A/N I find my chapter name to be hilarious so don't hate. Also I just couldn't come up with a title for this chapter...
Petunia had quickly become lost in the maze-like patterns that was the Hogwarts dungeons. Even worse, the only light Petunia had was her eyes and it was fading quickly with her temper.
Petunia sat down in a corner, her eyes scanning the area in front of her until the last of her anger finally dissipated. Feeling lost and alone, Petunia curled up and waited for somebody to, hopefully, come and find her.
"PEEEETE! PEEEEEETUNIAAAA! ARE YOU HERE-"
"George we have the map so we don't have to yell!" Fred's voice echoed. Raising her head, Petunia noticed two red headed boys rounding the corner, followed by two girls.
"There she is - woah!" Fred said, turning on his heel to face December and Hermione. "Now here's the map," he handed the map to Hermione, "we're leaving because we do not want to deal with this." They walked away, disappearing around the corner. What was up with them?
"Well, um.." December avoided looking at Petunia, "I never would have pinned you for somebody with an outie."
"What?" Petunia asked, looking down to see how December saw her belly button. "OH NO!" She shouted, staring down at the state her clothes were in. Her robes and under garments were withered to piles of rags on the floor, including her dragon hide gloves. Petunia tried to pick up the rags but they disintegrated in her hands. Covering herself as well as she could she looked up to see Hermione and December eyes wandering over everything but Petunia's nude body.
"Could one of you grab me some clothes and a pair of dragon hide gloves?" Asked Petunia, cheeks glowing. Without a word Hermione ran away with the map leaving Petunia and December in an awkward silence.
"So. . .how did you manage that one Pete?" Asked December, pointing towards the dust that was once Petunia's robes.
"I - uh - would rather explain it when Hermione gets back."
"Fair enough."
They waited in silence for ten minutes before Hermione came around the corner carrying a fresh pair of robes and dragon hide gloves. She placed them on the ground in front of Petunia, eyes darting away from her.
Petunia quickly slipped into her clothes, telling her friends they could turn around once she was dressed.
"So, now would you care to explain?" December asked, leaning against the wall behind her.
"Um... yeah okay." Petunia took a deep, relaxing breath before beginning. "So ever since I was born.." Petunia explained everything she knew, about how she was born with this strange gift and it hadn't allowed her to be a normal child. How she had to wear all dragon hide until she was nine and showed them the pendant that allowed her to be as normal as possible.
When she finished Hermione and December were silent, still processing the information they were just given.
"Wow." December was the first to speak. "That-that's a lot of crap man." Hermione only nodded.
Petunia looked at her feet. "Yeah, I know. I understand if you two don't want to be friends anymore. I'm kind of a freak." She sniffed. What happened next she hadn't expected.
"I'll beat up anybody who tries to hurt you." December growled, pulling Petunia and Hermione into a bear hug.
"I'll bet you there's a way to reverse what happened to you." Hermione said, mind already racing with books that could contain information on her friends state. "Plus it's impossible to be born with such an alment without killing your mum in the process. Which never happened so I would guess you were accidentally exposed to..." She walked away, rambling off names of dangerous magical potions, plants and animals. December followed with Petunia in tow. Petunia couldn't wipe a smile off her face as she looked at her friends who didn't give two damns about her ability.
