Locked in

Mannd

Still don't own.

Petunia was furious, not only with Vernon but with herself. She had seen the look on Harry's face as he tried to stop the stupid pudding from falling and she should have known by the pleading in his eyes that he was innocent. Vernon had taken Harry and locked him in his room that night; Petunia had had to steal the key to let Harry out to use the loo. "I am calling a fix-it man today, Pet," he said, "that boy will never go back to Hogwarts if I have anything to say about it." He looked at her smugly as if daring her to disagree with him.

She had held Harry as he cried out his fear and despair and swore she would find a way to fix this, but right now she had to get out of the house or she would do something… regrettable to the idiot who was her husband. She picked up and put back a set of books, Harry wouldn't be interested in those… when she heard a familiar voice and a gleam came into her eyes.

She rounded the row and recognized the tall teen, "Mr. Barton," she said and Trowa looked over at her in surprise, "I am very glad to see you."

"Mrs. Dursley," Trowa said introducing the other teen he was with, "this is Heero Yuy and you remember Duo Maxwell."

Petunia nodded, "It is a pleasure to meet you."

"Is Harry alright?" Heero asked.

"Physically mostly, mentally…" she sighed, "you need to come and get him and give Vernon a really good scare."

"What happened?" Trowa asked.

"Harry was the scapegoat of a magical disaster," she said, "someone, Harry isn't sure who, dropped a floating desert on a guest's head," she paused as she heard Duo's muffled laughter, "Vernon of course blamed Harry and then Harry received a letter reminding him he was not allowed to do magic outside of Hogwarts. Vernon has locked Harry in his room vowing to never let the boy out again."

Duo's muffled laughter stopped, "what do you mean locked him in his room?"

"Four keyed deadbolts on the door, a padlock on Hedwig's cage and bars on the window," Petunia said her voice flat.

"We can come and get him in the morning…" Trowa said, "Save you the embarrassment."

"No," Petunia said her voice angry, "embarrass Vernon." Heero raised an eyebrow at Duo's smirk, "and no magical help if you please, I want Vernon to realize that not everything can be blamed on magic, but on his own choices."

"So we received an anonymous report," Duo said cottoning on to what Petunia wanted.

"Exactly," Petunia said satisfaction in her voice, "exactly."

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The next evening, during the time of day when everyone was out getting all the outside chores done before retiring for the night, the inhabitants of Privet Drive were treated to several official Preventers vehicles and a Fire Marshall car stopping at the Dursley house. Many of Vernon's neighbors gave self-satisfying grins as they realized that Dursley was about to be taken down a notch or two.

Vernon looked out from under the hood where he had been pretending to tinker with his new company car that he had received a few weeks ago, his mouth gaping open as the Fire Marshall's car pulled into his driveway, emergency light flashing, "what is this?" Vernon asked, his voice hissing in anger, "what are you doing here? Turn off those lights!" He growled striding up to the car, a hammer in his hand.

"Are you threatening me sir," the man who had yet to emerge from the vehicle asked over the loud speaker on his car.

"What?" Vernon yelled, "Threaten you?"

"Put down the hammer sir," the man's voice came over the loud speaker and Vernon's face turned an ugly shade of red as he hurried back to the tool kit and dropped the hammer. He turned and watched as the fire marshal in his bright yellow uniform got out of his car, and to Vernon's consternation left his lights flashing. "We have received an anonymous report of a fire hazard."

"Fire Hazard?" Vernon yelled, "There is no fire hazard, we had an electrician check the house a few years ago."

The man hummed under his breath as he handed Vernon a warrant to search the house, "we'll see." He said his voice showing that he clearly doubted the man's word.

Vernon looked up as several people in Preventer uniforms passed him, "You." He yelled and then quailed under Trowa and Heero's flat stares, "you're those boys from last summer breaking into my house threatening me and mine."

"Do you remember threatening?" Trowa asked Heero who snorted and shook his head as the two continued into the house.

Vernon opened and closed his mouth looking like a landed fish until he heard his neighbor snickering then hurried to the house, "now see here..." Vernon began but there was no one but the neighbors to hear his complaints and he quickly went into his home.

