Petunia's woes
When the red head left the court room and the Wizengamot hearing was resumed, Petunia asked to speak before her judgment could be announced. She explained how she had dearly loved her younger sister Lily, how she had been broken hearted when the Magical world stole Lily away from her, taking her to Hogwarts; how each year that her sister returned, she became more and more bitter, their parents spoiled her rotten during the holidays, trying to make up for not seeing her all year round, they only had eyes for their wonderful talented Lily. Yes she admitted it, she became extremely jealous of her sister Lily and James died, she broke, Magic had taken her sister, Magic had killed her sister, Magic was dangerous, but she was left to care for Lily's Magical child. Dumped on her doorstep by Dumbledore with a letter saying that he too was in Danger of death because of Magic; it was too much for Petunia, she couldn't love this child, Lily's child only to lose him too. She closed her heart to the child, he couldn't ever know about Magic, he'd be in danger but dangerous too. Within days he started showing his Magical abilities, they'd just have to get the Magic out of him then, it was for his own good. Petunia didn't hate the child, but she didn't love him either, Vernon however despised the child, their son followed in his idolized father's footsteps. Petunia really wanted to help the child in her attempts at ridding him of his Magic; Vernon enjoyed making the boy suffer. If they had gone on the run when the Hogwarts letters came to their home, it was for Petunia once again to protect the child from the Magical World and its dangers, if he didn't go, he wouldn't be at risk.
She saw how each summer he came back from school having nightmares from his numerous adventures, she Knew of the escaped convict Sirius Black his escape had been in the Muggle press, he'd been a friend of James'; what if he came after the child? After his fourth year, the nightmares were worse than ever, he often screamed during the night, crying for Cedric who'd died before his eyes, reliving the scene over and over, she was more determined than ever to rid Harry of his Magic, it only made him suffer. During the holidays after his fifth year he constantly cried for his Godfather who'd just died, Dumbledore had given her that piece of information, he wasn't a mad man after all; he had been innocent of the crimes he'd been imprisoned for. What good had Magic brought into Harry's life? It seemed only to bring him misery and danger. The last time he came home he cried at night for his friends Ron and Ginny, always managing to wake the household earning him more punishments, but he still had his Magic. When the Aurors came to her house, she hadn't seen Harry for two or three days, but she thought nothing of it, that often happened when Harry was punished, so was nothing to worry about, never would she have guessed that Harry was dead and already buried. Her world collapsed, after all that she had done to save him from his own and others' Magic, he had died committing suicide. And then that red head came to the courtroom asking to have custody of Harry's younger brothers, she wanted to understand.
The Chief Warlock, explained what was known of the situation, James and Lily Potter had gone into hiding and made a new life for themselves, having two more children, they left Harry with Petunia thinking that he would be safe there. The Potter family recently returned to the Magical world. Lily had written to Harry on the eve of his birthday. She wanted to take Harry with her to start a new life as a real family with another man, Severus Snape; the only man to have ever really loved her. Harry misunderstood a part of the letter and took his life. James on learning of his death killed Severus Snape, he was now in prison and Lily was in a long term ward in the Magical Hospital St Mungos, having gone catatonic when she realized that her words had killed her son and the man she wanted a new life with. The consequence of this was leaving the children to be sent to an orphanage.
Petunia screamed out her despair. A Medicomage had to sedate her.
As Molly Weasley left the Ministry smiling widely, with one of the Potter brothers on each arm and her five sons following just behind; she could hear Petunia screams.
The Wizengamot sentenced Vernon and Dudley Dursley to Azkaban and The Kiss after a year in top security cells guarded by Dementors. The Wizengamot went into deliberation for Petunia's case, she had abused Harry Potter, but with good intentions, deluded as they were. But no one had ever tried to explain things to her about the Magical World; no one had ever tried to help her raise a powerful and troubled child, could the blame for her actions be hers alone? Why had no witch or wizard ever checked up on Harry's health and or safety? Why had the Magical World abandoned the child that had defeated Voldemort? These questions were left unanswered. The dilemma remained however; what should they do with Petunia Dursley? One member of the Wizengamot asked an odd question, if Lily Potter was an heir of Slytherin, why then wasn't her sister Petunia too? They shared the same parents, why would one child be a Witch and the other a Muggle? Was that even possible? Shouldn't Petunia be at least a Squib or at best an undiscovered Witch?
