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Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory blazing with winter sunlight and his arm re-boned but very stiff. He sat up quickly and looked over at Colin's bed, but it had been blocked from view by the high curtains Harry had
changed behind yesterday. Seeing that he was awake, Madam Pomfrey came bustling over with a breakfast tray and then began bending and stretching his arm and fingers.
„All in order," she said as he clumsily fed himself porridge left-handed. „When you've finished eating, you may leave." Harry dressed as quickly as he could and hurried off to Hangout room,desperate to tell the gang about Colin and Dobby, but they weren't there. But his mom was and she hugged him close relieved he is OK.
"Don't worry about diva lockhart , he is in his room healing from the thousand spells" She said " Krishna will teach your class for a while"
"That is great mom...." He then noticed a peacock feather pinned on her braid. " I see you getting comfortable with Mr krishna"
"What?" She noticed the peacock feather and blushed " i did not put it there"
"He is good...plus from Aishi's stories if you do end up together he will take good care of you but I will break his bones if he hurts you"
" I love you son but please don't. Also we are not dating" She said
"Not yet....." Harry said " bye mom" he left and she takes the feather and looks at it pouting.
"Charmer" She said smiling before placing it back in her braid.
Harry left to look for them, wondering where they could have got to and feeling slightly hurt that they weren't interested in whether he had his bones back or not. As Harry passed the library, Percy Weasley strolled out of it, looking in far better spirits than last time they'd met.
„Oh, hello, Harry," he said.„Excellent flying yesterday, really excellent.
Gryffindor has just taken the lead for the House Cup, you earned fifty points!" „You haven't seen Aishi, Draco, Ron or Hermione, have you?" said Harry. „No, I haven't," said Percy, his smile fading. „I hope Ron's not in another girls' toilet..."
Harry forced a laugh, watched Percy walk out of sight, and then headed straight for Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. He couldn't see why they would be in there again, but after making sure that neither Filch nor any prefects were around, he opened the door and heard their voices coming from a locked stall.„It's me," he said, closing the door behind him. There was a clunk, a splash, and a gasp from within the stall and he saw Hermione's eye peering through the keyhole.
„Harry!" she said. „You gave us such a fright-come in, how's your arm?"
„Fine," said Harry, squeezing into the stall. An old cauldron was perched on the toilet, and a crackling from under the rim told Harry they had lit a fire beneath it. Conjuring up portable, waterproof fires was a speciality of Hermione's.
„We'd've come to meet you, but we decided to get started on the Polyjuice Potion," Ron explained as Harry, with difficulty, locked the stall again. „We've decided this is the safest place to hide it." Harry started to tell them about Colin and ask where is Aishi, but Hermione interrupted.
„We already know-we heard Professor McGonagall telling Professor Flitwick this morning. That's why we decided we'd better get going-" „The sooner we get a confession out of Pucey, the better," snarled Draco. „D'you know what I think? He was in such a foul temper after the Quidditch match, he took it out on Colin."
„There's something else," said Harry, watching Hermione tearing bundles of knotgrass and throwing them into the potion. „Dobby came to visit me in the middle of the night."
"Dobby? You know Dobby?" Draco said "Yeah do you?" Harry said " Yes he is my family's house elf . Why was he here?" Ron and Hermione looked up, amazed. Harry told them everything Dobby had told him-or hadn't told him. Hermione, Draco and Ron listened with their mouths open.
„The Chamber of Secrets has been opened before?" Hermione said.
„This settles it," said Ron in a triumphant voice. „Lucius Malfoy must've opened the Chamber when he was at school here and now told dear old Kris must have learn how to do it. It's obvious. Wish Dobby'd told you what kind of monster's in there, though. I want to know how come nobody's noticed it sneaking around the school."
"Hey my dad will not....OK maybe he will....you know I should ask him but If Kris knows how to open the Chamber and where it is we should still do this potion" Draco said
"Back up plans are good draco.Maybe it can make itself invisible," said Hermione, prodding leeches to the bottom of the cauldron. „Or maybe it can disguise itself-pretend to be a suit of armor or something-I've read about Chameleon Ghouls-"
„You read too much, Hermione," said Ron, pouring dead lacewings on top of the leeches. He crumpled up the empty lacewing bag and looked at Harry.
„So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm." He shook his head. „You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you."
"Yeah you have to speak to the elf draco" Harry said " he will mostly listen to father than me as he is head of the house so no luck sorry Harry."
"Anyway where is Aishi ? Harry asked " I have not seen her"
"Your sweet girlfriend is bit ill at the moment. Professor Krishna is taking care of her and hey where are you going?!" Draco said
" To see my girlfriend...." Harry not thinking straight said running out and heading to the Hufflepuff common room.