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Petunia hid a small satisfied smile as Vernon blustered behind the Fire Marshal as the man sniffed as he opened the basement door and flicked on the flickering bare light bulb. She waited until the stomping of Vernon's feet left the steps before turning to Trowa, "thank you." She said softly and he gave her a nod.

"Where is he?" Trowa asked.

"Upstairs," she said her face filled with disgust, "you can't miss the door. Oh, do you want the keys?"

"No," Duo said, "I think it will be much more fun if Vernon has to go hunting for them." Petunia gave another smile then took a sip of her tea as the Preventers left the kitchen and Vernon came up the stairs. She wasn't sure if his face was red from the exertion or from his anger.

"That boy did this," he hissed as he sat panting down having been banished from his own basement as the inspector and Heero checked the wiring.

Petunia blinked, "and how is that?" She said, "He's been locked in his room for the past few days."

Vernon gave a grunt, "you boy," he said and Duo turned incredulous eyes to him, "how did you come by this information about a problem?"

Duo opened and closed his mouth a few times, chewing back some choice words he had for this over grown whale, "we received an anonymous phone call yesterday," Duo said when he could control his anger.

Vernon's eyes narrowed as he tried to figure out if Harry could have somehow… "Were they Male or female?" He asked, "Young or old?"

"Anonymous…" Duo pronounced the word slowly, "means we don't know and even if we did we wouldn't tell you it sounded like an old man…" he bit his lip and Vernon smirked in triumph then frowned as he turned to look outside as tried to figure out any old men that he knew that would hate him. Duo caught Petunia's small smile and gave her a wink, then schooled his expressions blank.

Vernon got up and moved to the stairs intent on 'speaking' with the boy to ensure his silence, but was blocked by Trowa as he sat with his legs across the steps blocking his entrance up the stairs. "Excuse me," Vernon said, "I need to go up stairs," he said his voice filled with false politeness.

"No," Trowa said calmly as he ignored the man and read a book on new Preventers policies. Vernon began to raise his fist, and Trowa causally flicked his Preventer jacket aside to reveal his side arm causing the man to stammer, "Hey Duo, did you know we can arrest anyone that assaults us?" He asked as the auburn teen walked down the hall.

"Oh really now?" Duo said as he moved around Vernon's bulk and leaned over Trowa's shoulder as he pointed out the passage, "sweet." Duo looked up and Vernon could tell the calculating look on his face was how to get the man to hit him. Vernon sputtered as he moved into the living room and sat down with a worried scowl. Duo smirked triumphantly at Trowa who smirked back.

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"So many problems…" the inspector was saying as he came up the stairs, "who ever re-wired the circuit box should be sent to prison," the inspector frowned as Vernon's face went pale and he flipped through the papers on his clipboard, "oh you did," he said and sniffed before moving to the living room to look around.

Vernon was glowering by the time they went up the steps to the first floor, he had called the city to file a complaint and his lawyer until the man told him how much he would charge Vernon if he came to the house at that time of night. He listened to the man as he talked, Dudley sat on the chair next to his father sniffling as the boy had been yelled at 'again' for getting in the way. "What the hell is this?" The Inspector yelled down and Vernon winced and with great reluctance moved to the stairs.

Vernon nervously pulled out keys and with shaking hands fit them in the locks and opened the door. He tried to go in first so he could glower threateningly at the boy, but he was gently but firmly kept in the hall. "You have a child in a locked room, with bars on the window?" The man sputtered, "Are you insane or stupid?"

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All in all the fines that were levied against Vernon would cost him a pretty tuppence, and Harry was happily escorted out of the locked room, Hedwig given her freedom to fly, where she promptly gave Vernon her opinion of him with white drops on his head. Vernon could do nothing while Harry packed his belongings as Vernon earned another glare from the Preventers and Inspector, as they had to unlock the cupboard and remove Harry's trunk.

Petunia left the living room under the pretext of making a cup of tea for herself and getting Vernon a brandy and hugged her nephew, "write to me," she whispered in his ear and he nodded, "and be good at school." He looked up at her and rolled his eyes, "okay try to be good at school," she amended with a soft chuckle.

"Bye Aunt Petunia," Harry whispered then moved to Heero who was easily lifting his trunk up and leaving the 'perfect' house for the summer.

AN: Sorry this took so long, haven't written the next chapter, but know what I am going to do. Lockhart is about to meet Heero and Heero's gun!