Chapter 17: Confrontation
Harry stepped off the train before calling for a taxi. He directed the man to the Dursleys house and took a deep breath before stepping out with Lily. He had shrunk both his and the baby's things and put them in his pocket.
He paid the taxi driver and walked up the driveway. After knocking on the door he waited patiently for his aunt to open the door. He was dressed in a muggle suit so as not to attract attention (if you ignore the little red head strapped to his chest =p). Petunia opened the door thinking it was one of Vernon's friends and gasped at what she saw.
"You-you!" she stuttered as Harry smiled at her.
"Are you going to let me in Aunt Petunia?" Harry asked the shocked lady.
"What are you doing here? You can't be here-"she began to rant while Harry slipped passed her.
"I'm here to see Rosemary." Harry said matter of factly. He refused to let Lily down even though she was crying to crawl and explore. He wouldn't let her explore the one place he hated more than anything.
"W-What do you want with my granddaughter you you freak?" Petunia was more angry than she was frightened.
"She's being beaten and I've been sent to collect her and take her to her parents. You'd think you'd have learned by now that nothing can take magic out of a person. Now then where is she?" Harry continued to look around.
Just then Vernon came down the stairs with a little girl in tow. The little girl was limping slightly and had a scared look in her eye. Harry remembered what it was like here.
"Rosemary, I'm Harry Potter. I'm your dad's cousin. I'm here to take you to your parents." Harry introduced himself kneeling in front of the girl.
The girl looked at him curiously then smiled at the little girl strapped to his chest.
"This," Harry finally took her out of her papoose, "is my daughter Lily." Lily smiled at the little girl with her toothless grin before babbling at her loudly. "She likes you."
Rosemary looked at the strange man. "Why are you taking me to my mommy and daddy? They are doing very important stuff right now so I'm supposed to stay here."
"Can I tell you something Rosemary? Do you know about magic?" he looked at the young girl with her dark brown curls that framed her round face.
"Grandpa says there is no such thing as it. He says its bad to say that word." She looked up at Vernon as if afraid he would punish her for even thinking about the word.
"Grandpa is wrong though. MAGIC is real." Harry emphasized the word watching the two adults wince. Harry took out his wand and waved it producing a sunflower for the little girl.
She gasped and took it from him. "Wow. So why are you taking me to my parents?" she was still waiting for an answer.
"Because they are hurting you here. You see your grandparents don't like magic and so they want to hurt you so it will go away, the problem is, it won't. Little one, when they hit you it makes feelings pop up and if you don't let those out or if they get to be too many, you are going to use a lot of magic and someone might get hurt. So I'm going to take you to your parents so that we can tell them about magic." Harry explained as best he could while Lily decided to crawl around.
Rosemary cocked her head to the side studying the black haired man before nodding. "Ok." She replied cheerily.
Harry picked up Lily and told Rosemary to get her things. Vernon lost whatever shock came over him at seeing Harry in his house with a wand. "You will not be taking her." He said firmly as Harry took Rosemary's hand and began to lead her out carrying her bag.
"Vernon Dursley get out of my way. You abused me as a child, you tried to take away my future and my freedom but I dealt with it. You favored your son enough that I starved while he fattened, I worked while he watched TV, and I dealt with it, but I will not let you do it to this sweet little girl who knows nothing about her true strength. If you do not get out of the way, I will show you some of the things I learned at that school and beyond." Harry's eyes were flaming as he told the man off.
Vernon stood there too long for Harry's patience. Harry took out his wand and raised it. Vernon quickly moved. "Thank you." Harry said simply before heading out of the house behind his new charge.
"Now then let us find your parents." Harry smiled at Rose (I shortened it because Rosemary is so annoying to type), and headed off down the street.
A/N: Short as hell but you can deal with it ok.
Harry stepped off the train before calling for a taxi. He directed the man to the Dursleys house and took a deep breath before stepping out with Lily. He had shrunk both his and the baby's things and put them in his pocket.
He paid the taxi driver and walked up the driveway. After knocking on the door he waited patiently for his aunt to open the door. He was dressed in a muggle suit so as not to attract attention (if you ignore the little red head strapped to his chest =p). Petunia opened the door thinking it was one of Vernon's friends and gasped at what she saw.
"You-you!" she stuttered as Harry smiled at her.
"Are you going to let me in Aunt Petunia?" Harry asked the shocked lady.
"What are you doing here? You can't be here-"she began to rant while Harry slipped passed her.
"I'm here to see Rosemary." Harry said matter of factly. He refused to let Lily down even though she was crying to crawl and explore. He wouldn't let her explore the one place he hated more than anything.
"W-What do you want with my granddaughter you you freak?" Petunia was more angry than she was frightened.
"She's being beaten and I've been sent to collect her and take her to her parents. You'd think you'd have learned by now that nothing can take magic out of a person. Now then where is she?" Harry continued to look around.
Just then Vernon came down the stairs with a little girl in tow. The little girl was limping slightly and had a scared look in her eye. Harry remembered what it was like here.
"Rosemary, I'm Harry Potter. I'm your dad's cousin. I'm here to take you to your parents." Harry introduced himself kneeling in front of the girl.
The girl looked at him curiously then smiled at the little girl strapped to his chest.
"This," Harry finally took her out of her papoose, "is my daughter Lily." Lily smiled at the little girl with her toothless grin before babbling at her loudly. "She likes you."
Rosemary looked at the strange man. "Why are you taking me to my mommy and daddy? They are doing very important stuff right now so I'm supposed to stay here."
"Can I tell you something Rosemary? Do you know about magic?" he looked at the young girl with her dark brown curls that framed her round face.
"Grandpa says there is no such thing as it. He says its bad to say that word." She looked up at Vernon as if afraid he would punish her for even thinking about the word.
"Grandpa is wrong though. MAGIC is real." Harry emphasized the word watching the two adults wince. Harry took out his wand and waved it producing a sunflower for the little girl.
She gasped and took it from him. "Wow. So why are you taking me to my parents?" she was still waiting for an answer.
"Because they are hurting you here. You see your grandparents don't like magic and so they want to hurt you so it will go away, the problem is, it won't. Little one, when they hit you it makes feelings pop up and if you don't let those out or if they get to be too many, you are going to use a lot of magic and someone might get hurt. So I'm going to take you to your parents so that we can tell them about magic." Harry explained as best he could while Lily decided to crawl around.
Rosemary cocked her head to the side studying the black haired man before nodding. "Ok." She replied cheerily.
Harry picked up Lily and told Rosemary to get her things. Vernon lost whatever shock came over him at seeing Harry in his house with a wand. "You will not be taking her." He said firmly as Harry took Rosemary's hand and began to lead her out carrying her bag.
"Vernon Dursley get out of my way. You abused me as a child, you tried to take away my future and my freedom but I dealt with it. You favored your son enough that I starved while he fattened, I worked while he watched TV, and I dealt with it, but I will not let you do it to this sweet little girl who knows nothing about her true strength. If you do not get out of the way, I will show you some of the things I learned at that school and beyond." Harry's eyes were flaming as he told the man off.
Vernon stood there too long for Harry's patience. Harry took out his wand and raised it. Vernon quickly moved. "Thank you." Harry said simply before heading out of the house behind his new charge.
"Now then let us find your parents." Harry smiled at Rose (I shortened it because Rosemary is so annoying to type), and headed off down the street.
A/N: Short as hell but you can deal with it ok.