Here is the next chapter of my story. Please read and review love Sag x
Harry was very thankful he'd been able to sink lower at night to sleep so he didn't have to listen to Petunia and Vernon having their intimate moments. He had thought she'd be more disgusted like he was back in the summer before his sixth year but she wasn't which for him which was weird. He idolised women and had hated seeing them so used as though they meant nothing to anyone. Women were beautiful and when he had looked into the eyes of the woman offering him sexual favours for money he saw nothing which showed any happiness in them. He'd needed to leave before he tried anything funny such as rescuing these women who didn't look happy but supposedly did the job because they had to. Yes the woman had large breasts and it had turned him on as she had pulled her bra down exposing her hard nipples but he just couldn't have his first time with a complete stranger he felt nothing for. He needed to feel love for the woman he'd sleep with the first time.
His first time had been with Ginny and had been very awkward. He'd assumed like she was his first he would be her first but that wasn't the case. Her first had been Dean Thomas something she didn't see anything wrong with. It wasn't her fault but he did feel betrayed when he found out after the fact. He'd slept with her before Bill and Fleurs wedding. At least things would be better now. He had already decided to go for anything he wanted with confidence this time instead of hanging back like a fool as he'd always done before. It had gotten him nowhere and made the already awkward boy even more awkward. When he woke up in the morning things seemed to be back to normal until of course he remembered what day it was. It was Dudley's birthday and they'd bought him twenty eight presents some of which Tilly had exchanged for something educational. The few toys she'd taken had instead gone down into Harry's room for him to play with and he was in all honesty thrilled with them. Having missed out on toys in his last lifetime getting to enjoy them now was rather cool if he did say so himself. Petunia called him and ordered him to make breakfast before Dudley returned from his sleepover any moment. Just as she said that he walked through the door. She squealed her head off like a pig and ran at him.
"My Diddykins is nine! Happy birthday Diddums! We love you so much. Come here. You have twenty eight gifts all of which I personally counted!" she enthused as he smiled at her.
"That's good although last year we did have twenty nine!" he whined slowly.
"Yes Diddly but this year some of those gifts are bigger!" she said with a serious expression on her face. He went to complain but she moved away from him so she wouldn't need to hear it. She was still furious about her favourite handbag and was finding it hard to remain calm and not punish Dudley. She'd never done it in her life though and wasn't sure she was ready to start doing it now either.
"I found my lost handbag last night you know!" she said to Vernon and watched as Dudley shrunk in on himself. He looked to be close to tears.
"Are you happy you got it back mummy?" he asked as she scowled deeply.
"It was a mess but we will discuss this later on Dudley. Go and sit at the table and your breakfast will be ready soon. Unfortunately for us Miss Figg is away visiting her family so the freak will need to come to the aquarium with us!" she said as Dudley looked up in horror.
"But mummy it's my birthday and I don't want him there! He makes everything suck! I don't want to go to the aquarium! I want to go the zoo NOW!" he thundered as Petunia took a threatening step towards him and turned briskly grabbing a towel from the airing cupboard which she screamed into as soon as she was out of sight. She returned feeling somewhat better. Harry was ordered to cook the breakfast and got to work. When Vernon turned to punch him he found himself in his seat already with the paper in his hands and frowned. He was sick of this freakishness. It was getting out of control.
He shouted at Harry to hurry the hell up when he found his breakfast in front of him with his coffee. He ate so fast however he started to choke and Petunia screamed performing the hymlick manoeuvre dislodging the bacon from his throat. "For goodness sakes Vernon chew properly and not like a pig. Dudley I am afraid that there will be no more pocket money for you as you ruined my only good bag with coke and chocolate!" she snapped slightly as Dudley looked at her in shock.
"I didn't do it, it was him!" he shouted pointing at Harry indignantly.
"Well I know it can't have been him because he doesn't get coke and chocolate like you. I'll die before he ever gets anything like that willingly. Now today is your birthday and we will take you to the zoo if you really want but no more pocket money for a while until you learn not to take and hide things which are not yours!" she snapped as he reeled bursting into tears of rage and confusion. He was certainly not sorry. Vernon looked utterly stunned himself that Petunia had snapped at Dudley at all as it was so unlike her. Harry was banished to his cupboard to make himself look presentable as they all ate. Harry himself ate his favourite breakfast of Special K with milk and a tall glass of orange juice with two slices of buttered toast. They'd gotten him these things the other day and it was too tasty. He took one multivitamin and dressed in simple clothing. By the time he was ready and decently full they were ready to go. He got into the back of the car with Dudley yet again being unable to punch him in the shoulder. It would seem he simply couldn't punch him anymore and he was getting sick of it. The annoying little freak deserved to be beaten and should have been but he could no longer do it.
They collected Piers and James his two best friends and they all drove to the zoo. Harry chuckled to himself when as they arrived he spotted a sign telling them that the reptile house was currently closed. It was like fate was trying to tell him something. Of course Dudley threw a massive tantrum when James read the sign to him, being more learned than Dudley ever could be. Vernon asked the zoo keeper very nicely to let them see the reptiles for a price and of course every man has his price so they were allowed entry to it at once. Harry could hear all the snakes talking about being cold and one in particular who proclaimed he could eat Vernon now and live without eating again for ten years on the huge lump. Harry had to place his fist inside his mouth to prevent himself from laughing too loudly. Eventually though he couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
"Boy! What is the meaning of all of this laughing?" Vernon snapped as he grabbed Harry's shoulder turning him around to face him.
