Harry Potter: Dark Alchemy Chapter 13: 1 Harry and Dursley
Hagrid, who was sitting on the sofa, opened his mouth. He didn't expect Wright to give the Dursleys time to think at this moment. After all, in his opinion, there should be no Muggles worse than the Dursleys in the world.
Wright can see Hagrid's hesitation, but he has no mood to explain now. After another invitation to Hagrid to no avail, Wright walked out of the living room alone.
Hagrid glanced at Wright, then at Harry and the Dursleys. Shaking his head, Hagrid also stood up and walked from the house to the lawn outside.
After Wright left the house, he neither knew what would happen inside the house, nor whether the Dursleys would agree to Harry to go to Hogwarts school. Frankly speaking, Wright didn't have much thoughts about the intersection between Harry and his uncle and aunt's family.
Besides, even if Wright and Hagrid’s actions failed today, Dumbledore would definitely not let Harry stop coming to Hogwarts. It's just that by then, people who come here may not be as easy to talk as Wright and Hagrid are now.
Wright sat on the lawn, looking at the Dursley’s room from a distance, not knowing what was thinking in his mind.
In the eyes of many people, the Dursleys are really bad. They hate magic, they hate wizards, and everything that seems abnormal to them. They unabashedly favored Dali, placing Harry in the cupboard under the stairs that he would pass every day, so that Harry could only wear Dali’s old clothes, so that Harry could never enjoy the happiness of a normal child. .
In the eyes of many people, in the Dursleys, Harry has always lived a life that is not as good as a pig and a dog.
But to be fair, are the Dursleys really bad?
In Wright's memory, Harry's parents misbelieved in Peter Pettigrew, and then they were killed by Voldemort who suddenly appeared at home.
Although Voldemort also bounced back because of Lily's love curse, causing the body to die and the soul to escape, Harry was lucky not to die. But at that time, Harry was only one year old.
Then, Harry, who was still in his infancy, was entrusted by Dumbledore to his only relative in the world: Aunt Petunia, with a letter explaining the facts, and asked Aunt Petunia to raise it for him. Harry went to school until he entered Hogwarts.
When Harry appeared again, he was in the cupboard under the stairs. He always wore Dali's old clothes that didn't fit well, wore a pair of worn-out glasses with adhesive tape, and had never eaten with his stomach open, or even brought him when he was out with the family.
But is there really no emotional connection between the Dursleys and Harry?
Looking at the Dursley’s house from a distance, a question suddenly appeared in Wright’s mind. If there is really no feeling between them, who taught Harry to speak?
Wright is hard to imagine that the bitter, gossiping and vain Petunia would hold Harry in her arms and slowly teach Harry word by word.
Harry’s all these years in Dursley’s family, although he only wears old clothes, it is not dirty or torn; although he can’t eat the children’s favorite cakes and sweets, his dinner is basically with the Dursley family. Be consistent; after elementary school, if there is no letter from Hogwarts, Harry will still have a comprehensive middle school and will receive a minimum education; thin but healthy and agile, at least better than Wright in the orphanage Some of the children I have seen are so much better.
Most people's unfriendly attitude towards the Dursleys is mainly due to Harry being unhappy here, and even wanting to escape from time to time.
But from another perspective, if you are Vernon or Petunia, can you treat the child of a relative you hate so much like you do now?
Not to mention that in the original book, Harry’s magic lost control and released the python in public, which directly threatened the life of the Dursley family; because of Dobby, it directly ruined Vernon’s largest order in life; Dali He has been transformed by malicious magic several times; the fireplace and windows in the house will always be damaged. Even Dali almost died because of the Dementor.
Wright knows that Petunia doesn't like Lily. It comes from the resentment of Lily who possessed magic in her childhood and that she is an ordinary person. Petunia was jealous that Lily had received too much attention from her parents since she was a child, but based on her love for her sister, Petunia eventually adopted her sister's child and gave Harry a place to shelter him from wind and rain.
What Wright didn't know was that Vernon didn't like James either. No, it should be annoying to be precise.
In the first meeting between Vernon and Petunia and Lily and James, the four of them didn’t get along well.
When Vernon looked at James’ outfit and tried to help him, and asked James what car he drove, James talked about his flying broomstick; when Vernon guessed that wizards must live on unemployment benefits , James talked to him about Gringotts and his family's pure gold reserves.
Whether it’s flying broomsticks, Quidditch, Gringotts, or magic~IndoMTL.com~ These are things that Vernon has never touched before in his life. And as if feeling Vernon's puzzlement again, James couldn't help laughing directly at the time.
Vernon only felt that he was being laughed at. He was extremely annoyed and rushed out of the restaurant with Penny, and refused to continue to interact with Lily and James.
So in the face of Harry who is getting bigger and looking more and more like James, the attitudes of Vernon and Petunia towards Harry are gradually becoming more complicated.
Generally speaking, the Dursleys are not polite or gentle towards Harry, but these are all for a reason. Even so, Vernon and Petunia have not maliciously insulted or beat Harry out of thin air, and they have maintained Harry's most basic normal life needs.
Vernon and Petunia taught Harry the most basic ability to deal with people, trying their best to educate Harry into a normal and ordinary child. They were not prepared to nurture Harry into a social elite, but they still wanted Harry to stay away from the magical world that seemed terrifying to them.
They are not bad for no reason, but they are not good people with a compassionate heart.
a quarter of an hour later.
Wright and Hagrid walked into the house together, and then walked out of the house again with Harry.
Wright didn't know what they said in the room, but the Dursleys finally agreed to let Harry go to Hogwarts.
Just as Wright and Hagrid walked through the Broken Cauldron Bar with Harry and were about to go to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies, the bar owner Tom suddenly stopped Wright.
"Wright, someone is waiting for you upstairs." Tom said in a very awe-inspiring tone.