(HP) Behind the Mask of the Golden Boy- 3

Read my book 'Behind the Mask of the Golden Boy' before this if you are confused. Shoutout to  WinterMoonlight19 and others for giving me an idea for it! And I extremely apologize for taking almost a year to get this done.

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"Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure everything is set up."

"Who are we after mainly?"

"Vernon and maybe Petunia."

"Why maybe?"

"She's actually only hit him in the head a few times with the pan, but from what Harry's told me and shown me, I don't think she did it whole-heartedly."

"But that doesn't mean she can be left unharmed."

"I suppose we can also give her a small dose."

"What about the boy, Dudley, I think?"

"From what I know, he was actually forced to do it by the walrus and sometimes discreetly healed up the main injuries on Harry."

"Hmm. The dungeon bat has brewed the right potions, right?"

"Pads, love, you underestimate his skill. There is absolutely no doubt Severus gave us incorrectly brewed ones. Especially now."

"The former professor's right, you know," another voice chimed in.

"Draco! W-what brings you here?" the person identified as Pads, or rather Sirius, asked.

"Since you won't allow me to go on the adventure with you, I want you to deliver this." He held up a small parcel. "Careful, you don't want to touch it."

Remus gently took the parcel.

"Make sure to hand it to the uncle. Don't worry, it won't do anything too bad."

"We're sorry we can't bring you along. But you will be sent to Azkaban if you get caught." Remus held up his hand to stop the protest that was bound to come out."Yes, there is a risk we also will be caught, but we were not known as the Marauders for nothing. You will also get captured for illegal usage of magic. And besides, we need someone to make sure Harry doesn't catch on."

"Yeah, you know he is going to protest for what we are about to go do," Sirius added.

"Fine," Draco said. "But though I don't doubt my skills, you also forget that Harry's pretty smart. I'll do my best."

"Thank you, Draco. See you in a bit." With that, Remus and Sirius disappeared with a pop, ready to avenge their godson. Draco sighed.

"I hope you guys can restrain yourselves, or else you will face the wrath of Harry James Potter." He shuddered at the end, knowing what it felt like.

***

Knock, Knock, Knock. "FBI, OPEN UP!"

(JK JK JK!!! Not what happened!!)

***

Ding Dong! After some sounds of grunting and shuffling and a few seconds later, the door swung open to reveal Vernon Dursley, standing in all his glory.

"Who's there!" he yelled, trying to see into the darkness. It was almost midnight, but the family didn't sleep until almost one o'clock.

Suddenly, he was tackled back into the house by a rather large dog, tripping him back into the house.

"Vernon? Who's there?" Petunia came into the hallway, but screamed when she saw the large dog standing on top of her husband.

"You mutt! Get out of my house!" She reached forward to grab him, but paled and stepped back when he growled and snapped at her.

Just then a figure entered the house. He held a wand in front of him, his cloak covering his face.

"We mean no harm, mostly," he said. "We just wanted to deliver this." He carefully took the parcel out of his pocket and motioned Snuffles to back down. He did so with a snarl.

Vernon finally got up after some great heaving. He threw a nasty look at the two individuals.

"What are you freaks doing here. I thought I was done with your race when I threw the last one out."

"What?!" Remus started. "You threw Harry out? When?"

"A few weeks before he went to his boarding school. Why does he matter anyway? Did he send you here? Oh, I knew I should have whipped the freakiness out of him. Look where it got us."

Petunia had slowly backed away from her husband between the conversation, looking very guilty. Her hands were shaking and tears were forming in her eyes.

Now it was Remus who snarled and Snuffles pulling his robes to make sure he didn't bring trouble to himself.

"You dare call yourself a human being when you are lesser than any pile of shite in the world. You don't deserve the luxury you're living in. After all you've done to MY godson, you deserve a fate worse than death." His eyes glowed amber.

"Which is exactly what's going to happen to you." He pushed Vernon inside the living room and threw the parcel and the potion at him, immediately stepping away. Petunia shrieked and stumbled back, eyes widening at the sight in front of her. Dudley came running down the stairs, wondering what all the commotion was about. But as soon as he saw the dog and the man and then his father, he promptly turned around and went back to his room.

"So the kid lives," Sirius mutters, turning into a human. He then looked at the state of the man in front of him.

As soon as the parcel touched Vernon, he turned an ugly shade of green. Splotches started sprouting out of his skin, all of them popping rather painfully, blood pouring out of them. A light glowed from his throat, and soon he was hazing and coughing on the floor, his throat shriveling up. He grew smaller and smaller.

"Mixing the two was probably a bad idea," Remus told Sirius.

"Draco didn't give us an instruction sheet. Not our fault."

Petunia watched horrified at the sight of her husband. He was growing smaller, much tinier than any of them. All of his fat had been shriveled up, a pool of blood surrounding him. Sirius wandlessly cleaned it away, not wanting to leave any evidence. Vernon grew smaller still, until he was less than a foot tall. His features started changing, bones cracking and rearranging themselves. It was worse than when a human transformed into a werewolf. He eventually disappeared into the pile of clothes worn by Vernon. There was shuffling, the cries of pain heard loud and clear. After a while, it grew silent.

