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Vernon walked into the kitchen and sat to eat his lunch. Petunia came over and kissed him on his head. Then she went to the bottom of the stairs and called up,
"Dudley it is time for lunch. Please come down the stairs." Dudley came down the stairs and sat down next to his father. Petunia brought Dudley his lunch. Vernon finished his lunch and left to go back to work. Dudley finished his lunch and went back to his room. He was working on building a rocket ship and he was building it out of legos. Dudley had just sat down to work on his rocket ship when Hedwig flew in through his window, circled around him for a few minutes, and then dropped the note she was carrying in Dudley's lap. She then flew back to her cage. Dudley picked up the note and looked at it. He didn't know if he should open it or take it upstairs to his cousin. Normally Hedwig would take the notes straight to Harry herself, unless there was something wrong. Dudley stood up with the note in hand and walked out of his room and towards the attic door. He opened the door and climbed up the stairs. Dudley got to the top of the stairs, saw his cousin lying on his stomach, not moving and he froze. Dudley slowly moved towards his cousin. He got down next to his cousin's face being sure to steer of the blood and placed his hand in front of his cousin's face. There was no breath coming out. His body was covered in blood, both fresh and dried, welts and bruises. Dudley then picked up an extra blanket and covered up his cousin. As Dudley pulled the blanket up he noticed that his cousin's back was frozen and as he pulled the blanket to his cousin's head his hand brushed his head. It was burning up. Dudley left the attic, closed the door and went back to his room and closed his door. He sat down on his bed and looked at the envelope. After a few minutes, Dudley decided to open it. After reading the note, Dudley thought to himself whoever Tonks and Remus are they are coming to rescue Harry tomorrow afternoon. What could Dudley do his cousin was upstairs in the attic unconscious and his head was burning up which meant he had a fever. He knew where his dad kept the ladder. He decided that he would send Hedwig back to Tonks and Remus with instructions on how to find Harry and to also give them a heads up on Harry's current condition. He got off his bed and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. He began to write a letter to Tonks and Remus. Then he stopped and thought can muggles write letters to witches and wizards? He didn't know if they could or not. He crumbled up the letter and threw it away. Dudley decided that he would help Tonks and Remus people out by leaving clues to help them find Harry. He would get his dad's ladder and place it outside his window after his dad left for work. This way Remus and Tonks could get into the house. But how would they know where to find Harry. Dudley thought for a few minutes then he decided that he would draw arrows on pieces of paper and lay them on the ground to leave a trail to lead them to the attic. Vernon had a meeting that lasted until eight p.m. The meeting was not concluded and was scheduled to be finished the next morning at seven a.m. By the time Vernon got home from work he was too tired to beat Harry. He came home ate a bowl of cereal and went to bed.
The next morning, Vernon got up around six, drank his coffee and left for work. Dudley woke up around 8:30. He went downstairs, helped himself to breakfast. Then he cleaned up the mess he made, and then he went upstairs and crept to his parent's bedroom door. He put his ear up next to the door and he could hear the water running in the shower. He could also hear Petunia singing very badly off key. Dudley smiled and went down stairs, out the front door, and out back to his dad's shed. He opened the shed and got the ladder out. He then walked around to the side of the house where his bedroom was and placed the ladder up against the side of the house under his window. Then he went back and closed the shed. Dudley then went back to his room. By this time his mom was out of the shower and was getting ready. He got the stack of paper arrows he had made and began to lay them down making a path from the window to the door. He got to his door and he opened it and listened. He hear the TV on which meant that his mom was watching her morning soap operas. Dudley then turned around and looked at the clock by his bed. The clock read 10:10. He knew that his mom's soaps lasted till 11:00. Then she would fix lunch for him and herself and then she would clean the upstairs and the upstairs bathroom that she only cleaned once a week and today was that day. Dudley knew that he had to keep his mom down stairs so that Harry could get out safely. He finished placing the arrows down leading the pathway right to the attic door. Dudley then went downstairs and sat next to his mother and snuggled up close to her. Petunia put her arms around her son. After a few minutes, during a commercial break, Dudley looked at his mom and asked,
"Mama, can we watch a movie together after lunch today?" Petunia looked at him and said,
"Sure baby! Why don't we watch the movie while we eat so that I can still have time after lunch to clean the upstairs?"
