Trapped in a Serpent's Coils
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" Avada Kedavra"- English
$ Avada Kedavra$- Parseltongue
A Frightful Fourth:
Seven Years Later
A rustling of feathers woke Harry up from his nap. There, seated next to him was a small brown owl. Harry raised a brow and stared down at the bird. It glared haughtily back and stuck out its leg, shaking the limb impatiently. Harry continued to stare at it. Suddenly the bushes rustled and a pair of huge snakes slithered into view.
The female squealed happily. $Ikle Hatchlingsss isss sssilly. Why isss lookingsss at the Ikle foodlingsss when Ikle Hatchlingsss isss not a Basilissssk?$
$It'ssss for you, Mother$ Harry hissed with a smirk. $I'm sssure the Ikle birdy will ssscream delightfully for you.$
The owl, which had begun to look quite… uncomfortable when the snakes arrived, looked absolutely petrified when Harry began to hiss. In fact, its little heart stopped for a moment when all three of the family looked at the bird with strange, hungry, expressions. It barely had time to give an avian meep before it was attacked.
Harry looked on in cool disinterest as the owl was tortured before plucking a letter off its foot. He had seen his mother eat way too many times before to feel anymore pity for the meals. Curious, Harry broke the seal on the envelope and snickered.
$The old goat really ssstill thinksss I'm with the whalessss. Pathetic. I wonder what hisss face will be like when I don't ssshow?$
His father, who had slithered over when he was rebuffed for "cramping" his mate's "style," looked up in surprise.
$Of coursssse you are going Hatchling, what we have taught you is not enough. You can't just blunder on through life tosssssing Cruciossss around. You must become more powerful to attract a mate. Or do you need the Talk, again?$
Harry grimaced. The Talk had happened just months prior and had scarred him for life. It was useless and, in fact, he wasn't even sure it applied to humans! Really, scale seduction? He shuddered again.
$Fine Father, let's make a bet. If the Goat can find me before school starts in a month, I'll go. If not, we run. Or we could just kill them all.$
The male sighed and whimpered brokenly, $Oh, dear Ajatar, why did you have to take after your mother? Didn't I suffer enough before? You two make my scales grey before my time. I can't go through life preaching morals and ethics to two people when I didn't have much to start with anyway! $
He sighed again and prodded a (naturally) grey scale before considering his options. He could attempt to force his hatchling to go (one glance at his mate scrapped that idea, he would just start killing people), or he could agree now, hope for the best, and beg his mate to manipulate Harry later. Wow, tough choice.
$Fine.$
Harry grinned, no way he could lose this bet. $Anyways, Father I've been meaning to ask, who is Ajatar?$
The male looked nonplussed $ I never told you? Why sssshe issss-$
Suddenly, branches near the den snapped. Voices began to become audible.
"Hey Professor Dumbledore, are you sure the tracking spell on the letter said this way? I still see nothing."
An elderly man's voice replied back in a jolly fashion. "Of course my dear boy, of course."
Harry groused angrily. $Crap.$
A/n: Bet no one saw that coming! Ajatar is a demon of Finnish mythology, (I think) who gave birth to snakes. The male is directly a child of this demon, so probably is very powerful. Please do correct me if I got anything wrong. Please review, they give me this warm fuzzy feeling that real people are reading and enjoying my work.
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