[Disclaimer: I do not own anything from HP, J.K Rowling does. I am only doing it for entertainment and not money]
: Author's Note : This is the actual chapter 3. I deleted the last one but it was just the bit before the family got home. I'm currently writing this while I should be doing schoolwork but lockdown is making more time for my to write without any extra activities.
Also, I am amazed that people are both reading and liking this fic. I never believed anybody who favorite or follow so well thank you. And can you please vote on the poll? Or else I'll get my sister to pull the house out of the hat.
Chapter 3: Meeting & Prediction
Daniel felt unsettled as he toured Hogwarts. This had been the school he had been educated at, and it only brought back memories of bullies, failure and humiliation; all which he encountered at school.
His first year was his favourite. They had all been so cheerful and everybody seemed to look after him. Adam was kind to him, and tried to teach him Quidditch, even though they were in different houses. Daniel had found strong friendships with the people around him, and he would always be grateful for that.
His second year had started off all right. He had got the highest grades in first year, and was determined to do that again. Adam, however, had changed when he came back. He was the most popular boy in second year, and Daniel had often heard his female-friends whispering behind his back and even a few male-friends.
In his third year, Daniel had found out that he was a Seer and he had the Inner-Eye. Adam was quick to become jealous, since people were becoming interested in his twin, and soon began war with Daniel.
Fourth year had been alright. Daniel had studied hard, especially for Divination, determined that he would pass his O. . Nearly the whole school knew about the twin's rivalry by then, and it wasn't rare for the cries of 'fight' to be heard when the twins within fifty feet of one another.
Fifth year was when Lord Voldemort really crept into their lives. Daniel was often reminded by Dumbledore himself that he would be a great help in the war. Adam was often seen at the headmaster's office, trying to persuade the headmaster that Quidditch could help in the war as much as Seer's were. Fifth and sixth went the same.
When the war began, Daniel often found himself with, what was known as 'The Order of the Phoenix', meeting with old classmates in attempt to win the war. He was often kept with Dumbledore for often days at a time, them both waiting for a prediction to happen.
Daniel then ran away, away from Dumbledore, away from the Order, away from the Wizarding World. He ran away to a muggle university, hoping to blend in with the muggle community. That's where he had met his darling wife, Petunia, and he truly found what magic was. He was now a father, and an uncle who hoped to show his kids how to cope with things when life became difficult. And that meant going back to the Wizarding World to see the man who had destroyed his life.
Daniel raised his fist as he knocked on the door to the headmaster's office, noticeably clutching Harry's hand with so much force that it had turned white. Harry didn't seem to notice, nor did Luke, or Petunia because they were staring at Hogwarts with awe. Daniel wished he could do that again.
The door opened and he was surprised to find the face of Minerva McGonagall facing him. Daniel's grimace soon became a smile. He preferred McGonagall a lot more than the old man that sat in his room, pretending to be brilliant while he ate candies.
"Come in," McGonagall said. "Albus is just doing… stuff."
Wondering whatever stuff the Gandalf of J.K Rowling's world was doing, Daniel led his pack into the headmaster's office, to see it was exactly the same as to when he was at school. His seat was even there, still with the same silk cushion and all. Dumbledore sat at the desk, thrusting things into a desk. Daniel swore he could see lipstick.
"Greetings, Mr and Mrs Pasturl, and Harry and Luke," said Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling as he smiled at the family. "I'm glad you could join me."
"Us," McGonagall barked from the back.
"Of course, us," Dumbledore said, as if nobody had spoken. "How has little Harry been? Has he shown any Quidditch talent?"
"I think Luke is showing the talent, Professor Dumbledore," Daniel replied. "Harry seems to be more interested in books." Both boys' heads tilted upwards at the words of 'Quidditch' and 'books'. Dumbledore sighed at this. This wasn't going according to plan. He needed Harry to be like his father, gullible, to win the war. Well, if he is anything like Lily then he would at least be kind and helpful, the sort of leader everybody adored.
"A good sign that Harry will be a great student," McGonagall added. Dumbledore could feel her glare piercing into his back.
"I hope so," Mrs Pasturl said, playing with Harry's bird-nest of hair. "It wouldn't be very good if he doesn't get enough money to get a life when he's older."
"Anyway, back to business," Dumbledore quickly cut in. This meeting wasn't supposed to be friendly. "I would like to have… let's call them training for Harry, so if Voldemort returns he will be ready."
"Training?" the couple gasped and the two toddlers glanced up.
"No, no, absolutely not!" Petunia yelled. She stopped, however, when Daniel whispered something in her ear to calm her down. "Sorry, sir, but no. I think we will be going now."
"Going?" gasped Dumbledore. How could they leave so quickly?
"Yes, and we're taking Harry with us. He shall only meet you again when he arrives at Hogwarts," Daniel said. "Goodbye."
And the family left, with Dumbledore trying to forget about the catastrophe that just happened by putting on some new, expensive make-up. McGonagall sighed, and left the room to go and catch up with her friends at The Leaky Cauldron.
