A/n The older Sirius and Remus will be referred to Sims and Proney. Sorry for taking so long on this chapter as I didn't get many good ideas on possible fears.
Plain Italics are the snakes talking.
Out of the wardrobe came a horrible decaying dementor floating slowly up to Professor Sims. It lifted its horrid hood to reveal a horrid decayed face well what was left of the face. A couple of students screamed while Harry felt every happy thought in his brain. Harry felt like he was going to faint as the dementor came closer to Sims [Sirius.] but was stopped as Sims yelled.
"Riddikulous!" He yelled as the Dementor tripped over and started cursing his robe hem.
"Rusjha!" Lupin yelled as a blonde girl went up to the boggart who turned in to a green snake.
"Riddikulous!" Tina Rujha screeched as the snake twisted itself into a knot.
"Good. Ron!" Proney said loudly as Ron stepped forward as the snake turned into a hairy tarantula who was clicking it's pincers maliciously as it came up to Ron.
"Riddikulous!" Ron yelled as the spider lost it's eyes and legs and tumbled up to James.
"James." Proney yelled as the spider turned into an ugly looking wizard who Harry recognised as Lord Voldemort. Lily and the other girls screamed as the wizard lifted his wand and in a horrible whisper that everyone could hear started saying, "Avada . . ." but before he could finish James shouted "Riddikulous! " and he got his words mixed up and started talking gibberish.
" Harry."
Harry stepped forward as his name was called to face the dementor that returned.
"Expetro Patronus!" Harry said as a blinding white stag shot out of his wand and chased the dementor away as it stopped in front of Lily.
"Lily!" Proney said quietly as a snake identical to Soedes came slithering up to her hissing in parsletongue. Harry could just make out what it was saying as several girls next to him screamed.
" Yes you are very frightened now but you will have a worse fear later on in life." It hissed venomously before choking on its tongue.
"Sirius." Sirius stepped forward as the Lily backed away from the snake that was choking furiously on its tongue. "Pop" went the snake as it turned into a banshee who started shrieking and screaming blood curling yells as the everyone lifted their fingers up to their as Sirius yelled "Riddikulous!" causing her to suddenly start coughing and spluttering.
After everyone had faced the boggart twice it finally became confused and vanished with a squeaky pop.
"Very good class! 5 points for everyone who faced the boggart." Proney said proudly as they talked about what had happened.
"Did you see the way I done that spider this time!" Ron said triumphantly to Harry as they walked down to muggle studies with their mock wives.
"Yeah nice one." Harry replied absent-mindedly as his thoughts ran around in circles about how his father would feel about his Patronus.
"You right?" Ron asked his face full of concern as he looked at Harry.
"Yeah just thinking about something."
"Okay." Ron said not very certain, that Harry was telling the truth.
"Hi Guys!" Lily said as she and the three marauders came up to them.
"Hi." Harry and Ron replied as they reached the classroom.
"I hate this class." James growled as they waited for the professors to arrive.
"Yeah same." Harry replied.
"Hey when was the duelling club thing on?" asked James excitedly.
"Tomorrow." Sirius said bubbling with excitement. "I can't wait until then though!"
"Yeah I know what ya mean." Remus sighed.
Just then a great screech owl swooped down giving Harry letter about detention and going to the care of magical creatures classroom after dinner. Harry was just thinking how he was going to do detention with Malfoy, Snape and Tia.
"Hello Class! Professor Figgle shouted breaking into Harry's thoughts.
"Now Class we will be now leaving only two couple in the experiment from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw as a couple of you have a detention and your partners would probably not wish to come." She added letting her eyes linger on Harry, James, Lily and Tia before continuing. "So James and Lily, Mick and Gwen will be the only couples left in the experiment."
Most of the students looked happily at her while two students remained glaring at professor Figgles.
"Now Class I must go so please entertain yourselves quietly outside please."
"I can't believe her!" James bellowed as he dragged Lily out as he stalked up to dinner.
"Hey I gotta go." Harry said reluctantly thinking how it would be to see Malfoy and Snape in detention. "Detention."
"Yeah see ya tomorrow." The other said as Harry walked away from the Great Hall with Snape and Malfoy following slowly behind.
"Gosh poor guy being sent to detention with those two." James said as he stopped and watched him leave.
"Oh well he should survive." Ron said quietly.
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"Hello Cerin, Malfoy and Snape." Professor McGonagall said coldly. "You will be helping Professor Grubbplank with her new batch of snakes." Professor McGonagall added as Grubbplank arrived wiping her dirty hands on her robes.
"Professor Grubbplank I'll leave you with them now goodbye." She said leaving them with Grubbplank.
"Hi." Harry said weakly looking at Grubbplank's cold eyes as they walked into the classroom. In the middle of the dim lighted classroom was a glass tank filled with great multi-coloured pythons.
"Now you will be taking the venom and placing it in individual phials. Work by yourself to. So get to work." She snarled as the 3 boys went over to the tank. Soedes slithered around Harry's neck nervously as he eyed the other snakes.
