On the day of Harry's eleventh birthday, his uncle hit him harder than he ever had before.

Vernon Dursley decided to do this when Harry had decided to take the liberty to open a letter addressed to himself. How dare he? Vernon thought angrily as he glared down at the unconscious boy on the floor. That scum-sucking son of a whore is about as unappreciative as it gets.

He delivered one final kick to the young boy's gut before throwing him over his shoulder, walking to his cupboard and throwing him in. He didn't wait to see how he landed and turned to the kitchen, finding a letter on the floor.

The letter had a worn parchment envelope that felt aged and was slightly yellowing. The letter was sealed with a wax symbol, and above it on the envelope was a crest divided into four sections, a different animal per section. Along the bottom of the crest were the words, 'Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus'. Vernon scowled as he noticed the name written above the crest; Hogwarts.

He stormed over to his wife and shoved the letter into her face. "Pet! Is this that school for freaks you were talking about!"

Petunia Dursley's eyes widened so much that they looked like they could fall right out of her head. She grabbed the letter and flipped it over, looking at who it was addressed to:

Mr. H Potter

The Cupboard Under the Stairs

4 Privet Drive

Little Whinging, Surrey

She opened her mouth as if to scream, but no words came out. She nodded quickly at her husband, not wanting to test him as she had seen the display of anger against Harry a mere minute earlier. "This- this is the school. What do we do?"

Vernon snatched back the letter and stormed over to the fireplace, throwing it in immediately and grinning as he watched the envelope burn. "We can't let him go. If they make us, we'll just make sure to fulfill our promise from so many years ago, whether it be this summer or the next or the one after that. We will stomp out his magic once and for all."

That moment was when Vernon Dursley began planning how he would make every summer worse and worse for Harry James Potter.

Don't worry, most chapter won't be this short in the future, this is just a little intro. Thanks so much for reading!

Word count: 385

Published on: January 29th 2018