"Neighbours and Friends" (Arabella Figg, Dudley Dursley)

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This is the last story of the 2013 HP_friendship fest. Tomorrow we'll post the anonymous masterlist, and next Saturday we'll post the reveals, so you'll have plenty of time to catch up with stories before reveals go up. Dear friends, I give you, last but not least, Arabella and Dudley.

Author: Anonymous
Prompt/Prompt Author: Harry saving his life when the

Comments

[therealsnape]

It may seem an unlikely pair, but you've managed to turn it into a very believable friendship. Dudley's efforts to gain Arabella's confidence are funny and believable.

How can you call a school that's being run by the murderer of its previous headmaster safe for anyone? Dudley has a very valid point here. I've always been surprised that not more parents kept their children home.

At first, Dudley was simply in awe to see the man that Arabella had been speaking so highly of, but as the evening progressed he just found the whole visit rude and inconsiderate. He was, however, saddened to hear that Harry's godfather, that handsome man from the photo he'd seen at Arabella's, had passed away. No wonder Harry had seemed so down, even if it did mean that he'd become the recipient of a large property. A great section. Dudley is right about that visit, especially since he cannot possibly see what Dumbledore means with maltreatment. And it's sad that there was so little communication between Harry and himself that never knew why Harry was sad. The last line is priceless. That's our Dudders, all right. Counting the money.

[jean_doe_27]

Thank you, I was really delighted to have a go at the prompt and glad you liked what I delivered.