A/N (about the collection): This is a collection of standalone drabbles for Hogwrats Online September Event: Back to School. It will be compiled of 30 fics from all different walks of the Harry Potter life.
A/N (about this chapter): This plot line has actually been Head!Canon for me for quite a while and now I have extra excuses to use it. I feel I kept Dudley in character especially since his fear of Magic would be justified. Anyway, hope it is enjoyable.
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Characters: Dudley Dursley and Derek Dursley (OC)
Genre: Family
Rating: K
Warnings: NONE
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Dudley watched as a dusty brown owl with piercing Yellow eyes flew towards his driveway. He ducked as it swooped down and left a neat rectangle on his front porch. Dudley gulped unable to avert his eyes from the owl as a scar on his lower back burnt.
Once the owl had completely flown into the blazing sun, Dudley marched up his driveway and snatched up the letter. When he smoothed out the crumpled parchment he was not the least bit surprised to reveal the wax seal of Hogwarts.
Instinctively, Dudley started crushing the letter in his hand, but then a flashback of owls clouded his mind. This had happened before, the crushing of letters, the swooping of owls and the final acceptance.
Dudley could feel the colour drain from his face at the thought of those birds swooping into his house or even a giant breaking in his door; he would have to tolerate this. He walked inside tentatively, hoping his son would choose to ignore this letter, and found his son playing video games on the lounge room floor.
"Derek," Dudley coughed making his son look up with an almost annoyance at being interrupted. "A letter came for you today, a letter from a very important school." The words felt sticky on Dudley's tongue as if he had eaten a spoonful of peanut butter.
"A school?" Derek asked with a frown pressing his eyebrows together. Dudley couldn't say it again and shoved the letter at his son; Derek turned it over in his hands a few times before opening it in a rush.
"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" he asked perplexed at the letter. Dudley took a seat before he fell over as the wind left him. Derek looked over at him but words were still failing to make themselves into sentences for Dudley.
"Is this a joke?" Derek asked and suddenly Dudley could feel a laugh bubbling deep in his chest and blurt out across his lips.
"No son," he gasped, Derek just stared at him bewildered unsure if he should trust his father. Once Dudley had composed himself he looked directly at Derek.
"Hogwarts is a real school, with real witches and wizards, and they have asked you to join them," Dudley said as his stomach churned with bile.
"Why?" Derek asked sitting back on the floor.
"Because you are smart, and a lot different to your old man," Dudley said. "Plus your uncle Harry is a Wizard, which probably helped matters." The weight of his best kept secret poured off him like a wave. He watched Derek's careful reaction go from interested to surprise to an ear to ear grin.
"So he can help me shop for these things?" Derek asked gesturing to the contents and standing up excitedly.
"If you would like to go to this school, then I am sure Harry can be persuaded," Dudley said softly.
"Of course I want to go!"
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For Hogwarts Online September Event: Back to School – #1 Receiving Hogwarts Letter
For 2015 Goals and Resolution Challenge – Dudley has a child which turns out to be a Muggle born witch/wizard
For Year Long Scavenger Hunt – #58 Boys Only: Write a story about only Male characters.
For Head!Canon Bootcamp - #3 Hogwarts
For If You Dare Challenge – Dawn of a New Age
