The Product of Time,

:::= Parseltounge.
Sorry i cant get italics to work on this thing.
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On the way to the great hall for dinner, James and Sirus were discussing the events of the afternoon.

“I dunno Siri. There is something familiar about that kid. But I know I’ve never seen him before. There is something familiar about all of them. That kid could be my twin the only difference is his eyes. I’ve only ever seen eyes like that on one person.”

“He looked like he had seen a ghost when he looked at both me and you. What’s even weirder is that he called snivillus professor. Like that greasy git is ever going to do something that cool with his life! Dumbles is hiding something too James.” said Sirus. “I think that white haired kid and your look-a-like are together.”

James leaned against the wall that they were waiting near for the other two marauders. He looked thoughtful for a moment.
“He reacted to Peter strangely too. He looked like he wanted to do nothing but kill him. But why? Oh look, here come the other two.”

The both waited patiently for the other two to catch up and then hurried into the dinning room. Something was going to happen tonight and they would both be damned if they were going to miss it.

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Harry, Draco and the twins followed the headmaster into the great hall. They were all aware of the looks that they were all receiving and the whispering that was going on. They stood off to the side as Dumbledore stood in front of the sorting hat and stool.

“Tonight we have a special sorting happening. We are welcoming four new students who are transferring to us from Durmstrang. Let the sorting begin.”
Dumbledore sat down and McGonagall stood up and called each of their names from the parchment in her hand.


“Draco Finnegan” Draco went up and sat on the stool and placed the hat on his head. After a few mins that slit at the bas of the hat opened and yelled ‘Slytherin!’. Draco made his way over to the cheering house and sat down next to someone who looked like a younger version of Severus Snape.

“Fred Wood” Up went Fred and the sorting hat was placed on his head. After a few mins the hat yelled ‘Slytherin’ making Harry and Draco’s mouth drop open in surprise.

“George Wood” Up went George and when the hat yelled ‘Slytherin’ Harry gave draco a questioning look. Draco shrugged and leaned over to whisper to the twins who sat across from him.

“Harry Thomas” Harry went up and sat on the stool and put the hat on. It came down over his eyes so he sat there in the dark unaware that the headmaster was smirking at him for some reason. Suddenly he heard a voice in his head:
‘Well well mister Potter. This is a surprise. I can see from inside your mind that you are becoming every bit the powerful wizard that I knew you would. I sense a lot of doubt and confusion clouding your mind. This is only natural in your circumstance. But did you ever think that maybe this is where you are meant to be? There are many secrets and surprises in store for you mister potter. My piece of advice to you is to follow your heart and instinct because it is never wrong. Give people a chance to prove themselves to you and you will find some powerful allies in people that you would never think of. Oh and stay of the soft cheeses….it is not good for the little one.’ Harry heard the hat yell
‘Slytherin’.

He got off the stool and went and sat down next to draco. He looked over at his father and saw that James was scowling at him and muttering things to Sirus and remus. He looked up at Dumbledore who raised his glass and gave harry a wink. How was he supposed to get to know his father if he was in slytherin? Judging from the look on james face he hated slytherin and now that harry was a snake that meant that james hated harry to. Suddenly harry felt like he was going to cry. He was tired and confused and all he wanted to do was curl up and go to sleep. Then wake up and find that this had all been a bad dream. He felt a warm hand slid into his own. He looked down at it. Draco’s pale skin stood in contrast to Harry’s tanned skin. He looked up into Draco’s eyes, tears shinning in his own.

“It’ll be alright harry. I promise. And I have never broken a promise to you. Now eat because you have not eaten since breakfast.” Draco gave harry a soft kiss on the forehead and turned to serve himself dinner. Draco’s words about food reminded harry about something that the sorting hat said. He decided to go and see Madame Pomfrey the next morning then talk to draco about it if it turned out that what he thought was going on was. He turned to listen as draco began questioning the twins.

“Harry being here is no surprise. But you two have a lot to answer for. Explain now.” demanded draco.

Fred laughed.
“Harry is not the only one who can sweet talk the hat you know. Can you imagine someone from our family not being in Gryffindor and ton make it worse being in slytherin? We’d have been murdered in our beds. Probably from Ronald of all people. I believe that Ginny had to do the same thing.!”

Harry and Draco laughed. There was a dignified cough from the left of Harry. They all looked around. Sitting there was Lucius Malfoy- 20 years younger though he was there was not much difference that harry could see.

“Welcome to Slytherin.” He said. “I’m Lucius Malfoy. And that is Severus Snape. I don’t mean to be rude” Severus snorted and Lucius glared at him but continued, “you look an awful lot like Potter. I assume though that you are not though from your last name that you are not related to him?”

“You should never assume anything Lucius because it makes an ass out of u and me. But you are correct, I am not related to Potter…here.” said harry looking down his nose at the other boy.

Severus snorted from the other side.
“You have a lot of testicular fortitude kid talking to a Malfoy like that. For that you have my respect and friendship.”

Severus extended his hand for harry to shake. Harry looked quiet startled for a minute an looked at his friends. But he reached out and took Severus’s hand and shook it all the while thinking how weird it was to be shaking the hands of a man who in the future loathes him. Harry started filling his own plate with mashed potatoes when he noticed that draco had already done it.

“Thank you Dray.” Harry lent against Draco’s side because he was becoming more tired by the minute. Maybe here he would get a full nights sleep with out Voldemort’s theatrics going through his mind. Beside Draco, Severus spoke up again.

“If you don’t mind me asking… are you two together?”

“Yes” said harry. “Do you have a problem with that?”

“No. I just wondered is all. You know not to assume anything I thought it better to ask.” Severus smirked at harry who smirked back.

