Because Of Ron Keeperoliver Chapter Fifteen

When they returned home, Dudley went in search of his Aunt Lily to tell her the good news. He found her in the garden, picking vegetables for their dinner. When he told her what happened, she doubled over with laughter, knowing that Petunia tried getting in herself and failed. She pulled Dudley in for a hug and he picked her up and spun her around, getting her dizzy. She almost fell over when he let her go, and had to reach out again to hold her steady.

Then he was called back into the house by Harry to find he called all his friends and they patted him on the back for his accomplishment. He told them all that he was going as a first year and that it would be his only year because his magic was so weak. Still he was proud of the fact that he would be going, as that was all that mattered. He wanted to experience everything Harry did in school. It didn't mean he was a child just starting school, it was he just discovered he had a touch of magic in him, enough to let him learn about his freakishness, as his dad would say.

Then it hit him, his dad would kick him out of the house when he finds out about him going to Hogwarts to learn to be a wizard. Then he thought, what the hell, why not. He would have to be on his own eventually, so why not sooner than later. Of course he would have to ask for help from Uncle James and Aunt Lily, but he was sure they would give him a hand.

Lily knew she had to be there when Dudley told his parents of his decision. She knew what Vernon's reaction would be, but was not to sure of Petunia's. She may even support Dudley in front of Vernon. Or she may be like Vernon and disown him, though Lily didn't think it was likely to happen.

Dudley was not yet ready to return home as he was having way to much fun being around the funniest people he ever met in James, Sirius, Remus and now was taking Lily's offer to heart and even found himself enjoying mandog's humor.

During the summer it would get even more interesting as different Professors would come by and visit. Filius was the most frequent visitor, as he loved James and Lily. He loved the situations he was put in because of Sirius' antics. Somehow they had gotten Severus to loosen up and become partially human.

Petunia and Vernon couldn't contact Dudley while he was with Lily and James, and that was the way he wanted it. Too many questions would be asked before he was thrown out of his own home. That and this is what he wished for, a home, not a house where he slept at night. Not a day passed that he didn't think it was the greatest day ever. He didn't even miss his friends, and he and Piers had been friends for over twelve years, when they started schooling together.

Rather than tell Dudley his whole story, they would sit at night and he would go over a situation during the year they were going over. They were at year two now and getting near the end of the year. Dudley couldn't believe that Hermione lived through her encounter with a Basilisk. What he was about to hear would make the year a complete horror for Harry and his friends.

Harry began the story, "Even though Hermione was petrified, she got me the information I needed to try and end the fear that the entire school was feeling. It told me it was a basilisk that was doing everything and it told me how it was getting around. However, it didn't tell me how I was expected to defeat it. Another thing needed to know was, who was behind it all. Who had opened the Chamber and let loose the basilisk.

Ron and I found the entrance to the Chamber with the help of a ghost. However, we felt we needed help so we went to get the DADA professor. That was a mistake, as Gilderoy Lockhart was a miserable faker. He didn't do a single thing he talked about in the books he wrote. He took credit for someone elses work and then obliviated them to cover his story. When we got down to the passage that led to the Chamber, he took Ron's broken wand and tried to obliviate us. All it did was wipe out all his own memories and cause a cave-in. Luckily I was on the Chamber side of the cave-in and Ron was on the entry side. I told him to start clearing an opening for Ginny and my escape when we made it out of the Chamber." Harry stopped there as he saw Dudley had some questions for him.

"How did this ghost know where the entrance was, Harry?"

"She saw the basilisk come out of it. She was alive at the time, so it killed her. However, she wasn't meant to die. She just happened to be there because of someone teasing her earlier that day."

"If she became a ghost because of it, then why didn't she tell someone about it when she became a ghost?"

"No one ever took the time to ask her about it, until Ron and I did."

"But she knew what was happening in the school didn't she?"

"Yes, I suppose so, but I don't know if she felt it had anything to do with what happened to her as the basilisk never used the entry to get around this time. You see Dudley, Myrtle wasn't well liked by the students because of her constant whinning. Now, how about letting me get on with the story before this becomes an all nighter for us."

"OK, but there is something weird about this whole thing. Seems to me like someone should have known she had the answer to it all, being it all happened around her home, for a better way of putting it."

