Hello agian next chapter here, I have had some questions from, the last chapter from when Harry was seeing loads of colours that was an aura, and the reason for Harry needing to be hit over the head was because, the aura from people make Harry feel really confused, so he has to be slapped quite hard to come out of his trance, there is also something else as well but that will, be revealed later on. There will also be a poll on my profile, so you can decide if the chamber of secrets will be opened in Harry's First or Second year, otherwise i can't put the next chapter up. Thank You
Harry woke up feeling light headed and dizzy and felt something soft on his head, when he managed to get a look around the place he realised that he was back in his dormitory, but how on earth did he get here in the first place? Then he remembered what happened last night, Professor Snape was close to finding out what was happening at his relatives house and wondering why he was standing up for himself to the Headmaster, he also remembered that his teacher had slapped him on the back of the head, but why would he do that? Did he do something wrong to get punished by a teacher? He thought Draco had lied when it came to punishing students; he was brought back to his surroundings when a familiar voice said.
"Morning sunshine, I honestly thought you would still be asleep after what happened last night" Draco said as he noticed Harry waking up.
"Remind me what that was" Harry groaned.
"Do you remember anything?" Harry began telling him what he remembered except for the part where he was telling Snape about his aura as he couldn't remember any of that and next thing he knew he was smacked at the back of the head for something he didn't do "I think you should talk with my godfather to understand why he did that"
Harry's eyes went wide "you mean your godfather is Professor Snape?"
Draco once again swore under his breath "yes he is, but the Headmaster doesn't know, and we are both hoping to keep it that way, at least until we can get rid of Dumbledork for good"
Harry gave yet another proper smile at Draco, but dropped it when he realised he never saw his pet "Draco where's Severina?"
Draco was surprised at the sudden change but realised Harry had just named his pet "wait why did you call her Severina?"
"The name reminds me of our Professor Snape, I don't know why but I feel like it's his personality, quiet, deadly, has a bad temper when around people and have no patients"
Draco looked at him with wide eyes "how on earth did you guess that so easily?" no one had ever been able to tell his uncle's personality, he face was always closed off and you had to look really close in order to understand his expression.
Harry looked at him in shock "you mean I wasn't guessing all of that?"
Draco shook his head "no you're not, it actually took me years to understand my godfather more, even with people he's related too he always kept his masks up, yes there have been times where he's actually acted more human but those were very rare, even for my family"
Harry nodded and then realised on what he should be doing "now that, that's done let's go find my pet"
And so the hunt for Harry's pet snake began, thankfully everyone was out since it was a weekend, and why everyone had one day in class just to have a weekend off was beyond Harry's understanding.
Master, I am here said the snake as it reappeared out of nowhere.
Harry whipped his head round so fast Draco thought he had whip lash, when he saw Harry look at his pet in excitement he felt a little sad, this boy was starving for affection and probably would do anything for someone to give him that little bit more of affection.
"There you are, where have you been?"
I have been hearing weird noises, almost as if it was a plead for help, there was hissing and other noises, it sounded so sad that I slithered back here to tell you master the voice coming from the snake sounded like she was pleading for Harry to help her.
"Alright then, we'll go and look for it later but for now how would you like to be called Severina?"
If snakes had eye lids, they would have gone wide you mean Severus?
It was Harry's turn to be puzzled "not Severus, Severina"
"Actually Harry, Severus is the first name, his last name's Snape" Draco spoke for the first time since the conversation began "I'm obviously guessing that she has been to see my uncle"
"But couldn't she have ended up as a potion ingredient? I know for sure that wizards use snake parts for certain ingredients" just the thought of Severina ending up as a potion part made his guts turn.
"Harry, you forget that our banner is a snake, we take care of our snakes, and we are more loyal than Gryffindor since they always jump to conclusions first and ask questions later, and never stick up for one another" Draco explained.
"Oh, then I am really glad that I didn't end up in Gryffindor"
"As I said before Gryffindor only care for fame and glory, if you had been sorted into that house then all the Slytherin's would think that you would end up just like your dad, who kept flaunting around like he owned the place and knew he would get away with trouble"
Harry's eyes went wide "he really did that?"
