A/N: Okay, so now on with the story. This chapter will be in Harry's POV.
~Do You Believe in Destiny? ~
~Chapter 3: The Dursley's Dilemma~
"BOY, WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING RUNNING OFF LIKE THAT!?! SCARED TWO ENTIRE WORLDS TO DEATH, HOW DARE YOU!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"Why should you care, you always hated me anyways?" I replied.
"WHY SHOULD WE CARE, WHY SHOULD WE CARE!?!?!?!" Petunia screamed, "We may have hated you but you are still my sister's child! And I still have a duty to her to take care of you!"
"SO THAT'S ALL I AM TO YOU, A DUTY!?! WELL, CONSIDER YOU'RE DUTY FULFILLED, I'M LIVING HERE NOW WITH MY FRIENDS AND ANNE SO JUST LEAVE!" I screamed back enraged that she would dare to tell me that's all I was to her after the numerous times I saved their skins and they knew it!
"Harry, that's not what I meant," Petunia said trying to calm herself down.
"I don't care anymore Aunt Petunia, I have a family of my own and you don't have to worry about me. So just go back to pretending I don't exist, like you did when I lived with you." I replied a little calmer but hatred still evident in my voice.
"Do you really feel like we pretended you didn't exist?" Dudley finally spoke up.
"Except when you wanted food, yes, and that's how I liked it. Any time you did acknowledge my existence it was merely to yell at me, I didn't need that. Not when I was fighting off the most evil wizard of all time, not when the only thing I really needed was to feel wanted instead of needed. I knew I was needed because I knew I had to defeat Voldemort, nobody else could, just me." I replied, by the time I finished the hatred was gone and the only emotion was depression at the reminder of that burden. Anne came up behind me and hugged me, I looked down a little surprised, I hadn't known she was there, but I hugged her back with all my might.
"Harry, I...we didn't know...." Petunia began.
"Of course you didn't know, I never told you, I didn't think anything of that world would ever matter to you. Unless Voldemort attacked, which I knew he eventually would." I replied, hugging Anne even closer to me at the memory of the night he had attacked, I had had a vision of it so I was able to contact the Order before he attacked, they had gotten the Dursley's out but I had stopped for some reason, that's when the final battle began.
"We are very grateful you saved us Harry, but you should have saved yourself first, we didn't deserve to live."
"No one deserves to die at the hands of someone like him,"
"Not even us, after what we did to you?" Dudley asked.
"You didn't kill anyone; therefore you deserve life, but please, just go back to your lives pretend you don't know I'm back. You'll be happier that way,"
"How could we be happy thinking you were probably dead?" Vernon asked.
"I always thought that would lift a great burden off your chests."
"No, you are still a part of this family, Harry."
"I am?" Shocked was an understatement for how I felt, they were telling me they loved me, Ginny, Sirius, and Anne were the only people that had ever done that.
"Yes," they all replied together and came over and hugged Anne and I, I couldn't move so I looked down at Anne, she was just as amazed as I was. Just then an owl flew in, it was Ginny's, I broke away and took the letter attached to its leg.
Dear Harry,
I'm starting to get a little worried; it's taken you a while to reply to my letter. Please reply,
Ginny
"Crap, I forgot about that,"
"What?" Petunia asked.
"Anne, do you mind explaining?"
"My dad and I are going to live out in the country with Ginny."
"Ginny's that one red head that came and stayed with you the summer between your sixth and seventh years, isn't she?"
"Yes,"
"But, I thought you two were just friends?"
"We were,"
"So he finally caught on, eh Anne?" Dudley whispered to Anne, she smiled.
"Yep," she whispered back, I just smiled.
"Here, check this over and tell me what you think," I said and I handed Anne the letter I had written, it read:
Dear Gin'
Sorry it took so long, the Dursley's dropped by for a surprise visit. I was very much serious about my offer to live out in the country. Did you know they live in my parents' old house? It's not too far from the country so we wouldn't be very far from them at all. I think Anne would be very happy to have a mother again, that is, if you would do me the honor of being my wife. You don't have to answer me until you get here but, I would like it if you would.
Love,
Harry
"Dad, I can't believe your doing that in a letter! You should have at least had her come here first!"
"Alright, I'll change it to say I have something to ask her so would she please come here ASAP. Is that better?"
"Yes," so I took back the letter and re-wrote the last part, I whistled for Hedwig, attached the letter to her leg and told her who it was to and she was off.
