Something Different
Chapter Nine
By: MissPatriciaPotter
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Petunia Dursley was on her way to the grocery store to get some more ice cream. Dudley had finished the one pail that was already opened. Petunia put her right signal and then turned right. She then found a parking spot. Then proceeded to park the car. She got out of the car and took the key out of the ignition. She shut the door and then walked toward the store.
Meanwhile
Lucius paid the taxi driver, and got out of the car, with Draco in tow. The place that Lucius had got off was a grocery store. Why a grocery store? The reason was because he had promised Draco earlier he would get him some ice cream.
Picking up the pace, he and Draco passed the cars, and were in front of the entrance. Lucuis opened the door and Draco followed. When Lucuis got in he picked up a basket. They then headed in the direction of the freezers where the ice cream was stored. They got there in due time, being the fact that there was not much people there. After all it was around six o clock at night. Six was usually a time when most were sitting down to have supper, like a family.
' Wonder what Harry is doing right now' Lucuis thought to himself. They had to head down one more aisle. Then they turned right. Draco rushed forward and stopped before he got there. You see Draco loved ice cream. Lucius chuckled, and picked up his pace to catch up with his son. Once he got there, he opened one of the doors and grabbed a tub of chocolate ice cream.
"Draco," The golden haired boy turned to face him, "come on lets go."
Lucius took the small boys' hand and headed to one of the cashiers. They were going great until a person and a shopping cart came out of nowhere. The person that had been pushing the cart was a woman that was in her forties. When she fell about a dozen papers with typed writing fell to the floor. Lucius picked one up and quickly scanned it. It read:
Need one babysitter
For one eight year old boy
This would be for about two weeks
If interested please call 123-3454
# 4 Privet Drive Little Whinging, Surrey
'Interesting' Lucius thought to himself.
"Here is your paper Miss." Lucius said while handing the paper to Petunia.
Petunia put it in her purse. "Thanks." she said with a small hint of distaste.
"I was wondering, what is this boy's name" Lucius questioned rather eagerly. He had this thought that maybe this could be Harry's aunt.
"Harry" Petunia replied nearly hissing the name of her annoyance of a nephew. Lucius' eyes lit up, but then Harry was quite a common name.
"One more question, Miss what is his last name?"
"Potter" Petunia said rather confused that anyone would want to know about her little annoying nephew. To her Harry was better off dead.
Bingo, Lucius had found him, now the only part was to get this 'babysitting job'.
"Have you filled the job yet" Lucuis asked, his heart pounding. Maybe just maybe he could save the boy from a life that was filled of people that did not love him, and fill it with love.
"Nope" Petunia shook her head, thought for a moment, then added, "Do you know of anyone who could fill the job?"
"Yes. If you don't mind a man filling the job, I will do it."
Petunia thought on this a long moment, then nodded her head and muttered a quiet 'thanks' before getting up and putting the things back into her cart. Before she went to checkout, she handed Lucius one of the papers, so that he would know the address. Lucius got himself off the floor and he too headed to the checkout along with Draco who had stood there the whole time. This had been interesting day, and possibly tomorrow was going to be better too.
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It was early morning when Lucius decided to arrive at the Dursleys' home, it was perfectly fine by them. Lucius had phoned them before he had left. Lucius had not brought Draco this time, he thought it was best the boy sleep. Recently Draco had been tired, and had taken to have naps while at the Crabbe's. The cab came to a stop, Lucius then hurriedly unbuckled the seatbelt, and quickly paid the taxi driver. He then proceeded to gather his belongings and rushed out. He ran to the door and daintily rang the doorbell. A large sound could be heard coming toward the door. The door opened, revealing a rather overweight young boy. He wasn't much taller then Harry, but the differences were there. It seemed like the boy standing before him had more than his fair share of food, it was quite obvious with the differences in shape.
"You here to see my dad" the boy asked fearfully. Lucius nearly started laughing with the flushed appearance on the boy's face.
"Yes" Lucius said, barely containing his amusement.
"Please wait here." the boy said as he lead Lucius to a small living room, then walked as quickly as possible to gather his parents.
Lucius glanced around the room and his eyes settled on the many pictures of the boy that had opened the door. There were many of them. They were all of the same boy along with the lady he had bumped into at the grocery store, and another man he had not seen before. 'Probably Harry's' Uncle. ' Lucius thought to himself. All throughout the room there was no pictures of Harry, none at all. It was like his presence was erased completely, it was apparent that Harry's relatives did not care about him.
Suddenly, Lucius heard a faint whimper that broke the deafening silence of the room. It sounded someone was hurt, very badly.
'Where is that sound coming from? ' Lucius asked himself. He looked around and decided he could at least find the place came from. Lucuis got up, and began to walk about. He moved very silently, almost like he was walking on eggshells trying not to make any noise. Soon he heard another whimper, and knew he was getting closer. Lucius took about five more steps, then he heard another whimper. Lucius looked ahead and he saw a door in the wall beneath the stairs.
'A Cupboard beneath the stairs? How odd. ' He thought. It looked innocent enough maybe the Dursleys just stored sport equipment in there. The lock on the door and the flap on the bottom did not hold much promise to the sport idea. Lucius checked to see if someone was coming, but no one came. He quickly tip-toed over to the cupboard and unlocked the door. He then proceeded to open the door and gasped. Nothing could prepare him for what was behind that cupboard door.
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Author Notes- Umm sorry for the cliffhanger, but I will try to get the next chapter out sooner this time. I don't know what to say. I never thought this idea would be so popular. I haven't updated in a long time, because I must admit I had gotten bored with the Potter verse. In this way I mean that nothing was original, but I have now come back. So here are my responses to my reviewers.