...ok, last chapter was supposed to say that the challenge was on restrictedsection(dot)org, but I put in the dot instead of doing it this way, and FFN cut it out. However, you can also look up Aurilia here on FFN and see the Challenge there.
Disclaimer-Not mine, don't sue, have no money to give anyway.
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(July 30th, 11:55 pm)
Harry was, as usual, waiting for midnight. He would be seventeen now, and all witches and wizards came into their magical inheritance on their seventeenth birthday. That was why they became adults at that age.
So for Harry this night had two meanings-one, he would have his full magical powers through his inheritance, and two, he would be an adult, so he would be able to use his magic outside of school and leave the Dursleys for good. Which he definitely planned on doing. He was set to leave as soon as the clock showed midnight. With the Dursleys ignoring him it would be days before anyone noticed he was gone.
He had already seen himself changing, and knew that it was because of his inheritance. His eyesight had corrected itself, he'd gotten taller, and his hair had grown out to just past his shoulders, and was now actually tameable.
At exactly midnight Harry felt a tingle spread throughout his body for a moment. Then the owls came. Hermoine had finally caved and bought him 'Hogwarts, A History' with a note saying that he had better read it, as she planned to quiz him on it as soon as she saw him again. Ron gave him some candy. He got the usual sweater and fudge from the other Weasleys. Remus gave him a book on Defense spells that Harry planned on reading as soon as he'd settled himself in his apartment. From the twins he got new products that they hadn't put on the market yet, along with a few of the more popular ones on the market.
Placing all of that onto the desk, Harry moved on to the parcel from Hagrid. Hearing annoyed hissing from within, he already had a good idea what it was.
:Sssstupid man, sssshoving me in this ssssmall area, and without any food. And then ssssending me off through the air like that...Why couldn't I have found ssssomewhere other than hissss front sssstep to ssssleep on:
Harry laughed while unwrapping the box the poor snake was trapped in.
:Don't worry, I'll have you out of that box in a moment.:
:A sssspeaker? Maybe that giant man wassssn't sssso sssstupid after all.:
Harry gets the snake out of it's box. According to Hagrid's note, it was a magical snake.
The snake was a Slytherin's dream, being Slytherin green, with slashes of silver down it's back.
Flicking it's tongue out to taste the air around him, it began to speak again.
:Hmmm...I think you will make a good masssster... Masssster? My name issss Kiritssssu. I contain sssseveral venomssss along with the antidotessss for each. I will protect you assss much assss I am able.:
:Thankssss. Pleasssse, call me Harry, Masssster feelssss too formal to me.:
:Very well, Mass-ssssorry, Harry.:
Harry packed up his gifts, placed Kiritsu around his neck, and left.
It wasn't until he was in his new plat that he finally saw his reflection. He just stared.
His eyes were now black with red and gold specs in them (A/N-not for Gryffindor, Red for Voldie, Gold for Remmie). His cheekbones were higher, and if he didn't have the red and gold in his eyes he'd swear they were Snape's eyes. His hair, now a few inches longer than it had been before, also had streaks of red through it. His fingers were longer, his skin was paler (A/N-that's what happens when Sevvie and Voldie are two of your parents!), and he found that he could suddenly see, hear, and, strangely enough, smell more than ever before.
/Ok, the hair is awesome. I planned on doing that anyway, and now it's natural. So much better. And I really don't look like 'Harry Potter' anymore...except for the scar...hey, maybe muggle makeup can cover it. I have to go shopping anyway so I'll check that out./
:Kiritssssu, I am going out. Would you like to come with me:
:Ssssure.:
She wraps herself loosely around his neck.
:Issss thissss a good sssspot, Harry:
:Yessss. Jusssst try not to be sssseen, it might sssscare people.:
Harry started in Muggle London. After buying a lot of new clothes he changed into black jeans, a black t-shirt, and black sneakers. He also put on black wristbands that had silver studs and a black collar, again with silver studs. Then he hid in a side alley and burned all his clothing from the Dursleys.
Heading to a Piercing/Tattoo parlour, he got three piercings in the cartilage of each ear (we're talking the top curve of the ear) and a tattoo of a snake on his left arm (that looks suspiciously like Kiritsu...). The snake's tail was at his shoulder, and wrapped around his arm, ending with the head of the snake on the back of his wrist, just before his hand. That way he could hide it with long sleeves if he wanted to...not that he planned on hiding it, but it was still and option.
:Nice tattoo. May I inquire assss to the insssspiration:
:Well, I had planned on the ssssnake tattoo before I got you, but getting you helped me make the final decissssion on the colorssss.:
If snakes could smile, Kiritsu would have been at that point.
With only a little bit of time before all the shops closed, Harry ran to get makeup. The girl at the counter understood what he was trying to do, and helped him pick out the right concealer to use. After that he also got some black eyeliner. Now, unless he didn't put makeup over his scar, there was no way to know that this was Harry Potter at all.
When Harry got back to his flat he sent out several.
In his 'Harry Potter' handwriting, he sent out letters to his friends and Dumbledore saying that he was going off for extra training. He would be fine and didn't want them trying to find him.
Next, to Dumbledore in a different handwriting and under the name Coranth Alexander Zyth, he sent another letter saying he was a wizard who had been unable to finish his schooling and would like to know if he could attend Hogwarts and finish.
He sent Hedwig off to Ron, telling her to stay with him. Deciding to send the letters when he went to Diagon Alley the next day, he left them all on his desk and went to bed.
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Ok, finally got chapter two up...took me long enough...
Lame end to chapter, but I couldn't think of anything better at the time.
RL (real life, to those of you who don't speak my brand of abbreviations) picked the worst time to rear its ugly head, and did so in the form of my final exams for the semester...shudders
Well, at least that's over now. I'll try to get the next chapter up quicker.
Yes, I do realize that I gave Harry's snake my name. That was deliberate. I don't know how much I'm going to have her show up, but when she does, she'll probably have at good chunk of my personality; if not all...I felt the need to get someone in there who was a lot like me.
Oh, and for those of you who don't speak the language of my pet names, Voldie is Voldemort, Remmie is Remus...and as they're bound to show up later, Dray is Draco, Sevvie is Severus, Dumbles is Dumbledore...I think that's it, if I come up with any more I'll let you know.
Next chapter-Harry goes to Diagon Alley and heads off to Hogwarts.
Review please!
Kiritsu
Oh, just thought of this:
THE NAMES--Kiritsu, Coranth, and Zyth are names of my creation. Harry's snake and theses three names are the only things I can claim as my own, so please, don't take the names. If you must, DO NOT take Kiritsu, it is mine and mine alone, and if you must use the other two, give me credit for it as you'll have taken it from me. Also, being told that you're using the name would be nice, but you don't have to.
