(Note: This chapter takes place after Harry was taken by in my
Story Almost Perfect if you haven't read it you nee to go back and read it
or this story will not make sense … sorry)

Disclaimer: Too tired to argue or lie and say I wrote it, so to save time and energy…………. I don't own it

This is the second chapter I just got back from camp and I feel half dead, I've been up since 7:13 yesterday morning and it's now almost noon today …… so yeah here's your chapter, enjoy it and I'm going to take a nap…

Rewritten Chapter One:

Dudley was angry and not a someone won't get me anything so I'm going to be
a brat angry either.

He was angry about the strange man who had come barging through their door a
few nights ago looking for his cousin, no one ever wanted to see his cousin
so why now. He was also mad that someone had taken him away he had been
looking forward to using him as a punching bag. ' It's not fair' thought
Dudley. He had been busy he had already torn up his mothers flower garden,
dug holes in the yard and had even gone as far to sneak in the kitchen while
his mother was busy spying on the neighbors and put bologna on the cars on
his street, granted more of it went in his stomach than on the cars.

He was running out of things to do and it was getting late he also knew his
parents were hiding something from him because every time he asked about the
strange man his parents would change the subject or offer him something to
get his mind of the stranger and it had been working but after 20 or so ice
cream cones even he got sick of them.

Dudley sighed and sat down on his steps he wanted to know what was going on.
His parents hadn't stopped arguing ever since that man had shown up. They
weren't paying him as much attention as they usually did unless he asked
about the man and then it was only to bribe him to change the subject.

His father was the worst every time the subject was brought up he would
start yelling about things being unnatural and how freaks would not be
discussed under his roof.

His mother would wince every time he would make a comment like that and try
to calm him down but it only made his father yell more and more and when
Petunia had enough she would yell back.

'Great, just great,' thought Dudley upon seeing his father's car pull into
their driveway, ' he's probably going to yell some more tonight,'

He was wrong though his father didn't yell at anyone that whole night he
barley said anything at all until Dudley went to bed.

" Vernon," said Petunia in a hushed voice, " did you see what Dudley did
today?"

" He played a few harmless pranks Petunia, it's not going to hurt anyone,"
he said stiffly like he didn't want to be talking at all.

" Is something wrong at work dear?" asked Petunia looking for a reason to
explain her husband's behavior.

" No, nothings wrong at work, why?" he asked her.

" Well I was just wondering why you've been so quiet tonight that's all."
She said softly going back to what she was doing before.

" We've been arguing every night for the past two weeks because of that man
I just figured we were setting a bad example for Dudley and the neighbors
were getting suspicious." Said Vernon turning the page of the paper he was
reading.

" I guess you're right we weren't setting a good example for Dudley." Said
Petunia, " I'm going to bed dear." She said turning and walking up the
stairs.

The next Day Dudley was the first one up it was summer and he wanted to go
swimming and he hadn't been ever since the strange man came to get Harry.

" MOM!!" yelled Dudley running down the stairs to find his mother cooking
breakfast and his father reading the morning paper.

" What is it Dudley dear?" she asked him while fixing his plate.

Dudley sat down at the table and waited for his mother to give him his food,
" I want to go swimming today." He said while greedily eyeing the food on
his plate.

" Not today dear," she said

" Why not?" whined Dudley, " I want to go that not fair you haven't taken
me anywhere but to the park for ice cream for weeks I want to go swimming."
He said pouting.

" Dudley, were going to go on a trip today," she said looking at Vernon, "
you and your Father and me, does that sound good and while we're out you can
get one of those games you've been wanting." She said hoping to calm her son
down.

" Can I go swimming?" he asked hoping that they were going somewhere he
could swim.

" If we find someplace you can swim, but I thought you might want to go to
the fair, you liked it last year remember the rides that you didn't want to
get off of?" she asked him.

Dudley thought for a moment, " yeah I remember is that where we're going?"
he asked his mother.
" Yes that's where we're going so hurry and finish your breakfast so we can
go." Said Vernon making Dudley jump a bit in his seat.

Dudley gulped down his breakfast at light speed and raced to get dressed and
ready to go the fair the rides were better than swimming any day.

An hour later they arrived at the fair and Dudley rode almost every ride
before he found a game he wanted to play darts.

The man let him stand on the counter to throw the darts at the balloons.

" Be careful Dudley dear," said Petunia nervous about him standing on the
counter.

Dudley had five darts to throw and all of them missed but one the man gave
him a small Teddy bear but he didn't want it he wanted another prize that
was on the second shelf, a slingshot.

" I don't want the stupid teddy bear I want the slingshot!" yelled Dudley
throwing the teddy bear back at the man who was running the game.

" Hey lady control your brat." The man said picking up the teddy bear that
was thrown at him.

" Dudley, behave please." Said Petunia humoring the man.

Vernon chuckled, " good throw Dudley, why didn't you throw the darts like
that?" he said giving his son a pat on the back.

Dudley pouted, " Because they're stupid and I want to try again I want the
slingshot."

" Come now Dudley we can buy you a slingshot that's better than that one I'm
sure it'll just fall apart anyway." Said Petunia trying to prevent her son
from throwing a fit.

