Chapter 2

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Harry tilted her head in confusion. "What do you mean sir?" she asked. The Colonel leaned forward, perching his elbows on the desk.

"Have your relatives ever beaten you?" Mustang asked. Harry shook her head.

"No. They usually lock me in my cupboard when I'm being punished. Dudley has tried to beat me up before but I ran away. He's super fat so I can outrun him easily," Harry answered. Jake chuckled.

"She's the fastest cadet in our group. Leaves all the others in the dust. The only reason she hasn't outrun me yet is because I have longer legs," Jake said ruffling Harry's hair lightly. Mustang and Daphne smiled at the scene before Mustang cleared his throat lightly.

"Have they ever withheld food from you?" Mustang asked. Harry looked at the hands in her lap.

"Sometimes after I've burned their breakfast or dinner and if I didn't finish my chores," Harry answered quietly.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of Harry. Your aunt and Uncle are to blame," Daphne said gently. "I noticed that you were severely underweight for a child your age and asked the chefs to help. You know how you've had a different meal plan than the other cadets?" she asked and Harry nodded. "That plan is designed to help you regain lost nutrients your body needs in order to grow. You've already put on some weight, which is really good," Daphne said. Harry nodded again but remained silent.

"What did you mean by if you burned their food?" Mustang asked.

"I have to cook breakfast for the Dursley's every morning. Sometimes I also have to make dinner for them," Harry explained. The three adults exchanged looks from above her head.

"What kind of chores do you have to do?" Jake asked.

"Cooking, weeding the garden, vacuuming, dusting, taking out the trash, trimming the bushes, mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, and washing the dishes," Harry listed off. She had counted on her fingers to make sure she got all of them.

"Only one of those are things acceptable for a child to do. There is only one other that could also be acceptable," Daphne pulled Harry into her lap and wrapped her arms around the child. Harry leaned into her hold.

"You mentioned something about a cupboard?" Mustang asked after a moment of silence.

"The cupboard under the stairs. It's where I sleep," Harry said. She wasn't aware of the impact her innocent statement had on the adults. Their moods all turned dark.

"Harry. Do you want the Dursleys to pay for their mistreatment if you?" Mustang asked. This caused Harry's eyes to go wide with panic.

"No! They've never mistreated me! Any time I was punished was because I was a freak," Harry exclaimed shaking her head frantically. Daphne tightened her hold on the child.

"Harry you are not a freak. You are a sweet and hard working little girl. The Dursleys were supposed to take care of you but they didn't. They've went out of their way to make things difficult for you. They need to know why that's a bad thing," Jake said gently, getting up and crouching in front of Harry. "If you don't want us to do anything to them we won't, but we want to help you Harry," Jake said seriously.

Harry didn't respond. She was thinking. Three weeks. It's been three weeks since she was sent to this camp and already her life had improved drastically. She had clothes that fit her (even though it was just her uniform). She gets three meals a day, every day. She has an actual bed to sleep in. She even has friends now! She never had any of those things while at the Dursleys.

None of the adults broke the silence, instead letting Harry come to a decision on her own. That was another thing that never happened at the Dursleys. She was used to adults not caring what happened to her but here it was the opposite. These people even called her by her name!

"How would you deal with them?" Harry asked quietly. Mustang was the one who answered.

"We would take them to court. Using the pictures we have of when you first arrived, any other evidence the police can find, and, if you are willing, your testimony then the judge can decide the appropriate punishment," Mustang explained.

"Okay," Harry said. "You can do it."

Sorry this one took longer to update. Dad and I had to take my grandmother to her doctor appointments. I am very familiar with waiting rooms at this point. Thank you flash drive that plugs into my phone so I can watch anime while I wait. She had three appointments to go to. I spent an roughly an hour in each waiting room. On the plus side, I've made a dent in the new anime I started watching~

Funny thing that happened today. While I was in the waiting room a woman thought I was a veterinarian from her town. She realized she had the wrong person when I looked away from my phone but I still thought it was kinda funny. She was nice.

Next chapter will be for Colonello! Hopefully I can have that done tomorrow. I have a busy weekend and don't know how much time I'll have to write. If not then it'll likely be Sunday before I have serious time to write.

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