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Parseltongue

Ten years later…

A green flash, a high manical laugh, then a warm pale light.

Harry had been having this dream from a young age. Usually it would wake him in a cold sweat. Taking a deep breath he calmed his beating heart.

It always set him on edge after having that dream. It was after having that dream that something significant would always seem to happen.

Groaning he made his way to the bathroom and looking at his reflection saw deep auburn hair with black highlights. His emerald green eyes peeked out from his hair, hiding the curiously lighting-bolt shaped scar. Harry when he was young liked the scar but realized that total strangers would stare at it and then whisper excitedly.

It was after a very embarrassing incident that Harry was very glad of his Aunts insistence for him following her rules on his Metamorphagus abilities.

He had been told that he had had the ability as a baby. But after his parent's death, it was repressed. At the age of five it started expressing itself, in many colorful ways. And so began the public Harry, and the home Harry. Both looking different, but still slightly the same.

The incident had been when walking around down town London. Some girls all of a sudden got very excited amongst themselves and all of a sudden rushed poor Harry and before his Aunt could react left him covered in lipstick marks and very dazed from all the camera flashes.

Oh yes Harry was very glad for his abilities, he did not want anything like that to happen again. Thinking about it still gave him nightmares!

And it was also because of that he always looked different when he left the house.

All of a sudden Harry heard yelling.

"Harry, wake up!"

It was his cousin Dudley.

"It's my birthday and we're going to the zoo today!"

Oh of course. How could he have been so stupid? Hurrying with his morning cleanup, Harry rushed downstairs just in time for Petunia to give him a spatula and orders to look after the bacon.

Growling about just wanting to eat, Harry peeked over at the table and saw the normal five presents on the table. Sighing to himself Harry noticed that Dudley would be getting the bike he had asked for. For a second he was jealous but then remembering that his birthday was in a few weeks went back to cooking.

Now humming to himself Harry plated the bacon and sat at the table waiting for the birthday boy to appear.

He did not have to wait long for with a high-pitched screech Dudley came running down the stairs. Where his cousin should have been blonde, and slightly on the heavy side, taking after his father. He wasn't and once Harry had looked at his cousin started laughing his head off.

Dudley had somehow been turned purple while the words birthday boy has been officially pranked rotated above his head. Of course Harry knew what had happened but he sure loved when a good prank came through. Smirking to himself he noticed that even though his cousin was ranting at him a mile a minute there was a humorous twinkle in his eye. Oh Harry knew he was going to get it on his birthday.

It had been the unofficial rule for years that they were only allowed to prank the other on their birthdays, and so made the most of it.

"Now Harry if you think that I am going to the Zoo like this, Then you are sorely mistaken!" and so saying with a concentrated look Dudley started reversing what his cousin had done to him.

It took him a good ten minutes, enough time for his parents to come back into the room and not even now what had happened. Though Vernon had a mysterious smirk on his face and quickly hid a camera in his pocket. Oh how he loved the boy's birthday antics. They had driven Petunia to distraction at the age of six, with prank war after prank war. And so in her annoyance told them they were only allowed to prank the other on each other's birthdays. And so began the annual birthday, morning pranks.

Once they were in the car on their way to the zoo and Vernon and Petunia were involved in an argument about hooligans and motorcycles, did Dudley lean over and ask:

"So how did you do it?"

Looking at his cousin in mock surprise Harry asked, "Do what dear cousin?"

Growling slightly in frustration Dudley answered back "You know what?"

"No, I don't know what!" was Harry's cheeky reply.

Sighing in frustration and knowing his cousin would go on like this for hours Dudley then asked:

"The prank Harry, how did you do the prank?"

"Oh that what!" was said in mock understanding.

"Well if you really want to know." And after getting a glare from his much bigger cousin Harry continued.

"It was pretty easy once I knew what I wanted to do. First I made your toothpaste act as the agent for the purple. You got a bit on your hand right and then just washed it off." Seeing his cousins dawning look of comprehension Harry went on:

"Then I had your hair brush form the words in your hair and once you left the Bathroom they would expand and start rotating just above eye level. You got all that?"

Giving him a look of frustration Dudley nodded and answered.

"Yeah I get what you did but not how you did it. It took me ten minutes to reverse it."

"Practice Dudley, Practice." Replied Harry with a smug look on his face.

Dudley knew his cousin was only being modest. They had discovered that by willing to do something that it happened. They had kept it secret with each other till one day they had been playing in the back yard and instead of playing ball. They were each floating balls and seeing who could hold them up the longest. At the time they were only five years of age. At Petunia's shriek they jumped in shock and got hit in the head with their balls.

It was then explained to them what they could do was Magic. Though for some reason Petunia was confused at Dudley being able to do it as well as Harry.

Looking back up at his parents Dudley noticed that they were almost at the Zoo.

And turning back to his cousin then said to Harry, "Time for your disguise of the day!"

With a groan Harry changed his Hair from the natural Auburn and black to a pale brown. Instead of growing everywhere it now lay in gentle waves. His eyes instead of his startling green now were a subdued dark blue. The only other thing Harry changed was his scar. The white scar had almost become invisible over the years, but like all scars would still leave a mark. Now it was just smooth skin. The whole process only took him a minute. Once he was done they left the car and headed towards the gates.