"Nothing uncle I just have always found snakes to look very funny" he lied as Vernon gave him a very weird look and moved on quickly. As they left the reptile house Harry bid all the stunned snakes a fond farewell and told them to enjoy their day. Yet again Vernon looked at him weirdly but said nothing at all. As they went around the zoo seeing all the animals Harry was offered a ride on a camel they had there and Dudley kicked up such a fuss about it throwing himself on the floor and then getting up and kicking the camel who reared back kicking him and sending him flying a few meters away. They all heard a snap as Dudley had broken his arm. The zookeeper was called and frowned at them telling them that they should have been more careful and threatening legal action if anything at all happened to the camel as they had cctv footage of Dudley kicking it. Vernon panicked claiming his boy was just being a boy and that everyone should calm down. He threw one hundred pounds at the zookeeper for the health of the camel and took Dudley to Casualty but not before dropping everyone else home. Petunia was told that as nothing freaky had happened Harry should get some stale bread and cheese today but nothing more. In essence Dudley had lashed out and paid for it and they were slowly learning that he'd need to be curtailed somehow.
Harry was at least a little relieved they were learning he'd need to a better boy. Now they might make Dudley learn some responsibility or at least he could hope they did. In actuality he wouldn't be learning that any time soon and would be grounded for one month with no pocket money but that wouldn't mean all the treats he usually got at home. It wasn't really all that much of a punishment. It turned out that the camel had done more damage than initially thought and he'd needed a metal bar inserted into his arm because it was so completely shattered. Of course Dudley was asking for the camel to be put down and in that moment sounded like a carbon copy of Draco Malfoy someone Harry hadn't thought of in a hot minute. Draco had been an arsehole in the last timeline but when it had come down to the task of killing Dumbledore he simply couldn't do it proving that he was ultimately a better man than he led others to believe. Harry was very proud of him that he'd not grassed them up to Voldemort when they were in Malfoy Manor as he seriously could have and in a way Harry might have understood if he didn't but Draco chose to rebel in a tiny way which made all the difference.
If he offered Harry friendship this time Harry would take it. He would take it however on the condition that Harry be allowed to have any friends he wants from any house without judgement. He was planning to go into a different house anyway and hoped beyond all hope he could convince Draco somehow that Ravenclaw was the better house. It was after all where he hoped to end up himself. It might have been naïve on his part but he genuinely believed if Draco ended up in Ravenclaw instead of Slytherin he might turn out to be an ok guy. He thought about Lucius Malfoy in extreme disgust. No matter what way you sliced it Draco had been raised terribly by a weak mother who had done everything her husband had told her to without complaint and a father who himself was a death eater. As he sat in his bedroom after being banished there for the night he sighed and called Tilly to his side.
"Tilly I need you to harm a very bad man for me. He's done awful things and is continuing to do such things now. I need you to go to the home of Lucius Malfoy but don't be seen. Using any method you can remove his left arm and come back to me when you're done. That's it you don't need to do anything else!" he said as she looked very serious in that moment shocking him.
"Ah yes we elves hear of him. A great friend to my old bad master Antonin Dolohov. His elf Dobby is my cousin but we don't see each other often because he does not allow him to see his family. I will gladly do it!" she sneered deeply and left.
Lucius as it turned out had been feeling off and was currently taking a nap in his bed. She grabbed a nearby statue from his bedside locker which made of marble and hit him on the head with it to be sure he was unconscious. Such a vile man deserved nothing less. Using elven magic she tore off his left arm and in a fit of spite chucked it into his burning fire in the fireplace in his bedroom. He was bleeding out but she left him there and returned simply telling Harry it was done. On the way out she'd seen her cousin wailing and ironing his hands which healed in a flash surprising him greatly. In fact his entire body was healed. Still being sure not to be seen she successfully left. It was a cold and dead Lucius minus his arm who was discovered by a house elf later on. With no one to heal his gaping wound he'd bled out in five minutes. Narcissa was informed and cried deeply for him. He had been an amazing husband she felt and she had to break it to Draco that his father was no longer living. Draco himself who had been sorely abused by his father and was still sore from his recent bout of torturing from him felt guilty about feeling relief at the death of his father. At least now he could heal.
Being a pureblood of course everything was all about image and so of course the death was made to look as though it had occurred from Dragon Pox. The sympathy of the wizarding world had poured in and even Dumbledore himself was sad to see an active member of the board of governors dead. When Harry realised what Tilly had done he was so proud. The last time around Lucius had been such a pain in the ass. At least with him now dead if Voldemort did try and return he would not have his right hand man at his side. This way many casualties could be avoided. In essence he'd done the world a favour here and well he knew it. As he fell asleep he felt at ease for having dealt with a major death eater quickly and quietly. It had been an entertaining day to say the least.