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Chapter One:
In the six years following that fateful night, there were numerous changes in Dudley Dursley's life. Although Vernon had gone back to Number 4 Privet Drive in a hurry and never again mentioned wanting to "fix" Evan, Dudley didn't take his job back at Vernon's drill making company. Instead, he went on to become a boxing coach at a local gym. Dudley had joked about it, saying that the weight he had worked so hard to lose in his teens had been creeping back up on him and this job would force him back into shape. But the fact was this: the change of jobs led to a decline in the family's income. They ended up moving to a smaller house a year later.
Despite everything, Vernon and Petunia continued to invite Dudley and his family to tea every other Saturday and acted as if "The Incident" never happened. However, there was an undeniable tension beneath the surface. No one ever mentioned it, but it was clear that the "M" word was still not allowed to be said out loud at Number 4 Privet Drive.
Evan seemed to sense on the source of the family's strain. On the rare occasions that he accidentally preformed magic, he always looked intensely guilty. Dudley had been worried about trying to deal with pig tails, snake-like tongues, and relatives swelling up like balloons and bumping around the ceiling. However, the worst episode that had ever occurred happened more than three years ago. One of Evan's teachers had been yelling herself hoarse at the class and her desk suddenly overturned. Evan been extremely upset over the matter, repeating over and over, "I just wanted her to stop screaming."
Something else that was very different? Harry and his family were around a little more often; his children were thrilled that they didn't have to try to hide their abilities from their cousin anymore.
Gianna's wizard brother, Ben, also came around more often, too. Dudley usually only saw him whenever he and Gianna went to visit Italy. But now that he knew Dudley was aware of magic, he could just "pop up" in the back garden whenever Evan needed babysitting. Ben also continuously brought Ev presents that "all Wizarding children should have;" everything from a book of wizard's fairytales to a toy broomstick (which Gianna never actually let Ev have). On Evan's eighth birthday, Ben even brought him to a Quidditch Game.
Dudley's vocabulary had actually expanded to know words like "Quidditch" in addition to "Bludger," "Quaffle," and "Snitch." In spite of Ben's enthusiastic descriptions of the sport, Dudley still couldn't make heads or tails of the actual rules of the game. He did learn how to play Exploding Snap and Gobstones. Dudley also watched Ben and Ev play Wizard's Chess so often; he found it strange when normal chess pieces didn't move or talk.
Besides games, Dudley now knew who Beedle the Bard was. He knew Beedle's major works, including the stories of Babbity Rabbity and the Fountain of Fair Fortune, as well as the Tale of the Three Brothers. Dudley could practically recite "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot" by memory because Evan had requested to hear it so many times.
It was safe to say that Dudley's life had altered drastically in the last few years. However, the biggest change so far was unquestionably in store today. It was Sunday, May twenty-seventh.
It was Evan's eleventh birthday.
Even though it did not come as a surprise, Dudley, Gianna, and Evan were all staring thunderstruck at a thick, yellowish piece of parchment that boldly welcomed Ev to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.