The King of Serpents

Author's note:

I just wanted to thank u all for your reviews, and I want to make something clear, this story is NOT a slash, HP/DM and such pairings make me want to puke, there are a lot of sick people out there, of course I respect your opinion… I'm not homosexual, and I would not write such a fic… and besides, Harry is NOT gay, in the series, he has had two girlfriends, as for Malfoy, I can't guaranty anything, he's too much of a wuss to comprehend the work homosexual anyway (sorry for those Malfoy fans) This will be a Harry/Ginny or I may change it to Harry/Oc, this will depend on you readers, please give me your opinion in the reviews or e-mail me!

Chapter 2: A new life

9 years later

Harry Potter had been raised by Nalini, a Basilisk and his surrogate mother. He loved her dearly, he really did, although he had spent most of his life speaking Parsletongue, he was able to speak English still, to those humans who saw him, he often said he was taking a stroll in the forest so they wouldn't take him away. That was what Nalini had taught him. He trusted his surrogate mother more than any other being. He barely remembered his aunt, uncle and cousin who had so cruelly dumped him in the forest, which had angered Nalini beyond herself. Harry was also an animagus, quite a particular animagus as well. Of course his chosen animal was snake, but he was 40 feet long, something like 25 feet shorter than Nalini, 10 feet larger, some 5 feet shorter than Nalini. All in all, he was, by standards, a small Basilisk. Nalini had taught him to use magic without the need of a wand, made him immune to any poison, and he had the same powers she had. He could kill with a glance as well as petrify if he wished to. His regular diet consisted of raw meat, such as, rats, rabbits, mice and such animal. Sometimes, if he desperate, he'd eat a racoon, but he avoided them, they stunk nearly as much as skunks and they only ate garbage, so they tasted like it, ew. The young man had met many snakes during the last years and Nalini was very proud of his progress, both magically, and how quickly he recovered from his relatives' abuse amazed her. Nalini was indeed, proud of her 'son'.

He was as kind and strong as she had hoped he'd become. Harry was her son and hers only. She thanked the gods every night and morning for their answer to her prayer, bringing Harry into her life, was indeed a miracle they had done for her. It was sad that the Basilisks had a bad name among the human kind, since they weren't that bad, unless you really annoyed them, which was the case of the Dursleys, someday, they would die a painful death at her hands, well as much as she could, since she had no hands. "Harry?" came her powerful hiss, as the young man came back from rat hunting, or any other bothersome rodent that he felt like eating. The boy in question lifted his gaze to the older snake, his usual adorable gaze lifting up to his surrogate mother's, "yes?" The larger snake gazed at her now appearing human son. "You shall be going to Hogwarts soon son, your letter is due anytime… you will be leave for around ten months." The snake feared they would take him away… They will surely find out Harry no longer lives with his relatives like it was supposed to be…Those so called relatives didn't deserve to have a man like Harry in their lives, they should never have been born. Of course, if they hadn't abandoned him, she would never have met her beloved son. "What's going to happen to me?" came his soft, gentle voice when he was curious and calm, otherwise, if he was angry, his voice was harsh and scary. Even for her, a full grown Basilisk. "I really don't know Harry, I really don't…" He hated to see his mother in such distress, so he walked up to her, and embrassed the large creature in a warm, loving hug. "I won't let them take me away from you forever mother." He whispered in a low hiss, "I know." The older snake adored her son, snake or not, he was who he was, and she loved him for that.

God know she did, her adored son was going to leave for such a long time, it pained her greatly. Suddenly, a barn owl flew down upon them both, landing next to Harry. A letter was tied to its leg, causing Nalini's breath to catch in her throat. The letter was there, tied to owl's legs, meaning Harry would depart soon, god's no. A silent tear fell from the beasts' eye, that a soft green it was. Her son read the letter. " Mother…" He whispered in a pained voice. "I will be leaving you soon for way too long…"

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

There goes another chapter, please continue to me constructive reviews, so far so good, I will repeat that this story is not slash, and that I want YOU to decide if its Harry/Ginny or Harry/OC

Thank You

Black Miror.