Prompt: Halloween
Any time period/pairing/era
Word count: 500-5000
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Story: What if Dudley Had A Magical Child?
Rating: T
Genre: Drama
Pen name: -Undisclosed at this time-
Pairings: Dudley/OC
OC: Lularoe
Summary: Dudley finds love and maybe a bit more than he was expecting along the way...
What if Dudley Had A Magical Child?
Dudley meets the love of his life
It was the year 1999 Dudley Dursley was almost a graduate when he met a young woman his age named Lularoe Shernagle. Upon first sight of her Dudley fell in love, Lularoe had long black hair, long legs, a pretty smile and the most beautiful green eyes Dudley had ever seen. He immediately went up to her and asked her out for a cup of coffee at the nearest coffee shop in England. She was hesitant at first but finally she agreed. She thought what could go wrong with one cup of coffee? Dudley had told her that he would come pick her up around 6pm that night. Dudley had gone home to get ready for his date when Petunia came knocking on Dudley's bedroom door. "Duddlykins are you ok; you seem a bit odd today, not your usual self." "I'm fine mother" he responded. Around 5 ish Dudley comes down stairs dressed in his best jeans and tee shirt. Petunia and Vernon look at him with their mouths open, "Son why are you dressed like that?" Vernon says. "Well father in case you care I have a date tonight" "A date" Petunia asks. "Yes mother a date." "W-with who Duddlykins" Petunia asks. "A girl from my school her name is Lularoe Shernagle." "Lularoe Shernagle are you sure that is her name" asks Vernon. "Yes it is father why?" "ABSOULETLY NOT" roared Vernon. "Dudley you cannot go on a date with that girl she is different than us and you will not be mingling with her." "Well father I don't care what you have to say I am taking her out for coffee this evening now if you excuse me I'm going to be late picking her up." Dudley kisses his mother on her cheek and slams the front door closed, gets in his car and erratically drives away.
"What was that all about Vernon, our son has his first date and you go mad on him? What is the deal with him taking that girl out on a date?" "The deal Petunia you want to know the deal?" "Yes I do why are you so upset about Dudley taking her out?" "I'll tell you why Petunia the deal is I work with her father Ernie Shernagle." "And….." Petunia asks. "And…. "said Vernon, there were a lot of rumors going around the office that Ernie's wife was…." "Go on" demanded Petunia "You know one of them" "One of who" Petunia asks. "Like your sister" Vernon answered. "So… there is no proof that this girl is just like her mother." Petunia stated. "What if she turns out to be like your nephew Petunia how are we going to talk to Dudley and tell him that his girlfriend is a you know?" Vernon asks. "Vernon Dudley said she was from his school, and that means she has none of that weirdness in her like Harry." Vernon just sat in his chair with a wondering glare in his eye; maybe he was being too obsessive. Maybe his wife was right, when Harry found out he was taken away to a special school, and Dudley did say she was from his school. If she was like her mother than she should have been taken to the special school as well but she wasn't. Vernon didn't even know if the rumor was true, and how would whoever started the rumor know what Ernie's wife was anyway.
Dudley had just pulled up in front of the street name that Lularoe lived on and looked for the number she wrote on a piece of paper. 655 W Relant St, he pulled up in front of her house parked the car and started his way up her steps to her porch and rang the doorbell. Dudley rings it two times and still didn't receive an answer. He started walking away when the door opened and there stood Lularoe her long black hair pulled up on her head and she was wearing a nice black t-shirt and blue jeans. "Are you just going to stand there and stare at me Dudley or are we going to go?" replied Lularoe. Dudley didn't even know he was staring at her, he ushered her to his car. He opened the door for her and she got in his car. "This is a nice car Dudley" "Thanks I got it for my 17th birthday" he replied. "So um where are we going for coffee" Lularoe asked him. "Where ever you think they serve the best coffee." Replied Dudley. Lularoe picked a small and cozy diner where her father and her used to go on a daily basis before he started working so much. Her mother had passed and her father was now her life. Before her mother had passed Lularoe admired her to the utmost. Lularoe was an only child and only her mom, her dad and her had known a very big secret her mother Violet had hidden from the rest of the world.
