Disclaimer: Not mine. Not KitsuneAlexandra's. None of this belongs to either of us.
A/N: Sorry I haven't written any of this story since I got it. School and such. Oh, I am MikoAri now. Just so you know. And by the way, I am on Summer Vacation now, so I have more time to write all of my stories, including this one. You'll notice I changed the title. It sounds more like an actual story now, like one of the actual books. Have you notcied all of them are Harry Potter and the...?
The feast took forever, it seemed. Draco and Harry kept quiet, as that was what everyone else was doing. After the feast, the Slytherin prefect Marcus Flint took them to the Slytherin Common Room.
"Idiotic Lions!" he said clearly. Many people giggled, realizing what it meant. He led them into the room. The first years gathered around him. The rules were explained. Then the older ones (fifth, sixth, and seventh years) cornered Harry, wands out. Harry, because he didn't know any magic, had to rely on instict alone. Pansy had gone to bed with her friend Millicent, as had Blaise. Draco had gone to the bathroom. This left Harry alone.
"You thought you could come here and learn out secrets in the hopes of killing us, didn't you? But you won't be able to, because we'll kill you first!" hissed a sixth year girl. She raised her wand and started to shout a spell. "Saverus Demnicus Alve-"
Harry cut her off. His wand wasn't with him, and he regretted it. But he would have to make do. He remembered how he had let the snake out, and how he had gotten Dudley stuck in the cage. He concentrated, and, feeling power surging through him, yelled, "Aristh!" (not a real spell. Not Latin either. I don't know any.)
The girl froze. Her wand clattered to the floor, but no one noticed. People stared at the frozen girl to the small boy in front of them. Power still seeped through him.
Marcus backed up. He tripped over something, and realized it was his pet snake, Salazar. Draco had, unnoticed, come out of the bathroom.
"Idiot boy. He is always tripping over me!" complained Salazar. Harry blinked, and walked forward.
"I wouldn't do that, Harry. That snake is evil! It sent Marianna Lesing to the Hospital Wing last year. I'm Leanna by the way. Sorry about that, we had to make sure you were worthy, what with you being Harry Potter and all. Seriously, back off. Salazar will bite you."
Harry smiled at the girl. "Hello, Leanna. Don't worry. He won't bite me." Harry took another step forward. "Will you?"
Everyone gasped. The snake looked up.
"You speak my language?" Salazar asked, slithering up to Harry. Everyone was staring, and Draco was walking forward, towards his friend.
"Yes. Doesn't everyone?"
"No. Not many people do. I have never met another person who did. Ever. Please, call me Elsrith. The idiot humans call me Salazar, but it is not my name. Can you please tell them that?"
Harry laughed. "Sure. My name is Harry, by the way. Harry Potter." He turned to the humans to find them pale and shaking. "Um...are you guys okay?"
"Harry! Why didn't you tell me you were a Parselmouth?" Draco asked, awed.
"Um, I didn't realize. I mean, I thought it was normal or something..." he shrugged. "Oh, Marcus, he says to tell you his name isn't Salazar. It's Elsrith."
"Okay. Thanks. Wow! How did you-er, how long have you-I mean, wow! You can speak Parseltongue!" Marcus said, excited. Everyone was gathering around him again, only this time they weren't trying to kill him. Even the ones who had gone to bed and heard the commotion came out. Most of them stayed up talking to Harry until 2:30 in the morning.
I have an announcement to make. In my next chapter I am going to put a quote from a Harry Potter book in. I would have in this chapter, but it is pretty much all about being a Parselmouth and such, so it would be obvious that it was from book 2, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Or CoS for short. I'll write some stuff to go with it, it is a sort of contest, after all. See 'A Little Fun' by KitsuneAlexandra, chapter 3, and look at the A/N. You'll understand.
Tell me how I did! This wasn't my story originally, and I would like to know how you think I'm taking it so far. Please read my other stories! Thank you!
-MikoAri