In the Dursley residence, it was absolute silence. The three adults stared at the pile of bloody clothes in front of them. Just then, a croak was heard. The pile started moving, and soon out popped the ugliest toad either one of them had ever seen.

Petunia screamed, her worry and fear turning into disgust and loathing. She would not have this ugly thing in her house, oh no. She swiftly grabbed the biggest jar she could find and trapped the toad inside, quickly flipping it over and turning the lid. She then went to the window and threw it out, not wanting to see it any longer.

After a while, her actions caught up to her. She paled, turning back to the two men. They were staring at her with an unreadable expression. Her hands started shaking, fear returning to her.

"W-what's to happen to me?" she whispered. She knew she was next. She hadn't been the kindest to Harry, the child with her sister's eyes haunting her. She mainly ignored him, not wanting to be reminded of Lily, but sometimes, the boy was too much for her. His eyes resembled her, how she was pulled away from her by the magic world, how she was taken away from her by an evil wizard. Petunia only realized how horrible she was to her after little Harry started doing accidental magic at the age of 4. Magic was truly a wonderful thing, but she was too jealous to see it. She wanted to apologize, but it was too late. All the pent up frustration finally caught up to her and she was sorry to say it was sometimes released on poor Harry.

But after finding out what her husband did to him, she was mortified. It was like a spell broke. She no longer wanted to hurt him. No longer wanted to stay with her husband. She was sick in the stomach of how much the poor boy went through, and she knew no matter how many apologies he received it would never be enough.

Sirius and Remus looked at each other.

"You will be reported for child negletment, as your husband, if he ever turns back." Petunia looked at Remus shocked.

"But-but that's not nearly enough! I've been horrible to him, I deserve more than some jail time."

"No arguments," Sirius glared. "You deserve more than this, I agree. But if Harry got a whiff of something else happening, he will lose his mind and will hunt us down. Family is important to him, even if they don't like him. Vernon though, I could care less about. He deserves way more than this for all he's done. Harry's heart won't win over this one."

"What about Dudley?"

"He is nearly old enough to fend himself off. In case you don't know, he has a place he is working at and until he is old enough he will be under our watch. We need to get rid of all the bad influences he has had in his life."

Petunia nodded her head, accepting her fate.

Remus looked at her. "Harry cares for you. You will not suffer much. But you will not see him again until he decides he will."

"Please," Petunia started, "please give him my apology. I know no matter how many times I will say sorry, he will never forgive me. But I want to show him I am sorrowful."

Remus nodded and the wizards headed upstairs. He passed a room with a bunch of locks, a gut feeling telling them it belonged to their beloved child. They then gently knocked on Dudley's door.

The boy opened it and looked at the two men. Uncertainty was clearly shown in his eyes, but he tried to keep a brave facade.

"How may I help you?" he asked.

"Your parents are being reported to the police. Because of that, you are to stay with one of us."

Dudley looked between Remus and Sirius, then sighed and nodded. The three watch as the forces put handcuffs on Petunia and lead her outside, somebody bringing Vernon from the backyard.

***

That went rather well, I'd say," Sirius told Remus. They had just gotten back to Hogwarts and were heading up to the guest quarters, as they were staying for a couple of days.

"Agreed. Hopefully, we can keep this low for a couple of days before Harry finds out." Remus grabbed the handle and opened the door.

"Find out what, exactly?" The men froze at the voice. They looked over at the armchair near the fireplace. There sat a raven with steely green eyes. His arms were crossed over one other, his look scaring the bravest of men.

"Harry! Pup, w-what are you doing awake at this hour?" Sirius asked, putting a bright smile. Said boy raised an unamused eyebrow.

"I could ask you the same thing."

"We were just out on a walk."

"Right. And I was just staring at this fire, thinking I can get a good night's sleep."

"Damn," Sirius muttered.

"Moony dearest, care to tell me where you were? You know you won't last long anyways. We can get this done and over with."

Moony was sweating buckets. Lily and Jame's curiosity and temper and Harry's ability to get anything out of people and reading them was not a good combination.

Lily's- no not Lily's. Harry's ferocious eyes stared at him (honestly, Remus had never seen such fierce green). Eventually he spilled. He told him what they did.

Harry was shocked to say the least. Without even noticing tears were rolling down his face. A part of him was feeling horrible, wasting Remus's, Sirius', Draco's and Snape's time like this just so they could redeem him. He was mortified at hearing the state of his relatives. No one deserved that. But another part of him was at peace. Finally, he had gotten justice. He instantly ran and gave the two men a big hug, bawling his eyes out. Remus and Sirius held him close, rocking him back and forth until he eventually fell asleep in their arms.

Draco stared from the doorway, a smile on his face. He was happy his boyfriend will now have a piece of mind, even if it will take him some time to get over the trauma. He was also glad he didn't have to face his wrath. Merlin knows Harry hates being kept in the dark. He turned and went back to his dorm, letting the family have some time alone.

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