Chapter 2

Last Time:

Alex tunes out the argument that is currently occurring, but Alex hears some words she knows the meaning of. Police check, home, adoption.

The police walk out of the room, to only come back in with forms. As Petunia signs them Alex sees her name on one and looks at it. Adoption forms for: Alexandra Margarita Russo.

Alex looks at Petunia to see her smile.

"Don't worry sweetie, you're coming home." Petunia whispers signing the last form.

Alex has to admit, the England adoption system maybe faster than the American one.

Now:

Petunia carries the now sleeping nine year old Alex into the house as Vernon and Dudley follow. It is 9pm and no one has eaten since lunch at noon.

"Alex, time to wake up." Petunia whispers into Alex's ear.

"Hmm?" Alex hums tiredly.

"When did you last eat?"

"'unch."

"When was lunch?"

"'oon."

Petunia rubs Alex's back as the girl slowly wakes up. Dudley heads upstairs to get into his pjs as Vernon goes and sits on the couch. Petunia walks into the kitchen and puts Alex on the counter.

"What would you like for dinner sweetie?" Petunia asks her adopted daughter.

Alex's brown eyes light up and becoming aware of everything.

"Hotdogs?" Alex asks excited.

"Well it is fast." Petunia kisses Alex's forehead and begins to make Alex's dinner request.

~H&A~

After dinner is cooked, Petunia helps Alex off the counter and Alex carries her dinner plate to the table. She stands on her tippy toes and puts it on the table as Petunia puts her's and Vernon's down before placing Dudley's on the table.

"Boys! Dinner!" Petunia calls out as she watches Alex pulls herself up on the chair. Petunia mentally smiles at Alex's cuteness since she is short for her age, and looks more like a seven year old, then a nine year old.

As they eat dinner, Petunia could see Alex's eyes droop. Petunia looks at the clock to see it is 11pm.

"Vernon, can you do the dishes? I'm going to take Alex up to our room, to sleep until we get her bedroom ready."

"Ok honey." Vernon stands up as Dudley walks out of the kitchen and heads straight to bed. Petunia takes Alex's hand and leads her up to her room.

In the bedroom Petunia closes the door as Alex walks to the bed and jumps so her knees are on the bed and moves so she is sitting on the bed with her legs dangling. Alex rubs her eyes and lets out a yawn as Petunia pulls out one of her t-shirts.

"I'll take you out shopping tomorrow so we can get you some clothes and everything." Petunia whispers as Alex takes off her clothes and puts on the t-shirt.

"Teddy?" Alex whispers crawling to the pillows in bare feet. Alex pulls the blankets down and crawls under.

"Do you sleep with a teddy?" Petunia asks Alex softly as she picks up Alex's shorts, socks and t-shirt. Alex nods.

"Nightlight."

Petunia smiles gently and kisses Alex's forehead.

"I'll go ask Dudley for one and we can leave the bathroom light on." Petunia turns on the bathroom light that is joined up to the master bedroom. Alex snuggles under the blankets with a frown. Tears build up in her brown eyes and she remembers the accident.

Petunia soon returns with a teddy bear and sees Alex still awake and crying. Petunia puts the bear on the bed and gets in her pjs before crawling in behind Alex, and so she is in the middle.

Petunia hands Alex the bear and hugs her close to her. Alex turns around and hugs the bear close to her and feels the safety that she needs.

~A&H~

The next day at 10am, Alex is walking downstairs and sees the mail on the floor. Alex picks them up and carries them to the kitchen. She puts them on the table and walks out of the kitchen. On her way out of the kitchen, she sees a piece of cloth sticking out from under the cupboard under the stairs.

Alex kneels down and pulls on it. When it doesn't move, Alex unlocks the cupboard to see a mattress, army soldiers and some random pieces of clothing.

"What are you doing?" Alex looks to the right to see Vernon.

"What's that?" Alex asks pointing to the room.

Without an answer, Vernon pushes Alex in and locks the door. Alex's eyes widen as she sits in the dark. Alex begins to bang on the door terrified and beginning to cry and finding it hard to breathe.

"MOMMY!" Alex screams at the top of her lungs. She hears running footsteps on the stairs and the lock clip off. Light fills the room and Petunia picks her up immediately. Alex sobs into her neck as she rocks her side to side, hushing her.

"Shh, sweetie, you're ok." Petunia hears Dudley's cough and sees him on the stairs. Petunia narrows her eyes and walks into the kitchen where Vernon is reading the newspaper, "Why?"

Vernon looks up at her.

"Why did you lock her in the cupboard?!" Petunia snaps.

"She was snooping around." Vernon answers simply.

