Family problems, New Love and New life

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And now, on with the Chapter 7!

Ok, herrreeeeeeeee we goooooooooooo!

Parseltongue Girl

"Damn, you're gonna be in a heap of trouble!" Ron said. "You aren't allowed eagles, and defiantly not snakes.

"Whatever, I'll figure something out. Hey, can you guys keep a secret?"

The trio looked at each other, then Amelia and said 'Yes' simultaneously.

"Don't freak kay? I can talk to snakes, and they talk back and I can understand them and they can understand me."

"You're a Parseltounge too! Wow! So is Harry!" Ron said.

"Yeah? Well I'm just glad you didn't freak out about it." She said before turning her attention, and voice, to the snake.

&Hello& she hissed.

&You can talk to me?" the snake asked, clearly surprised that a human was speaking its own language.

&Yes. What is your name?&

&I do not have a name. I am merely a chameleon snake.&

&Everyone needs a name&

&Even the bird?&

&Yes. Even the eagle&

&Would you please name me then?&

&I would be honored. The raven haired boy can speak to you as well you know.&

&Amazing&

&What do you think of sparks?&

&Do you have a brain deficiency?&

&No. Don't be so rude. What do you think of……Salazar?&

&Salazar? Yes. I like it very much. Thank you.&

&You are very welcome. Would you like to ride on my neck Salazar?&

&Yes please.&

Amelia took the snake out of its cage and it settled itself around her neck. Then she pulled out her wand and shrunk the cage, before putting it in her small bag.

"What is you wand made of?" Hermione asked curiously.

Amelia's wand was a deep reddish color.
"Cherry wood, with dragons blood and vampire blood. That's what Mr Ollivander said. Anyways, this is Salazar." She indicated to the snake.

"Salazar?" Harry asked.

"He liked it better than Sparks." Amelia shrugged.

Then she turned to the eagle. "Heya fella. How 'bout we get you out of that cage?"

The black eagle bobbed it's head.

Amelia opened the cage and the small bird hopped out and stretched its wings before moving around for a minute

While it did that, Amelia repeated what she did with Salazar's cage.

"Come on fella. Up we go." She said, letting the eagle hop up onto her arm. As it was no smaller than a kitten right now, it wasn't too heavy

&What is the birds name?& Salazar asked.

&I'm not sure. What do you think Salazar?&

&Lunch.&

"Har har very funny." She said.

"What'd he say?" Hermione asked.

"He said to call the bird 'lunch'. Hmm, what about Munyin?"

The bird squawked and bobbed its head again.

They all laughed.

"Munyin it is then." Amelia said.

"Damn it!" Ron swore.

"What's wrong Ron?" Harry asked his friend.

"We've gotta get back to the castle or we'll miss lunch. And mum's expecting us to turn up."

"Oh. We'd better go them." Harry said.

"I'll come back too. I've got what I came for. 'Sides, now I've gotta try and convince Professor Dumbledore to let me keep them." Amelia grimaced.

They all laughed and talked on the ride back to the castle. They entered the Great Hall and headed over to the table the Weasley's were seated at.

"There you are! We were wondering if you'd forgotten. Oh, hello there dearie." Mrs Weasley said when she saw Amelia.

"Hello. You must be Ron's mother. I'm Amelia."

"Very nice to meet you Amelia. Please, have a seat."

Amelia did so.

"This is my husband Arthur. Our eldest boys, Bill, Charlie and that's Percy. He graduated from Hogwarts last year. Works at the Ministry. Oh and that's Fred and George, and Ginny, our youngest. Also you know Ron, and I'm Molly."

"Nice to meet you all." Amelia said, a bit shocked at the overly large family.

The Weasley's all said hello. Then Charlie saw Salazar.
"Merlin's beard! There's a snake around your neck!" he said.

"Yeah, so? It's just Salazar. He's harmless, really." Amelia said. "And the eagle's Munyin. Now, if you'll excuse me please, I'm preparing to beg very hard to keep them." She grinned. "See you guys later! And I'm defiantly ready for that chess match Ron."

With as much courage as she could muster, Amelia went up to Professor Dumbledore.

"Excuse me Professor Dumbledore."

"Amelia! How are you?" Dumbledore smiled.

"Great sir. Umm, I was wondering…See I've been told that I had to see you if I wanted any other kind of pet other than what is stated." She said.

"Hmm, I see. What are they? And what are their names please?"

"Well, this fella here is Munyin, and he's a black eagle. He's only this small 'cause he's still only a young fella. And this is Salazar." She indicated to the snake which looked at Dumbledore with curiosity.

&Can he talk to me?&

&I don't think so Salazar. Sorry.&

Dumbledore watched this conversation with interest. "You are a parsel-mouth Miss O'Conner?"

"Yes sir."

"Hmm, interesting. Very well. You may keep them here. But do try to keep them out of trouble though."

"I will. Thank you sir!" she said before skipping off and sitting down at her table.