"Can we just spend the afternoon together watching movies and you can clean the upstairs tomorrow? We never spend any time together and I want to spend time with you." Petunia smiled at Dudley and said,
"Of course we can Duddykins!" After Petunia's soap operas were over she went into the kitchen to fix lunch. Everyday Petunia fixed Dudley's favorite sandwich for his lunch Peanut butter and banana. Dudley went to his room and grabbed a set of movies that he knew would last long enough for Tonks and Remus to get Harry out. This was also three of Dudley's favorite movies. The first one was all about the past the second one was about the future and the third one was all about the Wild West.
Meanwhile over at Grimwald place, Remus had been up since daybreak pacing back and forth in the living room. Tonks had been sitting in a chair reading since daybreak. Tonks, without looking up from her book said,
"You know Remus pacing is not going to bring noon here any faster." Everyone was still asleep except for Tonks Remus Molly and Severus. Molly was fixing breakfast and Severus well its Snape who knows what he is doing. Actually he was in his room checking his supply of potions, medical supplies, and brewing several potions. You see Severus is not only a great potions master, but he also has a basic medical training. Remus had informed Severus that him and Tonks were going to rescue Harry from the Dursleys and they didn't know what condition he was going to be in so Severus needed to be prepared. Remus also told Severus about the blood on the note. By nine o clock everyone else had woken up and were all gathered at the kitchen table for breakfast. Remus came to the table ate, cleared off his spot and went back to the den to pace. Ron looked up as Remus left the table and said with a snicker,
"Wow somebody's antisocial today! I bet he is worried about his receding hair line." Fred and George snickered too.
"Ronald Weasley, that was totally uncalled for. I don't ever what to hear you say something like that again understand me young man?" said Molly glaring at Ron with the famous Molly Weasley glare. Ron smirked and said rudely,
"Okay Molly!" Molly stood up from her chair and walked over to Ron and flicked him rather hard on his ear. Then she returned to her seat. Severus finished his breakfast and returned to his room to finish preparing for Harry's arrival that afternoon. Remus followed Severus up to his room. Then once Severus closed the door behind them Remus sat down on the bed and asked,
"Do we tell Sirius now that his godson is coming in and that he is in bad shape or do we wait till after Harry gets here and we assess his injuries and then we tell Sirius?" Severus looked at Remus and replied,
"Do you really think that Sirius can handle knowing that his godson is injured?" You and I both know Remus that his mental/emotional mind set would be a hindrance to us rather than a help!" Remus nodded in agreement. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, 11:30 rolled around, Remus went downstairs and looked at Tonks. She nodded and the two of them flooed from grimmauld place to the main entryway in the Ministry. Then from there they walked to the local bus stop and they walked in and changed clothes so that they looked like muggle exterminators. Then they found an abandoned van and looked around to make sure that no one was around and they transformed it in to a muggle bug van. Then the two of them climbed in and drove towards Privet Drive. At 11:50 they arrived at 4 Privet Drive. They got out and walked to the front door and Remus rang the doorbell. Petunia got up to answer the door. She said to Dudley, "Keep the movie playing I will be right back." Dudley thought to himself that must be Tonks and Remus coming to rescue Harry. Petunia opened the door. Remus said,
"Good afternoon ma'am. My name is Bill and this is Susan. We are with the British England Exterminators and we are going around giving free treatments to first time customers of your downstairs and exterior of the house. Would you like to use our services today completely free of charge?" Petunia thought for a moment and then asked,
"What kind of insects and animals do you treat for?"
"We treat for all insects, spiders, ants, wasps, yellow jackets, & roaches. We also treat for squirrels, mice, & rats." Petunia then said,
"Okay." Remus nodded and said,
" We will go get out equipment out of the van and get started. One of us will come inside and spray while the other one sprays the outside." With that Tonks and Remus turned around and walked towards the van in silence. Petunia left the front door cracked so that they could get in. She then went back to the living room and sat down next to Dudley. He looked at her and asked,
"Who was at the door Mama?"
