Quote #6

Harry Potter was in his living room, playing with a four year old Albus, when he heard a knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Five year old James ran down the stairs, padding his feet. Harry groaned and placed Albus on the floor. With Ginny traveling with the Harpies, Harry was getting a good taste of parenting the kids. Not only was Lily, finally asleep in all her terrible-two-ness, upstairs, but Teddy was also visiting, bouncing off the walls of Godric's Hollow about his Hogwarts letter that came in the post a few days ago. Harry was about three seconds away from pulling his hair out.

Or calling Hermione.

"Daddy!" James whined. The knocking on the door became more consistent. Harry had magicked the door handles ion the house to not turn when James or Albus tried. Soon enough, he'd have to add Lily to the spell.

"I'm coming James," Harry said, pushing his glasses up on the bridge of his nose as he got up and reached the door.

When he opened it, he first thought no one was there. But then he looked down and saw a round faced girl with bright blue eyes behind small circle glasses and curly blonde hair tied up in pig tails.

"Um," Harry looked at the girl confused, "Hello."

"Hi," she smiled brightly. "You're Harry Potter." Harry could tell she meant it as a question, but it sounded very much as a statement. It was heard often when Harry was meeting people for the first time.

"I am," Harry sounded amused. "And who are you?" He looked around for an adult, but he didn't see anyone. The little girl walked inside, passed Harry without saying anything. "Okay then," Harry said, following the little girl and closing the door.

"Who's that?" Teddy came in from the kitchen eating an apple. The little girl turned on her heals and raised an eyebrow at Teddy.

"I'm Daisy, Daisy Dursley," She said. "You have blue hair."

"No I don't," Teddy said, shutting his eyes and turning his hair pink.

"Whoa cool!" Daisy said. Harry was more worried about why the little girl was now in his living room though.

"Wait, Dursley?" Harry asked incredulously.

"Yes," Daisy responded. "My daddy is your cousin." Her dad was Dudley? Dudley had a daughter?

More importantly, Dudley's daughter was at his house?

"Okay, does your daddy know you're here," Harry asked. Daisy shook her head.

"Nope nope," she said. "He was just all grumpy and storming around the house when the mail came, muttering about how now he had to call Harry, blah blah blah. So I went in his address book and the only Harry I saw was you."

"How about your mum, does she know?" Harry asked, but Daisy just frowned.

"She died…" Daisy said. And that was that about that. Harry decided to move to the next question.

"But how did you get here Daisy?" Harry asked. The little girl just shrugged.

"I dunno, I kinda just… got here," she shrugged. Harry raised an eyebrow before heading to the phone on the wall. Daisy on the other hand, turned back to Teddy. "Change your hair again!"

Harry pulled out his wand and tapped the phone. "Dudley Dursley." He waited patiently as it rung, hearing Lily upstairs start crying. Next call after Dudley was Hermione, he defiantly needed help here.

"Hello?" Dudley's voice came up on the other line. Harry realized that he had only talked to Dudley once since the day he left Privet Drive and that was a few months after the war ended, to tell the Dursley's that they were safe again.

"Dudley…its Harry," Harry said, scratching the back of his head. Good lord, this conversation with Malfoy would be less awkward.

"Oh, um…" Dudley's voice grumbled. "Err, is this important, I'm sort of waiting for a call from…"

"From Daisy?" Harry smiled. Even a decade later, Harry still enjoyed having the upper hand on his cousin.

"Uh yea…" Dudley said. "Wait do you…"

"She's here," Harry said. "I'll give you my address." He did so. "And Dud…bring along her Hogwarts letter, will you?"

Daisy and Teddy were playing with James and Albus. Harry was carrying Lily, who wouldn't stop crying. Suddenly through the fireplace came Hermione. "Okay Potter," she said, brushing the soot off her clothes. "You made me come here from work saying you had a good reason," she was only half annoyed with Harry. "So go ahead, make my day."

Before Harry could say anything though, Daisy stood up and held out her hand. "Hello, I'm Daisy Dursley." Hermione rose an eyebrow at Daisy, and then at Harry. "It's nice to meet you."

"I'm Hermione Weasley. It's nice to meet you too." She shook the little girl's hand and then went to Harry. "So Dudley is…"

"On his way," harry said. Hermione nodded thoughtfully and took Lily.

"Got it," Hermione said. "Okay you guys, is anyone hungry?" The kids all got up excitedly and followed Hermione into the kitchen.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Harry went to open it, seeing a much different Dudley then they one Harry remembered back when they were 17 years old. He was leaner (probably from actually going through with one of those diets,) and he was dressed in a business suit.

"Hey Dudley," Harry smiled.

"How the hell did this happen?" Dudley asked. He just wanted an answer. "I mean…I figured…I saw the signs…but…" Harry stepped aside and let Dudley in.

"Daddy!" Daisy ran out of the kitchen and hugged Dudley. "Did Harry tell you? Did he tell you I'm magical, like Mommy?"

"You married a witch?" Harry asked. Dudley nodded.

"Long story," Dudley said. He handed Daisy the letter that had started all of the commotion.

"How about you explain this long story," Harry said, "and I explain how to have a magical child."

"Sounds good to me," Dudley said.

"Go ahead, make my day." – Sudden Impact

I plan somewhere in these one-shots to bring up Dudley AND Daisy again, so keep an eye out.