Chapter 10
She looked at him, he looked pleadingly back,
"Hadrian, love what is that on your shoulder, is it poisiones and why is it on your shoulder!"
Lily said sounding surprisingly calm, that is if you didn't know her which hadrian did, he saw that warning look she got in her eyes before all hell broke loose,
"Mother, dearest beloved mother of mine, beautiful, intelligent and abselutely kind moth.."
His mother intercepted him,
"Enough, dont think i dont know what you are doing young man, and you better answer my quiestion right now, why is it ON YOUR SHOULDER!"
She said with a high pitch in her voice, and fire in her eyes, hadrian found himself looking around trying to look for an escape, when he found out he was trapped, he turned the kicked puppy dog look on his father, who quickly shook his head and refused to look into his face, in other words he was on his own, he looked at his mother whose eyes was practicaly glaring daggers at his friend, and ofcourse it didnt help matters that maseri was doing the equalvalied to snake sniggers, damn serpent,
"Moth...mot... "
'Deep breath deep breath'
"Mother the reason why i have maseri on my shoulders is because i offered it to become my familier and it accepted"
Hadrian finish with a small high pitch in the end, but atleast he didnt stutter it out, even if it came out very meek.
There was dead silent in the shop except for the random animal making sounds, his mother was frozen as a statue, the marauders was always complete frozen tho they were beginning to get out of it and edge slowly away with a growing horror look on their face while they looked at lilys reaction, hadrian was also silently waiting for the doom to hit, his mother was very overproctitiv, curses fathers and godparents for leaving him alone with this.
You could see when his mother was starting to come out of it, her eyes came alive, and her hair was standing on an end with magical cracks going of around her, and her mouth opening and closing like she wasnt sure what to say, eventually she got something out,
"No no no no you haven't bonded yet and that is a poisiones snake it could kill you in your sleep, or bite you, or eat you no no you are not getting a snake..."
And his mother continued rambling no and alot a reasons came out, and in some part he understood her reluctance, but really she should have abit more faith in him,
"...hocke you, crush you.."
"mother please i understand what you mean, but i promise he wont do anything"
Hadrian widen his eyes abit more and making sure some water was starting to build making them glitre, and his bottom lip trembling, but his mother was strong,
"don't you dare use that look on me, Hadrian James Potter, you are not ready for the responsibility for such a dangerous pet and how would you know he wouldn't bite anyone!"
His mother said while looking down at him, he was starting to feel his anger rearing is head, "responsibility? ive had much worse before, and where is the faith and belief in me, i might be a child, but im not helpless for merlins sake" His mother continued with her responsibility lesson and to dangerous, until he lost some control,
"AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU REFUSE TO EVEN GIVE ME A CHANCE!, AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION I KNOW HE WONT BITE ANYONE, BECAUSE HE TOLD ME!"
the second it was out of his mouth, hadrian wanted to bang his head into the wall, his mother looked completely shocked, but then again he had never yelled at her,
"dont take that tone with me young man, I am your mother, and hadrian snakes cant talk!"
He knew he fucked up and now he was paying for it having to tell his mother, he is a parselmouth, with his father and the marauders in the back of the room looking shocked at him, he felt so lost, he knew his father and sirious hated everything slytherin and he didn't want to lose his family now when he finally had one.
He could feel the burning in his eyes that signaled tears and turned his head down, while trembling all over, maseri was whispering all kinds of comforting words to him, while gently squessing his shoulders abit, he felt so utterly alone, and hated himself for this weakness, for the child inside him that still remember the cruel treatment at the hands of his relatives and friends, the child that still though of himself as unloveable, ugly and a freak.
Hadrian was pulled out of his musing by someones hand gently tilting his head up, he saw his mothers concerned face throw the blur of his tears,
"Hadrian, love what is wrong?"
His mother gently implored him to speak, he couldn't he just ran into her arms and cried there, his mother for her part had completely forgotten the snake and was now focusing all her attention at calming her distressed child, while james was kneeling down to them, concern writing all over his face,
"Harry, come on you can tell us, we love you nothing will change that"
His father said, it only made him cry move since his father didn't know how wrong that sentence was, his mother looked at his father, a silent message being send to each other, before he felt his father pick him up from his mothers arms and hold him close, he buried himself in his fathers shoulders and held on tight, while his mother went to the counter and payed for the snake, sensing that taking it from him would be very bad.
Sirious and remus looked decidely uncomfortable, and his mother waved them over and said maybe they should come by later, they understood the message and apperated home with their twins, while hadrian was slowly feeling a bit better, it had been a long time since he had cried that much.
His mother and father cut the trip short and apperated home, putting him in his room,
"love, we know you don't want to talk about it, but just think about it okay?, we love you nothing will ever change that, if you want us we will be in the kitchen prepparing dinner"
His father said sounding sirious for once while looking very gently and lovingly at his son.
Hadrian was at lost for what to do, the child in him was telling him to trust his parents, while the war hardened warrior was saying there is something better left unknown, it was so hard to decide and he had even asked maseri for advice, but alas the snake hadn't much comfort to offer except to trust his parents abit more, for he could see they loved him like nothing else on earth.
After 2 hours in his room lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling he finally came to a decision, he went downstairs into the kitchen, where dinner was almost ready and the cake for latter was being put in the freezer, his parents saw him and indicated to a chair close to him, he sat down waiting for his parents to do the same, then they looked at him very gently and very loving, and he could feel the doubts coming back with vengeance so before he chicked out, he did a gryffindor,
"I'm a parselmouth".