I said I might get it up by the next day. Besides, I got so many page views I thought that if I added another chapter then it might get more reviews. Thanks to my good friend Rocky Wolf for the review! (You people seem to love dark Harry fics.) And don't worry, Evil Harry is coming.

Harry bolted up in his bed, and waited till his pain receded to a dull throb. 'Who was that guy?' Harry shook his head, he was going to ignore it. 'I can't afford to trust those dreams now that Voldemort knows about it.' He looked out his window and realized that his aunt and uncle would be getting up soon. He dressed slowly, trying not to dwell on his dream. He heard a noise downstairs and smiled grimly, "Three…two…one."

"BOY!" His uncle roared, "Get down here!"

Harry sighed, "Coming Uncle Vernon." He made his way quickly downstairs. His aunt was in the kitchen and handed him a piece of toast and a list of chores.

"Weed the garden first." She said briskly. Harry nodded, not saying anything. He ate his toast as he head out the door. He knelt down in the garden and began pulling the numerous weeds. He was doing that for at least thirty minutes when he heard someone talking. Harry paused, wondering who it was.

"Stupid humans. They nearly stepped on me! I swear I'll bite the next one that does! I will!" Harry gasped at a large black snake at least twice the length of his arm. He had almost forgotten he could talk to snakes. The snake seemed to notice he was staring. "Stop looking at me like that!" It hissed angrily. "Do you want to touch me? Come here and I'll bite you! I swear it!"

"Please don't bite me. I wasn't going to touch you, I was just…admiring you." Harry smiled awkwardly, hoping to calm the agitated reptile.

The snake reared its head up like a cobra preparing to strike. And yet, Harry knew the serpent was merely surprised., "How is it you are able to speak to me little snake child?"

Harry sighed, "It's a long story and one I doubt you would understand." He tilted his head, "You know, I haven't talked to that many snakes. I only figured out I was a Parselmouth second year." A small chuckle escaped him, "I did talk to that python at the zoo though. It told me it had never seen Brazil."

"Amazing! The only one I knew of who could speak was the great serpent man and he died long before either of us were born. My name is Thanados, what is yours little snake child?"

"Harry Potter." Harry said, wondering if the 'great serpent man' was Salazar Slytherin.

"Harry Potter…the lightning child." Thanados bobbed his head a bit seeming incredibly please. "Yesssss. I can taste the magic on your skin. A wizard. You should feel honored Harry Potter." Thandos hissed, suddenly moving forward to wrap himself around one of Harrys legs. Harry blinked in confusion, wondering how Thandos knew he was a wizard. He was forced to just chalk it up to him being a snake. After all, who really knew what snakes were capable off?

"Why?" Thanados gave a hiss that reminded him of a laugh.

"Because I have chosen you as my human, that's why." Harry gave a broad smile.

"You mean…you want to come live with me? It would be nice to have someone to talk to." Maybe having a snake around would keep that whale of a cousin of his away. Harry was getting quite tired of 'Harry Hunting'. A rather vicious game his cousin and his brutish friends enjoyed playing.

"Yes. My brothers and sisters would be so jealous if they knew who I'd chosen as my human. I'll protect you from those loud humans that live with you. My bite can kill any human." Harry frowned. It was very tempting to let Thanados just kill them, but he knew he couldn't do that.

"No! You can't hurt them. If you come live with me you would have to stay hidden around them. My uncle would be furious if he found you and I need them to stay alive and healthy. But I'll make sure you have a nice warm place to sleep and I can get some mice when I go to Diagon Alley for my school things." He held his hand over Thanados, "Stay very still for a minute. I have been practicing wandless magic over the summer but I don't know if it will have adverse affects on you. It can't be detected by the Ministry of Magic, so I don't need to worry about that. I can do a more controlled version of the Disillusionment Charm, at least long enough to get you into the house." He concentrated, "Celo" Thanados vanished from sight. Harry grinned triumphantly. "It worked!" He felt Thanados as he crawled up his legs and rested around his waist. He had already finished weeding, so he went back inside. He made hasty retreat to his room. If his aunt saw him she'd starting shrieking about his chores again. When the door was safely closed behind him he stopped the spell. "Finite" Thanados slid off him and onto his bed. "You can stay in the closet when you need to, and you have to be quiet."

"I can make a nice nest there, it will be fine." Harry gathered up some of his clothes and set them in the bottom of his closet. That seemed to please Thanados greatly. In truth, they were Dudley's old clothes so Harry really didn't mind letting Thanados use them for his nest. When Harry was done, he collapsed onto the bed. "I have to go back down in a second. I still have more chores to do."

"Bring me a mouse if you find one." Thanados murmured, curling up to sleep. Harry laughed and nodded.

"Of course, but I don't think I'll have much luck mouse hunting." He headed back outside. He mowed the lawn and trimmed the hedges. When he went back inside, he did the dishes and vacuumed the carpet. When he swept the kitchen and cleaned the counters, he was finally done. He headed back to his room and gently ran a finger down Thanados back.

"What?" The snake seemed to grumble. He obviously didn't like being disturbed from his sleep.

