Title: Good To The Last Drop

Author: Lady FoxFire

Pairing(s): None

Rating: PG-13

Warning: Character death

Category(s): Drama/Mystery (Pre-Hogwarts)

Summary: Harry has many chores to do on this day, including cooking dinner for the Dursley's family. And on this day a simply mistake will be made with devastating result and the all the fault belong to…

Disclaimer: Sometime the disclaimers can be more interesting than the story and because of that it's a bitch to write them. You don't want them to overshadow your fic but on the other hand you don't want a little blurb that is saying Harry Potter universe doesn't belong to you and that you don't make any money off this fic. **Sigh** Maybe next time I can think of something amusing. Maybe I can have my son run in and announce all that legal bullsh*t but he's such a chatterbox you'll never get a chance to read it with is mouth in motion and he bounce around you.

Bad Author Note: I started this fic a long time ago and then ran into a roadblock. It's only recently I've been able to get around it but not in the directions I had been planning but over all I'm satisfied with this story.

"In local news, the area of Little Whinging was rocked today by a case of murder, suicide and child slavery," the anchorwoman said with a gleam in her eye. "We turn to Sara Talbot who's live at the scene. Sara?"

"Thank you Heather. Earlier today police made a grizzly discovery in the home of Vernon and Petunia Dursley when they were summoned to the house by co-workers of Mr. Dursley after he had not arrived for work for the past two days," the young bouncing reporter stated as she stared in the camera.

Number four, Privet Drive, stood in the background, roped off by the yellow 'Do Not Cross' police tape as officers, detectives and people directing a stretcher towards the house.

"When police entered the home they discover of the remains of the Dursley family and one unknown female in the dining room," the reporter reported. "Upon further investigation the police located a young boy suffering from dehydration locked into the area under the stairs. As of right now the boy's condition is listed as guarded."

"Sara," the anchorwoman at the studio interrupted, "Do the police have an idea of the cause of death? And why do they suspect this is a murder/suicide?"

"Early signs in the investigations are pointing to Mrs. Dursley having poisoned the family dinner with an illegal and highly toxic rat poison," Sara reported. "Speculation has it that Mrs. Dursley found out about her husband affair with a younger woman."

"Do we know who the young boy was and how he is related to the Dursleys?" the anchorwoman demanded.

"Neighbors report that the boy, who is believed to be named Harry, was the nephew of the Mrs. Dursley," the reporter answered, "who came to live with the family in '81 after the death of his parents."

"Thank you for the report, Sara," the anchorwoman said as they returned to the studio. "As always we will keep you informed in all the late breaking news in this bizarre case."

~*~

"Following up on murder/suicide we brought to you, yesterday," a greying anchorman stated in a dignified tone of voice. "Police as asking for help in identifying this young boy, who was discovered at the scene." A picture of a very thin boy with black hair, green eyes and bruised of varying shades appeared on the screen.

"Early reports had indicated that the boy was the nephew of Petunia Dursley who had been orphaned in '81 due to a car accident. However upon further investigation police have been unable to locate any information about the boy or his parents," the man reported. "Currently the police are treating this as a child abduction."

~*~

The young female reporter strolled down the street as she spoke to the camera. "This quiet idyllic neighborhood appears to be the perfect place to raise children. However this neighborhood hides a dark secret as neighbors allowed the family that lived in this house," the camera turned and focused on Number four, Privet Drive, "to physically and mentally abuse a young boy who was under their care."

"Neighbors have stated to the police that the child could often be seen doing heavy and sometimes dangerous yard work such as cleaning the gutters and mowing the grass. They also claim to have heard the Dursley's shouting at the child at all hours of the day. Many people claim to have witnessed seeing bruises on the boy. And yet throughout all of this not once was there a police investigation even though many swear to have called the police."

"So today we are left wonder what powers and influence did the Dursley family have over the neighbors and law enforcement in order to cover their crimes?" The reported said.

~*~

London Times - page 12

Police have ruled that the death of Vernon Dursley, Marge Dursley and Dudley Dursley was a homicide by poison. The suspect Petunia Dursley was found dead at the scene by her own hand. Currently the reasons behind the murder/suicide are unknown.

~*~

London Times - page 13

Harry Potter, age 5, has been declared of the ward of the Crown and has been placed under protective custody.

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Did Petunia poison the family or was it Harry? If he did poison them did he do it on accident or on purposes?

Was Harry placed in an orphanage, taken back to the Wizard community or hidden away by the crown?

Only you, dear reader can answer those questions.

As for the poison… well I make it up. I know there are some fast-acting poisons out there but I'm not sure if Petunia could get a hold of them and use it to simply kill rats and insects. So simply take it with a grain of salt.