"This is Parseltongue, Or Snake Speak"


Harry woke slowly, he had spent two days with Zechs and WuFei and he felt sore and relaxed and wonderful. Harry stretched, arse shifting into the air as he pushed it up to press his upper body down and stretch his arms out, in hind sight it probably wasn't a good idea, seeing as the weekend had been spent making love anywhere and everywhere they had wanted, and while he enjoyed being inside the others, there was a reason he was gay, he liked being taken, and having the others take care of him.

Zechs pressed himself against Harry, "You are evil, little one."

"How so?" Harry inquired glancing back at Zechs.

"You are teasing us, and we can't have you until we get off work." WuFei said.

Harry laughed as the door opened.

"What the Hell is going on here?" Heero shouted.

Harry blushed and wrapped the sheets around himself as Zechs pulled away glad he and WuFei were fully dressed.

"I was having a wonderful weekend of sex, thank you." Harry said proudly.

"But…but…" Heero stammered as Duo laughed his ass off. "You two." He suddenly pointed at Zechs and WuFei. "This is your fault."

"Heero, would you rather me be with someone you can't trust me to?" Harry asked. "You know Zechs and WuFei, you trusted me into their care the other night, this is just a more permanent aspect."

"Fine, but you break his heart and I'll break you." Then Heero turned on his heel to tell Quatre about the new relationship.

Zechs carefully stepped over a wheezing Duo and turned back to WuFei and Harry, "Coming?" He asked.

Harry paused to think about it before saying, "Later." Harry then spun in a circle and magicked clothes on himself before heading down the stairs.

"That would have been useful during the war." Zechs muttered.

"For all those night ops right?" WuFei returned, watching Harry's hips sway in his leather pants as he walked down the stairs.

"Was he wearing one of my shirts?" Zechs asked as they followed Harry down the stairs.

"You know, I think he was." WuFei said as they entered the kitchen to find Quatre holding a gun on each of them.

WuFei and Zechs gulped.

"So, you deflowered my little brother, without my permission." Quatre deadpanned, with a raised eyebrow.

The two swallowed.

Quatre lowered the guns, "Welcome to the family. But if the sisters ask you are waiting for marriage; Harry would prank me if I didn't warn you." Quatre stared blankly at them, "Make no mistake, though, I second Heero, you break his heart and I'll break you, and I'll enjoy it, then I'll kill you." For a moment Zero flashed in Quatre's eyes. "So, don't break Harry's heart." Then Quatre smiled that smile he usually reserved for business men.

WuFei and Zechs nodded seriously.

"Well then, are you hungry?" Harry asked, as he entered the kitchen.

"Something to eat would be lovely." Zechs said walking up to Harry and wrapping his arms around him, he was surprised when Harry pushed him forcefully away and turned to make breakfast.

Harry didn't seem to find anything wrong with pushing WuFei and Zechs away when they became affectionate in front of others. It was confusing them.


When they joined Harry in his room Harry kissed each of them lovingly, when he pulled back and saw their confused faces, he frowned.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked.

"Why do you push us away in public?" WuFei asked.

"What do you mean?"

Zechs frowned, Harry hadn't noticed it.

"When we go to kiss you or hug you in front of others you dodge or push us away." He explained.

"I… I don't know why," Harry sat on the bed, "it could be that when I was fighting anyone who was affectionate with me became a target. I want you guys to stay safe."

"We can protect ourselves, Harry, you shouldn't worry."

"But you are no match for a wizard with a wand."

"Then teach us." WuFei said suddenly, "You can teach us how to fight against a wizard, and feel better about being open with us because we can protect ourselves."

Harry paused to think about it, "I wouldn't know where to start, my training was intense, designed to make me ready to fight in a war, I don't know…"

"Well, it is always best to start with defense," Zechs began, "If you have a defense then you have more time to think of an offense."

Harry nodded slowly, "You don't expect me to just start throwing bad things at you, do you?"

WuFei shook his head, Harry was suddenly grateful to the Weasley Twins, because with the way Zechs and WuFei took turns talking it was like they wanted to give someone whiplash.

"Start with harmless spells, like the color ones." WuFei suggested.

"You don't understand, Spells can be good or bad, what matters is the intent behind it, if I were to levitate you," Harry demonstrated, lifting WuFei into the air, "this is a mild spell, but I could lift you high enough that when I released you, you would plunge to your death. Or I could cast a glee charm on you and have you happily walk to your death. So you see there are no harmless spells, just the intent of the caster." Harry set WuFei on the ground gently.

"And since you wouldn't want to hurt us any way…" Zechs trailed off, sitting heavily on the bed.

Harry suddenly jumped up, "I have an idea." And with that he vanished.

"We're going to have to do something about that?" Zechs said to WuFei.

"What did you have in mind, genius?"

"Tie him to the bed?"

"He'd vanish out of them."

"Tie him to us?"

"We'd end up where ever he was going… Ah… that's the point."

Harry re-appeared holding two snakes.

"Harry, why are you holding two snakes?" Zechs asked trying to keep the fear from his voice.

"These are Basilisks, their gaze is murderous, literally, and they can protect you from any thing, because their venom can kill almost instantaneously. Trust me, I had a run in when I was twelve, and it was only Phoenix tears that saved my life." Harry explained.

"And what will keep them from turning on us?" WuFei asked.

"They cannot disobey a Speaker, and lucky you, I'm the last."

"A what?" WuFei asked.

"A Speaker, I can speak to snakes, and unless there is an older Speaker that had given them orders previously then they must obey." Harry took a breath. "But nothing to worry about as I am the last."

Harry then set both snakes on the bed and began speaking to them.

"Nesness," Harry addressed the female, "You are responsible for the Light One." Meaning Zechs but certain this didn't translate.

"Tesnae," Harry turned to the male, "You will watch over the Dark One."

Harry then addressed them both, "You will consider them your hatchlings until you have ones of your own."

The two snakes bobbed their head, and circled once around their charge, smelling them, before they went off to curl in someplace warm.

"So… Snake speak." WuFei said dumbfounded, staring at Harry as Zechs shifted, trying to readjust his pants.

"Yesss." Harry hissed in his ear.

"Agn!" Zechs shouted.

Harry turned to Zechs. "Done already?" He asked. "I'm jussst beginning." Harry grinned and exploited his lovers' new found kink.


AN: I am of the opinion that the Basilisk from second year was mad (Crazy) and therefore no longer had the mind to sheild it's eyes with the protective covering that keeps basilisks from killing all the time. They ones Harry brought home agreed that they can only uncover their eyes when hunting and when WuFei or Zechs encountered a wizard, if they encountered a non-Maglikan they were ordered to bite, it would be stange for the cause of death to be 'Snake Stare', 'Unknown toxin' is more believable.