Potter's Sister

letters from no one

Back at the Dursleys' home, Petunia and a bundled up Dudley come in through the door. Petunia assuring a distressed Dudley, "Its all right, sweetheart. It's all right." She said as they walked into the family room. Harry, Hope, and Vernon enter. Vernon slams the door and shoves the twins into the wall, taking both their ears. "Ow!' The twins say in unison. "What happened?!" Vernon yelled angrily. "I swear, we don't know!" Vernon snarls at the two, "One minute, the glass was there and then it was gone! It was like magic!" Hope says in defense. 

Vernon scoffs at her, then shoves Harry and Hope into the cupboard under the stairs and slams the door on them, " There is no such thing as magic!" Vernon yells as he closes the vent of the door. "This isn't how I want to live the rest of my life." Hope states as she sits on the bed. "We can't leave, we will have no where to go, Hope." Harry says.

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"Awwww, smile." Petunia says as she takes a photograph of him. She gasps in joy. "Vernon, just look at him. I can't believe it. In just a week you'll be off to Smeltings." Petunia says in awe as she stares at her son. Vernon looks at him happily, "Caveat Smeltona, Proudest moment of my life." He says. Harry and Hope walk into the kitchen, "Will i have to wear that, too?" Harry asks in disgust lookin at the outfit Dudley's wearing. They all draw their attention to the twins, Dudley looking mad at them.

"What, you? Go to Smeltings?" Petunia asks jokingly. Harry nods questionanly, Hope was glaring at Dudley. "HA!" Vernon laughs as Petunia and Dudley join in. "Oh, dont be stupid, you two are going to the state school where you belong." She says as she walks to the stove as she fishes out two black shirts from the boiler. "And this is what you're gonna be wearing when i've finished dyeing it." She said obnoxiously. "But thats Dudley's old uniform. It'll fit me like bits of old elephant skin and Hope can't wear some old raggy clothes you decided to get from the school." Harry said defensively. 

Petunia looks at him with an evil look, "It'll fit you well enough, now go get the post." She says to Harry. "Go! Now Hope start fixing breakfast." Petunia says as she sits at the table. Hope starts fixing the breakfast, Harry walks back in with letters and hands the mail to Vernon as he sits down with two letters in his hand, one addressed for Harry and another one for Hope.

Vernon starts reading a postcard, "Oh, Marge is ill. Ate a funny whelk." He says talking to Petunia. Dudley notices Harry and Hope's letters and grabs it from him and gives it to his father, "Dad! Look! They've got letters!" Dudley says in excitement handing over the letter. "Hey, give it back. Their ours not yours." Hope said angrily to Vernon. "Yours? Who'd be writing to you two?" He asked rudely. Hope scowls at him as the family gathers around to look at the address. There is broken seal on one of the letters. The family looks up and Harry gulps, Hope just stands there looking at them with anger in her eyes. "Just finish with cooking! Now!" Petunia says looking at the twins, Hope and Harry walk away from the table and back to the kitchen.

Later on, another owl flies by with letters and drops it off. Vernon grabs a handful of letters and rips them up. Harry and Hope hear a whirring noise, "What is it?" Hope asks. Harry shrugs his shoulders as he opens the door, seeing Vernon drilling wood over the letterbox opening. "No more mail through this letter box." Vernon said accomplishly. Harry closes the door quietly, "So what is he doing?" Hope asked. He faced towards her, "He blocked the mail box so our letters won't come in." Harry sadly said. Hopes mouth dropped open, "I thought they'd be happy for us to leave." Hope said shocked. Harry nodded slowly, "Me too."

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Vernon was tossing their letters into the fireplace, Harry and Hope come around the corner. Vernon grins evilly and tosses more in.

The next morning, Hope made cookies like Petunia asked Harry and her were handing them out on plates, "Fine day, Sunday. In my opinion, best day of the week. Why is that Dudley?" Vernon asked. After a few moments Dudley shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer, as Harry hands Vernon a cookie, "Because there's no post on Sunday?" Hope asked. "Ah, right you are, Hope. No post on Sunday. Ha! No blasted letters today. No, sir. Not one single bloody letter, not one." Vernon says excitedly. Harry sees a shadow outside the window, he walks to the window and pulled back the curtain. Outside there were millions of owls perched on the lawn and around their house. "No, sir, not one blasted, miserable-" As Vernon was talking, two letters shoot out of the fireplace and zips across Vernon's face, cutting him off. There is a million rumbling and then millions of letters come shooting out. The family shrieks in horror as Harry and Hope watches in amazement. 

"Ahhh, make it stop! Please make it stop!" Dudley screams as he jumps into Petunia's lap as she and Vernon continue screaming in horror. "Go away, Ahhhhh!" Vernon yells again. "What is it? Please tell me what's happening?" Dudley screams again. Harry jumps on top of the table to grab the letters. He gets one and starts to run away with Hope in tow, Vernon jumps up as well, "Give me that! Give those letters!" Vernon yells as he chases Harry and Hope before Harry gets into the closet.

"Get off! Ahhhh!" Harry yells. Hope is trying to grab her brother from their uncle, "Let go you big bafoon!" She yells at her uncle. Vernon restrains Harry as several letters begin to shoot everywhere around the house. "Ahhhh!" Vernon yells in distress. "They're our letters! Let go of me!" Harry yells trying to get out of his uncles arms. The wood plank nailed in front of the letter box finally breaks from the excess pleasure of the letters shooting through the letter box. Hope jumped back as she still has Harry's arm.

"That's it! We're going far away! Far away! Where they can't find us!" Vernon yelled in anger. "Daddy's gone mad hasnt he?" Dudley asked scared. Petunia watches with a horrified look on her face, knowing Dudley may be right.