77H77
Daniel sighed as he took his keys out of his back pocket and opened the front door, allowing his wife and two children to enter before him.
"Does Dumbledore not get that I won't be working for him or any of my family again?" he asked, feeling Petunia wrap her arms around his waist. "I'm not the same gullible teenager I was back then."
"I know you're not," Petunia laughed as she pulled him around to face her. "I don't know what's going through the old man's mind at this moment, but I do know that we want Luke and Harry to have a normal childhood."
Daniel nodded as he hung up his coat and watched his son and nephew scramble to the living room. He followed them, feeling quite tired, and watched as they pulled out their toy tray.
"Let's play Police Wars!"
"But I wanna play ponies!"
Daniel could feel his wife rolling her eyes behind him and walking forward to sort out the two.
"How about you both play Police Ponies?" she asked kindly. Daniel couldn't imagine her saying being unkind to a child.
"Yeah!" Luke said. "Can you and daddy play too?"
Petunia glanced at Daniel, giving him an urging stare, and soon he gave in. "Oh course, Luke."
They both knelt down as Harry handed them two horses each. The horses themselves were coloured red, green, yellow and blue.
"So that's Gryffindor," Harry said, pointing at the red one. "Slytherin," the green one, "Hufflepuff," the yellow one," and Ravenclaw." The blue one.
"Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw will be the police ponies," Luke explained. "And Slytherin will be the criminal since Slytherin had You-Know-Who in it and he killed Harry's parents."
Harry nodded and got his own ponies, which were the same colours, and handed some to Luke.
"Now put all the Slytherin's over there, and build a fort," Luke said. "Me and Harry will build a fort for Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw."
So that's how the afternoon went, the family playing Police Ponies until it was time for dinner.
77H77
Daniel felt a small hand pushing onto his chest. He wanted to nudge it off, it was 3 o'clock in the morning, but then he realised it must've been one of the boys, and opened his eyes.
"Harry?" he asked. "What's the matter bud? You had another nightmare?"
Harry glanced sideways. He looked so innocent without his glasses. "I… I had a dream. It was weird," he finally said.
"Do you wanna sleep with me and Aunt Petunia tonight?"
Harry nodded and scrambled in and almost falling asleep instantly. Daniel sighed and went back to sleep.
77H77
"Why did I wake up with Harry in bed with us?" Petunia asked the next morning when she was washing the dishes. Daniel sighed.
"He apparently had a weird dream," he responded. "I can ask him about it if you like." Petunia nodded and placed another dish on the drying rack.
"I got a promotion," she added.
"What! That's awesome!"
Petunia smiled at him. "Yeah, but I've got to work longer shifts now. So we either have to find a new childminder or we can get them to go to school."
"Primary school?" asked Daniel. "Sure, I always wanted to go there when I was little but my parents were scared of accidental magic. What about Luke and Harry?"
"Muggleborns go to school, so they should," Petunia said. "Longer hours won't change anything for Luke or Harry. They'll learn to control it, anyways."
Daniel nodded and turned around. "I'll ask Harry about his dream."
He walked out of the room to see a photo, that was originally on the wall, on the floor and Luke in tears next to it. Harry was staring at it as if he had just seen a ghost.
"What happened here?" Daniel asked, picking up Luke and bringing him away from the shattered glass.
"We were just playing catch!" sobbed Luke. "And I accidentally threw it at the photo. I'm sorry Daddy!"
"It's okay," Daniel assured him. "Mummy will clean it up. How about you both leave the room. I need to talk to Harry anyways."
Luke nodded and stumbled out of the room as Harry glanced at his uncle. "The photo falling… it was my dream," he whispered and climbed onto his uncle's lap. "What happened Uncle Daniel?"
Daniel's eyes widened and he stared at his nephew. It had been exactly like his first prediction, he had dreamt of something breaking and it had happened the next day.
"Harry," he said slowly. "I think you're a Seer."
"A Seer?" asked Harry. "Like you?"
"Yes like me."
Harry grinned and ran out of the room, supposedly going to tell his cousin and aunt the news. Daniel also smiled, he had expected Luke to be the Seer but his nephew being one was just fine with him.
"I'm a Seer! I'm a Seer like Uncle Daniel!"
Daniel smiled as he heard Petunia congratulating him downstairs and Luke shouting about how his cousin was powerful and could probably beat any Ravenclaw at any test. He came going downstairs at almost a jog before finding his family hugging and joined in – he was the father of the family after all.
"How about we watch a movie to celebrate," Petunia said and the two boys immediately started chanting their favourite movie.
"Cars! Cars! Cars!"
: End Author's Note : So I know that was probably awful. I've just kind of forgotten how to write. And I know Cars was made after 1984, but it's a fanfiction. It was just a joke me and my cousin made. And I think I may write and update more… maybe. The chapters will probably be shorter though, this one is. So, hope you liked it.