Disclaimer: I haven't done this for awhile so here it goes. I own none of this.
A/N: I'm usually not a fan of these but i felt this one necessary. There was a few reviews that i needed to comment on and here they are. For those that have pointed out a few spelling and grammatical errors i do apologize for them, i try to catch all of them, but since i have no beta that can be difficult to do. It was also mentioned about the length of some of the chapters. This i kinda can't apologize for mainly because so far these are basically set-up chapters and i have read stories where it seems like things have been written into chapters forcefully to make them longer and it makes the chapters worse, i don't want to force something into my chapters just for them to be longer. I will say that each chapter will be as long as they end up being and if thats not long enough for you i'm sorry you feel that way, but it is how i write. Thanks for all the support and as always read and review.
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Chapter 5
It took a couple hours but Aunt Petunia managed to explain everything to both Hermoine and her mom. Emma looked shocked, but Hermoine had an expression on her face that was difficult to read. Harry was very unsure when he asked her if she was alright.
"I'm not sure Harry," she replied looking at him, "It's a lot to take in."
"I know it is," Petunia told her, "I remember how it was when my sister was told all those years ago."
Harry looked at his aunt, who to his surprise, had tears in her eyes. When she noticed him looking looking at her she turned her face away and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"How did she find out," Emma asked her?
"When she was close to her eleventh birthday an older looking woman showed up at the house and explained it to us," she answered, "she said her name was Professor McGonagall and she was a teacher at a school called Hogwarts."
"That's a funny name for a school," Hermoine said giggling.
Petunia laughed at that and told her she had thought so too.
"Me and Lily were really close when we were younger and I begged to be able to go to school with her," she said a little misty eyed, " but the professor said it was impossible for me to since I wasn't magical."
Harry just looked at her as he felt ashamed that he had never thought about that. He never thought about what it must have been like to watch your sister go off without you, knowing you will never be allowed to be with her. At that moment he vowed to never do that to his family.
After talking for a little while longer the Granger's announced it was time for them to head home. Before leaving Hermoine looked at Harry and told him not to be a stranger. He looked up at her mom and got a smile letting him know that it was okay before he told her that he would see her later. After they were gone he looked up at his aunt and smiled.
"I promise to never do that to you," he said.
"Do what," she asked?
"Abandon you," he replied.
With tears in her eyes she grabbed Harry and pulled him into a hug. Harry melted in to the first hug from her that he could remember and vowed to never lose this. It was some time later before she moved away and looked into his eyes.
"I vow to you to get Vernon off your back and love you and take care of you like i should have been doing all these years," she said to him smiling, "can you ever forgive me Harry."
He pulled her back into a hug as he told her that he already had. After a moment she stood up and told him that she was going to go make them some lunch and for him to be down in a few minutes. He smile as she left the room knowing that things were really gonna be going better.
"You have done well young Harry," a voice said, "but there is much more to be done before you head off to school in a couple of years."
"I don't want to go there and abandon Aunt Petunia," he said.
"I will make sure that never happens young one," it told him, "worry not for I am here for you."
Harry walked downstairs and went into the kitchen just as his aunt was putting two bowls of soup on the table. They both sat down and ate in a very comfortable silence. The silence was broken as soon as she cleared the table.
"How would you like to start getting an allowance," she asked him?
He just looked at her thinking that it would be great but unsure how to answer her. Finally he decided to just tell her that he would love it.
"How does five pounds a week sound to you," she asked.
Harry was excited. That was a lot of money to him.
"Your birthday is in a couple of days," she said, "I was thinking of inviting your young friend over and having a little party."
Harry was gobsmacked, he didn't even know that she knew when his birthday was. He thought about it for a second and figured that just because it had never been celebrated that didn't mean she didn't know when it was. "That would be great Aunt Petunia," he said excitedly.
She smiled at him and told him to go run along and play and she would make sure everything was setup.
"Oh and don't worry," she said smirking at him, "Vernon will not interfere."
"If possible I would like Dudley there," he told her.
She was shocked for a second before she smiled at him and told him he would be there.
She smiled as he left the kitchen to go play and she renewed her vow to love him and care for him. Unbeknownst to her, a woman with red hair and green eyes was looking down at her and smiled for the first time in along time at her sister.
"I knew you would do it Tuney," she said as a man with black hair and glasses stood beside her with a smile on his face, "I am so proud of you both."
