Chapter one
Eleven years later
Christopher Perry Halls raked a hand through his unruly chocolate brown hair while his matching chocolate brown eyes rolled once more. Not in his entire eleven years had he managed to get his hair to stay down.
Puffing out a breath he managed to flop back on his bed and stare up at the ceiling, it was the first day of summer holidays and he was waiting to hear from his new school.
Chris was about to close his eyes when there was a gruff from beside his bed and he turned his head to see a grey and white husky dog sitting at the foot of the bed. Chris grinned brightly at the dog who wagged its tail happily that is until it seemed to take in Chris's hair and for a spilt second Chris was sure the dog rolled his eyes at him but suddenly the dog pounced on him causing Chris to yelp when the heavy paws landed on his chest sending him backwards with a oomph.
Chris laughed loudly as the dog licked greedily at his face "Nukie get off" Chris ordered loudly but the dog seemed to ignore him and carried on with Chris's morning bath.
"CHRISTOPHER PERRY HALLS" a booming voice brought both Chris and Nukie to a stop, glancing towards the door Chris gulped at hearing his uncle's voice. Jumping from his bed Chris raced out of his bedroom and down the stairs followed closely by his dog.
Chris came to a complete stop when at the bottom of the stairs a red faced Jon Halls stood with his arms folded. His dark eyes seemed to spark as he glared down at the eleven year old and his dog.
"y-yes uncle" Chris stuttered lowering his eyes for a second and Jon scowled for a second before he couldn't resist it a moment longer. Chris glanced up when his uncle erupted it a fit of laughter "that face was priceless… believe me Chris I understand why you get away with so much at your old school" Jon shook his head before his adoptive nephew looked up at him and grinned back "I thought you might like to go to the Zoo, I mean I have a day off so I thought we could get out of this stuffy flat" Jon offered as Chris nodded happily "can we stop off at the arcades after wards" Chris questioned with a gleam of hopefulness.
Jon simply chuckled to himself and nodded before turning his eyes to the equally hopeful looking dog "the mutt stays" Jon ordered causing Chris to pout lightly while Nukie growled in its throat almost giving Jon a withering glare. Chris thought for a moment before bending down beside the dog and sighing "sorry mate you're gonna have to stay here. Don't worry we'll bring you back some candy floss and those mice you like" Chris promised before he bowled backwards by Nukie who wagged his tail enthusiastically.
"Ok come on if we get moving now it won't be so crowded" Jon ordered as Chris managed to wiggle out from beneath the dog and sprint up the stairs. Nukie allowed his tongue to roll out and his grey eyes lifted to Jon who simply folded his head "I'm not patting you mutt… remember I was the one who bought you from Diagon Ally" Jon scolded before the dog rolled his eyes and gave a short gruff in reply before padding down the hallway towards the kitchen while Chris came bounding down the stairs with a large smile that seemed to etched on his face. Jon couldn't help by chuckle before nodding to the door.
Chris bolted for the door with Jon behind just as Nukie padded back out and watched the door closing; he let out a yawn before scratching behind his ear.
He was about ready to lounge around the front particularly on the large and soft couch but that was when he heard a squawk then a loud thud.
Cocking his head to the side he made his way to the front door where suddenly the letter box flap snapped open and two white letters slipped through. Nukie glanced through the letter box just in time to catch sight of a large white owl. Turning his head back the dog looked at the letters before nudging them with his nose and used his teeth to gently turn them over once seeing that one was addressed to Jon and the other to Chris. Nukie could almost seem to be smiling when he saw the Hogwarts seal. Gruffing happily to himself as he pushed the letters down the hallway ready to spend some time lounging on a large and soft couch.
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