Hi all, this is my very first fan fiction and I'm very excited to share it with you so here it is. Expect weekly or bi-weekly updates and not very good spelling and pretty bad grammar :)

Harry Potter was in his cupboard under the stairs dreading the time that his aunt and uncle would return from the hospital. His uncle had thrown him in there yesterday after their trip to the zoo for Dudley's birthday.

oOo-Flashback-oOo

They were in the reptile section where they had the biggest and most venomous serpents in the world when Harry found an Australian Inland Taipan sleeping. Dudley stood next to him tapping the glass in the most annoying way possible.

"Stop it! Can't you see its trying to sleep?"

"Shut it Potter. I don't need you telling me what to do."

With that, Dudley walked away to go see the more interesting reptiles in the place and left Harry alone with the snake who was stirring awake.

"Sorry about him, he doesn't know what it's like having people's ugly faces gawking at you." Harry sincerely said to the snake.

"A Speaker! You are a very unusual human. Not many wizards can speak the noble tongue."

Harry jumped back in shock, almost falling onto his rear. A snake just talked to him and he can talk to it! He turned around to see if anyone else was listening before he turned back towards the snake again.

"You can understand what I'm saying?"

"Yes speaker. Have you never spoken to a serpent before?"

"No, I can't say I have," Harry replied "and what do you mean wizard?"

"You are a wizard. Only they can speak the tongue and they are very few among millions around the world."

"Hang on, there are such things as wizards and they are all over the world?" Harry said curious.

"Yes, and you human are one"

Suddenly, everything clicked for Harry. The reasons why he was so different and why he always found himself in unusual situations. Like the incident last year in primary school when Dudley's gang was chasing Harry and suddenly he found himself on the roof of one of the classrooms. He had gotten in trouble for being found up there and he had to endure a few days without food or water in his cupboard as his punishment given by his uncle. And the incident where his aunt Petunia tried to make him wear Dudley's old sweater and it just seemed to get smaller the more his aunt tried to force it onto him. Thankfully Harry didn't get punished for the that.

Harry turned back towards the snake at eyed it curiously. It called him a wizard. The one's that can produce magic out of nowhere can literally do anything. But one thing didn't seem to make sense. If he was a wizard, why couldn't he just punish his relatives every time they treated unfairly. He told his concerns to the snake.

"Because human, you are still a hatchling and have no control over your magic. Also, you do not have a wand to focus it. But if you can get me out of this prison, I will teach you everything you need to know young one." The snake said.

"But my relatives will see you and kill you without a second thought! You will get hurt if you stay with me."

"Do not worry about them. I will take care of them for you but only if you can get me out."

Harry gave it some serious thought and he was very tempted by the offer. First of he can have his relatives reined in and stop abusing him and he will learn how to use magic! It was clearly a win-win situation for Harry and all he had to do was let him out.

"Alright I'll do it tell me what I have to do."

"Excellent! First you have to- "

"MUM, DAD, GET OVER HERE! YOU CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT THIS SNAKE IS DOING!

Before Harry could respond, something huge knocked him onto his arse and winded him. He looked up and saw Dudley pressing his face against the glass and staring in awe at the snake. He glared at Dudley and directed all his anger to him. How dare he just barge him! Something within Harry stirred and a weird sensation went through his body. But before Harry can get used to the feeling, he could feel it escaped him and shoot straight at Dudley.

Not even a second later Dudley found himself flung towards the glass and smashing it to pieces. Harry tucked his head in his arms to cover his head from the debris. After a while Harry looked towards where the glass used to be and found Dudley's body covered in thousands of cuts and bruises with a 6-foot snake slithering over him…..