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Well… here's chapter 2!! Enjoy!

PREVIOUS CHAPTER:

"That should do it", thought Harry. At that moment, Hedwig flew in through the window and landed on her perch. "Hey, Hedwig. I need you to send three messages for me. The first one goes to Gringotts, the second goes to Ron and Hermione at you-know-where, and the third goes to Professor Snape, where I want you to wait for a reply. OK?"

Hedwig looked at him with big, amber eyes and hooted in a comforting way.

"Bye, Girl"

Hedwig spread her wide wings and soared back out the window into the morning light.

"BOY!!", screeched Aunt Petunia. "GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANT AND GET STARTED ON YOUR CHORES!"

With a sigh, Harry put away his things under the loose floorboard under his bed and trudged downstairs with a half-hearted, "Yes, Aunt Petunia."

Harry trudged down the stairs, taking as much time as he could, and dreading the long list of chores he knew was waiting for him. Not having slept all night again was taking a toll on his strength. Chores that only used to take him a few hours to do now took him all day.

"BOY!" screeched the horse-faced woman he called 'family'. "Get down here and eat! You have work to do!"

"Yes, Aunt Petunia," replied Harry. He sat down at the table, stifled a yawn, and started eating his stale bagel. Dudley all the while cramming his face with bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausages and several other foods, diet long forgotten.

Aunt Petunia thrust a think roll of paper at Harry saying, "Here are your chores for the day… and they had better be done before Vernon comes home." Dudley looked up from his plate and sniggered, knowing he hasn't had a single chore to do in the last… well, forever!

"Whatever," Harry thought. Out loud he said, "Yes, Aunt Petunia." Harry had barely finished eating when his aunt whisked the plate away as if it were a disappearing act.

"Now go do your chores!"

"Yes, Ma'am."

Harry unrolled the list and read:

1- Mow the lawn-front and back

2- Paint all fences

3- Tend the flower beds-weed, prune, water and re-fertilize.

The list went on until:

17- Make dinner- DON'T BURN IT!

Harry rolled his eyes and started on the yard work while it was still relatively cool out. He had finished mowing the lawn and gardening and was about to start on the fence when he heard from inside, "LUNCH! NOW!"

Harry went inside, grateful for the cool-ness of the house to the kitchen. Aunt Petunia pointed to a plate with half a sandwich , a lump of cheese, and a pickle and said, "Eat that… and quickly! You still have chores to do."

"Alright," Harry replied. He downed the lunch and was sent back outside to finish the chores. Somehow, he was able to get them all done was just finishing cooking dinner when his Uncle Vernon got home.

"Petunia, darling! How was your day? Did he do all his chores? Give you any trouble?" asked Vernon.

"No… a little slow, but managed to finish in time," said Aunt Petunia, giving her husband a kiss on his flabby cheek.

"And how's my Dudders?! Did my strapping young lad have a good day?" (Harry rolled his eyes at this comment)

Dudley looked up from the TV with a blank look on his face and said, "Huh? Oh uh… yeah. Great day."

"Well then, Boy," addressing Harry for the first time. "Eat something quickly and then get up to your room and I don't want to see your face again tonight. Got it?!"

"Yessir," mumbled Harry and started to his room with a sandwich, an apple and a large glass of water. He ate the sandwich on the way up the stairs and down the hall. When he got to his room, he only had the energy to pour some of the water into Hedwig's water dish before collapsing on his bed in exhaustion and sleep overtook him.

Well, there's chapter 2... Hope you like it! À bientôt!!

next chapter hints: O.W.L. results, books, and Prof. Snape's reply