DISCLAIMER: FIRST CHAPTER

A/n: Ok this will be at one point a sort of romance between Harry and my character sorry to burst the bubble at Harry hooking up with anyone outside of Griffindor no slashes and not with anyone younger. Besides I can't see Harry going with Hermione or Ginny and especially not slashes such as Snape or Malfoy shivers

By the way the first part of the chapter is a dream sequence

THE RELUCTANT SLYTHERIN

Chapter 7: Oceanic Dreams, Rainforests of Time

Clickclickclickclickclickclickclick! The sound was immeasurable as a lone sea creature swam through the sea. Fish swam out of its way as it swam in the depths of the sea. It then leaped into the air and landed with grace. It made another sound of clicks and whistles as it swam around searching until it was heard by another and they responded. Rising it took a breath of air and then dove again into the depths of the sea, clickclickclickclickclickclick! Eeep! It did again and this time the creature moved its fins in circles steadying itself and then swam on making sure its companion is still with him. Another creature joined the fray this one more attuned as its darker pattern then his first companion as they rose for air and dove again. It was darker in color and slightly smaller and made slightly different sounds then he and the first companion did. He was joined again by others this one lighter in color with a bit of brown and the other was dark but had streaks of orange and red on its side. Taking a breath the lone creature dove again into the depths watching the strange fish go by and clicking its way around. It could hear the images and formed a picture as the waters grew colder and darker as it navigated its way around.

After sometime swimming they found a ship that had sunk long ago and began to explore. They all separated into groups and swam freely only going up when one needed air to breathe. Swimming into the ship the lone creature explored the different caverns and found a pocket of air to breathe from. Taking a breath it explored till it came onto a chamber within the sunken boat. There were many things indicating that this was a passenger ship and the lone creature swam towards a single point. When he passed something he stopped and turned back. When he got back he was surprised to see another creature like him.

He moved his fins and the creature on the other side did the same he opened his mouth the other copied. The only thing is that the creature that is staring at him has green eyes. Normally his kind has dark eyes but the one before him has green eyes. It was the same color as the algae and coral. It also had a mark on its head like that of the lightning that strikes the sea. Tilting to the side the creature did the same and the one before him moved his flippers just like he did. It was then that he realize that he is staring at himself. Another squealed and he turned to find the dark one and another, his first companion with him. she swam to him and looked at the image of herself and back at him. Squealing at him and the need for air came they left.

When he felt the comforting surface again he sprang from it enjoying the sun and the light of day and then his vision changed.

He could see the mists of the forest surround him and dampen his feathers as the calls of other birds alerted him to their presence. Looking around him he could see two others one was like himself but the other was a Pueo. He recognize that bird from his trips into the lowlands. The bird looked familiar though as did the hawk beside him. He looked down at his own body and found that it was black completely black. When he opened his mouth all that came out was a slightly high pitch noise ala! Alalalalalalalala! He said and the birds took off and he followed over the mist covered forest where strange trees bloom and light continued to pour in. He could see flowers that bloom like volcanoes in color. It was still early as the sun never rose yet from over the ocean but that did not trouble him at all. The Pueo and the hawk were right beside him flying with him and another bird joined them this one bright red with an orange beak and another bird joined them this one was small but it could fly in the wind. It too was red but it had black tail feathers and a shorter beak.

As the first rays of the sun began to pour over the forest bathing it in its lustrous light and the small amount of light he saw turned into bright light the black bird realized for the first time that the forest remained as it was. It was beautiful like walking (or flying) through time. The hawk and the Pueo (owl) flew on and the three birds followed. They rose higher into the sky just above the clouds and the black bird could see the ocean beyond and the ocean behind them. They knew that they were on an island as they were surrounded by water. As high as they flew the smaller birds where having a hard time keeping up and so the black bird flew lower to help them. Gliding along with his wings they kept up with him as he rose higher and enjoyed the wind in his face. When he looked down he was amazed at the forests below him and they seem to stretch for miles and then change into shrub lands and then into wetlands and coastlines before disappearing into the sea. The hawk and the owl flew lower and the trio of birds followed them over a small river bed into the mountains again and the bird was amazed at the waterfalls. They were clean and clear as any in the island and flew lower into the forest and it was once again stepping into time.

The smaller birds huffed and puffed but after seeing several flowers began to feed on them. Their long, or slightly curved beaks fit perfectly with the flowers feeding on them. The black bird observed them and took some nectar for himself but preferred the insects that he caught on the wing. The owl had caught another bird and the hawk did the same. All feasted that day until the hawk looked to the sky and it was then that the black bird noticed that it grew darker as a storm was coming. It made a noise again, alalalalalalala! It shouted and the other two birds were at its side as it took off following the hawk and the Pueo into the sky.

