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- Albus Dumbledore

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Petunia was shocked at what she had read; random phrases from Dumbledore's letter echoed in her head: "Deaths of your sister and brother-in-law, Lily and James Potter."..." The fate of Harry Potter's life rests in your hands."..."Treat him as you will.". The letter was too much for her to accept, so she laid it next to her and looked over at the baby next to her. As it was the first time she had really looked at him, she noticed a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his forehead. It was probably from the attack, she guessed. As if sensing her gaze, the baby opened its eyes and right then Petunia noticed that she was looking right into the eyes of her sister. No, this couldn't happen; her freak of a sister couldn't just die and then pass the responsibility to her.

As she continued to look at the baby, her mind began to wander and she remembered the day that Lily had received her letter. It had started off as a normal day, with Petunia and her family planning to go spend the day on the coast and have a picnic, something they did every summer. However, that was quickly crushed, when the mail was delivered and her parents discovered the unnatural letter for Lily. That was the day that everything changed, from Lily and Petunia's relationship to the relationship with Petunia and her parents. That was the day that Lily became the favorite and Petunia faded into the background.

Another memory slowly unraveled in her mind; the day that she wrote to the biggest freak of them all: Albus Dumbledore. It happened on the day that her parents to Lily and Petunia to a place called Diagon Ally with a trained wizard to buy Lily's school supplies for a school named Hogwarts. Soon as they had got back, however, Petunia went into her room and didn't come out for the rest of the afternoon. She thought that the reason she wasn't a witch too was that only freaks like Lily were chosen, but deep down she knew she only thought this because she secretly wanted to go to Hogwarts too! Then an idea came to her, a simply brilliant idea! Why didn't she just write to the headmaster of the school and asked if she could come to? Petunia had gotten out a piece of paper and pen and began to write. A half an hour late, she put the pen down and stared down at her letter.

Dear Headmaster Dumbledore,

My name is Petunia Evans. I am writing to you because a couple of weeks ago, you wrote to my sister, Lily Evans, and said that she could attend your wizarding school. I was wondering if that meant I could attend as well? I know that would mean that I would have to be a witch too, but if she's related to me and a witch, doesn't it mean I'm a witch too? I would like to train as well to make a good witch out of myself.

Please write back soon,

Petunia Evans

In the end, all she got was rejection, stating that she'd actually have to have magic to be able to attend the school. As if she wanted to be a freak and do unnatural, unthinkable things! Petunia actually liked her normal suburban home, with a normal husband and child. Even if there was a chance for her to have a drop of magic in her blood, it didn't matter because she didn't want to have anything to do with that freakish world anyways!

Suddenly, Petunia heard rustling coming from upstairs and she quickly snapped back to the present. Vernon was getting up which and soon would be coming downstairs and would, of course, see Harry on the couch. As Vernon had a short temper, she didn't want anything to set him off since it was so early in the morning. Petunia quickly got up and all but ran to hide Harry in the cupboard before Vernon had time to see him.