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The snake shook its head, as if saying no.

~you can understand what I am saying?

The snake nodded.

~Wow ~ whispered Harry, stunned.

~so. where are you from anyway? ~asked Harry

The snake pointed towards the sign. It was written that the snake was bred in the zoo.

~Ah. Did you ever know your parents? ~

The snake shook its head.

~me neither. My parents died a long while back. I wish I knew what kind of people they were atleast. Aunt Petunia always chokes up and gets sad whenever I ask, so I try not to. ~

The snake calmly looked as if it was listening to him.

~Hey can you...

Suddenly Petunia came dragged Harry away from there to a corner hurriedly, she carefully looked around to ensure no one was looking and asked "What were you doing hissing at the snake? People will think you are mad"

"I wasn't hissing. I was talking to the snake. It understood what I was saying "Harry tried to explain but Petunia wouldn't listen.

"Stay here. I l go get Vernon and Dudley. It's time to return anyway."

Harry turned to the snake, which was a boa constrictor, thinking about whether if he was hissing or speaking English. . Aunt Petunia said he was hissing while it all seemed plain English to him. He was so confused. He assumed that it was one of those incidents which happens to him sometimes, ones which have no explanation.

He turned to look at the snake and saw a few children making faces and mocking the snake. He felt quite angry. He knew what it felt to be mocked and laughed at. At school the bullies would always pick on him. He was scrawny, short and looked weak thus was an easy target for them. They would always corner him and pick on him. Dudley though always sticks up for him. And no one would purposely annoy Dudley as he was pretty strong. But he couldn't always be around and every time they found Harry alone they would tease him, laugh at him, mock him etc.

Harry glared at one of the boys, who was calling the snake names and making faces. He was so angry. He wanted to stop them.

He wanted to stop them, punish them, make them feel how it felt to be scared and mocked.

Suddenly the boy making fun of the snake fell in the glass enclosure.

The glass wall had disappeared!

And there was mayhem, the boys started screaming, parents shouted, zoo authorities panicked and so on.

Harry was stunned. The snake slithered out and turned towards Harry.

~Thanks amigo~ and winked!

Harry could only nod.

Then it slithered its way out, leaving the visitors in utter panic.

At home, Vernon was quite upset with Harry. Even though he considered him family he still preferred to be considered normal. He did not like this kind of strange things happening around them. He never punished the boys if he could help it but he couldn't accept the abnormal instances that happened around Harry.

Vernon couldn't sleep at all that night. All he could think of was how to hide Harry's freakish...powers. He was the man of the house. It was his duty to protect his family. And Vernon Dursley was a family man above everything else.

The other occupant of no.4 Privet Drive who couldn't sleep was Harry. He couldn't understand

. How can I be hissing while talking? How could the snake understand me? How did the glass disappear?

There seemed to be no end to those questions and no answer either.

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