Chapter Two: Nepenthe
"Come on Dan quickly before anyone sees," Jessica said. Dan, after pleading for so long had faunally given in to going to Hogwarts. Dan and Jessica were now traveling by floo powder to Diagon Alley.
"I'm coming I'm coming," Dan said rather excited about going to Hogwarts now that Jessica hade coaxed him into it.
"My have you grown, Dan," Jessica stated. Dan was about 5'11 with jet black hair, green eyes, and he was very slim for his age, on account of not being fed a lot when he was little. Jessica threw the floo powder into the dining room fireplace where a blazing fire had been made.
"You first, Jessica you, unlike me know where you are going to end up," Dan said. With a nod of her head Jessica hopped into the fire and said confidently,
"Diagon Alley," and she was gone with a small pop. Now it was Dan's turn. He had traveled by floo powder before but he had always known where he was going.
"Diagon Alley," he coughed with a mouth full of soot, as he walked into the flames.
* * *
"Harry, what is it?" Ron and Hermione said together. Harry ignored them and approached the bush again.
"Show yourself," Harry yelled. Hermione and Ron looked at each other. Harry was nearly a half foot from the bush when a small silvery snake came out of the bushes.
"Hello, you musst be Harry Potter," the snake said.
"Oh I get it," exclaimed Ron. "You were speaking parslemouth to the little snake,"
"How do you know who I am?" Harry asked.
"Ssorry, my name is Nepenthe, when I was young I was Tom Riddle's pet. But don't worry I abandoned him 40 years ago when he turned into Lord Voldemort. I hated it when he turned evil," Nepenthe said.
"He says he used to be Tom Riddle's pet but he abandoned him 40 years ago," Harry told his friends.
"How can we trust him?" Hermione asked. "He could be working for You-know- who," she said.
"Nepenthe, how can we trust you?" Harry asked.
"I give you my word Harry Potter," Nepenthe said. As he slithered towards Harry extending his tail for him to shake. Harry took the tail and shook it.
"I got it!" exclaimed Hermione. "Guess what I have? Veritaserum!" Harry and Ron exclaimed dumbfounded looks. "Arrghh, you two never remember anything! Remember? Veritaserum was the truth potion that Snape used on Barty Crouch last year. We could use it on the snake and we could tell if he was lying," she said.
"Herm, when, and how did you brew that potion?" Ron asked.
"I used that book Most Potent Potions, you know the one we got for the polyjuice potion in our second year, and I brewed it after Snape threatened Harry with it," Hermione said.
"Oh yeah, lets do it," Harry said. "Hold on I have to ask Nepenthe," he said.
"Nepenthe, just to be sure that you are not lying we are going to test you with a lying potion," Harry said.
"Fine by me," said Nepenthe.
"He says it's fine," Harry said. "Nepenthe, climb up on my shoulder and we will head back to Ron's house," with that said by Harry, Ron , Hermione and Nepenthe went back to the Burrow.
"Come on Dan quickly before anyone sees," Jessica said. Dan, after pleading for so long had faunally given in to going to Hogwarts. Dan and Jessica were now traveling by floo powder to Diagon Alley.
"I'm coming I'm coming," Dan said rather excited about going to Hogwarts now that Jessica hade coaxed him into it.
"My have you grown, Dan," Jessica stated. Dan was about 5'11 with jet black hair, green eyes, and he was very slim for his age, on account of not being fed a lot when he was little. Jessica threw the floo powder into the dining room fireplace where a blazing fire had been made.
"You first, Jessica you, unlike me know where you are going to end up," Dan said. With a nod of her head Jessica hopped into the fire and said confidently,
"Diagon Alley," and she was gone with a small pop. Now it was Dan's turn. He had traveled by floo powder before but he had always known where he was going.
"Diagon Alley," he coughed with a mouth full of soot, as he walked into the flames.
* * *
"Harry, what is it?" Ron and Hermione said together. Harry ignored them and approached the bush again.
"Show yourself," Harry yelled. Hermione and Ron looked at each other. Harry was nearly a half foot from the bush when a small silvery snake came out of the bushes.
"Hello, you musst be Harry Potter," the snake said.
"Oh I get it," exclaimed Ron. "You were speaking parslemouth to the little snake,"
"How do you know who I am?" Harry asked.
"Ssorry, my name is Nepenthe, when I was young I was Tom Riddle's pet. But don't worry I abandoned him 40 years ago when he turned into Lord Voldemort. I hated it when he turned evil," Nepenthe said.
"He says he used to be Tom Riddle's pet but he abandoned him 40 years ago," Harry told his friends.
"How can we trust him?" Hermione asked. "He could be working for You-know- who," she said.
"Nepenthe, how can we trust you?" Harry asked.
"I give you my word Harry Potter," Nepenthe said. As he slithered towards Harry extending his tail for him to shake. Harry took the tail and shook it.
"I got it!" exclaimed Hermione. "Guess what I have? Veritaserum!" Harry and Ron exclaimed dumbfounded looks. "Arrghh, you two never remember anything! Remember? Veritaserum was the truth potion that Snape used on Barty Crouch last year. We could use it on the snake and we could tell if he was lying," she said.
"Herm, when, and how did you brew that potion?" Ron asked.
"I used that book Most Potent Potions, you know the one we got for the polyjuice potion in our second year, and I brewed it after Snape threatened Harry with it," Hermione said.
"Oh yeah, lets do it," Harry said. "Hold on I have to ask Nepenthe," he said.
"Nepenthe, just to be sure that you are not lying we are going to test you with a lying potion," Harry said.
"Fine by me," said Nepenthe.
"He says it's fine," Harry said. "Nepenthe, climb up on my shoulder and we will head back to Ron's house," with that said by Harry, Ron , Hermione and Nepenthe went back to the Burrow.