Four people were walking down a very typical suburban street in Surrey. They passed all the neatly trimmed lawns with the carefully placed sprinklers, and hand washed cars on the driveways; all the things that you would associate with a setting such as this. No, nothing unusual ever happened in this area, it is highly respectable thank you very much! However something about these people was not quite right. They were dressed normally, or at least two of them were, but, the other two were not dressed quite right, but you simply could not put your finger on one thing. They just looked like the were in someone else's clothes. They were obviously not from around here they were far to casual to be from this area of little Whinging, they must be from that new estate in the neighbouring town.
The group walked purposefully down the street a man and a woman In front holding hands and a taller man and woman following arguing animatedly.
"But why can't you tell me Hermione! I tell you what I do at work!"

"Because Ronald" she sighed "can't tell you, it's more than my job is worth!"

"Is that can't or wont tell me?" The man in front, with an odd lightening bolt shaped scar on his forehead, smiled at his old friends antics.
"Ron if you were an Unspeakable, you wouldn't be able to tell me what you did at work!"

"Harry tells me what he does at work! His Auror job is secret as well. Don't you tell me everything you do Harry?"

"Yes Ron all the time." said Harry in a voice that dripped with sarcasm. The young woman, who happened to be named Ginny, smiled sweetly to her brother and said.
"But Ron none of us have half as an exciting job as you, I mean it's not every day that we get to see dear old George is it." As Ron scowled and Hermione laughed Harry thought how many times this argument had happened this week; everyone knew that Ron would loose, not that that stopped Ron from trying. As they walked along Harry thought about the unusual letter that had brought them all to Surrey in the first place. It had arrived by owl, the usual way, but in a muggle envelope with a stamp. The letter had been sent to him by his cousin Dudley through the muggle post without an address but the wizards working at the post office forwarded it to Harry through the owl post, he had been informed of this by Hestia Jones who was fairly high up in that department. The letter explained how His uncle Vernon had suffered a fatal heart attack the previous year. How Dedalus Diggle had explained Harry's story to to him and Aunt Petunia during the year they spent in hiding and how much he wanted to say thank you in person.
Ginny had evidently seen him frowning and was now smiling up at him.
"Don't worry we will be OK, You will be OK." He smiled at her and was briefly entranced by the light dancing in her hair. He was pulled back to the present brutally when Hermione Spoke to him.
"Did you say Magnolia Crescent, because that's this corner." Ginny pulled him across the road and before he was truly ready found himself out side Dudley's front door.
His hand was sweaty as he knocked on the door and waited for it to be answered. A young woman about the same age as Harry opened the door and looked enquiringly at the group.
"Can I help you?" she said. Harry stared at her, his mind suddenly completely blank, thankfully Ginny took the lead and addressed the woman.

"Is this the Dursley residence?"

"Yes." the lady was starting to look a bit puzzled at the young man staring blankly at her.

"That's good we are in the right place, Dudley wrote to us and invited us to come and see him I think we are a bit early so if its inconvenient now we can always come back later."

"Oh, so you must be Harry then." she took Harry's hand and shook it firmly and said "We didn't expect you to bring friends, but the more the merrier, you should hear some of the stories Dudley has told me about you!" Harry tensed at this, wondering what she may know about his past "Yes something about magic and you being a wizard, honestly It's got to be his worst practical joke ever, I was never going to believe it was I now? Don't just stand there come inside!" She said all of this very quickly without giving anyone the chance to contribute to the conversation. Ginny smiled at the woman and stepped inside, the rest of the group following. Harry registered that at least conversation would be easy. There was no danger of breaking the statute of secrecy either, even if she didn't believe Dudley, she had already been told, Hermione had explained this loophole in the law before they had disaperated 10 minutes earlier . Once in Dudleys front room all the adults stood around awkwardly.
"Well we had better start the introductions then. I'm Linda Dursley, Dudley wife of-cause we've only been married for about a year." she looked around the room expectantly and again it was Ginny who took the floor.

"Yes I'm Ginny Weasley, Harry's girlfriend, and this is my brother Ron and his fiancé Hermione, they are very old friends of Harry's" much hand shaking later all of them were sat on the two sofas.
"I was sure Dudley would be here by now but since they started digging up the bypass the traffic has been terrible" A stiff silence followed, but this did not stop Linda from talking. She seemed to take it upon herself to make all conversation. Which was fine by Harry.
"Dudley has told me so little about you Harry, and has been trying to find you for a few months now, I must say he says very little about your childhood together" Harry grunted in answer.
"Ah! I think I hear him now, that must be his car, that's a point how did you get here I didn't see your car?" Hermione answered her at this point.
"Oh we came on the train and walked here."

"But the train station is almost 15 miles away!" thankfully the door opened at this point and saved Hermione from finding an answer to Linda's problem. Dudley stood in the doorway and looked around the room before addressing Harry.
"I only expected you Harry, four of erm... your lot in my living room at once is a bit much to spring on me."

A/N There will be an update in a few days. I PROMISE! This is my first Fan Fic so I would appreciate Some pointers. Thanks