This isn't a claim, it's factDumbledore told you...
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This isn't a claim, it's factDumbledore told you last year, and Kingsley and MrWeasley -"
Vernon Dursley hunched his shoulders angrily, and Harry guessed that his uncle was attempting to ward off recollections of the unannounced visit, a few days into Harry's summer holidays, of two fully grown wizardsThe arrival on the doorstep of Kingsley Shacklebolt and Arthur Weasley had come as a most unpleasant shock to the DursleysHarry had to admit, however that as MrWeasley had once demolished half of the living room, his reappearance could not have been expected to delight Uncle Vernon
"\a151Kingsley and MrWeasley explained it all as well," Harry pressed on remorselessly, "Once I'm seventeen, the protective charm that keeps me safe will break, and that exposes you as well as meThe Order is sure Voldemort will target you, whether to torture you to try and find out where I am, or because he thinks by holding you hostage I'd come and try to rescue you
Uncle Vernon's and Harry's eyes metHarry was sure chanel j12 watch that in that instant they were both wondering the same thingThen Uncle Vernon walked on and Harry resumed, "You've got to go into hiding and the Order wants to helpYou're being offered serious protection, the best there is
Uncle Vernon said nothing but continued to pace up and downOutside the sun hung low over the privet hedgesThe next door neighbor's lawn mower stalled again
"I thought there was a Ministry of Magic?" asked Vernon Dursley abruptly
"There is," said Harry, surprised
"Well, then, why can't they protect us? It seems to me that, as innocent victims, guilty of nothing more than harboring a marked man, we ought to qualify for government protection!"
Harry laughed; he could not help himselfIt was so very typical of his uncle to put his hopes in the establishment, even within this world that he despised and mistrustedWeasley and Kingsley said," Harry replied
"We think the Ministry has been infiltrated
Uncle Vernon strode back to the fireplace and back breathing so strongly that his omega usa great black mustache rippled his face still purple with concentration
"All right," he saidStopping in front of Harry get again"All right, let's say for the sake of argument we accept this protectionI still don't see why we can't have that Kingsley bloke
Harry managed not to roll his eyes, but with difficultyThis question had also been addressed half a dozen times
"As I've told you," he said through gritted teeth, "Kingsley is protecting the Mug - I mean, your Prime Minister
"Exactly - he's the best!" said Uncle Vernon, pointing at the blank television screenThe Dursleys had spotted Kingsley on the news, walking along the Muggle Prime Minister as he visited a hospitalThis, and the fact that Kingsley had mastered the knack of dressing like a Muggle, not to mention a certain reassuring something in his slow, deep voice, had caused the Dursleys to take to Kingsley in a way that they had certainly not done with any other wizard, although it was true that they had never seen him with earring cheapest replica speedy louis vuitton real leather in
"Well, he's taken," said Harry"But Hestia Jones and Dedalus Diggle are more than up to the job -"
"If we'd even seen CVs\a133" began Uncle Vernon, but Harry lost patienceGetting to his feet, he advanced on his uncle, not pointing at the TV set himself
"These accidents aren't accidents - the crashed and explosions and derailments and whatever else has happened since we last watched the newsPeople are disappearing and dying and he's behind it - VoldemortI've told you this over and over again, he kills Muggles for funEven the fogs - they're caused by dementors, and if you can't remember what they are, ask your son!"
Dudley's hands jerked upward to tower his mouthWith his parents' and Harry's eyes upon him, he slowly lowered them again and asked, "There are\a133 more of them?"
"More?" laughed Harry"More than the two that attacked us, you mean? Of course there are hundreds, maybe thousands by this time, seeing as they feed off fear and despair\a151"
"All right, all right blustered," blustered Vernon white chanel j12 watch replica Dursley"You've made your point -"
"I hope so," said Harry, "because once I'm seventeen, all of them - Death Eaters, elementors, maybe even Inferi - which means dead bodies enchanted by a Dark wizard - will be able to find you and will certainly attack youAnd if you remember the last time you tried to outrun wizards, I think you'll agree you need help
There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening yearsAunt Petunia was looking at Uncle Vernon; Dudley was staring at HarryFinally Uncle Vernon blurted out, "But what about my work? What about Dudley's school? I don't suppose those things matter to a bunch of layabout wizards -"
"Don't you understand?" shouted Harry"\iThey will torture and kill you like they did my parents!"\i
"Dad," said Dudley in a loud voice, "Dad - I'm going with these Order people
"Dudley," said Harry, "for the first time in your life, you're talking sense
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