Harry Potter and The G.I. Joe: The Philosophers Stone

Chapter 2

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Parseltongue"

Writing/Reading

"YELLING"

As many of the Joes watched on, Hawk considered Scarlett's request. He could tell that she was coming from a generous place, but the fact remained that G.I. Joe was a military unit, and not exactly a place for children to be raised around. He also knew, that as an orphan who suffered from child abuse herself, she more than likely wanted to give Harry a better home. There was, however, one thing that Hawk wanted to know, and turned to Breaker.

"Is there any more information on the Dursleys, Breaker?" He asked, wanting to get more info before making his final decision.

Breaker looked through the information and began reading it out loud.

"It says here that Vernon Dursley worked in a drill company called Grunnings, while Petunia Dursley was a stay-at-home mother," He started, continuing to gather data. "And according to the database, Vernon won a contest at his company for a family cruise on the RMS Anne Boleyn. Interestingly, there's a report here that says that communications with the Anne Boleyn about three days ago, and the last communication they were sending was an SOS signal."

Duke looked at Breaker, interested in something that Breaker had just said. When he heard the name of the ship, he thought back to the piece of debris that he and Scarlett pulled Harry off of. The words on the debris were indicating a pair of words, but now he realized, they were parts of the name of the cruise ship that Harry's family were on. With a heavy thought, he realized that Harry could potentially be the only survivor of the Anne Boleyn and that more than likely, the rest of his family were dead. At first, Duke felt sorry but then realized that darkly, they deserved whatever fate they received, for all of the torture that they forced Harry through for the past five years.

He also thought about Scarlett's request to adopt Harry, and while he was shocked to hear her ask for permission to take him in, he also had to wonder, could there be someone else who could take Harry in? Deciding to learn more, he turned to Breaker.

"Breaker, are you sure that Petunia Dursley was the only family member that Harry had left?" He asked, prompting attention back onto the computer expert. "I mean, is it possible that there are any other family members, that Harry has that could take him in?"

Hearing the question, Breaker typed further into the British database, to find the answers to Duke's question. Based on the quirk of his eyebrow, Duke assumed that he must've found an answer.

"According to the database, James has no surviving family on his side, and both Lily and Petunia's parents died about two and a half years before Lily's death," Breaker replied, looking up at Duke. "And there doesn't appear to anyone else in the Evans line. It does, however, appear that Vernon has a sister named Marge, who is currently unmarried, and runs a dog clinic that mostly deals with bulldogs."

(Author's Note: I think I had the timeline right in regards to Lily's parents dying before she did, but if someone has a better idea of when they died, please let me know.)

As soon as Breaker said that, every Joe looked at Hawk, while Duke looked at Scarlett sympathetically. He knew that the revelation that Vernon had a sister, would override her request to adopt Harry. Knowing that he was the one who threw the kink in her plan, Duke turned to Hawk, hoping to rectify his misstep.

"General, since Vernon was involved in Harry's abuse, then wouldn't it be possible that Marge knew about it, and turned a blind eye to it?" He asked, hoping to help Scarlett's case. "If so, then it would be unlikely that she would be suitable to take in Harry."