Dursley's Voice | The Dursley series #1 |

♡ Chapter 13 ♡

In a cloud of smoke came the quivering please of mercy from non other than Peter Pettigrew: alive. But not for long.

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His watery eyes frantically wandered to each of them, his nose twitching now and again, he cried out in shock as his eyes landed on Audrey. "I didn't hand you over! I swear!"
"She's not Quinn, Peter... she's her daughter" Black said advancing on the cowering man; "But- you- s-she..."
"You know exactly how it happened. Your buddies were the ones that took her" Peter's helpless face rounded on Harry.

"Harry! Look at you!" He whimpered, "You look so much like your father... like James. We were the best of friends he and-"
"How dare you speak to Harry! How dare you talk about James in front of him!" 
They cornered Peter. Wands directed at his chest, "You sold James and Lily to Voldemort didn't you?"
"I didnt mean to! The Dark Lord. You have no idea of the masses of weapons he possesses- what would you have done Sirius? What would you've done?"
"I would have died rather than betray my friends." The little man scampered towards Audrey, "Audrey! You wouldn't want me to be killed" he hissed, "Your mother- w-was my friend! She would've shown mercy!" As Peter was retracted away from her, Audrey pondered, 'What would my real mother do?!'
"-If Voldemort didn't kill you, then we would together-"
"NO!" Harry cried exasparatedly, Audrey swerved on him confused; "Harry he-"
"I know what he's done... We'll take him to the castle. After that the Dementor's can have him" he commanded, holding Audrey closer than ever.

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Not only did Harry know, he was being gentle and kind with her, 'Maybe he's being passive aggressive? I don't know!' Audrey wondered as she walked beside him and Sirius out of the tunnel; he occasionally looked over at her. "Can you stop? I don't like being gawked at"
"You sound soo much like her" he grunted, "You even look like she did... mostly"
"Mostly?"
"Well, her hair wasn't a mixture of brown and ginger: just the perfect shade of strawberry blonde and her eyes...  A brilliant shade of topaz. Yours are... Icey" she frowned, disappointed in herself, "James once suggested... that I should make the change perminant: the tail I could live with, but the flees... they're murder" they began to chortle as the exited the Whomping Willow. Night sky shifted over the grounds, the skies a blaze with dozens of twinkling stars like in the Great Hall, with Liza and Nick...
"Such a beautiful castle. I hope to one day go back there as a free man" Sirius began, "Harry- Audrey, if you ever wanted to leave the Dursleys-"
"Come live with you?" Audrey chuckled, "Of course" they said embracing him.  "Harry!" Hermione roared, pointing at the now surfacing moonlight, "Professor Lupin... oh dear!"

Painful to listen to, even more heart wrenching to watch as Lupin's bones broke and cracked as he shifted. He dropped his wand, Peter swiftly morphed into his Animagus form scurrying into the Forrest, "Remus!"
The wolf watched intensively as the four students cowered before him, "Remus... Professor Lupin?" It howled as it advanced towards them. "There you are Potter-" Snape was conscious and shielding the students as Black entered as the dog; attacking his dearest friend, a werewolf.

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Everything else seemed to blur passed the point of the fight, like a tea stain on paper full of fascinating tales; after the fight, Audrey's eyes blinked violently to life. "Not again" she groaned, finding herself in the Hospital Wing once more, "Quite a year it has been Ms. Dursley?" Dumbledore said in less than a whisper. Only now did Audrey notice the others in the Wing, Harry, Hermione and Ron grouped off away from her like she was... an outsider. "I think it's best I leave, clearly I'm not wanted anymore" she announced, strutting away before she could be given more surprises like, 'You have a secret twin who's part Hippogriff' or 'The Dursleys have officially kicked you out and now you're homeless.' 'That would actually be better than living with people I thought were my family.' Her mind was ready to implode with information, no respective eleven year old should go through this much!

Storming into her room, Liza immediately attempted to communicate with her but before she could, Audrey wrapped her arms around her sobbing. "Drie calm down, it's okay... It's okay"
"Liza I feel as if I'm going to spontaneously combust!"
"Please don't actually do that! Nicholas will kill me if I let anything happen to you" she chuckled, inviting her to join. She didn't have the strength at this point to laugh, she was a wreck. For an hour or so, she meddled with the necklaces she'd received this year and all her presents from Christmas, it was better than facing facts: Audrey was an orphan, demonic witch child who didn't have a shred of her life in her control. As the Summer term came to a close, she longed to stay at Hogwarts though it was against the rules; it was breakfast, Nick charged over to the Huffelpuff table enraged. "Woah Malfoy!"
"Ease up dude. What's-"
"Nicholas Malfoy, what's wrong with you?" His blonde hair was a matted mess, his eyes were crazy and his fists clenched, "You didn't hear?"
He paused, lowering his voice, "Lupin's out of a job. He's a werewolf"
"Who snitched?"
"Snape was letting things slip after you walked out of the Hospital Wing, he ran back to the Slytherin dorms and told everyone."

She couldn't stop running, not until she got into Lupin's office, "You're leaving?!"
"Sadly, yes, Audrey. I'm leaving the Hogwarts-"
"Are you not even prepared to fight for your position? Dumbledore-"
"Dumbledore has risked enough on my behalf" he interjected, closing his cases; he glanced at her, a sad expression littered his face. "Your mother would've said the exact same thing. She always knew how to make people believe in making things right" he sighed. Standing before her, Remus Lupin hugged her fondly, "Don't ever change Audrey"
"I'm afraid I'm going to, Professor"
"I mean... Don't ever change the things you shouldn't change, believe you can be the best version of yourself and you'll be alright" he said starting out of his office, "You know, I reckon you'll be amazing too Remus! Don't change!" She grinned, waving weakly as he left.

End of the year. But not quite the end yet! Still got a little more before the next book begins. Thank you to you guys! You and the story are what make me want to continue to write>> no matter how crap I am.