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A/N: This fic is written by myself, and my friend Kristen (AUTigers316@aol.com). 1st chap credit goes to her! She wrote it!

Fire and Ice, Green Eyes and Bushy Hair: A Tale

Chapter 1: What's That Smell?

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In a cold classroom in the dungeons of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley were busy listening to the potions professor explain how to make a Polyjuice Potion.

Or at least Harry and Hermione were.

Somewhere along the lines, Ron had fallen asleep and his head was on Hermione's shoulder. There wa a big wet spot on her cloak where he had drooled.

Suddenly, Ron emitted a very loud snore and the whole classed turned to look at them. The Slytherins were doubled over laughing while the Gryffindors all had a look of complete horror on their faces.

Snape glided on the grease that was dripping from his hair, over to where they were sitting. "Mr. Weasley," he said.

"Nirdle" slurred Ron. "Ugfeth."

Immediately, the Slytherins started snickering. All except for Goyle, who was asleep with his face on the desk. But all the Gryffindors knew this meant certain doom.

" MR. WEASLEY!"

Ron sat straight up this time. Hermione giggled. She couldn't help herself.

Ron's hair was sticking this was and that(a little like Harry's, Hermione thought to herself); there was a streak of drool on his face and marks on his cheek from the folds of Hermione's cloak.

"Mr. Weasley, do you find my class boring? Or, perhaps you already know how to make a Polyjuice Potion. Go on, tell me." Snape drawled.

"I jus-"

" 50 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR FOR FALLING ASLEEP IN MY CLASS!"

Harry was fuming. He got up to say something but Hermione pulled him back down.

"Oh, and 35 points from Miss Granger and Mr. Potter for not waking him up."

That did it. Harry stood up and yelled , banging his fist on the table at every word, "That's...not...fair!"

"No one said life was fair, Potter!" Malfoy snickered.

"But Goyle's asleep and you aren't doing anything about him!"

"DETENTION! SEE ME AFTER CLASS!"

At this, Harry sat down but was sure that steam was coming from his ears. "One day," he thought, "One day, I will get him."

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Later, in the Gryffindor comon room, Hermione and Ron were studying for a Charms exam they had the next day. They were alone except for Fred, George, and Ginny at a table nearby. Harry was out serving his detention.

They had tried all day to find out what his detention was. All he told them about it was " It's terrible! Awful, I wouldn't even wish it on Malfoy! Ok, maybe I would, but it's the worst detention ever!"

"Maybe he's been assigned to wash Snape's hair. That's the only thing I can think of to be bad enough to almost wish on Malfoy." said Ron.

Hermione giggled. "Poor Harry", she said. "I wish he would come back."

"I bet you do. You know, you have to tell him that you like him at some point or another." said Ron in a hushed voiced.

"Do not. What if he says no? Or laughs in my face? Or never speaks to me again? That would be mortifying! I can see Rita Skeeter's article now: ' The Boy Who Lived Rejects Bushy Haired Friend '. No, I will absolutely NOT tell him."

All of a sudden, the most terrible, awful, putrid smell filled the room.

Everyone looked at Ron.

Ginny was the first to speak. "Ron, you just couldn't hold it in, could you? It's not enough that you eat like a pig, nooooo you have to do that in public!"

"I swear I didn't do it!"

"Yeah, and you hate the Chudley Cannons", laughed Fred.

"Fred's right. We know that you can't help it. It just kind of...seeps out." said George.

Out of nowhere, there came a muffled laugh.

Everyone looked at each other as they heard footsteps quickely ascending the stairs.

They all ran up the stairs and as they got closer to the boy's dorms, the smell strengthened.

They stopped in front of Ron's door to his room, which was closed. There was an eerie green glow coming from under the door.

Hermione pushed Ron forward and he gulped.

Taking a deep breath, he opened the door. As soon as he did, he let out a girly scream and promptly fainted.

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