"Just some exterminators giving out free treatments." Dudley thought to himself Remus and Tonks must be running late. Meanwhile Tonks and Remus had made it back to their van and once they were out of earshot of the house Tonks smack Remus upside his head and said,
"Susan, Susan really! That was the best that you could come up with?" Remus rubbed his head and said,
" I am surprised I was actually able to form complete and coherent sentences while keeping my eyes from flashing to gold and ripping her to shreds. You do remember that the full moon is tonight right?" Tonks nodded, smiled and said,
"You take the inside and I will take the outside and try to find a way inside to find Harry." She then pulled some equipment out of the van and placed it on her back. Remus grabbed his equipment and put it onto his back and then said,
"Why do you get to do the outside? Harry is my cub and I should be the one to rescue him!" Tonks glared at him and said,
"I am going to find Harry Remus because tonight is the full moon and we don't know what shape Harry will be in. I also don't need you killing Petunia and ending up is Azkaban and leaving me to raise Teddy by myself. You also said that this was the plan yesterday." Remus sighed and said,
"Fine you win!" He then pointed to her hair that had begun to turn red. Tonks quickly changed it back to brown. They closed the back doors of the van and walked back to the house. Remus went into the house and Tonks began spraying the outside of the house. Once she rounded the corner she saw the ladder that Dudley had placed under his window. She went over to the ladder and looked around to make sure that no one was looking then she climbed up the ladder to the Dudley's open bedroom window. When she reached to top she looked around to see if any of the neighbors where looking and then when she was sure that the coast was clear she climbed in. She carefully landed making sure not to make noise as to not get caught. She then noticed the arrows on the ground and she began to follow them. She walked towards the bedroom door when all of a sudden she heard a resulting noise behind her. She drew her wand and turned around to find the noise. She looked around the room and at first she saw nothing till she turned towards the closet and she saw clothes moving. With her wand in hand she moved slowly towards the closet and moved the clothes aside with her wand. He breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Hedwig in her cage. Tonks put her wand back and placed her finder on her lips to signal the Hedwig to be quiet. She opened the cage door and Hedwig flew out of the closet and began to fly around Dudley's room. Tonks grabbed Hedwig's cage and shrunk it and placed it in her pocket. Hedwig flew around Dudley's room three times then landed on Tonks' arm.
"Fly to Grimmauld Place Remus and I are here to rescue Harry." Tonks whispered to Hedwig. Hedwig nodded and flew out Dudley's window back to Grimmauld place. Tonks then followed the arrows to the door. She quietly opened the door to find more arrows leading to another door. She slowly crept towards the other door. When she got to the attic door she opened it and instantly felt the heat that was coming from the attic. She really hoped that Harry was not in the attic. She then began to ascend the stairs. When she reached the top she froze. There was blood everywhere and there was a lump on the floor that Tonks hoped was not Harry. She walked over to the lump on the floor; she realized two things, one the lump was not moving and two the lump was indeed Harry. She realized it was Harry because she saw his trunk at the foot of the lump. When she saw this, her heart sank to her stomach. She placed the clothes that were hanging out of the trunk back into the trunk, locked it shrunk it, and placed it into her pocket. She knelt down next to Harry avoiding the blood and pulled back the blanket. Tonks gasped in horror and covered her mouth. She stared at Harry's blood stained covered in bruises, welts and lots and lots of blood. Then she saw the word "stupid" carved into his back. She moved the hair out of Harry's face only to discover that he had a fever. Tonks placed her index finger and middle finger on Harry's neck. She could barley feel a pulse. Tonks then pulled the blanket over Harry's back and gently picked him up, she then apparated out of the living room and into the living room of Grimmauld Place scaring the crap of Molly Weasley. Tonks carried Harry upstairs to Severus's room and laid him on the bed on his stomach. Severus followed Tonks and Harry up the stairs. Tonks then took Harry's trunk and Hedwig's cage out of her pocket and put them back to normal size. She placed Harry's trunk at the end of Severus' bed. She then apparated back to the Dursley's attic, walked back down the attic stairs, walked back through Dudley's room, climbed back down the ladder and walked around the house and continued to spray. She got around to the front of the house and nearly bumped into Remus who was coming out of the house. Remus looked at her and she nodded at him and he smiled. Remus then turned around and said,
"Ma'am." Petunia came to the door. Remus continued, "We are finished spraying the inside and outside of your house. We will be in touch with you about if you would like to use our services further." Petunia nodded and said,
"Thank you," She closed the door and went back to the living room with Dudley. Remus & Tonks got into the van and drove down the street a little bit to an abandoned lot and left the van. They apparated back to Grimmauld Place and when they landed in the living room they scared the living crap out of Molly Weasley again. Remus went straight to Severus's room. He walked in and found Severus trying to clean up Harry's back. Remus took one look at the cuts and the blood on Harry's back and the next thing Remus knew everything began to spin and everything was began to go black. Then he felt himself falling.