Vernon was driving like a madman taking random turns muttering "shake em' off, shake em' off"

Harry was thinking about how to tip the wizards off when an owl pecked at the window; Harry quickly scribbled 'Dudley and I accept - Harry' and handed it to the owl. The owl hooted and went off. Amazingly the Dursleys didn't notice. Once that was done Harry opened a book and started reading; no point in wasting time right? He was rereading Ender's Game for the hundredth time and good lord what a great book it is(go check it out). If he had any luck someone would come to pick them up. He sincerely hoped he wouldn't be that behind by the time he got into the wizarding world he wouldn't be too behind.

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Vernon was angry there was no way those wizards would bully him into letting his sons attend; he said no and no means no!

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Aunt Petunia was afraid, because deep in her bones she knew that the wizards would find them and force her children to attend. She was scared that Lily's fate would be mirrored by her sons and that lord voldythingy would kill them.

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Dudley was pissed. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and his parents weren't letting them go! They could learn magic, flipping magic!

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Harry was hopeful that the magics would send someone but after a while he lost hope.

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Albus Dumbledore frowned, the Dursleys son was not supposed to get the letter! The poor boy would probably get bullied by his parents into not going, and there was nothing he could do.

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Ron Weasley was wondering if there was something to eat.

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Harry was almost salivating at the possibility of magic. The world's problems could be solved with a snap! So many possibilities. He tried not to rub his hands together and cackle evilly. He would find out everything about it and take over the world. No that came out wrong! He would just achieve omnipotence and then fix some objections he had in reality. HE HAD TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL!

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Meanwhile, Hagrid was drunkenly yelling " Watch out world ARRY MOTHA (Deleted for explicit content) POTTER'S COMING FOR YOU"

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Vernon Dursley had driven to a large hotel in London,seething, without stopping once; he ignored the residents of the car and hit the gas pedal sharply. As he drove he thought 'They leave Harry on our doorstep then come back with a license to take both our sons away. What a great world; if their madness infects either of them I will hold Albus Bloody too many names Dumbledore responsible. The nerve to tell them to raise Harry then take him away.'

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Petunia Dursley was scared for her family. She had worked too hard for this dream with two amazing sons to disappear, and it would be too cruel after all they had went through for her to lose Harry and Dudley as she had lost Lily. She would not let them learn magic if a gap would bridge between them, however deep down she knew it would be almost impossible to prevent them from going to the school.

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A Few Days Later

"Well," Vernon said with cheerfulness "I've got a whole vacation planned out for us! First we visit the Tower of London, and then we go and visit Buckingham Palace. How does it sound?"

Harry grumbled something under his breath that was wisely ignored. The Dursley family was hustling and bustling to get ready for the big day. Neither Dudley nor Harry had ever been to London. Deep down they appreciated their Dad's attempt to compromise, but this did not make up for not learning magic.

Once they were dressed they went back to the car; Vernon,in a better mood,actually hummed while driving. Since he thought he outsmarted the magical world he was in a good mood, however baskin robbins always finds out! Seething Harry and Dudley sat in the back each to his own thoughts. Petunia was hoping Dudley and Harry would get over it if they didn't she would talk to Vernon about letting them go. After all, above else she wanted to keep the family together. Especially since they had not immediate relatives; Marge had died from a heart attack the year before, and Mr. and Mrs. Evans were brutally killed in the war. Unfortunately, Dudley were the only ones left in the family; they had to keep it together.

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At the Tower of London

"Auntie is it true this is a magical vein" said Susan Bones

"Yes hun it is." said Amelia Bones exasperatedly " Was that or was that not in the reading I assigned you? In the first paragraph?"

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Harry looked up after overhearing the pair's conversation. It seemed that it wasn't going to be such a waste after all! Apparently this was a magical vein; just another thing to add to the list.

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"This isn't that bad dad! Thanks for bringing us here!" said Dudley

"Thanks son"

"So can we go to Hogwarts?" asked Dudley

"Dudley! Stop being headstrong young man!" Vernon said exasperatedly

"But Dad this is a huge opportunity." Dudley said

"But there are safety concerns! Did you not hear your mom and I" asked Vernon " I'm sorry son it's just not possible"

"Dad there are terrorists in our world as well! It's not like we are perfect!" Dudley yelled

"Dudley! Stop causing a scene!," said Vernon "We will continue this conversation elsewhere. And not in public."

Dudley seethed his dad just didn't get it! He never got anything related to magic! Why couldn't he just let us go.

" Dudley we are going now! Come we're grabbing Harry and Petunia"

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"So dad are we going to eat lunch then go to the palace?" Harry asked inquisitively.

"Yes Harry, but first we have to discuss something as a family." said Vernon " You both are not going to the magic school or whatever it is too dangerous! You will thank me later in life."

They walked in silence to the car each thinking their own thoughts. Harry cursing his dad and wishing for the representative to come; Dudley the same, and Petunia just wanting her family back together.

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There was silence as they walked back to their room in the hotel, until there was a simple question " What are we going to eat" asked Petunia

"Oooo lets eat at a local restaurant! Hopefully their good." said Dudley excitedly

"No just eat at a chain restaurant you know is going to be good!" Harry said heatedly

While the boys argued Vernon did something meaningful and asked the receptionist about good restaurants.

"It's decided, we are going to Fernando's Guacamole!," said Vernon " First we are going to go to our hotel room and decompress though.

"Yeah for food" Dudley battle-cried

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Harry was seated on the couch enjoying a readthrough of the Feynman lectures(I recommend). It was definitely very interesting but not what was on his mind. Magic, magic, magic, magic, and dear magic was on his mind. Would it be as fantastic as Lord of the Rings, or with as many limitations as The Name of the Wind? Would there be staffs or would they just have no contraption. Could there be magic technology hybrid computers that could do anything? It was an intriguing thought and would explain how wizards avoided satellites, but there were moral issues with that. Though of course, there were bigger moral issues with not using magic to heal the thousands of so-called muggles everyday. There was no way that had never crossed the mind of anybody in the magical world. Maybe the they didn't have the capability to do it? Yeah, that would definitely explain it! Well just gotta research healing magic when I get to Hogwarts. Just another thing to add to the list!

A couple boring minutes later

Harry didn't know what Vernon was thinking when he thought that they should 'decompress.' It was just a chance to brood on the previous days. He had all but given up hope that a teacher from the school would appear. After all, he had sent the letter out days previously.

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There was a knock on the door.

It seemed as if time slowed for Vernon Dursley. He had knew that they would track them down and mold his son. After all there was a prophecy.