the dursleys
It's the day I have to leave my dad and move into the house of strangers not knowing what or where my dad is. Currently I am making a stack of things I want and need to take with me while dad finds a trunk I can use. Talk of which he just walked in. "Here you go darling, one trunk." He says while placing it on the floor near my unorganised chaos that is my sorting. "Thanks dad" I say, feeling the bubbling pressure of tears rising. "Oh cub, come here" dad says sitting on my bed, arms open waiting for me. I ran over to him, not bothering to hold back my tears any longer. He wraps me up in his arms and rocks us gently, humming an old Welsh lullaby grandma hope used to sing to him as a child until I'm only slightly hiccuping. "You will be fine baby, it's only for a little while and when we are together again we will go to Grandma's house and eat her brownies and cuddle up with books under her big Oak tree." Remus soothes hopefully to calm his daughter. "Ok dad... But what if I have an episode while I'm there and... and I can't self regulate?" I was still worried and looking up at my dad's golden eyes. He smiles at me and brushes my honey brown hair behind my ear "then you owl me or send me a message through our mind link and I will come and get you. I don't care what that old fart says if you need me or just want to talk you do it" I chuckle at that. "Now darling, let's put an undetectable extension charm on this trunk because Merlin forbids you don't take a whole library's worth of books with you!" Dad said, smiling as he puts me back on my own feet and ruffles my hair. I scowl at him but get on with my packing with his help.
Once my trunk was closed and had a feather light charm put on it because of its weight by dad while saying "only my daughter would need to have a bottomless charm put on a trunk instead of just an extension charm because they would rather take books than bloody clothes!" We grabbed our coats and headed for privet drive.
As we walked up to the house there was an odd aura emanating from the building but I shrugged it off as part of the wards protecting it and the occupants. Oh if only I know the truth... Dad rang the bell and we waited for the door to be opened. It was by a horse-faced woman only a few moments later who just said " hello can I help you?" In a very much put on posh voice. Dad cleared his throat and replied "hello petunia, long time no see. I'm just dropping off my daughter here as previously mentioned by Mr. Dumbledore." I smiled and waved minutely to be polite. "oh right we have to have another idiotic child for a while. Well you better come on in I guess" the horse faced woman now known as petunia said with the look of as if she smelt dragons dung and stepped out of the way so we could enter.
When we were in the house Petunia turned to us and looked up and down judgingly at me before turning to my dad. "Right err I better go. Bye darling behave for the Dursleys and remember to do your exercises if you need to. I love you" he said, bending down to hug me one last time. "I love you too dad be careful" I said a little choked up. He smiles at me, kisses my forehead and leaves.
That's it, I'm on my own now... I think as I turn to petunia "Mrs Dursley please could you show me where I am staying so I may put my stuff away?" I ask Remembering my manners. "I suppose, you are staying in my son's second room, follow me and don't touch anything including anything in the room apart from the desk, chair, wardrobe and bed. Do I make myself clear?" She says as we walk up stairs...
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I was in my room for the stay now and was reading a potions book as i had unpacked my photo of my dad, papa and me as a baby and my toy wolf, deer and black dog but that was it as I had one of my feelings that I needed to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. It was now around 3 in the afternoon and I was getting bored so I decided to go downstairs and see if Mrs Dursley wanted any help with making dinner.
I stretched my back and swung my legs off the bed that I was previously sitting on and wandered down the stairs to where I was guessing the kitchen and dining room was located. To my surprise though Mrs Dursley was not the one cooking and was actually sitting at the table sewing what looked to be a massive boys school jumper and a scrawny boy with black mess of curly hair and circle glasses that were way too big for his face was cooking. Said boy looked up at the door clicking shut behind me and I gasped. This too short bag of bones had green eyes. Not only green eyes but killing curse green eyes, only one person I know of has that specific colour of eyes, my cousin, Harry potter. "Harry?" I said still in a state of shock. "Yes? Um..err. Who are you and how do you know my name?" He asks suspiciously. "I'm your cousin, Blaze" I say feeling slightly overwhelmed by the whole situation. Harry looked confused and just went back to cooking as Mrs Dursley stepped up to the island next to where he was. He flinched and stepped back away from her slightly, I filed that away for later and chose to try striking up a conversation. "Err it's nice to see you again Harry although I can't remember the last time we saw each other both us being babies and all '' I said scratching the back of my neck nervously. He just nodded, continuing to cook. I internally sigh so much for being inseparable from birth I think.
