~¤ Splitting Personalities ¤~

by Crimson Flame

Disclaimer:::

No not mine.

Warning:::

First attempt on a romantic comedy. And it's slash ( HP/DM ). Do keep an open mind.

Spoilers:::

None that I can think of.

Summary:::

Draco has done it! He managed to become an animagus! The problem is, he can't change back. And what does Harry have to say when he's confronted by the three personalities of his worst enemy? ^__^ HP/DM…Please r/r.

Legend:::

(.…bla bla….) Is thoughts

"….bla bla…." Is normal speech

"….bla bla…." Is Draco's left voice

"….bla bla…." Is Draco's middle voice

".…bla bla…." Is Draco's right voice

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Chapter 1

«¤ Three heads are better than one? ¤»

(Outside Hogwarts)

The full moon was shining overhead. He had slipped past Filch and had headed towards the privacy of the Forbidden Forest. With the book in his hand, Draco Malfoy stopped at the edge of the woods and glanced around to make sure no one was present.

Satisfied, he sat down under an Ash tree nearby and took out his wand.

"Lumos." He whispered.

A tiny beam of light shone from the tip of his wand and lit up the cover of the 'borrowed' library book.

'15 Easy Steps to Become an Animagus' it read.

Draco flipped open the thin book and proceeded to the first step.

(1) Make sure the procedure is taken place under a full moon.

With that Draco glanced up into the midnight sky. Stars glittered in the heavens around a full and bright moon.

(2) Drink a glass of water.

Draco's eyes narrowed. Nevertheless, he conjured up a glass of water and drank it in a gulp.

(3) Draw a white circle on the ground.

He murmured a spell and there was a circle on the forest floor.

(4) Dance around the circle five times.

Draco blinked. He rechecked the cover of the book to make sure it wasn't titled '15 Easy Steps to Become a Lunatic'. Seeing that the title hadn't changed, he returned to staring at the 4th step in disbelief.

"If you say so." He shrugged and went on to dance. He felt absolutely ridiculous.

After that he turned over the page and went through the book step by step.

By the time he finished the 13th step, he was exhausted; having gone through, skipping, running, flapping his arms, crawling on all fours, and even singing!

(14) Repeat out the words 'I am of the animagi, Of the animagi am I ' ten times.

Draco sucked in a deep breath and began chanting.

"I am of the animagi, Of the animagi am I, I am of the animagi, Of the animagi am I, I am……….of the am animagi am I."

When he finished the incantation, Draco wiped away his sweat as the liquid trickled down the side of his face. He was very anxious and excited now. The next step would be the last and it was his ticket to becoming an animagus. Carefully, he read on.

(15) Remain inside the circle while concentrating in your mind on changing your body. An image of an animal will appear to you. Concentrate on transforming into that animal for it is your chosen animagus form.

"This is it." He muttered to himself.

Draco concentrated hard. At first there was only darkness in his mind, but that made way to form a long and slender shape. He focused all his thought and energy to force himself to change into that animal.

There was a tingling sensation that went through his body. The next thing he knew, the world had become bigger to his eyes. He could not feel his limbs yet there was a feeling of extra parts of his body. Further inspection found that it is now completely transformed. He had done it! He is now an animagus! Draco Malfoy sneered. What to do with this new ability? Torture the Gryffindors of course.

Letting himself get used to his new body, his eyes wandered back to the book. His wand lay by its side as were his dark colored robes. Flexing his black-striped orange tail, he flipped the book to read the last page.

'Congratulations! You are now an aspiring animagus, an envious desire of many others. You now have the ability to transform from man to beast to man in mere seconds. Just concentrate on the form you want to change into. Good luck and have fun!'

"Oh yes, we'll have lots of fun. For now, it's time to change back."

He concentrated again on changing back. He concentrated hard. He focused all his thoughts. He centered all his energy.

Nothing happened.

"Oh damn shit! What the hell is going on?"

"Wait, I'll check the book."

There on the bottom of the page was some scribbling.

'Warning! The process of changing back will be unsuccessful if the caution mentioned earlier is not heeded.'

"Huh? What caution?"

There was further scribbling as Draco read on with now nervous eyes.

'Note:: To those people who are not only careless but stupid, the caution is mentioned on the inside of the book cover.'

"Huh?"

"What?!!"

"Stupid??!!"

Resisting the urge to chew the book up and swallow it, Draco turned over the pages to the book cover. There at the bottom of the said cover was the familiar scrawl.

'Caution: Before attempting this course, be certain that you are not near any Ash trees for the natural magic of the tree will tamper with the magic needed for the transformation.'

Draco's eyes widened and he looked to his side. There it was. The Ash tree just stood there as the gentle breeze played with its leaves, taunting and laughing at him. The woods suddenly seemed as if to gather together to mock and ridicule him. Even a distant howl of laughter from a wolf appeared to echo through forest.

"#&#%^#@&%@!!!!!!"

"Oh shut up."

"Sigh."

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(Inside Hogwarts)

Draco Malfoy was in deep trouble.

