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Chapter 4

Hermione's jaw dropped and she quickly covered her mouth with her hand

"Is this your cousin?" she asked faintly.

"Er…yes he is," replied Harry, slightly taken aback. He had not expected such a large reaction from Hermione.

"I think I know you," she said slowly, thinking something over.

"Wait, I got it!" she cried. "Six years ago… don't you remember? At the zoo?"

Dudley thought about it, which took quite a bit of effort (knowing Dudley).

"Maybe…wait…oh yes!" he shouted a few seconds later. "You're that girl-"

"That you teased and tried to beat up just for beating you in the animal quiz game!" she finished for him, shooting him a disgusted look. Dudley seemed to shrink under her sharp gaze.

"Why wasn't I there?" Harry asked.

"Because mummy wouldn't let you as a punishment for burning dinner," Dudley said, remembering.

Suddenly, Harry thought of something.

"Dudley, what are you doing in here anyways?" he asked. At Hogwarts, he wanted to be seen as least as possible with his cousin.

"I was running away from a few boys who were taunting me and calling me a filthy muggle, whatever that is," he muttered with distaste.

Harry swallowed a laugh.

"And who were these boys," he asked. He wanted to congratulate them for making fun of his cousin for him.

"That…would be us," a boy with light blond hair, a pointed nose and a smirk on his face, coming into the compartment and bowing. Behind him came two boys so large and beefy that even Vernon would never be able to fight and win against them physically.

"Malfoy," Ron growled. "Get out of here before I hex you into oblivion."

Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle just grinned and a minute later, the door to the compartment opened and their Stunned bodies was thrown into the corridor.

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"We're here!" Hermione called excitedly.

Harry, Ron and Hermione stumbled out of the train and followed everyone up to the castle.

When they entered the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table, the bustle and the noise around them seemed even louder than usual, probably due to the mysterious "event" happening. A few minutes later, the sorting began. After all of the first years were sorted, it was Dudley's turn.

"Dursley, Dudley!" Professor McGonagall called out.

Dudley made his way to the battered sorting hat and jammed it onto his head. It barely even fit, his head was so large. Harry crossed his fingers.

"Not Gryffindor, not Gryffindor," Harry thought, and closed his eyes. "Not Gryffindor, not Gryffindor-"

The sorting hat opened its "mouth" and shouted-

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