A/N-Frozenfan
Disclaimer- Is this really necessary, you should all know I'm not JK
I would like to thank everybody who is still reading this for their patients (a skill that I lack). Once again reviews and pranks are welcome.
Harry woke with a yelp because he was soaking wet.
"Hey mate, you up yet?" Ron asked while the twins laughed hysterically.
"No I'm still sleeping." Harry said sarcastically. "What time is it?"
"4:30 in the morning." Fred said.
"Then why did you wake me up?" said Harry his anger rising.
"Because 4:30 in the morning,"
"is the best time to,"
"de-gnome the garden." Fred and George answered together.
"Really?" Harry asked.
"No." They all answered. Harry glared at them. When they got to the garden, it looked like an entire gnome nation lived there.
"Ok this is de-gnoming the garden 101,"
"my dear brother George,"
"will demonstrate how to catch,"
"and hold a garden gnome." George took out a bat and one of their 'bludgers' (an apple) aimed, and hit an unfortunate gnome in the head knocking it senseless. "No dear brother that is how the talented de-gnome the garden. We are here today to teach the untalented how to rid this garden of gnomes." Fred then picked an apple from a tree and took a bite. He spat it out almost immediately and threw the rest of the apple at a garden gnome. "Too, sweet." Fred stated
"Give us a try." Ron shouted stubbornly as he grabbed the bat from George's hands. Ron swung as hard as he could, missed the 'bludger', hit his head, and fell to the ground knocked out. "Now Harry show us what you got. Oh, and a bit of advice: The bat is supposed to hit the 'bludger' not your head." George said while Harry nodded. He grabbed the bat swung and hit the bludger with all his might. The 'bludger' rebounded off the head of a gnome hitting another.
"Bloody Hell Harry, where did you learn to hit like that?!" Fred exclaimed.
"He learned from my awesome example." George cut in trying to show off.
"Shut up George, you didn't hit multiple gnomes." Fred said.
"Soo, I was demonstrating. Not trying to shock them senseless." George said.
"Anyways, Harry, how did you do that?" Fred asked.
"Err… luck try I guess." Harry said wanting to disappear. The rest of the time de-gnoming the garden was peaceful that is until Harry met a garden snake.
"Hello." Harry hissed.
"Hello master." The snake hissed back
"How is it that can understand you, and why do you call me master?" Harry hissed not realizing the twins were right behind him,
"Awesome Harry…"
"You are a Parselmouth…"
"This is going to make pranking…"
"A whole lot easier." They finished.
"Can you hold on a sec?" Harry asked.
"Yes master as you wish." The snake hissed back.
"What's a Parselmouth?" Harry asked.
"It means you can speak to snakes." Bill said appearing out of nowhere.
"No,"
"this is not,"
"what it looks like." said the twins trying to hide Harry
"Fred, George, I just heard him speak to that snake." Bill said
"No you didn't." George added quickly. Bill snorted.
"Do a wizard's oath." Fred said
"Fine I will." Bill said.
"Do a Wizard's oath on what?" asked Ron who just woke up.
"You have the worst timing Ronnikens. For your information, Harry's a Parselmouth, and Bill over there is going to take a wizard's oath not to tell anybody. Bill,-"
"-But isn't being a Parselmouth bad, no offence Harry,-" Bill cast a spell that Harry couldn't hear that made Ron dead silent even when his lips were moving.
"I Bill Septimus Weasley take a Wizard's oath that I will not tell anyone that Harry is a Parselmouth without permission from Harry." Bill said calmly.
"Err… what's so bad about being a Parselmouth?" Harry asked.
"Harry, almost everyone known that was Parselmouth was also a Dark Wizard. In fact, the last known Parselmouth was you-know-who." Bill said
"Voldemort?" Harry said. Everyone flinched. "Voldemort's dead; why are you still afraid of his name?"
"Harry, people died in that war. They were tortured to death or until death was what they wanted most. Everyday we got fire calls saying a friend or a family member had died or been tortured till they lost their sanity. Those were hard times. Then you came and defeated him, but everyone is still afraid of what he did. Oh and Harry, I think your snake wants to talk with you." Harry nodded then everyone left.
"Sorry for the wait"
"No problem master."
"Why do you keep calling me master?"
"When a snake finds someone who speaks our tongue, it is customary for the snake to be their servant."
"Well, that's interesting. Do you have a name?"
"No, I do not have a name."
"How about Clyde?"
"The name Clyde suits me."
"Clyde it is then. Oh, I almost forgot, my name is Harry Potter."
"Ok Master Harry."
"Could you stay here in the garden till I find a place to put you?"
"Yes master, after all I am a garden snake." Harry walked upstairs, went into his room, and collapsed on the bed. Harry was peaceful asleep until…
"BREAKFAST IS READY!" All the Weasley family stampeded threw the hall making quite a racket just trying to get to breakfast. Harry slowly got out of bed and walked down the stairs. Harry stumbled to his seat after receiving a few 'good mornings'. Harry slowly ate his breakfast and was one of the few people that did. After breakfast Ron dragged Harry in his room.
"Do you know how to play wizard's chess, Harry?" Ron asked
"I know how to play regular chess." Harry replied.
"Good enough. E4." Ron said, and to Harry's surprise the pieces moved. They played game after game, Ron wining of course, until the twins came in with rather interesting news.
"Ron, Harry, guess what?" Fred shouted
"What?" They said
"Remus is here with a strange looking package to give to you, Harry." The twins said.
"Really, I should go then." Harry said. Harry almost ran down the stairs to see if it was possible for someone to get a gift for him. Harry tripped on the last step then crashed into Remus.
"Sorry Remus."
"No problem Harry. I have a present for you, Harry."
"Really? Wow, I've never gotten a present before." Harry quickly unwrapped the present. Inside lay four mirrors. "Thanks Remus."
"Don't thank me yet. These mirrors will let you communicate with someone else that could be miles away. All you have to do is say their name."
"Thank you so much, Remus." Harry said giving Remus a giant hug. "Where did you get these?"
"Your father, myself, and two other friends were in trouble a lot, so this was how we would talk to each other when we were separate detentions. Oh and Harry, don't tell Molly there's four. She thinks there's only two which are going to be used when Tonks is at school teaching you. The other two you better use for pranking."
"Thanks Remus, but they might be used to prank you." Harry said laughing. Harry gave Remus one last hug then bid Remus a farewell. Harry ran up the stairs ready to tell his fellow pranksters another advantage they had in pranking. He found them in the twins' room.
"So what did Remus give you?" Ron asked.
"Mirrors." Harry answered with a grin.
"By the grin on your face I'm guessing they're special mirrors." George said.
"Yep, you can talk to the person who has one of the mirrors even if they're miles away."
"Awesome" The twins said
"Bloody hell." Ron said.
"Can you get your snake friend? We were planning a prank on our dear sis and we have to use your snake." Twins said
"Sure I'll get him right now." Harry answered. Harry ran to the garden and hissed out,
"Clyde where are you?"
"I am over here master."
"Could you climb up my sleeve, and try to stay hidden till I tell you to come out?"
"Yes Master Harry." Clyde hissed while slithering up Harry's sleeve. Harry entered the twin's room.
"Did you get him, wait is it a boy or a girl." Ron asked.
"He's a boy, and his name is Clyde. You may come out now." Harry hissed. Clyde slithered off of Harry and onto Ron, who didn't seem too fond of snakes. They told Harry of their plan, and Ginny was sure going to get quite a wake up call tomorrow, September first. The rest of the day past quickly for Harry until he got to his Metamorphmagus lesson…