I don't own it.
A/N: FIRST re-read chapter 1, I finally got it fixed the way it should have been. I apologize for all of the mess ups. Second, thank you to those who pointed out the errors, I will make sure nothing like that occurs again (I hope). Third, I have been of the opinion that Harry is a VERY intelligent kid, who always had to hide it to avoid making the Dursley's think he was showing Dudley up. So expect this Harry to have some intelligence. Finally thank you to Ishtar for giving me this bunny, lots of carrots are coming.
Chapter Two – All Alone…
Harry stood on the side of the river and watched as the boat faded away down the river. He knew his family didn't like him, but he was sure they would come back for him.
The sun began its slow decent and Harry began to realize that they weren't coming back for him.
He choked back a sob and said to himself, "They left me… I can't believe they aren't coming back."
Harry looked at the thick jungle along the river and realized he needed a place to sleep for the night, but wanted to be close to the river in case they did come back for him. Stepping into it, he saw the perfect place to rest just twenty or so meters in. A tree had fallen against another, giving him a ladder to a crook where he could easily sleep for the night. As he got himself settled, he pulled out one of his bags of peanuts the nice stewardess had given him on the flight and ate them slowly. After eating them he realized his mistake and went to the river to quench his thirst.
He quickly made it back up the tree as night fell on the jungle and Harry sat in his tree listening to the multitude of sounds around him. The scream of a jungle cat as it caught its prey, something splashing in the river as it crossed, crickets chirping, spider monkeys talking back and forth and various other creatures.
Having spent his entire life in England, the sounds kept Harry up most of the night for fear that something would get him. Finally near midnight he fell asleep and was able to rest peacefully the rest of the night.
Harry awoke the next morning to the sounds of birds singing, he slowly opened his eyes and jumped in shock at finding himself in the jungle. He panicked for a moment then yesterday's events came crashing down on him. He was alone.
Shaking himself of his feelings, Harry looked at the jungle floor and saw a path.
"Maybe that will take me home," he said.
Unfortunately for Harry, the closest village was where the boat departed from and any paths he would see were those created by various animals to get to the river to drink.
He went to the river to drink, and then decided to follow the path and locate a village to find safety. As he walked along the path, Harry listened to the monkeys chattering above him, and watched as birds flew through the trees.
Harry walked for a couple of hours until he came to a stream. He took some fruit he had gathered along the way and sat down to eat and rest. What he didn't see was a snake watching him as he ate.
He had planned on getting up after resting a couple of minutes, but the heat, plus the food he had just eaten caused him to take a nap.
The serpent seeing its prey had stopped moving, slowly moved down a tree and began to wrap itself around him, intent on squeezing the life out of Harry.
As the snake wrapped itself around Harry, Harry awoke and tried to move.
"Stop," Harry yelled, "Help me."
"Ssspeaker…" the boa hissed, "How do you know the Ssserpent, tongue?"
Harry looked at the snake in shock as he heard it speaking and said, "I don't know, but please don't hurt me."
The boa considered a moment and slowly released its hold on Harry. "Most unusual," the serpent said, "Most unusual indeed. You must come with me Ssspeaker."
Harry backed away from the snake and thought for a minute, 'If I stay by myself, I might find help, but if I go with the snake I wouldn't be alone and could get help.'
Harry then asked, "Where will you take me?"
The serpent looked at Harry with his lidless eyes and hissed, "To the Sscity."
Harry thinking he meant to safety, smiled and said, "Thank you, I will follow."
The constrictor nodded its head and began moving off along the ground, hissing softly to himself, "Ssspeaker, a sspeaker."
Harry followed the snake for most of the afternoon, before they finally stopped for the night near a small clearing.
"Resst, ssspeaker," the serpent hissed to Harry. "Tomorrow we will arrive in the ssscity."
Harry looked at where they were and asked, "Where do I sleep and will I be safe?"
The snake looked at Harry and said, "Climb the tree, I will protect you."
Harry nodded, then climbed the tree and quickly fell asleep. As he slept the serpent slid over Harry keeping him warm and hissed softly, "The Great One will be pleased."
"Wake up, sspeaker," the serpent hissed at Harry the next morning.
Harry awoke and saw the clearing they were staying near clearly, it was the start of a paved road. Harry smiled realizing he must be near civilization, if there was a stone path here.
"Will we reach the city today," Harry asked.
"Yessss," his guide told him. "We will arrive there ssoon."
Harry followed the serpent along the path, and saw various plants growing through the stonework, but simply thought they didn't take care of roads very well in the jungle.
"We are here," the serpent said a couple of hours later.
Harry looked up from the ground and saw what looked like a stone temple, covered in vines and pictures of snakes. "I thought we were going to a city," he asked fearfully."
"This is a city," the boa said with a touch of irritation. "You must meet the Great One."
As they approached the city, Harry heard thousands of voices speaking. "Why did he bring a human here? Is that lunch? The Great one will not be pleased."
"Do not worry," the boa said to Harry. "You are safe, sspeaker."
"A speaker," several voices hissed at the same time in surprise. "We must let the Great One know."
As they approached the door way to the inner temple, Harry heard a deep voice hissing in the darkness, "He knows already, approach sspeaker."
Harry looked at the boa who had led him here with an unasked question, to which the boa nodded.
Harry entered the room and saw what few have, before him was a one hundred foot long serpent, its body was easily twice as wide as he was tall, when he saw its head he saw a pair of golden eyes that seemed to look straight through him and a mouth full of fangs that seemed to drip a greenish liquid.
"Welcome speaker," the basilisk said, "Welcome to the City of the Serpents."
A/N2: "English"
"Parseltongue"
'Thinking to himself'
