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Chapter 6
Puck walked…err….floated up to the sleeping Harry and had a look closer at him.
'Something isn't right here' Puck thought to himself.
As Harry groaned and moved in his nightmare, Puck noticed the t-shirt that Harry had worn to bed move, giving Puck a full view of Harry's bruised chest which was all completed with scars.
At this, Puck pulled back in surprise, 'how could anyone want to hurt just a polite child such as Harry?' thought Puck in confusion. Using his powers, Puck scanned the house for any dangers but only found Harry's sleeping relatives. It 'seemed' that their was nothing dangerous in the house that could of hurt Harry.
"Better check if this is what I think it is and if this is a one time thing," Puck muttered to himself as the realization final sank into him. The results of the spell came back and the results made Puck feel sick to his stomach. It had turned out that the results shown that Harry was beaten more then once a day and Harry was in danger of losing his life if he stayed with these 'relatives' of his.
Making up his mind, Puck returned to the Xanatos' house, determined to get Harry some help.
The Xanatos' house
"They lied to you." Puck said to David as soon as he teleported into the Xanatos' house.
"Who?" David asked in surprise at what Puck had said, and with just a serious face too.
"The Dursleys." Puck said saying the name 'Dursleys' as if it was some disgusting swear word.
By the tone of his voice, David could tell that something had made Puck mad—and that could be a dangerous thing for the person or people that did that. If this had to do with the Dursleys and them hurting Harry then David was glad he wasn't one of them, because it was unthinkable to the fae to harm a child and Puck was a fae.
"About what did they lie to me about?" David asked though he had his suspicions. When he was with the Dursleys, something just hadn't seemed right.
"Davey, Harry lives with them." Puck said as if he wouldn't wish that on his worst enemy.
"He does? They said that they only had one son and he was with us tonight. They kept going on and on about him all night. Even Fox was ready to tell them to stop pushing their son's life at us." David said in confusion.
"Harry lives with them, and there is more that they forgot to tell you and none of it is good." Puck said seriously.
"Please, go on." David said. David new that this must be important and serious for Puck to be acting the way he was and not being his usual happy and playful self.
"He doesn't own a lot and he has bruises on him. When I did a spell to see if this was a one time thing or not, it said that it had been going on for years now. This happens more then once a day and if this keeps up it could be very dangerous for young Harry." Puck said in a serious voice.
"Well, that isn't good." David said, who sat down in a near by chair and started to think of ways to help Harry. The boy had seemed so kind and polite when they had met; how anyone could hurt Harry was beyond David's knowledge.
"Davey, the boy was having a nightmare when I was there. Even in his nightmares he makes no noise, as if he is scared too." Puck said angrily, remembering that no one had come to help poor Harry when he needed help.
"We need to fix this before it gets worse. I mean when we meet him earlier he had manners and showed no signs that any of this was going on. You and my mother could find nothing wrong with the way he was with Alex." Fox said, speaking for the first time. Fox could not think of someone hitting their own child for no reason.
"Fox is right this has to stop." David said, determinedly.
David, Fox and Puck all talked into the early hours of the morning and it was decided that 'Owen Burnett' would be making another appearance at the Dursleys household.
The Next Morning
"Up, get up!" Petunia yelled while banging her fist against Harry's bedroom door.
"Yes, Aunt Petunia." Harry said in a very low voice but his aunt still heard his response.
"Don't you dare burn the bacon and no breakfast for you," Petunia said and walked off.
Harry got up, did his morning routine and went down stairs to cook breakfast.
As Harry started to put the breakfast on the table the phone rang. Aunt Petunia answered the phone as Harry picked up his chore list and started his chores for that day.
A few minutes later Aunt Petunia called him to the table and told him to stand next to Uncle Vernon because they needed to talk to him.
"Boy." Petunia said to Harry.
"Yes, Aunt Petunia?" Harry asked politely as he can but on the inside Harry was nervous as he wondered what his aunt and uncle could possible want with him.
"That was Mr. Burnett on the phone and he will be here in five minutes to pick you up. You will stay with the Xanatos for the summer and work for them. You had better not say anything that would make them think that they should not do business with Vernon, or I will make sure that you never return to that school of yours. Ever," Petunia said with the up most serious that was on both her face and in her voice.
"Boy, at the end of the summer you will give all of the money that you make working for the Xanatos to us for letting you live with us. You will not tell anyone that you are giving us the money, because that would be very bad for you. Do you understand me boy?" Vernon demanded and slamed his fist down on the table.
"Yes, Uncle Vernon." Harry said with a worry about what might happen to him if he didn't.
"Now go upstairs and pack your things." Petunia said demanded while pointing a boney finger in the direction of the stairs case.