Conversation continued for over an hour and they kept getting refills on their coffee. Dudley found out that Lularoe had almost all the same interests as he did. He thought to himself: "This is the girl for me because we like the same things and she seems to like me as well." After about 2 hours of conversation and many cups of coffee later Lularoe decided she wanted to go home because she had school the next day. Dudley drives Lularoe home and asks her before she got out "Um Lula is there a chance they we can go on a second date maybe this weekend?" "Absolutely" she claimed. "As a matter of fact Dudley my father is having a barbeque this Saturday, you and your family are welcome to attend if you want to, the more company my father and I have the happier we will be." "I would love that more than anything" Dudley exclaimed. He bid her goodnight and promised to see her in school tomorrow and then on Saturday at her father's cook out. Petunia was waiting by the garden window since the minute Dudley left. Around 9pm or so she heard his car pull into the drive way and Vernon was sitting in his chair watching the 9pm news like he did every night. Petunia was nervous and ready to comfort Dudley if he came in hurting. The door opened and Dudley came in "Hi mum, father" and went straight to the kitchen to find himself a snack before he went to bed. Petunia came into the kitchen "Hi Duddlykins how was your night?" For a moment Dudley said nothing, this made Petunia even more scared that something had gone wrong and he didn't want to talk about it.
After a few minutes of silence Dudley says "Mum, I think I'm in love" "Love" Petunia said shakily "But you only went out on this one date with her how can you be in love with her." "Oh mum she is everything that I was looking for. She likes video games, and watching tv, and sweets just like me, she is an only child just like me, I think she is the one I'm going to marry. Oh by the way she invited us over to her father's house Saturday evening, her dad is having a barbeque." "Dudley you aren't serious are you pumpkin?" chimed Petunia. "I am mother, I don't care if dad doesn't like her I am going to that bbq this Saturday and if you are coming then you come dad can stay here and just be angry with me." "Her and I are actually going out again tomorrow night to get pizza and a movie." "Dudley what will your father think about this second "date" that you and this girl are going on" asked Petunia. "I really don't care what dad thinks, I love this girl and I'm going to continue to see her whether you and dad like it or not. I am almost 18 I can leave this house right now if I want because Lularoe has already told me if I ever need a place to stay I can stay with her. Now if you excuse me I am going to bed seeing as I have school in the morning. Good night mother" Dudley turned on his heel and started up the steps to his room. Petunia goes back into the sitting room where her husband sat. "Well did you talk to him Petunia?" Vernon said to his wife "I tried Vernon but he wanted to hear nothing that I said to him, he just kept talking about the girl." "I forbid him to go on another date with that girl" "Well" said Petunia "I don't think he cares what you have to say on the matter he told me he was going outtomorrow evening with her for pizza and a movie." "ABSOLUTELY NOT" Vernon shouted. "Now dear calm down, and think about this our Dudley has finally found a girl that he likes that actually likes him back. We can't ruin that for him dear." "Oh yes we can and yes we will, he can find another girl who is "normal" Petunia I don't like the sounds of her, not one bit." "Well Vernon Dudley is going to be an adult, I think he can start making his own decisions about who he sees and what he does. He is 17 years old now, and he is big enough to make his own decisions and suffer the consequences of those decisions. "Why don't we go over to her house on Saturday and just keep an eye on Dudley to make sure nothing happens." "I'm not going to go you go if you want to but I'm staying right here in my house minding my own business." Vernon stated. Petunia sighed and left the room, she shut off the kitchen and dining room light and headed up stairs to bed. She couldn't understand why her husband was acting like this with no proof that poor girl is a witch. Petunia had just climbed into bed when her husband finally came to bed, he usually kissed her goodnight but tonight he didn't. Petunia thought to herself that she would make Vernon's favorite breakfast in the morning hoping he would give up this childish game he was playing.
