Petunia Dursley
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"I don't—want—to—go (to Hogwarts)! You think I want to go to some stupid castle and learn to be a—a—you think I want to be a—a freak?"
—Petunia Dursley to Lily Potter in 1971, when the latter was leaving for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Petunia Evans Dursley is the Muggle sister of Lily Potter I. Born Petunia Evans, she originally desired to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but changed her mind after Albus Dumbledore told her, however kindly, that she could not, breaking all contact with her sister and the wizarding world. Evans eventually married Vernon Dursley, a Muggle, the two giving birth to Dudley Dursley nearly three years later.
The Dursley family found Petunia's nephew Harry Potter on their doorstep a year later, hating him for being Lily's son and therefore a wizard. Forced to take Potter in, the Dursleys highly abused him and treated him like a slave. However, when Potter was eleven, letters from Hogwarts began to find their way into the house. The Dursleys, however, did everything possible to prevent him from reading them, even moving to a hut by the sea. However, they were found by Rubeus Hagrid, who had Potter learn about the wizarding world.
After years of cooperating with Potter, the Dursleys were relocated by the Order of the Phoenix to keep them safe from Lord Voldemort. Shortly after, Potter also escaped from 4 Privet Drive in the Battle of Seven Potters.
Dursley eventually became a grandmother when her son Dudley had two children, and passed away for unknown reasons some point before August 2020.
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Trivia
- Although Dursley went with Lily to Platform 9 ¾ when the latter went to Hogwarts, she claimed not to have any knowledge of the platform when Harry Potter asked her and Vernon about it. Although it is possible she forgot the location, it is more likely she pretended not to know about it to antagonize Potter.
Notes and references
- ↑ Petunia Dursley’s younger sister Lily Potter I was born in 1960.