"•Family-matters•"

Chapter Three: Growing up

As the two boys grew, one was spoiled with love, kisses, candy, and all the presents any little boy or girl would ever want, but the other one, received nothing, No presents, no kisses, no candy, no hugs, nothing.

It was always very clear who The Dursleys favored,they never tried to hide it, they never cared what the other boy thought, or felt, or said.

The Dursley's loved their little baby boy, Dudley, to them he was an Angel, he was their flesh and blood, he was a prince, but even more then that, he was normal, he didn't have magic in his blood, he didn't cause weird things to happen.

But when it came to Harry Potter, he was a little brat, to them he was some sort of devil that had been sent with them to punish them, but instead, he stayed quiet, he did his best to please them.

While Harry spent hours cooking, cleaning, scrubbing floors, washing laundry, Dudley would play video games, go outside with friends.

Dudley always did his best to protect his baby brother, but often times Harry refused to accept his help, Harry refused to listen to his "big brother"

Harry knew why his "family" didn't love him, Harry knew he was different, Harry knew there was something wrong with him, deep inside, he was the problem, he was what ruined his life, he was what ruined the Dursley's lives.

For years, Harry wondered if he was a mistake, he wondered if he was useless, annoying, a freak, a burden, he wondered if he was everything the Dursley's made him out to be, but his big brother didn't think he was any of those things

Dudley thought that his precious baby brother was an Angel, he loved his baby brother more then anything or anyone in the world

Dudley did his best to try and make their parents love his baby brother, but no matter what he did he couldn't change their minds

Dudley would break things, but Harry would get blamed

Dudley would steal things but Harry would get blamed

No matter what Dudley did, Harry was always blamed

For years they struggled together but alone

Harry was stuck in a constant battle with his own mind, breaking down his self esteem made it harder and harder for him to believe his brother when he said he loved him.

Dudley was stuck fighting with his parents, trying to convince them to love his brother, while trying to get his brother to love him as much as he loved him, but it never worked.

Harry became depressed at only 13 years old, his family didn't care for him, his brother was always gonna be the favorite, he wasn't allowed to go to school, he had little to no friends besides his brothers friends

Harry was thin, short, small enough to hide behind Dudley when things went down south, and that's what he did, whenever something happened, Dudley was the hero, he protected Harry, while Harry was just some pathetic loser in need of saving

And that was how they grew up for many years

But today is the day everything will change