This will be a SS/HP/LV slash and sort of odd, takes place right before Harry's sixth year. I own nothing all rights are JKR's.
Chapter Two: Speaking Beasts
Harry was sitting in the Great Hall reading a book that Bill Weasley had sent him while all the other students traveled down to the train station. He would not be leaving until the next day as teachers had a final meeting tonight. He read silently to himself and was listening to Fawkes trill at something. Glancing down he saw a small grey snake hissing at the phoenix. He understood half the translation.
"My Masster left me here, ssaid his mother would throw a fit if he brought home a ssnake," the creature hissed which caused Fawkes to trill away, "A Sspeaker you ssay? Where might this young Sspeaker be?"
"Hello," Harry hissed down at the snake causing it to shift and look at him with purple eyes; it was obviously a magical snake, "Who wass your Masster?"
"A child named Blaisse," the snake hissed before lifting up its head and upper body off the ground as if to strike, but it was simply looking at Harry closely, "You are the young one called Potter. Masster sspoke with hiss nesstlingss about you," getting a nod the snake hissed out, "I am Ssali. May I sstay with you?"
Nodding Harry watched as the snake slithered up his arm and rested around his neck calmly. Sighing he went back to reading as the two creatures wet back to talking, finding a spell to translate what a Phoenix was saying he read silently before smiling. He needed the Phoenix's permission before casting the spell so he turned to say something to Fawkes but his jaw dropped when the Phoenix spoke to him.
"I've been waiting for you to find that spell young Harry," Fawkes trilled at him, seeing the startled look he chuckled, "I have the magic of a Phoenix which is similar to that of a wizard and I cast the spell on you a while ago which is why you were able to tell the general meaning behind my trills," getting a blank look he knew the teenager was sorting through everything, "I have waited for you to find the spell as it takes both of us knowing it to be able to actually finally work correctly, now you go back to reading while I talk with Sali."
Nodding Harry looked back to the book he knew he would be having an odd summer now, even odder then the fact he was staying with a man who hated him but also a man who Harry had been crushing on since the beginning of the year before. Now with a snake and a Phoenix he was beyond startled, he had no clue what to think but he felt safe with them, he knew they would protect him should Severus turn around and try killing him.
The Professors watched Harry and Albus blinked in shock when Harry went very still, eyes on Fawkes; suddenly the teen nodded and went back to his reading. Severus was more interested in the fact the teen was allowing the second deadliest magical snake to rest around his throat as if it were a scarf. He knew the snake belonged to one of the Slytherin boys and that they had left it behind because their parents would flip out if they brought home such a creature.
"Ow!' Harry yelped loud enough for the Potion's professor to hear him, but still quite quiet as it did not disturb the conversations of the Professors. Flicking the snake in the nose he stood up and started to leave, a trilling Phoenix following him. Severus noticed the blood on the teen's neck and realized the snake had bitten the teen.
That night at dinner Severus had not expected to see the teen come walking back into the room not wearing glasses and hissing back and forth with the snake, but he did. He sat down at Gryffindor's table and ignored his food as he seemed very deep in conversation. Fawkes flew in the room and landed on the table picking at the teens dinner. 'That bite should have killed him in two minutes flat. How is he still walking around?' the Potion Professor thought as he watched the three at the table hold a very odd conversation. The hissing and trilling was memorizing in a way and he sighed knowing he would hear a hell of a lot of the noise in the months to come.