The storm clouds were dark and vast but also cold as the black bird kept up in the wind. Higher they flew until he could feel the strong winds of the higher elevation push him through the storm. It was through this storm he began to hear voices, squeaks, squawks, clicks, whistles, grunts, and voiceshe could hear them as they past around him. Lightning flashed as he could see the clouds before him. Already he could see the shift in the air and followed the birds he had been flying with.

The strong wind continued to push him east as the rains began to fall heavily but eventually turned to hail as the black bird avoided all hits. It was then that the winds died down as the birds began to descend again going lower and lower in the sky. Below them was a castle a very large human building. The bird flew lower following the hawk and the Pueo. The skimmed over the lake and the black bird looked in seeing his reflection for the first time. He saw his face it had green eyes and a mark like lightning on his forehead. The other birds saw this too and chirped their questions. The black bird just followed the hawk and the owl as they flew upwards again this time towards a window. The window was open to them and they flew in well he and the small red bird did. The owl disappeared along with the hawk and the small red and black bird.

When he landed, he landed on a bed. The black bird looked around in the darkness of the stormy skies and saw an image of a boy not too far away as he heaped and fluttered to that bed. Beside the bed was a lamp and a rather large egg inside. The bird looked at these curiously as he looked around and then at the sleeping form on the bed. It went right to the form and looked up surprised that this creature before him had the same mark that he had on his head. Looking up at his feathered crest the bird thought that this creature needed preening badly. Hopping closer the bird then proceeded to look around and found other forms sleeping and curiously lifted the person's eyelid with his beak. What he saw amazed him as he backed away. This person has green eyes like me it thought and then images came back to it. Images of friends, loved ones and memories. The bird knew who it was now and with a blissful event changed into fog and entered the mind of the creature before him.

Harry woke up with a star at the same time as Ron. Both looked at each other, "What the hell was that?" they said at the same time. Then at the same time muttered, "Wicked!"

They ran downstairs and was greeted by Hermione as she was waiting for them fully dressed, "You guys are not going to believe this but I had the most amazing dream," she said, "We know!" Ron and Harry said at the same time. All three of them were chatting happily and Harry was carrying the incubator. They ran down the halls towards their first class but not before dropping off the incubator to the hospital wing. They raced towards their first class which was Transfiguration with Ravenclaw and then on to another boring day at Divination. They were surprised as ever to see an owl sitting there behind Trelawney staring at her curiously. Harry and Ron (Since Hermione went to ancient runes) recognized the owl. "Ron," Harry whispered, "That is the same owl the Pueo," he said and Ron nodded, "Hey it looks like Tory's owl," and with that the owl flew and landed on the desk startling some students. "My word Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley what is the meaning of this!" Professor Trelawney said and the owl hooted at her and she backed away. It then turned towards the boys and nodded before looking at them straight in the eye and then turned and left.

"That was way wicked!" Ron said as he and Harry exited the classroom a few minutes later totally stoked at what happened. "What happened?" Hermione said as she met them in the great hall. "Oh you should have seen Trelawney's face when she saw that owl excuse me Pueo," Ron said and Hermione leaned in and they told her. It was then that an owl came in with the Daily Prophet for Hermione as it dropped it into her waiting hand. Hermione read it then turned pale, "What is it?" Harry asked, "you should read this," she said handing the paper over to Ron and Harry.

DARK MARK APPEARED OVER MUGGLE LONDON

Muggle London was attacked as of October 15th as residents got an early call when an explosion attacked Buckingham Palace and the Queen was almost resumed dead but luckily escaped with her life. The Muggle Parliament at this time had been evacuated as more attacks have increased over the past several days. Because of the lateness of this newsletter and we apologize for it due to an attack on the Ministry of Magic. Minister Cornelius Fudge has agreed to send help to the Muggles for they know not of the meaning of Voldemort.

In total a number of 16, 354 Muggles 1,343 Wizarding folk and 543 magical creatures have been found dead in the rubble. Dementors have also been found sucking the souls of those present at the time adding another 3,000 people dead. This mass murder has been going on for the duration of the attack and no one was prepared for it. Albus Dumbledore headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this time had been warning the minister to take action and prepare the Aurors but to no avail and now with this attack he is forced to act. Wizarding folks all over the United Kingdom demand that Fudge be removed from office at once and the Wizengotts (spelling) council is meeting even as this paper goes to the press to an impeachment of Minister Fudge and to appoint a new minister of Magic. Because Fudge failed to heed the warnings of both Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter 'The Boy who Lived' he will be charged with other crimes as well. Such acts would not stand well with the public and they themselves can see what a fool our Minister has been.

