Muffet hummed cheerfully as she carried the little boy into her home. She was in a fantastic mood! She'd beaten up a horrible man and saved a child from his life of torment!

Harry looked up at the spider lady curiously. "M-Miss Spider Lady...?" He asked. Muffet giggled.

"Oh, you can call me Muffet, my dear." She replied. Harry blinked.

"M-Miss Muffet...?" He asked. Muffet's eye twitched slightly.

"Erm...Please drop the 'Miss', dearie." She said. She really hated when people made jokes to her about that blasted nursery rhyme...

Harry frowned slightly and tilted his head down, he did not mean to make her angry with him. "I'm sorry…" he mumbled.

Muffet gave him a small huff and patted his head with her free hand. "Now none of that dear. You were just being a gentleman. Nothing wrong with that." She spoke.

Harry looked up at her and gave her a light nod relived that she was not mad. Muffet gave him a smile, "Now that that's been taken care off, let's make those sweets I promised you." She said sitting him down on the counter upfront.

He blinked at her and tilted his head cutely at her. "But…wasn't that my weakly fill…"

"Weakly fill?" she asked confused her many eyes blinking as she paused in her working her many arms doing many different things.

"Y-Yeah..." The little boy replied. "I had my bread last week...I still have three more weeks to go before I get more..." Muffet's mouth formed into a thin line.

'I should have had one of my black widows bite him.' She thought angrily. She forced her smile to return when she saw he was upset by her anger. "Oh, darling, none of that now! You live with me, and I have very, VERY different rules to go by." She smiled. "First offall...Three meals a day. No less."

"R-Really...? Like my family?"

"You mean your EX-family."

Harry nodded slightly feeling slightly warm at that phrase. "Thank you…Muffet." He said softly.

The spider girl smiled warmly at him using her name. "Now that's a good dearie." She complemented him causing him to blush.

The small spider crawled up onto the boy's shoulder and gazed over him before blinking a few times. "Are you okay?" she asked him.

Harry jumped slightly at the voice before relaxing and looking over at the small spider and gave her a little smile. "I'm a little bit better." He said.

"Well that's good, it looks like your wounds aren't leaking anymore."

Harry blinked and tilted his head. "That's the freaky stuff making my owies go away…so I can get hurt again."

'CLANG'

The two jumped and turned to see the spider girl frozen her back to them and a pan on the floor.

"M-Ma'am...?" The small spider asked.

"M-Muffet...?" Harry said timidly. Muffet shook her head.

"No, Harry. No you will NOT be hurt again. Not now, not ever. That is a PROMISE." She said, making her way over to him.

"I...I..." Muffet crouched down to his level and wrapped all of her arms around him, pressing him tightly against her.

Harry buried himself into her and felt all the pent up emotions start to flood back. He tried to fight it but it was not to be. He cried.

Muffet held him close as she heard his sobs and closed her eyes. Rubbing his head and back soothingly. "It's okay…let it out dearie…let it out." She knew it was bound to happen at some point.

The little spider sagged on his shoulders, she was sad to see him crying. "Why is he crying…?" she asked Muffet.

Muffet looked over at her and gave her a small smile. "Well dear…sometimes…there is no way to let out pain then with tears." She explained.

The spider blinked. "Ooooh..." She said softly, understanding what her employer meant. "So...he needs to cry to feel better, huh?"

"Precisely." Muffet replied with a nod. "You're quick as a whip, dearie."

"Aw, thanks..." The little spider replied. She'd blush if she could...

Harry pressed his face into Muffet's chest. She was so warm...He felt so safe when she held him...

Muffet smiled down at him as she ruffled his hair. "You feel better dear?" she asked.

Harry looked up at her with adoration shining in his eyes that surprised the spider woman.

"Thank you…Muffet" he said softly with a tiny smile.

She giggled lightly at him and ruffled his hair. "Oh you are quite welcome my dear, now I think you deserve some sweets."

"Can I help…?" he asked timidly.

She stared at him confused. "You…cook dear?" she asked.

He nodded slowly. "Uh huh. All the time...I'm kinda good at it I think..." Muffet smiled sadly.

"Did you like cooking?" She asked. He smiled and nodded.

"It was...fun. I liked it...It helped me not think about Uncle Vernon." He explained. Muffet patted his head with one of her arms.

"Well, then let's bake some sweets, shall we dearest?" She said gently before picking him up. "But I'll be by your side the whole time."

"Promise?" Harry asked hopefully.

"Well of course, dear."

Harry smiled and hugged her a little tighter glad he could help her in some way.

They walked back into the kitchen and Harry looked around. "What do you want me to do …Muffet?" He asked her.

The girl smiled down at him and placed him on a small stool. "Well I am going to watch you first dear. See how well you do, when you need help I'll step in." she said softly.

Harry gave a slight nod and looked around at all the ingredients and tilted his head confused.

She giggled lightly at him and patted his head. "Wondering about all the ingredients I have dear?" she asked him. He nodded slightly, "Well they are a special selection, used for my sweets and goodies."

