Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Please read and review love Hermione xxx
For many years Petunia had loved Vernon before the abuse was discovered of course. He had seemed so dull and boring initially that she had thrown herself at him. She had started out as his secretary at work however when they began dating seriously she had found a job elsewhere so it would not become a conflict of interest in the future at any point. It wouldn't have but one could never be too sure. As a child Petunia had often lamented that she was not as special as her sister as their mother had often told her. She hadn't meant to tell her daughter that but simply couldn't hate her for being a squib. It would be morally wrong to her on many levels and what with being catholic it would have been considered a mortal sin. She realised that in the Wizarding world of course it was simply expected to throw away your squibs but she simply couldn't do that. She loved her daughter magic or not and while it was an extreme inconvenience that she was not magical too it was adjusted to much as she had done everything else in her life.
She also lamented that she had never been able to tell her sister of knowing that her mother had been a witch. Petunia had in fact lied to Vernon on a few occasions about the materials she was using on him. She had proclaimed that she had gotten the products from a herbalist. When Vernon initially complained he soon stopped as they all worked fine. She had some burns cream, potions for restoring health and the like. Things that her family could take easily without it affecting them. There were of course other potions which wouldn't have been safe for them to take and she was ok with that. She even had a Gringotts Savings account not that she'd ever tell Vernon that.
Every month she deposited twenty galleons 1 sickle and ten knuts into her savings account or one hundred British pounds not that it was ever missed by Vernon. This way she could afford the potions and things when she needed them. Usually the ones she bought lasted her the whole year. She'd not told Lily about it and the account had not been opened in the name of Petunia Dursley either. She had asked them if she could use the name Violet Lupine and they agreed seeing as it was not an unusual request of her. They even set up a magical direct deposit and were happy with her. For fifteen years she'd had the account. She had currently three thousand six hundred galleons, one hundred and eighty sickles and one thousand eight hundred knuts. It was a tidy little sum and she was so very happy to have it. Especially now what with being pregnant and gaining magical powers from her children.
Dudley was happy to be having some new siblings but she still intended to investigate why he was non magical himself. It made no sense. The reason she would discover was an awful one. You see he had been magical but die to extreme stress and fears over being beaten for being different by his father. He had seen how awfully Harry had been treated and terrified his fathers rage would turn on him constantly he learned to not use his magic and somehow sensing he was in grave danger or so his magic was telling it Hogwarts did not send him a letter. It had done the same thing with Arianna Dumbledore. Maybe now that Vernon had passed away he might be able to attend. Back to the present however as she clutched at her car keys with shaking hands and a pale face waiting for him as he was eventually brought from the house shaking and crying. As soon as he saw her he broke down in huge tears and ran at her.
"Oh mummy I'm so sorry. I couldn't save him mummy. He said he wished Harry was dead and then he died. Did magic itself or someone magical get him back for saying that? Is that why he died?" he asked shaking as the windows in the house started to vibrate behind him scaring Petunia.
"Oh Pumpkin it's ok. You're with me and you're safe now. I promise you that you're safe. Why would you think someone or something magical would want to harm your father Dudley?" she asked as he looked terrified and shook violently in front of her for a moment.
"Because I did. I wanted him to stop always saying these awful things about Harry and always scaring me. I was always so scared mummy. I thought he'd beat me mummy so I could never tell him!" he said as the windows all blasted outwards making her and those on the scenes scream as they suspected a bomb had been inside they hadn't known about before. They began looking for one but found that only the windows smashed and everything inside the house was fine.
"Did I kill daddy mummy?" he asked looking very angry and scared at the same time.
"No Dudley you didn't. Daddy had a very bad heart and he refused to go on his diet the doctor set him. For this reason his heart gave up and simply stopped pumping for him anymore. There was nothing that could have been done to save him. Look at me Dudley now please tell me did you break the windows?" she asked as he once more burst into tears. Before he could answer though there was sounds of apparating all around them and as Dudley screamed in fear some of the people there were knocked unconscious.
"Please don't hurt my mummy! Please don't hurt her! She's Pregnant! Please!" he cried as they all looked horrified and raised their hands in surrender. Unfortunately for Dudley he'd been so utterly terrified that he had literally been stopping his magic from manifesting but the emotions of tonight had gotten to him and it had all escaped his control blasting all of the windows of his dad's house and the people who had arrived from the magical world. Not all of them of course but of the six people who had arrived three of them were now knocked unconscious which would happen after someone uses a very powerful stunning charm.
"Please son we don't mean your mum any harm. We are coming closer. We just need to ask you a few questions?" the man asked waving his wand around so they were no longer noticed.
"Ma'am what is your name?" he asked as Petunia looked at her son in horror.
"I am Petunia Evans. My Sister is Lily Evans and she works in Hogwarts. I am squib!" she replied as he gasped.
"Ma'am Miss Evans would you consent to coming with us to our hospital Saint Mungos to have your son checked over. He is clearly magical but has damaged his own core. It comes with people who are from abusive homes. We understand you were not abusive but we have ways of determining that his father was" he said as she looked at Dudley once more in awe.
"I'm sorry mummy but I couldn't help it. I accidentally did some around him once and he hit me. He said that Harry had corrupted my very soul and that I was going to go to hell! I don't want to go to hell mum so I stopped it forever!" he said solemnly as she cried huge tears disappointment.
"Oh Dudley you shouldn't have done that. Even I know that's bad for your health. In a few minutes we're going ton drive to their hospital and they will look at you there to see if you haven't damaged your core too much. Dudley the one whose going to hell is Vernon and not you. Curse that man for ever laying a hand on his son after he assured me he would never do it. I am a fool and a failure. I believed him after all!" she said weeping herself at all her young son had been through and all he had felt he'd need to do to protect himself. It was downright wrong. He'd almost killed himself by doing that. They arrived at Saint Mungos and entered. It would be a long night yet.