Normal P.O.V
"Oh no here comes trouble!" godric warned layla as he rose her from her sleep.
"Huh which one?" layla asked sleepily untucking herself from godrics wings
"The scrawny rat we refuse to eat trouble" godric chuckled at his friends sleepy haze
"Huh ratty-kins, HolyLizardEggs! You mean 'Why don't we beat the magic out of harry'"
"Yes, and his names Piers for the 800th time,You know I still don't know why you didn't bite him."
"Are you kidding me? I'd be vomiting for years" layla cried causing godric to laugh some more at her horror "stop it godric, this is serious, they're going to the zoo! How we going to keep an eye on harry?" if godric had eyebrows he would have raised one.
"Why that is quite simple my dear, i'm not known as Clan head for nothing you know."the glow his black eyes gave sent a chill right through laylas scales.
"Why do I get the feeling i'm not going to like this?"
Harrys P.O.V
before I was able to get in the car uncle vernon closed the door and turned to me.
"i'm warning you now boy, Any funny business, Any at all, And you won't have any meals for a week, Get In." as he turned away I had to fight to roll my eyes, seriously he cant be still mad about that time they had to take me with them for the Christmas shopping could he, I mean I was to busy glaring holess into their heads to even bother with pushing the tower of tins towards them, and I was behind them anyway so how they think I could have done it I don't know. Once agiain I ask myself why don't I just capture that snake and put it in their beds, but then again i'd probably be sent to juvenile, and I don't want to go there if those programmes Vernon made me watch when I was young are anything to go by.
i sat in the window seat since dudley and piers had chosen to sit together to talk, my small frame allowing me to withdraw from the two boys sitting next to me, I was tempted to lean on the window frame, however I chose not to as I didn't want Uncle vernon to yell at me for a stupid fingerprint on the glass or anything instead I found myself fiddling with my sleeves, a thrice damned habit since Pertunia first screeched at me.
It was as we drove off from privet drive I could have sworn I heard something scream in distress, for a moment I thought someone had been attacked outside but when I looked back there was only he neighbours getting into their cars for work, nothing to suggest anything other than complete dullness going on outside.
When they got to the Zoo, we found it was crowded with people and students on a school visit, and so the Dursleys and Picky Piers decided to get a large Ice Cream with a chocolate flake in for Dudley and Piers each, I however got a simple ice lolly since the shopkeeper had asked Vernon before we had chance to escape without getting me anything, Personally I couldn't have cared less on a normal day, but the seething my aunt and uncle were trying to control was worth seeing, that and it was way too sunny and unlike dudley and piers I didn't get melted chocolate and cream down myself.
After Dud and Pips trip to the bathroom to clean up we found ourselves at the Apes section of the zoo, and I had to stifle a laugh at the Dudley look alike copying his movements, definitely 'Gorilla See Gorilla Do.' I wonder if that's Dudleys long lost brother. Throughout the morning I was having a 'great time' compared to usual I guess, I can somewhat relate to the animals being trapped in a cage or behind glass, but at the same time a zoo wouldn't exist without animals, and they were magnificent creatures there. Coming to lunchtime Dudley and Piers Began moaning and groaning about how Bored they were; thank goodness for that because I could therefore create more distance between us so they don't start 'Harry Bashing' again.
After we all had lunch we went to the reptiles house, were Vernon, Pip and Dud stuck their ugly mugs into every glass window, and I couldn't help but worry for the snakes little hearts, hopefully they won't all die of shock.
Soon they found the Poisonous Cobras, and Thick man-'hugging' Pythons, it took dudley 3 minuites of his poor attempt at running around and shoving people about for him to find the biggest snake there, her beautiful brown coils rested gently across stone, grass patches and mossed thick tree logs, her head facing the glass, and for a moment I thought it had died from looking at dudleys happy expression.
