Tara – yeah, I think she would freak. Thanks for the names!

O0true0o – Flower names are nice. Thanks for the suggestion, I might ask my Granny! I bet she'll come up with a few great flower names!

Heather – Yeah, I agree. Imagine meeting your son when you are still a teenage! Woah…

Wintermoon – yeah, it would be dangerous, but Harry has never seen his mother, or even talked to her, and it's probably the thing he wants most in the world – now that he has met James. As for the name, that is a great one!

Funness – I'm glad it made you laugh! I was just picturing it when I wrote it, and I went around with a huge grin on my face after, which got me several weird looks, I can tell you!

FawkesnFlame and Moony – I love that name! And I will be keeping up the writing, although I apologise for the delay I know there will be, as I am in Germany in 2 days and will not have time to finish the chapter and upload it.

Padfootsgurl4eva – you have snakes! Jealous lucky! I want a snake, but I bet my parents would say no… thanks for the name suggestions.

Alecatq – I love snakes too, they are just so cool! Thankyou for the names!

Darian – sorry you thought it was a bit rushed! Name generators are a great idea! I hadn't thought of that… And I intend to make the story so that you can look on it as if they were gay, but there is no concrete evidence towards it, so I can keep everyone happy. I have other slash stories, and I'm working on one at the moment, using Frizzy's veela idea (with her permission). It's called Crazy in Love – after Beyonce's single – also Frizzy's idea: I was stuck for a title and she suggested it. Go check it out!

Stephanie – thank you! I can't wait for them to meet up either!

A.A.Milne number 2 – thanks for the names, but I was going to go for something unusual, I mean, this is Harry Potter we're talking about! Thankyou anyway, and I will keep going!

Ze Czech – that is a great idea! Thanks! And it is a nice name, but it is already a sort of snake… I think I'll go look up names of crystals, maybe I'll get some good idea's there… Anyway, thanks for the idea, I think I'll use it!

~…~ is parseltongue.

"Names? What do you want names for, Harry?" James asked.

"Never mind, just give me a few?"

"Lily!" James said.

"Sam!" Sirius insisted.

"Felicity!" Remus interrupted.

"Anne""

"Barbara!"

"Rosie!"

"Iris!"

"Samantha!"

"Sheila!"

"Sarah!"

"Susanna!"

"Cali!"

"Felicia!"

"Floria!"

"Lourania!"

"Where the hell did you dig that one up? Elizabeth!"

"Sasha!"

"Nyoka!"

"Shakira!"

"Artimis!"

"Escarletta!"

"Narsil!"

"Imladris!"

The names flew thick and fast, with all three marauders trying to shout louder than his friends. The names got more and more unusual as they competed.

"Mariko!"

"Carnelian!"

"Kalahari!"

"Citrine!"

"Sapphire!"

"Heliodor!"

"Cyclotella!"

"Baryte!"

"Chrysoberyl!"

"Ruby!"

"Garnet!"

"Moonstone!"

"Amber!"

"Opal!"

"Topaz!"

(All these are names of yellow/red crystals or gems, apart from Mariko, which is the name of a Japanese slayer from Buffy! And yes, you can get yellow sapphires, as well as blue.)

The tirade was cut short when they arrived at the greenhouses, and went inside, to be taught more about the marvels of bouncing beans and tentacle vines…

While the Gryffindors were in Greenhouse 4, Harry hung around outside the back, thinking. He'd left the snake inside the Greenhouse; she'd found a mouse hole and wanted to wait to see if she could catch her dinner. He wasn't wearing the cloak; he couldn't see the point, as a row of bushes, the greenhouses and another row of bushes hid him from view. No one would be able to see him, unless they came out of the Forest directly ahead.

Or they came around the side of the greenhouse.

The first clue he had was someone humming. Then he saw a flash of red hair over the hedge. He just had time to think 'oh crap!' before Lily Evans came through the gap and saw him.

"Jamie! Why aren't you in the greenhouse?" She asked, tipping the bucket of leaves and twigs she was carrying onto one of the piles of compost and walking over to him.

"Uh…"

"Well? I hope you aren't going to play a prank or something, because I wasn't told! I told you, if you're going to do something like that, tell me, so I know when to cover for you. Or help…"

"Um…"

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"

"Well… I… Um…"

Lily moved closer, and Harry held his breath. She had a puzzled look on her face, and she looked him over carefully.

"You aren't James… but you look so much like him… what's going on?"

"I… Um… We were going to tell you, honest!"

"Well, I think I have a right to know if James has a twin brother!" Lily looked angry now, and Harry cringed.

"No, I'm not his brother."

"Then who the hell are you?"

"Um… well, it's kinda complicated. Basically, I'm… from the future."