Ron payed draco two sickles. " Lucky" He said "of course he will not think straight when Aishi is in trouble"
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The news that Colin Creevey had been attacked and was now lying as though dead in the hospital wing had spread through the entire school by Monday morning. The air was suddenly thick with rumor and suspicion. The first years were now moving around the castle in tight-knit groups, as though scared they would be attacked if they ventured forth alone.
Aishi Merha was distraught at the news after feeling better to head to classes, but Harry felt that Fred and George , her honoary brothers in pranks were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at
her from behind statues. They only stopped when Aishi cried from thier later pranks and they had to avoid Harry hexs. Percy Jackson wrote to Shiva that Aishi was having nightmares and will take dreamless potion to sleep.
Meanwhile, hidden from the teachers, a roaring trade in talismans, amulets, and other protective devices was sweeping the school. Neville Longbottom bought a large, evil-smelling green onion, a pointed purple crystal, and a rotting newt tail before the other Gryffindor boys pointed out that he was in no danger; he was a pureblood, and therefore unlikely to be attacked.
„They went for Filch first," Neville said, his round face fearful. „And everyone knows I'm almost a Squib."
In the second week of December Professor McGonagall came around as usual, collecting names of those who would be staying at school for Christmas. Harry, Aishi, Ron,Draco and Hermione signed her list; they had heard that Pucey was staying, which struck them as very suspicious.
The yule ball draco had to go was this year was adults only so he can stay. Percy was invited to attend this year so she will be going and Krishna will join her as her plus one.
The holidays would be the perfect time to use the Polyjuice Potion and try to worm a confession out of him.
Unfortunately, the potion was only half finished. They still needed the Bicorn horn and the boomslang skin, and the only place they were going to get them was from Snape's private stores and Harry's Moms which she has for spares if snape has noe more of thiose ingredients. Harry privately felt he'd rather face Slytherin's legendary monster than let Snape catch him robbing his office so they an take some from his mom fro she let's him borrow since he like to experiment with Uncle regulus on new potions.
Soon after potions with Snape. Harry went into his mom's office. He pets hedwig and went to the cupboard. He grabs the ingredients and puts them in his bag carefully.
He then heard noises coming from his mom's kitchen so he grabbed a bat he got from uncle Leo on his birthday.
He heard to the door and open it lifting the bat in the air and froze. Krishna was there with a blue cookie in his mouth and a book of recipes.
"Hi Harry!" Krishna said with the cookie still in his mouth before he ate it. "What are you doing here?"
"This is my mom's office . I Hangout here sometimes. Why are you here with ma's recipe book?" Harry asked
"Planning a picnic before snow comes" Krishna said " I want to make her favourite things."
"Don't use the kitchen here....used the school main kitchen." Harry said "bye!"
He ran off back to the bathroom and he told the gang what happened. Hermione threw the new ingredients into the cauldron and began to stir feverishly. „It'll be ready in two weeks," she said happily.
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"Where are you taking me?" Percy said with her eyes blindfolded being led by Krishna.
"We are almost there" He said and soon they stopped.
"OK....take off the blindfold." He said and she removed the blindfold. As she opened her eyes and was surprised at the beautiful spread in front of her.
"Surprise....I though you need a break from workin...."
"You taking me on a pinic date" Percy cuts him off his half lie.
"I though of something simple for first date. But incase if you didn't want to date I would said this was a friend type pinic and um...." He stopped talking when percy kissed his cheek.
"You have been teasing me or charming me for months....I had expected this. You should have just asked and I would say yes." She said smiling.
His cheeks were bright red as they enjoyed a simple date by the lake and ended it as percy listen to krishna's beautiful music as he played his flute while she rest on his shoulder.
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A week later, Harry, Aishi,Ron, Draco and Hermione were walking across the entrance hall when they saw a small knot of people gathered around the notice board, reading a piece of parchment that had just been pinned up. Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas beckoned them over, looking excited.
„They're starting a Dueling Club!" said Seamus. „First meeting tonight! I wouldn't mind dueling lessons; they might come in handy one of these days..."
„What, you reckon Slytherin's beast can duel?" said Ron, but he, too, read the sign with interest „Could be useful," Draco said as they all went into dinner. „Shall we go?" Harry, Aishi , Ron and Hermione were all for it, so at eight o'clock that evening they hurried back to the Great Hall. The long dining tables had vanished and a golden stage had appeared along one wall, lit by thousands of candles floating overhead. The ceiling was velvety black once more and most of the school seemed to be packed beneath it, all carrying their wands and looking excited.
