With a roll of my eyes, I climbed into the car after Harry, like always Dudley has started an argument with Harry. He starts moving around in his seat as if he is uncomfortable. He looks towards Harry and smiles wickedly.
" MUM!" Dudley cries Out dramatically.
Aunt Petunia turned around in her seat in full panic." Yes, Sweet Pea?"
Dudley looks at his mother then back at Harry. " Harry, keeps taking up all the room! He's digging is elbows into me, tell him to stop Mummy!"
I scoff and put my arm around Harry and pull him to my side in a protective manner. Still at the age of eleven Dudley calls Aunt Petunia, Mummy. It's really annoying, the way he screams it in a high pitch tone.
" Dudley, that's enough. Harry has done nothing wrong," I say as I send him a serious look.
Aunt Petunia looked at me with pure disgust, " How dare you speak to my Dudley like that." She looked towards Uncle Vernon and he looked up into his rear-view mirror.
" You dare talk to my son like that you will regret it. That goes to you as well, Harry. Remember what I told you at the house." He sighed and fixed his gaze back on the road. I sighed as well and sat back in my seat and looked out the window and into the ongoing traffic.
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" Make it move!" Shouts Dudley. We have been at the Zoo for half an hour now and not once have we succeed in making this snake move. Uncle Vernon taps the glass to where the snake is behind.
" Move!" Uncle Vernon still got nothing from the snake. Dudley pushes in front of his father and steps towards the glass and taps much harder whilst Vernon watches from aside.
"MOVE!"
"He's asleep!" Harry shouts.
Dudley turns towards Harry, "He's boring."
Dudley and his parents walk away from us and walk towards another enclosure.
" Don't worry. Just ignore them, Harry," I say whilst still having my eyes on my so called 'family'. I turn around and face Harry only to see him closer to the glass and looking at the sake. I keep my distance and watch.
" Sorry about him. He doesn't understand what it's like, lying there day after day, having people press their ugly faces in on you," says Harry to the snake. As Harry finishes what he is saying, the snake pops it's head up and blinks at him. I cross my arms and watch more intensely from behind.
" Can you...hear me?" Harry questions. The snake replies with a simple nod of its head.
"It's just...I've never talked to a snake before. Do you...I mean...do you talk to people often?"
The snake shakes its head. I take a few steps closer to Harry. He was actually making communication with a snake.
"You're from Burma, aren't you? Was it nice there, do you miss your family?" Harry asks. The snake turns its head in the direction of a sign which says, Bred in Captivity.
Harry looks in the direction of the snake's gaze and reads the sign before turning back to the snake. "I see. That's me as well. I never knew my parents either"
I walk behind Harry and pull him into a tight embrace. Harry looks at me and smiles then looks back at the snake. " Well, this is my sister, Iris. Say hi Iris."
I laugh and lift a hand and wave towards the snake. The snake nodded almost as if he was approving of me in a way. Dudley then suddenly ran over, clearly seeing our interaction with snake.
" Mummy, dad, come here! You won't believe what this snake is doing!"
I sigh and look at the snake and Harry, " This is where the fun begins."
Dudley puts his hands on the glass wall. With his back turned, Harry glares at him. Suddenly, the glass disappears, causing Dudley to wretch forward, losing his balance. " Whoa! Ahh! Ahh!!" Dudley then falls into the snake enclosure, sputtering in a pool of water. Harry snickers at what he saw and I place my hand over my mouth trying to hide a burst of laughter that wants to come out. The snake gets out of the exhibit, stopping in front of Harry and I. Somehow, I didn't feel afraid and neither did Harry.
" Thanks," says the Snake.
" Anytime," Harry and I say at the same time. Wait a minute. I just spoke to a snake. A SNAKE! I looked at Harry and he had the same expression as me. We both watched the snake sliver off towards the exit.
" SNAKE!" A man screams.
There is a lot of screaming as the snake heads for freedom. Dudley gets up to get out, but the glass is now back over the enclosure. Seeing that he is now trapped, he pounds the glass in panic.
" Mum,Mummy!" Dudley cries.
Aunt Petunia looks towards us and looks at her son and screams. " AHH!"
" Mum, help! Help me!" Dudley pleads.
Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon run towards the glass. ": My darling boy! How did you get in there?! How did you get in there? Dursley, oh, Dursley!"
I place my arm around Harry's shoulders and we both burst out laughing. Not being able to hide it anymore. Vernon notices this and glares down at Harry and I. Our grins soon disappear, knowing that we are both in trouble with Uncle Vernon and the both of us will most probably be punished when we arrive back at home. I gulp and look at Harry, trying to hide my fear. Harry looks at me still smiling. He didn't care about what was going to happen later on this evening because today was probably one of the best days he has had for a while now. He finally got his sweet revenge on Dudley for all the times he has harmed him in the past. I must agree. Revenge is sweet. But a price must be paid and we both won't know what that will be until we get home.