The Boy The Snake and The Stone

Chapter 3: The Savior

It had been a week since the boy sent the letter, and to the boy it seemed to drag on. Of course Levi was there for the young wizard talking to him and coaching him in the way of the wizarding world as much as he could remember about the tells; all the while the boy slaved away trapped in the house. Harry was out one day redoing his Aunt Petunia garden in the heat. Harry just thought she was upset that he had been getting everything done that his Uncle left him so she decided to take it upon herself to come up with something. Of course the boy didn't mind working in the garden since he was hardly ever aloud out of the house, so he took the chance whenever he could to work outside.

After the long day outside Harry was grateful for the AC in the house, but that was until he saw his cousin raffling through his stuff. He froze as he saw the plump boy dig the tin box from its hiding space; his cousin didn't even realize that Harry was standing behind him, as he opened the box. Harry not caring of the consequence of this pushed his cousin from the doorway of his cupboard taking the opportunity to throw the tin box inside the small place before closing the door and standing in front of it.

He cousin was outraged that the little boy dare raise his hand in his direction, and snarled at the green eye boy, "Ohh you're in trouble now you Freak!" Before taking off up the stairs where his mom was. Harry took this small window to hide the tin box even better, in some of lose floorboards underneath the cot that he slept on. He just pulled the cot back over the cupboard as heard the footsteps start to come down the stairs; the small cupboard door swung open revealing a red face Aunt Petunia and a dark smile upon young Dudley's face.

"You little Freak! You can't be happy with the things we give you?! You have to steal from my poor Dudley who has to put up with you?! Wait until Vernon gets back home tonight!" The horse face woman yelled dragging the small boy behind her. "Till then you can stay out here like the stray you are!" Throwing the poor boy out into the back garden and locking the door behind her.

"Mummy, can I go through his stuff to make sure he didn't take anything else?" Harry heard Dudley ask his mum.

"No sweetie, I do not want you to go anywhere that Freak has been." She said to her son. Harry sat in the back yard the sun already high in the sky, there was no source of shading in the backyard for him to escape so he was forced to endure the summer's full heat.

Levi watched his poor hatchling suffer, ohh how he wanted to help this small child, but he couldn't do anything but watch. He wanted to make these humans that have made this poor small child suffer, as much as Harry suffered under their care. Of course he wouldn't the poor child told him that no matter what they did to him, that this was his only family, and he couldn't wish ill harm done upon him. This hurt Levi to hear, no child should suffer, like Harry was but he held his tongue knowing better than to argue with the hatchling, who has never known what a family was in his life.

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It was a few hours passed dusk Harry was still sitting in the backyard, which now has taken on a colder chill to it. His Uncle returned home hours ago, he had heard shouting back and forth between his Aunt and Uncle then everything went quiet. Harry was now fearing the worst, what was going to happen? Where they just going to leave him out forever much like a dog? A shiver took over Harry's body as a chill wind swept through the night. The back door suddenly open and there stood his Uncle looking down on the small child, his face redder than it ever has been before, behind him was his Aunt looking just as mad as her husband as they looked down at the freak in their backyard. The one that has been living in their house for the past 11 years. In his uncle's hand Harry saw the letter he tried so hard to hide; he began shaking out of fear of what was to come.

His uncle stormed down the steps before yanking on the boy's hair meeting him face to face, "YOU FREAK! WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY US!" His uncle spat into his face. He turned his gaze to the woman in the door looking at them, "You!" He said to the woman in the door, "I want you and Dudley to take a small walk to the park while I take this care of him..." Knowing that his wife didn't like to witness nor hear the punishment of the freak. The women just nodded and went off to take her son to the park.