Harry Finds a Friend

Little Harry Potter lived in an ordinary house at #4 Privet Drive. He lived with his ordinary family, his aunt Petunia who was long necked and always had the latest gossip of the neighborhood. His uncle Vernon, a large beefy man who was a manager at a large drill company. And lastly his cousin Dudley, a precocious child who wouldn’t win any Nobel prizes but the teachers all agreed was a good kid. If anyone ever asked them they would tell you they were perfectly respectable people and a standard of the type of people you would like to be. A upstanding family with a perfectly manicured lawn, they were the last ones you would expect to have any kind of secret.

But even the Pope has his secrets.

Little Harry was in his cupboard under the stairs curled up on his little cot listening closely for his Uncle Vernon. You see he did something out of the ordinary today. He was doing his chores like his Aunt told him, pulling the weeds out of the flower beds to keep them perfect like his aunt liked. He had almost been done when Dudley came running out of the house, pushing him over and stomping on his aunts prized Lilys before running back into the house and calling for his mum.

“Muuuuuum! Harry ruined your flowwwwers!”

Harry was scared, the lilys were his aunts favorites and this would mean he would be trapped in his cupboard for a long long time if she found them like this. Harry desperately tried to fix the flowers but no matter what he did the flowers stayed dead on the ground. Harry sat his hands on the soil and tried not to cry, that always made her madder, while he waited for his aunt. He wished and wished that the flowers would be better so he wouldn't be in trouble.

He heard his aunts gasp and Harry curled into himself to scared to look, he knew what was coming.

“What did you do you little freak!” Aunt Petunia hissed

Harry frowned confused, they only called him freak when he did something freaky, he didn't do that. Harry looked up and gasped, oh no! He did do something freaky. Aunt Petunias flowers that were broken and dead were now was a vibrate garden of lilys, bright and healthy.

Oh no.

“Get to your cupboard and stay there. Vernon will deal with you when he gets home,” Aunt Petunia said dragging him up by the arm and pushing him to the door.

Harry had been in the cupboard all day now waiting for his uncle to come see him. He heard him come home hours ago and since then Harry had been extra quiet. He remembered the last time he did something freaky his body hurt so bad he had trouble moving for days, it was so hard to do his chores on those days. Harry froze when he heard footsteps coming, he could barely hear him unlocking the door through his heart pounding in his chest.

So he wished and wished with all his might to be anywhere else, to be anywhere safe. As the door opened Harry saw a his uncles face and it went black. Harry felt like he was being squeezed through a long tube before it stopped. Harry kept his eyes closed tightly, he didn’t want to open them and see Uncle Vernon. Harry didn’t know how long he stayed there still with his eyes closed before he heard a voice.

“What are you doing out here with no scales young speaker?”

Harrys eyes flew open and he gasped. He was standing in the middle of a forest, trees sounded him from all directions, if he listened really hard he could hear the sound of a river near by. Wide eyed Harry spun in a circle looking for his family but he didn't see them anywhere!

“Young Speaker?”

The voice! Harry looked around frowned, he didn't see anyone.

“Hello?” Harry called out

“Down here young one”

Harry looked down and gasped, curled in font of his feet with its head up from its body was a snake, it was beautiful! It was a dark green with red feathers surrounding its head, its large eyes looked like a milky yellow.

“Your beautiful!” Harry hissed and reached his hand out. A man on the TV said that people shouldn't touch snakes because they could be harmful but this snake looked nice

The snake let out a pleased hiss and curled around his arm until its face was in front of Harrys.

“I like you young one. You will be my hatchling and I will take care of you.”

Harry smiled real big, “Will you protect me if my family comes for me? I don’t want to go with them.”

“Of course Hatchling! I will be able to protect you from anyone.”

“Thank you! Whats your name Ms. Snake?”

  “I don’t have a name hatchling. I escaped my keeper before he could name me maybe you can think of one. But for now come, we will go to my cave for cover. It’s going to rain soon.”

Harry didn’t now what to name the snake at first, he couldn't think of any name that was good enough for the pretty snake. So she told him stories, his favorites were about the people who built the big school for magic. His favorite was Rowena so thats the name he chose and she loved it. He liked Rowena cave alot. It was much bigger then his cupboard and she made sure he had alot of big leaves to keep him warm. She had even taught him how to make a fire  for his food with his freakishness! No, Rowena said it wasn’t freakishness, she said it was magic.

He could do magic!

She said one day I might be able to go to the magic school to learn, Harry hoped this was true.

“Hatchling,” Rowena hissed as she curled into his lap

“Yes?”

“I would like to bond with you. So you can be my forever wizard and we never have to be separated.”

“I would love that Rowena! I never want to be separated from you your my favorite person in the whole world,” Harry said excitedly. He never ever wanted to be without her, she was the nicest snake in the world.

“Good my little snakeling. I’m going to bite you okay? It will hurt but only for a minute and then we will never be separated.”

Harry hesitated, he didn’t want to be hurt but he never wanted to lose her.

“Okay Rowena. Go ahead.”

He barely saw her strike him before he cried out as he felt her bite his arm, releasing her venom into his arm. After what felt like forever Harry felt really warm and happy, he giggled as Rowena pulled back and let out a hiss.

“There you go hatchling. Now we will never be separated.”

Harry had been with Rowena for over a week when they heard the sound of crunching leaves and sticks by the edge of the cave. Harry tensed up and grasped Rowena with his hand as she hissed and arched her body up. She told him she was called a Basilisk and when she was older she would be able to kill people with her eyes but right for right now she only had her venom but that would be more then enough if needed.

Harry watched the opening of the cave with wide eyes, he hoped his family didn't find him!

But it wasn’t his family.

A man with pretty hair slowly entered the cave, a stick with a bright light at the end of it. He froze when he caught site of the snake that was posed protectively in front of Harry.

“I mean no harm,” the man said quietly crouching down in front of Harry and Rowena.

“Who are you,”Harry whispered, his hand still holding onto Rowena.

“My names Regulus. I was looking for someone when I felt your magic, I thought it might have been him.”

“Oh. My names Harry this is Rowena, shes my fa-fai--.”

Regulus smiled, “Your familiar?”

“Yes!”

“Should I bite him hatchling?”

“Rowena! He’s nice, no biting.”

“Your a Parselmouth,” Regulus breathed, he smiled real big showing off his teeth.

“Whats that?” Harry said confused.

“It’s what we call a wizard who can speak to snakes,” Regulus hesitated before continuing, “Would you like to come with me? You can bring your snake with you and I’ll keep you both safe.”

“Really? Let me ask Rowena, this is her cave and she might not want to leave it,” Harry said seriously. He wouldn’t make her leave her home unless she wanted to, he would stay in this cave with her forever.

“What do you think Rowena? Are you okay with leaving the cave and going with him?”

Rowena arched up and flicked her tongue, tasting the air, “Yes, we can go with him. I can taste his darkness, we can make him keep us safe. If he attacks you I will kill him.”

Harry smiled up at Regulus, “We would love to go with you Mr. Regulus.”

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