Chapter Twenty-Six: The First Day Of School
As time went on Harry got more accustomed of using his new potty. It got to the point where he was wearing training pants all of the time during the day and was only in diapers during naps and bedtime. Before he knew it, it was his first day of nursery school. Lily, Severus, and Petunia had all decided that it would be best during the circumstances if he went to a muggle nursery school instead of a wizarding one, so it was Dudley's first day of school as well.
That morning after Harry woke up, Lily changed his diaper, (and put on his training pants) made him breakfast, and then she drove him and Dudley to school. "Don't forget your lunches." Lily said after she stepped out of the car and gave them both their lunchboxes. That's when suddenly Harry started to cry.
"Oh, what's the matter sweetheart?" Lily questioned her son out of concern while squatting down in front of him to brush his tears away as he wiped his nose on his sleeve.
"I don't want to go to school. "He told her with a shake of his head.
"Why not? Don't you want to learn new things and get smart?" She asked him.
"Yes, but I'm a wizard and I don't belong here. I want to go to Won's school." He told her.
"Oh honey, I know that you do, but this is for your own protection." She told him.
"I don't understand." He replied with a shake of his head.
"Well all you need to understand is how much your mummy and daddy love you and how we'll always be there for you to protect you in some way, shape, or form." She told him before tightly embracing him and then kissing him on the cheek. "Now you better go in before you're late and they have potties and training pants in there so you're all set." She told him before he kissed her on the cheek.
"Okay, goodbye Mummy, I wuv you." He told her.
"I love you too baby." She told him and she gave Dudley a hug and kiss goodbye as well before smiling at the boys and waving at them as they walked inside the building. Once they got inside a bunch of other children were playing with one another except for one shy little girl at the back of the class that had long brown hair and dark brown eyes.
"Hullo." Harry said while smiling rather warmly at her as he walked over to her and the little girl suddenly let out an astonished gasp. "My name's Awee Potur what's your name?" He questioned her.
"Hermione Gwanjur." She replied.
"Want to pway pwaydoe with me?" Harry asked her with a grin but Hermione just simply shook her head.
"Sowee, can't. First the teacher has to take attendance and then we have to pwatice our numbers, then our leturs, aftur that it's snacktime, then storytime, then naptime. We don't get pwaytime until after lunch." She explained as Harry just simply groaned and rolled his eyes.
"This is going to be a very long day." He said before going to sit down at the table next to some other kids.
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"So, how was school?" Lily questioned the boys later on as soon as she picked them up.
"We learned how to count to ten and the ABC's song." Harry replied.
"We also learned about colors and wainbows, and heard the story about the wittle wed hen." Dudley added.
"I also have to give you this note." Harry said before handing an envelope up to his mother.
"Really? What's this?" She inquired before tearing into the envelope and reading it aloud. "It says dear Mrs. Potter, I regretfully inform you that your son Harry was placed into timeout today for hitting another student and biting her on the arm. Please sign the bottom of this letter to indicate that he has given it to you and that you have read it. Signed Patricia Barkley." She read before narrowing her eyebrows and glaring down at her son.
"Harry!" She scolded in complete and utter disbelief. "You know that this is completely unacceptable behavior." She told him.
"I'm sowee Mummy but this girl named Hermione Gwanjur was starting to get weely annoying." He apologized.
"Well that's no excuse." She replied with a shake of her head. "You tell the teacher then as you already know that you're never supposed to hit and bite another person. You can think about that once you go straight to bed tonight right after supper with no dessert and no television. I'm completely disappointed in you Harry Potter. Now come on let's go home." She told him before stuffing the envelope into her purse and taking both boys by the hand again led them back to their car.
Once they got back home Severus wasn't happy with Harry at all that he misbehaved so badly in school. Lily followed through with her threats and Harry wasn't allowed any dessert after supper, he wasn't allowed to watch television, and he had to go to bed the exact same time as Sarah that night. The next day at school Harry took his mother's advice and did the best that he could to ignore Hermione.
They learned all about how important sharing was, and the kinds of sounds that different animals make, (although Harry was rather good at that already) they also had music class for the first time and each got a turn playing different instruments.
(Dudley wasn't very good with sharing at this.) However, the thing that really excited Harry was that at the end of the week they were going to have show and tell, and he couldn't wait to bring his baby sister to Sarah with him. After all, he had been boasting about the fact that he was a big brother ever since he started going to school and what could possibly be more exciting to muggle children than a baby sister?