The next morning Petunia went to wake Dudley up to get ready for school just to find out he had already gotten ready and must be downstairs waiting for his breakfast. Petunia hurried up and threw her robe over her night shirt and went down stairs to cook Dudley his breakfast. However when she got down there she couldn't find him anywhere and she looked out the front window and saw his car was gone. "Hmmmm, that's strange" Petunia said out loud. Petunia had to sit herself down at the kitchen table to stop herself from fainting right there in the kitchen. "He always has me get him up and ready for school and demanding his breakfast. It has been that way for almost his whole entire life" Petunia just couldn't grip the fact that maybe her Duddlykins was growing up. Petunia went back upstairs to get herself ready for the day, and she wanted to have Vernon's breakfast done before he left for work. Ten minutes later Vernon comes down pours himself a cup of coffee and heads out the door. "Dear where are you going don't you fancy some breakfast this morning." "No I do not fancy some breakfast this morning Petunia I will grab a muffin or something on my way to work." Petunia knew that Vernon was very upset because he always eats his breakfast and kisses her cheek before he leaves. Petunia started her house chores for the day and she started on her desert for the company that they were receiving tonight. Vernon's drill company was going to make a big deal with another company and it was Vernon's job to do the talking for the CEO.
Meanwhile back at Wanstead High School Dudley had just got all of his things he needed for his classes. He ran into Lularoe "Hi Lula you ready for tonight? We can go to any pizza joint and any movie you want to." "Yea sure but let's get through this day ok? because I have a major test in biology that I need to pass or I won't graduate this year." "Yea absolutely I'm sorry I just didn't know." "It's fine don't be sorry ok?" she kissed Dudley on the cheek and went in the opposite direction he was going. He can't believe he got his first kiss on the cheek by a girl that actually likes him back. As Dudley sat in each of his classes listening to the professors he thought it to be a rather long day compared to any other day. Finally the lunch bell rang and Dudley started on his way down to the cafeteria to join his friends for a lunch. Piers, Dennis, Gordon and Malcolm were all waiting for Dudley to sit with them and eat so they could talk about getting together sometime this weekend to decide who their next victims were going to be. Now that they are older they only get together once a month to decide who is going to be their next target. Seeing as each friend has his own life and girlfriend to worry about, Dudley was not sure if Lularoe was actually his girlfriend yet or not but he decided he was going to tell the gang about her and describe her and maybe even point her out in the lunch area. Dudley got his food and sat down at the table that they took from the math league. "So when are we getting together to plan our next target" asked Gordon. "Yeah who's house is it going to be where we decide." Asked Malcolm. "Dudley" Dennis says. "What the hell is his problem today" chimed in Piers. Dudley heard nothing that his friends were asking he was watching Lularoe get her food and sit down with her group of female friends.
"Earth to Dudley" exclaimed Piers. "HELLO YOU IN THERE" shouted Gordon. "Huh, oh yea I'm here I just got sidetracked is all" said Dudley. "So where are we going to get together this month" Gordon asked. "I don't know yet but I'll let you know when it gets closer to time." "Yo man what is your problem today you look like the love bug bit you" exclaimed Piers. "Well it happened to all of you didn't it?" Dudley growled. "Ah so it is true who is she" asked Dennis "Her name is Lularoe she lives a couple of blocks from me she just moved into that batty old man's house on W Relant St, you know the one who died. Her and her father moved into that old man's house and I took her out last night you know to show her around town. That's all" "Wow look at you falling in love man that is great" said Dennis. "I'm going to show her around some more tonight" exclaimed Dudley. "Really" they all asked "Can we come" "No" said Dudley in his I mean it voice. "Aww why not man" "Because I said no you bumbling morons." "Are you going to start turning soft on us boss" asked Malcolm. "Well what does she look like man scope her out for us" claimed Piers. "She is the new chick with the long black hair and the beautiful green eyes" "Ah you mean Lularoe Shernagle." "Yea how do you know her by name man" Dudley growled. "Well I heard she would bone any