At the gates Harry and Dudley both got an ice-lolly. They were walking around when Harry upon seeing the Gorillas shouted,

"Hey Dudley, Come look." He could not resist teasing his cousin.

Running over He shouted back, "What, what is it?"

Smirking Harry pointed to the gorillas and said, "Look I found your twin!" and then proceeded to run.

Once it got through his head what Harry had said, Dudley started chasing after him.

"Hey! You get back here, I will get you for that Harry!"

"Nope, not coming back! You'll have to catch me"

Petunia and Vernon only shook their heads at the boy's antics.

Laughing the boys continued chasing each other around the Zoo.

When he looked back to see if Dudley was gaining on him Harry ran into something solid. And with a big humph fell on top of a very warm thing he ran into.

"Would you mind?" inquired a very feminine voice.

Looking down Harry saw a girl with Bushy brown hair, bucked teeth, but what truly made him stare was the look she had in her Chocolate brown eyes. There was a look of intelligence about her. It captivated him.

It slowly entered his brain that he had landed on a person, and a very cute girl at that.

"Harry where did you go?" Dudley could be heard yelling.

With a shock Harry jumped up off the girl and with a quick apology ran off.

The Boys finally stopped, panting and exhausted from the chase sat down to wait for Petunia and Vernon.

While they were waiting Harry thought of the girl he had run over. He had not taken the time to ask for her name, and now felt disappointed that he hadn't asked. With a sigh he waited patiently for his Aunt and Uncle.

A good twenty minutes later with stomachs growling, Dudley and Harry were ready to go look for the adults themselves. Fortunately for them Petunia and Vernon had just rounded the corner. Running to them the boys danced around the chanting.

"Lunch time, lunch time, we want to eat." After a minute or so of this Petunia Laughing led the boys to the nearest restaurant while Vernon lagged behind with his mustache twitching.

After lunch where the only incident was Harry getting a glass of water over the head. The waiter had tripped and Harry had gotten soaked. Because of this he got his dessert free.

With clothes wet and Dudley still bursting out in guffaws every now and then, they headed towards the reptile house. It was there that Harry 's significant happening would occur.

While Dudley looked excitedly around, going from to the other. Harry was walking slowly wondering why he kept hearing these whispers while he passed.

"I don't like mice you stupid human!"

"What are you looking at hmmm?"

"I am sleeping go away!"

Many such whisperings were heard when he finally stopped he was in front of the biggest snake in the exhibit. The boa constrictor.

Some older boys had been tapping on the glass trying to make it move but finally gave it up as a bad job.

With a whispered a "I bet you get that lot, huh?" Harry got the shock of his life.

For not only did the snake raise its head so it was eye level with him but it then spoke to him.

"It happens often enough."

With a shocked cry Harry then asked, "Well that is interesting, how am I able to understand you?"

With a snakes equivalent to a shrug the snake said. "You are my first speaker."

"Speaker?" Asked a very now confused Harry.

"Yes, one who talks to snakes."

Harry was about to ask it another question when he was pushed over. One of the big kids had come back, and seeing the Snake awake and doing something pretty cool, decided to push the little kid out of the way so that he could see better.

With that Harry glared at the kid and suddenly the snake was slithering toward him. Harry was in shock for the glass containing the snake had just vanished. It just wasn't there anymore.

And as the snake passed him he swore he heard it saying 'Good luck Speaker! Here I come Brazil'. He was still in shock over what happened when the Reptile house director had them in his office for tea, and was apologizing profusely to the Dursley's. After what happened in the reptile house they went to the car and got ready to leave. Once they were on their way home Dudley asked the still shocked Harry:

"You did that huh?"

Mutely Harry nodded his head. Not really knowing what to say.

It was just like the other times. The first time he remembered having the dream, the school bullies were chasing him while Dudley was in detention. When he had jumped to get behind the dumpster, he found himself on the roof of the kitchens. There were other times as well. Making a sweater he did not want to wear too small, Making the teachers hair blue, or the chalkboard to talk back at the teacher. He knew what made these happen. That was why he and Dudley instead of mundane pranks used their magic. To gain, better control over it.

Shaking his head, Harry started his mind exercises. He had started doing these to gain a better control over his morphing ability. And now because of it he was able to think clearer and did not usually lose control of his emotions.

It was when they were home that Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon sat him down and looking him in the eye said,

"Harry it was not your fault. We don't blame you for lashing out."

"If that boy had done the same thing to Dudley, he would have done the same thing."

Lastly Aunt Petunia asked, "Are you going to be okay sweetie?"

Nodding Harry went up to his room, to further contemplate what his being a speaker meant.

He instinctively knew that he should wait to tell his Aunt and Uncle about understanding the snakes, and being able to talk to them. But what exactly could, being able to do that mean?

It was while he was thinking so deeply that Dudley came in and seeing his cousin in his 'Deep think mode' proceeded to plunk down on the bed. Startling Harry out of his thinking and shocking him into saying, "What are you doing in here Dudley?"

With a concerned look at the door Dudley asked, "You were talking to the snake right?"

And seeing his cousins confused and panicked look continued, "Don't worry Harry, I won't tell Mum and Dad."

And with a relived sigh Harry Proceeded to tell him about talking to snakes and his questions about what it could possibly entail. They went on talking over this not realizing that over the next month that their lives would change, and while manipulations and adventures would run strife, a magical journey would begin.

Edited 4/17/2018