A day in the life of a muggle part two.

By Maddy

CHAPTER ONE

Eleanor was staring at her laptop smirking at the quirkiness of muggles.  Don't get her wrong she liked muggles in fact her whole family but two were muggles.

Beside her was a wand the only sign that there was a witch in the house, all apart from the big black shaggy dog sitting beside her.

She looked at the dog and grinned evilly at it.  Eleanor got off the chair and started patting it.  "Who's a good doggy woggy?  Aren't you sweet?"

It looked at her confused.  "Who's so sweet?  Look at the puppy and its cute little eyes."

There was infectious laughter coming form the doorway.  "Hello Uncle Prongs!"  she laughed her attention leaving the dog.  There was a pop and a very dishevelled Sirius.  "Uncle Padfoot! So glad you could join us."

"A lovely greeting!  You go off to America for two weeks, come back and mess up my hair."

"Well you know I hate it when you sneak up on me as a dog.  If you carry on doing it I will take you to the vets and get you spayed."

"Well, that isn't the erm… reason for us being here.  It's about Harry."

"Yeah where is he?" she asked while looking around.

"Dumbledore made him go home to the Dursleys."

"What!  When did that happen?  When I got off the train he was going home with you."

"Well, Dumbledore sent us an owl.  It came just after you left.  Apparently no-one told the Dursleys that Harry wasn't going to their house and that they hadn't set up the appropriate wards around my house."

"It's not a house Prongs it's an island!  With a castle, a forest and a lake to go with it."  Butted in Sirius.

"I don't even know why they had to put spells up.  It's unplotable."

"So is Hogwarts.  Doesn't mean you can't find it.  You need apparation wards and power wards stuff like that."

"Well anyway we can go and collect Harry today.  We decided to scare them with someone that rose from the dead and a convict.  Plus Dumbledore don't ask me how has managed to get it so that you can use magic for the day.  So all we need is a plan."

"Which is where I come in?"

"That would be correct.  We have got Harry's invisibility cloak so we're going to pretend that there's a poltergeist.  We need you to pretend to be a muggle, a distant relative if you will.  We haunt them, Harry gets his stuff, we reveal who we are, scare them, use a few curses then depart."

"Seems all well and good but how am I supposed to pretend to be a relative."

"Pretend to be Eleanor Evans before your switching body diabolical."

"If I had heard the name Petunia Dursley I would have run as fast as possible in the other direction."

"Well then you're a relative who has never read the books.  Feel and be a suck up, you hate anything abnormal, catch my drift?  Good we're going to get my son back.  You're related to them any way whether you like it or not!"

"But-" retorted Eleanor

"Wait!" exclaimed Sirius "Look." He said pointing over their shoulders.

Eleanor and James turned.  "P. Dumbledore what are you doing here?"

"Curiosity isn't a virtue."

"So is being senile.  Lucky we don't have either of them isn't it?"

He smiled.  "Indeed it is.  Now I have some impending news to discuss with Sirius and James so off you go.""

"I'm fine with that, though I have to say you're ever so polite bursting into my home uninvited then having meetings with out me. If you need me I'll be upstairs cleaning out my guineapigs hutch."

She walked up the stairs over to the zoo zone hutch which contained tow Abyssinian guineapigs.  One was silver grey the other jet black.  "Hola!"

The guineapigs looked up and erupted into high pitched squeaking.  She squeaked back which sent them into excited frolicking, in and out, through the tubes, over the food bowl sending food flying.

 Eleanor laughed at their antics while taking their play box out which was filled with hay, wood shavings, tunnels and boxes.

Standing up she put her hand in to pick them up.  They put their heads up eagerly hoping for a piece of carrot.  "No, not at this moment in time."

Quickly picking them up she placed them in their play box.  She took the lid of the hutch off, emptied the food bowl and set about disinfecting the bowls and tunnels.  Just then Sirius walked up the stairs.  "What you doing?"

"Cleaning out my guineapigs hutch like I said I would."

"Can I help?"

"Yep, could you move their play box, they are in there so be careful."

"What are their names?"

"He's prat." She said pointing at the silver grey one "and he's paddy." Pointing at the black.

"You named the poor animal prat?"

"No it's full name is prongs Louisiana Evans and Paddy's is Padfoot Texas Evans."

"Nice names but why are they names after James and me?"

"Max thought of Padfoot and Prongs don't ask me why and my mum the second name.  It's a good jog my dad didn't chose of they'd be named sulphur and phosphorus.  Any way you said you'd help me."

"Yep, I'll transport the dirty bedding into the bog bin outside and then put in the clean stuff."

"Ok."

Sirius quickly transported the dirty bedding with a flick of his wand.  Where's the clean stuff?"

