Quid Futurum (Marauders Era)

Chapter 2

June 23, 1991

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Harry has been pleading with Kiera to take him to the zoo since last week, so she decided to give in and take him there today.

A building labeled the reptile house is shown, a group of school kids wearing green blazers and ties messing around. A snake is resting in his cage as a family of three which consists of a big, beefy man, a chubby boy, and a tall blonde woman, and Harry are staring at him. Kiera was off to buy food somewhere.

When Euphemia first caught a clear glimpse of Harry's face, she gasped. She knows who his father is, given he looks the spitting image of him.

Peter, who had been quiet up until this time, exclaimed, "James, he looks like you mate!"

James exclaimed joyously, "I have a son!" He said as he cast a hopeful glance over at the Ravenclaw table, "I wonder who his mother is."

"Make it move!"

Regulus and Sirius, among others, flinch when they think about the severe punishment they would receive for attempting to order their parents around.

The big, beefy man taps on the glass.

"Move!"

"MOVE!"

"He's asleep!" Harry decided to say with furrowed eyebrows.

"He's boring."

Harry stays at the enclosure and continues to look at the snake.

"Sorry about him. He doesn't understand what it's like, lying there day after day, watching people press their ugly faces in on you."

The snake then lifts his head and winks at Harry, who looks shocked.

"Can you hear me?"

The snake nods, more attentive than before.

Everyone looks at the screen in shock, "He's a Parselmouth?"

"But there has never been a Parselmouth in our entire family line, how can that be?"

"It's just...I've never talked to a snake before. Do you...I mean...do you talk to people often?"

The snake shakes his head.

"You're from Burma, aren't you? Was it nice there? Do you miss your family?"

The snake directs Harry's attention to a sign saying, 'Bred in captivity.'

"I see. As for me, I only ever knew my parents through my godmother's stories and pictures of them, but I'm still grateful since it's better than nothing."

"What happened to James and his wife?" Everyone wonders.

The chubby boy rushes over.

"Mummy, Dad, come here! You won't believe what the snake is doing!"

He roughly elbows Harry out of the way, making him fall onto the ground.

Everyone shouts in unison with James, incensed that the Muggle youngster shoved Harry, "Hey! Leave my son alone!"

The chubby boy presses himself against the glass as Harry glares at him, when suddenly the glass vanishes causing him to fall into the enclosure.

"Whoa! Aah!"

The grownups grin or sneer when all the children and teenagers start laughing at once. The Muggle's fate makes the haughty purebloods even smirk with pride.

"That's a very powerful accidental magic."

The snake slithers out of the enclosure.

"Thanks-s-s."

"Anytime."

The snake then escapes the zoo.

"Snake!"

Everyone starts freaking out as Harry watches the snake leave. The chubby boy stands up to get out only to be trapped.

"Mum! Mummy!"

The blonde woman sees her son in the enclosure.

"Aah!"

"Mum, help me! Help me!"

"My darling boy! How did you get in there?"

Harry watches giggling, until the big, beefy man looks right at him, his smile disappearing.

Moony was battling Remus for control, not liking the look the Muggle was giving Harry, whom Moony accepted as his cub as soon as he discovered he was James' son.

He starts approaching Harry with a menacing look in his eyes but halted when he heard someone say, "What's going on here?"

Lifting his eyes toward the owner of the voice, he saw Kiera standing beside Harry with a cold deadly glare aimed at him, that loathe as he is to admit, made him uneasy and intimidated.

Deciding not to make a scene in such a public place, he opted to throw a distasteful look at Harry and walked towards where his son and wife were still trying to find a way to get him out.