guy that asks her out, she is known as the "lick um n stick um" girl" replied Piers. "Where did you hear that from she is new here she has never been here before." "Ah that is where you are mistaken bud" said Gordon. "What do you mean I never saw her in all my years at school." "Dud man she was in the 1st grade with us you know the little girl with the great big glasses that we used to push around. Dude she left school when she turned 12 man they said she went insane when her mom died so they took her away to a mental hospital." Said Gordon. "Nah you have the wrong girl she would have told me this when I took her out last night" replied Dudley. "Well if her last name is Shernagle it's the same chick we used to bully man" said Gordon. "You guys are a bunch of idiots I don't even know why we are still friends." exclaimed Dudley. "Now if you excuse me I'm going to get ready for my next class, I can't skip anymore classes or I won't graduate this year and I will be sitting in a jail cell." Dudley said. "Bye boss see you next week" they all replied. Dudley sat through his last 3 classes before the end of the week and a new weekend with Lularoe and her father. Finally around 3:15pm the last bell rang indicating that the weekend was here. He couldn't wait to get home and get ready for his date with Lularoe. I wonder what movie she is going to pick he thought to himself I hope it ain't one of those chick flicks. Well I guess I will find out when I pick her up and take her out. Dudley rushes home and plans on showering and getting ready for his date. He pulls into the drive way and notices that his dad is still not home, so he shuts the car off and busts through the front door like a mad man, running all the way up to the bathroom to get ready for his date. Petunia comes rushing to the front door expecting Vernon to be standing there getting ready to yell about someone at his job. She sees the front door open and sees Dudley's car in the drive way. Dudley's home I wonder what has him in such a rush, she decided she was going to ask her son when he came back down. Around 4:15pm Dudley comes back down stairs once again dressed in a nice tee shirt but this time his black jean pants. "So what is all the rush" Petunia asks. "My second date with Lularoe" Dudley said to his mother. "Ahh the pizza and a movie date." Yes so I will not be here for dinner mum just save me a plate in the oven ok, I gotta go im going to be late picking her up." "Dudley" Petunia said as Dudley was walking out the front door, she somehow wanted to try to talk to him about the girl again but he didn't want to hear nothing of the sort. Dudley arrives at Lularoe's and went up to her door once again and rang the bell this time a man around 60 answers the front door. "May I help you sir?" he asks "Um sir I'm here for Lularoe is she ready sir" "Ah yes you are the Dudley boy my daughter has been talking about since yesterday" "Um yes sir, I'm her to pick her up, I'm taking her to pizza and then a movie. I don't mean to be rude but you are they guy who works with my dad in his drill company." "What is your father's name again son" "Vernon Dursley" "Ah yes Mr. Dursley."
After a few minutes of conversation with the guy who claims to be Lularoe's father Lularoe came downstairs wearing a purple blouse and a black skirt. She left her hair down this time. Dudley thought she looked even more beautiful today then she did yesterday. Dudley said goodbye to her father and they went on their way. They ended back at the same place they had their coffee the night before for pizza that Lularoe said was the best place to eat. They order a large cheese with mushroom pizza and talked. Lularoe told him almost all of her child hood and most of her teenage years. They ended up going to a movie that Dudley and his gang seen a bajillion times that he loved. Lularoe claimed to have never seen the movie before. Around 1030 the movie ended and Dudley asked Lularoe if she had a great time tonight and she replied yes she did. He thought he better be getting her home to her father so he would be able to see her again without her father complaining that he wasn't a good person for her. He pulled up to her house and walked her to the door. "You know I had an awesome time tonight Dudley you are a sweet person." "Well thank you for the compliment I will see you tomorrow have a good night my sweet." Lularoe kissed Dudley on the cheek before she entered her house leaving him standing in the dark with a grin on his face. "I am totally the master" Dudley said to himself. The next day Dudley got up and went to his mother's room, and knocked on her door. "Mum have you made anything for the barbeque that is at Lularoe's today."