"In the cupboard under the stairs."  Sirius walked down the stairs and got the bag.  When he came back up Eleanor was disinfecting the hutch.  "Are you ready?"

"No!"  Sirius with a flick of his wand covered Eleanor in wood shavings.  Eleanor looked down at her self the wood shavings were sticking to her.  She lifted up her arm and found it was covered in honey."

"Sirius Aires Black!" she exclaimed, "change me back this second."

"If I don't?"

James and P. Dumbledore walked up to see what was wrong.  "Or I'll do this." She said kicking him in the stomach.

"Ow!"

"Change me back!"

The wood shavings and honey disappeared seeing that Sirius didn't do anything she turned.  "Thank you P. Dumbledore.  Now Sirius you will walk down those stairs and not set foot on them until I say you can.  If you do I'll curse you to next Tuesday or kick you or both.  So I make myself clear?"

"You can't use magic it's not term time." Sirius noted matter of factly a smirk plastered to his face.

"You can use magic in Sirius situations and are you not Sirius.  In the place of a judge I'd use that as they didn't specify which Sirius it was."

"Miss Evans has you there!" laughed Dumbledore

"Oh and you owe me £3.00 to pay for the spoiled shavings in muggle sterling pounds not Gold Galleons, Silver Sickles, Bronze Knuts or any Dubloon coins."

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"I've finished Padfoot and Prongs are now safely house in their hutch."

"Padfoot and prongs/" asked James eyes brow raised.

"Padfoot Texas Evans and Prongs Louisiana Evans." Announced Sirius proudly.

"You know this because."

"Because my dear friend prongs I know all."

"I seriously doubt that uncle Padfoot, it is more likely, and true that I told you an hour ago.  Now when are we going to save Harry from his Muggle oppressors?"

"We have a slight change of plan."

"And that would be?"

"You're going to dress up as Lily Potter!"

"Right and why would I be doing that?"

"Well Prongs was commenting that you really do look a lot like Lily, so we're somehow make you eyes green and then we confuse the Dursleys because of the uncanny resemblance.  From there the plan goes on normally.  But how do we change your eye colour brown won't do and we don't have enough time to make an yes colour changing potion."

"I've already got a solution for that just wait a sec."

Eleanor then ran up the stairs and could be heard exclaiming, "where are you?" there was a yelp and two minutes later she came down with green eyes.

"How did you do that?"

"I put my contact lenses in."

"Why are you wearing green contact lenses?"

Was you know my friends Michelle and Maryann are Irish."

"No." answered James

"Yes." Sirius

"Well they are and on St. Patrick's day I went to a party at their house.  I was the only one that would Irish dance for them free so they invited other wise it was irsh only.  So my dress was green so were my tights.  So I decided to wear all green so I put green streaks in my hair but the school couldn't stop me as it went with the tie.  Then I looked at my dad and realised I needed green eyes so I bought some freen contact lenses."

"Why did your dad remind you?"

"His eyes are emerald green like Lily's.  Matthew has green eys as well."

"Oh…"

"You can meet them later in the holidays."

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"Is that it?" asked James pointing at a door.

"Do you really think the Dursleys would paint their front door emerald green?"  That is there house." Said Eleanor pointing at a blue door with a brass four on it.

"Are you sure?"  said an anxious James

"Yes stay under that invisibility cloak and Sirius stay as a dog until I tell you to change."  Eleanor then strode up to front door and rang the door bell.

 A few minutes later Harry opened the door.  He gasped and opened his mouth to talk.  "Don't talk Harry.  Look I'm a relative of the Dursley's as much as I hate it.  I don't know you, you don't know me.  As far as we're concerned both of as are muggles."

"Yes, who may I ask are you." Asked Harry raising his voice.

"No you shouldn't ask, you irritable wretch.  Put on some weight and cut your hair!  Who are you and what have you done with cousin Petunia?"

Petunia came out and gasped  "Lily?" she whispered.

"No Petty, it's Eleanor Evans."

Petunia looked confused.  "Don't worry you don't know me.  I'm your cousins daughter."

"Oh right, I could swear you look like Eleanor."

"Oh, the girl that dies in a car crash with her husband, drunk my dad said."

"Yes that was her."

"So that boy must be her son, he had green eyes like me, shame, green eyes are the family trade mark, he's brought shame upon it."

"I totally agree with you."

Dudley walked in and gasped, his jaw dropped.  "This must be Dudley!"

Eleanor ran and hugged him.  Sirius walked in his tail wagging though it stopped when he saw Eleanor being hugged. 

Dudley was taken aback but hugged back.  Eleanor was being crushed. 'help me!' she mouthed to Sirius, who barked loudly.  Dudley let go as if a bomb had been dropped.  "Snuffles!" exclaimed Eleanor "don't do that." She hugged him and whispered thanks.