Harry went upstairs to pack all of his things, which was easy since he had not unpacked from the school year. Then he pulled his trunk downstairs (listening to it banging down the stairs after him) and put it by the door. He then went back upstairs and took Hedwig's cage downstairs too. Hedwig was out hunting.
His uncle was waiting for Harry in the hall way, it seemed that he wanted another 'little chat' with Harry.
"Boy, now listen: nothing funny. The Xanatos are not to find out that you are a freak or that you go to that freak school of yours. And if I find out that they have I will make sure that you will not live until next summer. Do you understand me boy?" Vernon demanded with a fat finger jabbing Harry in chest, making Harry flinch.
"Okay. I understand sir." Harry said seriously, but Harry already knew the Xanatos true story so Harry was more interested in his relative's reaction to the type of family the Xanatos was.
"I mean it, boy. If you do I will make sure that you never step foot in that school of yours again." Vernon said, making sure that his threat was understood and remembered.
There was a knock on the door and Uncle Vernon answered it with a big grin. He was smiling because he was getting rid of Harry earlier and he was making money off the deal. All in all, it seemed like things were finally going the right way for Vernon Dursleys.
"Boy. Remember what I told you before." Vernon said to Harry as if he was just reminding Harry to behave like any other parent would.
"Hello, Mr. Burnett." Harry said as he stepped up to the door.
"Hello, Harry. Ready to go? We are in hurry so we don't have anytime to wait." Owen said who wanted to spend as little amount of time with the Dursleys as possible and also he wanted to get Harry away from them as fast as he could.
"Yes. I am sir." Harry said with a nod.
"Good. Come on then." Owen said with a wave in the direction of the waiting car which he had left open as to make it easier to put Harry's belongings in.
Mr. Burnett helped Harry get his trunk and owl into the car. As their was somethings that Harry couldn't do by himself and that Mr. Burnett just wouldn't allow him to do. They then got into the car and Mr. Burnett started the engine.
As Mr. Burnett started the car and drove the car to the old mansion, where the Xanatos were waiting for them, Harry had never been so happy before in his life. He was getting a summer free from the Dursleys.
When they got to the mansion, to Harry's surprise, Mrs. Xanatos and Alex got into the car with Harry. Mr. Xanatos and Mr. Burnett were loading their things into the trunk of the car and then got into the car once they where sure everything was packed.
"Hi, Alex. How are you today?" Harry asked the happy child.
Alex climbed out of his mother's arms and into Harry's arms and gave him a hug. Then he turned around in his arms and sat in his lap. Alex started to make colored balls appear out of thin air and played with them. This made Mrs. Xanatos smile at how well Harry and Alex was getting on.
When they where all in the car, Mrs. Xanatos attempted a conversation.
"How are you today, Harry?" Mrs. Xanatos asked, trying to get Harry to open up to them.
"Good, thank you, Mrs. Xanatos." Harry replied to the question.
Harry played with Alex as Mr. Burnett drove them to the airport, where their jet was waiting to take them back home to Manhattan.
"Pwetty." Alex said, it seemed that Hedwig had some how came into the car and sitting in an empty seat in the car and she had gotten the young boys attention.
Alex reached to touch Hedwig. Harry started to turn Hedwig's cage so the door was facing him so he could open the door and let Hedwig out.
"We are here." Owen said before Harry could do anything with Hedwig.
"Thank you, Owen." David replied.
"Come on." Fox said who took Alex from Harry so that he could sort out Hedwig and her cage.
Everyone got out of the car. Mr. Xanatos had Owen get two men to move their things into the private plane. Harry had carried Hedwig and her cage onto the airplane as he didn't trust anyone else with Hedwig.
"Harry, have you been out of England before?" David asked as they all sat down in their sets in the plain.
"No, I have never been out of England in my life." Harry replied while they fastened their seatbelt, ready for take off.
"Hogwarts is in England?" Fox asked.
"Yes, I think so." Harry said "I would think it would be more in Scotland then Britain though."
Harry, who was sitting next to Alex, turned Hedwig's cage so that the door was facing Alex. Harry opened the door and took Hedwig out so that Alex could touch her.
"Pwetty." Alex said as Harry brought Hedwig closer to Alex as she was sitting on his arm.
"Yes, she is." Harry said.
"Soft." Alex said as he carefully stroked Hedwig's feathers.
Hedwig, who was looking around, stayed on Harry's arm. However, when the plane started to move Harry, put Hedwig back into her cage so that she would not get scared on the plane.
"Harry, you get along with Alex so well." Fox said in total amazement, she had never seen her son so taken with any of the other babysitters before.
"Thank you." Harry said with a small blush.
It seemed to Harry that they had a long time until the plan landed so Harry played games with Alex until they landed, keeping them both busy and out of trouble.
