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Albus sat brooding up in his office. The only sound in the office was the chirping of baby Fawkes recently emerged from the ashes after bursting into flames.
Voldemort was gone, but his infection would be impossible to stop so in a few years another dark lord would be coming out of Slytherin. He focused on what he knew of the students in Slytherin House which wasn't much he had to admit. He mostly tuned out Severus' reports on the abused and neglected children that were sorted into Slytherin, but one did stand out in his mind: that of Marcus Flint. His father was a Death Eater, his mother had committed suicide after her husband's arrest, and he was angry and bitter. A perfect breeding ground for the next power crazed dark wizard. Oh he knew Severus claimed Flint as one of his success stories, but heads of house could be easily fooled. Horace had certainly been bamboozled by Tom Riddle and had been cozened into giving him the knowledge of horcruxes, believing that his interest was strictly academic.
Harry shared a similar background. Abused, neglected, and unloved, but also powerful. It was a deadly prescription for another dark lord especially with his penchant for easily making friends and the fact that his adoptive father was head of Slytherin House.
He would be keeping a close eye on both of these boys.
Severus was filling vials of a clear potion and putting them into a box. When he was finished he cast a spell over them to make it unbreakable.
There was a knock on the door of his lab and Lily looked in. "Harry and I are ready whenever you are, Sev." She glanced at the box with a questioning expression on her face.
"A diet potion for Vernon and Dudley," he explained. "Merlin's beard! Vernon is so overweight he is going to make Petunia a young widow I am afraid. Dudley is also headed for a very unhealthy life if his weight is not controlled now. I will give it to Petunia on the sly. It is colorless, odorless and tasteless and she can pour it over their food or into their drinks and they will never know they are taking it."
"I don't think I've ever seen Vernon at what you would call a normal weight for his size and bone structure, but he has gained a great deal more weight since I last saw him," Lily replied. "And Dudley! He positively waddles when he walks."
Severus shrank the box and put it in the pocket of the casual sports jacket he was wearing. He also wore black dress pants and a light blue shirt with black leather loafers. Lily wore khaki dress pants, a mint green sweater and low heeled pumps. Harry wore dress pants, a plain T-shirt, and trainers. They got on their coats, flooed to the Leaky Caldron and then found a deserted alley to apparate to Little Whinging. Coming out of the alley where they had apparated to previously, they walked the two blocks to Petunia's home. Harry walked between his mum and his dad, holding each of their hands.
Severus rang the bell and waited. The door was opened by Dudley who like Harry wore dress clothes today rather than jeans. He cleared his throat, "Hello, won't you please come in and be seated." He stepped aside so they could come in.
As soon as they sat down in the living room, Dudley yelled, "Mom, Dad, they're here!"
Lily rolled her eyes and whispered; "Now that's more like it. He sounded like a robot before."
Petunia followed by Vernon and Dudley came into the living room, carrying a tray of canapés while Vernon carried a tray of drinks: wine for the adults and fizzy sodas for Dudley and Harry.
They set the trays down on the coffee table and Petunia said, "Harry, I truly regret and I am sorry for the horrible way I treated you while you lived with us and no excuse covers it. It was child abuse plain and simple. Even though I know I don't deserve it; I hope at some point you can forgive me. I am truly sorry."
Harry smiled at his aunt. "I can forgive you Aunt Petunia. I know Hogwarts headmaster's a schemer and he wouldn't have probably listened to you even if you had been able to tell him you didn't feel you could raise me. I wish things could have been different, but they weren't and I refuse to hold a grudge and be angry and bitter."
She burst into tears and sobbed. "Thank you, Harry. Thank you."
Vernon cleared his throat awkwardly. "Uh…Harry, after your mum and Severus visited us yesterday; I started thinking about my own treatment of you and like your aunt said; it was child abuse plain and simple and why the neighbors or your teachers didn't call Child Services I'll never understand. They should have. Nothing excuses what we did. My behavior was even worse than Petunia's because in addition to treating you horribly myself; I also allowed Marge to bully you relentlessly when she visited. I'm asking for your forgiveness even though I don't deserve it either."
Harry extended his hand to Vernon. "The same thing I said to Aunt Petunia, goes for you too as long as I never have to see Aunt Marge again."
Vernon shook Harry's hand. "That can be arranged. Thinking about her last night I realized she is a singularly unpleasant person and why your aunt and I have put up with her behavior for so long is another thing that needs to be discussed."
"We've decided we needed to talk to a family counselor about the things we've done," Petunia added.
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