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Chapter 5: I must not tell lies, only half truths

Dudley stood on the platform with all the Potters and tried his best to ignore the cameras then he noticed the Potter’s actually paid attention to them. Giving smiles, by now they’d created a bunch of ridiculous speculation about who Dudley was. Illegitimate child had been touched but of course Harry shut that down quickly “he’s our cousin on Dad’s side” Lily said sweetly, grinning at the cameras probably to keep them busy.

Dudley finally turned to the cameras on the other side and gave them a shy smile, his cheeks a little flushed and then ducked his head as some of the women reporters cooed.

“Well go on then, go find your compartments, James, Al, Lily take care of Dudley; not that he’ll need you to much” Harry smirked reminding Dudley of when he used to play sneaky tricks on Dudley as kids.

“Bye, thanks for the owl” he said gesturing at his Eurasian eagle owl which is one of largest breeds of owls. It had yellow eyes and black tips of it’s ears, despite it’s size it was silent and likes to nip gently on Dudley’s ears. Dudley had named it Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet, the trickster.

He couldn’t get a cage big enough to not have a hard time with so they’d settled with no cage but given him an owl stand that Mercutio could perch on. For now, he just rode on Dudley shoulder occasionally nipping his ear.

“Of course, have a good year, we’ll see on the Holidays” Harry said, he nodded and boarded the train. Al parted with him to with Rose and another boy named Scorpius. Lily went off to find her friends and James had him follow to an compartment.

Dudley sat with James, Fred, and two other boys Adam and Danny. He listened as the boys interacted but didn’t really fit in. Most of the boys were more boisterous and funny while Dudley didn’t feel right speaking up.

He stood to see if he could find the the trolley that had passed just a little while ago. He walked down the hall when he heard music, he recognised it from a long time ago. When he in school, he heard it on the radio a lot, he looked at the compartments and paused when he found it. It was Radioactive, a tall boy was playing it on the violin, the others in the apartment listening.

Dudley wondered if they recognised the song, a girl slid the door opened as the boy continued to play “did you need something?” she asked? Dudley blushed realizing he’d been standing there just staring. He shook his head, his face growing hot and the girl gaped at him.

“N-No i’m sorry, I just recognised the song” he stammered out wondering why she’d started looking so shocked.

“You- Are you a metamorphmagus?” she asked and then he realized his eyes had gone pink from the reflection in the window.

“Novomagus” he replied, crap, Hermione didn’t say that his eyes would change like this without prompting.

“Wow, you want to come in” she stepped to let him in and thus he found himself sitting in the compartment with the violin player, a girl about his age and another girl. The first girl had long blonde hair which was in a ponytail and she had bangs that swept to the left. She was very much the girl girl type.

The other girl was kind of the opposite and he noticed they had the same face so twins. The blonde hair was the same shade but her hair was chin length and choppy and the bangs swept right but had blue high lights. “I’m Jessica Orville and that’s Rica” the girl said.

The tall boy had an athletic build similar to James and dark brown hair that was in a haircut above the ears and was ruffle. His eyes were the color of whiskey and Dudley had to look away before he got distracted and stared off into space again.

“I’m Damian Caster” he greeted.

Dudley stared at him with doe eyes “your last name is Caster?” he asked and the boy gave him a deadpanned look “you're a wizard and you cast spells” Dudley couldn’t stop the genuine smile that formed and he, honest to God or Merlin or whatever it was people said now, giggled.

“He’s adorable, we’re keeping him” Rica stood pulling him into a hug and he finds both girls are surprisingly tall and he’s shorter than them.

“He’s not a dog, Rica, we’ll need to get adoptions papers first” Damian said chuckling and Dudley’s cheeks are flushed by now.

“At least have the meet and greet day first, sit down” Jessica said kindly and he did so.

“So what’s your name?” Rica asked.

“Dudley Evans” he replied remembering to not say his real name.

“Why does that sound familar?” Damian question tapping his chin.

“Harry Potter” Jessica said with a clear ‘aha expression’

“Harry Potter?” Rica and Damian asked blankly.

“James Potter’s wife was Lily Evans before she married him” Jessica said “and I think in the history books it says something about Harry having a cousin named Dudley but I don’t think it was Evans” she said.

“No, it’s Dursley, he went missing so I was named after him. I’m one of Harry’s cousins on his mum's side, I live with them” he explained feeling bad at having to lie but they were half truths and necessary as well.

