Harry quickly whipped out his wand and hid behind some bushes as the single masked figure landed in the yard and dismounted his broom with his back to him. "I hope there's a member of the Order waiting to take him by surprise and back me up," he thought to himself. Just as Harry was about to cast a stunner the Death Eater spoke.

"Don't do anything drastic, I saw you hide behind those bushes before I landed." He lifted up his arms to show that he was unarmed while Harry eyed him suspiciously.

"And in case you're wondering about the wards, they only protect you from people with ill intentions."

Harry snorted as he scanned the sky for any other Death Eaters. "I'm sure Voldemort and all his followers only want the best for me."

"If you'll allow me to continue, I was sent here by the Dark Lord to extend the hand of friendship. He's sees the great potential within you and wants to train you. He feels you're worthy of being his second-in-command," the masked Death Eater said. "Surely you've noticed how Dumbledore and his riff-raff followers have allowed you to be treated. Having to be sent back to relatives that hate you each summer. Now having to give up your bedroom for a dog? I've seen house elves treated better -"

Harry interrupted. "It would've been nicer if he didn't cast the killing curse the moment he saw me last June. Somehow I doubt his attitude has changed that much," Harry said, with his voice filled with sarcasm, "And besides, why would I want to join the thing responsible for my being here in the first place. Tell your master that to take this hand of friendship thing and stick it up his ass you pathetic lapdog."

Harry could feel this Death Eater glaring at him and he just glared right back. "I guess all this practice with Snape has been helping," he thought dryly.

"You'll regret this Potter!" The Death Eater spat with venom in his voice.

Harry just smirked as he watched him mount his broom and take off, but for some reason he couldn't stop thinking about why Dumbledore and the Order would allow Vernon and that Skeeter woman to take advantage of him like that. Harry fell asleep that night with these thoughts troubling his mind.

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