Harry picked up the closest snake to him that was emerald green with slightly gold specks running up its back.
" Hello." It hissed as Harry picked it up gently. "Be careful Soedien he grows ever so watchful."
"Who do you talk of?" Harry asked as he grabbed a phial.
"I speak of nothing except a great wizard who has darkness creeping up on everyone." The snake hissed calmly as Harry collected the venom out of his fangs.
"Do you speak of Lord Voldemort?"
"Yes I speak of him."
"Why do you speak of him?"
"I speak of him as he has been looking for a certain thing around here." The snake hissed lightly as Harry walked back to the tank slowly.
"Do you know what he is seeking?"
"He is seeking a helper." The snake hissed as he was set down in the tank.
"Good bye then" whispered Harry in a low hiss as he picked a new snake, unaware of the people around him.
"Y-you were talking just then I-in. . in PARSELTONGUE!" stuttered Snape as he regained his voice pointing with a shaking hand at Harry's mouth.
"We heard you as well!" Malfoy yelped standing next to a pale Professor Grubbplank.
"Malfoy, Snape you may leave. Harry please stay with me." She said faintly snapping out of her state of shock. Malfoy and Snape and gaped in shock as they left the classroom.
"Harry were you really talking in parseltongue?" She asked sternly.
"Yes." Harry replied glumly, his secret had been unleashed now to the Slytherins.
"Come with me." Grubbplank said as she led the way to Dumbledors office.
" War heads." She whispered racing up past the gargoyle. As she knocked on the door Harry finally walked up slowly to her. The door opened as Snape and Malfoy sauntered out happily.
"Goodnight boys. Now Professor Grubbplank how nice to see you and Harry." He smiled as they came in to his office.
"Sir this boy is a PARSELTONGUE!" Grubbplank shrieked looking at Harry with the same look he normally got from Uncle Veron or Petunia.
"Uh yes Severus Snape and Lucious Malfoy just informed me of that. Harry you may go back to your common room. I hope no one is generally disturbed by this." Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling like the night sky.
"Goodnight Sir." Harry said as he walked out the door and left Dumbledore with a very stressed out teacher.
Why oh why did that have to happen? His thoughts screamed in his head as he walked back to the common room.
God damn it all. First the tunnels now this. Ugh I hate my life! He thought as he walked past an empty common room up to his dorm.
"Bugger!" He muttered as he climbed into bed and fell into a horrible dream about how his parents treated him after they found out about his secret.
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The morning after Harry slept in as it was a Saturday and he probably wouldn't bare the thought of waking up early after last night. Unfortunately though Ron decided to wake him up.
"Harry wake up!" Ron whined loudly as he done a couple of water charms on Harry's face.
"W-what?" Harry mumbled as he came out of his horrible dream.
"You have been sleeping in all the way to 9 o'clock! Time to get up!"
"Oh have I?"
"Yes now grab your cloak and we'll get something from the Kitchens." Ron demanded as Harry finally got dressed.
"Okay let's go." Harry said stuffing the cloak down his robes as they walked out of the dorms.
"Hey what did you do last night?" Ron asked as they finally got to the Kitchens.
"Well you see I found out Voldemorts looking for a helper from a snake and got caught." Harry said quietly.
"No way!" Ron muttered as a house elf brought some scones up to them.
"Thank you, and yes way." Harry said as the House elf skipped away to do it's other chores. "We better go back." Harry added getting up as Ron got up looking stunned at him.
"But no one will believe Snape and Malfoy will they?" Ron said as they walked back.
"Well Grubbplank saw well heard me too." Harry said as they made their way up the stairway to Gryffindor tower.
"Well better face the music now." Ron said hopefully. This was worse than him letting on about the whomping willow tunnel.
"Yeah. Dragoness." Harry muttered as the door opened up for them. As they walked in they noticed the common room go quiet. Had they already heard? Harry asked himself as he walked up to the Dorms. Inside the Dorms he found Sirius, Remus, James and Lily talking about something in hushed voices. Their voices went quiet as Harry entered.
"Hi!" He said trying to sound cheerfully but not succeeding.
"Hi." They all replied avoiding his eyes all sounding disgusted.
"Harry wait up!" Ron said a he barged in to the room where everyone was in an awkward silence. "Hi everyone." He added noticing them.
"Hi." They replied again only this time a hole lot politer.
"Uh see ya later." Harry said picking up Soedes and leaving Ron with the four.
"Whatcha doing?" Ron asked trying to act as if nothing had happened.
"Are you a Parseltongue too?" Lily asked sternly avoiding his eyes.
"No why?" Ron replied nervously as they all stared at him.
"Because your friend is." Lily frowned.
"So?" Ron said irritably as they all looked at him weirdly.
"He is evil." James stated.
"How can you say that? I mean I heard that Snape and Malfoy said that!" replied Ron quietly.
"Still everyone's saying he's a Parseltongue and they're evil!"
" Well why don't you make that choice now. I'll see youse later." Ron said as he stalked of to talk to Sims and Proney, leaving the rest with their thoughts.