“Wow, bet you heard all the war stuff first hand, I mean our parents tell us some stuff but they weren’t in all the things that happened so” Rica shrugged.

“Yeah” he nodded.

“Well then, we’ve never seen you ever and your in our year so mind explaining why you're here now?” Jessica asked.

“Nothing really special, home schooled, had some complications with my magic for a few years. I couldn’t produce any, my magic was blocked with no access and then I could suddenly use and it was too much magic so I studied for a while to control it” Dudley explained, again, half truths.

“You might be ahead of us then, any idea where you’ll be sorted?” Damian asked.

“Or behind, no idea, I think most people always a little bit of the traits for all the houses. So in retrospect I’d be brave, clever, loyal, and ambitious but I think it’s just what you value most and what you use. Not really what kind of person you are, it’s like good and evil, no one’s born evil or good. It’s why people who’ve done bad things in the past can change and become better people” Dudley considers then blushes when he realized how long he’d talked.

“I know what house he’s going to” Damian mentions smirking and the girls both nod in agreement while Dudley looks confused.

They spent the rest of the time talked about different subjects in school, a little about Quidditch, and just random subjects when they paused when James slid open the door. Dudley flushed “I’m sorry, I totally forgot” he said.

“It’s fine, glad you found some new friends, Ravenclaws huh. Let’s hope you get into that house then, Gryffindor is definitely not your color” James said simply.

“Why’s that?” Dudley asked.

“You’re too quiet” James responded.

“Gryffindor can be quiet, Harry is” Dudley argued.

“Yes but yours and dad’s personalities might as well be Marshmallows and Peanuts. You being the marshmallow because you’re cute” James replied ruffling Dudley’s hair.

Dudley’s blushing again “I like peanuts more than marshmallows” he replied just to go the opposite of what James said because sometimes James could talk in circles around you.

“And that’s why you and dad get along so well; now, I hate to take you from them but you’ve gotta get changed” he said.

“Bye Dudley, we’ll see you around when you get sorted” Jessica said cheerfully. Dudley smiled and nodded then was being pulled gently by James and turned around to follow him.

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Chapter 5: I must not tell lies, only half truths

Dudley stood on the platform with all the Potters and tried his best to ignore the cameras then he noticed the Potter’s actually paid attention to them. Giving smiles, by now they’d created a bunch of ridiculous speculation about who Dudley was. Illegitimate child had been touched but of course Harry shut that down quickly “he’s our cousin on Dad’s side” Lily said sweetly, grinning at the cameras probably to keep them busy.

Dudley finally turned to the cameras on the other side and gave them a shy smile, his cheeks a little flushed and then ducked his head as some of the women reporters cooed.

“Well go on then, go find your compartments, James, Al, Lily take care of Dudley; not that he’ll need you to much” Harry smirked reminding Dudley of when he used to play sneaky tricks on Dudley as kids.

“Bye, thanks for the owl” he said gesturing at his Eurasian eagle owl which is one of largest breeds of owls. It had yellow eyes and black tips of it’s ears, despite it’s size it was silent and likes to nip gently on Dudley’s ears. Dudley had named it Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet, the trickster.

He couldn’t get a cage big enough to not have a hard time with so they’d settled with no cage but given him an owl stand that Mercutio could perch on. For now, he just rode on Dudley shoulder occasionally nipping his ear.

“Of course, have a good year, we’ll see on the Holidays” Harry said, he nodded and boarded the train. Al parted with him to with Rose and another boy named Scorpius. Lily went off to find her friends and James had him follow to an compartment.

Dudley sat with James, Fred, and two other boys Adam and Danny. He listened as the boys interacted but didn’t really fit in. Most of the boys were more boisterous and funny while Dudley didn’t feel right speaking up.

He stood to see if he could find the the trolley that had passed just a little while ago. He walked down the hall when he heard music, he recognised it from a long time ago. When he in school, he heard it on the radio a lot, he looked at the compartments and paused when he found it. It was Radioactive, a tall boy was playing it on the violin, the others in the apartment listening.

Dudley wondered if they recognised the song, a girl slid the door opened as the boy continued to play “did you need something?” she asked? Dudley blushed realizing he’d been standing there just staring. He shook his head, his face growing hot and the girl gaped at him.