The Medicomage returned and was asked to look into Petunia to see if she had a Magical Core. The results surprised everyone in the room; she had a very strong Core, yet had never been discovered. As Muggleborn children were discovered after their first bout of accidental Magic, it was deduced that this was the cause, Petunia had never lost control of her Magic so was left undiscovered, untrained and without a wand.
This piece of information sealed her fate. She was condemned to live in the Magical World, forcing her to get over her fears and prejudice, she would have to work for a living at St Mungos on Lily's ward, maybe being there would help her sister. She would sell her Muggle assets to finance her new life, but she'd get a Magical Education through the Ministry free of charge, they had after all badly messed up with her. Both she and Harry Potter suffered for it, had she known that she was a Witch, she would have lived and been at home in their world and known how to look after the boy.
The following day the full transcripts of the Wizengamot hearings hit he papers, it was imperative that the public understood the justice that had been dealt. One day James Potter would walk free from Azkaban, it wouldn't do for him to be lynched by the public. The same went for Petunia, for her to accept life in the Magical World, the population had to play nice, otherwise her fear of the unknown and the prejudice would continue.
Samuel and Ethan Potter's new family situation was announced, it would be very well received by the public, the whole Potter family had suffered for years; it was time to do something good for them.
Samuel and Ethan Potter had been blessed the day that Molly took them in as her wards; they felt that they were really a part of the Weasley family. Harry's friends made it a point of honor to get to know the boys. As soon as summer was over Samuel went to Hogwarts where he joined the forth years. Ethan had to wait another year before he could go. During that time he helped Percy getting around in the house before the renovations were completed, they spent a lot of time together; Percy taught Ethan a lot about Magic, but mostly about his older brother Harry. Neither Percy nor Ethan being alone at the Burrow, Molly was able to quickly plunge into the Foundation. She was not at all surprised by the name of the foundation when Griphook gave her the relevant paperwork. She knew that Harry had chosen this to keep his name from being brandied about; oh everyone would know that he was the founder, but talk would be of the foundation itself and not of him as it would have been had it carried his name. Within the year of Harry's and Severus' deaths the Tom Riddle Foundation was taking in the first children in need of a home. It became Molly and Percy's life work, Samuel and Ethan joined them when they left school. Lily and Petunia joined them, and on his release; James did too.
They formed the Executive Board of Governors. The Tom Riddle Foundation had started out owning one orphanage "Tom's Place", over the years as laws changed, the separation of Worlds so wanted by Tom Riddle came into being, the Foundations success proved that Magical Children were still abused by their Muggle families and needed to be protected by their own, before the abuse could begin. It was only when a Half-blood Medicomage researching Muggle medicine found the gene responsible for creating the Magical Core that things could accelerate. Each newborn in the Muggle World had blood tests done, imposed by their laws. The Queen herself had ordained that these tests should include the Core Gene Test. Babies presenting the gene were taken to the Magical World, and the parents told that the baby had a genetic default and had died shortly after birth. Obliviating the parents, staff, families and friends, colleagues, neighbours etc to make them forget the pregnancy would be impossible. With this law implemented the children became wards of the Ministry and no longer fell under the Foundation, but it continued all the same to Sponsor certain students and create Halfway Houses for the young adults who upon leaving Hogwarts had no homes to return to. There were "Potter's Dream", "Snape Refuge", "Weasley Park" and "Homeland". Between the seven members of the Executive Board of Governors, they had their work cut out for them, but they refused to let Harry's dream die.