Bonded

Chapter Thirty Six

December 28th, 1993

"Alright, is everything packed and ready?" Harry's mother was completely stressed about the visit to the Dursleys.

"Yes, everything is packed Lils." James tried his best, but it was still no match for Lily's stress levels.

"What if down thing goes wrong, what if they don't like the kids. What if Delia doesn't like magic, what if the-." Lily was almost spinning in circles, the Weasley's just watched in slight fear or disbelief that one human could become this stressed.

James grabbed Lily by the shoulders, and shook her slightly.

"It's. Going. To. Be. O. Kay!" He kissed her on the forehead.

"Everyone ready to go?" Only the Potter family would be going.

"Okay. Kids say your goodbyes." Harry rushed forward and hugged Ginny.

"See ya at Hogwarts Gin." And he stepped back to say bye to Ron.

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In a spin the five Potters were at the front steps on the Dursleys. Petunia rushed out of the door, with a very large blonde boy standing in the doorway, and a very pretty blonde girl standing behind him. The girl, whom Harry assumed was Delia, looked like a blonde haired blue eyed Lily. At the sight of Ella and Darcy Delia ran forward. She was in pajamas and was completely bare footed but didn't seem to mind.

"I'm Delia. You two are Ella and Darcy, right?" They shook their heads. Delia walked forward and hugged them both.

"When are you guys going to Hogwarts? I'm going soon. Mum and Aunt Lily said I'm showing signs of magic!"

"Delia, sweetie, let's go inside." Petunia took her now shivering daughter by the shoulders and brought her inside.

"Come on Harry, girls. They won't bite." Lily herded her kids forward with the help of James.

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The inside of the house was very cozy, with floral print furniture and pictures of Delia and Dudley at all ages on the walls. One shelf had a few pictures of Petunia and Vernon, from their Wedding. Then I a another shelf was the most surprising ones of all. One was a picture of Lily and James at their wedding, another with a baby Harry being cradled by his Mum, his Dad looking at them with pride in his eyes. Another frame had Harry, Lily, James, and Ella as a baby in it, and another the same except with Harry O his dad's shoulder, little red headed Ella hanging out between James and Lily, and Lily was obviously pregnant. The next one had Harry, Ella, and Darcy, then another with all five of them, and more and more recent ones.

"Did you send these to them Mum?" Harry turned to her.

"I gave them to your Aunt Petunia when she visited that morning." Lily was looking at them, running her hands over the frames.

"We have presents for you kids!" Petunia called from the dining room.

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There was one present for each of them, Harrys was a deck of playing cards, and a ton of instructions for different games.

Ella's was a cute little stuffed dog, which Ella gladly accepted and named Patch.

Darcy's was a necklace with a cursive 'D' on it, and Darcy happily clasped it around her neck.

"Thank you so much Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon." They all ran forward and hugged Petunia, Vernon just accepted the three thank you's.

"Delia, Dudley, we have gifts for you!" Dudley came waddling forward, and Delia happily came up and grabbed hers, her big blue doe eyes flashing.

Dudley's gift was loads of Wizarding Candy, which Petunia looked at solemnly, as if recalling a memory.

"I got some for you too, Petunia." Then it clicked. Lily had always sent Petunia Wizard Candy, her favourite being the Licorice Wands.

Delia's was books for first years at Hogwarts, as well as Wizarding Candy.

"Thank you so much, Aunt Lily." Delia came up and hugged her, which Lily gladly hugged back. Dudley only said thank you, preferring to take the same route as his Dad.

"Well, you all should get dressed, breakfast is coming soon. Ella, Darcy, you'll stay in Delias room, Harrys you can stay with Dudley. I'll show you to your room Lily, James." And the adults walked off to a corridor.

"Come on Harry. I'll show you to my room." And he followed Dudley up the stairs, eyeing the cupboard suspiciously as if recalling a bad dream.

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