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"Yes? May I help you?"

"Vernon Dursley?"  Vernon nodded.

"Hello, I'm Professor Minerva McGonagall, and it's really quite important that I speak with you and your wife."

Vernon furrowed his brow and looked at the woman more closely.   Older, but not too old, probably in her late 50's or 60's, dressed in a long skirt and blouse hair up, and carrying only a small purse.  Well at least she's not trying to sell anything.  He decided after noticing she didn't carry a briefcase or anything that could contain pamphlets or order forms.

"I'm sorry, do we know you?" He asked politely.

"We've never met before, but I did know your wife's family, and actually I met her once, many years ago."  She wasn't actually lying.  She had met Lily and her parents before, and had once met Petunia at Kings Crossing one year when they were picking up Lily for the summer.

"Vernon?  Who's at the door?"  Petunia called from the kitchen just before he was about to let Minerva inside.

"It's a Professor who knew your family."  Vernon said, "She says she needs to speak with us."

Petunia came into the hallway and immediately recognized Minerva.

"Don't let her in!"  Petunia yelled, "She's one of them!"

Vernon froze. Them?  She's a witch?

"Get off of my property."  Vernon practically growled to Minerva.
"I need to speak with you two."  Minerva said calmly.  "And we can either discuss it inside, or out here."  Minerva lowered her voice, "But I doubt you two would appreciate your neighbors hearing about your wizard nephew."

Both Vernon and Petunia visibly paled.  Albus, who was invisible and already had stepped inside, had to stop himself from chuckling.

"But…you can't…"  Petunia stuttered.

"Fine, but you better say what you have to say quickly, and then out!"  Vernon cried.

Minerva stepped inside, "Thank you."  She said regally, as though he had just bowed down in front of her and begged her to come in.

She walked into their living room, but remained standing as Vernon and Petunia walked cautiously behind her.

"You know, it's proper to ask a guest to sit down."  Minerva stated calmly, which quickly riled Petunia up, who hated being called a rude hostess almost as much as she hated having dirt in the house.

"Won't you sit?"  Petunia asked calmly, trying to keep her anger in check for fear of what Minerva might do.

"Thank you."  Minerva said and sat down.  "Now, I need to discuss a few items with you.  One being Harry, but we'll get to him later."

Vernon sat as far away from Minerva as was possible, leaving only a small space behind him on the sofa for Petunia to hide behind him.

"What more trouble has he caused now?"

"Trouble?"  Minerva raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, trouble.  After they sent those, what did he call them?  Dismembers after him last year?  They were going to take him to that prison of yours weren't they?  Or they were sent by that Lord to get him."

Minerva frowned, "No, they weren't.  Actually that was somewhat of an…accident.  And the Dementors are no longer guarding Azkaban, but have actually joined You-Know…Oh, that's right, you don't know."  Minerva reminded herself.

"Joined who?"  Vernon asked.

"Alright, let me try and explain a few things to you.  There's an evil wizard named…Lord Voldemort, also referred to as The Dark Lord, and by most of the wizarding community as You-Know-Who."

"Yes, we know this from that letter, and what the boy told us last summer."  Vernon rudely interrupted.

"Yes, well, many people don't even like to speak his name after the terror he has caused in both our world and the muggle world.    For some reason when he tried to kill Harry he survived and…Voldemort was destroyed.  Actually he was just reduced to a less than human state, but now he regained his human form, and most of his magical abilities, as well as a loyal following of witches and wizards known as Death Eaters."   Minerva paused to let everything sink in.  "Since Harry was the one who originally stopped him, he and his followers would like nothing more than to see Harry dead."

"And he sent those Demenders after the boy and MY SON!"   Vernon shouted, "They're still after him, aren't they?  I am NOT putting my family in danger because of that abnormal boy!"

"Mr. Dursley, Voldemort hates muggles such as yourself, in fact, he and his followers ruthlessly tortured and killed many muggles just for being muggles.  Because of Harry, you and your family have been under magical protection since Harry first arrived here." Minerva stated angrily, "But at least that brings me to the point of me being here.   We feel that the protections that Harry is under may not be enough to protect him any longer because Voldemort is back, whereas before it was only his followers we were really worried about.   Several protections will still be put up to protect your family, Mr. Dursley, however since Harry will not be here, and it's basically common knowledge that you care nothing for your nephew and the feeling is mutual on his side as well, I doubt you would be a target unless Voldemort decides to destroy you just because you're muggles."