"No but while I was shopping yesterday I did pick up an angel food cake for your barbeque I hope that is good enough." "Yea I guess" replied Dudley. "So are you going to go or are you going to stay here with father and be miserable." He heard nothing from the other side of his mother's door, a few seconds later she comes to her door and into the hallway. She closes the door behind her and whispers to her son "Yes I will be there but if I don't like her or her father I am coming straight home and you will never see this girl again." "I don't see why you wouldn't like her mother she has never did anything to you or father." "I know son but your father seems to think she is one of them" "One of who and how would he know what she is like he never met her before." "Your dad seems to think that she is like Harry" "Where would he get that idea from" "There were rumors going on around your father's work that her mother was like Harry." "No she would have told me this, dad just doesn't want me to be happy" "I don't know son I'm just telling you what your father is worried about, are you sure she went to your school all of these years?" "Well the gang thinks that when she was 12 she was taken to the insane asylum because of her mother's death. She just moved back here a few weeks ago. I guess her and her mother were very, very close to each other and then when she passed a few years ago she just lost it." "Hmm interesting, I'll have to check up on that information to see if that is true." "You're not going to find in here in England she was taken to a private institution somewhere in Albania. Any way I am going to get ready for this barbeque it starts at mid-day." Dudley turned on his heel and headed for the bathroom to shower, shave and get dressed.
Around 12:30 pm Petunia showed up at Lularoe's house and knocked on the door that had a big eagle claw on a ring on the door. "That's odd" Petunia said to herself "I never saw a knocker like this before, and they also have a door bell, how interesting." Petunia stood waiting on the porch for someone to answer the door, a few seconds later Lularoe answers the door and invites Petunia in. "You must be Dudley's beautiful mum Petunia Dursley how nice to meet you." "How do you know my name?" "Dudley of course silly, come on the party is out back. My name is Lularoe and where is Mr. Dursley at today?" "He wasn't feeling good so he decided to stay home so nobody else catches his cold." "Ahh I see, come on them don't let the afternoon waste before us, and thank you for the angel food cake it looks delicious" The barbeque lasted a few hours and Petunia and the fellow neighbors got to know a little more about her and her family. Petunia was actually enjoying herself for once without having to worry that someone was going to come after her because of who her nephew was.
1 year later
Dudley and Lularoe fell deep in love and Dudley finally got the courage up to ask her to marry him, and she accepted without hesitation. Dudley and Lularoe graduated from Wanstead High school at the age of 18. They had planned on being engaged for at least 1 year before they tied the knot. Vernon finally accepted that Lularoe was a normal teenage girl and that he should be happy for his son. Vernon accepted her with open arms and apologized( which Is uncommon for Vernon) to Ernie saying he was wrong he knew nothing about Ernie's deceased wife and should not have been talking ill about her no matter what the rumors were around his work. Dudley and Lularoe had planned the wedding to be sometime in the summer of 2001. Harry was invited to Dudley and Lularoe's wedding, because as we all know after the battle of Hogwarts when Dudley was terrorized by a death eater he became friendlier towards Harry and more accepting of what he had as a cousin, because of Harry saving his life.
Summer of 2001
Dudley and Lularoe finally ended up getting married and shortly on their honey moon found out she was going to be expecting. They were both 19 at that time and they were both happy that they were going to be having a baby. Dudley had said that if they were having a boy they were going to name him Brandon Harry Vernon Dursley because they wanted to keep the memory of Harry Potter his cousin who passed away a few weeks before the wedding due to a car crash, and Vernon due to the fact that his father had passed the same month as his cousin due to a heart attack. If they were going to have a girl they were going to name her Violet Petunia Dursley Violet as the first name of Lularoe's mother and Petunia as the middle name for his mother who thankfully he still had in his life. 24 weeks into the pregnancy they found out they were going to have a daughter born in the month of July.
11 years later
Lularoe had a healthy baby girl, 11 years after her birth in the Halloween of 2012, Dudley and Lularoe noticed that their daughter was acting kind of strange and mysterious.
TO BE CONTINUED….
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