Chapter 2:
Harry Potter stirred early as was usual for him. He groggily heaved himself from his rickety bed and made his way down to start the arduous task of making the Dursley family breakfast.
As he stumbled down the well worn stairs he was greeted by the scent of a wonderful breakfast spread. He took the stairs two at a time in fear that he had woken up too late to make breakfast and would be duly punished. To his surprise the entire Dursley family was seated at the table waiting for him. A plate rested at the head of the table heaped with the breakfast foods Harry himself always prepared. As he entered the room his Aunt Petunia motioned for him to sit in the remaining seat his mouth watering at the delicious food on the plate before him.
Petunia spoke first. "Harry we have not been the best guardians to you." "Recently a
Mr Severus Snape lifted many compulsion spells that were cast upon us to make us treat you poorly." To say Harry was dumbfounded was an understatement. Petunia decided to clarify as her nephew looked confused. " A long time ago Harry your mother and I resided near the village of spinners end. It was there that we both met and befriended a young man named Severus Snape. When Lily began to show the beginnings of being a witch he was instrumental in explaining everything to our family. I will not lie to you Harry I was extremely jealous of your mother and let that cloud my judgement for years to come. It was extremely difficult measure up to a full fledged witch, After school she was engaged to that Potter character and him being a noble and what not made it even harder to measure up. The night before they were to be wed we got into a fight and I didn't see her again. Then next I heard if her and that Potter character was when you showed up on my doorstep in the dead of night."
Harry was amazed as he took all of this new information in. Petunia continued to tell Harry how initially they decided to treat Harry like a son. Petunia felt guilty that she had treated her sister so poorly and vowed to make up for it with Harry. However it would not last because an aging white bearded man dressed in ghastly colored muggle clothes appeared on their doorstep a week later. He began by explaining that they should treat Harry poorly so that he would grow up knowing the value of hard work and would have no choice but to lean on the older Wizard for support. To Dumbledore's surprise the Dursleys were quick to say no to his request. IT was then that he cast compulsion charms on the family. As he left he sighed sadly and reminded himself this was all for the greater good. Severus when he had stopped by late last night had removed the charms, restored their memories and told them what the aging Wizard had done. To say Harry was furious was an understatement but his slytherin side took over reminding him to keep all of this information to himself until he figured out the extent of Dumbledore's machinations.