Then a deafening shout from behind them made them all jump

"DAD, PIERS, MUM! YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS SNAKE IS DOING!" Then the enormous boy shoved Harry over in an effort to make room for his parents and his friend. Then as he was lying there glaring up the boy, something happened, one moment Dudley and his friend was gawking, open mouthed at the snake then the next second the glass had gone, they both jumped back in surprise whilst Ron was busy trying not to laugh at their expressions. The snake started uncoiling itself rapidly and as it slithered out of the cage Harry could have sworn that it winked at him and hissed.

"Thanksss". Everyone started screaming and running towards the exit. James quickly pulled Harry to his feet and started ushering the two boys to the exit as well. Lily suddenly grabbed James' arm when she saw her sister Petunia looking panic stricken at her son, Lily smiled at her and said

"Will he be okay?" Petunia just looked at her

"You freaks!" she hissed at Lily and she hurried on towards her family. Lily was slightly taken aback but they left before they could be accused of anything else.

Whilst in the car home "is it later yet?" Harry asked eagerly. James turned to look at Lily, who was driving, she nodded encouragingly not taking her eyes of the road. James turned to him, took a deep breath and said

"Harry, the reason being a parselmouth is such a big deal, is that some of the darkest witches and wizards who have ever lived have been Parselmouths. It's rumoured that Voldemort was one. It's not very common Harry" Harry sat there listening to his father's words and said "Can either of you do it" Harry chanced a glance up at his dads' face,

"No" he said slowly.

"No we can't"

"But then how can I". James and Lily glanced at each other

"There's' someone we need to talk to before we tell you that part of the story" Harry started to protest but James held up his hand and said "Harry we are not trying to keep you in the dark, far from it but we don't know many of the facts yet, so you are going to have to wait until then". Harry blanked out the conversation that Ron and his parents were having and gazed out of the window, thinking, A million questions buzzing in his head. Then another of the day's events floated to the forefront of his mind.

"Dad" Harry said, breaking off whatever Ron was about to say so he gave him an apologetic glance, "yes Harry?"

"Do you know who those people were, the ones who were in front of the tank" he said,

"Yes" said Lily in a small voice, Harry and Ron exchanged a look of surprise.

"Who were they" asked Ron. Lily sighed

"They are the Dursleys, the thin woman with the long neck is my sister Petunia, the man with the huge neck is her husband Vernon and the enormous boy is their son" she said there was silence for a moment "how come I've never met them before" asked Harry, after seeing the expression on Ron's face he quickly added on "not they seem nice or anything I just wondered" he trailed off thinking that he probably sounded mad.

"They don't like magic Harry, Petunia doesn't want anything to do with me" Lily almost looked and sounded sad about it. Whilst Harry was digesting the thought that his relatives were that horrible "Harry we are not mad at you for what happened, you couldn't help it" James said reassuringly, Harry smiled at him gratefully.

"Anyway he's such a bully that he probably deserved a shock like that" Harry and Ron grinned at each other.