Sure, the kid was a little wierd. He seemed to jump at shadows, and not only did he bring his own broom in, he was pretty posessive of it too. But he handled the public as well as the most seasoned keeper and the animals seemed to like him, especially the snakes. So who could complain? Well...

Harry Potter paused for a moment, taking a short rest. A beautiful morning, everyone just stirring, the park hadn't quite opened to the public yet, but everything was as it should be. And he with it. After the final confrontation, a little peace was all Harry wanted. And he was going to enjoy it come hell or high water.

A low down thump and high pitched cry of indignant rage made him jump a little. "MOUSE!!! MEAN HUMAN TOOK MY MOUSE!!!" The little Lampropeltis getula or California King nicknamed 'Sophia' howled after striking the glass.

Harry looked around to make sure no one was listening before replying. "For the last time that was my hand. You can't eat my hand. And that was three months ago. I've given you plenty of mice since then."

"mouse..." Sophia said sulkily. The mean mouse thief may have won this round, but she would be avenged.

Yet another voice, a charmingly very fake Spanish accent, caught Harry's attention. "Hola amigo, what do you say, this three o clock showing, I pretend to constrict you, you run around screaming, so does everyone else, we bring down the house! Si?" The boa constrictor enthusiasticaly suggested. The boa constrictor named Harry. Named partially for his keeper, partially for an alcoholic snake from a B-grade movie.

Harry shook his head with a grin. "No, we're keeping it boring as usual. Sorry Harry."

The serpentine Harry twitched his tail in pensive dismay then brightened up, looking at the public. "Okay, then let me snap at his fat heels again." He suggested, focusing on one rather burly red-faced man, accompanied by a well dressed female.

Harry narrowed his eyes. Dudley Dursley. Currently tapping on the glass of the skittish little tree monitors. Flaring his nostrils in a McGonagallish moment, before he could react further, from the floor came a very happy "Muchas Gracias!" as Harry crawled towards his target.

Human Harry didn't even look to know that the glass was missing, only dove for reptilian Harry. Peace! Ha!

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Very late hence most probably unofficial submission to ~blue-nadir 's Life After Hogwarts Showdown.

Slapdash sketch and probably shoulda put this under writing, but oh, well.

Harry Potter and boa constrictor copyright to JK Rowling, boa constrictor's name copyright to whoever owns the rights to the movie Sssssss, and Sophia isn't copyright to anyone, but I'm proud to know and keep her.