A/N: Please review!
~Do You Believe in Destiny? ~
~Chapter 3: The Dursley's Dilemma~
"BOY, WHAT DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING RUNNING OFF LIKE THAT!?! SCARED TWO ENTIRE WORLDS TO DEATH, HOW DARE YOU!" Uncle Vernon roared.
"Why should you care, you always hated me anyways?" I replied.
"WHY SHOULD WE CARE, WHY SHOULD WE CARE!?!?!?!" Petunia screamed, "We may have hated you but you are still my sister's child! And I still have a duty to her to take care of you!"
"SO THAT'S ALL I AM TO YOU, A DUTY!?! WELL, CONSIDER YOU'RE DUTY FULFILLED, I'M LIVING HERE NOW WITH MY FRIENDS AND ANNE SO JUST LEAVE!" I screamed back enraged that she would dare to tell me that's all I was to her after the numerous times I saved their skins and they knew it!
"Harry, that's not what I meant," Petunia said trying to calm herself down.
"I don't care anymore Aunt Petunia, I have a family of my own and you don't have to worry about me. So just go back to pretending I don't exist, like you did when I lived with you." I replied a little calmer but hatred still evident in my voice.
"Do you really feel like we pretended you didn't exist?" Dudley finally spoke up.
"Except when you wanted food, yes, and that's how I liked it. Any time you did acknowledge my existence it was merely to yell at me, I didn't need that. Not when I was fighting off the most evil wizard of all time, not when the only thing I really needed was to feel wanted instead of needed. I knew I was needed because I knew I had to defeat Voldemort, nobody else could, just me." I replied, by the time I finished the hatred was gone and the only emotion was depression at the reminder of that burden. Anne came up behind me and hugged me, I looked down a little surprised, I hadn't known she was there, but I hugged her back with all my might.
"Harry, I...we didn't know...." Petunia began.
"Of course you didn't know, I never told you, I didn't think anything of that world would ever matter to you. Unless Voldemort attacked, which I knew he eventually would." I replied, hugging Anne even closer to me at the memory of the night he had attacked, I had had a vision of it so I was able to contact the Order before he attacked, they had gotten the Dursley's out but I had stopped for some reason, that's when the final battle began.
"We are very grateful you saved us Harry, but you should have saved yourself first, we didn't deserve to live."
"No one deserves to die at the hands of someone like him,"
"Not even us, after what we did to you?" Dudley asked.
"You didn't kill anyone; therefore you deserve life, but please, just go back to your lives pretend you don't know I'm back. You'll be happier that way,"
"How could we be happy thinking you were probably dead?" Vernon asked.
"I always thought that would lift a great burden off your chests."
"No, you are still a part of this family, Harry."
"I am?" Shocked was an understatement for how I felt, they were telling me they loved me, Ginny, Sirius, and Anne were the only people that had ever done that.
"Yes," they all replied together and came over and hugged Anne and I, I couldn't move so I looked down at Anne, she was just as amazed as I was. Just then an owl flew in, it was Ginny's, I broke away and took the letter attached to its leg.
Dear Harry,
I'm starting to get a little worried; it's taken you a while to reply to my letter. Please reply,
Ginny
"Crap, I forgot about that,"
"What?" Petunia asked.
"Anne, do you mind explaining?"
"My dad and I are going to live out in the country with Ginny."
"Ginny's that one red head that came and stayed with you the summer between your sixth and seventh years, isn't she?"
"Yes,"
"But, I thought you two were just friends?"
"We were,"
"So he finally caught on, eh Anne?" Dudley whispered to Anne, she smiled.
"Yep," she whispered back, I just smiled.
"Here, check this over and tell me what you think," I said and I handed Anne the letter I had written, it read:
Dear Gin'
Sorry it took so long, the Dursley's dropped by for a surprise visit. I was very much serious about my offer to live out in the country. Did you know they live in my parents' old house? It's not too far from the country so we wouldn't be very far from them at all. I think Anne would be very happy to have a mother again, that is, if you would do me the honor of being my wife. You don't have to answer me until you get here but, I would like it if you would.
Love,
Harry
"Dad, I can't believe your doing that in a letter! You should have at least had her come here first!"
"Alright, I'll change it to say I have something to ask her so would she please come here ASAP. Is that better?"
"Yes," so I took back the letter and re-wrote the last part, I whistled for Hedwig, attached the letter to her leg and told her who it was to and she was off.
A/N: Please review!