Chapter 3

By: HermionePotter52036

The Unexpected Visitor

He was walking down the corridor again. At the end, he could see the door ajar and blue lights dancing on the walls. Pushing the door open made him see Sirius Black falling behind the veil. Fell oh so slow…

"SIRIUS!"

Harry Potter was jerked away by someone unexpected.

"What's wrong?" Aunt Petunia asked, looking, for the first time in his life, concerned.

"What do you care anyway? You've never cared about me, why start now?" said a very annoyed Harry.

Aunt Petunia sighed and looked at her lap. "I never hated you. After all, Lily and I used to be the best of friends. Then she went to that school and became different. So we drifted apart. I guess the only reason that I was ever mean to you was because you remind me so much of your mother, and I feel guilty not seeing her for one last time before she died. So…can I help you in anyway?"

Harry signed. She was his mother's sister, after all.

"Does the pain of losing someone you love ever go away?" he asked with tears in his eyes.

"Yes and no," said Aunt Petunia. "The pain does fade eventually as you live your life. But you will never forget the pain you went through and you won't forget all the happy times spent with that person you love. May I ask, who that person is, by the way?"

"Yes," said Harry, "he's my godfather and my parents' best friend. His name was Sirius Black. Yes, Aunt Petunia, the same Sirius Black that was accused of being a mass murderer."

"You loved him very much, didn't you?" she asked. Harry nodded. "Well, get some sleep because early morning I'm going over to the new neighbors' house and see if they would like to come to dinner. Sleep well, Harry."

"Thank you," were the only two words Harry could muster through his shock of actually having a conversation with Aunt Petunia. Also it was the first in his life that she had treated him like a human. Just then another emotion went into his mind. He was nervous about meeting the neighbors though he didn't know why. Probably some ignorant stuck up people, Harry thought. Just what he needed was more people breathing down his back and watching him as he was a real juvenile delinquent. Well, I'll just have to wait, he thought while he fell into a fitful sleep.

Knock Knock Knock

Who would get up this early in the morning to bother the new neighbors on the block? As Hermione got up, she realized that it wasn't that early at all. It was 10 in the morning. She dressed quickly to see who had come to see them. Walking down the stairs, she could hear voices in the living room.

"Hermione, dear, is that you? Come in." Hermione groaned when she heard her mother's voice calling her into the living room.

Just great, she thought. Mum's gonna start bragging again about my grades. Not even I make a big deal out of it all.

Sure, Hermione loved her parents a lot but sometimes being an only child, being the smartest in her class, and not to mention attending a school for the "talented" was not a very good deal.

"Coming, Mum," she said while grabbing a muffin from the kitchen table.

As she entered, she saw Mrs. Petunia Dursley sitting on the sofa talking to her mother.

"Oh, Hermione, dear, this is –"

"Mrs. Dursley, yeah, I know," said Hermione slightly annoyed.

"Hello, I've seen you at King's Cross, right?" asked Mrs. Dursley. This girl looks so familiar I just can't tell with all the black she's wearing. Kids these days, she thought.

"Yes," said Hermione. "You pick up Harry from school."

"Oh, so you're one of his little friends fro his school?" asked Aunt Petunia nervously.

"Yes, that's right."

"Well, I'm sure you want to see him, I was just telling your mother if you, along with your father, would like to join us for dinner tonight?"

"Sure, sounds great," said Dannielle.

"Ok, well I'll leave you all to it, I'm pretty sure you have lots of work to do," Mrs. Dursley replied as she stood up to leave.

"Um, Mrs. Dursley" started Hermione, "could you not tell Harry it's me. Well, as in it's my family, so it could be a surprise. Please?"

"Well, of course, dear, it would be nice for him to have someone to talk to," she responded smiling.

"Thank you."

"Now, you, young lady, are going to get back up to your room and finish organizing it while I show Mrs. Dursley out," said Dannielle, pushing her daughter into the hall leading to the stairs.

"Ok, Mum," said Hermione as she climbed the stairs.

Good thing she didn't start bragging, she thought. But dinner is going to be one bloody hell, I just know it. Well, at least I'll get to see Harry. How much I miss him. The way his black hair stuck up in every direction. But I especially miss his green eyes that you could drown yourself in them…Wait! What? Was I just thinking about my best friend? I need to clean my room to get this out of my mind, she thought as she popped in the CD of Evanescence into her stereo. She sang along to her favorite song.

Perfect by nature

Icons of self indulgence

Just what we all need

More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be

Have you no shame don't you see me

You know you've got everybody fooled

Look here she comes now

Bow down and stare in wonder

Oh how we love you

No flaws when you're pretending

But now I know she

Never was and never will be

You don't know how you've betrayed me

And somehow you've got everybody fooled.

Without the mask where will you hide?

Can't find yourself lost on your lie

I know the truth now

I know who you are

And I don't love you anymore

It never was and never will be

You're not real and you can't save me

Somehow now you're everybody's fool

By the time Hermione finished cleaning and organizing her room it was time to take a shower and start getting ready for dinner at the Dursleys.

AN: thanks for all those who read and reviewed. I want to thank my first ever reviewers: wingless 87, ilovekp, and kidad, thanks y'all. Besos! Kisses! Talking about kisses that's not fair my sister gets to go to the Kiss concert while I get stuck at home, bored! Well, I'm not much of a Kiss fan anyways. Ciao!