Not All Muggles Are Muggles (and Salazar admits it)

Chapter X

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Godric and Salazar continue, Weasleys find out who they'll be staying with, and life takes an unpleasant turn for Harry and Mark.

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"Mark?"

"Yeah, um, why have you got the list?"

"It's for you too?" queried Harry,

"Yes," Mark thought for a few seconds, "you get extra chores too?"

"Uh huh, do you mind getting on with the bedrooms whilst I finish the garden?" asked Harry in a business like tone.

"No" replied Mark, somewhat surprised by Harry's abrupt change of tone.

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"Mum! Please can Hermione come, please!" Ron was almost on his knees, which Ginny found highly amusing. She would like to have had someone she knew with them but had read the letter stating that only immediate family could go.

"No! How many times Ron? Your sister will be there, and besides the Evans' might have children your age," shouted an exasperated Molly from beneath a pile of things that had to be packed. "You could help me, you know, Ron."

"Alright." sighed Ron in resignation.

"You too Ginevra, and stop taunting Ron. Hermione's a lovely girl."

Ron's ears went very red.

Ginny snickered. Then she began helping her mother, smirk dancing on her lips as Ron continued to look flustered.

Changing the topic, Molly asked, "Has Harry replied yet Ron? Did he get his birthday presents?"

Relieved of one worry Ron was thrown into another, "No, I haven't heard from him in ages," a surreptitious glance at Ginny, "and neither has Hermione."

"I hope he's alright. I really don't like him staying with the Dursleys. That Petunia woman does not feed him enough, and"

"We know mum!" called Ginny thinking that she too would rather be staying with Harry, "shouldn't we just get on with the packing?"

"Yes, of course Ginny. A very good idea."

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Harry was angry, and the lawn was being mown quite viciously, yes, fine, he was a burden on the Dursleys, it was something he had gotten used to and probably deserved, and even though he disliked the way they treated him, it was not unexplainable. But why does Mark get treated badly by his mother? Why? The grass cuttings got dumped roughly into the compost bin.

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Mark was rather embarrassed; he had hoped to keep his mother's… dislike… of him away from Harry. Hell! Other things implicated his situation but with this there was no way Harry could not realize something was up. Would he want to know him now that he knew even his own mother despised him?

Feeling deflated beyond what he usually felt at the departure of his dad, he continued vacuuming the floor in a rather lackluster(lackluster) way.

It was five minutes later when he realized that he had never had to do gardening.

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A powerful, angry and indignant teenager is not a good thing to cross; unfortunately for said teenager he was underage and unable to use his power. A point that did not occur to him until he had, righteously, dug himself into a hole.

Petunia and Claudia were taking the girls to the theatre and Dudley was staying at a friend's house back in Surrey. Mark was upstairs still and therefore the only person in the downstairs of the house when Vernon came back from work, very late, was Harry.

Due to earlier events Harry was somewhat less submissive than usual, and ignored Vernon's arrival. Which turned out to be a mistake.

Harry was roughly pushed against the wall and that was when he realized that Vernon was drunk.

How long the beating lasted Harry did not know; weakness from lack of food and the beating itself had caused him to fall unconscious. What he had heard from Vernon's ranting, however, suggested that being threatened at the start of the holidays had caused him a lot of pent up stress, commuting to work, his company doing badly and an insult from that evening were the primary causes for aggression.

Blearily opening his eyes a very concerned Mark appeared. Curiously after shutting and re-opening his eyes Mark was not visible. Instead a pair of bickering voices could be heard.

The following morning.

Vernon had a hangover and Petunia was not impressed.

Claudia was neurotic; she had received a letter from the UK Ministry telling her that a family of witches and wizards would be descending upon her household. Today. How was she going to tell Petunia?

End Chapter.

athenakitty
Will Harry get back at his female cousins? Will Harry be surprise with Godric and Salazar?

Yes and very. Thanks for reviewing.

ShadowedHand

Thank you for the multitude of reviews, Rowan is fairly naïve when Claudia is concerned and don't worry about Rose…

Shinigami

WHY the hell do Claudia hate Mark so much! What she is doing could be classified as abuse! Someone should report the Dursleys and Claudia to Child Protective Services, it would serve them right!

I agree with you, but Harry slept in a cupboard for 9 years and no one realized, so I don't think that what I am writing is unrealistic, in that sense and Claudia does have a reason…

Thank you to Black Feline and Laura for reviewing as well, I'm really sorry that it took me sooooooo long to update! Although I did get lots of reviews… Don't tempt me to leave it this long again!

Thank you to Gandalf Lyonn, my beta, and to my reviewers.

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