"Make it move" Dudley ordered his father who tapped and yelled at it to move; Dudley frustrated at it's lack of mobility Tapped Furiously on the glass "MOVE!" exsasperated at my cousins actions I couldn't resist telling him that the snake wouldn't follow his Orders for he or she whichever our brown beauty be was as a matter of fact, asleep. "He's Boring" dudley groaned, moving on to look at the other snakes after his mother affectionately patted his bloated shoulders with an amused look on her face, before following a red faced vernon to look at the other reptiles in this section, as for me I had felt nothing more than emotionally connected with the sleeping snake.
"sorry about him" I started to the sleeping snake, if It wasn't for the fact that Mrs Figg had broken her leg they'd have left me there and gone somewhere much more suited to Dudleys and Piers' Tastes. Feeling a sudden urge to elaborate, actually talk to someone who could relate to me I continued.
"He doesn't understand what it's like, Lying there, Day after day, Watching people press there ugly faces in on you" he couldn't help but cringe as he remembered how Piers had stared pulling faces at the animals earlier, a slight improvement yes but still, and how Dudley and Vernon had to practically touch the glass with their noses, as if there beady little eyes were worse of than his, which I seriously doubt but it would explain their short-sightedness in many things.
I was startled for a moment when the snake suddenly moved, raising it's beautiful head to my level so it could look at me eye to eye, or at least that's what I thought it was doing, as it tasted the air with it's forked tongue.
A sudden epiphany hit me as I looked into the snakes eyes, they were full of intelligence and understanding, snakelike but soo much more of a Human Feeling coming off them, and then it Winked at me, I didn't know snakes could, HEY Hold On A Second. "Can you here me?" I didn't even have time to feel stupid for talking to the snake as it flickered it's tongue in and out repeatedly and nodded it's head, The snake then Jerked it's head to uncle vernon and gave me a look saying it gets that All the Time. Realising that, Yes this snake was intelligent I immediately explained my slight stupour "It's just, I've never talked to a snake before." and there I went fiddellig with my sleeves again, if I could i'd have put a pound in a tin for everytime I fiddled with them, and i'd be rich because of it. "Do you, Do You Talk to people often" I had to ask this could be one of them show snakes you know like the shows I've seen pertunia watching were those people get killer whales or monkeys to do tricks, but the snake did a quick flick of it's tongue and shook his head.
"Where do you come from anyway?" I asked, well come on people how many times a day does a person meet an intelligent snake, the snake jabbed it's tail at two little sign next to the glass.
'Boa Constructor, Brazil
'Bred in Captivity'
"i see, At least you have your family right?" the snake shook it's head "thats me aswell, I never met my parents either." A deafening shout suddenly shocked harry out of his conversation with the snake.
"Dudley! Mr Dursley! Come and Look at this snake! You won't believe What It's Doing!" Before i could turn or move out of the way my cousin was right by me, hitting me in the side with his pudgy fist, causing me to become winded and lose my balance.
"Out of the Way, You" he growled, 'what's he been doing taking lessons of the animals here, as if he wasn't bad enough'. Rolling onto my back I made to get up, but when I looked at Dudley all I could feel was an overwhelming fury; Suddenly the glass Piers and Dudley had their Grubby noses and hands pressed against disappeared, since their excessive weights were pressed against the glass without it they howled in horror and squeaked in alarm as they fell and landed into the snakes lair.
Fighting against the fog of fury I felt feathers wrap their selves around me and scales run long my hands both highly soothing, soon though my temper recessed and the strange feeling of feathers and scales left, leaving me feeling quite empty, The snake meanwhile had slid out of it's Prison and had slithered in front of me.
When my fury had calmed I saw the snakes mouth move, it's tongue flickering in time with the words "Thanksss, amigo. Brazil, here I come" for a moment I sat there slightly incoherent from the flood of anger, the strange feelings and the sudden bizarreness of the fact a snake was talking to me, before I realised we had been communicating through glass before and now he was in front of me.
I couldn't help a small smile come to my face as I spoke to the snake "Good Luck" looking back in front of me, Dudley and Piers had Stood up and were about to come out, then they stood still in shock there hands pressed against, the glass as if it hadn't disappeared at all, they started banging on the walls crying and yelling desperately for my Aunt and Uncle.
