I’m awoken by someone screaming. “Get that thiNG OUT OF MY FACE!!!” I look down to everyone laughing while surrounding Ron who has a bright red face. “It's not funny you guys!” He grumbles. “What's going on?” I ask, drawing everyone's attention. “Someone placed a rubber spider in Rons bed but no one is owning up to it.” Seamus answers me. “It was probably just Peeves,” Dean blurts. “Hehe- you guessed it, little brunette boy” Peeves appears out of nowhere. 

  Ron grabs a nearby pillow and chucks it straight into Peeves' head. “Who threw that?” he frowns, spinning around. Everyone points to Ron, who has a scared expression on his face. “What in Merlin’s name is going on in here? It's only six in the morning!” Hermione's voice rings through the room. She's standing by the door with a frown on her face. Peeves stops advancing towards Ron and giggles. “Ouuu look- he needs his girlfriend to save him~” Ron glares at him “So what if I do? She's one of the bravest people I know. Now get out or M-Draco here is going to get the Baron.” Peeves eyes go wide at the mention of the Bloody Baron. “No need to get him- I'll be going now- hehe” “What about me?” Draco groans sleepily.

~Timeskip to Mcgonagall’s class~

Hermione is the only person answering Mcgonagall’s questions. I have a feeling she is going to call on me next. “Who can tell me what you need to do to become an animagus?” She asks. Hermione’s hand goes straight to the air, but so does mine. I know the answer- Sirius and Lupin told me a couple years ago. I've been much too scared to try it though. “Potter? It's a lovely surprise to see you participating in my class for once.” Noone laughs. “Well? How do you become an animagus? And I don't mean the paperwork.” Good. I have no clue what the paperwork has on it. I stand up awkwardly. “Er- You need to carry a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a whole month. Then you need to um- get a teaspoon- a silver teaspoon to be exact- of dew from a place that's never been touched by the sun.” I pause, trying to remember what comes next. “You have to do that for a full seven days and then you have to put it in a dark and quiet place until the next storm. Then you have to recite an incantation every morning even if you feel a second heartbeat after doing it for a while. Then when you see lightning, you have to go to where you hid the crystal phial and there would be a mouthful of red- blood red- potion inside and then- erm- I- I forgot the rest.” I sit back down. I hear someone giggle in the back of the class. Hermione is glaring at me from the front of the room and Ron is looking at me with a proud look on his face. “Very good Potter. As you all might have guessed, we will be learning about animagus this term.” Mcgonagall’s voice silences the kids giggling immediately. “Now get out your books and go to page 34….” And I've gone back to zoning out.

~Timeskip to thirty mins later~

“Potter will be partnered up with…” I come back into focus when I hear my name. “Malfoy.” Oh that's fine. At least it's one of my friends. Everyone begins to move to sit next to their partners. I have to walk all the way across the room and all the way to the back. “Hey.” He whispers as I'm sitting down. “Hi.” I say awkwardly. All eyes are on us, probably expecting us to start fighting. “If the class could stop gawking at Malfoy and Potter so they can begin the project.” Mcgonall’s voice snaps everyone out of the weird trance they had been in. “So what exactly are we doing?” I ask Draco. He snorts. “Weren't you paying attention, Golden Boy?” I raise my brow “First of all, I zoned out so of course I have no clue what's going on. And secondly, Golden Boy? Really?” He smirks. “We're partnering up to go look for a leaf. They dont trust us to go off in the forest by ourselves.” So we’re going to become animagus? I wonder what animal I would get. Everyone starts to stand up. “Professor Hagrid is waiting for us near the forest.” Mcgonagall says. 

