This story really should have far more reviews than it does as it is absolutely wonderful. I love the way that you have skillfully drawn all the characters. Dudley's slow growth, Petunia's reluctant support for the magical world. The gradual embracing of Muggle methods, to escape, to communicate. I love the fact that the Dursley's protectors try to help them settle in by purchasing the newspapers only to get it so hopelessly wrong and get the Guardian and the Independant, rather than the Mail or the Telegraph. I love the way that Augusta is as prejudiced in her way as Petunia is and the way that they all seem to end up together, somehow offering a sort of support for eachother, just before the end.
I think you capture the stagnant air of waiting so well and the desperate hope and bravery of Kingsley and Remus and Severus Snape, who almost, but not quite reaches out to Minerva.
I have just one complaint. I would have liked more.