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Ch. 2

When I woke up in the morning I felt better. I'm confused didn't I go to bed injured and bleeding. I curiously look down at my body and see not a mark on me. Now I'm really confused. I look around my room and the answer to my question is sitting in the chair beside my bed. The Nymphadora Tonks is sitting there with her wand out asleep. I reach out and hesitantly wake her up.

Just as I touch her arm she wakes with a starts and rolls back. When she's done with her maneuver I see that she has her wand pointed straight at my head. When she sees that it was just me she puts her wand down and gives me a hesitant smile.

"Wotcher Harry sorry about that you know training under Mad Eye can give you a sense of paranoia. Constant Vigilance is what he always says and when he says it oh about 400 times it tends to stick." She cracks a smile again and I just stare at her. Her smile eventually drops and she finally sits back in her seat.

"What are you doing here Tonks?" I'm confused she shouldn't be here and she couldn't have known about me being beaten unless she was outside. My eyes widen in realization before I turn to glare at her. She flinches but I don't stop. "He has you watching me doesn't he?" She nods and I get angrier. "You can go back and tell the Great Dumbledore that his weapon is fine and dandy thanks to you."

She looks taken aback by my answer before she starts to get angry at me. "Listen here Harry don't you ever take that tone with me again. I'm here to help you and I probably just saved your life. You were bleeding to death and would have died in a matter of hours if I hadn't come here to help you. Now I don't know what problems you have with Dumbledore but I'm just doing my job."

Before I can think the next words come out of my mouth. "Yeah you're doing a fine fucking job I almost died while you were on duty." Just as I say duty I feel a hand come across my face hard. I look over at Tonks and see her clenching her fists in anger.

I look down in shame knowing that Tonks didn't deserve that. "I'm sorry. I just…" my voice starts to crack and I manage to stop the tears from falling. "I'm just angry and I shouldn't take it out on you. I know you're just doing your job and thank you for saving my life." I look up and see Tonks starting to calm down but the tension in the room is still high. I crack a grin and rub my cheek. "Damn nice hit by the way."

She chuckles and offers an apology. I wave her apology off and say it was my fault. The tension in the room finally breaks. We sit in silence before I feel Tonks shift and start to move around hesitantly. I sigh knowing the conversation that is about to come up is going to be awkward and serious. "What happened Harry? I came in as soon as my shift started after Dung's and I popped in to check on you and to make sure the muggles kept up their end of the bargain and were treating you right. When I popped in you were laying on your bed and were just falling unconscious."

I sigh before beginning my tail. "My Uncle was mad at you guys for threatening him and he took it out on me." I look up and see that Tonks is starting to get angry again. "Don't worry about it Tonks it wasn't as bad as it looked really."

"Not as bad Harry you shouldn't have been hit at all no matter what. I'm going to have to talk to Dumbledore about this he has to know what's going on." I shake my head and she turns to me confusedly.

"Dumbledore isn't going to do anything. I need to stay here so that the blood wards can recharge. He'll just say that I'm exaggerating and that I shouldn't make up lies about my relatives. Don't make it worse Tonks." She looks like she wants to say more but I just shake my head.

"How many times has he hit you before?"

I start to fiddle with my hands. Deciding that I didn't want Tonks's pity I lied. "Don't worry Tonks this is probably the second time it's happened. It's only when he's really mad and it has to do something with the magical world." I could tell she didn't believe me but thankfully she decided to leave it alone thinking I would tell her when I was ready.

"Well alright, but I'm going to be coming over every day to check on you. I might even be able to bring over a friend and maybe train you a little to defend yourself in case anybody attacks you physically again." I look at her before nodding my head.

"Thanks Tonks but you really don't have to do that. I'm sure you and your friend have better things to do than hang around with me this summer."

"I want to Harry. We all need to stick together especially now." Her voice trails off at the end but I know exactly what she means. That painful feeling comes back to my chest but I push it away not wanting to show my weakness in front of Tonks. She clears her throat and stands up. "Well Harry I best be off. My shift ends in about 5 minutes and I don't want them to know about me being here. I'll be back tomorrow possibly with my friend and I want to know all about your problems with Dumbledore and why you are so angry with him." When she says the last sentence she turns to give me a hard look daring me to challenge her. I just nod a resigned nod and watch her apparate out of my room.

I look to the half broken clock at the side of my room and see that it's only 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I look outside and see it's sunny but not too hot. I look into my closet and grab a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. I look towards Hedwig's cage and see that she hasn't gotten back from Hogwarts yet. I throw on my dilapidated running shoes and go outside. Luckily my relatives weren't home yet or else I would be put to work.

I hear a bark and look up the street to see a black dog running around. Tears spring to my eyes as I remember Sirius. God why did fate have to be so cruel? I gained a parent just to lose him again. Before I can get too wrapped up into my thoughts I start to run as fast as I can. I run for about 3.2 kilometers before I get tired. I loop back around and start a slow jog back to the park by Privet Drive.

Once I get there I collapse to the ground. Man I'm out of shape. Quidditch works your chest muscles but definitely doesn't increase your stamina. I look over and see that there is a pull-up bar over by the swings. I found that my brain kind of shuts down when I'm exercising and I have found it to be very peaceful. Seeing as I'm going to be stuck at Privet Drive for a while I guess I'll finally get healthy while I'm at it.

I go over to the bar and start. By the time I get to 10 I'm exhausted but I push myself and finally stop at twenty. I drop to the ground and can barely pick myself up off the ground. I finish my workout by doing 50 sit-ups. I get up and every muscle burns and strains as I start my slow trek back to Number 4. When I get back I jump into the shower quickly before my relatives show up and take a hot shower. As the hot water cascades down my back I can feel my muscles start to loosen up.

When I step out I run back into my room because I can hear a car pulling up into the driveway. I look at the clock and see that it's been two hours since I woke up. Just as I hear the door slam shut I hear a high pitched noise. "Boy, get down here and unload the groceries." I get up and trudge down the stairs. When I get outside to the car I see that the entire back seat plus the trunk is full of groceries. I snicker when I realize that all of this food will last Vernon and Dudley a week maybe 2. With a sigh I get started unloading the car. I get that done in about 20 minutes. Once that's done I have to put all the groceries away. I look over at the clock and see that it's 6. I sigh and start dinner knowing that the walrus and the whale will be home soon and they'll want dinner.

I decide to make steak and potatoes. I just put the finishing touches on it when I hear another car pull up into the driveway and a bike crashing into the ground. I set out the plates and pick up my measly dinner and go back into my room. I eat my dinner before looking over at Hedwig's cage again. She's still not back but I'm not too worried she'll be back sometime tomorrow. I decide to life my trunk up and bench press it like its weights. I get to about 10 reps before my arms collapse. I roll out from under my trunk and start to pant heavily. Luckily it didn't make a loud noise or else I would be dead, literally. I open up my trunk and pull out some of my old textbooks. I decide to start studying potions first seeing as it's my worst subject. I would do my homework but since it was OWL year we didn't get any.

I study until about 11. I set my first year potions book down and for the first time I realize how much Ron and I took Hermione for advantage. I probably would only pass DADA if it wasn't for her. I sigh before rolling over and succumbing to the darkness.