Older and Further Away Chapter 2:Bruises and Broken Bones

Harry lay awake in bed the next morning.He hadn't slept at all the previous night yet he never felt more rested.

"Get up now"his Aunt Petunia's voice shouted through his thin door

Harry scurried to get out of bed as his aunt banged on the door.He quickly opened it and followed his aunt to the kitchen.Everybody else was already awake and seated at the table waiting for their breakfast which Harry usually made.

"Well I see the ungrateful little brat is awake"Uncle Vernon said looking up from his paper "You will make what ever Dudley demands"

Harry quickly got out the frying pan and started making eggs,bacon,and sausage.

"How come you haven't gotten any letters from those freak friends of yours"his uncle asked

"I don't want any letters from them"Harry answered

His uncle laughed at that "Those friends have gotten tired of you just as we have you freak"

Harry didn't agree or disagree with this.He said nothing.

"I'm talking to you, you idiot boy"his uncle said getting up from his chair "You speak when you're spoken to" and with that his uncle grabbed him by his hair and threw him on top of the hot stove.

Harry hissed at the pain as the stove burnt his back.

His uncle laughed as Harry wiggled to get off the stove.

"You sure are some entertainment boy"Vernon said as Aunt Petunia prepared to take Dudley to a friends house

"I'm hungry"Dudley whined.Uncle Vernon immediatly turned on Harry

"see you good for nothing freak" his uncle shouted purple faced "you've made my boy starve to death"

His uncle made his way to the drawer taking out a knife "you'll pay for that"

Harry shrunk back against the wall as Aunt Petunia and Dudley left him to his cruel uncle.

His uncle walked forward weilding the knife as Harry shut his eyes tightly waiting for the pain.He felt something slash through his shirt as he dared to look down.His stomach was now bleeding from a large cut his uncle had just made.

Uncle Vernon wasn't satisfied.He carefully dropped the knife to the floor as he once again grabbed Harry's hair.

"stop"Harry shouted as his uncle punched him in his delicate ribs.The pain was unbearable as Harry swore he felt at least 2 of his ribs break.

"You're gonna learn a lesson"His uncle said as he continued to beat his nephew

The pain finally caused Harry to faint and his uncle simply threw him in the cupboard under the stairs and left for work.

He left the teenager to bleed full of bruises and broken bones.