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Mean while Harry had made his way out to the cliff that over looked the lake. Harry had always thought of it as his place as most people didn't know how to reach the top.
Harry looked sadly down below, from the looks on their faces He knew that the Marauders and Lily would think of him as something dangerous.
God my own parents think I'm evil! Harry thought as he felt Soedes slither around his neck. What bloody next?
As Harry looked down he saw his mother and fathers' faces as he had entered the common room. Wonder what would happen if I jumped? He thought wondrously looking at his tiny reflection. In his reflection he saw his eyes were turning back to their natural green shade colour. As Harry continued to think about the possibility of jumping he realised that he would be leaving his friend alone in this mess. Hermione would know what to do. He thought, as his stomach growled as he still hadn't eaten much for breakfast. Going back would be tough he realised looking back at the castle which now instead of looking normally inviting looked like a disgusting fortress or prison. As Harry got up he took one more look down the cliff side at the water below before going back; the water looked more inviting then Hogwarts for a change.
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Knock knock! Ron banged against the door of Sirius's room before going to knock on Remus's room.
"What?" came two replies from both doorways.
" It's me we have to talk now!" Ron said urgently as they went into Sirius's room.
"Why what's wrong?" Remus asked his eyes shining with concern down on Ron.
"It's Harry." Ron said pausing as Sirius looked at him concernedly. "You see Snape and Malfoy found out about him being a Parseltongue."
"Oh no!" Sirius cried as Remus's jaw dropped.
"As you can tell they have told everyone. So can you tell how your younger selves acted?" Ron continued on.
"Oh Christ no!" Sirius cried again bringing his hand to his head.
"Uh yeah." Ron mumbled "Hey I don't know what to do so I'll see ya later." Ron said as he left as he and Harry were still going to the duelling club.
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"Harry!" Ron yelled as he finally found Harry walking slowly back for dinner.
"Huh?" Harry replied distantly as Ron came up to him bringing back the thoughts about the duelling club.
"Hey I told your parents to decide it themselves about you being a Parseltongue" Ron whispered as they sat down at the end of the Gryffindor table ignoring everyone's' cold prying eyes that were staring at the two.
"Uh yeah. How did they take it?" Harry asked as Ron began explaining how James kinda of thought it was true and that he thought Harry was evil.
"Just like second year well almost." Harry said as Ron stopped talking and started eating.
"Yeah I guess. When was the duelling club thing on?"
"Tonight after dinner." Harry replied getting lost in his thoughts as the other students disappeared leaving the Gryffindors and Slytherins that were joining the club. Dumbledore cleared the hall as the potions professor and McGonagall hushed for the students to come closer to the front.
"Students please sit down as Professor McGonagall and Professor Elstrat will be holding a demonstration." Dumbledore said quietly as everyone went quiet as the stern transfiguration professor looked determinedly at the cruel face of Professor Elstrat.
"The first thing you do is bow." Dumbledore said as the two teachers jerked their heads downward a bit.
" Then you both bring your wands into the accepted combative position and then on the count of three you will do your first spell." McGonagall mouthed from one to three as Elstrat yelled out "Expelliarmus!" McGonagall flew back against the castle wall and yelled back "Expelliarmus!" as Elstrat flew to the other side of the hall into a Ravenclaw banner. As McGonagall struggled back to her feet Elstrat took her wand and yelled "Wingardium Leviosa! ". McGonagall hovered up to the ceiling and hit her head several times as Elstrat laughed like a maniac down below.
"Expelliarmus!" McGonagall yelled as Elstrats wand came flying up to her as she herself fell down to the floor. Harry saw a spasm of fury go through Elstrat as she tackled McGonagall to the ground. After the tackle Elstrats and McGonagalls' wands lay beside them as they punched, bit [A/n ugh yuckies!], screamed, pulled hair and scratched each other as some looked on in shock and others laughing and wiping away mirthful tears from their eyes. Dumbledore cleared his throat as the two Professors went still as Elstrat still had McGonagall's hair and McGonagall had her long nails dug into Elstrats arms. The two stood up quickly and looked sheepishly at the ground.
"Professors how about we pair the students up now?" Dumbledore suggested his eyes twinkling with tears of mirth as he looked at the scratches and bald patches on the two witches.
"Ah sure." McGonagall said looking up from her feet that were strangely the only parts of her feet, which weren't hurting.
"Good." Dumbledore said as they went different ways pairing up students. After everyone had been paired up Harry had been paired up with James who looked sullenly and in deep thought as he sauntered quietly over away from his friends, Harry sighed he would of liked it much better if Elstrat had paired him up with Ron instead of pairning Ron with Sirius.
"Hi."Harry said glumly looking at James who just nodded in reply. So this is what he has chosen to be like. Harry thought as he heard a voice telling them to bow. Harry bowed as James just nodded his head he didn't like the idea of exposing his neck to a Parselmouth.
Harry brought his wand up slowly as another voice told him while James's wand shot up ready to attack.
A/N Don't you love these horrid little cliffies!