(what? I'm not starting in Hogwarts? Woooooooah)
~Tessa's POV~
It was a month before the start of term. August first. Harry and I had turned fifteen the day before
So many things had changed over break. One of them was this:
Draco and I were once again, a secret.
Harry had gotten fed up with me constantly getting owls from Draco and he'd gotten fed up with me staring into space, daydreaming about him.
We got into a huge fight, getting in trouble for being loud of course, that ended in me sending a letter to Draco, telling him that we needed to 'break up'. And we went back to being a secret. The only time we sent letters to each other was in the middle of the night.
I'd been having nightmares every night that summer. Memories, visions of what I hope never comes to pass. Everything that had happened at the Triwizard Tournament was forever burned in my mind.
Harry and I were walking down Privet Drive when we came upon Dudley and his group of morons.
His friends were all saying goodbyes before they ran off.
Harry chuckled a little before yelling "Hey Big D!"
Dudley turned around and immediately frowned "oh. It's you" he grunted
"So how long have you been Big D?" Harry asked
"Shut it" Dudley said, turning away again
"Cool name" Harry said
"But you'll always be Ickle Diddykins to us" I said
"I said, SHUT IT" Dudley said, whose ham-like hands had curled into fists
"Don't the boys know that's what your mum calls you?"Harry asked
"Shut your face"
"You don't tell her to shut her face" Harry pointed out
"What about Popkin and Dinky Diddydums? Can I use them?" I asked
Dudley said nothing. The effort of keeping himself from hitting us seemed to be demanding all of his self control
"So who've you been beating up tonight?" Harry asked, "another ten-year-old? I know what you did to Mark Evans two nights ago"
"He was asking for it" Dudley snarled
"Oh yeah?" I said
"He cheeked me"
"Yeah? Did he say you look like a pig that's been taught to walk on its hind legs?" Harry asked
"Yeah that's not a cheek, Diddykins, that's true" I said
Dudley's jaw tightened in frustration.
"Bet you think you're tough, carrying those things around" Dudley grumbled
"Things?" I questioned.
"Those... Those things you're hiding.." Dudley mumbled
"Oh not at stupid as you look" Harry said
"Then again, if he was he wouldn't be able to walk and talk at the same time" I said
Harry pulled out his wand.
"You can't. You aren't allowed to. You'll get expelled from that freak school of yours" Dudley said fearfully
"How do you know they haven't changed the rules?" Harry asked
"Th-They haven't" Dudley said, not sounding convincing.
"You haven't got the guts to take me on without that thing have you?" Dudley asked
"Whereas you need four guys behind you before you beat up a ten-year-old" I said
"You know that boxing title you keep banging about? How old was your opponent? Eight? Nine?" Harry asked
"He was sixteen and twice as big as you two combined and for your information he was knocked out for twenty minutes when I was done with him." Dudley said defensively, "you just wait till tell Dad that you've got that thing out"
"Running to Daddy now are you?" Harry asked, "afraid of nasty Harry's wand?"
"You're not this brave at night are you?" Dudley asked
"This is night Diddykins. That's what we call it when it goes all dark like this" I said
"I mean when you're in bed" Dudley said
"What are we afraid of our pillows?" I asked
"I heard you two last night. Talking in your sleep." Dudley said.
I bit my lip and glanced at Harry. I'd revisited the graveyard last night in dreams. Had he?
Dudley laughed then did a mocking voice "don't kill Cedric! Don't kill Cedric! Who's Cedric? Your boyfriend?"
"You're lying" I growled. Of course he wasn't. How else would he know about Cedric?
"Mum! Help me! He's going to kill me Dad! Boo-hoo!"
"Shut up Dudley I'm warning you!" Harry said
"He killed Cedric! Help me dad! Help me mum! He killed Ced- don't you point that thing at me!"
This time it was me who whipped out my wand. I pointed it into Dudley's neck, not breaking skin of course.
"Don't. EVER talk about Cedric again. You hear me?" I growled
"Point that thing somewhere else!" Dudley whined
"I said, do you hear me?"
"POINT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!"
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME??"
"GET IT AWAY FROM-"
Dudley gave an odd shuddering gasp as though he'd been drenched in icy water
Suddenly the sky turned black, the street lights went out. The air around us became cold and icy.
I furrowed my brows and looked at Harry, moving away from Dudley. Had either of us done magic without meaning to?
Dudley's terrified voice interrupted my thoughts.
"What are you d-doing? St-Stop that!"
"We're not doing anything. Shut up and don't move" Harry said
"I c-cant see! I've gone blind! I-"
"Harry said shut up!"
Suddenly it felt as though all joy had left me. No happiness remained. Harry gasped
"Dementors" he said
"Why would they be here?" I asked.
"I'll tell Dad! I will-"
"Can't you just shut up!" I hissed
I rolled my eyes slightly and looked around. Harry and I held our wands at the ready
I pointed when I saw them. The dark hooded creatures gliding down the street.
Headed right toward us.
I looked at Harry who was looking at Dudley. Dudley wouldn't see the dementors
"Dudley. Run" I said. And Dudley took off running. Toward the dementors
"NO! THE OTHER WAY YOU IMBECILE" I yelled
Dudley screamed as he ran. I rolled my eyes "that idiot is gonna get himself killed" I mumbled
"Yeah probably. We should let it happen" Harry said
"Harry!" I smacked his arm.
"Yeah I know" we ran after Dudley.
Dudley practically ran into one of the dementors.
Then, before our very eyes, the dementor tried to preform it's horrid power.
There was another one coming from the other side of the street.
"Should we..?" Harry asked
"We could get in serious trouble" I said
"But Dudley.." he said
I sighed and nodded. We both took out our wands. Harry pointed at the dementor attacking Dudley, I pointed at the one headed for us.
"Expecto Patronum!" We yelled simultaneously. Our patronuses burst from our wands, headed toward the dementors. Harry's was a stag, mine was a doe.
The dementors fled from our patronuses. Dudley collapsed on the ground.
I sighed and we both put our wands away
"Don't put them away! They might come back!" A voice yelled. We both looked to see Mrs. Figg, our usual babysitter coming toward us.
"Y-You saw the-" I started
"Of course I did! Now c'mon! We need to get him home" she said, pointing at Dudley.
Harry and I nodded and ran to help our cousin.