Mischief Managed

3 The Vanishing Glass

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The Vanishing Glass

[The scar's glow immediately dies down, and the camera pans to see Harry who is now 10 years old, still sleeping. Then, the light turns on outside his bedroom cupboard under the stairs]

Petunia: Up. Get up. [She knocks on his closet door repeatedly] Now! [Smacks door of closet and walks into the living room]

Lily's face paled. The woman on the screen might be a lot older than she is now, but it was definitely her. "That's my sister," she muttered under her breath. And then, she realised something. If they were the only family he had left, it really was her child. But then where was Lilith? And what had happened to her if her sister was the only living family he had left? Or had she and James abandoned Harry? No they would never do that.

[Harry wakes up, turns on his bedroom light and puts on his glasses with tape on the bridge, indicating that it was partly damaged. A large, tubby boy, Dudley Dursley, suddenly comes running down the stairs above the closet. He stops half-way down and goes back, jumping on the staircase.]

Dudley: Wake up, cousin! We're going to the zoo!

Some of the students looked confused. They had never been in the Muggle world, so they had no idea what this zoo was. The Muggle born students quickly started explaining it, before everyone turned back to the screen.

[Harry looks up to the join works of the stairs with small amounts of dusts rising. Dudley laughs, comes down the stairs and runs for the kitchen. Harry tries to come out of the closet, but is pushed back in by Dudley. Petunia is in the kitchen, where Dudley has gone.]

Petunia: Oh, here he comes, the birthday boy!

Vernon: Happy birthday, son.

[Petunia and Dudley giggle together. Harry comes into the kitchen, dressed in outgrown clothes.]

Petunia: [to Harry, unpleasantly] Why don't you just cook the breakfast, and try not to burn anything.

"God, she really is horrible to him." Lily muttered.

Harry: Yes, Aunt Petunia.

[Harry then gets to work on cooking the bacon]

Petunia: I want everything to be perfect for my Dudley's special day.

"God, favouritism much?" Said Tony, which quickly earned him a few glared and a wack on the head from Steve

Vernon: [to Harry, who is taking his time placing the bacon on the plates] Hurry up! Bring my coffee, boy!

"My type of man," muttered Yelena, "always needing coffee."

Harry: Yes, Uncle Vernon.

[Petunia leads Dudley over to the family room, where there are a vast amount of presents. Dudley stares.]

Petunia: Aren't they wonderful, darling?

Dudley: How many are there?

Vernon: Thirty-six. Counted 'em myself.

Dudley: Thirty-six?! But last year last year I had thirty-seven!!

The people in the hall burst out laughing at the boys outrage, whilst others looked horrified. How could someone be so selfish to throw a fit that they 'only got thirty six'. It took Dumbledore a while to get them to quiet down again.

Vernon: Err yes, well, some of them are quite a bit bigger than last year.

Dudley: I don't care how big they are!

Petunia: [calming him down] Oh, now, now, now. This is what we're going to do, is that when we go out, we're going to buy you two new presents! How's that, pumpkin?

"Spoilt brat," muttered Loki under his breath, but it was still loud enough that everyone heard.

[Outside the house morning. The happy family is heading to the car.]

Petunia: This will be a lovely day at the zoo. I'm really looking forward to it.

[Harry then goes to go in the car, but Vernon stops him, pointing his keys at him.]

Vernon: I'm warning you now, boy. Any funny business, any at all, and you won't have any meals for a week. Get in.

Everyone gasped at the mans cruel words. He couldn't be serious. At this point, Harry chimed in. "He was serious, by the way, he once didn't feed me for a week because I snored too loud." There were a few laughs before what Harry had said sunk in, leaving everyone in a shocked silence. James and Lily were fuming. First they made him sleep in the cupboard and then made him and now this! Lily was Sure as hell going to go and give her sister a lovely visit.

[At the London Zoo. The family is in the reptile house, looking at a large Boa constructor.]

Dudley: Make it move.

[Vernon taps the glass of the cage.]

Vernon: Move!

[Dudley taps the glass much harder, and Vernon nervously winces.] a

Dudley: MOVE!

Harry: He's asleep!

Dudley: He's boring.

[Dudley and his parents head over to another enclosure. Harry is left with the snake.]

Harry: Sorry about him. He doesn't understand what it's like, lying there day after day, having people press their ugly faces in on you. [The snake looks up and blinks.] Can you...hear me? [The snake nods] It's just...I've never talked to a snake before. Do you...I mean...do you talk to people often? [The snake shakes its head] You're from Burma, aren't you? Was it nice there, do you miss your family? [The snake turns its head in the direction of a sign which says, Bred in Captivity] I see. That's me as well. I never knew my parents, either.

Again, people looked around confused. Was he talking to the snake? This time, it was Lilith who explained. "Harry's a parseltongue, it means he can talk to snakes." There was a murmur of understanding but also a few rude comments made. James was in shock.

[The now awake snake has attracted Dudley's attention. He comes over to the glass, knocking Harry to the floor.]

Dudley: Mommy, dad, come here! You won't believe what this snake is doing!

[Dudley puts his hands on the glass wall. With his back turned, Harry glares at him. Suddenly, the glass disappears, causing Dudley to wretch forward, losing his balance.]

Dudley: Whoa! Ahh! Ahh!!

Again, the hall burst out into laughter. At least the boy had gotten what he deserved. The marauders and the mini marauders were having the time of their lives.

[Dudley falls into the snake enclosure, sputtering in a pool of water. Harry snickers at what he saw. The snake gets out of the exhibit, stopping in front of Harry.]

Snake: Thanks.

Harry: Anytime.

[The snake slivers off to the exit.]

Man: SNAKE!

[There is a lot of screaming as the snake heads for freedom. Dudley gets up to get out, but the glass is now back over the enclosure. Seeing that he is now trapped, he pounds the glass in panic.]

Dudley: Mom, mommy!

Petunia: [notices him in the exhibit] AHH!

Dudley: Mom, help! Help me!

Petunia: My darling boy! How did you get in there?! How did you get in there? Dudley, oh, Dudley!

[Harry grins and snickers, Vernon notices this and glares down at him. Harry's grin disappears, knowing that he is in trouble with Vernon.]

Oh no Tony called.