capture the flag - the leaky cauldron
392 words by gdocs
Dudley asks Cho to see the Wizarding World. It's something that he's been curious about for a long time, ever since he was little, but it's not like he's ever actually asked Harry about it. His parents wouldn't have been pleased about him getting caught up in that nonsense.
It's been years, though, since he's even talked to Harry. It's been three years since he's started dating Cho Chang. It's been one year since she had told Dudley that she's a wizard — or a witch, as she keeps on correcting him.
Dudley hasn't been able to contain his curiosity, ever since then. It was like a switch went off in him, and everything he's ever wondered about Harry's world, ever since he was young, came pouring out. There are things that Dudley doesn't even consider until he asks them, like if there's wizarding taxes to go along with their wizarding ministry.
And Cho, ever so patient, answers all of his questions happily. Dudley loves seeing her do magic, and it makes him happy that his joy at her doing magic makes her happy as well.
A part of him, though, wants to actually go into the wizarding world.
"You're not even supposed to know about magic," Cho says when Dudley asks.
"I've known about it since I was eleven!" he argues.
Finally, she gives in. She says that she'll take him to see their magic street where they buy all their school supplies.
She brings him to London.
"Do you see that pub?" Cho asks, and Dudley scans the entire street and sees no pub. "Look closer."
Finally, he can see it, a broken down looking thing called the Leaky Cauldron.
"That's where the magic street is?" Dudley asks, not quite believing it. Cho laughs, and takes Dudley's hand. They walk into the pub, and it's just as dingy as Dudley expected it to be. He's not quite impressed.
He looks at Cho, confused, and Cho continues to lead him through the pub, and outside, to an alleyway facing a brick wall. He's about to ask a question, when Cho pulls out her wand, taps a brick on the wall, and the bricks start to move.
They move and move, until they reveal a street, bustling with people. Dudley's jaw drops open.
He can't wait to be part of that world.