3 Chapter 3: Be my guest (Edited)

Dudley yelled, "Mom!"

Dudley covered his bottom as he howled and stumbled towards the stairs.

Dobby seemed to be very pleased with his masterpiece as he leaned deeply into Harry and said, "Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts this year, I'm sorry sir, Dobby had no choice."

As soon as Dobby finished speaking, he snapped his fingers and disappeared from the room, leaving only the two stunned children in the room.

Harry sighed and said, "Sorry, I hope I didn't scare you!"

Ivan asked curiously, "What was that?"

Harry said, "Dobby, a house elf."

Then a look of frustration appeared on Harry's face and he said, "I'm finished, Dudley's had a pig tail created on his arse again, Uncle Vernon will kill me for this!"

Ivan said quickly, "But you didn't, and I can testify for you!"

Harry leaned against the wall and said, "It would be useless, they won't believe it."

In fact, he guessed it perfectly.

Moments later, Vernon Dursley came running up the stairs to Harry's room, panting, with a fierce face and a devilish light in his eyes and ignoring Ivan as he looked at Harry and shouted, "Boy, I warned you, you won't even think about using magic on Dudley..."

Harry argued weakly, "I didn't."

Vernon walked over and said, "Read this!"

Vernon waved the letter in his hand and shoved it roughly at Harry and said, "Here, read it!"

Looking at the pale Harry, Ivan approached curiously, just to see what the letter said:

Dear Mr. Potter,

We have received information that a Transfiguration was used at your place of residence tonight at twenty past eight.

As you know, underage wizards are not allowed to cast spells outside of school, and further spells on your part may lead to expulsion from said school (Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Magic to Minors, 1875, Paragraph C).

We also ask you to remember that any magical activity that risks being noticed by members of the non-magical (Muggle) community is a felony under Section 13 of the International Statute of Magical Secrecy.

Enjoy your vacation! Sincerely yours,

Mafalda Hopkirk

OFFICE FOR THE MISUSE OF MAGIC

Ministry of Magic

Harry was speechless as he looked up.

Vernon said, "You didn't tell us you couldn't use magic outside of school."

Vernon Dursley had a glint of madness in his eyes as he continued, "Never mind, I suppose..."

With a smile full of madness, Vernon said, "I've got good news to tell you, boy, I'm going to lock you up in here so you can never go back to that school. If you use magic to escape, you'll be expelled."

Ivan said quickly, trying to stop him, "Mr. Dursley, you can't do that. I can vouch for him and say he didn't do anything."

Vernon gasped, seeming not to have lost his mind, remembering who Ivan was and said, "Boy, you don't understand!"

Ivan quickly said, "I saw the whole process, what just happened was done by a house elf!"

Ivan then looked up and saw everyone heading towards the bedroom door, his parents looked worried about him while Dudley was in Mrs. Dursley's arms covering his bottom and crying loudly.

Vernon muttered, "It doesn't make any difference..."

Ignoring Vernon, Ivan walked over to his parents and whispered something to them.

Harry stood there thinking pitifully, thinking of his pitiful future.

He knew his Uncle Vernon meant it. Now that they knew he couldn't use magic outside of school, he had lost his only weapon and if he stayed here and didn't go to Hogwarts at the beginning of the school year, he would probably be expelled from school.

If he tried to escape with magic, he faced expulsion as well. Ron and Hermione could find a way to save him, but now that Dobby, the house elf, had cut off all communication, no one would know of his current status.

Dobby might have saved him from the terrible catastrophe at Hogwarts, but he had lost the only joy in his life, and Harry wasn't sure how the Dursleys would treat him, and he might starve to death here.

Unless, of course, Ivan could help him.

Harry had a small glimmer of hope when he saw Ivan talking to his parents, then pulled a letter out of his trouser pocket and pointed to Dudley and then to himself the next moment.

The expressions on the faces of the Mason Family were first of astonishment, then, apparently convinced by their son, they approached Vernon and Petunia and began to whisper.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became a little strange, Dudley gradually stopped crying and tried to understand what they were saying, Harry wanted to do the same, but then he saw Ivan turn to him and reveal a reassuring smile.

Time passed and after some heated discussions, almost half an hour later, the four adults finally came to an agreement.

Vernon's forehead filled with veins and then he looked at Harry and shouted, "Boy, don't ask any questions, get your things and get the hell out of here!"

What?!

Harry wondered if he had heard wrong, his Uncle Vernon was telling him to get out of the house while his Aunt Petunia pursed her lips without objection.

If Harry wasn't sure that the Mason family were Muggles, he would think they gave the Dursleys a powerful confusion spell.

Ivan walked up to Harry and said, "Come on, what are you still standing there for?"

Harry, surprised to see the smile on Ivan's face, asked in surprise, "What did you do and why do I feel something is wrong?"

Ivan said, "It's nothing, I'd like to invite you to stay at my house during the summer vacations, if you like."

Harry shouted in surprise, "Is that right?!"

But then Harry spoke softly and said, "Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia won't agree, I can't go anywhere, they'll never let me leave!"

Ivan quickly said, "Don't worry, you just listened to your uncle!"

Then Ivan winked at him and said, "After my father promised Mr. Dursley a big order to his company, your aunt and uncle are more than happy to send you as a guest to my house until the end of the summer!"

Harry was surprised and then thanked Ivan, saying, "Oh my goodness, thank you Ivan!"

Then Harry asked Ivan a little confused, "I'd be happy to go anywhere just to get out of here, but why are you helping me so much? you know, we just recently met!"

Ivan just laughed a little and said, "Hahaha, it's nothing, but I think my superior wouldn't mind talking about Hogwarts with his future school mate."

Seeing Harry's surprised expression, Ivan pulled a letter out of his pocket and said, "Besides, I'd like to borrow Hedwig for a while, you know, I don't have my own owl to answer to the school."

Harry was glad, he never thought he would be so lucky, and said, "Ivan, you're a new Hogwarts student, that's fantastic!"

He felt that today was his lucky day. First, he saw Dudley being cursed again, but he didn't get any punishment, and then he got rid of the Dursleys with more than a month's notice, and most importantly, he met a new first year of Hogwarts.

Ivan smiled and said, "Come on, unless you want to stay and say goodbye to the Dursleys"