Vernon and Petunia paled again, but sat quietly.

"Harry will be coming with me for the rest of the summer.  It is unknown whether he will return here next summer or not, depending on how safe we feel he would be here.  IF he does not return, I will be by either later this summer or next summer with legal custody papers for you to sign, guaranteeing that you will no longer be responsible for Harry, ever."

"You're taking him away."  Vernon stated, Minerva nodded.  "But my family will still be safe?"

"You have magic protecting you, which is more than most muggles have."  She stated calmly.

Vernon thought for a minute.  As much as he hated magic of any sort, knowing that whatever happened to Dudley last summer would most likely not happen again because of the protection she was offering made it at least tolerable.  "POTTER!  GET DOWN HERE NOW!" Vernon bellowed.

"Yes Uncle Vernon?"  Harry asked walking into the living room and then froze when he saw Minerva.

"Get your things, boy, you're leaving once and for all."  Vernon said gruffly.

"Once and for all?"  Harry repeated, not tearing his eyes away from Minerva.

"Yes, Mr. Potter."  Minerva said rising.  "You will be safer elsewhere, you will be coming with me now."

"So go get all of your things, boy.  I want you both out now."  Vernon growled.

Harry didn't need to be told twice.  He ran up to his room and started throwing things in his trunk.

"I think I could do that faster, Harry."

Harry turned around to see Minerva there.

"Oh, um, thanks Professor McGonagall." He said, a little embarrassed that she's see all of his stuff.  "Err, so where am I going, The Burrow, or Grimmauld Place?"

Minerva flicked her wand and instantly everything started to pack themselves neatly in his trunk.  "Neither, actually.  You're going to be staying at my house with me this summer."

Harry froze.  "Staying with you?"

"Is there a problem with that, Mr. Potter?"

"No, it's just…er…I just thought you'd be busy doing stuff for the order or something."  Harry quickly shut up, not really knowing what to say.

Minerva simply nodded and closed the filled trunk.

"Professor, I didn't mean anything, I was just…"

"It's quite alright, Mr. Potter.  Perhaps we should discuss this after we get to my house.  I'll be able to explain everything there."

Harry nodded, "Um, so how are we getting there?" He asked as he grabbed Hedwig, who was in her cage.

"First, let's try and make that trunk a little more manageable."  She shrunk it so small that he could easily carry it in one hand with just a flick of her wand.

"Wow.  I wonder why Tonks didn't do that last year."

Minerva blushed slightly, "Well, not all witches can do it.  It's quite hard to be able to shrink something, and then get it back to the right size with everything how it was before.  It's almost like transfigurating everything into a miniature version and then doing it back again, only with a whole group of things together."

"Wow, I never thought of it that way."

"Well, come along.  Despite your Aunt and Uncle's feelings, you should say goodbye."  Minerva said before taking Hedwig and her cage from Harry and then turning to head downstairs.

"Took all of your things?  I don't want you leaving any of that freaky stuff here."  Vernon said as he glared at Harry.

"Yes, I've got it all."

"Good, now out you go."  Vernon said going to open the door.

"We're not leaving that way." Minerva said.

Harry's eyes widened, "Oh, but we can't use the fireplace, it's boarded up!"

"No, no, we'll use this."  Minerva quickly corrected him, before Vernon could yell about them messing up his house with soot like before (with the Weasleys), as she showed him her small purse.

"Oh, it's a portkey?"

"Yes, so hold on tight to that trunk."

"What's a…a porky?" Vernon asked quickly, but not quickly enough. In a few seconds both Minerva and Harry were gone.  And without making any noise, Albus disapparated away himself, wondering how Harry would react to Minerva's 'home'.

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Harry felt the familiar tug and then landed on a hard surface, causing him to fall to his knees.
"Careful, Harry, I don't want you to get hurt.  Landing on a marble floor can do some damage, you know."  Minerva said gently, kneeling down to help him up.

Harry looked up to tell McGonagall that he was fine, but stopped when he saw the room that he was in.

"Whoa."

End of Part 2

Once again, thank you all for reviewing, and hopefully you liked this part too!

I'll try and get working on the next part as soon as I post this, and hopefully I'll have it ready to post this weekend.