Chapter 1
Harry knew that he was in for a beating from Vernon as soon as they returned to the forth house on Privet Drive.
Dudley’s weeping in the seat next to Harry only fueled his uncles rage and screaming on their drive home . harry had woken up dreading today , he had had a bad feeling as soon as he had woken up. He had assumed it was because it was Dudley’s birthday and Harry knew that If something strange had happen today that he would be blamed and then beaten senselessly by his uncle. Harry had assured himself that everything would be ok considering his relatives always left him alone at the house all day (while his uncle, aunt and cousin left celebrate Dudley’s birthday) to cook a gigantic feast for Dudley to come home to after a day of pampering by his parents but today had been different. His aunt Petunia had informed him after he cooked breakfast to dress in his best clothes as he would be coming with them while they take Dudley to the zoo, Harry later found out that this was only because one of Dudley’s friends and his parents where also coming along. aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon where always internally judged when they excluded Harry in front of Dudley’s friend parents as they didn’t like how aunt Petunia and Vernon treated Harry and as they had jobs within the police, so his relatives pretended to be nice to Harry when ever they where present and they only reason they didn’t deny or cut Dudley’s friend off was because Harry heard when Dudley’s friend bragging countlessly as he was forced into his cupboard or forced to do chores for aunt Petunia that his parents where super important police and they where basically in charge of everything , but Harry had learnt to take what Dudley’s friends said with a grain a salt.
It all started when Harry was cooking breakfast. Dudley had slept in while Vernon was in the living room reading the newspaper and aunt Petunia was at the window snooping on the neighbours. Harry had heard stomping on the stairs that meant one thing …..his cousin was awake,
“No no no father I had 36 presents last year, this is 36 I need to have more” Dudley whined in a high squeal
“Didn’t worry dunkins we’ll get you two extra presents at the zoo while we’re there today” aunt Petunia said hugging her son attempting to comfort him
“Hurry up with my food, boy” Vernon hissed from behind his news paper, Harry flinched at the word boy and then continued cooking the last of the bacon before presenting it to the Dursley at the table, Harry always dished the dursleys then himself shortly after dishing himself food he would go outside and eat in The backyard as aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon never wanted Harry in the house days they celebrated an event, even during the winter.
After breakfast Harry washed the dishes and then attempted to look to dress his best, he had picked out a rather small hand me down shirt of Dudley’s (it being a shock how small it was considering how big Dudley was ) that didn’t have to many holes, a plain black pair of pants that hanged over his shoes and his shoes that he had tried to wash in the bathroom so they didn’t look to dingy, while in the bathroom Harry had attempted to tame his wild hair, his hair had also been abnormal fast at re growing it’s self, sometime aunt Petunia would get so mad at Harry that she would drag the him to the bathroom and cut his hair wildly until everything except his fringe that covers his nasty scar was nothing but stubble only for it to be back by morning, sometimes mere hours and it would have grown back to its original state, it also didn’t help that his hair was pitch black save a few strands of blood red spread about that made his aunt Petunia rage even more whenever she saw them that she would lock him out to do yard work for the day before yelling him to come inside to make dinner. He attempted to flat it with water but it immediately died and puffed out again, then he stole a blob of Dudley’s unused hair gel, Harry had trusted that Dudley would probably never notice it missing and then applied it to his hair which immediately puffed his hair out somehow even more then it was before, Harry had let out a frustrated groan and then heard stomping then turned to see aunt Petunia, her face red with rage,
“Didn’t you hear me BOY!” She shouted advancing in Harry’s direction
“S-sorry aunt Petunia I d-didn’t ” Harry said with a gulp and hands shaking. He really hated when someone called him boy
“Here put this on, I will not have you ruin my dukins birthday with your freakiness” she shouted throwing a ratty old grey with white trim that had hole throughout Beanie at Harry before stomping out again only to stop at the doorframe and turn to him once more,
“ if you ruin anything today I will personally make sure you suffer unimaginable consequences, now hurry up and come down we’re all waiting for you!” She said heading down the hall, Harry could hear her going down the steps
