Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter as usual.

'thoughts'

/parseltongue/

Riddle or Potter

Chapter 3

The next morning Harry woke up and didn't recognize where he was he knew it wasn't Gryffindor tower and he started to panic. Harry drew his knees up to his chest. 'Where am I? Have I been captured by Voldemort while I slept? No that isn't right because my scar doesn't hurt. So the Snake faced bastard hasn't captured me, but that still leaves me confused as to where the heck I am. Wait I'm starting to remember now oh yeah Snape brought me to his quarters after he discovered my injury I wonder where he is, well might as well get up and find him.' With that decided Harry got out from under the black silk sheets on the huge bed and set about looking for his professor knowing that it was Saturday so he didn't need to worry about classes.

Right as he was about to leave Snape walked in. "Well where do you think you're going? I need to check your wounds and get some food into you before you leave these rooms. The whole school now knows btw and I don't think you are quite ready to deal with that." He said leading Harry to the couch where he removed his shirt to check on the wounds.

"Where did you go?" Harry asked quietly.

"I was summoned by the Dark Lord. However I must inform you that the Dursleys are dead. I can assure you your aunt and cousins deaths were relatively quick and painless, however your uncle was tortured greatly before he was finally killed. I'm sorry Harry but it had to be done to keep you from having to go back there ever again and you shouldn't blame your self, also your father told me to give you this." Snape said holding out a box with tiny holes in it for Harry to take. Harry opened it to see a baby boa constrictor looking at him.

/Hello little one do you have a name/ Harry asked the snake gently in parseltongue.

/No massster you mussst give me one./ came the boa's reply.

/Well firsst I musst know your gender./

/I am a male massster./

/Firssst pleasse sstop calling me masster my name isss Harry. How doesss Jinx sssound to you/

/A worthy name my Young massster the snake replied/

I look up to see Snape watching me with interest. "It never ceases to amaze me but you and your father speak it differently...He speaks it with a certain coldness to make it sound more intimidating where as you make it radiatee warmth and make it sound good and nice." He says noticing my curious look.

"Why were you called? Never mind I suppose Draco went and told him about me. But if he knew I was his heir then why try to kill me I mean surely he knew he had got her pregnant?" I ask petting Jinx gently.

"That I don't know Harry but what I do know is he wants to see you and will demand custody of you, if he doesn't get his way he may even take you out of Hogwarts." He says after he orders food through the floo. "He's also ordered me to take you shopping for new clothes muggle and wizard, but we won't be alone and I warn you this shopping trip will be hell Lucious managed to get out of going to Azkaban again and will be going with us. Pure hell I tell you but it would have been worse if Lils was still alive those two were shopping friends in Hogwarts even though she was a muggle born she earned his and every other Slytherins respect in her choice style and her power." He tells me as he's setting up a table. I'm surprised no one ever tells me about my mother I think this may have some good in it after all. "She wasn't a Gryffindor as you were lead to believe but shockingly a Slytherin... That could be why he chose her. Lils was one of our best pranksters and flyers though she never tried for the team. Always said it would take time away from her studies and pranks and she was right it would have. All that talent of yours every one said you got from James, thats a laugh Lils was ten times better then him and so are you." He goes on as he continues setting up chairs.

"I'm sorry about looking into your pensive it was just that every one always told me how great James was and how much like him I was but they never actually told me what he did that was soo great and they never told me anything about my mother. I guess my curiosity got the best of me and I'm sorry for invading your privacy." I look down at the floor I can't meet his eyes I'm too ashamed to. "I guess James wasn't as great as everyone always told me, but I could never treat any one like that it was stupid and idiotic and just plain mean. I'm sorry for what he and Sirius did to you, and I know that doesn't make the fact go away but maybe it can help." I look into his eyes as I finish my little speech.

"Harry, I'm the one who should be appologising because I couldn't see how much like Lily you really are. I've never truly hated you just the thought that James took her away from me and then you were born and I loved you soo much but James forbided me from seeing you. I only got to see you when James wewnt on missions and I wasn't needed to do anything, then you had to go into hidding and I found out too late that the Dark Lord had gone to attack them." He says helping me sit down and start eating. I hear the fire flare and some one clear their throat.

"If you two are finished I believe a shopping trip is in order." I look over to see Lucious Malfoy standing in front of the fire place.

AN: sorry it's still short but it took me a good two hours to add everything.