used and due to that it was in pretty good condition. The car she had gotten for herself was a sky blue Cadillac and had a good sized trunk, into which my baggage went. I put Hedwig in the front with Aunt Petunia and then climbed in back with Dudley. After a couple of minutes I asked
"So, what was it that made you finally ditch him?" She looked in the rearview mirror and said
"Well Harry, it was you really, that made finally realize the mistake that I made to marry Vernon but then I wouldn't have Dudley, I suppose so that's about the only good that came out of that relationship. See what happened was this I had a pretty frustrating day, here about oh two months ago, when Vernon came home. He was obviously drunk and seemed to be mad for some reason plus he was looking for a fight. So, when he started in I went to the kitchen and when he came in there after me, I walloped him with that old frying pan. Then, I grabbed some clothes and money for us and left."
By now she had come to a gravel driveway that was lined on both sides with old weeping willows. The driveway wasn't quite a ½ mile long and we soon came to a wide lawn that was the bright green of early summer and was on either side of the driveway. Out my window, I could see a pond partially covered by more weeping willows, and a two story barn that looked quite old but I suppose that it must be sturdy to have withstood the weather and time. Climbing out of the car I could see that a nice portion of it was covered in a flower garden that was full of a variety of flowers. At the far end of it was a wooden trellis that was covered in vines that had wide leaves on them that led to the backyard.
The house itself stood in the middle and looked to be a bigger cottage. The walls were an all white brick with broad black beams on it as supports. The roof looked as though it would be made of thatched straw that had been dyed. Once inside, we found ourselves in a foyer that two doorways leading off to either side, a stairwell in the middle of the foyer and to the left was a hallway leading to the back part of the house. The foyer walls were a maroon color and the ebony railing on the stairs matched the trimmings in the rest of the room. The floor was tiled and an ivory color. Looking through the wide doorway on the left I was looking at a living room. The walls were a cream in color with walnut trimmings and a white carpet. The room was sparsely furnished and looking to the smaller doorway on the right was a kitchen whose sunshine yellow painting and black tiling was just a tad too bright for me and was furnished the same as the living room. The room held only a black diner-styled booth and of course there were marbled counters and wooden cabinets. Then, Dudley told me to follow him so he could show me my room and I can put my school trunks and Hedwig in there.
I followed him up the stairs of ivory plush and we came to a long hallway that went both directions. Dudley and I went to the right and came to some rooms or doors at any rate. When we reached this spot he pointed at the doors and said
"My rooms on left and yours is on the right, there's a bathroom in the middle that we share and Mums on the other side of the hallway down to the left side. Mum said that this place was owned by an ancient wizarding family and the guy living here died but there are still spells on the place. So, Mum said that one of them was that magic can't be detected here unless it's a really dark spell so you can use your wand to decorate your room with. Oh, and sorry there's no bed or anything, we left all the furniture at Privet Drive so after lunch we're going to go and get furniture and clothing" and with that he went into his room and shut the door behind him.
Taking a second to think about what had just happened, I opened the door that was to be my room. Both the walls and floor were white and the room had nothing else in it except for years of dust, grime, and webs. Putting Hedwig and my trunk in a corner, I was thinking about how I wanted my room to look. After a few moments I came to a decision and so doing I pulled out my wand. I muttered a couple incantations and watched as the dust and grime was swept away and replaced by a black carpeted room with walls the color of blood. I muttered a few more spells and ebony beams etched them on the walls and ceiling, the size increased a bit, and a stone fireplace planted itself at the far end of the room. I heard a door click open behind me and Aunt Petunia came in and said that lunch was ready. I closed the door behind us and followed her down the stairs.