“N-No i’m sorry, I just recognised the song” he stammered out wondering why she’d started looking so shocked.

“You- Are you a metamorphmagus?” she asked and then he realized his eyes had gone pink from the reflection in the window.

“Novomagus” he replied, crap, Hermione didn’t say that his eyes would change like this without prompting.

“Wow, you want to come in” she stepped to let him in and thus he found himself sitting in the compartment with the violin player, a girl about his age and another girl. The first girl had long blonde hair which was in a ponytail and she had bangs that swept to the left. She was very much the girl girl type.

The other girl was kind of the opposite and he noticed they had the same face so twins. The blonde hair was the same shade but her hair was chin length and choppy and the bangs swept right but had blue high lights. “I’m Jessica Orville and that’s Rica” the girl said.

The tall boy had an athletic build similar to James and dark brown hair that was in a haircut above the ears and was ruffle. His eyes were the color of whiskey and Dudley had to look away before he got distracted and stared off into space again.

“I’m Damian Caster” he greeted.

Dudley stared at him with doe eyes “your last name is Caster?” he asked and the boy gave him a deadpanned look “you're a wizard and you cast spells” Dudley couldn’t stop the genuine smile that formed and he, honest to God or Merlin or whatever it was people said now, giggled.

“He’s adorable, we’re keeping him” Rica stood pulling him into a hug and he finds both girls are surprisingly tall and he’s shorter than them.

“He’s not a dog, Rica, we’ll need to get adoptions papers first” Damian said chuckling and Dudley’s cheeks are flushed by now.

“At least have the meet and greet day first, sit down” Jessica said kindly and he did so.

“So what’s your name?” Rica asked.

“Dudley Evans” he replied remembering to not say his real name.

“Why does that sound familar?” Damian question tapping his chin.

“Harry Potter” Jessica said with a clear ‘aha expression’

“Harry Potter?” Rica and Damian asked blankly.

“James Potter’s wife was Lily Evans before she married him” Jessica said “and I think in the history books it says something about Harry having a cousin named Dudley but I don’t think it was Evans” she said.

“No, it’s Dursley, he went missing so I was named after him. I’m one of Harry’s cousins on his mum's side, I live with them” he explained feeling bad at having to lie but they were half truths and necessary as well.

“Wow, bet you heard all the war stuff first hand, I mean our parents tell us some stuff but they weren’t in all the things that happened so” Rica shrugged.

“Yeah” he nodded.

“Well then, we’ve never seen you ever and your in our year so mind explaining why you're here now?” Jessica asked.

“Nothing really special, home schooled, had some complications with my magic for a few years. I couldn’t produce any, my magic was blocked with no access and then I could suddenly use and it was too much magic so I studied for a while to control it” Dudley explained, again, half truths.

“You might be ahead of us then, any idea where you’ll be sorted?” Damian asked.

“Or behind, no idea, I think most people always a little bit of the traits for all the houses. So in retrospect I’d be brave, clever, loyal, and ambitious but I think it’s just what you value most and what you use. Not really what kind of person you are, it’s like good and evil, no one’s born evil or good. It’s why people who’ve done bad things in the past can change and become better people” Dudley considers then blushes when he realized how long he’d talked.

“I know what house he’s going to” Damian mentions smirking and the girls both nod in agreement while Dudley looks confused.

They spent the rest of the time talked about different subjects in school, a little about Quidditch, and just random subjects when they paused when James slid open the door. Dudley flushed “I’m sorry, I totally forgot” he said.

“It’s fine, glad you found some new friends, Ravenclaws huh. Let’s hope you get into that house then, Gryffindor is definitely not your color” James said simply.

“Why’s that?” Dudley asked.

“You’re too quiet” James responded.

“Gryffindor can be quiet, Harry is” Dudley argued.

“Yes but yours and dad’s personalities might as well be Marshmallows and Peanuts. You being the marshmallow because you’re cute” James replied ruffling Dudley’s hair.

Dudley’s blushing again “I like peanuts more than marshmallows” he replied just to go the opposite of what James said because sometimes James could talk in circles around you.

“And that’s why you and dad get along so well; now, I hate to take you from them but you’ve gotta get changed” he said.

“Bye Dudley, we’ll see you around when you get sorted” Jessica said cheerfully. Dudley smiled and nodded then was being pulled gently by James and turned around to follow him.