Chapter 19: Explanations
Disclaimer: If you've seen it before, I don't own it.
"Who are you? What are you doing with my daughter?" Dudley's wife demanded of Harry, suddenly finding her voice.
"My name is Harry Potter, I'm Dudley's cousin. If you will give me a minute, I will explain why both Rosemary and I are here." Harry tried to get her to calm down.
"Harry, I thought you wanted nothing to do with my family after you graduated. What on earth could compel you to come see me and how does it concern my daughter.?" Dudley asked sitting and pulling his wife down next to him.
Harry sat across with Lily in his lap. Rosemary crawled into her mom's lap and snuggled up with her.
"Would you like some tea?" Harry asked waving his wand to make a teapot and a few cups appear for them.
Rosemary giggled in delight and Dudley's wife gasped in shock.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry." Harry quickly apologized. "I forgot to tell you. I'm a wizard. I can do magic."
Dudley finally got over his initial shock. "Harry this is my wife, Diane. Diane, my cousin Harry."
"Thanks for that Dud. I may as well introduce my little guest. This, is my daughter, Lily." Lily looked up recognizing her name and babbled a bit in her own language.
Harry took a deep breath and began. "I teach at a school called Hogwarts and a few days ago, the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, called me into his office. He informed me that I was to go to Number 4 Privet Drive and collect Rosemary and bring her to you. The circumstances of her current care was a danger and thus I was forced to interfere. In simple terms, your child is magical and was being abused which eventually will result in a sudden explosion of her magic and a whole lot of clean up duty."
"What do you mean explosion?" Diane asked Harry suspiciously.
"When a child has magic in their blood, it shows itself at different times. If a child is afraid, or angry, or just extremely emotional or even in danger, the magic works. An example would be Dudley's eleventh birthday. I was angry when he pushed me down at the zoo and the glass disappeared. Its normally referred to as accidental magic. Now the way to explain this explosion is simple. Sometimes a child resists letting the magic out and instead stores keeps it locked in the little balloon like container. More and more gets forced into the little container until it over stretches and POP! It blows up." Harry explained it in as simple terms as possible.
"So you are saying that Rose is a witch?" Dudley asked cautiously.
"Yes. An untrained one but a witch all the same."
"And my parents hit her?"
"They tried to beat the magic out of her."
"So what are we supposed to do now? She is too little to take care of herself alone in a foreign place by herself and we can't take her to meetings." Diane asked, still not sure what was going on.
"Wait wait wait. One step at a time. First how do you know that she is magical?"
"When a child first shows signs of magic, their name is written in a book. When the time comes for them to attend school, they are sent a letter by whichever school they are to attend."
"I don't believe you that my step-daughter is a witch."
"Would you like me to prove it to you?" Harry was getting impatient. He wanted to get home to Cho and his life.
"How would you do that?" Dudley asked, not willing to let Harry do anything to hurt the girl.
"Simple." He took out his wand. Dudley flinched and moved to protect his daughter. "I'm not going to cast any spells on anyone, don't worry." He handed the wand to Dudley. "Give it a wave." He ordered.
Dudley waved the wand. Nothing happened. Harry took the wand back. "Waving a wand when you are not magical does nothing." He handed the wand to Rose. "Wave it little one." Harry told her.
Rose waved the wand. Beautiful multicolored sparks shot out the end.
Harry took his wand back. "She is full of magic. You can't deny she is a witch."
"So what are we supposed to do with her?" Dudley repeated his wife's question.
A/N: kind of short for such a long wait but hey what can you do?
Disclaimer: If you've seen it before, I don't own it.
"Who are you? What are you doing with my daughter?" Dudley's wife demanded of Harry, suddenly finding her voice.
"My name is Harry Potter, I'm Dudley's cousin. If you will give me a minute, I will explain why both Rosemary and I are here." Harry tried to get her to calm down.
"Harry, I thought you wanted nothing to do with my family after you graduated. What on earth could compel you to come see me and how does it concern my daughter.?" Dudley asked sitting and pulling his wife down next to him.
Harry sat across with Lily in his lap. Rosemary crawled into her mom's lap and snuggled up with her.
"Would you like some tea?" Harry asked waving his wand to make a teapot and a few cups appear for them.
Rosemary giggled in delight and Dudley's wife gasped in shock.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry." Harry quickly apologized. "I forgot to tell you. I'm a wizard. I can do magic."
Dudley finally got over his initial shock. "Harry this is my wife, Diane. Diane, my cousin Harry."
"Thanks for that Dud. I may as well introduce my little guest. This, is my daughter, Lily." Lily looked up recognizing her name and babbled a bit in her own language.
Harry took a deep breath and began. "I teach at a school called Hogwarts and a few days ago, the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, called me into his office. He informed me that I was to go to Number 4 Privet Drive and collect Rosemary and bring her to you. The circumstances of her current care was a danger and thus I was forced to interfere. In simple terms, your child is magical and was being abused which eventually will result in a sudden explosion of her magic and a whole lot of clean up duty."
"What do you mean explosion?" Diane asked Harry suspiciously.
"When a child has magic in their blood, it shows itself at different times. If a child is afraid, or angry, or just extremely emotional or even in danger, the magic works. An example would be Dudley's eleventh birthday. I was angry when he pushed me down at the zoo and the glass disappeared. Its normally referred to as accidental magic. Now the way to explain this explosion is simple. Sometimes a child resists letting the magic out and instead stores keeps it locked in the little balloon like container. More and more gets forced into the little container until it over stretches and POP! It blows up." Harry explained it in as simple terms as possible.
"So you are saying that Rose is a witch?" Dudley asked cautiously.
"Yes. An untrained one but a witch all the same."
"And my parents hit her?"
"They tried to beat the magic out of her."
"So what are we supposed to do now? She is too little to take care of herself alone in a foreign place by herself and we can't take her to meetings." Diane asked, still not sure what was going on.
"Wait wait wait. One step at a time. First how do you know that she is magical?"
"When a child first shows signs of magic, their name is written in a book. When the time comes for them to attend school, they are sent a letter by whichever school they are to attend."
"I don't believe you that my step-daughter is a witch."
"Would you like me to prove it to you?" Harry was getting impatient. He wanted to get home to Cho and his life.
"How would you do that?" Dudley asked, not willing to let Harry do anything to hurt the girl.
"Simple." He took out his wand. Dudley flinched and moved to protect his daughter. "I'm not going to cast any spells on anyone, don't worry." He handed the wand to Dudley. "Give it a wave." He ordered.
Dudley waved the wand. Nothing happened. Harry took the wand back. "Waving a wand when you are not magical does nothing." He handed the wand to Rose. "Wave it little one." Harry told her.
Rose waved the wand. Beautiful multicolored sparks shot out the end.
Harry took his wand back. "She is full of magic. You can't deny she is a witch."
"So what are we supposed to do with her?" Dudley repeated his wife's question.
A/N: kind of short for such a long wait but hey what can you do?