„I wonder who'll be teaching us?" said Hermione as they edged into the chattering crowd. „Someone told me Flitwick was a dueling champion when he was young-maybe it'll be him." Aishi said
„As long as it's not-" Harry began, but he ended on a groan: Gilderoy Lockhart was walking onto the stage, resplendent in robes of deep plum and accompanied by none other than Snape,Percy and Krishna wearing dueling robes except snape in his usual black robes. Lockhart waved an arm for silence and called „Gather round, gather round! Can
everyone see me? Can you all hear me? Excellent! Now, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission to start this little dueling club, to train you all in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I
have done on countless occasions-for full details, see my published works.„Let me introduce my assistants, Professor Snape, Professor krishna and Professor Percy," said Lockhart, flashing a wide smile. „They tells me he knows a tiny little bit about dueling themself and has sportingly agreed to help me with a short demonstration before we begin. Now, I don't want any of you youngsters to worry-you'll still have your Potions master, other Dada teacher and History teacher when I'm through with them, never fear!"
„Wouldn't it be good if they finished him off?" Ron muttered in Harry's ear.
" Mom and Snape definitely will" Harry said. "Looks like he is dueling Snape today."
Snape's upper lip was curling. Harry wondered why Lockhart was still smiling; if Snape had been looking at him like that he'd have been running as fast as he could in the opposite direction. Lockhart and Snape turned to face each other and bowed; at least, Lockhart did, with much twirling of his hands, whereas Snape jerked his head irritably.
Then they raised their wands like swords in front of them.
„As you see, we are holding our wands in the accepted combative position,"
Lockhart told the silent crowd. „On the count of three, we will cast our first spells. Neither of us will be aiming to kill, of course."
„I wouldn't bet on that," Harry murmured, watching Snape baring his teeth and Percy glaring. He wished he had popcorn for this.
„One-two-three-" Both of them swung their wands above their heads and pointed them at their
opponent; Snape cried „Expelliarmus!" There was a dazzling flash of scarlet light and Lockhart was blasted off his feet: He flew backward off the stage,smashed
into the wall, and slid down it to sprawl on the floor.
Pucey and some of the other Slytherins cheered. Hermione was dancing on tiptoes. „Do you think he's all right?" she squealed through her fingers. „Who cares?" said Harry, Draco and Ron together. Percy hifived Snape.
Lockhart was getting unsteadily to his feet. His hat had fallen off and his wavy hair was standing on end.
„Well, there you have it!" he said, tottering back onto the platform. „That was a Disarming Charm-as you see, I've lost my wand-ah, thank you, Miss Brown- yes, an excellent idea to show them that, Professor Snape, but if you don't mind my saying so, it was very obvious what you were about to do. If I had wanted to stop you it would have been only too easy-however, I felt it would be instructive to let them see..."
Snape was looking murderous. Possibly Lockhart had noticed, because he said, „Enough demonstrating! I'm going to come amongst you now and put you all into pairs. Professors , if you'd like to help me-"
They moved through the crowd, matching up partners. Lockhart teamed Neville with Justin Finch-Fletchley, but Lockhart reached Harry and Ron first.
"Mr.Weasley, you can partner Finnigan. Mr. Potter-" Lockhart said
Harry moved automatically toward Hermione.
„Mr. Pucey, come over here. And you, Miss Granger-you can partner Miss Bulstrode. Miss Merha with Mr Nott and Mr Malfoy with Mr Zabini"
Pucey strutted over, smirking. Behind him walked a Slytherin girl who reminded Harry of a picture he'd seen in Holidays with Hags. She was large and square and her heavy jaw jutted aggressively, another boy who looked like a quiet bookworm but a little hot and the third one was taller than everyone and has a bit of a charmer vibe. Hermione gave her partner a weak smile that she did not return.
Aishi smiled at hers who did not smile back but pats her head like a puppy. "Puppy" he said petting her head as she kept smiling feeling she made a new friend and draco and his partner had to held Harry back from committing a murder in school as Percy and Krishna held thier laughter.
„Face your partners!" called Lockhart, back on the platform.„And bow!" Harry and kris barely inclined their heads, not taking their eyes off each other. „Wands at the ready!" shouted Lockhart. „When I count to three, cast your charms to disarm your opponents-only to disarm them-we don't want any accidents -one... two... three..." Harry swung his wand high, but Pucey had already started on „two": His spell
hit Harry so hard he felt as though he'd been hit over the head with a saucepan.
