The Gifted One

Chapter 19- The Runaway Potters

Maxine's P.O.V.

Me and Harry were in the living as Aunt Petunia began ringing the door calling for both me and Harry to open the door. Prince had stayed with the Weasley family as planned leaving me lonely. Harry opens the door for a woman to come through handing her umbrella to Harry as he glances at me. Her dog running side by side with her. "Marge, how lovely to see you," Petunia says as Marge's dog begins to growl at her.

"Uncle Vernon... we need you to sign this form." I approach Harry and Uncle Vernon with a paper in hand. "What is it?" "Nothing. School stuff." Harry answers. "Please," I say.

"Later perhaps, if you behave." "I will if she does," Harry responds as I nod immediately. "Oh... you two still here, are you?" Marge questions. "Yes." "where else would we be," I say.

"Don't say "yes" in that ungrateful way. And what is with your attitude, You're worse than your twin." Marge says to me as she continues, "damn good of my brother to keep you both. They both been straight to an orphanage if they'd been dumped on my doorstep, Vernon." She left me gasping as I turned to look at Harry who looked mad. "She has a nasty personality." Regulus appears near me with an angry face similar to Harry's. "Is that my Dubbers? Is that my little neffy-poo?" She goes to Dudley with a whole lot of affection. "Take Marge's suitcase upstairs!" Uncle Vernon tells us as I help Harry with any small bags she brings with her.
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We were now in the dining room, I helped Harry get the dirty plates along with some utensils as they chatted away. I begin to wash the plates that Harry scrapes as he nudges me to look at Marge who gives her dog her drink. We both smirked which caught her attention, "What're you two smirking at? Where is it you send them, Vernon?" Me and Harry continued with cleaning as they continued chattering away, Vernon was quick to make up something, "Do they use a cane at Saint Brutus's, Boy?" Marge says to Harry as we both turn to look at her. I mean is she being serious it's like she despises us well in a way she did. I see Vernon with wide eyes telling Harry to say yes. "Oh, yeah. Yeah, I've, I've been beaten loads of times. Mm." Harry responds as she continues to ramble on. As Harry turned I saw him smile which felt contagious as I was also smiling.

However, the smile was quick to turn to a frown as they began speaking about our father calling him unemployed to a drunk. "That's a lie!" Harry says angry. "What did you say?" "Our dad wasn't a drunk!" Immediately after Harry says that the lights flicker and the cups of glass shatter. Harry turns to me worried as I shrug. Marge was quick to order us to clean up the mess they left. However, it didn't stop Marge from still talking, "Actually...it's nothing to do with the father. It all to do with the mother. You see it all the time with dogs. If there's something wrong with the bitch, then there's something wrong with the pup." Marge rambled on only adding to me and Harry's anger although Harry felt angrier than me. "Shut up! Shut up!" Yells Harry as the lights flickered around us. "Right! Let me tell you...y-y" she tried to say but we heard gurgling and her point finger so round and fat. As her face grew rounder and rounder. As I looked at Harry shocked that he was able to do that. Marge's necklace beads flew as she started to float. When she floated outside Vernon grabbed a hold of her only for him to lose his grip. Harry quickly bolts to his making me chase after him but his door slams in my face.

I slowly opened the door as I approached, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We need to leave this house Max I can't stand being here any longer." In a way, I understood him after all Hogwarts was home. "Uncle Vernon will be furious how did you even do that..." "I don't know how I did it. But we need to leave now." He responds as he quickly packs his stuff. "Max are you coming with me." He says as I nod and quickly pack.

After we finish I follow Harry down the stairs for Uncle Vernon yelling, "You bring her back! You bring her back now and you put her right!" "No! She deserved what she got!" Harry yells back as Vernon goes to hold him back but Harry and I point our wands at him. "Keep away from me." He says still pointing his wand at him. "You're not allowed to do magic outside school." "Oh yeah try us," I say warning Vernon. "They won't let you back now. You two have nowhere to go." "We don't care. Anywhere's better than here." Harry responds as he motions me to follow him.