This is certainly turning out to be a fantastic fest for Dudley. I love the way you've structured this, and Dudley's slow acceptance of who he is and realization of what he can be. You've done a beautiful job with the supporting cast: not just Dean (though I love him and his drawings here) and Mrs. Figg, but the original characters like Phil and Sheila as well. The scene with Petunia is just heartbreaking - completely and utterly believable, but heartbreaking. As for the relationship with Harry, I like how they're simultaneously the only people who really understand what it was like to grow up in that house, and yet strangers enough that they can get to know each other on entirely new terms now. Well done.