When the article ended everyone in the great hall was silent as they read their version of the Daily Prophet. Then suddenly owls swooped in carrying black letters in their talons and dropped them all into the hands of different students from all houses. Everyone was outraged by the death certificates and many burst into tears. They all cried for their loved ones and mourn for their deaths. Harry was one of them that received a black letter. He opened it up and it read.

Dear Mr. Potter,

We regret to inform you that your aunt and uncle Vernon and Petunia Dursley along with your cousin Dudley have been killed while shopping for food on October 15th we apologize for the lateness of this letter but because of the attack of the Ministry this past spring we were unable to give the letters out in time. We accept full blame for not getting this out sooner and we give you our deepest regrets.

Maximilian Osgoth

Administer of death certificates and caretaker of the deceased.

"Oh my god Harry," Hermione said holding a similar certificate one addressed to her and she burst into tears on his shoulder. Ron did the same even though his family is fine but he was there to support them. It was then that the chiming of a glass could be heard and they all turned to the head table as Professor Dumbledore stood up. "May I have your attention, due to the amount of death certificates out there we will be canceling the rest of the day to give you time to mourn for the next two to three days." He said and sat down while everyone was weeping, crying or in some peoples case out right wailing.

Harry sat in the hospital wing looking at the prone figure of Tory Kahalewai as she slept, "I don't know why they have not taken you home yet Tory," Harry said holding her hand, "I guess they thought you would be safe here," he said and looked to see Hermione looking out the window. Ron was trying to comfort her the best way possible and being as close as they are Harry would not be surprised if they started dating. He then turned his head to the Slytherin girl in bed. A flutter of wings alerted him to Hedwig's presence as well as Tory's owl Kama. The dark colored bird stood tall looking at Harry the way it did and turned to Hedwig before hopping over to its mistress and began to coo softly. It then turned to Harry trying to make him understand. "What is it?" he asked and the owl looked into his eyes and Harry fell into the depths of the black mask into the golden eyes of the owl to see or rather hear a voice.

Harry listened as it sang that familiar song and nearly jumped out of his skin to realize that was him. Kama then flew out the window only to come back a few minutes later carrying something rather thick in his talons. When he tossed it down to Harry he caught it with practiced ease. He looked at it and found that it was a sketch book. "What is it Harry?" Hermione asked as she and Ron joined in, "It looks like a sketch book," he whispered and opened it to reveal something that he only saw in his dreams. "Oh my god!" Hermione said, "Bloody Hell!" Ron said and Harry stared at it.

It was a picture of a group of dolphins just like he saw in his dream. There was the dark dolphin off to the side with the lighter colored dolphin, the one with the red streak and another dolphin that looked fairly normal. The one that caught his eye however was the one in the middle. It had green eyes and a lightning shaped mark on its forehead. Harry, Hermione, and Ron gasped at the image before them. On the side there was a note at the other side of the cover and it read….

Oceanic dreams,

Every night I would see this image and every night it would be the same.

I would be swimming in my dolphin form with Kama but we are always accompanied by another group of dolphins.

We are always playing together and then we dive into the depths of the sea exploring. I've seen the depths of the sea many times before but never the sunken ship at this depth. We explore I would go one way and the others theirs. I eventually find the green eyed dolphin looking into a mirror amazed at what he saw. He had never seen himself before as he played with his fins and checked himself out. It was then that I would appear and look into the mirror itself admiring my view and then turning to leave with the green eyed dolphin following. We would leave and then we are at the surface again and then the dream ends.

Harry and the others stood stunned and with shaky fingers Harry turned the page and found to his surprise another image from the dream that he and his friends shared. It was the image of the birds. There was the Owl like Kama who sat perched on the far right corner looking at the center. On the far left was the hawk as it too looked towards the middle. Just below the owl was the same red bird that Harry saw in his dream it was the red bird with the red body but the long curved orange beak. Next to that bird is another red bird with the black tail and black wingtips. They were all pointing towards the middle to the black crow the one with green eyes and a lightning shaped mark on its head. "Oh my god," Hermione said noticing the details for the first time and then checking the other and sure enough there was a lot of details into the colors of this image. Turning over they could see their vision take a life of its own as they saw the forests of mists and the strange trees surrounding it. They also saw the mountains and the waterfalls behind it. On the side of it was another note about the picture and Harry read it to the rest.

The Rainforest of Time

Every time I look at this image it is as if I see myself once again take another form and going back into time. The time of my ancestors and the spirit of my ancestors the ones who reside in every forest creature known to the ancient people of Hawaii. I am at the left as the I'o the Hawaiian Hawk. On the right is Kama in all his glory the Pueo. Towards the front on the left is the Amakihi (Ama-Kid-Hi) and the right is the I'iwi (E-E-Vee ) but the one that always catch my eye is the green eyed Alala The Hawaiian Crow. I don't know but there is something about it that puts me on edge and yet trust as well. He is always accompanied by the Amakihi and the I'iwi that I don't know about to this day. It follows me as if seeking my guidance and I fly far to the east till I see a castle and then the dream ends.