So Harry told the rest of the story, which would give Dudley nightmares for that evening, knowing Harry and Ginny nearly died that night back in his second year, or Ginny's first. Dudley was also glad that Ginny wasn't there to listen to it, because of the bad memories it would bring back.

Finally, with six weeks left to the summer, Dudley had to go home and tell his parents what was happening and find out what his future would be.

He was so glad that his Aunt Lily went with him when he went home. He didn't know what to expect from either of them. He was glad that his mum was able to see Hogwarts and knew what to expect, but his dad was another story. He was going to be hard to get him to see where Dudley needed this because of the magic he had in him. Magic he never knew he had. Something he wanted to improve on and maybe even use after school was over for him. Perhaps a job that could use a weak but willing wizard.

He never even considered the Marauders as a possible employer, once they took over the Hogsmeade branch of the WWW. Sirius and James both thought it was a good idea as Dudley showed he had a wicked sense of humor. That and Lily planted the suggestion in their mind in her own unique way. She had a way to get them to listen to reason without it sounding like a request.

Petunia was furious with Dudley when he finally showed up on their doorstep over a month after he asked to spend some time with his Aunt and Uncle. She was thinking a day or two. She had to listen to Vernon every night as he kept asking when Dudley was going to come home. He had a dozen different scenarios of how they killed Dudley, or tortured him as they kept him as a slave because if the way they treated Harry.

When she saw Lily with him, she couldn't let loose on him like she wanted to. She had to refrain from scolding him and telling him it was a big mistake of his to stay as long as he did. She couldn't say anything to him right now except that she missed him and was glad that he was home. She again became frustrated when he would tell her anything about his stay until dad was home. Then he would tell them both of his decision.

When Vernon finally made it home and found both Lily Potter and his son sitting at the kitchen table talking to Petunia, he began right off. "Well, did you finally decide to come home, Dudders. Did they hold you as hostage and make you do all sort of freakish things, Like clean up after they slaughtered some animal in a ritual."

Dudley was ready to let loose on his father, but Lily answered the statement, "No, Vernon, we didn't make him clean up after we killed the goat. We needed the blood he lost so that we could make Dudley a vampire. Show your father your new teeth Dudley?"

Dudley looked to his Aunt like she was weird. When she raised her eyebrows though, he got the gist of her request and opened his mouth to show off his perfect teeth.

Vernon didn't see anything different about Dudley, "Where are his fangs, if he is a vampire now?"

Lily smiled at this, "His teeth are like the stars, they only come out at night."

Petunia tried to hold back her laughter, but this last statement lost it for her and she laughed like she had never laughed before. Vernon was getting purple in his face, "What the bloody hell is so funny woman?"

"You are so funny, Vernon. Did you actually believe anything Lily just told you?"

"Yes, I thought like that once Vernon, but anything that can bring back my dead sister can't be all bad. You and I both know that she was dead, yet here she is, sitting in front of us and talking to us."

"How do we know for a fact they were dead. We never saw their bodies."

"We had Harry living with us for fifteen years. Why would they let that happen if they were alive?"

"So they wouldn't have to spend any money raising him. They left it to us to spend our money to keep him in clothes and feed him."

Before anyone else had a chance to say anything, Dudley broke in, "Feed Him? Clothe him? Are you daft dad, all you did was give him the things I outgrew and fed him scraps off the finished meal."

Lily blew up at this, "WHAT? What about the 1,000 pounds a month you received for raising him from us. Who ever it was that raised him would receive it, as it was stated in our will. You however were never mentioned in my will. So, how did you end up raising him?"

Petunia said it was something about blood wards that were up protecting Harry while he was with them.

"Whose blood did they use to perform the wards?"

"I thought the Professor used your blood to perform it."

"How could he? I hadn't seen him for over a month and he never took my blood for anything. When I died, he wasn't there to take it, not that it would have done him any good as it had to come from a living relative."

"Maybe it was Harry's blood he used? I don't know."

"Harry's blood couldn't be used to protect himself, besides it wasn't his house."

Vernon was still purple, "What the bloody hell are you two talking about? And what has this got to do with Dudley turning into a vampire?"