Not just any trouble. It was one where you get stuck in and may never hope to get out alive or intact without a deep gash in your dignity.

No matter how many times he had tried, he just couldn't change back. He needed help.

"I knew we shouldn't have tried that stunt. But no…And you just had to sit by an ASH tree. Of all the bloody trees in the whole damn forest, you had to pick an Ash tree."

"Shut up! I'm trying to figure out where we are going. Things just look so big from down here."

"Yeah….Be quiet. Where are we going again?"

The other two voiced out a heavy sigh.

"You idiot. Pay more attention! Honestly, I'd never guess we were one and the same."

"That's enough! We're going to find help. We need to find Potter."

"Oh…you mean Harry?"

This time they groaned. Draco had to stop himself from biting his dreamy head off.

"Let's go."

"Whatever. As if you know the way."

"Where are we going again?"

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(Gryffindor Tower)

It was nearly midnight. Harry Potter sat up in bed. He couldn't sleep. He had had another dream about Voldemort. And it wasn't the normal ones he had that had blood and death in them. Instead of maiming and torturing people, the Dark Lord was singing and dancing to the lovely tune of Barney's trademark song, all the while wearing a purple dinosaur suit.

It was a horrible nightmare.

"Note to self. Never take heavy snacks while going through a first year's storybook before going to bed. Especially one that is on Barney." Harry murmured under his breath.

His stomach grumbled in response to the word 'snacks'. Harry sighed as he slipped on his father's invisible cloak and headed out towards the kitchens.

(Dobby might make some supper for me if I asked. A sandwich or something.) He thought, almost regretting the fact that he had skipped dinner in order to revise on his Potions. There was going to be a quiz the next day and Harry did not want to give Snape the satisfaction of taking points from Gryffindor.

Tip toeing soundlessly, Harry made his way down the flight of stairs and walked into the barren path that led to the kitchens. The night was silent save for the occasional hooting of owls from the forest, the hissing conversation of snakes that echoed of the wall of the corridor and the crackle of flames that lit the hallway and….hmm wait a minute. Snakes? In the corridor?

"Hold on. Was that a right at that junction or was it suppose to be left?"

"Hah! I knew you didn't know the way. You couldn't find the end of our tail if it'd save our life."

"What junction?"

"Oh shut up you idiot. Go back to day-dreaming."

Harry stood still as the hissing drew nearer and the squabbles grew louder. Then the source of all the voices rounded the corner and came into view.

Harry held in his breath as he was finally able to study the full striking features of the stunning creature. Its three heads stood about two feet in the air and the last five feet of the serpent's body was curled up about behind it. The light from flames glinted off the shiny and vivid orange scales striped with black. Each pair of eyes for each of its heads was different in color. Ruby crimson for the right, soft gold for the middle, and liquid silver for the left.

It was a Runespoor. Harry had never seen a live one before.

The sight was baffling enough but Harry was a living creature. And living creatures need oxygen to keep on living. Holding his breath for so long didn't fulfill this requirement.

Gasping and gaping for lost air, Harry hadn't realize that he was making sounds. Sounds that had attracted three pairs of hidden ears.

"Well, well. I can smell you Potter."

"Get out from under that cloak. Filch is two floors down. "

"What are you doing out here, Harry?"

Harry looked up and realized that all of the Runespoor's heads was staring at straight at him. Well at least two of the heads. The middle one was looking straight through him. Harry took off his invisibility cloak and squatted down to better view the serpent.

"I-I was um..um walking around. What are *you* doing here? And how do you know my name?" Harry asked it in Parseltongue curiously. There was something familiar about it.

"Hah! As if. Obviously he's going to stuff his greedy face in the kitchen again."

"Shut up! We need to explain the situation."

"You will help us won't you, Harry?"

"Help you? Why do you need my help?" Harry asked growing more and more curious. The voices were familiar.

"Go ahead tell him. He'd probably hit his head on a rock."

A voice that he had heard almost everyday.

"I will. I'm figuring out how to make it short and understandable for Potter's simple mind."

A voice that he dreaded. So familiar.

"Then hurry up! The rate you're going, I'd have white scales by then."

Something clicked in Harry's mind. That's it! Harry spoke in a hurry as he made the connection.

"You know. You all sound a lot like that idiot Malfoy. Hah! That git thinks his so great, with that great hair and that great body and that great…"

"Harry, we are Draco Malfoy."

"…and that great….What did you just say?!!!"

"We're…."

"Draco…."

"Malfoy…"

Harry stared. Then he took an uneasy step back but tripped on the slippery material of the cloak and fell backwards. His head hit the floor and Harry fainted from the impact.

"Told you so."

"This is going to take a lot of work."

"Harry?"

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Note::

(1) The Runespoor is a three headed snake. The left head is the planner. It decides where to go and what to do next. The middle head is the dreamer. The right head is the critic and evaluates the efforts of the left and middle with continuous irritable hissing.

Info from:: 'Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them' by Newt Scamander

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