Draco nodded "I know this because Severus told me a little about his child hood, he even told me about an incident that I'm not allowed to say"
"Please Draco, tell me more about this, I have the right to know"
Draco sighed "I can only say this; your dad was friends with people called Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew"
When Draco mentioned Peter Pettigrew he had to stop the growl that was trying to escape his throat for some reason "thanks, I'm obviously guessing people want me to turn out like my dad don't they?"
"Yeah, they want you to be in Gryffindor, become an Aura and get more famous although judging from the sorting ceremony people may now think that you are going to turn into the next dark lord or something ridiculous"
Harry rolled his eyes "no surprise then is there?" Draco shook his head then Harry continued to ask his pet "so is Severina ok?"
I find it an honour to be named after the head of our kind she slithered up Harry's arm and rested against his neck to get some of his body heat, Harry turned to Draco "don't snakes hibernate in the winter when it's cold?"
Draco frowned "yeah they do why?"
"Then I've got to get some stuff comfortable for her, I don't want her to be near anyone who may hurt her" if he could he would have cuddled his snake and never let her go.
"Well I could ask my house elf to bring a blanket for her, DOBBY" he shouted the last bit.
Harry jumped when he heard a popping noise and nearly screamed when he saw what the cause was.
In front of him was a creature no higher than his knee with droopy pointed ears, the skin was dark brown and had somewhat light blue eyes and was wearing what looked like a dirty pillow case hanging on one shoulder and ended above the knees for clothing, the creature looked at Harry fearfully before looking back at Draco "what does master wish Dobby to do sir?" the creature asked in slightly high pitched voice.
"Could you bring some of the worn out sheets that we don't use any more please? We need some for Harry's pet snake you see, if you have any other stuff on what might make her comfortable for the winter then please don't hesitate to bring it with you, thank you Dobby, oh and make sure to bring a box so we can out the sheet in it" Draco instructed Dobby.
"Yes sir, Dobby will bring the required things" with a click of his fingers he disappeared again with a pop.
"Draco, what was that?" Harry almost whimpered.
"That was a house elf, they serve to cook and clean wizarding families, but it's mostly the pure-bloods that have them" Draco explained "and the reason for him wearing that cloth is because it is their servitude clothing and can be freed from a family if they are presented with a piece our wizarding clothing, my family treat them with respect as long as they obey the rules we've set them, other families just beat them for no reason, we allow them their own little home with everything we have and allow them to cook their own food in their homes since their diet is different than ours"
"But couldn't you have them get some material to make they better clothing? That way they would still serve you but wouldn't have to walk around with disgusting pillow cases" he obviously knew what it was like to go around wearing only his cousins hand me down clothing, in fact the clothing he wore was what his cousin wore before moving into the mansion.
Draco thought for a moment "now why didn't think of that? Oh well I'll contact my dad later on in the year and tell him that suggestion, but you do raise a valid point, now that, that is all out of the way would you like a better tour of the dormitory?"
Harry's eyes lit up "I would like that" realising that he was still in his pyjamas he quickly grabbed his clothing and proceeded towards the shower area where he cleaned, brushed his teeth and got into his comfortable robes "where shall we start?"
Draco just raised an eyebrow "obviously you've this part but I don't think you've had time to properly look downstairs"
"The only things I saw were the fireplace, two settees and a chair; it was too dark to see any other areas"
"Well you are going to love the view we have, trust me"
Harry followed Draco downstairs and went left, this area was defiantly something he had not seen before, and against the walls were a few bookshelves and a few more settees for older students and a few tables to place their books on or do homework, the one thing that he couldn't stop looking at, was the view.
Draco noticed his look "yeah I thought you would do that" he mostly mumbled to himself "the dungeons have the best view to be honest, the other dormitories are higher up and you would be looking down on most of the school"
Harry was barely paying attention; he calmly walked towards the window and placed his right hand on the window and moved till his nose touched the glass, unfortunately he didn't stay that way long as Draco had quickly pulled him away and dragged him out of the common room.
"I'm sorry Harry but we need to get to breakfast and I think you could try and get some more meat on your bones, you nearly look like a walking skeleton and not in a good way"
Again Harry was barely paying attention until he started to feel woozy, he slung into Draco who was caught by surprise but freaked out when Harry passed out in his arms, the last thing Harry heard before falling into darkness was Draco's freaked out face and his name being called out but couldn't hear.