"You're an idiot Vernon. Dudley was never turned into a vampire. I was just showing you what a complete fool you are. Dudley was treated with nothing but respect the whole time he was with us. Ask him for yourself. He didn't want to come home because he was having so much fun. He didn't want to come home, because he feared what would happen to him when you found out about him."

Petunia wondered what it was, "Found out what about him, Lily?"

Lily shook her head, knowing she said too much. Dudley saw where this was going so he stopped it all, "I visited Professor Dumbledore this summer and found out that I am a wizard and will be attending Hogwarts this coming year, but only for this year as I am too old to continue afterwards. Besides, I am just above what they call a squib, which is a person born to a magical family that has no magic in them. The magic I have is minimal and probably couldn't advance beyond my first year. However, I have enough magic that I have to learn to control it. Come to find out, all the things that happened when Harry and I were young, was not all due to Harry."

Vernon was ready to explode when Petunia stopped him, "Why didn't Professor Dumbledore tell us this when he dropped Harry off with us?"

"He didn't know. It seems there is a book in the Ministry of Magic that records the name of all witches and wizards that are born. There have been other cases of those who are so low with magic that it doesn't register so they are missed in the recording." Dudley continued.

"So how did you find out about it?"

"Harry took me to Diagon Alley for a visit and we happened to stop at Olivander's wand shop and he found a wand that let me use my magic. It was a thirteen inch pine with a unicorn horn shavings for a core."

Petunia looked to Vernon to see his reaction and did not like what she saw. His purple was the deepest she ever saw on his face and she knew he was ready to explode. She went to quell his anger, but was too late, "What have you bastards done to my son. He never thought of magic while growing up, and now he thinks he's a wizard, when we all know he isn't a freak like you and your family are." he went too far with this one and Lily let him know in a very impolite manner.

Vernon soon found himself up against a wall, his feet off the ground and no one holding him up. He felt a grip around his throat and worried about his life. Then Lily began to speak, "Listen to me closely, you over weight excuse for a man. The only freaks in this house both belong to you. You will never degrade my family again to anyone. I cast the spell of self harm on you should you ever try to dishonor our name. You will take a hammer and pound a finger with it should you do so. If you have all your fingers broken at the same time, then you will go for your toes. If you continue after this, then you will cut out your own tongue. Do you understand me?"

Vernon was never so scared in all his life. He could only nod his head at Lily's question. He didn't wish to test the validity of her threat any time soon.

Lily looked to Dudley, "Do you wish to stay or would you rather return with me?"

Dudley looked to his mum and dad and he knew what he saw in his dad, but not quite sure about his mum. With that being the case he said, "I think I would be safer if I returned with you Aunt Lily. I know what dad did with Harry and I don't wish to be put through that. Not knowing any magic to protect my self."

"Fair enough, go grab what you think you will need and let's get out of here. Tuney, you're welcome in our home anytime, but never bring Dunlap with you."

When Dudley began laughing, Petunia and Vernon looked at him strangely. They didn't get the ribbing Lily just gave his dad. He left it that way and went to his room to gather what he would need. He took his stereo with him as the only electronics, and his music collection, which was vast.

When they were about to leave, Lily waved her wand and Vernon fell to the floor, shaking badly from the experience. He knew there was nothing he could do, without proof of what he says. Petunia would never speak against her own sister, and Dudley was one of them now, so he could expect nothing from him.

Because Of Ron-}

Kreacher and Dobby did not get along well at all. With it being Kreacher's home to serve, he had final say in matters of the home concerning the elves. This gave Dobby all the meanial tasks given to him by Kreacher. He had to follow them if he wished to stay at Harry Potter's side. Unless he could repair their home in Godric's Hollow. But that had been disallowed by James Potter as it had become a memorial to all those who died because of the war. But James had another home they could move to, and Sirius would probably move with him if he went that way. Peverell Manor was his from the will of Ignotious Peverell, his ancestor from long ago. He had never been there as his parents had their home in Godric's Hollow. He talked with Lily and she decided to go with him to look to see how much repair woud be needed to the home and if it was livable.