The trio stared in shock at the image before them they were as vivid as the dream, "So they were her dreams," said Ron looking at the prone figure of Tory, "Yeah," Harry said and then flipped the page and found another image this one Kama in all his glory. The image after that was of several people they did not know about and a house behind them. They trio looked through and read each note till they came to the tenth one. It was a picture of Diagon Alley full of people and they could see all the stores in bright details. Even though the images were colored in colored pencil the colors had shown as livid as if it were a photo. The next one is of Tom cleaning glasses at the Leaky Cauldron and of several customers. They were surprised however at the pictures of Professor Snape. The first image is of him scowling down at you so they figured it was from Tory's point of view. The next image is of him at the potion's store buying ingredients and the last one is of him looking troubled as if remembering. Then they saw a picture of Hogwarts in all its majesty with the setting sun behind it. Pages after that were of the different classrooms and hallways with the ghosts and portraits, suits of armor and hidden critters. The most surprising of them all was a picture of Filch yelling at Peeves who is about to throw something nasty at Mrs. Norris. The trio laughed at that picture and they flipped it to see Peeves again running away from the Bloody Barron. But the last picture was the one that caught them and the laughter stopped.

It was a picture of Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson, Bullstrode, and Zabini and they were hitting Tory. The group looked at the picture in horror as they hit her with many different hexes and jinxes and curses. They could see an image above as Kama tried to protect her only to be hit as well. The next image was even more vivid then the last it was of Tory trying to take a shower but instead of water there was acid. Harry read the side notes.

I don't know what they did to me, or what I have done to them

I mean I did pull that prank on Malfoy on the train but I did not realize that they would go to this

Why do they hate me so even when I am in their house

I heard the others say that they don't like Mudbloods

I may be Muggleborn but I don't deserve this prejudice

Are they afraid of me?

Do they sense the power in me?

Do they know that I have a restraint on my magic?

If I've tried to tell Professor Snape but he would not listen

Or is it the real Professor or maybe I have been talking to someone in disguise like Malfoy

God it hurts the acid ate away my skin and flesh and I can no longer fight back.

Harry, Ron and Hermione sat there in shock at the message behind the page and Harry could see Ron full of anger. "Why the fuck would they do that?" he said, "Those bloody gits I swear to god I am going to kill them!" he said, "Wait Ron!" Hermione said as she held him down, "She's right Ron just running over to them blindly is not going to help," Harry said and Ron just sat there irritated. Harry then flipped the page to find that it was the great hall and Tory was trying to eat but could not eat because someone jinxed her food and poisoned her drink. They also found another picture of Tory's clothes being hexed so she could not wear them without being burned to death or it trying to kill her. Her own bed was hexed to try and kill her. Another picture was of Kama being abused by some of the students in her class. Then there was the picture of her being attacked by the dragon in Care of Magical Creatures. They even saw a picture of Tory being thrown into a bunch of Eagle Claws in Herbology. Finally they came to an image of Tory talking to a snake in a cage and they could guess was the Magical Margarine in Diagon Alley. "She is a parseltongue," Ron said and looked at the image of the snake and the happy expression on the snake's face. Harry turned the page to see the image of Moaning Myrtle and Tory holding Kama. Myrtle had an expression of sympathy and understanding on her face and her hand was pointing towards the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.

The image of inside the chamber is what had gotten them it was an image of Tory speaking to something with Kama on her shoulder and the dead basilisk on the background with Salazar Slytherin's image in the background.

The voice in the chamber

I wondered down there and heard a voice

It was at first a demanding voice demanding to know how invaded its turf

I told it who I was and how I got in

It told me of its life over the thousand years and the great serpent it was wishing to be free from its prison

It told me that it did not mean to kill when the chamber was opened by a descendent of its horrible master

It told me how grateful to be free of its prison and torment when the unknown savior killed it.

Its only regret is not being able to see its egg cared for and hatched

The voice chose me to care for the egg

To teach the little one within not to kill as it had

To teach it peace and understanding

To teach it love and to let it free

I made that promise to the unknown voice and I will protect it.

My power was not as restrained as it was above so I could do a simple warming spell on the youngster and heal it to allow it to hatch someday. I will keep my promise even to the grave.

The group had tears in its eye as the next image was of Tory holding the egg and from the looks of it singing. The last and final image in the book before it was all blank pages was of Hedwig delivering food to Tory and Kama. The look of surprise on Tory's face even with all her dreads and bangs and scars she was still Tory.

To those who gave me food and felt for me I thank you

From what the note said it was not an act of pity no an act of understanding

I hope to meet you one day and thank you

TBC