This was recommended by Timekeeper. I am not fond of snakes. So I did the best I could. Ophidiophobia is a real phobia and I happen to have it. So I would be absolutely freaked out by this concept. That's why it is so short and not very descriptive.


September 1st 1994

Harry and Ron were chatting with Ginny when they saw Hermione come through the barrier onto 9 and ¾. She must have been running very late as the Weasley's had been early and still among the last to board the train.

Harry turned to look at Hermione who was walking towards them rather strangely. Like her legs sometimes lost their solidity. She would stop and fiddle with her belt and then continue. Her skirt flowed and swirled around her legs.

"Hi guys. I'm so glad you made it back from the World Cup. I heard about it. I'm sorry I couldn't make it."

"That's okay Mione. We survived. Are you feeling better."

"Uh yeah I feel better but there's some permanent changes you should learn about."
"Oh okay. We better get a seat."

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Once settled into the compartment they chatted a bit about the summer before turning to Hermione. "So what happened to you Hermione?"
"Uh well I made a mistake with a potion I was working on."
Ron looked at her in shock, "YOU made a mistake on a potion. I thought you were one of Snape's favorites."
"Professor Snape thinks I'm halfway decent only because I pay attention and do my work."

"Hey I do my work, mostly."
"No I do your work for you Ron. Which is going to stop this year. No more."

"Hey that's not fair."
"It is what it is now stop whining about it or get out."
Ron glared at her then picked up his things and walked out.

Ginny shrugged, "Sorry Hermione."

"No problem Gin."

"So what happened?"

"Well I was working on an anti-venom potion. I uh processed some of the material in the microwave oven and that was a bad idea. It made me have a few changes."
Harry looked at her and she smiled at him. "They are hidden by this belt Professor Dumbledore got for me. We had to go through some trouble to get the Wizengamut to not have me declared a beast in my normal form now."

"What sort of form are you if you don't look like this?"

"A Lamia."

"A what?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Uh a half snake half girl creature. From the Greek region."

"Oh uh. Okay. So can you show us what you look like?"
"Not in here. There isn't enough room. I'm about 3 foot around and 15 foot long from the waist down. Plus my normal 3 foot torso and head."

"Wow you're huge."

"Yeah dad was freaking out. Fortunately we have a high walled backyard so I was able to get outside a lot. I need to do that as the belt compresses all of that into a human form but I can only stand it for so long."

"So do the professors know?"
"Oh yeah. They gave me the option of keeping it a secret or going openly. I chose to keep it a secret for now as I don;t know how everyone will react. I know how some will unfortunately."

"Yeah although if you're part snake some of Slytherin might find you a lot more interesting."
"Well Professor Snape has asked if he could milk my venom every once in awhile."

"You make venom?"

"Yeah."

"Oh wow."

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They sat and chatted the rest of the trip. Hermione explaining that as far as the healers knew she would be able to perform all the normal physical acts of a girl. Pregnancy and such might be difficult but Lamias gave birth to live young so that should be good. They just didn't know if her changes would breed true or not.

Another problem was that she had the same diet as a Lamia. Which was raw meat. She would have to either eat openly a huge plate of raw meat in the great hall or go to the kitchen and eat there.

"So if you want to stop being my friend then I'll understand." She said with a bit of trepidation.

"No I don't see any reason not to be your friend. I am perfectly fine with that."

"With me being half snake?"

"Uh well I mean it depends on which half but when this gets out you're going to need friends and since you've been there with me when everyone thought I was the Heir of Slytherin I'll be here with you."

"Thanks Harry." She said giving him a hug.

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When they arrived at the school Hermione was excused to the kitchens. When Harry went to follow her Professor Flitwick ask her if she minded and when she took Harry's hand he smiled and nodded for them to continue.

Reaching the large kitchens she thanked the house elves for the large platter and carried it into a nearby empty storeroom. She set it down and looked at Harry.

"Okay last chance to run away."

"Nope not going to run."

She sighed then took the belt off. Immediately her legs snapped together and merged. They began to extend and grow longer. Her torso remained much the same but her face changed a bit. Her cheeks filled out and her eyes became lidless and with slitted pupils. She still had her hair though.

Harry's eyes grew big but he stood still while she swayed in front of him.

"sssoo what do you sssink?" she hissed.

"Loooksss good." Harry said grinning.

"I have a sssecret too."

"What iss it?"

Harry took his trousers off to Hermione's confusion then he closed his eyes and his form shimmered and melted. Soon he was swaying next to her as he entwined himself around her.

"Asss you can sssee when the bassilissk bit me I had a few changesss"

"How did you hide thisss?"
"There is more sssecrets down there than just the carcasss. Eat my queen and come with me."

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Hermione gulped down her food, unhinging her jaw to do so and then followed Harry into the pipes. Reaching the chamber he took her to the statue and showed her the memory crystals and other works in the hidden library of Slytherin.

Soon they were naked and intertwined in a ball of sexual energy. Their forms merging as they hissed and cried their ecstasy.

Over the next several weeks Hermione soon learned to control her form without the belt. She also picked up several other transformation powers to join with Harry. The surprise she had felt when he showed the changes mixing basilisk venom and Phoenix tears had on a magical person turned into pride and lust at the power she and her king had.

The tri-wizard tournament came and Harry walked up to the dragon talking to it carefully. Taking the egg he returned triumphantly unharmed.

Hermione and him danced the night away at the Yule Ball. Her resplendent in a green scaled dress. When she went to the bottom of the lake she was not happy but dealt with it.

The third task completed harry wound up in the graveyard but the spells did not do what they had hoped. He transformed and showed Voldemort what a true Heir of Slytherin could do. Sinking his envenomed fangs into Wormtail ending the ritual and his life harry then turned on Nagini and destroyed her as his venom was the far more deadlier of the two. Voldemort's simulacrum was destroyed and his smoke form fled vowing to return.

Harry returned and only told Hermione what happened. Barty Crouch Junior fled and Moody was never seen again.

Voldemort eventually found another way to regain a body and raised his death eaters again. Harry and Hermione went on the Horcrux hunt with the help of a living Dumbledore until he put on the ring. Hermione recognizing the venom curse that was killing Dumbledore brewed the antidote potion to Snape's surprise and consternation.

The last of the Horcruxes had been destroyed as Harry and Hermione found the spell to deal with the one in his head in the Chamber Library. He of course retained his parsel-tongue. Finding that they could communicate in it even I their human forms they drove Ron crazy by hissing sweet nothings to each other.

During the final battle they both transformed to the surprise of their friends and the terror of their enemies. Hermione's venom was not quite as deadly as Harry's but it was still a deadly neurotoxin that she injected in large dosages. She was also a strong constrictor. Harry's Basilisk venom destroyed and ended their enemies lives. His scales were spell resistant and he protected his Naga queen.

After the battle only Neville, Luna and Ginny stayed their friends with Ron developing a new fear to go with his spider phobia. Harry and Hermione settled in at Hogsmeade so they could stay in their new jobs at the castle. Their children breeding true and changing the face of House Slytherin into something to be respected.