A.N Okay another chapter I hope is better than the last. I made a dedication but it's slipped my mind so I chose that one I thought it was. If its not who I said I was dedicating it too please get a hold of me and yell at me cause I am so sorry. Anyway this is dedicated to Freckleforce01. I hope you enjoy.
Destination, Brazil
Harry and Lily caught up with each other everyday. Normally they would have already had a sleep over, but Harry thought it to be awkward for him to stay with Lily growing more uncomfortable with the fact she is adopted.
So instead they came to the conclusion that they would just meet everyday and hang out. Whether it is for a game or a fun day at the park or chill at their secret hang out. They met quite early in the morning and didn't leave for home until the early forms of night were developing.
Yet today would be the day that ruined it all. It was Dudley's 11th Birthday today and to top it all off no one could look after Harry while Dudley and his mate Piers Polkiss visited the zoo. SO while Dudley wailed about how he was going to ruin the day, Harry couldn't help but notice that Lily was walking through the door, wearing a green party dress and a pair of nice shoes. In her hands she held a fairly large birthday present. 'At least Dudley will be happy with it' Harry had to mention.
But it still baffled him as to why she was here. I mean Dudley wouldn't have invited her, he knew she hung around Harry. So who invited her?
"What are you doing here?" grunted Dudley as the people in the room began to realise she had walked into the room.
"Duddy Baby, I invited that nice girl from down the road" Petunia soothed as she spoke to her son. "She will be joining us today"
Dudley's face turned into a scowl as he turned to look at Lily once more. "I DON'T want her to come!"
Petunia looked around the room awkwardly. Luckily Lily arrived to the party by herself. Thanking the gods she had the sense to think reasonable and just walk to the house by herself. Harry just stood in the corner of the room. HE was short on his luck already today so he needn't push it any further.
He did know one thing this was going to be one hell of a day.
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After a fair amount of persuading on Aunt Petunia's part, Dudley accepted that Lily was coming to the zoo with them. And now all four children were squished next to each other in the back seat. Lily couldn't believe how Petunia didn't know that Harry spent almost every weekend at her house. Couldn't she even remember that she was the girl the Petunia forced to UN make friends with Harry, that day at the mall? No one in Lily's mind was that stupid or forgetful.
But pushing that to the back of her mind, Lily's thoughts turned to the two boys she was sitting in between of. To her left sat Dudley; much to her disgust and on her right was Piers (She remember him as he was one of the boys who chased them that day, the one where they ended up on the roof) and then further right sat Harry; squished up against the door handle.
And boy was he uncomfortable. Harry cringed every time the car turned a corner. The door handle and manual window driver jabbed him in the ribs sharply. Trust his luck to be on the door side of the car. Sure Dudley had a door side too. One reason was the fact he had to have a window, or else a wailing session would have began and to Lily's whisper before the buckled in was that he had enough fat that he probably couldn't feel the handle anyway.
When they did arrive at the zoo, both Vernon and Petunia decided on staying in the shade of the zoo café while the children roamed the hallways. Pairing up Dudley chose Piers as he would have no one else at least Lily and Harry had nothing to complain about they would go together.
Watching the two bullies run off towards the lion's cages, Lily turned to Harry and smiled.
"Want to check out the Reptile House?"
Harry nodded eagerly and the two friends raced off.
Stepping inside the reptile section it was noticeably cooler in temperature and darker in the lighting, but neither cared. They were too fascinated by the scaled creatures that snoozed under the false lighting behind the glass windows.
Snakes and lizards of many sizes snoozed, glared at them or hid from site. A vast variety of species and there information sat side by side down the hallways in every direction.
One that drew both their fancies was the large Boa Constrictor that was so large Harry could swear it could even wrap around Dudley twice.
Unfortunately before they could get a proper look at the snake. Aunt Petunia bustled pushing them towards the Zoo's Restaurant muttering something about Dudley was hungry so that meant everyone was to have lunch.
On the Brightside of the lunch break. Since Dudley whined that his Knickerboker Glory was not large enough, Harry was allowed to finish it while Dudley got another. Another bonus to the day…………. Well sort of. When it came to getting an ice-cream, the Dursley's brought Harry a sweet Lemon Ice Treat; only because the salesman asked Harry what he wanted before they could get away fast enough.
Finally once the whole lunch drama was over, Harry and Lily could finally return to the reptile house. Only this time Dudley and Piers decided they too wanted to see the snakes. Of course straight away Dudley spotted the constrictor and was banging on the window in no time. Lily smirked a small way away form the others as Dudley became bored with the animal. The snake had decided to close its eyes and sleep; which angered Dudley as he wanted the snake to move. 'Nest he will be wanted it to do a back flip' Lily thought as she watched both Piers and Dudley stalk away towards the other large snake.
Turning her attention back to Harry to see if he wanted to move on. She came to the sight of Harry leaning close to the glass and the snake leaning towards the boy that stood in front of it. Harry's mouth was moving as if in a conversation, but as Lily drew nearer what she heard come escape from Harry's lips was not English or even the little French he learnt during school. It was a low deep hissing sound; just like another language.
Lily came to the conclusion that it was impossible to talk to snakes and that Harry was just mucking around and pretending he could talk to it.
Deciding to play along Lily walked forward so she was standing right next to her friend and eyes the snake; that she could have sworn winked at her.
"What did he say?" she asked Harry
"He gets a lot of people like Dudley rattling the windows, and he wishes he could go back to where he belongs"
Lily thought that as reasonable. Anyone could have said that without conversing with a real life snake. SO in true fact he was just messing around wishing he could do something like that.
