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Recreant
Chapter 7
By Robbly
Beta'd by Gilthas
Harry froze. He started trembling. No, Voldermort was gone. Dead and gone. And Harry was good. Harry couldn't do dark arts such as the 'shadow flame'. He pushed his mind away from the thoughts. What was hissing at him before? Harry looked towards the hissing and waited for a snake to emerge.
"Another dessstructive human."
Harry physically jumped as the voice hissed beside his ear.
"Sssscared human?"
The amusement was obvious. Harry slowly turned. A small snake head peered out from a tree its tongue flicking out, tasting the air. It mused.
"You are ssscared yet do not run."
The snake leant out further
"I can tassste your fear human."
It paused,
"Boo!"
The snake suddenly darted forward, catching Harry off guard. Harry jumped and fell back landing on the ground.
"Owch! You ssscared me"
The snake suddenly reared up and hissed, it bared its fangs at Harry
"You are like him! I sssshould have known after that evil flame!"
It hissed again
"Begone before I bite you. Thissss world ssssuffered at hisss handssss and if you are like him it will sssuffer at yourssss. Yet I cannot harm you, i promissssed not to harm hissss desssccendentssss. Begone!"
It was Harry's turn to blink. He hadn't even noticed he had spoken parseltounge
"I'm not evil!"
Harry retorted, but the snake just hissed at him.
"And I am not like him!"
He growled and was getting up about to turn away when th snake hissed,
"You sssay you are not like him. Explain the flame then, human."
Harry turned and froze. A weak voice slipped out of him.
"I'm not evil. I'm not like him. I'm not like him."
The snake gave an snarl, aggravated
"Yet you cannot explain the flame."
Harry's face flushed
"I'm not evil! I didn't let myssself be degradded ssso much by that, that demon to be told by a mere sssnake that I am evil! You don't know what I went through to kill him. You do not have the right to judge me."
Harry's voice was low and cold though anger rippled through. Suddenly the end of branch on which the snake was coiled burst into black flame.
Harry immediately paled and sank slowly to the ground. Sitting there he whispered.
"No, I'm not evil, I'm not evil. I'm not like him! I ssswear I'm not like him. Never like him."
His mumbles became incoherent and though Harry was oblivious the branch stopped burning. He started into oblivion, fear twisting its way into his unfocused eyes. The snake looked at him. The child was not evil, though it would prove a powerful ally, also it was so lost, so scared, it needed a friend. A friendlier voice hissed.
"You lack control human. You couldn't even aim for where I wasss. However power alwaysss drawss me, you have great power. You have hisss power though I do not underssstand how. Let me teach you control human."
The mocking tone calmed Harry somewhat and he slowly refocused, looking straight into the snakes eyes.
"You do not think me evil?"
"You do dark artsss though you do not know how and you hate yourself for it. How could you be evil?"
Harry's tone was sad
"Everyone condemnss me. They do not underssstand yet they judge me. They tell me I am evil and I believe them. But you sssay I am not, and you would teach me to control my evil?"
The snake looked at him.
"I will teach you. Asss for judging you, you have not judged me."
Harry just looked at the snake brow furrowed. Judged me? He looked the snake over. It had a smooth normal snake face with a flickering tongue, which was a dark red, and the snakes eyes were a dark almost black violet. It was long and muscular but smooth with two small strangely shaped lumpy spots on its back but almost perfect besides it. The snake had a certain grace more than the usual grace found in snakes, and its scales were long and a silver white which faded to a dark forest green then quickly to black at the end. They also seemed somewhat... blurry? Harry flinched quickly as the realization hit him. The snake had feathers instead of scales.
"I am judged just asss you. You sstupid humanss sseek to desstroy what they do not undersstand."
Harry just looked at the snake and decided not to ask. Instead he said
"What isss your name?"
"My name iss Anafiel. And yourss human?"
"My name isss Harry."
"I am pleassed to meet you Harry, though in me helping you you agree not to try to kill me, I do not like being burnt."
Harry blushed slightly but shook his head. Anafiel just seemed to give him a teasing smile.
"Hold out your arm Harry."
Harry held out and Anafiel was about to slither onto it when Harry said softly
"Wait there isss sssomeone I would like you to meet."
He called to his 'friend'. 'Doulau there is someone I would have you meet.'
Doulau was currently curled sleeping around Harry's ankle, she slithered up to his arm. 'Speaking of which you need a new name, unless you like Doulau.'
A small hiss greeted Harry's ear answering in the negative shocking Anafiel who looked up at Harry confused.
Harry mentally asked Doulau again, 'How about Khariss.'
A sensual hiss replied, Anafiel showed definite interest,
"I like the name. Who would you have me meet."
Harry nervously hissed out loud tensing as he thought of how Anafiel could react to him carrying Voldermort's mark.
"Kharisss thiss is Anafiel, Anafiel, Kharisss"
Anafiel and Khariss looked at each other, Khariss looking up from Harry's skin Anafiel looking at Harry's arm. Harry was sure Anafiel was shocked yet the graceful snake did not show it, a perfectly curved posture showing only confidence. A hissing reply made Harry relax.
"I will not judge you, though you carry hisss mark. I am pleased to meet you Khariss."
"And you, Anafiel. It isss long sssince I have had any company of my race."
Anafiel proceeded to slither up Harry's arm. The pleasant yet strange tingle caused by the sensation of feathers sliding against skin made the hairs on Harry's arm stand up. Soon the two were hissing away getting acquainted and Harry suddenly felt tired. He leaned against a tree and listened to the sensuous language. Soon he was dozing and didn't notice when the discussion changed from verbal hissing to telepathic hissing.
A little later a tongue flicking in his ear and a voice murmuring in his mind awoke him only to direct him to a little cave where he could shelter for the night. Soon Harry was once again fast asleep curled up amongst a pile of dead leaves with his two companions.
Authors note: Here we go again :)
Doulau - for everybody who didn't know, the greek word Doulau means slave or I enslave depending on how you write in in greek letters. This is just the equivalent english translation. Anyway she's better as Khariss. :)
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