#2 – Charles Weasley
-Harry and Charlie have a friendship similar to the one from James and Sirius, but with no pranking involved;
-Charlie will be the seeker and Harry the chaser;
-They will act almost like jocks;
-None of them will be particularly studious;
-Charlie will be either asexual or homosexual;
-Bill will force them to study while he is at Hogwarts;
-They will take Divination and Care of Magical Creatures(CoMC);
-Both have to face the Basilisk together. Harry kills it and Charlie destroys the Horcrux;
-Charlie has a fanboy moment talking about how deadly dragons are while Harry panics. A lot;
-Harry tops DADA and Charlie CoMC.
Optionals:
-Harry/Charlie;
-Charlie takes Harry to Egypt;
-Harry/Hermione with interactions similar to those of James and Lily, where they fight in the first three years, become friends during 4th and 5th years, and start going out during 6th year;
-Charlie gets obsessed with Harry's Parseltongue and starts bringing random snakes for Harry to talk to while he watches.
Friends, Snakes, and Chambers
"Harry!"
The black haired boy sighed and turned back tiredly. "Yes Charlie?"
"Talk to it!" The ginger said practically throwing a garden snake at Harry. A very angry snake at that.
He sighed again.
"Charlie, I thank you for being supportive and all, but this is overdoing it."
Harry was incredibly frustrated. Ever since that stupid duel most of the school was accusing him of being the Heir of Slytherin. Oh, no one said it to his face. They knew he would curse them to the time of the Founders, but he saw the looks and whispers when people thought he wasn't paying attention. Charlie, bless him, even though he defended Harry didn't help much either: he constantly got snakes for Harry to speak to. And he had the audacity to say "If you won't talk to people, talk to snakes instead! And tell me everything about it afterwards!" The boy just didn't get how freaked out people were with the whole thing.
"No it isn't! You can talk to an animal species! See if they can communicate with each other! That way you will have a translator and can talk to all sorts of animals! Imagine how cool it would be to have a snake translating for you while talking to a Dragon!" The red-head gushed.
He sighed a third time. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately…
"Excuse my rude friend, he might be overexcited but he doesn't mean anything by it. Would you like me to get you to wherever he found you?"
"A speaker!" The snake hissed surprised "I didn't know there were any in here! The King would be pleased, young human!"
"What king?" Harry asked surprised. From what he knew (which was admittedly little), snakes didn't have an established society, let alone a Monarchy.
"The King of the Snakes, of course! How could a young speaker not know about HIM, the one who kills with a glance, terrorises spiders and protects the hatchlings?"
Harry suddenly felt excited. Finally a clue on what was happing in the castle! "Is the King here?"
"Of course, young human! For a speaker you are awfully uninformed."
Harry ignored the barb. "Can you take me to the King?"
"Definitely not! One must find the King and prove themselves worthy if they seek an audience with HIM! Now, enough is enough. Leave me in the ground and I shall find my way."
Harry did as asked and looked at Charlie with a twinkle in his eyes. "Do you know of any Snake which could be known as the King, kills with a glance, and makes spiders fearful?"
"Kills with a glance? There's only… the… Basilisk." His eyes widened. "That's the 'Horror Within', isn't it? But the victims were petrified, not killed. And how could a ruddy big snake like that move around without anyone noticing?"
Harry thought about it for a few seconds and felt things clicking into place. "Mrs Norris probably saw it through the reflection in the water, Creevey through his camera, Justin through Nearly-Headless-Nick who, as a ghost, couldn't die again. 'Mione and Clearwater were together, and 'Mione had a hand mirror, so she probably figured it out as well in the library. As for moving around, where was I hearing the voice from? The walls. Is there a way for it to move through the walls?"
"I don't know. That would explain the student that died last time…" Charlie said thoughtfully "Maybe we should read more about Basilisks and investigate the place the girl died. After all, there aren't that many places a Snake that big could come out of."
"I don't believe I'm saying this, but to the library we go!" Harry said, posing as an explorer.
"And you didn't want to talk to the snakes. See, I got the means to solve this!" Charlie struck a heroic pose. "'Mione, hum?" He said slyly.
"Oh, shut up!" He laughed.
Finally, they were getting somewhere.