Chapter 19 – Age 32

Rubbing her 7 month pregnant belly, Marie yawned of boredom. The healer at St. Mungo's strongly suggested that Marie avoid stress to have a safe pregnancy. Her husband agreed to take their kids on a vacation for a week to give her some space and rest. As much as those rowdy kids caused her worry, she still missed them every second.

Her daydreaming was disturbed by an owl at the window. She took the letter from the owl and began to read it.

Dear Marie,

I hope all is well with you and your family. If it is not too much trouble, could you come visit me? There is a matter I would like to discuss with you personally. This is my current address.

Regards,

Dudley Dursley

She was immediately intrigued. What is the personal matter he needed to discuss? She and Dudley have kept minimal contact over the years. She knew that he had two kids with his wife Madeline. "Kreacher!" she called out.

The old but stubborn elf appeared, "Yes Mistress?"

"I need you to take me to this location." At her stage of pregnancy she was not allowed to perform such powerful magic.

"But Mistress should stay home." He tried to protest.

"Kreacher! Who is your mistress? If you don't take me, I will go on the motorcycle." She was talking about Sirius's enchanted flying motorcycle.

"No! It's too dangerous! Kreacher will take Mistress safely."

"Good." She went to her closet and changed into muggle clothing. Holding her hand out to the house-elf, they both apparated to Surrey.

When she opened her eyes, she saw that she was in a normal muggle street, similar to Privet Dr. She put her hand on her belly attempting to calm her baby from the kicking around. She turned to Kreacher, "You can go back now." He was reluctant. "Go, I will summon you when I am ready to return."

She walked to Dudley's house and knocked. When he opened it he exclaimed, "Wow, that was quick! I just sent you the letter this morning."

Marie smiled and whispered "Magic."

Dudley grimaced, "Yeah, that's actually why I wanted you to come over." He led her to the sofa.

He brought her some juice, "You know I have two children, Daisy and Elliot." She nodded and he continued, "Well, recently there has been some weird things happening around Elliot. Kind of similar to you."

"What kinds of things?" she asked.

"My daughter has a pet rabbit and when they were arguing suddenly the rabbit turned green for about three minutes. A few days later, we were eating dinner and he knocked his glass off the table. Instead of it crashing, he claimed he caught it before it fell to the ground. I didn't witness it, but I have my suspicions."

"Hmm, that definitely sounds like magic, I would have to ask him to be sure."

"Okay, my wife and the kids went to the park, they should be coming back soon." He glanced at her pregnant stomach, "How is your pregnancy going? This is your fourth kid, right? That must be a handful."

She rubbed her belly, "Yes, it does get crazy. I am currently in my seventh month. My husband is taking care of the kids right now. Since we are both only children, we wanted to have multiple kids."

Dudley and her talked for ten minutes before she heard the front door opening. "Dudley are you home?" Madeline called.

"Yes dear I'm here."

Marie watched two kids running into the house, followed by their mother. Dudley stood up and went to his wife. "Maddy, you remember my cousin Marie right?"

Madeline looked at Marie, "Oh hello, it has certainly been a while."

Dudley brought his wife and kids to the couch. "She is here to explain some things to us."

Maire was overwhelmed, she had no idea what to do. She then glanced at Elliot who was looking at her curiously. "Hello, Elliot I am your dad's cousin Marie. He called me here to talk to you." Taking a deep breathe she stared, "Elliot, have you noticed anything strange or weird happening to you?"

Elliot looked terrified, so she decided to try again, "Your father mentioned a rabbit turning green."

The young boy started crying, "Please don't take me away. My teacher said crazy people get sent to a hospital for crazy people."

Marie quickly assuaged the boy, "Don't worry, I am not talking you anywhere." She decided to bite the bullet and pulled out her wand. She performed a simple spell to turn the couch blue, "See dear? I can do it too."

Madeline, who was watching, exclaimed "What in the world?" but she was shushed by Dudley.

Elliot, fascinated by the wand asked Marie, "Are you a wizard?"

Marie laughed, "No, I think you are. I am a witch. Now do you want to tell me about the rabbit?"

He burst into a long rambling session, "I didn't mean to turn the rabbit green! It just happened." He confessed to several other abnormal instances.

Marie smiled, "Well it seems like you are certainly capable of magic." She turned to Madeline, "I know this seems crazy right now."

Madeline could only nod. Dudley squeezed her hand in comfort.

"It may seem unbelievable but there is a world of magic. I am a witch and it seems that your son is a wizard. Dudley could not tell you the truth about me because he is not allowed to. It is crucial that our world remains a secret." Marie told Madeline.

