A/N: It's brought to my attention that some people don't understand the sudden inclusion of the Dursley's so I'm going to put all those parts in italics and I'm stating this now. It is a memory/nightmare that Harry is suffering because he is no longer his older self and the younger him never knew about Hogwarts so they did not get to him at Hogwarts. He is just having flashes of memories.

Thank you and enjoy. ❤🐍🦁

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Hermione was shifting around in her seat getting irritated. Harry zoned out again after saying he needed to tell them something important. Ron nudged him but he was still distant. Ron mumbled something incoherent then slapped Harry. That seemed to bring him out of his mind. Harry scratched the back of his head. Ginny had walked in and was about to scold Ron but Harry spoke. So she remained silent.

"Sorry. Ammm sooo... Don't hate me. I just thought you should know. Since you are my best friends and all. I unintentionally told Neville as well. Anyway so ammm... I'mgayandhaveacrushonMalfoy." Harry mumbled and rushed the last part.

Ron raised an eyebrow. "What was that mate."

Hermione hugged Harry because she had, of course, caught on. "I support you Harry, always. And I'm proud of you. And Ronald you need to pay more attention. He said he was gay."

Ron's face went green then red with anger. He looked up to see Ginny tear up. Harry noticed Ron's expression immediately and wanted to get out of there. He quickly hugged Hermione and thanked her then got up. Pushing past Ginny without a word.

"Harry lunch is in a few minutes where are you going?" Hermione asked.

"Oh just bathroom Hermione don't worry." Harry lied and walked away.

"Ronald why didn't you say anything?" Turning to Ron Hermione hadn't seen the disgust he was masking.

Ron stood up. "I should... go congratulate him. Catch you at lunch Mione."

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"Ron stop please. I didn't mean to offend you." Harry wanted to cry but knew it was a bad idea.

Ron was red in the face throwing slurs and hexes at him. He didn't think his best friend would be acting like this. After everything Ron was still always jealous of Harry. Harry wondered if Malfoy would treat him the same.

Ron snorted. "You lead my sister on so she can have her heart broken by a fag. I'm pissed not offended."

"I never lead her on. She chose not to listen." Harry yelled his voice shakey.

More spells went flying. Ron's aim was poor so Harry only had to block the ones that were coming for him. He didn't want to hurt Ron with any spells. It was breaking his heart to be fighting with his best friend.

"I bet you wank to thoughts of me. How disgusting. I can't believe we were ever friends." Ron spat. "And we dorm together. That's even worse. Probably want to shag Malfoy and have his grubby death eater hands all over you. FILTH! Maybe you even shagged some of our dorm mates like the man whore you are."

Harry was frozen now. 'How could my best mate think like that. How could he think of me like that. How did I...' His thought was cut off when a spell hit his chest. The spell was supposed to dress the person in girly/baby clothes, but of course Ron sucked at spells and his wand was defective. Harry felt a searing pain all over his body and screamed. Ron nodded to himself and shrugged, walking off. He was pleased to hear Harry crying in pain.

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"You freak get in here!"

"He's just a baby Vernon. What are you expecting from him? He'll be useless for another year."

"Doesn't mean he should be allowed to touch Dudley's toys Petunia. He needs to learn." Vernon spat as a boy walked into the lounge.

Vernon slapped him. The boy stumbled back. Then the punches came. The blows growing more severe each time. More force was put behind the movement. Then the pain became too much. The boy swore he heard a bone break. His leg? Arm? Ribs maybe? But no sound came from him. He had learnt, at the ripe age of two and a half, that screaming made it worse. Screaming meant more hits. Crying meant more hits. Then he passed out unable to stop the darkness from surrounding him. As the pain consumed every last inch of him.

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"So it seems saint Potter has disappeared again. No surprise there really."

"Malfoy not now please. You can go on later." Hermione said looking around worried.

"What's wrong?"

"Not your concern Parkinson."

Pansy waved off the hostility as Hermione groaned. "Ronald they could help. Have any of you seen Harry. He wasn't at lunch or in class."

"Lose your boyfriend Granger what a shame."

"Blaise shut up she's clearly upset. Or are you blind? And Draco don't even." Pansy slapped Blaise.

Ron snorted. Ginny rolled her eyes. And Neville slumped down in the seat next to Hermione. He took a moment to catch his breath. Then hugged Hermione.

"I checked again. Still nothing. Maybe he's in the chamber?" Neville said ignoring the rest.

Hermione sighed. "He took the map so we can't even check. Harry knows better than to go there without someone. He hasn't eaten all day."

"So Potter has really gone missing?" Malfoy asked.

Neville sighed. "Mcgonagall said we will look after dinner. He has to be somewhere."

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"Vernon you can't! Not yet at least. He's too small."

Vernon growled. "Shut up woman. If you want me to wait then you need to find me a substitute."

The boy in the closet started shaking. He may have been small but he was smart. He knew His Uncle wanted to 'teach' him an important lesson about asking questions that concerned big people.

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Pansy, Draco and Blaise didn't say a word after the thing with Hermione. They ate dinner and went to catch up with the Gryffindors. Hermione groaned thinking they were there to insult them. Instead they offered to help. Draco pulled Blaise back a little and voiced his concerns about the way Ron had been acting. Blaise agreed that it was strange. Hermione's out burst just confirmed their suspicions and Ron's attitude did nothing to change it.

"You were the last one Ronald. Tell me what happened. Or we can't be friends anymore." Hermione yelled.

Ron rolled his eyes. "Oh come off it Hermione. He's just looking for more attention."

"Fag probably deserved it." Ginny mumbled.

Draco fought to hide his surprise. He looked at Blaise and could see the same internal struggle. After about 2 hours they all met up. Blaise swore he saw something move but brushed it off.

"Alright. We will look again tomorrow morning." Mcgonagall said ushering everyone to bed.

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"Dudwey? Why dey hate me?"

"You freak. You neva have friends." Dudley frowned and crawled away.

The boy sat there by himself in the lounge. His Uncle was at work. His Aunt was sleeping. His cousin had just woken up from his nap. He stood up and walked to his cupboard. He pulled out a fluffy toy. The only toy he ever had and he was only allowed to keep it because his Aunt had said it would make him behave.

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The silver trio stayed up that night discussing the unusual new information. They really weren't sure what to make of it. They could only talk to Hermione about it. They did doubt that she would tell them anyway. So they decided to not bring it up. Eventually the three fell asleep. With thoughts about how true Harry's friends really were. And what they could do to help him.

After all Draco was majorly crushing on Harry. The only reason he teased him was to get the boys attention. Secretly he watched out for Harry. He tried his best to keep him from harm.