"I was going to go outside again and wondered if you wanted to join me? You can sleep out there if you want, that's probably what I'll be doing." Thanados nodded his head and Harry gently picked him up and placed him on his shoulders. He headed outside quickly, careful to avoid being seen. He settled in the bushes and Thanados took his apparently favorite position around his waist. Harry leaned his head back against the house and was about to close his eyes for a nap when he heard a familiar cracking noise. He lifted his head to investigate. Standing in the middle of the street was Serverus Snape, a Professor at Hogwarts. Harry panicked slightly. What was he doing here? He passed his hand over Thanados quickly. "Celo." That's when he noticed that Snape wasn't alone, beside him was a sandy haired man. He leapt up from the bushes, earning a disgruntled hiss from Thanados. "Remus!" Remus Lupin grinned as Harry hugged him. It took him a second to remember that Snape was there to.

"Hello Potter." Snape said curtly.

"Professor." Harry replied, his voice icy.

"Enough of this!" Remus broke in, interrupting the uncomfortable silence that had been growing, "Harry, we here to take you to get your school things." Harry almost screamed he was so happy. At last! A chance to get away from the Dursely's!

"You feel like going to Diagon Alley Thanados? We can get you some mice." Remus and Snape stared at him in shock. "Oh, sorry about that. I forget that you guys cant understand me when I do that."

"Do what Harry?" Remus was shocked to hear him hissing like a snake.

Harry grinned, "When I speak Parseltounge." He passed his hand over his waist. "Finite" Thanados reappeared. "His name is Thanados."

Remus jumped slightly, "I wasn't expecting that." Even Snape seemed slightly unsettled. His expression quickly went back to normal.

"Go get your things packed while we speak with your relatives." Snape snapped, "You will be staying with someone else for the remainder of the summer." Hardly thinking straight, Harry handed Thanados to Remus and rushed off to his room. He had sent Hedwig to Ron at the beginning of the summer so he didn't need to worry about her. He rushed around his room, gathering books and loose papers. He took special care with his invisibility cloak. He dressed himself into his robes, and slipped his wand into his pocket. He finished and dragged his trunk down stairs. Remus looked slightly unsettled as Harry took Thanados back from him.

"Harry, you do know that Voldemort has a pet snake." Harry frowned in response as Thandos settle his head on his shoulders and wrapped the rest of his body around his waist once again.

"Yeah, Nagini. But so what?" His eyes narrowed slightly, "For one thing Thanados is not a pet, he's my friend. And from what I've seen, if he is capable of having such a thing, Nagini is Voldemort's friend. He's also the only other Parselmouth of which I know but that doesn't mean he's the only person in the world who has a snake. Are you saying that people are evil if they have a snake?" It was Snapes turn to interrupt the silence.

"Here, I'll use a Hover charm for your trunk." Harry's aunt and uncle chose that moment to hesitantly approach them. They both looking absolutely terrified.

"S-so, h-he'll be leaving for the rest of the s-summer?" His aunt stammered.

Remus nodded, "And I don't think he'll be coming back." He added with a low growl.

Snape sneered, "Keep your wolf on a tighter leash Lupin."

"Don't talk to him like that!" Harry snapped. "You were rude to Sirius and Remus both, because of some childhood problems! I'm sick of it!" Snape looked at him closely and a strange expression over came his face. Harry glared back at him and realized what it was. Fear. 'He's afraid of me?' He broke eye contact when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

Remus shook his head, "Its ok Harry, he's right. It's close to the full moon and I have to keep my temper down. And you shouldn't talk like that to your professor."

Harry sighed, "I'm sorry Professor Snape." Snape didn't reply, but out of the corner of his eye Harry noticed him rubbing his forearm in a subconscious gesture. They walked to the middle of the street, and Serverus pulled out what looked like a teacup.

"It's a portkey." He explained. They all touched it as the portkey activated. Harry felt the sicking feeling of being pulled by the navel through a small hole that always came with using a portkey. When his vision cleared again, they were standing in front of the Leaky Cauldron. Harry ignored the stares as they entered. He knew people were staring at his Thanados more then him, but he did his best to look like he didn't notice. The passed through it quickly, eager to get to Diagon Alley. When they made it through, the first place Harry wanted to go was to Magical Menagerie, for some mice. Thanados was hungry, and almost attacked the cage right there. Harry held him back. A grinning clerk rushed to meet Harry the second he entered.

"Hi!" She said happily, shaking his hand. But her happy mode changed in an instant as she saw Thandos. She let lose a small shriek and jumped back about a foot. Harry rolled his eyes.

"Hi. I need some mice for Thandos here. A snake his size needs to eat a lot you see." He realized other people had gathered around to look at him. They were giving him strange looks and whispering. His fame always had people staring at him and he hated it, but for them to judge him because of his choice of pet was just stupid. He glared at all of them, "What?" He snapped. They shook their heads and continued shopping. Harry completed the purchase, saying as little as possible. "What's wrong with having a snake?" he grumbled.

"In ancient times, snakes were kept only by dark wizards." Thanados explained, "Even today, most light wizards don't have snakes as familiars. Then again, not most light wizards can talk to snakes either." Harry raised an eyebrow.

"And how do you know all that?"

"I am well versed in the history of my kind."

Harry gave a defeated sigh, "Great, now their comparing me to a dark wizard." He paused a moment to laugh bitterly. Since when had the wizarding world not been comparing him to dark wizard? He sighed and ran to catch up with Snape and Remus once again.

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