Advance Arrangement
by Teddylonglong
All recognizable characters belong to J. K. Rowling, and I am not earning anything by writing this story. I am not a native speaker of English. Please excuse my mistakes.
While Santa headed to the North Fir Tree with Angelica, Violet, Lily and Angelica's familiar, Lucy, in tow, Merlin set the screen to watch the Dursleys' house. "Can you keep a secret?" he then addressed the twins.
Harry and Bobby nodded, eagerly. "We can."
"When you went to the Dursleys' house with Santa and Claire on Christmas morning, Santa gave your cousin Dudley a present." The two boys hang on his lips, as he explained everything about the second-magic potion, which made Squibs gain magic.
"You can give a Squib magic…"
"… with a potion?" Four emerald eyes stared at the ancient wizard in obvious shock.
Merlin grinned. "There are a few prerequisites though. Do you remember that I asked the two of you for a drop of blood each the other day?"
The twins nodded. "That was for this potion. For the second-magic potion, two drops of blood from close relatives are needed; however, they must not have a parent – child relationship. They mustn't be siblings either. Cousins are fine though. Anyway, your cousin should have magic now, which is why I am watching your relatives' house to see if his magic manifests. He'll probably display accidental magic sooner or later."
"Cool." Harry and Bobby observed their relatives' house, which they had only visited on Christmas morning, with growing interest.
Apparently, the Dursleys were just about to eat breakfast. Dudley and his father were seated at the table watching Petunia give a final touch to the eggs and sausages.
Harry and Bobby laughed out loud, when all of a sudden, a sausage jumped out of the frying pan and shot over to the table landing on Dudley's plate with a small thud.
"You freak!" Vernon shouted at his son, jumped from his chair and grabbed Petunia's arm in obvious rage. "It's you and your family that produces the good-for-nothing freaks!"
Petunia stared at her husband in obvious shock, when all of a sudden, Vernon expelled air like a rocket and shot out of the kitchen, right through the closed window, glass bursting everywhere. He reminded the boys of Apollo 11 on its way to the moon.
'I hope he has a good splash down,' Harry thought to his twin, grinning.
James groaned in apparent annoyance. "I believe that our family is still growing. Claire, may I ask Holly to take me to the Dursleys, so that I can collect our nephew?"
Claire glanced at the time display above the screen. "I believe that it'll be better if Santa goes and deals with Vernon first. He should be back from the tree soon."
When they looked back at the screen, they saw a couple of what seemed to be Aurors who tried to get Vernon down to the ground, as the man was hovering in the air like an oversized balloon.
Just on time, Santa and Lily entered the room with two happily grinning girls in tow.
"We are twins now, we're twins now," they sang in a strange singsong, causing Harry to roll his eyes at his brother.
'I'd say they need some practice.'
Bobby nodded. 'We can give them a lesson, before school begins again.'
Claire quickly explained the incident that had occurred at the Dursleys' kitchen to Santa, who nodded in understanding. "I shall deal with him. Will you come with me and take care of Petunia and Dudley please?"
With that, Claire and Santa left the room, and an instant later, the enlarged family on the North Pole observed on the screen how Santa approached the Aurors, while Claire entered the kitchen, where Petunia and Dudley were quietly sitting at the table in apparent devastation.
Claire introduced herself, before she explained in a soothing voice, "Santa is looking after your husband. He will take him to the North Pole for about an hour. Using the magic of the North Pole, he will make him agreeable to magic, so that he won't mind your son being a wizard. Would you like to visit us on the North Pole and talk to your sister and Violet, while Santa deals with Vernon? I am sure that Dudley's cousins and sister would be happy to meet him."
Petunia nodded. "Yes please, and thank you very much for helping us."
"You are very welcome. Please excuse me for a moment." Claire pulled her wand and swiftly repaired the kitchen window, causing Petunia to profusely thank her.
"Magic can be very convenient indeed," the muggle, who was not aware of the fact that she was a Squib, conceded.
HP
Everyone's attention was drawn to the girls, when Angelica asked, "Mummy, they won't take Violet from us now, will they? She's my twin after all."
Violet violently shook her head. "I'm your twin, and I don't want to go anywhere. Aunt Lily, may I stay here?"
Lily smiled at the younger couple of twins. "Don't worry about that, Violet. We are your guardians, and you will remain here with Angelica and us if that's what you want. Your birth mother may still visit you here, and you may also visit her at her home if you wish."
"Mum…"
"… will Dudley now come to live with us as well…"
"… considering that he's a wizard?"
Lily shook her head. "No, he will remain with his parents. Santa will convince his father to not hate magic anymore."
"You'll probably go to Hogwarts together, considering that he's only two months older than the two of you," James informed them.
Just then, Claire led Petunia and Dudley into the room and introduced them to everyone.
HP
While Santa was dealing with Vernon outside, employing the help of the North Fir Tree, Angelica and Violet showed Petunia around Santa's Workshop, and Harry and Bobby took Dudley aside and told him everything they knew about Hogwarts, the professors and magic in general. They even taught him easy spells.
"Concentrate on the first finger of your right hand…"
"… like this…"
"… and say, "Lumos…"
"… and it will give you some light."
Dudley's head went left and right to follow the twins' talking, before he tried to follow their instruction. It took him quite a while, however, he was eager to learn to do what his cousins could do and finally managed to make a small light appear.
The twins profusely commended him and promised to teach him more spells, when he would visit them again.
tbc...
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