NUMB.

   Petunia heard her last name but it wasn’t from a familiar voice. She turned her attention directly at who was speaking to her. She stared at the male, confused as to how he even knew her name. Petunia had never met any of Lily’s friends except for Severus. She tilted her head at the statement, “Are you talking about Harry?” She questioned him. “I wasn’t sure that Potter had family.” She was too tired to insult, she didn’t have the energy to fight right now. 

    There were so many emotions. Anger. Regret. Resentment. All of these played through Petunia’s mind of what she should tell her. She hadn’t had time to grieve. Not her nor their parents before Harry was at her doorstep and now she wasn’t sure what to say. “No. I want to go home. I don’t belong here.” She wasn’t sure if she should tell her the truth but maybe that was too much for anyone to process. 

   She was here and alive. How was that possible? They had told her that she had died but then again they were back in the past and it could be that she was brought here before she was killed. She hadn’t said anything for a good moment and a tear trailed down her cheek as she swallowed the lump in her throat to be able to speak. “You’re alive..” 

    To her, they were speaking utter nonsense. She had no idea what they were referring to and she didn’t care either. Nia was sick and tired of people asking her things like she was part of this whole weird fiasco. She stared at them to let them know that she wasn’t in the mood and when they were done sighed, “Look, I honestly don’t know what you want from me. I didn’t understand a thing you just said, I just want to find someone who will let me go home.” 

Nia was roaming, scared. She noticed that most of these folk were talking nonsense like Lily used to and she had heard some similar words but she was too afraid to ask. She didn’t know where to go. She didn’t know who to ask and she wasn’t brave enough to just ask apart from that. Petunia was on the verge of a panic attack when she turned the corner to see a wand pointed at her. She screamed and put her hands up. Now she was sure that she was in Lily’s world. “Please don’t curse me! I’m just trying to find a way home!” She put her hands up to cover her face and put distance between herself and the woman in front of her. 

   She felt like a complete outsider and she felt unsafe. Nia was exhausted and she didn’t know her Vernon would handle dealing with two infants. Harry and Dudley were not that different in age. She ran her hands down her face and then peeked over at the stranger who was speaking to her. As a child, she wanted nothing more than to come to this world with Lily but now all she felt was disgust. “How in heavens would I know? I’m not like one of you. I don’t belong here. I’ve never even been here before so I’m not sure how I ended up getting sucked up like the rest of you.”