He stumbled, but everything still seemed to be working, and wasting no more time, Harry pointed his wand straight at Pucey and shouted, „Rictusem-pra!" A jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he doubled up, wheezing. „I said disarm only!" Lockhart shouted in alarm over the heads of the battling crowd, as Pucey sank to his knees; Harry had hit him with a Tickling Charm, and he could barely move for laughing. Harry hung back, with a vague feeling it would be unsporting to bewitch Pucey while he was on the floor, but this was a mistake; gasping for breath, Pucey pointed his wand at Harry's knees, choked,„Tarantallegra!" and the next second Harry's legs began to jerk around out of his control in a kind of quickstep.
„Stop! Stop!" screamed Lockhart, but Snape took charge. „Finite Incantatem!" he shouted; Harry's feet stopped dancing, Pucey stopped laughing, and they were able to look up. A haze of greenish smoke was hovering over the scene. Both Neville and Justin were lying on the floor, panting; Ron was holding up an ashen-faced Seamus, apologizing for whatever his broken wand had done; but Hermione and Millicent
Bulstrode were still moving;Millicent had Hermione in a headlock and Hermione was whimpering in pain; both their wands lay forgotten on the floor. Percy quickly pulled them apart and she scolded Bulstrode for breaking a rule in dueling which is no physical fights.
Meanwhile, Aishi was healing up Draco, Zabini and Nott with healing spell and bandages as Krishna held the medical box. She had no wounds but they three all have. "There all better" Aishi said " Pain pain will go away!" She said in a silly chant booping each other thier nose.
Next moment she is lifted in her air as zabini held her up like she was simba. " We adopt this precious Hufflepuff as an Honorary snake friend. Anyone hurts face the wrath!" Blaise said. Draco and nott bows as they chat "face the wrath". "Yay new friends!"Aishi giggles
Krishna just took pictures as he held his laughter as this cuteness and percy wonder it was a good idea to make snakes watch lion King.
„Dear, dear," said Lockhart, skittering through the crowd, looking at the aftermath of the duels. „Up you go, Macmillan... Careful there, Miss Fawcett... Pinch it hard, it'll stop bleeding in a second, Boot..." „I think I'd better teach you how to block unfriendly spells," said Lockhart, standing flustered in the midst of the hall. He glanced at Snape, whose black eyes glinted, and looked quickly away. „Let's have a volunteer pair- Pucey and Potter?" said Lockhart, gesturing Harry and Pucey into the middle of the hall as the crowd backed away to give them room.
„Now, Harry," said Lockhart. „When Kris points his wand at you, you do this." He raised his own wand, attempted a complicated sort of wiggling action, and dropped it. Snape smirked as Lockhart quickly picked it up, saying, „Whoops-my
wand is a little overexcited-"
Harry looked up nervously at Lockhart and said, „Professor, could you show me that blocking thing again?"
„Scared?" muttered Pucey, so that Lockhart couldn't hear him. „You wish," said Harry out of the corner of his mouth now angry. Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder. „Just do what I did, Harry!"
„What, drop my wand?" He said sassily. But Lockhart wasn't listening. „Three-two-one-go!" he shouted. Pucey raised his wand quickly and bellowed„Serpensortia!"
The end of his wand exploded. Harry watched, aghast, as a long black snake shot out of it, fell heavily onto the floor between them, and raised itself, ready to strike. There were screams as the crowd backed swiftly away, clearing the floor. Percy and Krishna immediately stood in front the children
„Don't move, Potter," said Snape seeing the sight of Harry standing motionless, eye to eye with the angry snake. „I'll get rid of it..." „Allow me!" shouted Lockhart. He brandished his wand at the snake and there was a loud bang; the snake, instead of vanishing, flew ten feet into the air and fell back to the floor with a loud smack. Enraged, hissing furiously, it slithered
straight toward Aishi and raised itself again, fangs exposed, poised to strike.
Harry wasn't sure what made him do it. He wasn't even aware of deciding to do it. All he knew was that his legs were carrying him forward as though he was on
casters and that he had shouted stupidly yet angrily at the snake, „LEAVE HER ALONE! IF YOU EVER BITE HER ! I SWEAR YOU WILL SUFFER MY WRATH" And miraculously -inexplicably-the snake slumped to the floor, docile as a thick, black garden hose, its eyes now on Harry as it bowed shivering.
Harry felt the fear drain out of him. He knew the snake wouldn't attack anyone now, though how he knew it, he couldn't have explained.
He looked up at Aishi, worried, as she smiled nodding that she was fine
„What do you think you're playing at?" Jess shouted, and before Harry could say anything, aishi looked at the snake and spoke. " Your scared aren't you? Don't be....we will not hurt you"
The snake stopped shivering and gently moved to Aishi who puts her hand out and wrapped around her arm. " Professor Snape, can you send him back to his home? " She said holding the now docile snake up.
