The letter Chapter three As soon as Uncle Vernon, Harry, Tessa, and Jaclyn got home, Uncle Vernon barked "go make up your bed for the guests" and Harry did as he was told. "Guests? We have guests?" inquired someone in the other room. "Yes Petunia, these two fine girls needed a place to stay and I thought this would be a great opportunity to bring the American culture into Dudley's lifestyle. Tessa here knows about Grunnings and my prestigious job there" "Oh, well then. Girls, make yourselves at home. If you would like, you can meet Dudley in the lounge, the other boy can join you there." "Thank you Mrs. Dursley. By the way there's something on the ceiling" said Jaclyn. "Where?" Tessa and Jaclyn walk into the lounge giggling. There, the girls found the mammoth-like Dudley Dursely sitting on the floor right in front of the television. The girls decided to sit on the sofa about 10 feet away from Dudley. They chatted quietly until Dudley finally killed the player in his video game. "Damn, blasted thing. Why can't I find any cheat codes?" said Dudley to himself. "You should try going on the internet" said Jaclyn. "Wha-.Who are you?" said Dudley surprised. "Oh, we came in here about ten minutes ago, your mother wanted us to meet you. We're also waiting for Harry to come down." informed Tessa. "Oh, okay then. You girls sure are pretty." said Dudley, eyeing Jaclyn. As soon as Tessa sees this, she is submerged with silent laughter. "I'm back you guys. Hello Dudley, have you lost any weight since I saw you last? You know, I could fix that for you." says Harry as he walks into the lounge. Hearing this, Dudley runs into the other room wailing "Mum! Dad! He's threatening me!" "Ah, the stupid are fun to humiliate" said Tessa, pointing to Jaclyn behind her back. "So, where exactly do you two come from?" "Well, I'm from Southern California, I apperated to Las Vegas to get Jaclyn, and then we took a plane to Manchester, then to Kings Cross. We came to see especially you, you know." "Well, thank you. You can apperate in the US?" "Apperating isn't very common in California, so there isn't any real test." admitted Tessa. "You, boy, come here." interrupted Uncle Vernon. "I'll be right back" Closing the door to the lounge, Uncle Vernon and Harry were in the hallway alone. "Alright boy, I have a couple of things to tell you. Firstly, how dare you tease and threaten Dudley about his weight? He's a growing boy and isn't overweight at all. Secondly, those girls seem very nice, especially that Tessa. Are they, you know?" " I know what?" "Are they different?" 'different' in Uncle Vernon's language meant magic. "Tessa is, but she was brought up er, your way, so don't worry about her, and Jaclyn is totally mug- I mean, normal." explained Harry. "Lastly, an owl stopped by yesterday with a letter. Isn't It a little early for that?" "Hedwig was with me, what type of owl was it? And can I have my letter?" "I don't know, nor do I care, and here it is." Said Uncle Vernon stuffing the envelope into Harry's hands. Harry looked at the envelope. It was rather old and dirty. It had claw marks from several different claws and had a large red stain on the back. 'It could be from Sirius' thought Harry. There was no return address or even a name. Opening the flap, Harry slid out an equally ragged piece of parchment. It only had three words on the paper. Though small those three words changed Harry. Dropping the paper, Harry ran upstairs to get to Hedwig. All the paper said in an untidy scrawl was 'Good Bye Padfoot".