Ficlet: Just Wondering//Ficlet Challenge #57
Title: Just Wondering
Summary: Dudley asks Petunia about Harry's parents
Characters/Pairings: Dudley and Petunia Dursley
Genre: General
Beta: n/a
Rating/Warnings: Well, spoilers for the very beginning of Scorerer's Stone, if you've not read it...otherwise rated G?
Medium: Ficlet
Word Count: 348
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Of course!
Petunia was in the kitchen, cooking dinner and humming a song to herself, when Dudley walked in. He sat down at the table and chewed his bottom lip in thought for a moment.
“Mum?”
Petunia stopped humming, but kept cooking.
“Yes Dudders?”
“I have a question.”
She stopped for a moment and turned around.
“What is it?”
Dudley furrowed his brows in thought for a moment.
“Well…what happened to Harry’s mum and dad?”
Petunia sucked in her breath slightly, she knew this question might come up someday, she just didn’t know when.
She turned around and went back to her cooking.
“Not now Dudley, I’m busy.”
“But mummmm….”
Petunia spun around and shrilled at Dudley.
“NOT NOW!”
Dudley sighed and sat back in his chair.
“Fine.”
Dudley was quiet for a few moments, before he spoke again.
“Mum?”
Petunia spoke out of the side of her mouth, his questions were instant today, and they were grating on her nerves.
“What?!”
Dudley got soft, “I was just wondering what we were having for dinner. Sorry.”
He got up from the table and started to go out of the room. Petunia sighed and turned around.
“Come back here Dudley.”
Dudley trugged back into the kitchen and sat back down at the table. Petunia walked to the table and sat next to him. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“What happened to Harry’s parents...I don’t know the complete details, but I’ll do my best Dudley.”
Dudley nodded.
“There’s this dark wizard, Moldy something or rather, I think. I suppose he wanted all the good wizards dead, for some reason or another, I don’t know why. I think he was a lot like that awful German leader. Anyways, one night, he went into Harry’s house, and killed his parents. And that’s all I know.”
Dudley was silent for a minute. “Do you know why?”
Petunia folder her hands and licked her lips, “No, I don’t.”
Dudley nodded, and thought for a moment. “Okay, thank you Mum.”
“You’re welcome Dudley.”
“Mum?”
“Yes?”
“What’s for dinner?”
Petunia sighed. “Pork chops.”
Kaitlyn//Hufflepuff//17 points!
Summary: Dudley asks Petunia about Harry's parents
Characters/Pairings: Dudley and Petunia Dursley
Genre: General
Beta: n/a
Rating/Warnings: Well, spoilers for the very beginning of Scorerer's Stone, if you've not read it...otherwise rated G?
Medium: Ficlet
Word Count: 348
Can the Order post to Tumblr?: Of course!
Petunia was in the kitchen, cooking dinner and humming a song to herself, when Dudley walked in. He sat down at the table and chewed his bottom lip in thought for a moment.
“Mum?”
Petunia stopped humming, but kept cooking.
“Yes Dudders?”
“I have a question.”
She stopped for a moment and turned around.
“What is it?”
Dudley furrowed his brows in thought for a moment.
“Well…what happened to Harry’s mum and dad?”
Petunia sucked in her breath slightly, she knew this question might come up someday, she just didn’t know when.
She turned around and went back to her cooking.
“Not now Dudley, I’m busy.”
“But mummmm….”
Petunia spun around and shrilled at Dudley.
“NOT NOW!”
Dudley sighed and sat back in his chair.
“Fine.”
Dudley was quiet for a few moments, before he spoke again.
“Mum?”
Petunia spoke out of the side of her mouth, his questions were instant today, and they were grating on her nerves.
“What?!”
Dudley got soft, “I was just wondering what we were having for dinner. Sorry.”
He got up from the table and started to go out of the room. Petunia sighed and turned around.
“Come back here Dudley.”
Dudley trugged back into the kitchen and sat back down at the table. Petunia walked to the table and sat next to him. She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“What happened to Harry’s parents...I don’t know the complete details, but I’ll do my best Dudley.”
Dudley nodded.
“There’s this dark wizard, Moldy something or rather, I think. I suppose he wanted all the good wizards dead, for some reason or another, I don’t know why. I think he was a lot like that awful German leader. Anyways, one night, he went into Harry’s house, and killed his parents. And that’s all I know.”
Dudley was silent for a minute. “Do you know why?”
Petunia folder her hands and licked her lips, “No, I don’t.”
Dudley nodded, and thought for a moment. “Okay, thank you Mum.”
“You’re welcome Dudley.”
“Mum?”
“Yes?”
“What’s for dinner?”
Petunia sighed. “Pork chops.”
Kaitlyn//Hufflepuff//17 points!