She let go and started stroking him.  "I hope you don't mind Snuffles, he goes every where with me.  Say hello Snuffles."  Sirius tilted his head, yapped and lifted his paw in sign of a wave.  "That's a goof boy, you don't mind do you?"

"Of course not, I love animals."

"What's your favourite animal?"

"A stag, defiantly a stag." Answered Petunia, Eleanor grinned inwardly this was to good to be true.

"Oh, well mines the owl, though I really like black cats, they go invisible in the night."

"Yes I totally agree with you."

"Is your favourite flower the Petunia?"

"Yes, though I really like the daisy, they're lovely and simple.  It was also the name of my mother."

"My great aunt..  I have heard some stories about her, she was a pretty magical person a great personality."  Petunia shifted uncomfortably, suddenly a plate fell to the floor with a crack.  Eleanor screamed which made Vernon and Harry rush in.

Vernon glanced at Harry as id in signal to leave the room.  They both left Sirius quietly following them.

"As I was saying great aunt daisy was such a wonderful person.  Just like Lily and James Potter there son Harry Potter as well."

Suddenly a stag appeared a shimmering cloak on it's back.  Eleanor pocketed the cloak.  "Who are you?  You're a little witch, get out of my house."

"Why my cover is broken." Eleanor gave a dramatic sigh.  "Luckily for me I have a back up plan."  Eleanor pulled out her wand.  Petunia sneered

"I know you can't use magic, give it up."

"Quite the contrary.  I have been given permission by Dumbledore to use magic in this house, as had Harry."

Petunia looked scared.  "You've only been there for a year.  You can't do anything to me."

"I can do more then you can and I'm about to start my fourth year.  Plus I'm not on my own."

"What d'you mean you're not on you own.  Harry wouldn't do anything unless he wanted to live on the streets."

"This is his last year at Hogwarts, he becomes a fully fledges wizard, he won't have to stay here, but he's not the only wizard here is her Snuffles?"

Snuffles turned into Sirius Black, making Petunia gasp.  "Hello." Said Sirius.  Petunia had gone puce, Sirius got his wand out and turned Dudley into a Snake.  "I heard he liked them, he's even climbed into a cage to get at them!" The snake started to wrap around Petunia's stomach.  "Get off!  You fat, slimy reptile."

"I wouldn't talk to your son like that." The snake tightened around Petunia's stomach the more she struggled.  "Get it off me!"

"ok."  Sirius turned her into a rat, though it was blond and had more neck then it needed.  It immediately found itself surrounded by a snake, which was to much od a mountain to get over.

Dudley had the instincts of a snake and tried to eat the rat.  Not wanting to kill Petunia he turned her into a mongoose.  Now the tables had turned, the mongoose chased the snake.

Vernon Dursley started to open the door, Harry trailing slowly behind him.

"Who are you?" Vernon asked.

"Sirius Black, marauder extraordinaire, Padfoot by name, order of Merlin first class, member of the order of Phoenix and a once anted felon and before I forget I'm Harry's godfather."

"Stop talking about your filth infront of this girl."

Eleanor smiled.  "He didn't say anything bad.  Well at least for unclepadfoots standards."

"You know him?" asked Vernon anger building.

"Hence the fact that I have been holding a wand for the last 15 minutes."

Vernon turned on Harry.  "You let them into our house?" he went to hit him

"Impedima!" shouted Eleanor, Harry moved out of the way.  When it had worn off Vernon looked around, Sirius took the spells of Dudley and Petunia.  "Three on one." Sneered Dursley. 

"Learn to count.  I am a witch and Harry is a wizard so it's three on three."

"What do you think Lily and James would say about the way you've treated Harry?"

"They would thank us as we didn't put him in an orphanage and actually fed and clothes him which is more than he deserved."

"Dad!"

"What?" asked Vernon turning around.  "What do you want Harry?"

"James Potter."

"You're dead, this is some kind of evil magic."

He grabbed Eleanor, who wasn't in a defensive position.  "Get off me!"

"Not until they leave.  I have your wand."  Eleanor elbowed him sharply in the chest and flipped him over her shoulder, which made the room shake.  "Accio wand!"

She stared in shock at her hand.  "We're leaving." Announced Sirius.  "Stupefy, Petrificus Totalus.

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Eleanor opened her door and found Dumbledore seating in her living room.  "Did I lock you in?"

"No, James, Sirius Harry you need to leave to get home on time."

The trio left.  "Eleanor we need to talk about your summoning of wands."

"Most wizarding children can can't they?"

"Not after they have a wand.  Eleanor to cut straight to the point.  You are a very powerful witch.  More then anyone of your age, you're a wandless magi."

"But that's really common isn't it?"

"No." was the reply.  "There is only one wandless magi a century, I was the last and I will be your tutor."

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