Harry, Dudley, Sirius, Luna and Dobby went with them and were soon standing before a vacant lot until James announced ownership of the property and a huge mansion stood before them that looked in pristine condition. They wlked through the gates that opened when James took possession and up to the Mansion. When they got to the doors, they also opened before they stepped up to it and the group walked in.

Lily looked around at the splendor of the home and then watched as a yellow blur went running past her to the staircase and up the stairs. "Luna, you should wait until we are all going up there." but she was beyond earshot.

Harry, Dudley and Sirius followed her up there, while James and Lily looked at the ground floor. Dobby went right to the kitchen for his tour.

Sirius went in search of Luna, while Harry and Dudley did their own tour, looking for their own room. This was just the west wing of the second floor and there were six bedrooms on this side with four lavs.

Harry took the other room with it's own Lav and Dudley took the room next to Harry's that shared a Lav with the other room on that side of the hall.

Sirius found Luna lying on a bed that looked as soft as a cloud, making a snow angel on the bedspreads. Sirius joined her on the bed and just watched her as she was falling in love with the room she chose as her own. Luna knew her father didn't have room for her in the small apartment he had while trying to bring the Quibbler back to print. He was glad there were people that gave her a home since he couldn't.

Sirius got back up and let her continue her little game as he walked around the room to see what else he could find. There were two walk in closets that he loved. The Lav had the two doors that locked automatically when the Lav was being used. It did the opposite when the Lav was vacated as it unlocked.

There was a walk in shower and a tub for use and two sinks with a large mirror shared by both sinks. He found out later that except for the beds, all rooms had the same set up except for the two master rooms that had their own Lav.

Lily and James found a Library, a sitting room, a dining room two lavs, a ballroom, a kitchen that Dobby was dancing around in as it was huge and well furnished. He also found a bedroom for himself that was a good size room. The bed was a full size bed that Dobby got lost in when he laid on it.

Lily looked to James and asked, "Why did you wait until now to look at this beautiful home, James?"

"We didn't need this much when we first got Married Lils. Mum and dad didn't need that much as they just had me, so they never thought to look at it. Even when Sirius came to live with us, they didn't need this big of a home. Remus stayed with Sirius when he became a member of our family. Then when we became a part of that damned Prophecy, Albus told us we couldn't go anywhere else, so he had us put that useless spell on it."

Lily understood what he said and didn't question it any further, but now that they have seen it, they found their new home.

Sirius knew that he would not be going back to Black Manor, so he thought it would be a great wedding gift for Remus and Tonks, with all the trimmings, including Kreacher.

Lily and James talked later that evening while they prepared for bed, "James, this is a lovely home and I wish we had found it before that night. But it is so huge, I think we need to start to fill it. Like with children. We could begin tonight if you wish?"

James laughed at the way his wife put it, wanting to have sex. All she had to do was lie on the bed naked and it would have been enough of a clue for him. However, he had been ready for a long time to have another child and it would make him the happiest man in the world to be able to raise a baby from birth to adulthood. To make up for what he missed with Harry.

Now wishing to waste any time, James grabbed Lily and pulled her to the bed and ripped all of his clothes then he worked on Lily's. He was kinder with hers as she would have killed him if he ripped them off her. Then he gently pushed her back on the bed and began to discover her body hot spots. Trying to find all her hot spots took a long time which Lily didn't mind at all. She loved the control James had over his lust, making sure that she was getting her body readjusted to love making again. Being their second interlude at it, he needed to establish new thrills for their sex games.

It didn't take much to give Lily her first orgasm as He was sucking on and playing with her breasts. She moaned deeply as it sent a shock wave of pleaure throughout her body. And His continued play lengthened the pleasure. Lily did remember to put a silencing spell up to hide what they were doing but it didn't matter as everyone probably didn't care. It was expected from them to want to have some fun.

James moved down her body and found the little nob of flesh that carried so much thrill to Lily, and he drew it into his mouth and sucked on it, while fingering her pussy. Now it was getting serious for her and she let James know that what he was doing was great, but she needed more, so much more.

