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Petunia came home sometime after four am, noisily fumbling with her key in the lock before finally getting the door open. The moment she was inside, she slammed the front door with such force that the man who'd fallen asleep in front of television across the road heard it and woke with a start.
Severus had been cleaning the kitchen using a strong bleach that brought back memories of his mother cleaning when he was a child. He was just about to cave in and use magic an if either boy did happen to sneak down the stairs and see, then he'd explain everything when he heard the key in the lock before the slamming of the door.
It almost made him smile because often in teenage tantrums, Petunia had slammed many doors in the Evans house.
When he walked out into the hallway, and she saw him, at first in her drunken state not recognizing him, but Severus saw in her eyes the moment that it clicked who he was he half expected her to start shouting for him to get her out of her house.
The Petunia, he once knew would have but this woman who stood there struggling stay steady on her feet hardly bore any resemblance to the person he once knew.
If hadn't already been determined to get the son and nephew of Lily away from the majority a filthy house, seeing her struggling to stand would make him.
There was silence for several minutes both refusing to speak before the other it was Petunia, who caved first.
"If you have come to take the boy away, then just take him and never bother me again," her words were slurred, her shoulders were slumped, and everything about her screamed I no longer care.
If they had ever been friends, he would have felt pity for the woman who now stood in front of him, but they hadn't ever been and all he felt was disgust.
"When I first came here I had no intentions of taking Harry anywhere but after everything I have seen tonight and what I've heard from the boys I can't leave him here. When he wakes we'll go, your son will be coming with us," Severus explains, each word spoken carefully and controlled.
"You can't take Dudley anywhere he's nothing to do with your lot," Petunia hissed, glaring at Severus. The tiniest glimpse of the person she used to be shining through who she now was.
"Actually, you're wrong, but for the time being, let's focus on the fact that you didn't care when you left him all night did you? Then again, maybe we should focus on the state of your kitchen or the rest of the house. I wouldn't let a rat live in that mess, let alone children,".
"What do you mean I'm wrong," Petunia hiccuped completely ignoring everything else that was said.
"Like Harry, his name has been down for Hogwarts since he was born," Severus told her enjoying the look of shock on her face. "Which means I can take them both due to a wonderful law that allows any witch or wizard to take a magical child or children from the homes of Muggles if there is suspected harm to their physical or mental well being. You have Dumbledore to thank for that law by the way."
"I know you two think that you're talking quietly, but you're really not," Harry calls down from the top of the stairs. "Also Dudley is rather excited about having magic Aunt Petunia so you don't need to worry about it,".
"How do you know about magic?!" both Severus and Petunia ask going to the bottom step of stairs.
Harry's black hair stood up in odd places from sleep, and he didn't have his glasses on which Severus thought made him look less like his father.
He tried his hardest to avoid looking at Harry's scar, but it was difficult. "Aunt Petunia told me and Dudley months ago, she was drunk and didn't remember the next day. I thought she was lying the first time, then after about the fifth drunken confession, I believed her," Harry explained between yawns."Also Aunt Petunia I slept in Dudley's spare room because I didn't think you wanted me to sleep in the cupboard with a stranger in the house,".
Less than twenty seconds later Petunia raced up the stairs to the bathroom and both Severus and Harry heard her vomiting.
"Go back to bed Harry, I'll check up on her in a moment," Severus ordered and gave another yawn in response an shuffled sleepily off to bed.
The boys knowing about magic would make everything easier for what he had planned in the morning.
AN: A massive thank you to everyone who followed, favorited, reviewed and read this story so far.
Also the next chapter will be much longer I promise.