Snape stepped forward, waved his wand, and the snake vanished in a small puff of black smoke. Snape, too, was looking at Harry and Aishi in an unexpected way: It was a calculating look, and Harry didn't like it. He was also dimly aware of
an ominous muttering all around the walls. Then he felt a tugging on the back of his robes.
„Come on," said Rons voice in his ear. „Move-come on-" Ron steered him out of the hall, Hermione hurrying alongside them Aishi was lifted by the three Slytherins boys who followed them. " Dissmissed , everyone to bed!" Percy said as she and krishna quickly left the room
As they went through the doors, the people on either side drew away as though they were frightened of catching something. Harry didn't have a clue what was going on, and
neither Ron nor Hermione explained anything until they had dragged him all the way up to the empty Hogwarts Hangout room. Then Ron pushed Harry into an couch and Aishi was placed next to him and said, „You're a Parselmouth. Why didn't you tell us?"
„I'm a what?" said Harry. „A Parselmouth!" said Draco. „You can talk to snakes!" „I know," said Harry. „I mean, that's only the second time I've ever done it. I accidentally set a boa constrictor on muggle at the zoo once-longstory-but it was telling me it had never seen Brazil and I sort of set it free without meaning to that was before I knew I was a wizard-"
„A boa constrictor told you it had never seen Brazil?" Ron repeated faintly.
„So?" said Harry. „I bet loads of people here can do it." „Oh, no they can't," said Draco. „It's not a very common gift. Harry, this is bad." „What's bad?" said Harry, starting to feel quite angry. „What's wrong with everyone? Listen, if I hadn't told that snake not to attack Aishi-"
„Oh, that's what you said to it?" Theo said „What d'you mean? You were there-you heard me-" „I heard you speaking Parseltongue," said he. „Snake language. You could have been saying anything." Harry gaped at him.
„I spoke a different language? But-I didn't realize-how can I speak a language without knowing I can speak it?" Ron shook his head.
Everyone except Aishi were looking as though someone had died. Harry couldn't see what was so terrible „D'you want to tell me what's wrong with stopping a massive snake biting off Aishi's head?" he said. „What does it matter how I did it as long as She doesn't have to join the Headless Hunt?"
„It matters," said Hermione, speaking at last in a hushed voice „because being able to talk to snakes was what Salazar Slytherin was famous for. That's why the symbol of Slytherin House is a serpent." Harry's mouth fell open.
„Exactly," said Ron. „And now the whole school's going to think you're his great- great-great-great-grandson or something-"
„But I'm not," said Harry, with a panic he couldn't quite explain.
„You'll find that hard to prove," said Hermione. „He lived about a thousand years ago; for all we know, you could be."
"Yes that is true but it is a common gift in India" Aishi said as others looked at her when the teachers entered the room " Harry might have Indian ancestors who have the gift"
"How is it common in india?" Blaise asked
"Well , that is beacuse there are many snake gods in the Hindu mythology " Krishna said " Lord of preservation, Vishnu rest on a five headed serpent and Lord of destruction, Shiva has a snake around his shoulders. Snakes are worshipped in India and thus having the ability to talk to snake is a blessing for Hindu wizard family as it makes them closer to God. Many Nagins know as snake shapeshifters pray to Lord Shiva. Nearly 55% Hindus have the gift of Parseltongue and are greatly respected. "
"It's true when I first spoke the language, my guru threw a huge festival to bless me for getting the gift of snake language. So we can't be sure if you are related to Slytherin or you just have an indian ancestor who once had the tongue. " Aishi said
"Well looks like I have arranged that ritual if it was a blessing didn't know when he hiss hissed ...he was talking snake. I thought it was his cute quirks"
" MOM!" Harry blushed
Bonus
" you have new nickname....your are now....Garden snake!" Blaise said
"Yay a nickname!" Aishi said
"I had this angel for only 10 minutes....if anyone makes the child sad, I shall kill everyone in this room then myself" Theodore said
"Join the queue I am first" Harry said glaring
Bonus Bonus
"Oh this is good!" Hades said sharing popcorn with rohit.
"I should speak to my dad on this" James said leaving the room.
"Parvati! Your here!" Persephone greets her friend happy as thier family are here " Your just in time a new Episode is out and there a cute scene with krishna and Percy!"
" Oh show me!" She said
" HONEY! SHIVA and his family are here! Help me with the prayers!" Priya yells " COMING!" Rohit said
" this is my new normal" Lily said helping to pick flowers for priya.