“Oh sweet marlin help me, I just want to be normal for one day is that to hard to ask “Harry says to the mirror then adjusts the beanie over his hair and then walked down stairs to find Dudley still in his Pajamas with aunt Petunia bribing him with sweets to go get ready since his friend will be here any moment , just like that Dudley rushes up stairs pushing Harry down. Harry falls face first forcing his glasses to slam into his face, hitting his noise forcing it to bleed. Just as Harry stands up and dust himself off the doorbell rings and Vernon shouts to answer the door, so Harry does and opens it to finds a snobby looking boy dressed in uncomplimentary colours that bulged out making him look like a attention seeking menace. just as Harry goes aunt Petunia rushes to the door and gently but aggressively pulls Harry away pretending to care that Harry had been bleeding and tells him to go to the bathroom, he hears talk to her new guests in the living room trying to pash his nose bleed as a recurring incident which yeah give it to her it was with how many times Dudley or Vernon he’ll even her took their anger out on him. Once again as Harry made himself up the stairs he was pushed be a horribly dressed Dudley, this time he was able to just stop himself from falling over wise he would be having a big coincidence for falling from the stairs with gaunt in the house later. The drive to the zoo was typical as a drive with a rage head can go. When they got to the zoo Dudley immediately wanted to get Lunch so Vernon had “accidentally” lost Harry so they wouldn’t have to buy him food which he didn’t mind as he never ate unless it was breakfast or dinner which he cooked every day. After browsing a few pens and sanctuaries filled with birds or other creatures Dudley and his friend rushed to the reptile room, after screeching at the snakes to move Dudley got bored and went to go look at other poisonous creatures in the room, Harry wondered over to to a bored looking snake, a boa the sign in front of the snakes cage said. The snake itself looked like it could’ve have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon’s car and crushed it into a trash can,
“Sorry about my cousin, he doesn’t know any manors” Harry says to the snake
“It’sssss fine” the snake replies, lifting his head towards Harry
“You can understand me?” Harry says a bit shocked
“Of coursessss, every animal can under humanssssss to some degree but I have never meet a humanssss how can understand a snake” he hisses back
“My aunt says I’m a bit abnormal and that I shouldn’t be” Harry says “my name is Harry what’s yours?”
“Ti’ssss my name isssss Nagini“ he hisses “ I thinksss you being abnormal is a good thingsss , many humanssss whom are odd or so to say achieve great thingssss”
“Thank you Nagini” Harry hiss back “ the sign in front of the glass says your from Brazil is that true?”
“Yesssss I grew up there then was “rescued” by humans” Nagini says “ I missss it terribly, being outsss in the wild not confined by this small box”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have brought it up” Harry says “if it helps I know how you feel”
“Sssuch a shame tisss isss” Nagini says ,just as Nagini finished saying his sentence Dudley pushes Harry to the ground
“It moved! It moved” Dudley shouted banging on the glass. Nagini Obviously annoyed turned back to facing the wall.
Harry looking up at his cousin banging at the glass notice something goes weird with it, so in a split second he pushes up and grabs his cousins shirt and pulls him as the glass disappears, among the screaming of people rushing to get away from the now freed boa, Harry attempts to drag his still in shock cousin away, just as Harry dies the boa briefly tuns back as say,
“Thanksssss Harry, I hope you get free from your cage one day as you help me get free from mine. May I forever be in dept” Nagini says then slivers out
Harry hoped that’s Nagini makes it back to Brazil and he hopes that Nagini words are true and someday he breaks free from his cage. Between the screaming Harry spots aunt Petunia and Vernon in the crowd and immediately yells for them, they rush over and start comforting Dudley or well aunt Petunia does. They decide that was enough zoo for the day and Dudley’s friend leaves not before giving Dudley a present that cheered the boy up a slight amount, but not enough to stop the boy’s sobs. As soon as they enter uncle Vernon’s car, he immediately yells at Harry because some abnormal happened so it’s his fault, Harry just sat there a bared it, even though Harry saved Dudley it couldn’t have saved him from the punishment waiting at home.
Pulling up in the driveway of the fourth house on Privet Drive. Harry entered last and was shouted to go start dinner, after 2 hours of hard work Harry presented a lovely roast with mashed potatoes, both sweet and normal and an amazing cake that Harry had actually cooked the day before but now he had added another freshly cooked layer to it. All this food plus his presents shut Dudley up but Vernon was still pissed,
“Go outside and wait boy until I’m done with dinner and then I’ll give you your punishment” Vernon spat, digging into a leg
“Yes uncle Vernon” Harry said
“WHAT WAS THAT BOY!” Vernon shouted Bain’s pulsing out of his face so much that you’d might think the were chunky red noodles sticking to his skin
“I’m very sorry uncle Vernon, I shall wait outside for my punishment” Harry says trembling
Next thing you know, Vernon jumps up and waddles over furiously and punching Harry in the face forcing him to hit the ground,
“Don’t disrespect me in my house BOY!” He shouts once again, this time kicking into Harry’s ribs.
Vernon says more but Harry blocks it out until it’s over, the punishment finally stops when Vernon picks Harry up by his hair and throw him into his “room”
And Locks the latch,” this is what happens when you disrespect me boy, no dinner for three days” Vernon spats at the door beneath the stairs” you know what, no leaving your cabinet at all” Vernon spats once again but with a more cheerful voice. Harry lays on his blackest bed surrounded by him meaningless possessions and he hears aunt Petunia and Vernon sing Dudley happy birthday. Harry slightly sobs himself to sleep like most nights