Disclaimer: See chapter one :|
Oh yeah and I just discovered something :D
You know how sometimes you've published a chapter but can't get to it because the links haven't been set up yet?
Well, if you go into the story, at the end of the URL there should be something like "&chapter=X", where 'X' is the chapter number.
If you change the 'X' to the number of the next chapter that hasn't come up yet, and press enter, you will either be able to get to the next chapter, or if it hasn't been published then you'll just get a page that says 'chapter does not exist'.
Does that make sense? :S
Anyway! On with the story!
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Chapter 4 - Petunia's surprise
Harry was awoken by Aunt Petunia, tapping on his cupboard door.
"Up!" she shrieked "Get up you lazy boy!"
Harry groaned and sat up in his bed.
As he fumbled for his glasses he thought about his dream last night.
Was it real? How did he know those people's names? How come the portraits could talk and move and what happened with the fireplace? Was it magic?
The men were talking about someone named Sirius. Sirius. Harry suddenly had a vision of a huge, shaggy black dog with blue eyes.
"Hurry up boy!" Aunt Petunia's sharp voice cut through his thoughts like a knife.
Harry pulled on his oversized clothes and stumbled out the cupboard door.
His aunt was waiting for him. "What took you so long?" she snapped "Get a move on, it's your turn to make breakfast!"
Harry sighed inwardly. It seemed it was ALWAYS his turn to make breakfast.
*Aunt Petunia does it about once a month,* he thought, frustrated *but Uncle Vernon and Dudley NEVER do it.*
"Why can't Dudley do it?" he asked grumpily.
"WHAT?!" Aunt Petunia shrieked "Spoil my little Duddykins with hard labour? What do you think he is boy? A slave?!" She looked horrified at the prospect of her Dinky Diddydums doing work.
Harry still didn't understand. "So why do I have to do it then?"
Aunt Petunia looked at him incredulously "Because! Because you're an abnormal freak and you'll never be like the rest of us! Hard labour is all you're fit for! Nobody wants you boy, they never did and they never will. That's why we got landed with you! Nobody is coming to collect you!"
Harry stared at her in shock. He felt tears welling up in his eyes. What had he ever done to her? *Nobody wants me* he thought *Nobody cares. I'm a freak.*
The doorbell rang.
"Get into your cupboard, boy!" his Aunt hissed.
Harry stumbled into his cupboard and wiped away the tears running down his cheeks.
He closed the door behind him, but left it open a crack, so he could see who was coming.
He hoped it wasn't Aunt Marge. He shuddered at the thought of her. She was always so mean to him.
Aunt Petunia opened the door.
"Oh hello," she said in a sickly sweet voice, "How may I help you?"
Harry glimpsed a head of sandy-hair. Could it be?
"Hello," A man's voice replied, "I'm Remus Lupin. Here are the legal papers - I've come to collect a Mr Harry Potter."
Petunia's mouth dropped open.
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Dignified Petunia with her bottom jaw on the floor *snickers* :D
How was that? It was kinda obvious that it was gonna be him wasn't it? Meh :D Please leave me reviews! Even flames! I don't mind :D
Oh yeah and I just discovered something :D
You know how sometimes you've published a chapter but can't get to it because the links haven't been set up yet?
Well, if you go into the story, at the end of the URL there should be something like "&chapter=X", where 'X' is the chapter number.
If you change the 'X' to the number of the next chapter that hasn't come up yet, and press enter, you will either be able to get to the next chapter, or if it hasn't been published then you'll just get a page that says 'chapter does not exist'.
Does that make sense? :S
Anyway! On with the story!
~*~*~*~
Chapter 4 - Petunia's surprise
Harry was awoken by Aunt Petunia, tapping on his cupboard door.
"Up!" she shrieked "Get up you lazy boy!"
Harry groaned and sat up in his bed.
As he fumbled for his glasses he thought about his dream last night.
Was it real? How did he know those people's names? How come the portraits could talk and move and what happened with the fireplace? Was it magic?
The men were talking about someone named Sirius. Sirius. Harry suddenly had a vision of a huge, shaggy black dog with blue eyes.
"Hurry up boy!" Aunt Petunia's sharp voice cut through his thoughts like a knife.
Harry pulled on his oversized clothes and stumbled out the cupboard door.
His aunt was waiting for him. "What took you so long?" she snapped "Get a move on, it's your turn to make breakfast!"
Harry sighed inwardly. It seemed it was ALWAYS his turn to make breakfast.
*Aunt Petunia does it about once a month,* he thought, frustrated *but Uncle Vernon and Dudley NEVER do it.*
"Why can't Dudley do it?" he asked grumpily.
"WHAT?!" Aunt Petunia shrieked "Spoil my little Duddykins with hard labour? What do you think he is boy? A slave?!" She looked horrified at the prospect of her Dinky Diddydums doing work.
Harry still didn't understand. "So why do I have to do it then?"
Aunt Petunia looked at him incredulously "Because! Because you're an abnormal freak and you'll never be like the rest of us! Hard labour is all you're fit for! Nobody wants you boy, they never did and they never will. That's why we got landed with you! Nobody is coming to collect you!"
Harry stared at her in shock. He felt tears welling up in his eyes. What had he ever done to her? *Nobody wants me* he thought *Nobody cares. I'm a freak.*
The doorbell rang.
"Get into your cupboard, boy!" his Aunt hissed.
Harry stumbled into his cupboard and wiped away the tears running down his cheeks.
He closed the door behind him, but left it open a crack, so he could see who was coming.
He hoped it wasn't Aunt Marge. He shuddered at the thought of her. She was always so mean to him.
Aunt Petunia opened the door.
"Oh hello," she said in a sickly sweet voice, "How may I help you?"
Harry glimpsed a head of sandy-hair. Could it be?
"Hello," A man's voice replied, "I'm Remus Lupin. Here are the legal papers - I've come to collect a Mr Harry Potter."
Petunia's mouth dropped open.
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Dignified Petunia with her bottom jaw on the floor *snickers* :D
How was that? It was kinda obvious that it was gonna be him wasn't it? Meh :D Please leave me reviews! Even flames! I don't mind :D