Chapter 5

August 15th 1983

Privet Drive,Surrey

Petunia Dursley finished setting out the breakfast plates as she contemplated the day ahead.

It was her nephew Harrys first day in Primary School.

Hard to believe that he had been with the Dursley family for nearly two years by this point.

But Petunia did not regret agreeing to take in her sister's son even though Lilly couldnt for some reason that she would never understand.

She had not talked with her sister in person for several years but she did not mind.

Petunia Dursley and Lilly Evans have had a complicated relationship for all their life anyhow.

For much of their life growing up Petunia had been jealous of her sister because of her ability to cast magic, something that Petunia had only been able to read about from comics before.

But eventually her feelings for her sister begin to mellow out..

She had heard about this Voldermort fellow who was apparently someone very evil who he and his followers were killing a lot of innocent people.

Jack the Ripper was someone that Petunia had read a lot about growing up and it was worrying to think that your family was being targeted by someone a hundred times worse and a total meglomanic.

She had asked Lily if Jack the Ripper was actually a wizard but her sister did not know anything.

A Realization of how dangerous her sister's world was combined with her world getting to be much better.

Shortly after graduating she had met and married Vernon Dursley, someone who worked at Grunnings, a drill making company.

He was very good at what he did and from a young age rose quickly through the ranks becoming a high ranking executive.

And a well paid one at that.

Although Vernons work days were long, she and him got along well and Petunia adored her son Dudley.

She lived a good life and even though she wished her husband was around more she had no complaints.

That's what allowed her to bury the hatchet so to say with her sister and even though they didint see each other a lot because of the Wizarding War they had a cordial relationship.

And Vernon seemed to get along with Lily and James now.

A few years back she had introduced the two to Vernon and knowing James personality from letters with Lilly she had written to her sister begging to keep James talking about normal things.

After all Vernon was someone who was very much a fan of living a nice normal lifestyle.

Petunia had managed to convince her husband that magic was just a talent that some people were born with just like other talents and people with magic could live just as nice of a life as he did.

And Lilly and Petunia talking to their husbands seemed to work.

James and Vernon although never going to be best friends were nice enough to each other.

So then neither Petunia or Vernon had a problem with helping out by taking care of their nephew.

Vernon did have a problem with parents leaving their child to be taken care of by another family.

The money they were getting convinced him though.

Alongside with a note that Albus Dumbledore had written Vernon.

And the past almost two years have not been so bad.

Harry was a generally enjoyable kid to be around that got along well with Dudley.

It helped that he was older than Dudley.

Petunia was happy that the whole thing had been explained..

It would have been just a right mess if Dumledore had left Harry at their doorstep without any explanation.

But anyhow as Petunia walked up the stairs she went to wake up the three year old Dudley and the Six Year old Harry.

It had been decided that even though Harry would go to Hogwarts at eleven until then he would spend five years in Primary School where he could learn the essentials that he would need to know even for Hogwarts.

Afterall Lilly had mentioned several times how useful Primary School was for her later on in life

SCENE CHANGE

Harry woke up sweating as he heard his aunts voice call out to him to start getting ready for school.

Calling back in the affirmative he started to get out of bed and get ready to head outside.

Harrys life had been very confusing these past two years.

He was still confused about how he came to live with Petunia,Vernon and Dudley.

His life had been pretty good until that night.

Someone had come into their room and shot a bright green spell in their direction.

After that things quickly became a blurr.

He remembered being sent to live with his Uncle and Aunt shortly after that night.

They were good parents he supposed and he had enjoyed living with them for the past two years.

Harry understood that they were not his real parents though and that Dudley was their only child.

He did not mind though.

Even though Dudley was given more things that Harry was he was not jealous.

He tried to be as good of an older brother to Dudley as he could.

Harry overall enjoyed life with the Dursleys.

If only he didint have the dreams.

Ever since that day Harry had been troubled by dreams from someone named Tom Riddle.

He was not really sure who this RIddle person was.

The Memories had consisted of Riddle in an Orphanage.

They showed images of someone who was struggling to make a name for himself and how he got people to respect him.

Harry was pretty sure this boy could do magic but he wasnt sure why the images were that of a Orphanage then.

He supposed though that not all those born with magic grew up in a Magical setting so to say.

Harry surely didint.

So even though he wasnt really sure who Tom Riddle was, Harry enjoyed the dreams that he got of the other boy and he admired Tom's grit and tenacity.

He would need it as he got ready for school.

Finishing brushing his hair Harry headed downstairs to get ready to catch the bus.

SCENE BREAK

Waving to his Aunt as he left the house Harry hurried to the bus.

