Who we really are

Disclaimer: Chapter One. Parts in flashback are taken from book 1 which I don’t own

Chapter Three

Dinner that night was very uneventful, that is until Harry brought up his “problem” to Professor Dumbledore, who had joined them for dinner that evening.

“Umm Professor, may I ask you something?” He started out sounding very nervous.

“Of course my dear boy, go ahead.”

Most talk at the table quieted down, some conversations stopped all together at Harry’s sentence.

“I have a serious problem and don’t know how to go about fixing it without help.”

Everyone immediately thought it had to do with Voldemort.

“Harry, dear boy, what might the problem be?”

Harry looked down at the table.

“You see, I have a problem concerning the one animal rule that Hogwarts has.”

Everyone let out a breath and continued on with their previous conversations, though they were still half listening to Harry and Dumbledore, wondering why there was a problem with the one animal rule.

“How do you find that rule to be a problem Harry?” Dumbledore asked with that damned tinkle in his eyes.

“You see, Professor, I have recently acquired a wizards familiar, well two of them to be precise.”

All conversations stopped dead upon hearing that. Finding you familiar was rare, but to have two familiars was almost unheard of. Salazar Slytherin was the last known person to have two familiars.

His twinkle brighter than normal, he asked. “What are the forms of your familiars and may I see them?”

“Of course you can, Professor Dumbledore.” Harry replied.

He called with his mind as well as his voice.

~My Beauty! Come to me please. Bring Matteo with you. There is someone who wishes to meet the two of you.~

Everyone looked worried at hearing him speak Parseltongue.

‘Man they all look at me like I’m dangerous, if they only knew.’

‘How much more shocked are they going to be when I ask for my resorting. It’s time for me to be where I belong. It is the only for to make everything the way it was always meant to be.’

Just as he was done thinking, his beautiful snake and his Avia came in. He bent down to pick up Beauty first.

“Professor, this is my first familiar, Beauty. He is a King Cobra, the magical, not muggle, variety. He is extremely loyal.”

“Harry James Potter! You let a poisonous magical snake into this house and didn’t tell anyone? Someone could have been hurt!” Molly squealed.

“Mum, calm down! All of us knew Beauty was here.” Ginny told her mother.

Mrs. Weasley immediately shut up, but looked hurt that her children wouldn’t tell her something so important.

“Mrs. Weasley, please, I knew Beauty wouldn’t hurt anyone. For one, I can talk to him, and two, until recently had been on my person the entire time.”

“Go on Harry tell us more about your familiars.” Dumbledore prodded.

“Well I can’t tell you everything about them, but Beauty here and I have fully bonded, as have Matteo and I. I’m guessing most of you know how to bond to a familiar. It has to bite you and insert a special kind of venom that all familiars make.”

Harry lifted the hem of his shirt and showed the bite marks on both his sides.

“Besides the fact that Beauty is loyal the only other thing I can tell you is about the poison he makes. He makes many types but the two most important is the one he will use if he wants you just to be paralyzed. Depending on the amount of poison injected depends on how long you will be paralyzed for. His other poison, well it’s really a serried of two poisons, but labeled under the same category. It’s the poison he kills with. One will kill you slowly, there is an antidote to that which I will be making and keeping on hand just in case anyone gets in the way of him. The other will kill you almost instantly, and there isn’t an antidote for it. But as long as you are careful no harm shall come to you.”

~Isn’t that right my lovely?~

~Of course my master. I would never harm anyone you cared for.~

Harry looked fondly at his Beauty.

“Harry, but the kitten at your feet, I can smell he’s not a normal kitten.” Remus stated.

“You’re right Remus. Matteo isn’t a normal kitten, he’s an avia.”

Hermione and Ginny started giggling. Harry looked at them and glared.

“What?” He demanded.

“Harry.” Hermione giggled. “Look down.”

They all looked at his feet. The Avia had started changing shape very quickly in an attempt for Harry to notice him.
Harry smiled fondly and bent down and picked up the still changing Avia.

“This everyone is an Avia. They are bossy, attention seeking, adorable, loyal creatures; my Avia’s original form is a kitten. Matteo is very young, only a few months old.”

