A crack split the air. A small group of four humans surrounded by a pack of Velociraptors looked up from the pair of eggs lying in the sand between them in an attempt to locate the sound. A crash from above heralded the arrival of a small falling body of a young man. Humans and Raptors alike watched in astonishment as his fall slowed five feet from the ground, granting him a fairly soft landing for all the loud thud made the humans wince.

"Fucking Death Eaters! Fucking Voldemort! Why can't that bloody ~hatchling killer~ just leave me the fuck alone! First he has to try and kill me as a baby, getting me sent to the bloody Dursleys now he's gotten everyone else! ~Nestmates! Gone! Vile Hatchling Killer!~ And on top of it all something with our wands dumped me wherever the fuck here is," Harry swore viciously, shifting carelessly between English and Parseltongue as he checked his still bleeding injuries. He found a fractured left forearm, three cracked ribs on his right side, and a bruised bone on his left shin. The inquisitive chirp one of the Raptors gave off had him immediately freezing in place before cautiously looking up to see what else fate had dumped in his lap.

"What's a Death Eater?" a kid not much younger than Harry himself asked.

Harry could see the kid was a bit beat up. Dressed in a pair of sturdy shorts and a ratty red sweater the kid had clearly seen better days but was also clearly being protected by the three adults. The adults were all a bit beat up as well though he could see the resemblance between the kid and the younger man as well as the blond woman who was probably his mother. The older guy with the plaid shirt and canvas backpack was clearly not related by blood to the other three but Harry could also see the wonder and little kiddy glee in his eyes at something new.

"~He is a speaker!~" the lead female raptor hissed in surprise, rearing back a bit in obvious nervousness.

"Um... Just a sec. Big teeth get attention first," Harry said raising a hand in the clear wait command before turning warily to the raptors. "~Yes, I speak, though I didn't know that anyone but serpents could understand Parseltongue... Are you having a dispute with the humans? Perhaps I can help by translating.~"

"~What is there to discuss?! They are eggsnatchers!~" One of the raptors screeched in obvious outrage.

"~And how do you know that they stole the eggs? Perhaps they took them from the eggthief and only wanted to return them? Look, all I'm saying is that if I translate you'll get this sorted faster and it might keep someone from being hurt if they didn't do anything. If they actually are eggthieves I can make sure they are punished but one of them is little more than a hatchling and I will not let you kill his parents in front of him!~" Harry hissed at them in obvious fury. He glared at them as he painfully dragged himself back to his feet. "~I have to watch the day my own parents were slain before me every time a soulsnatchingwraith gets near me! I'll not let you hurt another hatchling like that!~"

"~You have faced a soulsnatchingwraith and still remain? We would be honored for you to translate our grievances to the prey honorable speaker.~" the alpha female said humbly before bowing to Harry with the rest of the raptors quickly following suit.

"How did you do that?" the older man half demanded in a whisper of awe.

"I, er, talked to them? You can't tell anyone that I can do stuff like this though since I'll get in a lot of trouble, government cover up kind of trouble," Harry warned. The four other humans nodded wary understanding which Harry took to be agreement before continuing. "They've agreed to let me translate rather than cause a fight. One of them called you egg snatchers. Wanna explain that one?"

"We passed by their nest earlier. At the time one of my students was still with us. Unknown to the rest of us he thought it was a grand idea to take a few eggs back for research and to write his dissertation on. I told him no and tried to make it clear that it would just get the rest of the pack after us but he went behind our backs and did it any way. When we found out a couple of hours ago I stopped anyone from damaging the eggs or leaving them where some other predator could get at them. I knew that they needed to be returned and if the pack found us without them they would assume they had been destroyed and kill us in revenge. By the way, my name is Alan Grant, and these are the Kribys, Paul, Amanda, and their son Eric. The rest of our group are either dead or probably wish they were dead. We had just come to the island to retrieve Eric and Mr. Ben, who is dead, after they were in an accident just off the coast," Dr. Grant explained. "My student is probably lying dead at the bottom of the cliff in the pterodactyl enclosure. We wanted to return them, we just couldn't figure out how without getting eaten by either the raptors or the Tyrannosaurus Rex."

"Wait, they're dinosaurs?" Harry asked with a blink of shock.

"Of course they are. We're on one of the dinosaur islands near Costa Rica... How hard did you hit your head when you fell down?" Eric asked seriously.

