"Boy!"
"Boyyy!"
"Get your good-for-nothing-behind down here right now!"
That woke Harry right out of his faint. Harry didn't even have time to wonder if everything in the letter was true or if it was a prank. He collected himself off the floor of Dudley's second bedroom and brushed the dirt and linen off of his oversized 'clothes'. He ran downstairs.
"Yes, Sir" Harry replied standing in front of his uncle.
"Boy, explain to me why the phone is blowing up"
"Sir, that's what happens when someone calls" Harry retorted, annoyed that his uncle had called him for something so insignificant.
Snap
Harry's head snapped to the side as he received a slap.
"Don't get smart with me, freak!" Vernon bellowed his face turning purple with rage.
Harry sighed, his uncle got pissed for the simplest of things.
"Apologies, Uncle Vernon."
He knew better than to say a simple sorry.
"Boy, where is the dinner?!" A five year old came down the stairs two at a time.
"Sorry, Sir I was sleeping."
"Sorry, Sorry? Am I your pal that you apologise to me with a simple sorry. Boy, when you were laid on my doorstep in filthy rags, I knew you would be worthless. You will earn you keep, do not ever address me with a simple apology."
"Yes, Sir"
That night Harry cooked dinner and went to bed without his usual scraps.
Snap
"Boy, I asked you a question!"
"Apologies, Sir."
"Why is Janger ringing the house phone?"
"Janger, who is Janger?"
"Well find out, the person insists on talking to you"
Uncle Vernon walked out of the room with a purple face slamming the door behind him but not before barging Harry's arm. The force was so impactful, Aunt Petunia's prize china monuments fell to the ground shattering. Harry sighed knowing he would be getting licks for it after.
"Harry! Harry! Are you there?!" The voice snapped Harry back into reality. The voice sounded somewhat familiar.
"Hermione?"
"Yes of course. Who else would it be?" Hermione retorted.
"My uncle said it was a person called Janger."
"Granger, I said Granger"
"Oh, so what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Harry, I'm going to tell you something, please don't freak out because it probably isn't true and I don't know who to talk to about it and I think my parents are keeping secrets from me and please don't think I'm talking sh-"
"Hermione, calm down I have never heard you say so many ands in a sentence. Now slowly tell me what's wrong."
"Harry, earlier this week I found out I was adopted and that my birthday was July 31st."
"That's my birthday"
"Don't interrupt, Harry" Hermione spoke sternly.
"You're right, carry on"
"I was so upset with them, I don't know what came over me. I erased their memories of me and took off."
"Took off! Took off! Are you ok, Hermes? Where are you?"
"Harry, don't interrupt! Yes I'm fine. I took the Knight Bus to the Leaky Cauldron, where I'm staying. But that's not it, before I wiped the Granger's memories, I took some money so I could transfer my money into Galleons. When I went to Gringotts, to transfer the Muggle money and add it to my account, the goblins said that there was no Hermione under the name Granger even though I made the account quite a while ago. So I have to carry all my money around."
"While this is very sad, why ar-"
"This is the last time I'll tell you, don't interrupt!" That shut Harry up. Angry Hermione was something to avoid.
"Anyway, I had stayed at the Leaky Cauldron for a few days, on my birthday came a few letters. But one caught my eye. It had a snake on it. I tried to open it but it wouldn't budge. I got irritated and said I wish it would open. Then the letter opened. What I'm about to tell you is unbelievable but please don't hate m-" Despite Snape's constant declarations that Harry was stupid. Harry was quite smart and caught on what had happened due to similarities of his morning.
"The letter said your parents were Voldemort and Bellatrix. You aren't Hermione but Maia and I'm your brother."
"HARRY, DON'T INT- wait h-how did know?"
"Because, I got my own letter this morning saying my name was Kaden. But I thought it was a prank. Maybe it is."
"Well, we'll find out soon."
"What do you mean?" A confused Harry asked.
"Well, it says our 'mum' will pick us up."
"Oh, I forgot about that."
"Harry, what if it's true, what if our parents hate us, what will our friends say?" It was getting to much for her and tears threatened to spill.
"Hermione, calm down, if it's true I'm sure they'll love us, I'd have a sister and we'd be a family. If our friends are really our friends they'll stick by us." Harry was always good at calming down people. He could hear the slowing of her breath.
"Thanks Harry, I kind of hope it's true though we'll find out soon enough"
"Boy, are you still on that phone!"
"Harry! Are you okay, who's that?"
"My uncle, I've got to go Hermes. Keep calm we'll talk later."
"Ok, love you Harry"
"Love you too, Hermes" The call ended and Harry was left to think what would happen if it was really real. If it was, he'd get out of this hell-hole and he'd finally have a family. That was enough for him whether or not it consisted of the darkest wizard of all time.
Only then did he realise his uncle did not say anything about his new appearance.
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