Turning his attention back to the Avia, “Matteo love, will you stop changing so they may see your lovely form?”

Matteo instantly stopped changing and reverted to his original kitten form.

“Notice the difference in Matteo and a normal kitten, his red eyes for one. Professor, you understand now why I need to take all three of my animals with me to school.”

“Harry, my boy, I’m afraid I can’t allow this.” Dumbledore told him.

Harry’s entire demeanor changed in that second. He seemed darker, and his eyes went cold. Everyone in the room took a step back except for three people.

“You misunderstood me Professor.” Harry said coldly.

“It may have seemed as if I was asking permission, but it was only for politeness sake. Let me rephrase, they will be returning with me. All three of them, it is painful to be away from them for too long. I have also decided that we need more inter-house unity. I wish to be placed where I truly belong. That is the only way, for as long as the school is divided the war will be lost. M resorting will happen at the welcoming feast.”

Everyone was surprised, not only by Harry threatening Dumbledore, but by his demanding a resorting. No one more stunned than Snape.

‘I know he doesn’t belong in Gryffindor but I didn’t know he was going to demand his resorting yet.’ Snape thought.

“Mister Potter, and just what house do you think you belong in?” Snape asked, sneer firmly in place.

Harry just smirked. “So Dumbledore didn’t tell you? So Professor, afraid to admit your “Golden Boy” isn’t so “Golden”?” He looked back at Snape.

“I was originally supposed to be part of your snaked according to the Sorting Hat my first year, and again in my second year.”

~~Flash Back~~

“You could be great you know it’s all here in your head. Slytherin could help you on your way to greatness.”

“Not Slytherin. Not Slytherin.”

“Not Slytherin eh?

“Not Slytherin.”

“Well if you’re sure, better be GRYFFINDOR!”

~~End Flashback~~

“So if you’re truly a Slytherin then why did you ask to not be put there?” Dumbledore asked.

“Well you see Professor everyone I had met before I came to Hogwarts told me how evil Slytherins were. Draco didn’t help when I first met him. You see he reminded me of my cousin Dudley, arrogant, spoiled, and a bully. I could have forgiven the first two descriptions but not the third. So therefore I hated Slytherins.” Harry explained.

Dumbledore’s twinkling eyes met Harry’s now ice cold ones. Dumbledore looked away first.

“Alright Harry, you win. On both accounts the pets and the resorting.”

Harry looked triumphant.

“Alright everyone I’m tired, so I will see everyone in the morning. Hope everyone sleeps well. Goodnight.” Harry said in a cheerful voice even though his smile never reached his eyes.

All of the other kids followed Harry out and up the stairs to his room.

Up in Harry and Ron’s room they had gathered to talk.

“Harry why do you want to be resorted, don’t you like being in Gryffindor? Aren’t you proud to be a Gryffindor?” Hermione asked becoming hysterical.

“I could possibly think of you and Malfoy together, but not for much of a relationship!”

Harry just looked at her calmly and said, “So Slytherin’s are good enough to fuck but not much else?”

“NO! I don’t trust Slytherins! They aren’t good enough for really anything!” Hermione continued to rave.

“Hermione I suggest you stop before you say something you regret, and before Matteo does something I can’t control. You know of the protective nature of a familiar.”

“You can’t tell me Sirius or Remus approve of this!”

He looked at her.

“Actually they do.”

She looked upset and just walked out of the room. Ron looked agape that Hermione would say something like that.

“Harry mate, I can’t believe her. That was totally uncalled for!”

“It’s alright she has nothing but bad memories of Slytherin’s. Either she’ll come around or she won’t. I suggest the rest of you get to bed. Your mother may be coming around soon. If she sees you all out of bed we’ll all be in trouble, though they probably heard the yelling.”

“Goodnight Harry.” The twins said together.

Ginny came up and gave both Ron and Harry hugs goodnight and went to bed. Harry and Ron got into bed and Harry fell asleep almost instantly. Ron laid awake thinking of all the information he had heard that day. The last thought he had before he fell asleep was that he would stand by no matter what.