Holding Me up High
By: game-overgal
Disclaimer : I Don't own any Hp characters unless they are not in the Hp book series then there my own original characters ok
A/N:I 'm looking for another beta because my beta has been loaded down by her own work I don't mind I hope someone will volunteer to be my beta please.
Chapter 2: Life as It Happens
Harry had always been a brilliantly smart child, when that fateful night had occurred Harry had realized right away his parents were gone, he knew they would no longer be there for him when he needed them most.
The next morning came around where he awoke on the doorstep of his relative's home, looking in to his aunt & uncles faces he knew his stay here would not be pleasant. As he moved his head a little he saw into the playpen he saw his twin cousin's faces instantly he felt his path ahead would be difficultly because of them, his eyes traveled to the outside of the playpen where a 3year old boy sat playing with his Lego blocks. He looked up at him and smiled, this cousin right here would be his support and would help him make it toward the path ahead, till he went back to the place that breathed magic everywhere, the place he had lived by.
His relatives had unhappily accepted him into there home, they gave him the old crib there were about to throw out, but not wanting the magic freak child to contaminate there children they set him up in the old spare bedroom for the next 2 years.
The now 3yrs old Harry knew how to walk steadily at the age of one(meaning when he was still with his parents), when he turned two his relative gave him some light chores such as make the beds or put away all the toys of his cousin's etc…
It was December Harry had now been 4 for about 5 months now.
Outside the snow fell gently onto the ground, Harry sat by the window rapped up in the old quilt he had found in the attic and his relatives had allowed him to keep. He sat there thinking about how much he missed the laughter that sounded like silver bells and used to make him feel all warm and happy inside, not like the loud bellowing happening downstairs.
He wished on each snowflake that touched the window that he could join in with the giggling and all the hot chocolate being drunk downstairs or at the very least be somewhere else where he could be loved by everybody in that family, the reason that he didn't join everyone on the floor below was because his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon and the terrible twins Suzy & Lizzie despised having to spend more time around him then they already did, well that's what his aunt and uncle thought, the twins felt that they were supposed to share there toys with him and they didn't like sharing.
The only one that willingly spent time and show him that someone cares for him, was his cousin Darmel he was 6 yrs old and the eldest child in the family.
He had started school last year, Harry having nothing to do while his aunt went to garden parties, the twins to pre-school then play dates, his elder cousin at school, and his uncle at work he had decided to learn how to read and write it took him about a month to grasp the concept but after that he read everything he could get his hand on starting with the dictionary after he had finished all the books his cousin brought home, and all the other books in the house. After awhile he discovered that there was a library near by so every morning he pretended to sleep in his new room the attic, on the lumpy mattress, so when everybody had left the house and he was sure they were gone, he would sneak out and he would go to the run-down library 8 streets down.
Harry had been 4yrs and 2 months since he had discovered the library and he had already finished all the children's books he is half way through all the teenage books by the time he turned 5yrs old. The librarian had watched him everyday, coming and going since he had first come to the library. One day the librarian named Aleena pulled Harry aside and said, "You know child you don't need to keep coming here and reading if you get a library card you can take as many books as you like home with you."
Harry stared up in wonder and spoke, "Can I really take them home with me?" The librarian nodded her head and gave him a card for him to sign his name on, "Thank you." Harry breathed out.
After a while of reading Harry look up at the large clock on the wall and gasped, he set the book down on the table got up then bolted out the door and down the sidewalks to get home before his relatives did.
20 Minutes Later---
Harry rushed into the house but abruptly halted, as his uncle stood there in the kitchen door way, he reached out and gabbed him by collar of his shirt and dragged him into the living room.
He dropped him on the rug and looked down at him, Vernon's face was turning an interesting shade of Purple, and he took a deep breath and then started bellowing at him, "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT! WE GIVE YOU FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY US BY RUNNING AWAY AND GIVING YOUR POOR AUNT A HEART ATTACK! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF? Hmm…
While Vernon had been speaking Harry still panting a little from all that running thought to himself, "Ya right. You gave me gross yucky leftovers, you gave me icky colored and big cloths from Darmel, and I sleep in the dusty attic packed with boxes. Aunt Petunia wouldn't care if I disappeared, she would probably celebrate because I'm gone."
When hid uncle had done speaking, he looked up at his face, he opened her mouth and spoke, "I'm sorry, I was at the park on the other side of the pool place," he then turned to his sneering aunt and apologized for worrying her.
Vernon looked down at his nephew and frowned, "Fine, just go to your room and don't even think about coming down till I say so. Understood."
The only reply he got was, "Yes sir." Harry turned and fled up the stairs and to the attic. He turned around to his wife who was looking angry, he patted her on the arm and said, "Wait a year more then you we can make him into the perfect servant." at this thought she smirked, then turned around to go to the kitchen to make dinner for her lovely family. Vernon turned around and sat on the couch to watch some of the game before he had to pick up his twin daughters from there play dates in an hour and his son from soccer practice in 45 minutes.
Upstairs in the attic Harry looked at the frost panel windows near the roof, he knew he would not be getting any dinner, and it would be a long time before he could leave the house and go to the library.
With those thoughts running through his head he turned over on the bed and drifted off to sleep.
A/N: OK, just tell me if you like it or you don't, or if I spelled something wrong . Please review!