Chapter2.
'Oh! Where are we going to start?' Lily said excitedly.
Harry shared a glance with Sirius, before he said 'The Dursley's,'
Sirius shot a panicked look at Harry's parents, 'Harry, are you sure?'
Harry nodded and pulled the silver memory from his head and put it in the pensive with a quick, 'after you.'
As, one by one, each person went in, Harry was left with Sirius, 'this is a bad idea,' he stated.
Harry shrugged, 'Maybe they'll hurt Vernon….'
Sirius gave a bark like laugh and bent into the pensive, Harry not far after him.
Eight year old Harry sat on a swing, gazing off into the distance, while to other kids played around him.
'Merlin, James, he looks like you!' Lily exclaimed.
'Lils, he looks like me now…' James said, rolling his eyes.
A fat blond boy, not much older than Harry, came over and pushed him off the swing. 'Potter,' the boy spat. Harry looked at the boy in disgust as a gang of boys came over to stand behind the blond lump. 'Go away, Dudley,' Harry snapped.
'Harry, don't be so rude!' His mother scolded.
Sirius snorted at Lily, who looked at him questioningly, 'Lily-flower, the boy just pushed your son off a swing!'
Lily blushed and turned back to the memory.
'Watch it, Potter! Or I'll tell Dad!'
Memory Harry visibly paled and shook his head frantically, 'Sorry, sorry' he said quietly.
'Muuummmmm!' Dudley whined, pretending to cry, 'he hit me!'
'You did no such thing!' Tonks said, outraged.
Petunia Dursley rushed over and grabbed Harry by the arm, 'get back to your uncle, NOW!' she snarled. Harry whimpered as he got up and scrambled his way out of the park.
Soon everybody stood in the kitchen again, looking livid, all except Harry that is. Harry perched himself on the table and watched as the men and women in front of him worked themselves into a frenzy.
'OUY!' he exclaimed, 'what's the matter?'
'Harry Potter! Why didn't you tell me it was that bad?' Sirius exclaimed.
'Really? Fifth year was no indication?' Harry said slyly.
'True, true,' Sirius mumbled.
'What happened in fifth year?' James asked, still livid.
Harry looked at Remus, silently tell him not to say anything, 'we'll get there,' Harry repeated.
Harry clapped his hands together, 'Dudley's birthday!' he said like a child.
'The snake?' Sirius asked.
Harry nodded happily, pulling the silver strand from his head and placing it into the pensive. 'Okay, before we go in I'm going to give you the back story,' he said, 'basically, Mrs. Figg couldn't watch me so the Dursleys were forced to take me to the zoo instead of leaving me at home. The memory I'm showing you is what… happened… at the zoo.'
Remus looked outraged, 'they didn't bring you to the zoo?' he asked incredulously.
Harry looked at him with raised eyebrows, 'you know that they didn't like me, Remus.'
'And what about now?' Tonks asked.
Harry grinned at her, 'I talk to Dudley every now and again, Vernon and Petunia still hate me.' Harry turned his parents, frowning slightly, 'we better tell them that you're back, actually…'
Lily looked livid, 'oh, I want to talk to dear Petunia.' James nodded along with her.
'The memory?' Sirius asked.
Harry gestured for everybody to go in, followed by himself.
the group are in the reptile house, and Dudley quickly finds the largest snake in the place. Dudley presses his nose against the glass, and asked his father to make the snake move.
'Idiot,' Tonks muttered.
After much rapping on the glass, it still has made no movement and Dudley walks away, easily bored. A few moments later, Piers draws Dudley's attention back to the snake as he sees Harry talking to it;
'Merlin's beard Harry,' James exclaimed, 'What's it saying?'
'I can't remember,' Harry said evenly.
'Just listen to the snake, Harry.'
'I can't understand it, I lost it.' he turned to Albus, 'you were right.'
Albus' eyes twinkled, 'I made a guess.' He said, causing Harry to chuckle.
'Did you know that that was Nagini?' Harry said happily.
James and Lily looked confused, while the rest just looked slightly disturbed. They all turn around, alarmed when Sirius started to laugh, 'It would be you that gave Voldemort his snake, Harry.' He explained.
'The memory?' Tonks said.
Waddling over, Dudley quickly shoves Harry out of the way and onto the ground. Within a few moments, Dudley finds the protective glass gone and he tumbles into the snake's habitat.
'oh my!' Dumbledore said, chuckling.
The Dursleys and Harry head home, Harry looking anywhere but his uncle. When he gets in, Vernon throws him in the cupboard under the stairs.
They all exit the memory. 'They threw you in the cupboard?' Lily screeched.
Harry shook his head, 'they threw me into my room.' He corrected.
The others, besides Sirius and Albus, looked disgusted. 'Your room was a cupboard?' Remus said.
Harry nodded, 'until I was 11,'
Lily had tears of anger in her eyes and turned to her husband, who tried calming her down, talking lowly so nobody else could hear. That is until Lily made an outburst, 'No! James, he's our son. He's our flesh and blood, Tuney's flesh and blood!'
Lily was startled out of her rant by her son's laughter. She turned to glare at him, 'Harry James Potter, this is no laughing matter!'
Harry continued to laugh at his mother's antics, 'Harry, given Molly Weasley's reaction earlier this evening, I believe you inherited your mother's temper,' Dumbledore said calmly.
Harry grinned at them, 'you have no idea.'