"What?!"

"Yeah, I found this spell, written by James and Remus, which let you travel back in time, and I decided to try it out."

"Oh, I get it," Lily said, her intelligent green eyes – so like his own – looking him over. "You're his son."

"Yeah," Harry told her, relieved.

"Well, who's your mother? I hope they've let you meet her, instead of keeping you to themselves!"

"Uh, sort of."

"They haven't, have they?" the emerald eyes narrowed. "Who is she? I'll introduce you to her right away, the selfish idiots! What's your name, anyway?"

"Harry, Harry Potter. And it's ok, I've already met my mum."

"Well, who is she?" Lily asked, curious.

Harry looked up at her, and met her eyes with his own. She gasped, and moved forward, hugging him tightly. "Oh man, wow. You're really… oh my God!"

Harry hugged her back, desperately, trying to convey all his love through the contact. She held him tight, as he began to sob, clenching her robes tightly and burying his face in the soft red curls.

"Harry… Harry…" she whispered soothingly a few minutes later.

"Yeah?" he asked, raising his head and sniffing.

"Something's happened to me in your time, hasn't it?"

Harry froze. "I can't tell you, it might change things… I've probably already changed things too much. You know you and James have a kid called Harry, and now you know something bad's going to happen to you. I think I should go back, before I change anything else."

"No, don't go. I want to get to know you."

"You will in the future," Harry lied.

Lily still looked suspicious, but let the matter drop. At that point, the snake decided to slide back out from the greenhouse.

~I'm back. Who is this? She has upset you. Shall I make her pay?~ she hissed.

~No! I'm just upset. She's my mother. She died when I was a year old, and this is the first time I've really seen her~

~All right, if you're sure. What is her name?~

~Lily Evans~

"What… you're a parseltongue? But they're usually evil… what's going on?!" Lily gasped, looking scared.

"Nothing! I'm not evil, I'm a Gryffindor! I was… well, I can't tell you. I'll just say… oh, but I can't. Please understand! I'd love to tell you, but I can't. There is a perfectly good reason, I promise. I wasn't born with the power, I was… given it, I guess you could say. It saved my life in second year."

"Oh. Well, I understand that you can't tell me. But it's not a joke from Sirius or Remus, is it? Cos if it is, I'll kill them, even if it saved your life."

"No, it wasn't them."

"Good. Now, what the hell are you doing with that snake?"

"Oh, Remember the chaos in Transfiguration? That was mostly me, the extra bits. And, um… well, she slithered under the cloak, and stayed with me. I like her, so far. She's quite protective, and that's a good thing, if you're me."

"Why? Oh no, you can't tell me, can you? Never mind. What are you calling her? And how come she is ok now? It's not that hot, and I know snakes have to keep warm."

"I don't know, want me to ask her?"

~Hey, how come you're ok out here? Isn't it too cold?~

~No, I'm a special breed, with magical ancestors. Fundamentally, I'm not your normal snake. I'm stronger, can survive in cold weather, can eat a greater range of food, and I am slightly more intelligent, even though snakes are intelligent anyway, I am more so. I can think more for myself. Does that answer your question?~

~Yes. Thank you~

"What did it – she – say?" Lily asked curiously. She had been staring with wide eyes throughout the conversation, and was eager to know what had been said.

"She's a magic snake, basically. A special breed that can survive in cold weather, is more intelligent, is stronger and so on. Ok? And no, she doesn't have a name. Can you think of one? I tried James, Sirius and Remus, but all I got was a headache."

"Poor you. So that's what they were shouting about. Were you under the cloak?"

"Yeah, well, the future cloak. I've inherited it, and I wasn't sure where I was going to end up when I time travelled, so I wore the cloak; didn't want to land James in detention."

"No, he does that quite well by himself, without outside help!" Lily laughed. "Well, I'd better be getting back, if I don't want a detention. I'll talk to you at Break, or Lunch. And I'll think about the names!"

Harry watched her pick up the bucket and dash back around the hedge, before he sat back down and heaved a sigh. He had finally met his mother, and she was as nice as he had been told. She had taken the parseltongue thing really well, and she seemed as intelligent as Hermione, but more of a daredevil. 'And prettier… No! This is my mother! Bad brain!' he thought-yelled at himself angrily, hitting himself on the forehead. Still, he could see why his Dad was so hooked up on her…

Hehe! Next chapter we can have the history of Parseltongues, and a snake name from Lily. Here are the choices, as they are the ones I really like.

Kalahari

Topaz

Chrysoberyl

Sasha

Nyoka

Escarletta

Amber

Alista

Now, what do you want to happen next in the story? Should Lucius make some trouble? Peter still doesn't know, so maybe they should play a prank on him? Tell me what you think!!