Daisy, who had been quiet during this whole ordeal, piped up "I'm a witch too?"

Marie looked at her, "I don't know dear, has anything strange ever happen to you?" she asked. Daisy shook her head, "Well I can't say no for sure, you will find out when you are eleven if you get a letter to Hogwarts. It's a school only for witches and wizards."

"There is a school?" Elliot asked.

Marie spent the rest of the evening answering as many questions, without overwhelming the family. Dudley ordered pizza as Madeline was too frazzled to attempt cooking dinner.

After finishing the pizza, Marie stood up to leave. Dudley stopped her, "Wait, we are going to my parents tomorrow morning for brunch. I would like you to be there when I tell them"

She cringed, "Are you sure? You don't have to tell them now, you can tell them in a few years."

"No. I am not ashamed." Dudley announced. "Why don't you stay the night?"

Marie sighed, her aunt and uncle were not going to be happy at all.

Next Morning

Elliot kept bouncing around in the car, pestering Marie to do more spells. Dudley gripped the steering wheel fiercely. Madeline had a blank look on her face. Daisy was quiet and gloomy.

"I can only do simple spells right now. The baby takes up much of my energy," Marie explained to Elliot.

The once familiar Privet Dr. soon came to view. Dudley helped Marie get out of the car. Petunia opened the door with excitement, "Hello my beautiful grand babies." She kissed Daisy and Elliot. Her smile came to a halt, when she saw Marie, her eyes trailing from her face to her round belly.

"Hello, Aunt Petunia. Dudley invited me for brunch." Marie tried to be polite.

"Of course, everything is ready." Petunia led them to the dining table. Uncle Vernon was reading the newspaper. He glared at his niece, while she sat down.

Petunia served everyone food, before sitting down herself. Dudley cleared his throat, "Um, there is a reason I invited Marie today. It seems that Elliot is a wizard."

Vernon exploded, "This is your fault, you freak!" he pointed at Marie, while spilling his juice all over Daisy. Marie pulled out her wand and cleaned it up. "Don't you dare show that bloody stick in my house!" he continued to yell.

Marie shrunk back, but Dudley stood up, "It's not her fault, Dad."

"Yes it's her fault my grandson is a freak!" he slammed the table. Elliot started to cry and ran up the stairs. Dudley sighed and followed him.

Marie fell back to her chair, clutching her head. Madeline asked her, "Are you okay?"

"Yes, the doctor told me to avoid stress for this pregnancy." She was certainly not calm right now.

Suddenly Daisy cried out, "It's not fair! I want to do magic too!" she escaped to the garden. Madeline started to get up, but was stopped by Petunia.

"Let me go talk to her."

Marie stood up immediately, "Are you kidding me? You are the worst person to go talk to her right now. Do you want her to end up a hateful person like you?" she cried out.

Vernon stood up, "Don't you dare talk to her like that, you ungrateful brat! We took you in and provided for you." Marie scoffed and crossed her arms.

Petunia stopped his tirade, "I don't want her to end up like me, that's why I want to talk to her."

Marie studied her aunt, "Fine but I am coming with you." They both walked in silence along with Madeline to the garden. Daisy was on the bench wiping her tears.

Petunia sat down next to her, "I know exactly how you feel my dear. My sister was a witch too and I was mean to her because I was jealous. Instead of being a good sister, I was a bad one. We used to be best friends when we were little, but because of my hatred, we grew apart. She died before I could make up with her."

Daisy was somewhat mollified and Petunia gave her a hug. "Your brother is going to be alone in this new world, it is your job as an older sister to protect him as much as you can."

Madeline came and sat down on the other side of Daisy, "I am still quite confused over the whole magic thing, but you should know that we love you both equally." She grabbed her daughter's hand. "I know you are going to miss your brother when he goes to school in a several years. Your dad and I were waiting to tell you this, but I have a secret to tell you."

Daisy perked up, "What is it?"

"I am pregnant, you are going to have another sibling!" She announced.

Daisy squealed, "A baby!" she hugged her mother. Petunia smiled and looked at Marie.

Marie wiped her tears, she blamed it on the pregnancy hormones. It seems that things would be okay between the two siblings. Little Elliot will grow up being loved by his family.

AN: Okay so I know I said the story is over, but I couldn't help myself. I'm so stressed about the whole virus quarantine business. My final exams are online, which I am terrified for. So instead of studying, I wrote another chapter haha.