Chapter 5: Consequences

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A/N: Just so you guys and girls know in places where Erfolg is known as Harry I will still be referring to him as Harry.

As Harry was walking up the steps to the front door he heard shouts of "He's back!" and "I'll give him the beating of a lifetime!" coming from the front window. Sighing he opened the door and immediately jumped back as both his cousin and uncle tried to make their way out of the door at the same time, resulting in a collapsed heap in front of the steps.

"Is that really the best you can do?" a bemused Harry asked.

"Shut up boy!" his enraged uncle snarled. "I may not be able to beat you for what you did to Dudley but I will force you to stay in your room until you start school!"

"No, I won't." Harry replied calmly, a plan already forming inside his head. "Now we will discuss this in the front room unless you want the whole neighbourhood to hear what I have to say."

"Fine, but don't you dare think anything will be changing about your punishment you will be staying in your room until school starts!" his uncle snarled. Together the four of them traipsed into the house and into the front room. Harry couldn't help but notice his cousin glancing around nervously. It was obvious that he had lied to his parents, so any regret about what he was about to do vanished in that instant.

"So boy, give me one good reason why I shouldn't just beat your body to a bloody pulp!" his uncle said pacing up and down the living room.

"Well to start with, I'm assuming you heard that I probably broke Dudley's nose?" Harry asked. After getting nods to that question he continued. "Well then I'm assuming he left out what happened before that." he said with no emotion in his voice. Seeing the brief looks of confusion on his aunt's and uncle's faces confirmed this. "You see if it hadn't been for me then a young girl would most likely be in hospital thanks to your son." Harry spat out surprising everyone in the room.

"Dudley was just trying to protect himself!" his aunt protested.

"We both know that that isn't true." Harry said. "You see I went to see the young girl's parents, and, hearing what almost happened, you can imagine that they are pretty upset about the whole incident. However, they started to take a liking towards me, and invited me round to lunch tomorrow"

"You'll not be going to that house again" his uncle interrupted.

"Well you see, that is where you are wrong." Harry stated. "If you don't let me see them whenever I want then you will have a son going to prison for a very long time. They all wanted to get to know me better, and when I said that it would be worse for you if he didn't since you would live your lives fearing what would happen if word got out, well you can imagine what their reactions were. If I'm not there tomorrow then you will not be having a son in your home. I can only imagine what the police would do to you if they found out how you treated me."

"Fine" his uncle spat, "but let me be perfectly clear you will still do your chores."

"No I won't." Harry said. "Force Dudley to do them as punishment. He deserves it and it's about time you stopped letting him bully the neighbourhood!"

With that Harry went and ate his measly portion of dinner and went to bed with good thoughts about what was to come tomorrow and the family that he had just found. He was awoken by a bright light briefly lighting up in his room but he soon fell back to sleep.

Harry awoke to the sound of the grass being mowed. Curious he got up and wandered out of the cupboard under the stairs. Harry was pleasantly surprised at seeing Dudley mowing the grass outside, and not looking very happy about it. Laughing to himself he went outside to see kids playing happily for once without the threat of Dudley the bully. He decided he would pay the Grangers an early visit since it was only twenty minutes till noon.

When he arrived at the house he noticed Hermione pacing looking very uncomfortable about something. "Hermione?" Harry called worried, "Are you alright?"

Hermione looked up worriedly. "I'm fine, but we need to speak inside about something."

Something about what she said put Erfolg on edge. He followed her inside the house. She led him straight to her parents who were waiting at the kitchen table. "What's going on?" Erfolg asked uneasily.

"We were attacked last night." Dan said, "Fortunately for us we I was able to get the drop on him and disarm him of his wand."

"Who is he?" Erfolg asked in a dangerous voice.

"Mundungus Fletcher" Emma spat venomously, "We only recognized him due to having been in Dumbledore's order."

"Wait are you saying that Dumbledore sent him?" Erfolg asked.

"He did." Dan said, "He owned up to what his intentions that night were after being threatened with death."

"He was apparently sent here to find out what you were doing here." Emma said, "It seems that Dumbledore is once again trying to attack us."

"Wait!" Hermione shouted, "Are you saying this is the same Dumbledore that sent that letter about Hogwarts?"

"Yes." Dan sighed.

"Then I'm not going there!" Hermione exclaimed, "and neither is Erfolg!"

"There's something else going on here isn't there." Erfolg stated.

"Tell me did anything odd happen last night around midnight?" Emma asked quietly.

"Now that you mention it a bright light lit up around me with no source for about a minute." Erfolg said starting to realize what this meant.

"The same thing happened to me." Hermione added.

"Wait, are you saying that we have a dragon bond?" Erfolg asked.

"That is exactly what we are saying" Emma said quietly.

"So we have twelve hours before it becomes permanent?" Erfolg said.

"Yes, and you and Hermione need to decide if you want to have this bond because in twelve hours nothing, not even death will be able to break it." Dan stated.

"Could I have some time to talk to Hermione alone please?" Erfolg asked with Hermione nodding her agreement.

"Of course, it is a big decision in your lives, take as much time as you need." Emma said with Dan nodding.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. As always please review.