Lily was never very vocal in their love making in the past, but now she changed and became persistent with her demands, "James, add another finger. Yes that's it. Move them around some more. No, not like that, curl them up into my canal and rub the flesh. Yes, that's it, just like that. Now suck harder on my clit and gently bite it. YES! That's it, do it some more. YES! OH JAMES! Please go deeper. OH YES! Now it is time to give it to me. Play time is over. I need some hot love baby tonight. Donna knew what she was talking about. YES! Do it to me one more time. OH JAMES, THIS IS IT! YES!" and then she went silent as the biggest orgasm of the night took over her senses. She couldn't talk. She was barely able to breathe. She almost passed out from the sheer ecstasy of the moment. She knew for a fact that they were going to become a bigger family. It wasn't a long session, but it was fruitful.

She held James buried in her as she rode out the thrill he just gave her, but he didn't seem to mind. He did try to lift himself off her so that his weight wouldn't hurt her. Just enough to relieve her, but not pull out.

Then he got tired and had to pull out and roll to the side. He didn't take his eyes off her the entire time. He wondered how he got so lucky to have such a beautiful, caring, charming and loving wife. It was the first time in his life he felt sorry for Severus, seeing at what he lost when he said those hurtful words back in their fifth year. Then he cleared his mind and thought, 'What the hell am I thinking, thank you Severus for being such an idiot.'

"James, I'm not for sure, but I'm pretty positive that we got what we wished for. If Luna were here she could probably confirm it, with the way she sees things others can't."

Then there was a knock on the door, and as if she were reading Lily's mind, Luna walked in with Sirius in tow. She dropped his hand and ran to Lily to hold her tight and say with pride, "I think it's great that you began you second chance of raising a child so soon after being brought back by the blight that took you away. Do you want to know the sex of the child to be?"

James was laughing to hard to answer, so Lily did, "Are you sure of the sex, Luna?"

"Oh yes, quite sure. Sirius and I were doing a little playing on our own when the message came through about your condition."

"Then please keep it to yourself for the time being, until we confirm my condition from a medical exam. It's not that I doubt you, Luna, as I feel the same as you, but others will believe it from a professional source, rather than two wishful women."

"OK, but just to let you know, I think it is wonderful, and so will Harry, Remus, Tonks, Ginny and Hermione."

Because Of Ron-}

Poppy confirmed what Lily and Luna thought and everyone congratulated them for their brilliant predictions. Harry and Sirius walked around like it was them who was the father. Sirius was going to be hurt when he finds out that Remus was going to be the Godfather of this child, and Tonks the Godmother.

When Dudley was told the news, he knew he had to tell his mum about what happened, and asked Harry to help him get there. They walked to the door and Dudley just walked in and surprised his mum. But hers was nothing compared to Dudley's. He looked at his mum's eye and her jaw. The eye was black and her jaw, swollen. Dudley turned back to Harry, but saw he was gone.

Harry knew where the shit worked and he was going to pay him back for what he did to his aunt. He walked into the plant's front office area and went to Vernon's secretary, "Tell Dursley his nephew is here to see him."

His secretary turned to the phone and when she did, Harry entered his office and pushed Vernon out of his chair, telling him to get up.

Vernon never saw this Harry before and feared for his life. "What do you want with me?" while he stayed on the ground, feeling safer there.

"Does it make you feel proud to beat up on weaker people, like me when I was young? What did she do that caused you to hit her?"

Vernon now wanted everyone to know how he felt, "She brought that Freak into our life, that's what she did. We were living a normal life, when you entered the picture. For fifteen years we put up with your freakishness, trying our best to show you how useless it was to you. Then when we finally get rid of you, Dudley has to find out he has it in him as well. I never should have agreed to marry her. If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have. Now get out of my office, before I call the authority."

"Not until you feel every bit of pain Petunia felt." and Harry walked up to him and pulled him to his feet, and never using magic, Hit him several times in his mid section. Not once did he hit him in the face, but the damage to his stomach and ribs was enough to cover the hurt that Petunia felt. Harry then walked out and was gone before the authorities arrived, never able to find Harry that day.

Harry did report to them the next day, but with his aunt and cousin for the proof of his claim. Harry was fined five hundred pounds for his role in the fight, but Vernon was fined 10,000 and was served divorce papers.

Harry had the upper hand over Vernon, as he found the best solicitor anywhere for these type of cases. When the case would come to court, Vernon would be looking at turning everything over to Petunia.