Dudley and the Dementors

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Finwitch:

Simple. Harry (who spends LEAST amount of time with Dursleys in HBP)
finds out in the last book. That means, after a year of education.
Now, Harry began Occlumency studies (which is a power that is a
possibly Voldy-transfer) - BUT: Voldemort is a Legilemens, too. I
wouldn't put it past Dumbledore (who can do both) to teach Harry
Occlumency (he most definately will do it himself now) AND
Legilimency. Harry DOES have this ability, because - much like
Parseltongue - he got it from Voldemort.


Snow:

Very good scenario, Finwitch! Harry may finally recognize that he has 
abilities that he didn't realize he had and utilize those abilities 
in such a way that you have described.  Harry actually has, 
unintentionally, saw some of Snape's memories, maybe he will remember 
that incident and make an attempt to purposely view Petunia or 
Dudley's memories. 

Finwitch snipped:

You know, all in all - as much as I'd like to see that poor kid get
some happiness - defeating Dursleys makes a better story. AND I think
that confronting them is actually best for Harry - dealing with his
past so he can truly be over it.

Snow:

Here are a few of JKR's answers to some Dursley questions:

O'Malley, Judy. "Talking With . . . J.K. Rowling," Book Links, July 
1999
JOM: Harry is very subversive in how he gets back at his terrible 
relatives. He's a fully developed character, not a victim or saint. 

Rowling: Yes, he wants to get back at Dudley. He's a human boy, and 
we the readers want him to get back at Dudley. And, in the long term, 
trust me, he will. But Harry is also innately honorable. He's not a 
cruel boy. He's competitive, and he's a fighter. He doesn't just lie 
down and take abuse. But he does have native integrity, which makes 
him a hero to me. He's a normal boy but with those qualities most of 
us really admire. 

Transcript of Yahooligans! chat with J.K. Rowling, Yahooligans!, 
October 20, 2000

Yahooligan_Jennifer asks: Did Harry ever use magic on Dudley in the 
real world? 

jkrowling_bn: Not so far (hint) 

The Oregonian, October 22, 2000
 
"Hints about the future: "There's stuff coming with the Dursleys that 
people might not expect, but I'm not going to give too much away 
there if that's OK. . . ."
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These interviews are all pre-OOP so the last example is somewhat 
answered already but I was intrigued with the first two answers; 
Harry getting Dudley back and Harry using magic on Dudley, I don't 
think there has been any revelation of either of these two quotes. I 
realize Dudley is not going to have a lot of page time in book six 
but I think we may find out what he saw when the dementor attacked 
possibly like you said through the use of legilemency. 

Can't wait for the twists in the next book even if she rebuffs all of 
my theories! 

Snow