Walking up the stairs he looked to find an open seat to sit at and found that most of the seats already had two or three kids in them except for a seat at the back that only had a girl sitting in it with blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Can i sit here please"He asked the girl.

She nodded.

Sitting down "What's your name".Harry asked her curiously "Im Harry"He said "Harry Potter".

That got her attention..

"Are you related to Micheal Potter by any chance?"She asked.

Harry froze.

How did a Muggle know that name,

He decided though to be honest but probe for answers at the same time.

"Yeah"He said "Micheal is my brother".

The girl's eyes glowed "So do the Potters live around here"She asked.

Harry shook his head

"No"He said "I'm living with my Aunt and Uncle right now".

"Wow"She said "I didint know the Potters had more than one child".

Harry felt a stab at his heart but he ignored it.

"Not many people do"He said "I was sent away for my protection"He said not noting the accidental sarcasm that he had added in there.

She nodded "So are you"She asked seeming to have trouble with what to say "You know".

Harry leaned in closer and whispered "Magic".

She nodded.

"Yeah"Harry replied "I'm magical".

"So am i"She said beaming and then holding out a hand "Daphnee"She said "Daphnee Greengrass".

"Nice to meet you Daphnee"Harry said, shaking her hand and then whispering to her "Why are you going to a Muggle School though".

Scooting closer to him so they could be overheard even though they were on a pretty noisy bus.

"My parents wanted me to experience time with Muggles before i go off to Hogwarts"Daphnee replied "And our home is just a short bit away in Guillford".

"Wow"Harry said "I didint think that a lot of Magical familys send their kids to Muggle Schools' '.

Daphne shrugged "A decent few do i suppose"She said "Their familys keep it a secret though since it would be frowned upon in our world since the norm is to just hire private tutors".

Harry nodded "Do you have private tutors?"He asked.

Daphne shook her head "No"She said "As my Mum said ive got my teachers now to instruct me and my Professors at Hogwarts to instruct me later on".

Daphne then seemed to have a thought.

"Say are we going to be in the same year at Hogwarts"She asked "When were you born".

"July 31st 1977"Harry replied.

"August 6th 1977"Daphnne said smiling "It's nice to have made a friend already"She said.

Harry froze.

Friend

Wow

But smiling back Harry nodded back in reply.

"Do you know of anyone else like us that is going to school?"Harry asked.

Daphne shook her head "No i dont she said that sort of thing is not really shared"She said "But i'm very happy to have made a friend like me on my first day"She said "Who knows maybe we'll find more as time goes on".

Harry then asked "Say which class are you in"He wondered.

"Mrs Picketts"Daphnee replied.

Harry grinned brightly "Me too"He exclaimed happily that his friend was in his class.

By Daphnees face she seemed happy at that as well.

The two of them then chatted a bit more until they got to school

Harry could not have been more happy that his friend did not ask him about the Potters anymore.

SCENE BREAK

Exciting the bus Harry and Daphnne followed the rest of the kids as they all found the teacher they were supposed to be with.

Once they found Mrs Pickett who was holding up a sign she explained to the group of kids that she would meet them up front when they got offf the bus for the first few days of school until they got the rhythm down and they could get off the bus and get to the room on their own.

Harry rolled his eyes at the instructions not aware how much he would wish later on down the line that all teachers appreciated the importance of making sure that their kids knew where they were going inside the building.

Soon though Mrs Pickett led them to the classroom where Harry and Daphnee got put at the same table along with two other kids, both boys.

When Mrs Pickett got to starting to do attendance Harry frowned when he heard and saw several of the other children snicker at Daphnnes last name

Looking and seeing Daphnee frowning two he reached under the table and briefly patted her on the shoulder in what he hoped would make her feel better.

He wasnt sure what she felt but she started to smile after that so Harry was hopeful that he had made her feel better.

Soon after attendance had been finished Mrs Pickett came around and asked everyone to give introductions.

Because Greengrass was higher in the alphabet then Potter she went first.

Harry gave his friend the most reassuring smile he could give as she got up and told about her family including her father who worked in the Government,her mother who helped people and her adorable baby sister Astoria..

Those where all accurate descriptions of what he family did even if it was the Magical Version of those occupations that they actually did

When it got to Harrys turn he told about his Uncle Vernon who had a high ranking job at Grunnings and his Aunt Petunia and Cousin Dudley.

Interestingly enough Harry expected that someone would have been curious at Uncle,Aunt and Cousin but no one was.

When Harry sat down Daphnee smiled at him which he returned.

Well what do you know

Harry supposed Muggle Elementary was going to be more interesting than he had thought at first.