Chapter Two; Big Trouble

Thanks guys! I'm glad you enjoyed the first chapter! Remember, a week from Thursday (Thanksgiving) A Very Merry Harry Christmas comes out! Anyway, here's the next chapter. Enjoy it!

After Lily and Severus dropped their children off at the Dursleys house on Privet Drive, Teddy and Heather had to take their naps. And since the Dursleys (who right away commented on the fact that Harry's hair was too long and he needed to brush it) absolutely refused to do anything about it, Harry was forced to be the one to change their diapers and put them to sleep. Not like he minded of course, he would rather be changing diapers than in their presence any day.

Harry sat down on top of his temporary bed as Cowboy leapt up beside him and he started stroking his chest. "You better not let Uncle Vernon or Aunt Petunia catch him up there, you know that they don't want him on the furniture." Tobey said as he walked into the room and sat down on the other side of them. "Don't worry, I won't say anything though." He assured him with a grin as Harry smiled back at his little brother.

"I wish we could go back home, I miss Mummy and Daddy, and Katie, and all of the turtles." He said.

"I know," Harry began. "but you heard Mum and Dad. We have to stay here until school starts again." He told him.

"What's charm school like again?" Tobey asked him. For he had only been a very small baby when Harry had gone there.

"It's basically like elementary school but you learn about the wizarding community instead. You don't actually start doing magic until you get to Hogwarts though." He explained.

"Damn, I want to go now." He said as Harry grinned.

"I don't blame you but you better not let Mum and Dad catch you talking like that or they'll wash your mouth out with soap and send you to bed without any supper. Take it from somebody who knows." He said before he glanced down at his new school supply list for the first time.

The Standard Book of Spells Grade 3 by Miranda Goshawk

Intermediate Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

The Essential Defense Against The Dark Arts by Arsenius Jigger

As Harry continued looking down the list he saw some choice elective classes that he could take too like Divination, Muggle Studies, and Care of Magical Creatures. He decided that he would like to try all three which meant that one of the books he would have to purchase was The Monster Book of Monsters which sounded very interesting to Harry and exciting because he had always loved animals. Especially dogs, owls, and dragons. He also knew that he would be able to learn how to be an animagus if he wanted to be which was a witch or wizard that could turn into an animal at will.

Harry remembered his mother telling him that his own biological father had been one as well, a stag in fact, and that's when he decided that he would want to be one too even though it seemed rather difficult. With his school supply list was also a form to Hogsmeade that if signed, it meant he could go there on weekends. He had no doubt that his mother would sign it, but even though his father loved him very much he wasn't sure if he would be wasting all of his money on candy and time in the village when he could be spending that time studying.

That's when all of a sudden Aunt Petunia stepped into the room and both boys looked up at her. "I just wanted to let you two know that your great Aunt Marge is coming for dinner so I want you boys to be on your best behavior." She told them before she turned around and walked away again.

"Seriously!?" Tobey exclaimed after she had gone. "I hate Aunt Marge! She's ten time worse than Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon! She's always telling us that we're spoiled little brats and our parents don't have any real jobs!" he cried.

"It's alright Tobey, just ignore her. At least you'll have Ripper to play with." Harry reassured him as the little boy rested his head upon his shoulder.

"He's worse than her, all he does is growl at me and try to bite me." He said while breathing a heavy sad sigh before Cowboy let out a rather small whimper before standing up and walking over to him beginning to lick his face. Tobey giggled. "I know, I know, I love you too Cowboy." He told him as he started scratching him behind the ears while he continued wagging his tail. Harry smiled down at his little brother before kissing the top of his head and resting his chin against it.

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Things only got worse for Harry and his siblings by the time suppertime rolled around. For one thing, Harry and Tobey were forced to set the table when their cousin Dudley just sat in front of the television set cramming food into his mouth, and for another thing, when Aunt Marge finally did arrive, the first thing that Ripper did was bark and chase after Cowboy.

"Where did that disgusting creature come from?" she questioned as Cowboy leapt inside Harry's arms. "It looks like a tiny white rat." She said with a wince and scowling at Harry.

"He's not a rat! He's our dog and his name is Cowboy." Eve grouched while narrowing her eyebrows and glaring at her.

"Obviously your mother never taught you that children should be seen and not heard!" Marge spat. "And it's very clear to me that these children don't have enough discipline in their lives." She added before she sat down at the table and Harry began to carry his dog back upstairs before promising to feed him later. For he knew that it was too dangerous to have him downstairs right now and he loved him too much to let him get hurt.

Since his aunt and uncle didn't have any highchairs (apart from Dudley's old one that was way too big for them anyway) for the twins, Harry sat them down on his lap and fed them while Eve made a disgusted face at all of the vegetables on her plate. "I think I'm going to puke." She said which was one of the biggest mistakes that she could ever make. Aunt Marge simply just stared at her.

"Very well, if you're not going to eat anything go upstairs to bed." She told her.

"You can't tell my sister what to do, you're not our mother!" Tobey snapped.

"Oh, can't I?" Marge questioned him before she stood up and walked over to Eve's plate and picked it up and scraped all her food into the garbage before she grabbed her arm and pulled her out of her chair before smacking her on the behind. She instantly broke into tears Harry started feeling his anger boil. "Now, go to bed!" Marge yelled before she turned to look back at Tobey. "And if you know what's good for you, you'll eat your dinner boy!" she shouted.

However Tobey was just as angry as Harry was. "I'm not hungry anymore anyway." He said before he slid out his chair and started following Eve upstairs. "It's alright," he reassured her soothingly as he took her hand while she continued to sniff as tears silently streamed down her cheeks. "I'll write to Mum and Dad about this as soon as we get upstairs." He whispered before he kissed her cheek.

"I don't know what the hell is wrong with those nieces and nephews of yours!" Marge spat.

"They're only children." Petunia said which made Harry soften his gaze and finally move it over onto her. That was the first time he remembered her actually sticking up for them, which apparently is what Marge thought too.

"Don't tell me that you're actually sticking up for them." She began with disbelief as Vernon raised an eyebrow at her. "After all, they're rotten troublemakers. All of them. Of course that's all inherited from their parents. They say it all the time with dogs, if there's something wrong with the bitch then there's something wrong with the pup!" she exclaimed when all of a sudden Harry rose to his feet not being able to take it anymore.

"SHUT UP!" he hollered on the top of his lungs. "JUST SHUT UP!" he screamed.

"I beg your pardon?" Marge questioned him.

"You heard me! You may be my aunt, but that doesn't give you any right to treat us like this!" he snapped when all of a sudden the lights started flickering on and off and Harry suddenly felt like he was going to explode.

"Right let me tell you_" Marge began with a point of her finger when Harry suddenly realized something. It was getting bigger and swelling up just like a balloon along with the rest of her body. Suddenly she was so round and fat that she didn't fit properly inside her clothes anymore. They ripped down the middle as one by one the beads of her necklace popped off and hit Dudley in the face. "Vernon please," she began as she lifted off of her chair and bounced against the ceiling. "Vernon please do something." She pleaded as Harry decided to run upstairs while they were distracted and grabbed his trunks.

"Harry where are you going?" Tobey asked him.

"I don't care, anywhere but here. Now watch out for each other." He told them before he stored his wand inside his pocket and heaved his luggage downstairs and dragged it alongside the street with Cowboy chasing after him. He could see his great aunt flying away in the distance while she continued to scream for help. Harry suddenly realized that he would probably be expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,.. and grounded for the rest of his life.