A Girl Named Harry

Chapter 4

Harry's POV

I reached out to open the door when a huge 'creak' took me by surprise it was Dudley, storming out of the kitchen.

I looked quizzically around, but was only met with the glares of Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia "what happened?" I asked trying to smother the smirk on my lips,

"Nothing you should be concerned about" barked uncle Vernon.

I handed him the mail and swiped an apple of the counter about to run back to my cupboard when uncle Vernon said something that stopped me dead in my tracks "Haven't gotten any mail recently have ya?" he asked me sharply. Trying to put on my most innocent face I looked him in the eye

"No, nothing at all"

and ran out of the room. My hands shook as I opened my jacket sleeve and pulled out the crinkly old letter, it was folded at an odd angle from being stuffed into my jacket but I ignored it and opened it with care. I took a bite of my apple savoring the moment and read the first 3 words,

"Dear Miss Potter".

Suddenly the door flew open and uncle Vernon was there, forgetting the letter I looked up in surprise

"No one can look after you, you have to come to the zoo with u-"

He stopped sharply and looked at the letter in my hands. His plump face turned a fire engine red then to a plum and a vain bulged out of his forehead, threatening to explode.

"A letter" he choked out grabbed the paper, slamming and locking the door.

~ an hour later~

After interrogating me about the letter they decided to still let me come to the zoo, but the forced me to burn my perfect letter. Despite the disappointment of the letter I tried to remain optimistic .

"I'm going to the zoo!" I thought half heartedly on the drive there, squashed between fat Dudley and his scarecrow like friend.

I tried to hide my amusement that Dudley was angry. He always got what he wanted. I smirked a little and looked up to see Dudley glaring at me and his friend staring at me like I was something on the bottom of his shoe.

I flashed a smile and was happy to see Dudley look even angrier but, he suddenly smirked

" I want to go to the reptile house" he said in his snobbish tone. I rolled my eyes but got a little uneasy when he smiled mischievously and winked at his friend. I sank low into my seat and stared out the front window the rest of the time.

I was strolling along licking the cheap lemon ice pop Vernon was forced to get me because of the lady. I stopped at the monkeys and looked t the big cage, today had been going ok so far, the zoo was pretty cool after all, an i was eating my first frozen treat in who knows how long. I was in a good mood until I heard Dudley stomping like an elephant and walk up next to me,

"Finally found you're own kind, eh?" he asked grinning like mad. His friend gave a short laugh, rather like a sea lion.

"Oh good one" I replied back "how Long did it take you to come up with that one?"

Dudley snarled and turned an angry maroon red, he glared at me.

"I want to go to the snake house now" he declared and stalked off a sighed a followed looking back once at the playful monkeys.

After the hot dry air outside the cool reptile house was refreshing but something felt... odd, she had a love hate relationship with snakes, they seemed to like her but she always felt uneasy around them. shed walked a brief distance and stopped to look at the 25 foot long anaconda curled up inside the tank. Dudley ran up beside her out of breath, his beady eyes shined bright with malice

"There something cool over there" he panted out pointing to the corner,

"You should see it" he said more forcefully this time. I sighed and knew if I did anything to upset him if be locked on the cupboard for at least a week. I followed him angrily preparing for there to be some creepy exhibit or something, but all I saw was a door.

"There's a special exhibit going on in there, check it out!" he said and I heard a clink. There was a pair of keys on the ground.

" House keys" Dudley's friend tried to cover lamely. then I knew it was a trap, they we gonna lock me in a broom cupboard or something but I knew I had to go along with it. I sighed and grudgingly opened the door. I saw a bright light, which surprised me and while my eyes were out of focus Dudley shoved me in the room. I heard a click of the lock. I got up and looked around, my foot was in a puddle and I was staring directly at the face of the huge green anaconda.