"DUDLEY!" the cry made both Harry and Lily turn around, and from the corner of his eye Harry saw the snake even turn his head in the direction of Piers Polkiss.
His eyes were set straight on the snake Harry and Lily were standing by.
"Have a look what this snake is doing!"
IN a funnier moment Lily would have broken out in her favourite song for Dudley (I feel the earth move under my feet) but right now she didn't think it was something she should do. Because coming straight at both her and Harry was Dudley. Waddling probably as fast as he has ever been.
Being pushed aside and onto the ground Harry let out a low snarl as he looked at the snake's cage. Pressed right up against it were both Dudley and his pathetic follower. 'If only the fell through' snarled Harry in his mind.
Ask and he shall receive. Upon that second the glass seemingly vanished and both boys fell into the fake pond set built into the snake's false environment.
Harry heard the gasp of Lily as she stepped away from the cage in which the snake was now emerging from. Falling with a thud to the ground the snake turned towards Harry and hissed. Many would have thought the snake had met he next meal, but a hiss was not what he heard but a mere thankssssssssssss came from the snake
"Anytime" came Harry but in his mind he was screaming in utter confusion.
As chaos broke out within the hallways as tourist began to realize a snake was loose. Harry; entranced, watched the snake slither out the door and yell Brazzzzzzzzzzzzil here I come.
Lily wasn't sure how she did that. She was told all about accidental magic and that she should control her emotions, but she didn't know how she did that. She wasn't feeling any particular emotion at the time the glass disappeared. Hopefully Harry along with everyone else might take it as an accident and nothing out of the ordinary.
As the screaming in the background died down, Lily helped Harry off the floor and they both just looked at each other. That was until a shriek broke through that could have easily broken the glass. Petunia was standing by the snake's cage in which Piers and Dudley had fallen through. Both she and Dudley had their hands raised and touching each other. But they weren't touching. Keeping them apart was a fairly thick piece of glass. The window had come back somehow leaving Dudley and Piers trapped in the cage of the animal they made fun off.
One who didn't seem to be worried about Dudley was Uncle Vernon. Harry swallowed hard when his eyes met with his uncle's. If looks could kill, Harry would have died a hundred times over in 3 seconds flat. Harry was in trouble and he knew it.
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The ride home was a
quiet one. Dudley and Piers sat shivering in the back seat between
Lily and Harry, who were both forced to sit on the window side.
Aunt
Petunia sniffled everyone and awhile and Uncle Vernon muttered
complete utter under his breath.
"You were talking to that snake weren't you Harry?" came Piers as he seemed to have started to dry off.
Everyone turned and looked at Harry as if he was a horrible piece of dirt. Even Vernon was glaring at him through the revision mirror. Yes Harry was in complete trouble.
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Once everyone arrived back at the Dursley's house. Lily bid her fair wells and wished Dudley a Happy birthday and left. Piers mother came a picked him up moments later with a dirty look her face when Harry entered the room.
While Aunt Petunia was up getting Dudley dry and warm, Uncle Vernon turned to Harry and pointed his finger.
"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT FUNNY STUFF?!"
Harry unconscientiously backed up against the wall. It wasn't very good when Uncle Vernon got like this.
"I-I di-didn't d-do an-an-anything. It was just like m-m-magic" Harry stuttered out
"THERE AIN"T SUCH THING AS MAGIC BOY" Vernon bellowed slightly becoming purple in the face. "YOU GET IN THAT CUPBOARD OF YOURS AND DON"T COME OUT UNTIL WE SAY SO!"
Following orders Harry walked towards his cupboard slowly and crawled in. He wasn't allowed out at all that night while Dudley had his birthday dinner. He was even told he wasn't allowed to eat for three weeks. HE would surely starve by then.
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Harry wasn't dragged out of cupboard until a month later (Sure he was allowed out for toilet breaks twice a day, and was fed a small piece of cheese every 5 days). by Aunt Petunia, and pushed in the direction of the kitchen.
On the stove a large pot sat issuing a very distinct horrible smell. In it sat grey rags huge enough to make a bed sheet.
"What are those?" he asked his Aunt looking in the direction of the pot.
"Those are your school uniforms. I am dying some of Dudley's old clothes but when I am done they will look just like everyone else's" she said
"But those are huge they will fit me like pieces of old elephant skin"
"You'll be happy with what you get" Petunia snapped
Harry knew it was best to say nothing else as he was hoping to go see Lily today. Finally.
While Harry just stood there his noticed his Aunt was looking him up and down.
"Well what are you standing around for boy" Petunia snapped once more "Get the post. GO ON get it!"
Harry gladly escaped the kitchen and walked towards a pile of letters sat on the floor. Deciding to waste more time Harry began sifting through the letters. Noticing there was bills, a letter from Dudley's new school Smeltings, and a post card from Aunt Marge (Vernon's Sister) and then there right in front of him sat a yellow very heavy material letter sealed with wax and written in some kind of green pen. But that's not what caught his eye. IF his eyes weren't deceiving him there in his hands sat a letter addressed.
Mr. H Potter
The Cupboard under the Stairs
4 Privet Drive
Little Whinging
Surrey
A.N There we go another chapter and hopefully it's better than the last chapter. It's up quite fast to. YES! I enjoyed writing this chapter too so I think it's already better than the last chapter because of that. Well I hoe you enjoyed and please leave a review.
