'I'm certainly glad to be back at Hogwarts', Harry thought. He and his friends were sitting at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, happily feasting away after the long, annual Sorting Hat ritual. Suddenly, a clod of owls swarmed into the great hall, dropping lumpy packages- all seemingly to be newspaper articles- to the students below. "Why all the news all of a sudden?" Harry heard Ron mutter. "Don't know", he whispered back. It certainly was strange. but maybe there was another attack from Voldemort?! It didn't seem likely, though, as the other students were not reacting to their newly acquired newspaper articles with gasps of horror. 'No, then.' he thought. But he no longer had any time to ponder on his thoughts, for at that exact moment one landed right in front of him. He scanned the titles:

ALARMING NEWS: YOU-KNOW-WHO, CONTRARY TO THE REPORTS FROM THE MINISTRY, HAS RISEN.

DUDLEY DURSLEY MANAGES TO DEFEAT HIM IN A ONE-ON-ONE BATTLE!!!!!

However, He-Who-Must-Not-Named has escaped.

The Ministry is very upset at the current moment;

they warn all magical creatures to be ready for a battle against evil.

'What!' thought Harry over and over again. He looked over his shoulder- his friends were also in shock. He wasn't as surprised about the news of Voldemort: Dumbledore had said, "What may come, will come. We cannot change that". But it was the part about Dudley that staggered him most. Dudley, defeat Voldemort???? He tried to laugh, but somehow it stuck in his throat. This wasn't a joke. The Daily Prophet reported it, and Dumbledore was looking very serious, it was the truth. Suddenly, he had a flashback from the Summer vacation just one month ago:

~******************** FLASHBACK ***************************~

Harry potter rolled over, got out of bed, and put on his glasses. Tiptoeing out of his room, he checked to make sure that his enormous cousin and aunt and uncle were still asleep. Their loud snores confirmed his suspicions. The previous year, Harry had witnessed the return of You-Know-Who (also known as Lord Voldemort to people brave enough to say his name), one of the most feared wizards in the wizarding world, and had just barely managed to stay alive during their fearful encounter. He hoped that their next meeting wouldn't be too soon, because a meeting with Voldemort seemed inevitable.

At the start of summer vacation, Ron Weasley had promised him an invitation from his parents to stay at their house through the rest of summer vacation. The letter would be delivered the muggle way, since their owl, Errol, had apparently gotten sick again. And Harry, not in the mood to get yelled at his uncle again like the year before, wanted to receive the mail from his friends out of sight from his only living relatives, who hated even the mere thought of magic, not even mentioning the thought of his magical friends. It would be a relief to finally see his friends again, and escape the Dursleys, who were being even meaner toward him especially after last year's stunt where Dudley picked up one of Fred and George Weasley's ton tongue toffees. Sighing, he started to walk outside.

But just as he was about to reach the mailbox, a firm hand suddenly clamped his shoulder, and he turned around to meet the eye of a furious looking Uncle Vernon.

"BOY!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING, SNEAKING AROUND OUTSIDE????!!!!", he yelled. "Oh, yes, your headmaster Dumbledore informed me of your actions last term, and I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE A SO-CALLED "HERO" AROUND THOSE PEOPLE, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR YOU TO BE.." Boom! A loud explosion seemed to have occurred inside the house. Three things started to happen at once: Uncle Vernon released Harry, thinking that it was he who made the explosion, Harry scrambled away from his uncle, and Dudley Dursley walked outside in his pajamas staring at his father and yelling, "STOP IT, ALL OF YOU! YOU'RE BEING TOO NOISY!!!" Another explosion took place, and Harry just stared at his cousin, too appalled to speak. Dudley had always had tantrums like this before, but things had never exploded during one of those times.

~******************** END FLASHBACK ***************************~

Of course, the Dursleys had all blamed it on him for the explosions, not wanting to believe that 'these abnormalities' came from anyone other than Harry, namely Dudley. And thankfully for the wizarding world, most of their neighbors were on vacation for the summer holidays. Surprisingly, though, Harry had not received a letter concerning 'the improper use of magic during the summer holidays' Now he knew what had happened with Dudley on that fateful summer day. Dudley was a wizard. Harry wondered how his relatives, with all their anti-magical thinking, had reacted to this news when they found out.