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As [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] struggles to comprehend the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Dementor|Dementor]] attack and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Arabella Figg|Mrs. Figg]]'s enigmatic announcement, she assumes control. She reveals she is a [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Squib|Squib]] and has long been in contact with [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Albus Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore]]. Harry has been closely watched all summer. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Mundungus Fletcher|Mundungus Fletcher]] was supposed to be on duty but left early — the cracking noise Harry had heard was him [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Apparition|Disapparating]]. As they struggle to move [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Dudley Dursley|Dudley]] to the house, Mundungus reappears. Mrs. Figg chastises him before sending him to update Dumbledore. Mrs. Figg and Harry reach the Dursleys front door. Mrs. Figg now leaves to await Dumbledore's orders, leaving Harry to face the Dursleys alone.
While [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Vernon Dursley|Uncle Vernon]] and [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Petunia Dursley|Aunt Petunia]] berate him about Dudley, an owl letter from the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] arrives, expelling Harry from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]. Harry decides his only option is to become a fugitive, but before he can get past Uncle Vernon, another owl letter arrives from [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Arthur Weasley|Mr. Weasley]], telling him to remain in the house while Dumbledore sorts things out. Harry tries to explain what happened to his aunt and uncle, insisting it was Dementors that attacked Dudley. When Uncle Vernon asks what Dementors are, Aunt Petunia responds, "they are the guards of the Wizard prison, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Azkaban|Azkaban]]." Petunia's shocking revelation stuns everyone, including herself.
As Harry answers questions about the Wizarding world, more owls arrives, one from Mr. Weasley, and another from his godfather, [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Sirius Black|Sirius Black]], saying that the situation is being sorted out. Finally, a Ministry of Magic owl arrives revoking his expulsion. Harry's fate now rests on a hearing scheduled for "9 A.M. on August 12th."
After hearing that [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lord Voldemort|Lord Voldemort]] has returned, Uncle Vernon, recognizing the danger while housing Harry, demands he leave. However,
== Analysis ==
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Even the casual reader will be left with questions after this chapter. The largest unanswered ones are: How did Petunia learn about Dementors, and given that she knows that much, what other knowledge does she possess about the Wizarding world she has never shared? And, someone who was reasonably aware of what was happening in the house probably sent the Howler, possibly because they knew Petunia and Vernon's likely reactions, and who must hold some power over Petunia, considering how quickly she reversed her decision after the Howler uttered its four words; who could that person be? While we can speculate, the true answers are withheld until later in the series.
Petunia's explanation about Dementors and Azkaban not only shocks her family, but shows she knows far more about the Wizarding world than she has ever let on. Based largely on this, Harry leaps to the conclusion that Dumbledore sent her the Howler; this is fueled largely by wishful thinking, as Harry has been unsuccessfully hoping for a communication from Dumbledore all summer. However, if the Howler is from Dumbledore, it implies that he and Petunia have had more contact than has been
That Harry would be expelled from school and have his wand broken, without an official inquiry and for such a minor offense, indicates the Ministry of Magic must have some ulterior motive in moving so quickly against him. Obviously, others (apparently including Dumbledore) have intervened on his behalf, and a hearing is scheduled so Harry can defend himself. As Harry often does, his first response to a difficult situation is to run away or isolate himself, rather than attempt to find a solution or seek help from others. Luckily, he is overridden by Arthur Weasley. We are left to wonder whether Arthur's response is simply instinctive, making sure Harry stays where he can be found, or reassuring him that things are being done; or whether Arthur has noticed Harry's tendency to flee this sort of problem.
While Harry has been protected from Voldemort with the magic created by his mother's death, Dumbledore has cast additional protective spells over the house as an extra precaution; this is likely part of why Arthur directed him to stay there. Also, Arabella Figg, a Squib, has apparently been watching Harry ever since he was left at the Dursleys. She explains that her rather mean behavior to him was because she knew if his aunt and uncle suspected he had a friend, she never would have been allowed to occasionally watch him. No doubt others also guard Harry whenever he stays with the Dursleys.
For reasons revealed later, the reader should particularly note Mrs. Figg's first statement in this chapter.
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