Chapter 2. New school
It was the day after that Harry and his obese cousin Dudley was sent to school with Harry being extremely slow after having carried and lifted all the rest of the Dursleys furniture by himself and had unpacked everything and had still been beaten and tossed into his cold basement of a room for not putting the furniture where they wanted even though he did exactly as they wanted but today he was both hopeful that he might run into Erma and Amy but also fearful that he would and that Dudley would scare them away from him the thought caused Harry to look down saddened before he heard a voice
"Hey Harry over here" a female voice one he recognized from yesterday spoke and looking up he found himself near this streets bus stop and there waiting for the bus was Erma and Amy alongside the two boys that had been playing with them and surprised that they would remember him but when he got another wave to come on he quickly checked around for Dudley or the Dursleys before rushing over and smiling at Amy and Erma before he turned to the boys
"So your the kid Amy was telling us about, I'm Terry and this is Connor" the blond haired kid stated before he pointed over at the freckled kid with glasses
"Um nice to meet you" Harry stated smiling shyly at the two
"nice to meet you too" Connor stated smiling and sending a nod Harry's way before returning to looking for the bus
"So Harry did your family finish unpacking yet" Amy asked putting her elbow on Harry's shoulder and paused as he tensed from the action
"Huh yeah I huh we finished last night" Harry stated quickly causing the boys to stare over at him for a moment before the group noticed the bus coming down the road and they waited as it stopped before the four kids climbed aboard unknowingly forcing Harry in with having put him in between the group and as he got on board ending up in the back seats with the group as a whole and as the bus drove to his new school he started to look at the passing cars only to he quickly hide when he noticed Vernon's car on the road beside the bus and quickly he hid himself as best he could until the bus quickly passed the man and his son
"So Harry what year are you in" Amy asked looking over at Harry but paused when she noticed how slumped he was in the seat before he straightened
"Oh huh I'm in first year" Harry stated shyly causing the group to smile
"Hey the same as us maybe you'll be in our class" Trevor stated smiling towards the rest of the group not noticing as Harry flinched
'If he was in the same class as them then so would Dudley' Harry thought looking fearfully out the window scared that he was going to loose his new friends and as they bus was parking at the school Harry froze as he felt a small hand on his shoulder once more and turning he stared at Erma who smiled at him reassuringly causing Harry to relax
"Thanks Erma" Harry whispered as he got up with the rest of the group and started walking out of the bus and once he did he was led to the front of the school and into a mass of people with the group keeping him in the middle of them seeing as he was the smallest of them and because of this Vernon didn't even notice him as he dropped off Dudley and sent him into the crowd although Harry certainly noticed Dudley as he forced his way past everybody and to the front only to be paused by a hand on his shoulder and looking up Dudley noticed it was the principle
"Now I don't know what you were taught where your from Mr. Dursley but here we don't shove and push people" the blind man stated and Dudley was surprised when after he rolled his eyes at the blind man he felt the hand on his shoulder tighten
"Be sure to remember that young man" principle Phibes stated before walking forward and leading the way into the school and soon enough Harry found himself alone with Dudley and the Principle his friends having had to go ahead to class as the principle brought them to their own class although Harry had to wonder why the principle kept glancing his way
"Well Mr. Potter if your curious why not ask me what's on your mind" Principle Phibes asked smirking causing Harry's head to snap up and stare at the man in surprise before turning to see the glare on Dudley's face
"It's nothing sir" Harry whispered looking down causing the man to frown as his unseeing eyes seemed to turn to Dudley before he continued on before stopping in front of a door and quickly letting Dudley through but before Harry could he felt the Principles hand on his shoulder
"You know Mister Potter your aunt warned me about you told me that you caused nothing but trouble" the man stated causing Harry to look down saddened
"But only like others I'd rather see with my own sense about you" Phibes stated causing Harry to look up staring at the reflective glasses
"and I've already know that you've become friends with Erma and that's good enough proof that you're not as bad as your aunt stats" Phibes said before letting go of Harry's shoulder with a friendly pat
"Good luck and make sure to keep your new friends as close to you as they will" Principle Phibes stated before he walked away and smiling but confused Harry turned and entered the classroom only to pause as he saw the smiling faces of his friends before he turned to the teacher who motioned him to a chair right in behind Erma with Dudley being closer to the door which caused the bully to scowl at his favorite distraction of messing up Harry being taken away from him not to mention that he was in the front while Harry was closer to the back all of this plus the way how Harry was smiling told only one thing for the bully who smirked
'The freaks going to get a pounding when we get home' Dudley thought sending that smirk Harry's way causing said boy to frown with fear returning to his eyes