I sit down at the table and smile politely at Mrs Dursley who just scowls. Just then there was a sound of a door opening and two sets of very heavy footsteps coming towards the kitchen. Petunia smoothed out the nonexistent wrinkles in her skirt and got up to greet the two males that just entered the kitchen and dining room. Petunia kissed the older whale looking male who must be her husband and hugged the overweight boy who I am guessing is their son. "Who is that?" The boy said pointing a chubby fat finger at me. Before petunia could answer I stood up and walked over. " Hello sir, I'm Blaze phoenix Lupin-black, I'm staying with you on orders of Mr. Dumbledore while my dad is away and I am also Harry's cousin on his father's fathers side. It's a pleasure to meet you" I said in my most mannered voice, holding out a hand to the older male. He shook my hand and walked past me to the table without a word. I then turned to the chunky boy "hello young sir, it's nice to meet you too but I didn't get your name" the boy scrunch up his face and in the must rude and unbecoming way said "'m Dudley Dursley" and pushed past me to join he's parents at the table. I sighed and turned to Harry ``would you like some help Harry I'm not too bad of a cook" I smiled. He looked like he wanted to agree but said "no thank you Blaze" I shrugged and joined the Dursley family at the table.
After a few moments of nothing but silence I got bored so I turned to Mrs Dursley ``ma'am may I read at the table while we wait for dinner?" She looked up at me "fine sure" she waved me off. I smiled and thanked her before holding my arm out and silently summoning a book from my trunk. As soon as it touched my fingers it was ripped out of my hands by the man I now knew was Vernon Dursley "HOW DARE YOU USE THAT FREAKISHNESS In MY HOME!" he shouted at me. I just crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow at him, unamused. That seemed to just make him angrier as his face went from tomato red to a deep shade of purple and he raised his hand to slap me across the face. I didn't even move knowing that my magic and condition combined will shield me and most likely throw him across the room. But before the hand could get close to me it was intercepted by someone else. That someone else so happened to be Harry. Harry had placed himself in the way.
As the hand connected hard with his check he didn't react. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING BOY! PROTECTING THE FREAK IT IS BAD ENOUGH WITH HAVING ONE NOW I HAVE TWO YOU ABOMINATIONS IN MY HOME! GO FINISH COOKING!" Veron then turned to me "AND YOU GET OUT!" I just shrugged and went to the sitting room with my book, giving Harry a small smile on the way.
Not even ten minutes after I hear shouting again followed by the door to the kitchen opening and Veron stomping through dragging a cringing Harry with him. Just before the door closed I saw a grinning Dudley and an unbothered petunia still sitting at the table. I watched as Mr Dursley dragged my cousin upstairs before closing the book I was reading previously and followed them unnoticed by the whale of a man.
When I reached the landing I heard screaming followed by a nasty voice coming from the room I was going to stay in. The door was open enough for me to look in to see Harry pinned to the floor by the walrus who was punching him repeatedly. I covered my mouth to stop the sound of my gasp and got ready to barge in and cause hell when the said oaf of a man pulled out a pocket knife and began to carve into the skin on my cousin's back. That was the last straw before I could stop it. My hair started to blow by a nonexistent wind and my eyes changed from their normal hazel to the blazing gold orbs that I was named after. I floated in the air growling in the most feral way. As soon as I was in the room I released my magic. It whipped and swirled around the room raising every hair on the room's occupants arms before lifting the adult overweight whale of a man as if he was a feather and throwing him into the wall. I then turned to the body of my cousin still on the floor but unconscious from the beating and levitated him on to the bed.
By this point Vernon had recovered and stumbled out of the room looking white as a sheet and locked us in the room.
As soon as the last latch clicked I Returned to my normal self and went over to Harry. He had some old injuries and the new ones so I waved my hand over him and healed him before tucking him in. Then I wrote a letter to dad telling him everything that happened before moving the desk chair next to the bed so I could watch over Harry thinking it's going to be a long night and stay here before settling in for the night in the chair.