Harry looked over at his father and godfather. He saw Pettigrew watching him. Harry gave him the finger and draco sniggered. Harry looked at the twins who were also flipping off Peter.

“You know harry,” said George, “I think that maybe callie would love to chase the rats that are lurking around in the castle.” He pointed to the ring around Harry’s middle finger.

Harry grinned at him and said
“Do you think we should ask her? I’m sure she would love to how you say, ‘weed out the vermin.’” The other three laughed but Severus and Lucius just looked confused.

“Who is Callie?” asked Lucius.

“Ill introduce you to her. She was a gift from Dray. She is my familiar.”

Harry took off the ring and placed it on the table in a spot that Fred had just cleared. He waved his hand over it and it began to change. Severus and Lucius gasped. There where the ring used to be was the most beautiful snake either of them have ever seen. She was silver with dark green scales scattered around her body and her eyes where the colour of Harry’s. A most beautiful sparkling almost crystal like emerald green. Harry reached out and ran a finger down her long graceful neck.

Callie raised herself up and flicked her tongue over the tip of Harry’s nose. He kissed her nose then started speaking to her.

::::‘Hello sweet girl. I’m sorry that I didn’t change you back sooner but its been a long day.’
‘The air tastes different here master. We are not at home are we?’
‘No. we have travelled back in time by about twenty years. I have been sorted into slytherin here though girl. Along with draco, Fred and george.’
‘Finally you are the snake you were meant to be in the beginning. I am proud to say that you are my master now!’
Harry laughed at her.
‘Well I am sorry that I have been a source of shame for you sweet thing. But don’t get used to it! I will be a lion again eventually.’
‘Maybe. But to me you will always be a snake. So roar your loudest master, I wont hear it!’:::
Harry laughed at her again and she slid up his arm and curled up around his neck and went to sleep.

“What were you laughing at?” asked Draco.

“She told me that she wasn’t ashamed to call me master now that I was a snake. She doesn’t like me being a lion. Cheeky chit!!”

The other three laughed. Harry looked over at Severus and Lucius who were sitting there with their mouths hanging open as was half the Slytherin table and most of Gryffindor.

“What?” asked Harry as if he had no idea.

It was Remus who spoke up from the next table.

“Well, its just a bit of a shock seeing someone talk to snakes, let alone so openly. Especially as almost everyone sees it as a sign of a dark wizard. That’s all.” There was no accusation or malice in his words, just mild surprise and interest.

“ Well why should I hide who I am? If you don’t like me then that is your problem not mine. And speaking in Parsletounge is not a sign of a dark wizard. It is a gift that very, very few people have. I’m not going to stop talking to my familiar just because you don’t approve!”

Harry looked Remus dead in the eyes. He didn’t see mistrust or dislike there. He saw curiosity, friendship and awe. But when he looked at his father and godfather, he saw hatred and fear there. It nearly tore him apart. He challenged them with his eyes. It worked and it was Sirus who spoke up.

“Well I don’t believe you. People who talk to snakes are evil. And anybody who gets sorted into slytherin isn’t that far from evil either. I don’t trust you Thomas. Your hiding something. Your dark and the two dickheads that you shook hands with are as evil as they come!”
Harry’s eyes went from clear emerald green to a stormy dark green with red flicked through them. Fred and George moved away from Harry and Draco leaned away as the magic around harry started crackling and sparking from his fingertips. His usually messy hair was standing on end with his anger and magic coursing through it. Harry looked his godfather dead in the eye and what ever Sirus saw there made him shrink back in fear.

“You have a lot of nerve black! What the hell gives you the right to make that judgement about me or anybody else? Especially since you had to nearly jump through hoops to sit at that table in the first place. If anything you are more of a dark wizard then anyone else at this table . Your ego has just become so inflated that you forget you lines and heritage black. Have a look around you because I can guarantee you that some of your friends actually like some of the snakes from this pit. Beside dark wizards don’t just come from this table have a look at some of the vermin that you associate yourself with and then make your dark wizard call. The world will not fall at your feet because you think it should Black. Deflate your head, get over your bigotry and grow up because if you don’t it will be your downfall. One day you may need these so called ‘dark wizards’ help.” Harry got up and looked at Remus. “If you want to at some stage get together and chat then I would like that, but don’t bring that dickhead or the rat with you.”

With that Harry got up and left the great hall. The hall was dead silent after having heard the whole fight. Nobody had ever spoken to Sirus like that before. They wouldn’t dare incur the wroth of the marauders! Harry made his way up to his room in the dungeons after asking a second year where to go. When he got there he put on his pyjamas and put Callie around the bed post. He got into bed and put the strongest locking and silencing charms he could do around the curtains. He didn’t want to see anybody tonight. Not even Draco. He fell into a fitful sleep full of dreams about stags and dogs mauling him and eating his snake.

When Draco came up to bed he tried to get to Harry but had no luck. He knew that Harry was dieing inside and he could not do anything to comfort him tonight. He would just have to be there for him when he reached out. Draco and the twins went to bed hoping that what ever Harry had to face next it would not be as bad as tonight.



Author Note:

Well hello all my pretties!! Cake and cookies for all who reviewed. *passes out all goodies with a smile and a hug!*.

Well I hope that you liked that chapter. I know that there is no smut in it but I promise a chappie of nearly pure wholesome smut for all who review!!

There is an apology I need to make to Tina109. I hit the wrong button and I deleted your review by mistake! Ima so sorry. Here have a puppy to make up for it! *gives out a small but very cute little puppy*.

Now for those who want me to add Snape with the twins ima sorry but he has his own destiny with someone else! See if you can figure it out….

After the next chappie my updating may slow down a little as I develop my story further.

Trips to Paris for all who can guess where I am going with my plot bunnies!!!

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