Summary: Remus morns the loss of his pack. 10 years later an abused Harriet is threatened by her uncle to be good, and she promises to behave.
Wow. This is a lot harder than I thought. And not for the reason you're (probably) thinking. My mind keeps drifting to the future years.. I have these great ideas for the third year, and perhaps the fourth, maybe, but I wont get there is I can't get past the first year! All help needed and appreciated!
If you didn't get it before now, this chapter is shorter. Like, two how word pages shorter (about 1000 words). So, sorry.
Remus sat outside the room two of his best friends rested in. They were now somewhat famous. They had survived the Killing Curse, almost. From what the doctor's said, James and Lily would be staying in St. Mungo's for an unknown amount of time. For the time being, they were in a magically induced coma. The doctor's had theorized that they had survived because their daughter had a magical fluctuation during the time of fear, and that magic jumped into James and Lily to protect them, and with the Killing Curse set upon them, it was too much to their magical cores, and their minds, spirits, and bodies had to reconnect in their perfect way. Of course, it was undetermined how long that would take. Or if that was the issue at all!
It was right after the full moon, and Remus had been exhausted. But when he heard that Sirius had sold out James and Lily, he didn't believe it. But now, sitting outside the hospital room in St. Mungo's, he broke down. Sirius had giving Voldemort the chance to kill the Potter family, gone and killed Peter, and he was caught and imprisoned in Azkaban. He had been alone during the full moon, but he was truly alone now.
10 years. It had been 10 years sense that night. Harriet had disappeared completely from off the face of the earth. Or at least the wizarding world.
"HARRIET!" The voice in the darkness screeched. "HARRIET! GET OUT HERE NOW!" Then there was the tinkling of the chain being slide off the door.
With a heavy sigh, Harriet pushed herself onto the knees and hands, wincing just a bit as her stomach ached in remembrance of two days ago. She reached out in the darkness, and her fingers curled around the only things her aunt and uncle gave her willingly. She slipped on her broken glasses and crawled across her bed to where she knew the door was.
Limping slightly, Harriet made her way out of her cupboard and to the front room. "Yes, Aunt Petunia?"
"Get over here and finish breakfast!" She demanded. Harriet immediately took over cooking while Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon showered Dudley with presents. 36 presents exactly. She listened as Dudley got mad that he only had 36. At least you get something nice. Was her only thought.
Dudley got everything. He was the angel; and Harriet? Harriet was the devil's child, and often she wished he would take her back because Satan couldn't possibly be worse then the Dursley's. As Harriet gently placed the Dursley's breakfast of plates for them, she drooled slightly, but not enough for Uncle Vernon to see. They laughed at her struggle, and so she gave no show.
She carried all three plates to the table, and set them gently down so their was hardly a click. She quickly pored three glasses of orange juice and grabbed the needed utensils, and set them on the table the "right way", as Aunt Petunia taught her, and Uncle Vernon beat into her. No, she'd never make that mistake again.
She stood in the doorway to the living room and gave a dainty cough. When the Dursley's glared at her form their places in the living room, she said quietly, "Breakfast is ready. If nothing else is needed, can I request that I go back to my cupboard?"
"Fine. Grab something from the kitchen and go." Uncle Vernon waved her off. Harriet whispered a 'thank you' and dashed for the kitchen. She grabbed a slice of bread, and apple, and a banana, as an after thought quickly grabbed a plastic baggy, and rushed to get back to her cupboard, food held tightly to her chest.
The moment she was in her cupboard, she stashed the apple in the bag, tore the bread in half and stuffed half of that in the bag, and shoved it under her pillow. It was wonderful to have food in her stomach, and her stomach greedily replied with a rumble. She slowly ate her banana, making sure sure only at half of it, before the rest of it too was placed in the bag under the pillow. She practically swallowed the bread half whole, and then she waited. It was better to be in her cupboard than out there., where she might do something wrong, or be blamed for something that was out of her control. She curled up on her bed for a few minutes sleep to let the food settle.
It didn't feel like long before Uncle Vernon slammed open her cupboard and had her by the back of the shirt before she could take a breath. Please don't let him be mad! Please don't let him be mad! Harriet begged to whoever would listen. Uncle Vernon held her tightly against the wall, gripping her shoulder in an almost bone-crushing way.
"We are going out." He hissed angrily. "You are going to be on your best behavior and it anything funny happens, you're going to be punished!"
"Yes, Uncle. I swear I'll be good." Harriet nodded vigorously. He released his grip on her and stomped out of the house. Harriet leaned against the wall, holding her arm gently as she closed her eyes, pleading to whatever caused these horrible things to happen, to let them stop for one day.
Harriet took a breath and pushed off the wall. She stretched out her aching shoulder and walked to the car. Dudley came flying out of the house with Aunt Petunia behind him. He pushed Harriet out of the way and onto the lawn, to which Aunt Petunia chastised her. Harriet climbed into the car, and luckily, Dudley was far too excited about the trip, so much so that he left Harriet alone.
Good start to a day, but it never lasts. Not for Harriet.
What do you think? I know "Harry" isn't the sassy-pants "he" was in the books (which the movies completely took out!), but there's a reason for this! Which I'm not going to tell you! Nana nana! :p Anywho, review! Review! And help me out! This is much harder now that school is started, and I really don't want to give up on it, or make you guys wait, like, a YEAR before I update again!