A few minutes later, the rest of the table came in and sat down, while Munyin hopped down onto her plate.

Lucius was the first to comment on her new pets.

"I though you were getting and owl, not a raven."

"Eagle." Amelia said simply.

"What? That's its name?"

"No. His name is Munyin. And he isn't a raven, he's an eagle." She said calmly.

Suddenly Pansy screamed.

Salazar had slipped off Amelia's neck and was now on Pansy's plate.

"Oh damn it! Sorry!" Amelia said as she quickly scooped him up.

&She's very loud, and rude.& Salazar hissed.

Amelia frowned. &Maybe, but you're not exactly perfect yourself. And besides, she's not used to seeing a snake on her plate.&

&True. Tell her I'm sorry.&

Amelia sat back down. Salazar now on HER plate, and Munyin alternating between the back of her chair and her shoulder.

"Sorry Pansy. He say's he's sorry too." Amelia said.

"You…you can talk to it?" Pansy stuttered.

"Yeah, why?" Amelia frowned. "Can't lots of people do it?"

"No." Pansy shook her head.

"It isn't a very common gift. It's extremely rare, even if your parents had it, it doesn't mean you'll have it." Lucius said.

"Oh. Ok then."

"So, what'd you name the snake?" Blaise asked her.

She grinned wryly. "He liked Salazar." She said.

Everyone laughed at this, then Severus got serious.

"I'm afraid you cannot keep them here during the school time…."

"Yes I can." Amelia broke in. "Professor Dumbledore said I could. I already asked him."

Snape just shook his head. "You're going to give Potter a run for his money in the rule breaking department."

"Nah, I reckon I've surpassed him by light years already." Amelia said.

"Oh really? And why do you say that?" Livia asked.

"'Cause he hasn't been expelled from 4 different schools."

"4!"

"Yep. My first one I burnt down the gym. It was full of vampires." She added quickly.

"What about the other three?" Emelda Goyle asked.

"Two for fighting. Well, one of the students was a mind-controlling-killer-demon-that-ate-peoples-brains. The other was a bunch of guys that kept grabbing me. One grabbed my ass, so I broke his nose. He was lucky, his mates got worse."

"And the last school?" Narcissa asked.

"A student was killed. I was found over her body. They accused me of it. I was on the run for a few days. They finally managed to catch the real killer, but I was still expelled. Something about 'bad publicity'." She scoffed.

"Either that, or they didn't believe the police." Narcissa pointed out.

"Yeah maybe. Hey! It's Monday tomorrow right?"
"Yes." Severus answered.

"So, what classes have I got?"

"Ah yes. Here's your timetable." He handed her a piece of parchment.

"Ok cool. Umm, why are there empty spaces?" she asked.

"It depends on the electives you wish to take." Severus explained.

"Uh-hu. And they are?"

"Muggle-studies, Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Ancient languages and Divination." Draco listed.

"Hmm, well, Slade taught me Latin, Gaelic, French, Romanian, Italian, Russian and Egyptian. As well as numerous demon languages, so I'm not sure about Ancient languages. I can probably learn them myself." Amelia said thoughtfully.

"You can really speak all those languages!" Blaise said.

"Yeah. A lot of human languages are actually related to certain demon languages in a way. It wasn't easy at first, but it was something to do, and it gets easier with each new language you learn. I don't think I'll take muggle-studies, or ancient runes. Arithmancy sounds good though. So I'll do that one."

Severus tapped her timetable with his wand and Arithmancy was added. "You still need one more." He said to her.

"I guess I'll take Divination then. It sounds ok."

Just then Harry came over, holding Salazar.

"I believe he belongs to you." He smiled, handing Salazar over to Amelia.

"Damn snake! Thanks Harry. Hey, what's Divination like?"

"Let me put it this way. It's a bird course, and the teacher is a fraud. Other than that it's ok. Unless you're me of course."

"Why's that?"

Harry grimaced. "If she asks me about a dream I had, and I told her I was watching grass grow, then she'll moan and carry on about my impending death. Apparently, anything I do will bring about my inevitable death."

Amelia laughed. "Crazy old crackpot! What the heck, sign me up for it please! I can do with a laugh. See you later Harry!"

"Bye!" Harry left.

"Why were you being nice to him?" Draco sneered.

Amelia glared at him. "Because I don't see why I shouldn't. He's very nice, as are his friends."
"What, Weasel and Granger? Yeah right."

"What have you got against him? He told me he didn't accept your friendship in first year, and after how you'd just treated Ron I can't say I blame him!"

"So you think he's alright then? You fancy him now? Going to join his little fan club?" Draco sneered.

Amelia was about to snap at him, but Blaise spoke first.
"Shut up Draco. Seriously, shut up. Harry's been nothing but kind to Amelia. And me to for that matter. And if you stopped acting like an asshole, maybe he'd extend it towards you to." Blaise said.

No-one said anything as Blaise stood up and left. Amelia grabbed Salazar and Munyin and hurried after him.