Then Pertunia and Vernon came by at the call of evacuation do to an escaped snake She screamed, making Vernon Jump and look at Piers and Dudley in shock.
Aunt Pertunia was immediately at the glass "My Darling Boys! How did you get in there? Who did this, How Did You Two Get in there? Is There a snake?" she screamed as Vernon grabbed a passing member of staff who too went into shock at as to how they got in there. after a few seconds of shock the staff member though quickly sprung into action, speaking into his walkie talkie. I thought the whole thing was bloody hilarious, Best Day Ever, I wouldn't let them live this down, shame I don't have a camera. Unfortunately my enjoyment was short lived as Uncle Vernon noticed my smirk and the look he gave me meant nothing but trouble for me.
Normal P.O.V.
After several staff members had came and removed the glass to get dudley and piers out of their 'Prison' the Zoo director had personally, apologized, reimbursed them, and made Mrs Dursley a strong Cup of tea to calm her down, while Dudley and Piers sat wrapped in towels being dried off and pampered by the staff trying to help them through their shock, as they could only whimper. After they had somewhat recovered they had immediately left, in the car Piers had exaggerated in telling them the story of what happened, saying that the snake had tried to bite Dudders leg off and squeeze him to death when in fact it had left the cage just after they fell in; however, the worst thing said was the truth asked in a question "Harry was talking to it, weren't you, harry?" Harry however remained silent, he just couldn't shake the feeling of being watched when they left the building and then he was so sure someone had screamed again as they had begun to drive.
As soon as Mr and Mrs Piers had left with Piers Jr, Vernon cornered harry, pulling him up by grabbing a large handful of dudleys old large t-shirt and violently shoved harry into his cupboard door "WHAT HAPPENED" he snarled as if feral, harry didn't answer winded from the sudden impact, Snarling again he slammed harry again against the door, "hah I do-n't know" harry gasped Vernons fist soon found it's way to harrys stomach, dropping him to the floor "In-Cupboard-stay-no meals" he then grabbed harry of the floor, opened the cupboard door, tossed him in, locked the door and proceeded to head to living room, not noticing a very pissed of owl and snake hovering at the door.
Later that night Godric quietly pulled the handle to 4 privet drives house down, and layla and he carefully and quietly made their way in, silently shutting the door behind them. Godric held layla up flapping his wings as quietly and steadily as he could while she wrapped her tail around the lock and pulled it to the side.
Harry startled awake from his uneasy and aching state of sleep to a slight tapping on his cupboard door, curious he decided to open it, forgetting that he'd been locked in, almost immediately something large making the sound of a bird in flight flew into his small dark room, harry, in his stupor let go of the door and backed off, the bird however turned back to the now closed door, and something long slid through the slight flaps that let in small streams of light, harry heard a barely audible click he knew to well as him being locked in.
"Harry" a soothing voice hissed, "Harry dear it'sss ssalright, were not here to hurt you." Harry who had ducked into the farthest corner looked at the figure with wide eyes, slowly as his eyes became used to the dark light of his cupboard again he realised there were two animals in his room, a snake and an owl, and the last thing he felt before his eyes drooped and closed was the same sensation from earlier, the feeling of large feathery appendages wrapped around his shoulders and scales rubbing soothing circles on his hand. All pain caused by his uncle and his cousin forgotten allowing him to drift off into a comforting, deep sleep.
AN: Hey guys i hope you enjoyed Chapter 2 i know im enjoying comparing the book and movie while i am attempting to create this, okay so from now on we'll loosely follow the book/movie alright, chapters will be longer, and i shouldn't think there will be any OC's at leat not until miles later.
There is a POLL on my profile that allows YOU to vote on 'Which House Should Harry Be IN, During Poisonous Blood' and this will be up until we get to that part in the story, so plenty of time, for you all to vote. see you all soon.