"She doesn't know any better Vernon. She hasn't lived here before. We just brought her home yesterday. And I bet anything, she asked you what it was before you put her in there. I told you last night she is scared of the dark."

Vernon looks down, and just like that, Petunia knows she is right.

"If you lay a hand on her again Vernon, I will never forgive you for it." Petunia hears Alex sniffle and walks over to the pantry and grabs her Shreddies. Petunia puts Alex on the counter like last night but Alex whimpers and reaches out to her.

Petunia kisses her forehead and shakes her head.

"Sweetie, I won't be able to get your breakfast ready if I'm holding you." Petunia forces herself to turn away as Alex's bottom lip trembles.

Alex reaches forward to scratch her leg, but all of a sudden falls off the counter with a bang.

At the sound, Petunia turns around to see Alex crying on the floor. She picks her up as Dudley runs into the room. Dudley glares at Vernon and rushes over to Petunia.

"Alex, where does it hurt?" Petunia asks as Dudley stands next to them.

"Knee." Alex answers between hiccups. Dudley kisses Alex's right knee then her left before bouncing back at forth.

Alex giggles wiping her tears away. Petunia smiles putting Alex on the floor carefully.

"Dudley, Alex's clothes are in the dryer, could you get them?" Dudley nods and walks out to get Alex's clothes as Alex turns to Petunia, "Go sit at the table sweetie. Same seat as last night."

Alex limps over to the table and climbs into her seat. She sits on her feet as Petunia puts her food on the table. Alex begins to eat her breakfast, keeping her eyes down as Petunia puts Dudley's on the table before taking her seat and beginning to eat her's.

Dudley arrives three minutes later carrying Alex's clothes in.

~H&A~

Time passes before June arrives. Vernon hates Alex with a passion while Dudley and Petunia loves her to death and are protective of her. Alex has her own room, which used to be the family computer room. Vernon ended up taking Dudley's second bedroom away and making it a bedroom for his wizard nephew that he hates just as much as Alex.

It is the day that the nephew comes home from going to boarding school.

Alex has told Petunia a secret, which scared her at the start but quickly got used to it. Alex told Petunia she is a wizard. Alex used magic to change her room from purple to red, then back to purple as proof. Petunia smiled and on the inside, freaked out for three days, but decided Alex couldn't have stopped it if she tried.

Petunia carries Alex to the platform where they are waiting for Harry Potter, Petunia's and Vernon's eleven year old nephew.

"Where did Harry go?" Alex asks Petunia is a whisper.

"He went to boarding school." Vernon answers in a snarl. Dudley waits patiently and asks Petunia if he and Alex could go play. Petunia puts Alex on the ground and Dudley takes Alex's hand in his before they run off together, not too far away.

Petunia watches Alex and Dudley. Alex is wearing a yellow t-shirt with light blue jeans. Dudley is wearing a red t-shirt with black shorts. Alex's hair is in a ponytail and bounces as she runs.

"BOY!" Vernon shouts seeing Harry step through with a red head boy and a girl with brown hair.

Harry waves at the two people before pushing his trolley over.

"Petunia, go get Dudley and the twit." Vernon rolls his eyes walking away. Petunia shakes her head with a sigh.

"Uhm... Aunt Petunia, who is he talking about?" Harry asks.

"While you were gone, we adopted this nine year old girl. She lost all of her family right before her eyes. The car in front of us crashed into the family's car. Her older brother saved her life." Petunia looks down at Harry, "She is not related to you in any way shape of form. She is and always will have her last name."

Petunia leads Harry over to Alex and Dudley. Alex's back is to Petunia and gasps when Petunia picks her up. Alex looks at Petunia and smiles immediately.

"Alex, this is Harry. Harry this is Alex." Petunia introduces as Dudley surprisingly takes Harry's trolley and takes it outside to the car as Petunia and Harry walks.

"I recognize you from somewhere. I think you are in a book back at my old house. Your last name is Potter right?" Alex asks.

"Yes." Harry nods. Alex snaps her fingers and points at him.

"That's right. You survived that killing curse from wartface." Alex smiles.

"How do you know? You're a muggle." Harry asks.

"She's an American wizard." Petunia explains as Alex begins to hum.

"She's a witch?" Petunia nods with a smile on her face.

"Her magic is under control."

"What's a muggle?" Alex asks confused. When she was humming, she was trying to figure out what muggle means.

"Non-magic folk." Harry answers as they walk out into the sun. Petunia puts Alex on the ground after they stop next to the car. Alex stands in front of Harry and begins to jump.

"HA!" Jump, "I'm." Jump, "Taller." Jump, "Than." Jump, "You!"

Please review. And I hoped you liked it. And yes this is another Alex/Harry story, which explains why I made Petunia tell Harry that they are not related or anything.