Discovery & Resolutions
AN: First ever story, so would enjoy some criticism, mot likely making harry be somewhat OOC, will not be giving anything more than he will be different.
Summary: What if harry growing up didn't succumb to the dursley's tyranny over him, what if he didn't give up and become submissive.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter who was written by J.K Rowling if I did he would never be the way he was that and I don't have as much brain cells as her hehehe.
Harry woke up feeling happy that morning on this particular day, besides the fact that it was Dudley's birthday, which he couldn't care less about, the dursley's would usually leave him with Mrs. Figg down a few doors down while they would take what he would consider a fat whale of a cousin wherever he felt like it on top of the gifts he would receive. While he gave up hoping to be taken along with them when he was younger, he was by no means complaining when he would be out of their sight for the day. Best part was that he didn't even have to cook for them after unknowingly making the cupboards in the kitchen rattle when they had made him mad over being accused of being a good for nothing dead weight that could not do anything right.
"Wake up BOY" said Vernon, which snapped harry out of his musings, and while they may not have made him cook anymore the way they talked to him hadn't changed. "coming uncle Vernon" sighed harry he really just wanted to go to Mrs. Figg's already. He went to the bathroom which he was allowed to use for five minutes and then it was only because they didn't want the neighbors to talk about the weird boy smelling like he hadn't showered or anything like that. When he was done brushing his teeth with an old toothbrush that was supposedly generously given to him as a gift harry looked into the mirror and watched the reflection stare back. He was a bit above height average for a ten year-old standing at 5 feet and weighing at 86 pounds. He knew the only reason he wasn't under weight or small was because the dursley's wouldn't want people to question on how they had one supposedly what they considered a healthy weight son but an underfed nephew, so they gave him meals most of the time except when he was being punished for doing something freaky apparently.
When he came out of the cupboard under the stairs, he was treated to the sight of the family together sitting down eating a meal. "boy come over here we need to talk to you'" Vernon looked red in the face just talking to him or he was mad, which ever harry really didn't care.
"yes uncle" harry asked, while watching his uncle's face turn even redder than it had already been which just looking at it wanted to make him laugh, but he wasn't about to do that or they might just lock him back up in his little room. Which he wasn't ready to go back to yet.
"you're coming with us too the zoo" Vernon hissed obviously showing how much he was hating the idea of taking him along, but harry was thinking along the lines of why where they taking him, when he very well knew they despised him for something." Mrs. Figg is not here for the week she left to stay with her family, even though I'm sure they don't even liker her" muttered Vernon while insulting her.
"oh joy, what lovely family I have taking me to the zoo" harry muttered under his breath knowing Vernon wouldn't be able to hear him. He really wished he could've stayed home, but then on the bright side at least he got to look at some exotic animals like lions, snakes and all that. He had read some books before on animals but this would be his first time seeing them in the flesh. He sighed oh well he would just have to accept the fact his day would be somewhat miserable. He sighed while closing the door to the house after everyone ate and had gotten ready to go. On the drive there Dudley surprisingly stayed quiet, only sticking his face to the window watching other car's go by and making rude gestures to other kids when his parents weren't watching. He kept quiet on the fact he looked like a pig with his nose crunched up against the window like that, he didn't want to get in trouble or make Dudley stop looking like an idiot to other people since it was his only entertainment.
When they arrived at the zoo, they spent time walking throughout the exhibit's, they watched the lion's, gorilla's and also some alligators. Towards the end of the trip they stopped at the reptile exhibit, where they saw poisonous snakes and a couple non-poisonous, some of which where rattle-snakes, taipan's, boa's, and a bunch of others. Towards the end Dudley saw a single housing with a plaque that read "Black Mamba" under it, it had a red tear drop, which some of the other habitats had signifying that they were poisonous. Seeing this Dudley decided to pushed harry away from it, who was watching the beautiful snake slumber in peace. Dudley deciding to wake it up, started banging on the window of the habitat and trying to disturb it by yelling at it to wake up. Seeing as he wasn't getting a reaction he moved on while harry stayed back to watch it. And after a few minutes it started moving around hissing which harry understood it was pissed off, what he didn't understand was that for some strange reason he thought he could hear it talking.
"Stupid human, waking me from my slumber, if I was out you would feel my bite, see how you survive" hissingly the black mamba said. Harry looking around till he saw the snake hissing menacingly, deciding to talk back to it since he could for some strange reason hear what it was saying.
"hello, I'm sorry for my cousin waking you" harry replied, not really freaking out since he did hear the change in his voice which was now hissing. He thought he had gotten a weird power, since it would make sense with his uncle calling him a freak, which harry thought it was awesome that he could talk to snake's.
"you can speak my language human, what is your name?" hissed the snake to harry. Harry not really seeing the problem decided to tell his name to it.
"My name is harry, what is yours" harry asked wondering if the snake even had a name or not, well he would soon find out anyways.
"Nice to meet you hatchling and no apologies needed for the other boy" replied the snake. As harry opened his mouth to reply, Dudley making his way back saw the snake awake and hissing shoved harry out of the way and onto the tile floor, harry getting angry wished the glass could vanish just to see what his dear cousin would do seeing the snake face to face. While he was thinking this Dudley had his body leaning on the housing for the snake and just when harry had thought of the glass vanishing Dudley fell in somehow since the glass did somehow magically vanished. While the snake was rearing back to bite Dudley harry quickly hissed to it.
