It was a normal day for a perfectly normal family at 4 Privet Drive, that is, when Harry isn't around, which is thankfully for most of the year minus the summer holidays.

Vernon Dursley had set the table for breakfast before calling his son Dudley down to the dining room. "Here you go, my boy," he smiled as he presented Dudley with a large platter of golden pancakes. "A large stomach requires a large appetite, and we all know how much you love to eat."

"You bet I do, Dad," Dudley gloated.

Just then, Petunia came down the stairs and walked in. "Hello, my Diddykins," she said in a sweet voice before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "You've got to get eating, my boy, because school starts in forty-five minutes!"

"Don't mind if I do," Dudley grinned and started chowing down on his pancakes.

"In a way," Vernon chimed, "I actually like it when that freak goes to that...that...school. That way I can spend all of my time with normal people."

Suddenly, the Dursleys' fireplace roared as a jet of green flames shot upwards to the ceiling. Aunt Petunia and Dudley gasped as a tall man with long, greasy black hair and a hooked nose stepped out of the fire and into the living room. Vernon simply jumped up and whipped out a small handgun from his pocket.

"Who do you think you are, trespassing on my property?" Vernon screeched. "Are you one of those freaks from Harry's school?"

"I am one of Harry's professors, yes," the man spoke in a low, cold voice. "My name is Severus Snape, and I have a special announcement to make. Harry's school is hosting a special day where the parents of the students are to visit the place. Since Harry's parents are dead, you two will be going there. The school train leaves in an hour and a half. Have I made myself clear?"

Vernon gaped at the man at first, and then his face turned an even darker shade of purple. "We are not going to that bloody school! NEVER!"

"Now," Snape whispered coldly, "I must make it clear that I am a Death Eater." Aunt Petunia paled, and Severus smiled. "Yes, I see that you recognize that name. Death Eaters are who killed your sister, Lily. That should make things quite clear of what I can do if you don't listen to me."

Vernon gibbered loudly. "What can a freak like you do? Show me!" He proceeded to cock his handgun.

Snape drew his wand. "Imperio."

Immediately, Uncle Vernon abided by Snape's orders and dropped the gun. He proceeded to take Aunt Petunia by the hand and walk towards the car, leaving Dudley alone in the kitchen. With Vernon and Petunia gone, Snape walked into the fireplace, holding a fistful of Floo Powder.

"Hogwarts," he muttered before throwing the powder down into the pit. Instantly, a wall of green flames consumed him and he was gone without a trace.