Dudley thought about it for a bit and then stuck his tongue out at the man
and walked off to find some cotton candy.

" I still get my game too right?" asked Dudley after he found the cotton
candy stand.

" Sure son," said Vernon ruffling Dudley's hair.

Dudley quickly gulped down the cotton candy and ran back to the rides her
rode his favorite, which was a miniature roller coaster ten more times, then
he threw up.

Petunia rushed to wipe off his mouth and shirt where he had thrown up on
himself. " let's just go home dear," she said trying to pick up her son, but
realizing he was too heavy to lift.
" NO!" he yelled, " I want to go to the store you promised." Screamed
Dudley.

" Sweetie we can go to the store tomorrow when you feel better." She said.

" NO I WANT TO GO NOW!!!!!!" he yelled throwing himself on the ground
getting ready to throw a fit.

" It's all right son we'll take you to the store" Said Vernon giving his son
what he wanted.

" Vernon," said Petunia giving him a look that said ' he could have waited,'

Dudley was already half way to the car by the time Petunia sighed and
started walking back to it herself.

Dudley fell asleep in the backseat and Petunia convinced Vernon to just
drive home.

When they arrived Petunia tried to carry her son upstairs to his bed but
again he was too heavy for her to lift by herself so she had Vernon do it.

Petunia stayed up most of the night, she was worried that Vernon was going
to figure out that Dudley was on the list to go to Hogwarts now that Harry
was gone.

Today while Dudley was throwing a fit about not getting the slingshot she
noticed something that Vernon hadn't while Dudley was throwing his fit the
balloons had begun popping by themselves or at least that's what it looked
like she knew it was Magic and she knew that Vernon would have know where it
was coming from if he had seen it.

She was grateful that she had been able to keep it a secret for so long most
of Dudley's fits had been blamed on Harry, now he wasn't here to blame it
on.

She knew it was only a matter of time until everything started unraveling
and she knew there was nothing she could do to stop it.

Petunia fell asleep watching TV that night and woke up to hear screaming.

" YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE ME TO THE STORE. I WANT TO GO TO THE
STORE. TAKE ME TO THE STORE NOW!!" yelled Dudley as loudly as he could.

Then to her horror she heard Vernon yell back, " I'M NOT TAKING YOU ANYWHERE
TO LITTLE FREAK." Then " PETUNIA GET IN HERE."

Petunia quickly ran into the kitchen only to see every single one of her
best china plates smashed on the floor and a few in the air getting ready to
smash into the floor.

Vernon turned to glare at Petunia when he noticed she was in the kitchen, "
did you know your son was a dirty freak?" he asked her angrily.

Dudley had shut up as soon as his father had called him a freak that was a
name reserved for his cousin not for him why had his father called him that.
Then he looked up and saw the plates floating and immediately gasped and the
rest of the plates fell to the ground.

Petunia was going to answer when she heard the rest of the plates crash and
looked over at her son to see him scared to death and crying. She rushed
over to him and comforted him, " it's all right Dudley." She told him
softly.

" You're protecting him?" asked Vernon disgusted.

" Of course I'm protecting him he's my son." She yelled at Vernon who had
taken off his belt she knew what he meant to do and she wasn't going to let
him.

" Stop right there," she told him, " and get out of my house I won't have
you call my son a freak." She said standing up.

Vernon laughed and Petunia could tell he wasn't in his right mind at the
moment, " Dudley," she said softly.

" Yes mum," he said almost whimpering.

" Dudley I need you to go get the keys and lock yourself in the car I'll be
out in a minute." She said softly so Vernon wouldn't hear her.

Dudley did what he was asked and ran to get the keys.

Petunia turned back to face her husband who was crazed with anger, and
without thinking about what she was doing picked up the thing nearest to her
and bashed him over the head with it.

She ran upstairs and packed her and Dudley some clothes and packed a few of
Dudley's favorite toys and rushed out of the house without bothering to lock
it.

She knocked on the car window signaling for Dudley to let her into the car,
he let her in and they sped off.

" Mum," said Dudley softly once they were almost an hour away from their
house, " there's something wrong with me isn't there."

Petunia looked at her son and sighed, it was true she thought there was
something terribly wrong with her sister and on many occasions called her a
freak, but now that her son was just like her sister she didn't know what to
think.

" No Dudley there's nothing wrong with you, if anyone has anything wrong
with them it's your father." She said deciding once and for all what she was
going to do. ' I'm sorry Lily,' she thought to herself.

Okay that was a bit longer and hopefully a bit more entertaining and I
suppose you didn't really need to read Almost Perfect to understand this
chapter but it would probably help.

Also if that made no sense to you or didn't sound believable sorry never
really been in a situation like that before so it's hard to tell how people
would react I did my best to guess and think about what I would do…….. I'm
talking about something like that happening without the magic part of
course……

Thanks goes to LL for being the first and only reviewer of this story so far and don't worry about the length of the review, I'm just happy to get one, it makes my ego go from (….) to (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)………. No just kidding but I do like them they make me happy.