"Don't if you bite him they could kill you for almost killing a human, quickly get up under my shirt and wrap yourself around me." harry hissed. Seeing the snake stop and slither out of the entrapment people freaked out and started running in all different directions, which was good luck since no one saw the snake slither up his legs and wrap around his frame, needing to be wrapped around part of his arms to. Good thing he had Dudley's cast offs since they more than covered up the 6 foot mamba coiled up around him. When he looked back up after making sure the snake was secured he saw that the glass somehow came back and his cousin was trapped in the habitat for the snake, which made him laugh out loud. Vernon hearing this while petunia was screaming her head off for somebody to get her precious son out of there turned red in anger and told harry in no uncertain terms that there was going to be discipline when they'd get home. Harry seeing this decided to let the snake know that it should probably leave in it's best interest's to not get hurt.
"You should leave my family is not happy with what happened they are furious, blaming me for the glass vanishing and don't you want to leave." Harry told the snake. The snake replied that it would stay with him since it did not have anywhere else to go, that and he felt attached to harry for some reason, it just couldn't explain why. Harry on the ride home was a bit worried with what was going to happen to him, he knew they wouldn't physically hurt him, but that didn't mean they couldn't starve him or heaven forbid leave him cooped up in his cupboard for days.
As soon as they got home and inside the house with the door locked and the window curtain shut his uncle started ranting on about how dare he make something freaky happen at the zoo, that they where civilized people and did not need other people seeing his family as a bunch of freaks. While this was going on harry wasn't really paying attention instead wondering how the glass had vanished, he knew he was different since he was pretty sure other people weren't able to talk to snake, but was it really him who vanished the glass? Vernon seeing that harry wasn't paying attention just about exploded in anger.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you freak" yelled Vernon to harry, seeing as he still wasn't paying attention Vernon lost it and started to throw a punch at harry. Seeing as everyone forgot about it, the snake slithered out of harry shirt from the top and hissed menacingly at Vernon. Making Vernon stop and stumble backwards after seeing it. Harry seeing this cracked a grin and started to laugh, oh the irony on how he used to be afraid and now Vernon was the one shaking in his shoes. Harry started talking to Vernon.
"listen here you fat asshole, this here is my new friend it's a black mamba and in case you didn't see the label its extremely venomous, now if you don't want me to tell it to bite you, there will be some changes around here." harry said. Vernon was dumb but he wasn't dumb enough to let himself get bitten by a top tier venomous snake. "what do you want BOY" Vernon growled in half rage half terrified manner. "It's all very simple I want you to leave me alone and I want the spare bedroom and that's it, besides that we will live peacefully we both ignore each other and that's it." harry remarked. Vernon agreed angrily not seeing another way out of it or he would've taken it. "now seeing as I'm moving into the other bedroom I have to pack up" harry replied while walking off petting the mamba. As soon as he made it to under his cupboard he slid to the floor not believing that he just put Vernon in his place and it was all thanks to his hopefully new friend.
"so I never did catch your name what is it and are you male or female since I would rather not have to keep calling you an it" harry replied to the snake that had slithered out and was now on his chest hissing contently with the way its head was being rubbed by harry.
"I was hatched ass an egg in there, so I do not currently have one, but if you will it you can name me. As for me I am a female snake." replied the now female mamba. Harry pondered on what he could name her since now that he knew the mamba was a female he had to come up with a female name.
"sorea shall be your name, I hope you like it" harry told the snake while she thought on it."Sorea, yes I like this name young hatchling" replied the mamba to harry. Harry being curious on to why she kept on calling her hatchling he questioned her on it. "Why do you keep calling me hatchling sorea?" hissed harry to sorea." Tis because you are still young and I feel that I should protect you as one of my young hatchling's" replied sorea. Harry hearing this for the first time since he could remember felt loved as a family member and wanted he felt a few tears slide down his cheeks, he thought he had gotten rid of ever feeling loved, but apparently only kept them at bay. Sorea seeing this immediately asked if he was okay. "I'm fine sorea I just can't remember when was the last time I felt loved like this" Harry didn't want to lie to her, she may be a snake but she made him happy and loved and that's all that mattered to him. At last Sorea told him something that struck a nerve in him. "You may not be of my nest hatchling but I shall love you like no other, you who are not of my species shall be my son through our bond not blood" Sorea replied to harry. Hearing this and seeing her loving and comforting gaze harry broke down and let silent tears streak down his cheeks and reached out and hugged her as best as he could while Sorea slithered around him and put him in a tight embrace and rested her head against his forehead. What they didn't notice was the magical glow that covered them in slight gold, binding them in a unique way.
AN: OK, first chapter is done people leave some reviews down and I shall look into them as for pairings because I'm sure someone will want to suggest one and I also will too. At the current moment there will not be one till much later maybe till 3rd or 4th year I don't know yet we shall see. OH and just for future reference he will definitely not end up with Ginny.