Pre-Emptive Counterprogramming

Vernon and Harry, AU, 100 words.


"Sit down, my boy. I'm afraid I have some... bad news. You're a wizard, Harry. You have magical powers. That's why all this freakishness happens around you."

"Like the snake?"

"You can't help it, boy. It's what who you are. And they'll take you to their school, and teach you their freakish ways. Wizards are lazy, shiftless leeches on society who've never done a day's work in their lives. But you? You're a Dursley. You've been raised right. When they take you to that damned school, remember who you are. Remember you're better than them. Don't trust any of them."