A/N: Ah yes...the second chapter...basically the second part of chapter one as it's an extension of the dialogue.In chapter 1 I borrowed the idea of Dumbledore using a P.P.S from emsiok's "We All Fall Down", you should read it.

Moonlight the Hegdehog, thank you so much for the review...this chapter is dedicated to you!

Disclaimer: Harry Potter is owned by J.K Rowling, not me.

Chapter 2 :A Sticky Situation

'Well?'

Uncle Vernon's voice snapped Harry out of his thoughts. What was he going to tell them?

'I-It's from Dumbledore.' He gasped.

'And?'

'But it can't be…' said Harry, sitting down and running his hand through his hair, messing it up even more, a very uncharacteristic action.

Uncle Vernon narrowed his eyes, 'And why is that?' He seemed to love one-liners.

Harry looked up at him, he couldn't bring himself to say it…but Uncle Vernon was not known for his patience, and the fact that his living room had just been trashed by an owl didn't help matters. Harry noticed Dudley for the first time, crawling from his hiding place behind the sofa.

'Because he's dead' said Harry flatly, 'He was killed by one of Voldemort's supporters'.

'Killed, you say?' said Uncle Vernon, leering at Harry, 'Gone like your godfather eh?'

Harry did not know how to answer, he risked a glance at his aunt, she had her hand to her chest and looked like she was going to be sick, she understood the implications of Dumbledore's death.

'He's…dead?' she asked shakily.

Harry nodded, 'He was killed by Voldemort's henchman', he grimaced, 'Severus Snape'.

Uncle Vernon swelled in triumph, 'you know what this means boy? You are no longer welcome in this house-'

'What does the letter say? Who could have written it?' Interjected Aunt Petunia sharply. She seemed to have recovered rather quickly, taking control of the situation.

'It says that the magic protecting me will stop working immediately I turn seventeen, and Voldemort will come looking for me'.

'And you'd bloody deserve it!' growled Uncle Vernon, 'It was only a matter of time before he got to you, now get out!'

'No Vernon!' said Aunt Petunia firmly, though she was still rather pale, 'We are leaving tomorrow'.

Uncle Vernon opened his mouth to protest but immediately closed it as his wife seemed to tower over him; it was clear who wore the pants in the family.

Harry panicked, 'What about me?' he asked quickly.

His aunt ignored him as she was muttering to herself. She was already making plans.

'We could stay at Marge's place…no, that wouldn't work…'

Harry spoke up 'Dumbledore says he can protect you'

'You'd trust the words of a dead man, boy?' sneered his uncle.

The words cut deeper than any wound ever inflicted on Harry, magical or otherwise. He had forgotten, for a moment, that Professor Dumbledore was dead, he found himself hoping that the letter was really from him…

Petunia turned to Dudley, 'Dudley, pack only the most essential items'. 'Woe betide you if you pack more than you can carry' she added as he meekly left the room. Harry was surprised, his aunt being strict with Dudley? This was a new development…but then he hadn't been in the house much, since he got back.

Finally, she turned to Harry, 'we're leaving, do not write to us, do not try to find us, there'll be enough food in the fridge to last you until…you turn seventeen'. She didn't quite meet Harry's eye.

'You're planning on keeping him fed?' sputtered Uncle Vernon.

'Of course' replied Aunt Petunia, 'We couldn't possibly take all that food with us, could we?' Her face was oddly flushed now.

All this wasn't lost on Harry, who was beginning to wonder if his aunt did have a conscience when she scowled at him.

'What are you waiting for?'

Harry left the kitchen before she changed her mind about feeding him, and walked upstairs, his head spinning. Who was the letter from? Was it a ploy by Voldemort to keep him at Privet Drive?

Once in the relative privacy of his room he wrote a hastily scribbled note to Hermione, giving her a rough account of Dumbledore's letter.

'Here Hedwig', he stretched out his arm and Hedwig flew across the room to perch on it, raising her leg obediently as Harry began to tie the letter to it.

'This is for Hermione alright?' He said softly. 'I need her advice, its really important'.

The snowy owl ruffled her wings and stared at him with fierce determination.

'Alright then'

After Hedwig had left, Harry collapsed on his bed and reread the letter several times. 'I like knitting patterns', that sounded like Dumbledore alright, but hadn't Dumbledore himself said a Death Eater could research his favourite jam flavours and hobbies? Then again, Death Eaters could be decidedly dim…

'I'll think about it tomorrow', thought Harry, aware that he was gradually falling asleep, he took off his glasses and placed them on his bedside table. He fell asleep shortly after his head touched the worn pillow the Dursleys had given him.

That was when the nightmares began.

'Where am I?'

He stared around his room, it had changed. It seemed darker, more menacing. Harry gasped as black hooded figures apparated around him, they had found him…he had fallen for Voldemort's trick…

'Harry Potter…'

He whipped round, his heart pounding in his throat, as he faced Lord Voldemort, or at least he thought it was Voldemort…It had Snape's long greasy black hair framing its pale flat face.

Harry raised his wand, only to discover he was holding Dudley's Smeltings' stick.

'Avada Kedavra!'

Harry tried to dive out of the way, but the jet of green light hit him squarely in the chest…

He woke up as he hit his bedroom floor, trashing madly. He looked around him wildly, it was morning and there were no Death Eaters in sight.

Harry shakily got to his feet, he had overslept. He staggered to his window, peering out as though to reassure himself it had been a dream. The street below was deathly quiet, the unearthly mist still obscuring the sun from view…

It was then he noticed Vernon Dursley's car was gone.

A/N: Hope it was up to scratch, I know the action is a bit slow in coming, but I have to set everything in order first, things should pick up in the next chapter ;)