Title: Still Undecided.

Author: Demonkillr

Summary: In the summer after the death of Sirius, Harry is plagued by terrible dreams and visions of Voldemort's second rise to power. Crossovers included. R&R.

Feedback: It's the coin of the realm.

Chapter Two

That day however the Dursleys had other ideas. "Boy Dudley's boxing coach has insisted that he find a partner to train with. However, Dudley has been training so much that none of his friends want to train with him. As such it is only fair since you are staying here for the summer that you help Dudley with his training.

Deciding not to protest this Harry thought about what his training with Dudley would be like. Instead of being able to run away from Dudley's beatings he would have to suffer through them now. Dudley also had these thoughts in mind. Deciding that it would be best to know when he would have to start his torture Harry asked when they would start.

"Harry, we will start after lunch and go for about seven hours. I expect you to be ready at noon." With that said Dudley walked out of the room with a smile on his face.

"Well you heard Dudley boy, now it's almost noon so you should go get ready. Since you will be training with Dudley you can make yourself a meal. You're going to need your energy. Don't forget to write a letter to those people, I don't want them to come here." Vernon left the room soon after leaving Harry to make himself a quick breakfast and get ready for his session with Dudley.

While upstairs Harry wrote his progress report to the order and another letter to someone else. After that he went down to the basement where Dudley was waiting for him. "Well, Harry you know that you have to help me train so first things first your equipment." Handing his cousin a pair of gloves, a helmet, and a mouth guard. "When you get those on I want you to hit me in the stomach as hard as you can. Need to see how hard you can hit so I know what to except."

Harry's punch to the stomach was not anywhere near what Dudley expected. In fact after it Dudley feel over clutching his belly laughing. "I thought I told you to punch as hard as you could Harry. Now try it again. You won't hurt me if that's all you can do." The second punch was a little stronger as Harry put everything he had into it. "Well this should be interesting. I wanted to train with you so I could get better not beat up on you. So what we are going to do is start at eleven each day instead with an hour of weight training."

"Why did you want to train with me if you didn't want to beat up on me. You know that I don't box?"

"Simple, you have quick reflexes I've been beaten by people with quick reflexes. So I need to get faster. The only way to do that is to face someone faster than me regularly. That's why I had dad draft you. Now I see that I'm going to show you the basics of boxing so when we do spar you at least can avoid my punches. The weight training is so that you get strong enough to stand it when I do hit you. Let's get started."

At seven that night two boys exited the basement exhausted. While Harry hadn't been able to effectively fight Dudley he had been able to avoid his punches most of the time using his reflexes. The pair had also talked about the events of the last summer when they were attacked by a pair of dementors. Although Dudley hadn't told Harry what he saw when the dementors were near he did thank Harry for saving his life, even if he did use magic to do it.

When Harry went to his room that night Hedwig had returned with a reply. Deciding to get it over with Harry picked up the letter.

Dear Mr. Potter

As you have pointed out to the Minister of Magic that with the return of You-Know-Who proven to the public that you are probably his first and foremost target. Normally Students are not allowed to use magic outside of the school term for reasons of safety. Since you are one of the main targets of You-Know-Who the minister has decided to acknowledge your request for being able to use magic over the summer. As such you are allowed to use magic at the location of Number Four Privet Drive during the holiday. Please take caution in this privilege as it can be revoked.

Sincerely,

Mafalda Hophirk

IMPROPER USE OF MAGIC OFFICE

Ministry of Magic

Finishing the letter Harry cast Lumos to test his new privilege. About ten minutes later Harry decided that an owl from the ministry would not be coming. A few charms later and his room was spotlessly clean and decorated. He had even taken the time to fix Dudley's old TV. After that Harry opened up his schoolbooks and studied for the next twelve hours. 'I really need to get some advanced defense books since I can practice over the summer. Have to send an order tomorrow for them.'

The next day Harry sent Hedwig out with the order for some new defense books and waited for his training session with Dudley. He was still debating whether or not he should go through with the training, but when the time came to go down to the basement he did and went through another day of the training. After his training with Dudley, Harry went upstairs and spent another six hours reading and practicing spells from his new defense books.

The rest of the summer continued on in the same way. By the end of the summer Harry had seen some improvement in his boxing and physique. Dudley had improved his speed to the approval of his boxing coach. Before Harry left for the Hogwarts Express Dudley reminded him to continue his boxing training as the next summer they would start the training again and next time Dudley didn't want to have to wait for Harry to relearn everything that he had learned so far. As he stepped through the barrier to Platform 9 ¾ Harry wondered when he would receive the letter that had been promised to him and where it would send him.