"Fuck," Harry swore, unintentionally making both humans and raptors nervous.

"~Honored Speaker?~" one raptor asked nervously.

"~The eggsnatcher was discovered and cast from the group for being an eggsnatcher. They did not know how to return the eggs without further incurring your wrath so they kept them safe knowing you would find them. They understand how you value your hatchlings and had no wish to cause you distress. The eggs are being returned with many apologies for the risk to your eggs and for the trespass of your territory. They came here only to retrieve their own hatchling and leave.~" Harry explained quickly and succinctly. Every human there could tell when the raptors relaxed and more than one came out of the leaves and bushes to stand behind their leader.

"~We will allow the prey to leave with their hatchling, Honored Speaker.~" the alpha female informed him solemnly. "~We once more take charge of the pack's eggs and thank the prey for the care they have taken with our eggs. You would be welcome among our pack should you choose to stay.~"

"~Why do you think I need a pack?~" Harry asked cautiously.

"~You said so yourself when you fell, Nestmates gone,~" she offered solemnly.

"~They are gone but it is more that they are no longer pack than that they are dead.~" Harry admitted with a deep sigh. "~They expect me to lead and fight against a threat much older and more experienced when I am still barely more than a hatchling, a juvenile. I want nothing to do with the dominance fight that has killed so many among the packs, families. Yes, he killed my parents but I was barely hatched. I don't remember them. They expect me to be alpha but treat me like an omega and I don't know what to do. I am different from these four but ones like them hurt me as a hatchling and keep hurting me. What do you do when there is no territory, no pack, no nestmates, and danger wherever you look? The threat is the only other speaker in the territory we live in and he sees me as a threat. I don't know why and the only times I've been near him he tries to kill me so I can't ask. The ones who would be my nestmates and caretakers hurt me or encourage me to walk into danger to protect them. I don't know what to do.~"

"~The prey has taken poor care of a precious speaker!~" one raptor off to the far left hissed in outrage, only to be snapped at to be quiet by the one next to her.

"~I have to return if I can. Something special happened the first time the other speaker tried to kill me. I am told that I was marked to be the only one who can stop him.~" Harry explained sadly, showing his scar as proof.

"~You will translate for the prey. You will not lie. You will come and visit us in the times to come and bring these prey with you," the alpha female ordered. Harry nodded resignedly and waited for what he was to translate. "~Tell the prey they are to take you with them when they leave. That you are their hatchling now and that better care needs to be taken with you. You will explain to them everything about your lost nestmates, your sour nest, and the speaker you must kill. There are some tales about the older one, he protected hatchlings not his own when we first became free to hunt. If they are not a true pack you go with the old one, he will care for you as his own.~"

Harry had a sour look as he turned to relay the message while the raptors peacefully took the eggs, disappearing into the surrounding forest.

"I'm supposed to go with you and that I'm your hatchling now. I'm also supposed to explain what my life has been like uptil now and that if you guys aren't going to stay together Mr. Grant is supposed to be the one to take care of me from now on. They've heard tales about how you protected some other kids before and think you'll do a good job taking care of me. I'm also supposed to visit them sometime in the future," Harry explained moodily.

"Why?" Alan Grant asked as they cautiously made their way to their own feet.

"They asked what I was cussing about when I arrived. Predators that big have really good noses so I wasn't even going to try to lie. They decided that I need my own pack. Since I wouldn't go with them and you guys took good care of the eggs you were a good choice to make sure I wasn't hurt again. They called me speaker, honored speaker, and precious speaker. At least they aren't angry at you for the eggs. I told them that you had banished the egg snatcher from the group as soon as you found out and that you didn't know how to return the eggs. They seemed satisfied with that and the fact that the eggs seemed okay," Harry told them with wry amusement. He immediately felt a snap in his chest as a warmth spread through it making him feel good. He immediately recognized the magic for what it was and realized, with a groan, that he'd made a verbal magical contract with the raptors.

"What's wrong?" Alan asked worriedly.

"I just realized my agreement to go with you guys and explain was a legal contract enforced by magic. Before you freak out and say magic isn't real, it is and that's part of what I'm going to have to tell you about. I don't even want to know what will happen if I try to get out of it. The upside is that since telling you guys was part of the requirements I don't think I'll get in trouble for explaining or using magic in front of you," Harry explained with more than a little chagrin.

"Well, you can tell us on our way off this island and we'll go from there," Alan suggested as they all started walking again.