Harry thought for a moment before nodding slightly. "That's cool." He said. "Can…can I make you a muffin?" he asked her softly.

"Well of course, dearie." Muffet said with a giggle. "Anything you want. Just promise to be very careful." Harry nodded.

"I promise." He replied softly before reaching up to grab some ingredients. He had made muffins for one of Dudley's birthday parties before. He knew what he was doing.

Muffet watched him, somewhat impressed. It seemed he knew his way around the kitchen quite well. It was good...but it also made her somewhat sad.

She watched as he picked out all the right baking materials and laid them out on the counter. And then, he got to work.

Muffet smiled, both in sadness and approval, over how well he did the cooking. He knew exactly what to do.

Soon enough, the muffins were in the oven.

Harry took a small sigh as he gathered the pans and bowl and walked over to the sink and dumped them in and started to clean them. He paused however when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

He looked over at a smiling Muffet as some of her arms extended around him and started to help him wash the dishes. While confused slightly he decided to just smile at her.

Soon the oven went off and Harry walked over placing on some spider themed oven mitts on that Muffet just found so adorable on him.

He opened the oven and winced slightly at the intense heat. He reached in and grabbed the pan with both hands and started to lift it out only to hit his arm on the still burning hot side of the oven.

He stifled a yell and held his arms rod strait to not drop the muffin's. He had done this before and found just taking a deep breath was good for a now.

However, Muffet had seen him burn his arm and gasped. The second he placed the muffins down, she snatched him up. He let out a squeak as she carried him to the fridge and pulled out an ice pack.

"Oh, darling, you must be careful!" She said, clearly concerned for him. Harry looked at her, then looked down.

"I'm sorry..." He replied softly. "I didn't mean to..."

"Oh, I know." Muffet cooed. "It happens to the best of us you know."

"It does?" he asked.

"Of course!" She said placing it gently on his burn mark making him flinch slightly. "Sorry dear." She said softly. Harry shook his head but was surprised to find the pain going away.

"Huh?"

"Ice cools the pain of burns dear." She explained as she lightly taped his burnt arm this time he did not flinch away.

"It…dose? Wow…" he said amazed.

Muffet smiled at him. He was adorable when he had learned something new. "What did you use before dear?" she asked him.

He tilted his head downward. "Th-The freaky stuff would usually fix it by the end of the day." He explained.

Muffet shook her head sadly. "Well, whatever that is, it seems the ice will beat it to it, hmm?" Harry giggled.

"Uh-huh!" He replied. "My arm feels better already!" Muffet nodded.

"Very good." She said, pleased. "Now, let me take a look at those muffins." She stepped away to look at the muffins.

"They look pretty good, Ma'am!"

Harry's little spider friend was already taking a look.

Muffet smiled at the little spider. "Do they now?"

The spider crawled over to it and took a hesitant bite before stiffening and falling over with a content sigh. Harry was wide eyed scared. "Ms. Spider!" he said worried.

"SO GOOD!" she shouted causing the boy and the spider woman to go wide eyed.

Muffet giggled covering her lips with one of her hands. "Is that so? Well let's give them a taste." She picked up one and gave it a good look over before nodding and taking a bite.

She let out a "Hmm" and nodded in content. "These are quite tasty." She said, impressed. She patted Harry's head. "It seems we have a new assistant chef then." Harry blushed.

"Me? Help?" He asked. "I'd...I'd like to." Muffet giggled.

"Well I'm happy to hear it!" She replied. "Now, let ME bake for YOU."

Harry smiled and clapped his hands in excitement. Muffet smiled and started to get to work her arms going into overtime.

Harry watched with wide amazed eyes as she was pretty much a blur to his eyes. "Wow…so cool…"

Muffet smiled at that and with one other hand patted his head making him giggle lightly at her. Soon there was a fresh batch of sweets, muffins and a cake sitting on the counter.

Harry stared at it all with wide eyes. "Wow it looks so good." He looked up at Muffet who was cleaning her hands with a towel. "Can I have a bite…" he asked hesitantly.

Muffet gave him a bright smile, "Of course daring!" she said.

She pulled out a knife and cut a slice of the cake before placing it on a plate. "There you are, dearie." She said, holding it out to him, along with a fork. He took it and smiled.

"Thank you, Muffet." He said softly before taking a bite. It was just as yummy as the sweets he had gotten to eat back at the house before his uncle smashed them. He turned to his spider friend. "Do you want some too?" She looked surprised.

"But it's yours!" She exclaimed.

"I wanna share." Harry replied.

The spider thought about it for a second before slowly approaching him as he placed down the plate for her to take a bite. She did so and shivered with glee. "So Good! Awesome as always ma'am!"

Muffet was smiling warmly at the child her many hands covering her heart at the warming scene. This little human boy was worming into her heart, and she did not wish for him to stop. He loved her baking, was absolutely adorable, but was also was kind to the spiders.

She felt a warmth she had rarely felt before course through her and her smile grew more tender as she watched the two…her children…