Saturday, July 29.
The actual operation to move Potter took place a day earlier than the false information passed to the Ministry of Magic indicated.
Su Er had already arrived at 4 Privet Drive and faced the noisy Dursley family and Harry. He was the advance party, there to get the Dursley family out before the members of the Order of the Phoenix arrived.
Of course, he was in the guise of Aibo Nokhan.
"Just as Potter said," Su Er spoke up, "the reason you've been able to live here in peace all this time is that Potter's mother placed a magical protection on him, and that protection will expire at midnight tomorrow."
"Don't think that fire poker in your hands will do you any good."
Su Er glanced at Mr. Dursley, who had raised a double-barreled shotgun and pointed it at him.
"I'm here to help you, Mr. Dursley."
As he spoke, Su Er flicked a fingertip, and the shotgun suddenly turned into a large pink pig, which struggled free and leaped out of Dursley's hands.
Seeing Vernon recoil in alarm, Harry couldn't help laughing aloud.
"Potter should already have explained why you need to leave. Whether you believe it or not, you must leave this place. Those were Dumbledore's instructions, and if you refuse to leave, I won't mind resorting to more violent methods."
Su Er looked at Dursley-or rather, at his wife, Petunia, behind him.
"You turn up in someone else's home out of nowhere, then tell us out of nowhere to leave the house we've lived in for over a decade..." Mr. Dursley's voice boomed, though he clearly sounded somewhat unsure of himself.
"How do we know you aren't a fraud..."
"That won't be necessary. We believe you." Sure enough, Petunia, who knew something of the