The Potter Twins and the Philosopher's Stone

Letting Loose a Snake in the Zoo

Through lots of arguing, complains and whining from Dudley, Harry and Emilia were finally decided to go with the Dursleys to the zoo for Dudley's birthday, seeing Miss. Figg couldn't watch them that day. Of course, Dudley just had to bring his blimp-headed friend Piers along.

The car ride was very unpleasant. The order in the back seat was Harry on the left side window, then Emilia, then Piers, then Dudley on the right side window. Harry honestly wished Dudley'd just fall out the right side window.

Half way through the ride, Emilia nudged Harry in the side with her elbow again. When he looked down at her hand, his glasses were in them. He looked back up at her to be greeted by her awesome smirk. Along with being a prankster, Emilia was also a thief. But only with good intentions. Like if Dudley stole something of theirs, she'd steal it back. She's like Robin Hood.

Being the total pervert he is, during the ride Piers kept hitting on Emilia. But being the older (by seven minutes) brother that Harry was, he shot him the classic older-brother-death-glare whenever he did, so he'd back off.

When they got to the zoo, Harry and Emilia ate so much because they had to eat what ever Dudley and Piers didn't. Not that they were complaining. They never really got much food, so for once, Dudley being a bratty pig came in handy.

They went through lots of sections of animals in the zoo. There was the fish, the endangered animals, the birds, the mammals, and finally the reptiles.

As they were walking by the reptiles, they stopped at a certain snake. It looked like he was sleeping. Yet, Dudley had to be his normal annoying self, and try and wake it. He started to tap on the glass. Then taps turned to bangs. Then bangs turned to slaps. Then slaps turned to "one more minute and the glass is gonna break"-s.

"He's sleeping!" Harry yelled. Dudley and Piers just mumbled something he didn't pick up and just walked away. Harry was about to walk away too, then he heard Emilia talking to someone, but it wasn't himself, which was extremely odd because she only talked when she was around Harry, and only Harry.

He turned his head to see she was talking to the snake. The freaky part was the snake seemed to understand, and respond.

"Emilia," Harry slid next to her to get a better look.

"Hey Harry," she responded in an awfully giggly tone. Well that was Emi for ya. "Check this out Harry. Turns out this snake is from Brazil,"

"Brazil, huh? Was it nice there? Do you miss your family?" Harry asked as a joke. He was shocked to see it responded by motioning it's head towards a sign that read-
bread in captivity

"Oh, I'm sorry. Well, we don't know our family either," He said while pointing at Emilia and himself.

Before they knew it happened, Dudley came running over to them and rammed Harry in the side, and he fell to the floor. When Harry looked up he saw Emilia being stubborn, as usual, trying to keep Dudley and Piers from bothering the snake again. She's nice and all, really the nicest person Harry knew, but she can be really stubborn sometimes.

Before Harry could do anything, Dudley had punched Emilia square in the face, giving her a big, gushing bloody nose. She fell to her knees, clutching her nose, either to stop the pain, blood, or both. Harry saw a little tear prick at her eye, and he got real pissed. He stared at Dudley and Piers, as they just pressed their fat faces on the glass to the snake's used-to-be-clam cage.

Gosh! -Harry thought- just wish they'd-

SPLOOSH!!!!

Next thing they knew, Dudley and Piers are inside the animal cage where the snake used to be. The snake slithered out of its cage and up to Emilia and Harry.

"Thhhaankssss," it said/ thanked/ whispered/ hissed. They didn't know what to do, so they just sat there and watched it slither off, scaring many people. Harry looked over and saw Emilia laughing, as if she didn't even have a bloody nose and now a half bloody face. He looked above her and saw Uncle Vernon, his head the shade of a grape, about to explode. Harry just knew it.

They were dead.