~Timeskip to right before they enter the forbidden forest~

Standing in front of the forbidden forest, I remember when Draco and I were in the forbidden forest for detention. When we found Voldemort eating the unicorn. How scared he was. “Need me to hold your hand Little Ferret?” I offer with zero sarcasm in my voice. He raises an eyebrow at me. “Is that the best you could come up with? Besides, you're the one that's going to need me to hold your hand.” He smirks. I laugh and roll my eyes. “Let's go in now.” Everyone else has already entered. Even Mcgonagall is gone. I guess you could say she's Mcgonagone… “What kind of leaf are we even looking for?” He asks me. “You are the expert after all.” I roll my eyes. “Okay just because I knew the answer in class, doesn't mean I'm an expert about this.”I clear my throat. “It's a Mandrake leaf,” I say under my breath. “Ha I knew it! Let's go to the greenhouse, I think they've decided to do mandrakes again this year.” He smirks. “Isn't that cheating?” I ask. “Yeah but cheating is fine as long as you're cheating on school stuff.” He scoffs. I roll my eyes. “Fine. C’mon we should hurry.” I take out my invisibility cloak, which I always keep with me just in case I need to use it. “Do you really think we'll both fit under that?” Draco asks and I'm suddenly aware of how tall he really is. “Please. This can fit three people in it so why not a giraffe?” I smirk at him. He scoffs. “I liked it better when you called me a ferret. At least those are sort of cute.” I roll my eyes and wrap the cloak around the two of us. “Potter! Malfoy!” Crap. Mcgonagall must've noticed us disappearing from the class. “We should just stay as still as we possibly can.” Draco whispers, his mouth inches away from mine. I feel my face turn red. “But she's coming this way. Let's start walking toward the greenhouse.” He nods and we start walking very slowly. “Headmistress, I think they might still be in the classroom.” Hermione says from behind her. She had gotten partnered up with Neville, who was a few feet behind her. We stop walking to hear their conversation. “The two of you should go back into the forest so you can find a mandrake leaf. I will go check out the classroom.” Mcgonagall says with authority. “Yes headmistress.” Hermione and Neville run back into the forest while Mcgonagall heads back towards the castle. When she's finally out of sight, Draco stands up and stretches his arms. “That was so uncomfortable.” He whines. We keep walking towards the greenhouse.

~Timeskip to an hour later~

“Where have the two of you been?” Hermione frowns. Ron, who had been partnered with Dudley, was by her side with an annoyed expression on his face. “We've been wandering around the forest because we already found a leaf.” Draco answers confidently. I'm glad we got our story straight before she interrogated us otherwise we would be a mess. 

  “Oww!” Dudley shouts, scaring the birds. “What's wrong, Dudders?” I ask him, concerned for my cousin. It just hit me that he can't do any magic and he's in the forbidden forest. “That bush bit me!” He points. We all stare at the bush. Ron snorts “Oh please, it's a bush! It can't bite you.” “But it did!” Dudley insists. Ron rolls his eyes in annoyance but yelps when the bush moves.

  A giant snake comes out from the bush. “Harry Potterssss” he says as he moves closer. “Do I know you?” I ask. “Itssss me! From the zoooo.” “I remember you! How have you been?” I smile. I can’t believe I forgot him! “I never made it to brazil. I wasss captured a few yearssss back. I essscaped very recently and decided to find the firssssst person that ever treated me with kindnesssss.” He explains. I smile at the last part but before I can say anything, he looks at Dudley, who had been watching us with a scared expression on his face. “Isssn’t that child that wassss banging on the glasssssss when you took away the glasssssss?” The snake asks me. “Yep. He's my cousin and he doesn't do that anymore.” I grin. 

  The snake rolls his eyes. “I hunted you down becausssse I wissssh to know your name and to ask a favor.” He says out of nowhere. “My name is Harry Potter but you can just call me Harry.” I answer. “What about you? What's your name?” He flicks his tongue out before responding. “I have no name. I haven't needed a name for a long time but if you wissssh, you can name me yoursssself.” Hmmm. A name for a snake. I have to give him that fits him. “What about Venom?” I ask him. He cocks his head to the side. “But I am a boa consssssstrictor. I have no venom.” “You're right, that name is pointless. What about Jiboia?” He smiles at me. “I like that one. But what doessss it mean?” “It means snake in portuguese. I learned that a couple of years ago.” I grin. “Do you think I could sssssssstay with you for a while?” He asks me. “Of course you can! But I would have to ask the headmistress first.” He slithers closer to me and curls up. “I'm going to sleep now.” 

  “POTTER! MALFOY!” Mcgonagal’s voice rings through the clearing. “Where Have the two of you been?” She asks when she gets closer. “We were looking for a leaf like you asked.” Draco answers. She purses her lips and shakes her head. She notices Jiboia curled up at my feet and asks, “Potter, would you like to explain why that snake is sleeping at the base of your feet?” This seems like the perfect opportunity to ask her. “This is Jiboia, I met him at a zoo where I accidentally freed him before I came to Hogwarts for my first year. He tried to go to Brazil but he couldn't make it so he started to look for me instead. He wants to stay with me for a while until he makes a plan to get back to Brazil.” I explain. “I will allow him to stay with you but you are responsible for everything he does.” She pauses. “Now you all need to get to your next class. My class has been over for three minutes already.” She addresses all six of us. I wake up Jiboia and we leave.