Harry potter king of the scales

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Summary: Harry is a Metamorphmagus and finds a Basilisk at a young age which he proceeds to raise.

Harry stared at his arm the appendage which was once coated in skin was now coated in a layer of hard bone like material.

Harry moved his eyes from his arm and to the plank of wood that had shattered against his arm before he looked at Dudley and his group of friends who were frozen as they saw his arm.

Harry's mouth fell open as Dudley yelled "I will tell my father freak!" Harry flinched despite hearing the fear in the boy's voice and before anything else could happen Harry took off.

The young potter ran until his lungs and legs burned after a moment of rest he look at his arm and found that his arm had returned to normal before he turned and found himself alone and near a house that was at a bit distant from the surrounding houses.

An old building that seemed to be too dangerous to fix and instead should have been torn down Harry considered going back ho…back to the Dursley's when the sounds of a scuffle drew his attention.

Harry walked to the back of the house and was greeted with a small wooden structure and judging from the chickens surrounding it Harry assumed that it was a coup of some kind.

As a young boy Harry became curious as to what was causing the ruckus and moved closer before prying open the top of the old coup where he was greeted to the sight of a chicken chasing a toad pecking it as it hopped round the coup trying to get away.

When suddenly the toad jumped into the corner of the coup and landed right on an egg but almost as soon as it did so the egg began to crack and for Harry everything seemed to slow as a small but very reptilian head broke through the shell.

Time seemed to go back to normal as the head tilted towards him and a thin pronged tongue flickered at him the little creature attempted to move but its squirming got the attention of the hen in the coup.

The hen abandoned its quest to kill the toad and instead put that attention went to the little snake and just as the little snake finished wiggling free of its egg the chicken pounced and began pecking.

The little snake hissed in pain and Harry froze as he heard the snake scream for help Harry smacked the chicken off the little snake and scooped up the little thing in his hand before placing it into his oversized pants pocket and taking off as a big looking rooster strutted out of the old house before it noticed Harry and gave chase.

Harry began to slow as he began to recognize some of the buildings and pulled the snake from his pocket and looked at it the little thing was fine except for a few little scratches on its back side.

The snake hissed again "Thank you for helping me." again Harry froze and release a gasp.

"How can I understand you?" asked Harry this time the snake froze and slithered closer to Harry's face before sticking out its tongue one more time allowing the appendage to flicker out once more before replying.

"You must be a parseltongue!" Harry tilted his head in confusion before he spoke.

"What's a parseltongue?" The snake's flicked out but this time Harry got the feeling it was out of annoyance before it replied.

"You are magical yet you don't know of magical languages?" Harry look at the little snake confusion clear in his eyes the little snake spoke again "You have magic and species other than humans can talk it just so happens that snakes speak in parseltongue and it is rare for human to have such ability."

Harry looked at his arm before speaking "How do you know all this?" the snake tilted its head and seemed to smile at Harry as it replied.

"I am a snake and as such I am granted knowledge by the magic cast by Salazar Slytherin..." the snake held its head slightly in a regal like manner as it continued "And I am not just any common breed snake I am a basilisk!"

Harry blinked owlishly at the now named basilisk and asked "What is so special about being a basilisk?" the basilisk seemed to frown and annoyance tinged its words.

"I am a 'king' among snakes the best of the species!" stated the basilisk staring intently at Harry.

Harry took a breath before speaking quietly to himself "Ok so I am magic…I can change my body…" Harry glanced at his arm again as he spoke before continuing "and apparently I can talk to snakes…I think I am going crazy."

Harry suddenly shuddered as he felt something coil around his throat softly as to not choke him and he heard the basilisk talk into his ear, its tongue tickling his ear as it did so "You aren't crazy… but what was it you said about you about changing your body?"

Harry gulped and told the basilisk of his previous encounter with his cousin and his goons causing the serpent to hiss in agitation before it spoke "Why do you let them treat you like that you are more powerful than them?"

Harry tried to look at his cold blooded companion but after a moment Harry gave up trying to look at the basilisk and spoke "Even if I am magic I haven't ever really done anything to weird accept for my arm earlier."

The basilisk tilted itself and stretched a little so it could look at Harry before speaking "How did you make your arm change to begin with?"

Harry thought for a moment before he spoke "I just kinda wanted something to prevent my arm from being hurt and then my arm became covered in…bone I guess… anyways we need to get home."

The basilisk gave Harry a confused look as it spoke "We?" earning a nod from Harry.

"Oh…do you not want to come with me?" asked Harry hesitantly.

The basilisk seemed to shift slightly in thought before tucking itself into its coil as it spoke "I will go with you." Harry smiled at the basilisk's words and began making his way to the Dursley's home.