Chapter Four: Explanations
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The next day, Petunia and Dudley rushed to get in the huge two-storey house where Severus and Harry live.
"Severus! I want to talk to you!" cried Petunia.
Severus opened the door of his house and faced her. "What do you want in this early morning?"
"How come... How come my son has the blood of my sister????"
Severus looked at her chubby son surprisingly. "Are you saying that your son is a wizard?"
Petunia nodded. "Yes."
After she replied, he immediately took them in his house and gave them tea at the living room where they were allowed to sit down. He examined Dudley first using his wand. When Severus was done scanning Dudley's body through his wand.
"Your sister, Lily, was able to break the magical nerves in her system before. All Muggle-born wizards at one point open them due to strong emotions but not all Muggle-borns are like that. To be a wizard despite having both Muggle Parents, they do have a witch or wizard among their ancestral line. Lily was a witch and among your bloodline, it is possible that you have an aunt, uncle, great grandfather or great grandmother who were a witch or wizard."
After he had explained those things to them, he sat down on a chair. "Could you explain to me who hurt Harry at the staircase of the school?"
Dudley's eyes looked worriedly at his mother. "Mom."
Petunia nodded. "Do tell us, Dudley. Tell us."
Dudley swallowed a huge amount of his saliva. "We were playing around him. We were bullying Harry when suddenly, he tripped and fell down the staircase. We felt all afraid to be caught so we ran away. Henry, Alfred and I were bullying him."
Severus Snape took a deep breath. "Dudley will keep studying in the London School. I'll homeschool Harry for some days and enroll him in a different school until he and Dudley are ready to study in Hogwarts. Your son's bad actions towards Harry won't be left out. I'll see to it that they're punished."
Petunia's eyes brightened. She doesn't seem to have heard that Severus wants her son punished for bullying Harry. "My son will be studying in Hogwarts? He would? That's something I had never experienced and expected! Now I wish my sister was alive so I could say sorry to her! I have always wanted to be in Hogwarts but I am too Muggle!"
Severus pitied her and grinned happily. "Yes. Your son will be there."
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Harry went downstairs when he heard people talking. He was shocked when he saw his aunt and cousin sitting at the couch that made him stay away and hide behind Severus.
"What are the Muggles doing here?" she asked Severus. Her brown, curly hair does flow elegantly while she walk. She also saw her sea-green eyes.
Severus answered her, "Medea, they're Harry's relatives. They are also our neighbors here."
Medea took a deep breath. "Harry, come up to me. They won't be able to hurt you."
Harry ran near her quickly and both of them went out of the house in a rush. Harry seemed to be in good health already.
"Who was that woman?" Petunia asked him. "It's my first time to see her."
"Don't worry. Medea's my sister. I'll try making Harry close to you. I know that Harry doesn't like you," Severus said willingly and joyfully.
Dudley only kept silent the whole time until he chose to speak. "Where is Harry?"
"He's at the playground. Would you want to play with him?"
His words calmed him.
He wanted Harry's forgiveness after all as he had bullied him so much in the past. "I'll tell him what I am. I hope he forgives me!"
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Petunia and Severus took Dudley at the playground after that. Medea saw them and so, she called Harry, who was busy sliding himself. She called him and ordered him to stop playing for a while. "Harry! Harry! Come here. Your guardian looks like there is something he wants to tell you."
Harry immediately ran in front of Severus Snape and hugged him but glared at Dudley. "Harry, Dudley wants to apologize to whatever he did to you. He would also want you to forgive him when he insulted you."
Harry faced his cousin. "You won't hurt me anymore?"
Dudley cried. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I was just jealous of you. I didn't know we're the same! I copied father when he described you as a freak. Dad was angry when he learned your connection to mommy. He... He almost killed her and then sudden-suddenly, I was able to open a locked door and stop time. I'm like you, Harry!"
Harry was surprised by everything he heard and so, he cried too. "I forgive you, cousin! I hope we'll have a good time soon."
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The two ten-year olds renewed their relationship after Dudley revealed to Harry that he is also a wizard.
Like what Severus have said, Harry was home- schooled to help him regain himself and to stop other bullies from further hurting him.
At the same time, Dudley and his friends were punished due to their actions.
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Weeks later, after Harry dropped his schooling in London School, Severus enrolled him in London Magic Elementary School where he will be taught how to control his powers before he begins his life in Hogwarts. London Magic Elementary School weren't for all young wizards and witches, though. It is only for the very young, talented students who can't control their magical abilities. It was installed due to a long war centuries ago when a young wizard wasn't taught to control his or her 'magic' in an early age. The boy has also no knowledge in ethics of witchcraft and wizardry. Due to that, the young wizard brought himself to become a dangerous individual.
Harry became a happy individual in the end at the London Magic Elementary School. He had gained some friends, too while he's in there and most likely, it was because of his fame in the Wizarding World. He was happy to belong alongside people who are like him. He also wondered why his father didn't immediately take him there and made him study in a Muggle School. Severus kept reminding him to be humble and be kind at all times even if he enjoys his fame. Of course, he obeys his ward and loves him so much.
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As another school year ends, Dudley began showing his magical abilities stronger and stronger at school that made his past friends including Henry Sprout to notice that he is also a magical being. He saw Dudley change a science teacher's hair to dark blue before. At five pm, when kids were going home and waiting for their guardians to fetch them, Henry Sprout shouted at him at the corridor near the outside of the school. "Mudblood! Mudblood! Are you a mudblood?"
Dudley can't understand it. "What are you talking about?"
"Did that Harry, curse you to be like him?" he laughed at him.
"Leave me alone, Henry!" he spoke up in annoyance.
Henry grinned. "Well, I'll see you next school year in another school anyway, mudblood."
Dudley only stared back at him with a confused face. After a few moments, Severus and Harry appeared in front of the gates to take Dudley with them so they could all go home. That's when he asked them, "What's Mudblood?"
Severus and Harry were shocked when they heard him say that.
"Who told you that?" Harry asked.
"Henry," he answered him.
Severus patted his head. "Even as a Muggle-born, I am sure that you will be a good wizard, Dudley. Your letters from Hogwarts will soon arrive and you would be able to see the Wizarding World."
"Don't think about Henry, Dudley. He's not from a good wizarding family. His father's in Azkaban," he informed him.
"Azkaban?" Dudley asked. "What is that?"
No one answered him. Instead, Harry just pulled him in with him inside the car quickly after they reached the parking lot.
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