Chapter 22: Parseltongue (1/2)

On Friday night, Chris and Harry were watching the stars and talking in the common room.

For last few weeks Harry was joining Chris on her late-night stargazing.

This time, Harry was telling her about his Uncle, Aunt and cousin, the Durselys.

”And then this weird thing happened..... Aunt Petunia cut my hair very badly, I didn't like it at all and the next morning I saw my hair was grown back. She was so furious. I didn't know, that time why she was so scared...”

Chris laughed.

”Oh... and another day, I accidentally set a boa constrictor on my cousin Dudley at the zoo. ” Harry laughed. ”Though I didn't mean to.”

”You set a snake on your cousin? Why?” Chris asked as she stopped laughing.

”Oh.. It was telling me it had never seen Brazil and I sort of set it free without meaning to..” Harry laughed again but looking at Chris's surprised face, he stopped.

”Do you know what that means Harry?”

”.... Er... ..” Harry didn't know what to say.

”That means you can understand the snake language. Can you speak it too?” Chris asked getting excited.

”What? No.. I never spoke any different language and I mean there will be many Wizards who can understand snakes....”

”No Harry.. the snake language is very different... it's called Parseltongue... I have been reading about Salazar Slytherin when I found this. It's a very rare gift and many think that only Salazar Slytherin or their descendants are capable of speaking this.” Chris's expression changed suddenly.

Harry got scared realising what it means.

”But... How can be?... I mean... I'm not the heir of Slytherin..”

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”Relax Harry.. I'm not saying you're the one who opened the chamber but I've just realized something, in that case, the actual heir will be a Parselmouth too.”

”Really?” Harry asked surprised.