Prologue – Vipera Evanesca

In the deep forest on the island of Java stood an ancient temple. It had been reborn as the home of 'Naga Gedhe' fifty years before. The 'Naga Gedhe' or 'Great Dragon' as he was known by the inhabitants of the island, had called the island home for nearly a decade longer than he had claimed the temple. The temple was "gifted" to him after saving a nearby village from a magical invasion.

In truth the 'Great Dragon' was not a dragon at all, but a being who was a magical cross between a Human, Basilisk and a Phoenix. His primary form was that of snake-like human from the waist up, snake from the waist down with the wings of Phoenix. He began life as Wizard but due to conditions beyond his control changed him permanently.

He in truth had three forms. First was his human-snake-phoenix hybrid form, which was the form that gave him the title 'Naga Gedhe'. The second form was a nearly human form in which with a simple glamour he could easily pass as human. Lastly was a secret form as a Black Spitting Cobra, which allowed him to hide and spy on others when it was needed.

The people of Java respected 'Naga Gedhe' and his 'Kulawarga Naga' or 'Dragon family', regardless of their age. Without fail his descendants followed their progenitor, acting as guardians and protectors. Even the youngest children were known to protect other children. The various offspring worked in different areas of the government, law enforcement, health care and other areas that helped others. The fact that they were all magical was a known fact but never revealed to those outside of the island itself.

The people of Java realized that the various children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the 'Great Dragon' would gather at the temple home of their progenitor every five years. They allowed them to have a week off from the various jobs and schools. The purpose of the gathering was not only a reunion of the family, but meeting any new offspring and learning the history of their unique clan and family.

Unlike humans, the 'Great Dragon' and his three wives were able to produce multiple children each year. Which meant that their family was well into the hundreds of individuals. The pregnant wives would magically change into Human-Snake hybrid when they became pregnant. The children were born like snakes in that they were born from eggs. The next generations had the same reproductive magic that affected all the human female mates, so it was an open warning that all perspective mates learned early.

The children came in different forms due to their unique progenitor. Some were like their father and had traits of human-snake-phoenix. Others had human-snake, human-phoenix or snake-phoenix traits without the third. On occasion, offspring would appear to be human with only minor snake or phoenix traits. Regardless each child was able to speak Parseltongue as well as human languages. The human languages that each spoke were Javanese, Indonesian and English.

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The first day of the reunion was used for reconnecting with each other and their mothers. Only those that had business with the 'Great Dragon' would see him the first day, even they were few. It was not a problem as they knew that he loved them, but large crowds bothered him even after decades.

The highlight of the second day was always the story time that 'Great Dragon' had with the children. Even though it was intended for the children, every member made sure to be present.

The conversations ended without direction on the second day as he slid out of the temple's main entry near the hour set aside for lunch. His appearance always brought ahh and reverence to both the normal inhabitants and his own children even though he was very accessible to his individual children and generally friendly to everyone. The fact that he was followed by a large wide variety of snakes just added to his mystique.

His dark black, red and green scales glistened in the midday sunlight. His black hair was set off by his green snake eyes. When he saw that the family was already waiting a lopsided smile crossed his face. His fangs were briefly revealed as he scanned those waiting on his appearance. His nearly 40-foot body slide easily side to side behind his upright torso as he moved down the thick stairs of the temple. He nodded to each of his family as he passed on his way to the outside conversation/story pit.

Once he arrived at the story pit, he fully smiled as he waited for all the children to gather around him. "$$Welcome my children$$," He began speaking in parseltongue. "$$Another five years has come and gone$$."

A young snake-human child named Silus, which was his youngest great-grandchild did what children were known to do and in his excitement interrupted. "$$Grand sire, tell us about the time before the great change$$." He hissed.

Silus' father and mother both blushed in embarrassment, but calmed down when 'Naga Gedhe' simply laughed and nodded.

"$$Sure little one." He then took a deep breath. "$$Back some seventy years ago, I was born July 31st 1980. I began life as Human Wizard and my name was Harry Potter$$..."

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A/N – This the prologue of an idea that has been rambling around in my mind for the last couple of months. What do you think of it so far?

The use of "$$...$$" is of course going to be what I use for Parseltongue.

'Naga Gedhe' and 'Kulawarga Naga' are both translated from Javenese, thanks to Google Translate. I was actually surprised to learn that is was the actual name of one of the languages spoke on the island. I personally do not know the language and have not visited the country. It was selected for its snake breeds, history with Nagas and remoteness from England…You will understand further in the story.

It is going to be a Harry in Azkaban idea crossed with a Creature!Harry and Harry gets fed up and runs idea. The multiple wives are not going to be a major part of the story. The wives may or may not be canon characters. I will not be doing any sex scenes (lemons/limes whatever) regardless.

The Azkaban portion is going to be short and earlier than most similar stories. It is interesting to note that Harry could have easily been tossed into Azkaban in the 1st through 5th years fairly easily, even if some would just be because he was accused of something he did not do.

1st – Killing his teacher

2nd – Blowing up his aunt or Releasing the Basilisk

3rd – Helping Buckbeak, Sirius either or both

4th – Killing Cedric (The one that is now a cliché)

5th – Protecting himself and Dudley against the Dementors, having a hand in giving Umbridge to the Centaurs or breaking into the Ministry itself not to mention all the destruction that was done.

Before anyone asks… Yes, I am still working on the next chapter of "Henri Samedi". I am also reviewing my other stories with the idea of reformatting, reworking and restarting them.