Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Aubrey, her family (aunt,uncles, cousin/parents) and Seraphina

|| Chapter 1 ||

"Come on slow-poke!" 10 year old Aubrey Lovelace closed the car door and followed her cousin, Christie Patterson, that was running towards the entrance of the zoo. Her Aunt Veronica Patterson, and her Uncle Terrance Patterson following close behind them.
The four stopped in front of an exhibit of ,what Aubrey guessed was a Leopard Turtle.
Her family ,being too busy with the turtle, didn't notice her walking over to another exhibit to where a Taipan snake lied in.
"Hello Bev" She greeted the snake, getting up on the railing. "Hey Bee!" Bev, the snake, said though it came out as a hiss. "How are you today Bev?" Aubrey asked.

"Fine, although the Berlins came again today and Trinity was being more of a git then normal" Bev said rolling her eyes earning a giggle from her human friend. "I can imagine. Trinity isn't exactly a very happy person to be with." Aubrey agreed.
"Let me guess Christie came here today?" Aubrey nodded.
"Yeah today's her birthday and they're going meet up with the Dursley's again" Aubrey said shrugging.
"Oh god not the Dursleys. I just got to ask how did the Pattersons ended up becoming friends with the Dursley's?" Aubrey was about to answer when Bev said "Wait, don't answer that. I already know the answer to it" Aubrey smiled closing her mouth. "I'm glad to be friends with you Bev. You're the only friend I have that actually understands me."

"You don't think it's weird being friends with a snake?" Aubrey shook her head. "Nah I think it's awesome being able to be friends with a snake. Plus I can talk to you and no one will understand what your saying." Bev laughed and said "Yeah that is true."
Just then the two heard Christie's voice say. "HEY DUDLEY!" The two rolled their eyes and chorused. "Here comes trouble"
"Is it weird that Dudley is friends with my cousin yet he despises me?" Aubrey asked.
Bev shook her head. "Nope it would've been weird if he had a CRUSH on you." Aubrey giggled and said "That would be bloody ridiculous! We are two exact opposites, how would any of us fall for the other one?" Bev nodded her head down as if shrugging. "I don't know. They do say opposites attract" "You are blooming mad you know that?" Aubrey asked laughing. "Yeah I know" Bev answered and the two laughed.

Over with the Pattersons, Christie met up with Dudley and the two families exchanged their hellos. 10 year old, Harry Potter crossed his arms as he stood off to the side, not being noticed by any of the two families. He heard a voice and looked over his shoulder to see a girl talking with the snake.

"He's such a weirdo! No wonder why him and Christie got paired up together!" She said to it and the two laughed.
'Who is that?' Harry asked himself, staring at the girl. 'I never seen her with the Pattersons before.' He thought.
"Hey who knows they might get married one day?" The snake said making Harry's eyes widen. 'Did that snake just...talked?' He asked himself. "They would the perfect match for each other. Weirdo #1 and Weirdo #2" The girl agreed. Harry looked at the Dursley's to seem them walking away to another exhibit with the Pattersons before looking back at the girl and the snake. 'Perhaps I should go say hello.' He thought before walking over to them

"You think they would care?" Aubrey asked Bev. Bev shook her head in response. "Nah you know they don't care anything about what you do Bee" Aubrey nodded and said "True." Just then the two heard a voice say. "Hello" They turned to see a boy with raven-hair, emerald eyes with glasses. "Oh hello" Aubrey said as he joined her on the railing.
"I'm Aubrey, Aubrey Lovelace" She introduced herself.
"Harry, Harry Potter" The boy introduced himself sticking out his hand. Aubrey shook his hand with a smile.
"Nice to meet you Harry" "You too Aubrey" When the two touched hands, both of them felt a volt which surprised them. They had no idea where it came from nor why they felt it. Both of them wondered if the other felt it. Aubrey let go and said "This is Beverly" "Hello!" Beverly greeted Harry. "Hello Beverly." He said smiling.

"Y-you can understand her?" Aubrey asked shocked. Harry nodded facing her. "Can you?" He asked. She nodded. "Yeah. That's weird." She said. "What is?" Beverly asked. "That Harry can understand you just as well as I can." She said looking at her reptilian friend.
"I didn't know I could understand you either. I'm just as shocked as Aubrey" Harry agreed with Aubrey.
"You live with the Dursley's right?" Beverly asked and Harry nodded. "You do?" Aubrey asked wincing.
Harry nodded once again, his emerald green eyes meeting her amber brown ones. "Oh poor Harry" Aubrey sympathized him. "It's alright" Harry shrugged. "I'm used to it. I'm guessing you live with the Pattersons huh?" Aubrey looked down, nodding making Harry wince. "Both the Dursleys and Pattersons are horrible" Beverly said making the two 10 year olds look at her. "Agreed" They said in unison.

"MOMMY, DAD LOOK AT WHAT THE SNAKE IS DOING!" Two voices chorused as Harry and Aubrey were bumped into. They looked to see their cousins run towards an exhibit where a Boa Constrictor lied.
"Great here we go again" Beverly said rolling her eyes.
The trio began to glare at the two, Aubrey's hand balling up into a fist.
"Oh wouldn't I give to just smack the codswallop out of them!" Aubrey sneered. "You and me both" Harry agreed. "Can I?" Aubrey asked Beverly. "I ain't saying no" She complied. "YES!" Aubrey whispered making Harry shake his slightly while smiling. The 10 year olds kept on glaring at their cousins when they both fell into the exhibit.

The two had dropped-jaws before exchanging a look with each other. It slowly turned into smiles as they stared at their scared cousins. Aubrey started to giggle seeing the two freak out as Harry's grin got bigger.
The parents of Christie and Dudley noticed their kids inside the habitat and the moms began to freak out.
Aubrey and Harry were still smiling and snickering at the scene in front of them.
The dads looked at each other before looking over at the snickering pair. Their smiles immediately vanishing, now replaced with worry. The men stomped over and pulled the two off the railing.

"What did you do?" Terrance snapped at his niece as he grabbed her harshly by the arm. "Nothing! I wasn't even anywhere near Christie or Dudley! I was over here!" Aubrey cried out as her uncle's fingers dug into her skin.
"She's telling the truth! We were standing right there the entire time." Harry defended her.
"You had something to do with it too didn't you?" Vernon snapped at his nephew.
"We're going home to deal with you missy!" Terrance sneered before turning to Vernon. "I'm sorry for her, I don't even understand why we got landed with her." He apologized.

"It's alright. I'm stuck with this one too. We both got landed with the misfits." Vernon said gesturing to Harry. Beverly ,standing by, glared at the two men. She locked eyes with Aubrey and said "I'm sorry Bee!" Aubrey gave her friend a smile.
'It's alright Bev' She mouthed to her. Beverly locked eyes with Harry and mouthed. 'You better take care of her, Harry!'
He nodded and mouthed. 'I will!'
Terrance stomped off with Aubrey, as she gave Harry, a goodbye wave. "Bye!" He whispered/shouted to her. "Bye!" She replied as her and her family left the zoo, Harry giving Aubrey one last glance. It left the two 10 years old to hope and wonder if they'll see each other again.

A/N: This was originally on my Quotev account but since it got taken down, I decided to put it on this account on .

Italics represents Beverly or any animal talking to Harry/Aubrey

Bold is Aubrey's or Harry's thoughts

Double Space is changing to from either Harry's/Aubrey's 3rd POV perspective to the other one.