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Chapter 5: Bird Brain and Harry Potter
Crushed in Severus' pocket I decided that sleep is a good thing. I curl up to take up less space in his giant pocket and let his swaying robes lull me into a calm sleep. Snakes dream, or at least I do. I dream about rats and some strange haunting music. Then I woke with to a strange thud. Severus had apperated it seemed. I stuck my head out and let my tongue give me information about the area around me. I studied the area carefully. The castle that I assumed to be Hogwarts loomed in front of me. Students played games and talked in the front lawn. I sunk back into the pocket. These were the students Voldemort wanted to kill. They seemed so happy, and at the same time very young and immature. I wondered if he knew who he was killing.
Severus entered the castle with a huff and wandered through the stone walls. I quickly gave up trying to keep track of where we were going. All I knew is that all the students stayed very far from him, probably scared of his rather short temper. Finally we reached a stone gargoyle. Severus muttered something and it hopped aside, revealing a thin staircase.
"Ah Severus, what can I do for you?" an old man asked from the top of the stairs.
"I came to report on the potion. It works, but only for a short period of time. May I ask why we aren't using Potter?" Severus seemed annoyed. He plucked me out of his pocket and set me on the ground.
"Mr. Potter cannot be everywhere, and snakes are Voldemort's most effective and favorite spies." The man said. He led Severus away, allowing me free roam of this strange portrait covered room.
"Snake, snake, evil, evil snake." I heard behind me. I turned to see a bright red glowing bird.
"Bird, bird, good, good bird." I taunted back. The bird tilted his head.
"Phoenix, Fawkes is a pretty Phoenix." I stared at the Phoenix.
"Fawkes has a short attention span." I replied.
"Bird brain, bird brain!" Fawkes said after tilting his head again, "Dumbledore wants a bird brain!" I could have hit my head on the floor.
"Where's Harry what's his name?" I asked. The bird tilted his head. Then he tripped off of his perch. I snickered.
"The Camber of Secrets has opened, Mudbloods beware!" I glared at him. I knew that that happened ages ago!
"Where's Harry what's his name?" I repeated. The bird squawked and flapped his wings.
"Library," the bird said. I shook my head, what a bird brain. I slithered across the room. I fell down the stairs and apparently activated the statue to let me out. That was a relief. I decided to take the bird Brain's advice on where to start looking for Harry what's his name. It was the only lead I had after all.
After falling down several stairs, a few of them right through, and running into several packs of students I finally entered the library. It was quiet and dark here so I climbed up one bookshelf and let my body spread the length of the shelf. It was luckily a very long magical shelf. I decided that I had good enough reason to be sleepy and promptly fell asleep.
I woke to someone removing the book in front of me and exposing the light. I snapped to attention. Here was my chance.
"Tell me where Harry what's his name is or I'll bite you, and I'm a very deadly snake." I threatened. The boy that had the luck to wake me up stared at me. He had a mass of messy black hair, glasses, and a lighting bolt shaped scar on his forehead. He blinked a few times.
"What made you look here?" he asked gesturing to include the whole room. It blew right past me that he was speaking snake.
"I have reliable information that Harry what's his name is here. Well, I do if you consider Bird Brain, or was it Fawkes, or perhaps Dumbledore, I couldn't decide what his real name was." I shrugged apologetically. The boy nodded.
"Well, this is the last place you would look for Harry Potter. Try the Quidditch field or the Gryffindor dormitory." I glared at him.
"You're not being very helpful."
"Am I supposed to be?" He asked shrugging.
"Yes." I said glaring at him again. He seemed to be a very glareable person. Was that even a word? Then he offered an arm.
"Here, I'll take you to where you can find him." He said. I looped myself around his arm then dropped to the ground. Only when I was on the ground did he stop shivering. I wondered if he had a bad experience with snakes. Ignoring this I followed him out of the library. He turned left, then right, then right, up a set of stairs, then right, and then.
"Get off of me Potter." I rammed into the boy's back and crawled up it. I ignored his shuddering, not knowing if it was from me or the speaker. Then I found myself leaning back away and almost falling off.
"IT'S THE SPAWN!" I shouted recognizing the Malfoy heir for who he was. Both boys gave me a weird look.
"Potter, what are you doing with Lord Voldemort's snake?"
A/N: Yes, I'm ending it here. Sorry I didn't update friday,I had less time then I thought and was out of town all weekend. Was going to update Monday, but FF wouldn't let me log in. Evil fanfix.
fledge- Thank you. Oh don't worry, he'll get what he deserves. She will chat more with Harry, though I'm not sure about the good snake part. We shall see.
comettail- In case it isn't clear enough, yes he is testing them on her, and yes, eventually it will allow her to permantly speak English. Severus won't die...I guarntee only that.
WolfbanesHybrid- MJ!Thank you.(what are you doing up at 2 in the morning!)