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"A PIG'S TAIL?" cried a woman that harry felt like he'd seen before. she was thin and tall with a pointed bird-like nose. she had the hairstyle of a 50's housewife, and wore far too much lipstick.

he was sitting in the office, with an ice pack on his nose, his glasses taped at the bridge. the headmistress had called both dudley and harry's parents, but dudley's mother had shown up first. and she was absolutely horrified.

dudley's trousers had torn in a v shape, and he had a curly pig tail popping out of underwear. he was so embarrassed of this fact, that he had insisted on hiding in the car than being in office. harry had never seen dudley so hysterical, the headmistress was so overwhelmed by the tantrum that she simply allowed him. as he left harry saw dudley shove the hungarian horntail down his shirt to hide it.

"i don't really understand it myself, ma'am. but i'm sure there must be a reasonable explanation for this." headmistress roemmele responded in a calm tone. from her expression, she was also very freaked out but she was trying her best to keep calm to ease mrs dursley's hysterics.

this however didn't work. "isn't it obvious? that green-eyed devil did it. he hurt my sweet little diddykins!"

roemmele took a deep breath. "mrs. dursley, you will refrain from insulting students."

harry glared at mrs. dursley, his clutch on the icepack growing stronger. his nose was beginning to feel numb from the cold, but he was boiling all over in anger so he ignored it.

the immense relief and joy harry felt when he saw his mother walk in through the office doors, her auburn hair flowing behind her like an autumnal wave.

lily makes eye contact with mrs. dursley and her expression changes for a moment before she decided to ignore the woman and pay attention to harry instead.

the way lily gently stroked harry's head erased his anger and left him instead with a warm feeling similar to the one he got when drinking hot chocolate or spotting shooting stars. he leaned into her. she spoke in a soft, comforting tone "oh harry, what happened?"

"isn't obvious what happened? your devil son gave my sweet diddums a pig tail and-"

"i'd like to hear the story from harry, thank you very much." lily said, more curtly than harry has ever heard her speak to anyone before.

"i was playing in the sandbox with my dragon toy- you know my favorite one, the hungarian horntail- and dudley wanted it so he tried to force me to give it to him-"

there was a scoffing noise from mrs dursley but harry continued on regardless,

"-i said no, so he started calling me goggles and then he punched me, broke my nose, and stole it. and then he and his friends started shoving my face in the sand."

"and?" mrs dursley asked, eyebrow raised.

"that's all." harry shrugged.

"how convenient of you to skip the moment where my son grows a pig's tail. if any of that preposterous tale of yours is even real. my dudley would never steal anything, my dudley is not a thief." mrs. dursley said.

"and my harry is not a liar." lily replied, she then lowered her voice to a whisper and said "i'll fix your nose in car okay?"

"dudley does have a reputation of being...unfriendly towards other students i'm afraid, mrs dursley." headmistress roemmele said.

"nonsense! my diddums is the sweetest boy in the world. i cannot believe you're really taking the side of this monster of a boy when my son is going to need surgery!"