8 The Excuse

Harry's POV:

"It's gonna be alright" Dudley promised. I am still in panic mode when he says "Harry calm down, you look like you are about to die"

"Die, die, but it is Uncle Vernon" I almost screamed at him.

"Shh, keep it down" he whispered

"ok ok I'm calm" After calming down a little by deeply breathing in and out, I thought of how my face looked like now so I asked him,

"Do I really look like I'm about to die?"

"...Yea" he said while moving his head like a bobble head

"So how are we doing this?"

"Leave it to me, I will handle this. Just follow my lead"

As we are playing pretend in the living room, Uncle Vernon unlocks the door and walks in. When he sees me with Dudley, his face starts to heat up and he looked like he was about to yell something mean, when

"Dad, dad look. I found Harry" Dudley said in an excited tone while pointing at me.

"Really, good job tyke. Where was he hiding and how did you find him?"Uncle Vernon asks

"Well, I looked in all the rooms I could get into but I did not find him. Then, I thought what if he was hiding someplace else. After I realized that, I started to look into all the closets in the house but I still could not find him. After a while, I gave up and went to play with my swords." Dudley then took a deep breath

and continued, "You went out after we finished eating so I asked mom to tell me where the key to the closet under the stairs is, so that I could put my swords there to make it more accessible. After I opened the door, I found out he was in there so here I am."

Uncle Vernon's face gradually cooled as Dudley continue speaking. After Dudley finished speaking, Uncle Vernon finally said,

"Hahaha, you really are a genius. But wait, why did you ask us where the boy was at the beginning of dinner?" Uncle Vernon asked

"I thought you guys might where he is so that I could go find him I asked mom and she said she sent him to Ms Kobblepots place so after dinner I went there to look around but I could not find him. So, I came home again secretly to look for him as I did not want to tell her I failed."

"When I came back, I saw my swords on the floor so I decided to put my swords in the closet and I found him there hiding. He told me that he was still in the game but he had to do something for mum first. We went out because he said he had to go Ms Kobblepots place so I walked with him there. In fact, we just got home. You can ask mom" Dudley finished after a while.

While Dudley was talking, Uncle Vernon fell into a stupor. After a while of not saying anything, he finally said, "Awesome job, son"

"Thank dad" Dudley replied back

Uncle Vernon turned to me and said," Boy, next time hide someplace where my son can find you"

"Yes, Uncle Vernon" I whimply replied.

I just realized that I am so lucky to have Dudley as me cousin.

Dudley POV:

After Vernon finished speaking with Harry, he passes by us and gives Harry a harsh glare which I saw but cannot do anything about it now.

As much as I want to pulverize their faces and report them to the police, I cannot do that yet. If I report them and the judiciary party finds them guilty, where are we going to live? The most likely place I think of will probably be the orphanage.

After they are in prison, can I honestly take care of someone who is the same age group as me. Even with my past life experiences will anyone take me seriously I am four physically and who's to say that we will remain together when are in the system while my parents are imprisoned?

There's also that factor of changing too much at the beginning. Although there are bound to be some effects due to my existence, it shouldn't be that much because as far as I'm aware the original Dudley did not matter in the magical side of things so am I.

The only time I remember the original Dudley is when Hagrid gave him a pig tail or is it a goat tail, damn spotty memories. Also, when the dementor event happened. These are the only times that are relevant to the current me. While I was processing this in my mind as I am walking to my room along with Harry, I heard Petunia and Vernon mention my name.

Vernon's POV:

After leaving my boy and the freak in the living room, I could not help but think 'kukuku, my boy is so smart. Due to him finding the boy, I can hide what I did to the boy. I just hope Petunia does not find out about this. No matter what, that boy is still her nephew. The boy will not tattle either because, he is scared of me. Ahahaha this is a good day for me' suddenly I heard,

"Vernon, I heard what Diddykins said"

'Bugger me' I thought to myself

"Luv, what are you talking about."

"Dudley said he found a nephew of mine in the closet. Is it true?"

"Yea, he thinks so" I reply calmly while panicking inside

"Did you put him there?" Petunia asked with narrow eyes

"Whatever do you mean" I said while gulping

"I said, did you put him there" she asked a second time with a scary look on her face

*silence*

"Bloody hell Vernon!!!" Petunia almost screamed in my face

"Even if we don't like him, you do not put him down there. No matter what, that boy iS My NEPHEW!!!!!" Pertunia screamed at the end

"Luv calm down, we will talk about in the room. There are kids nearby" I said with sweaty face

Petunia bristled and continued "Just for that we will give the other room that houses Dudy's rubbish to the freak. No more sleeping in the storage room for the freak"

"Have you told Dudley about that room yet." I reply with a sigh

"No, but when I referenced it, he said he does not need any old stuff.We better find a way to take care of all the rubbish in that room"

"Really? Hahahat that's my boy. Always willing to let other things go"

"Anyway, do you have any ideas?" Pet asked

"Hmm, I might have an idea. We can call someone to clean the room while we go out along with the freak to do stuff so that they do not find out what is in that room."

"Right then, when do we go out?" Petunia asked

"Morrow"

Pet and me headed upstairs after the little spat, but before we went, I said "night kid"

"night" my son replied