Chapter 1
The Crying Game
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Harry Potter groaned to himself as he slipped his shoes on, and stood up. It was the second week of school and all he wanted to do was crawl right back in bed and sleep. He grabbed his book bag and yawned as he turned his head to see what his best friend was doing.
Ronald Weasley was lying on his stomach in his bed. Harry rolled his eyes, stretched and then walked over. He pushed his redheaded friend only to be shoved back. "Not now Harry." Ron mumbled his face smothered in his blankets.
"Ron we have to go to the Great Hall for Breakfast, get your lazy arse up now!" Harry said shoving the boy once again. Ron mumbled something and placed his pillow over his head.
"Ron they might have your favorite, blueberry muffins with a small dash of butter in the middle." Harry said, knowing that would do the trick. Ron threw the covers off of his clothed body and sat up.
"Ok fine! I'm up." He said grabbing his book bag as well. Harry smiled as he lead the way out of the Dorm.
"I don't see how you fell back asleep after you got dressed anyway." Harry said as they walked down the stairs.
"I was looking for something…and I guess the bed seemed much more comfortable then looking at Snape today for three classes. I mean seriously, don't they love us anymore? Why would we want to see the greasy git for that long?" Ron complained as they walked into the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table, saying hi to everyone they knew.
"Well if you want to be an Auror Ron, you have to suck it up." Harry said as he kissed Hermione Granger on the cheek. "Hey 'Mione." He greeted as he grabbed some eggs.
"Hello Harry. Ron your robe is inside out." Hermione said with a roll of her eyes, turning her head back to her Potions book sitting on her lap. Ron cursed and took off his robe, hurriedly fixing it.
"So where's Ginny? Don't tell me she's with Michael again." Harry said looking around the Gryffindor table, not seeing any long red hair.
"Probably. You know those two are attached to the hips." Hermione replied.
"More like attached to the lips." Ron said with a look of disgust on his face. He looked around the table, and smiled with happiness as he spotted 3 Blueberry Muffins. He grabbed them all and hurriedly started eating. "I just don't see why she won't date Neville." He said with his mouth full, spitting some of his crumbs all over the place.
"Ron! I told you about talking with your mouth full!" Hermione admonished, flicking crumbs off of her school robes.
"You only want her to date Neville so you can keep an eye on her." Harry replied.
"Exactly!" Ron said swallowing down his muffin. At that moment the doors to the Great Hall opened and Draco Malfoy and his goons walked inside the hall, talking about something. Harry's eyes were quickly drawn to the fair-headed boy, watching his every move.
"He's so hot." Harry said in a voice just above a whisper, as Draco ran a hand through his hair and laughed at something Pansy Parkinson said.
"Merlin Harry not while I'm eating." Ron said as he glared at the Slytherin table, and grabbed for another muffin at the same time.
"Don't listen to him Harry. When are you going to tell Draco that you like him?" Hermione asked as she put her Potions book away.
"I'll tell him how I feel; when I'm dead." Harry replied as he pushed his plate away.
"Don't be so scared Harry. Just go up to him and talk to him, I'm sure he feels the same way…he has to." Hermione said, trying to look on the bright side.
"There's no way he does. He's as straight as a board." Harry replied with a sigh.
"Yeah, a broken board." Ron replied. "I mean, the guy pays more attention to his appearance than any girl I know."
Hermione rolled her eyes, while Harry sighed once more. Hermione knew that this predicament was hurting her friend more then anything, and all she wanted to do was help. "Talk to him Harry."
The bell rang and they all got up, and made their way to Charms. During the whole way there, Harry thought about what Hermione said. He had to talk to Draco, even if he was scared. It had to be done. He made up his mind and decided to speak to him before lunch.
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Draco had on his famous smirk as he watched Harry screw up on a question that Snape had asked, during second period Potions. It was funny how stupid the Gryffindor looked, stumbling over his words, and looking down at his hands.
"Potter is such a dunderhead." Crabbe said from his right. Draco nodded his head as Hermione jumped to Harry's rescue with the right answer of course, only to get 10 points deducted from Gryffindor for being an "Insufferable Know-It-All".
Draco didn't really hate Harry…sure they had their words in the halls and their hexes, but that was only Draco lashing out because of he offered Harry his hand in friendship, only to be rejected for a Weasley. That had been a direct blow to his ego, and ever since then he vowed to make Harry pay. Afterwards it started getting childish, but he couldn't stop it. What was done was done, and everyone had gotten involved in the feud and the animosity between the two. There was no going back, their paths were set, and they had to be enemies in order to keep the balance.
Draco would love to go back, to stop the feud and patch things up, but it was far too hard now. There was no way he could, so instead he continued with the insults and the fights, just so he could be in some way, close to the Gryffindor.
"Hey Drake. Did you see how Hanna Abbot was looking at you during Herbology today?" Blaise Zabini asked in a whisper as they started writing notes off the board.
"Yeah I saw. But she's not my type. I banged her last year, no need to go back to that. The sex wasn't all that good. There are really no hot girls that I haven't bedded yet." Draco responded.
"Well there's always Granger." Pansy said with a snort.
Draco gave her a disgusted look. "Mudblood? Please! She would be lucky if I even thought of her in my bed, which I tell you I haven't."
"Well you could always try Ginny Weasley." Millicent Bulstrode said.
"Weaselette? You've got to be kidding me." Draco replied with another disgusted look. There was a loud clearing of a throat and they all looked up to see Snape giving them disapproving looks. They went back to their notes and ended their discussion for a while.
After Double Potions was over, Draco and his friends started going to lunch when Lavender Brown tapped Draco on the shoulder. She smiled at him, grabbed his hand and made it go inside her robes and touch her bare stomach.
Draco raised an eyebrow and let his hands go lower, to feel she had on a mini skirt, with no panties. He leaned over and whispered in her ear. "There's an empty classroom down the hall, go in there, and I'll give the ride of your life." He said. She smiled and left, while Draco fixed his robes.
"Draco you stud!" Pansy said with a smile.
"Don't hurt yourself Drake." Blaise said.
"Yeah you guys have fun. Bring me something to Potions afterwards. I won't be making it to lunch." Draco replied as he walked away and headed to the empty classroom.
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"Good luck Harry." Hermione said as she ran her hands through his hair, and fixed his robes.
"Thanks. I'll need it." Harry replied as he looked down the hall at the classroom that Draco had disappeared into.
"You'll do great Mate. Even though I don't know why I want you to be with Malfoy. He's a git if you ask me, but if you want him, I guess I can live with it. Just…make sure he stays away from me." Ron said as he patted Harry on the back.
Harry nodded and smiled at his friends. "I'll see you guys in the Great Hall." He walked away from his friends, and started down the hallway, growing nervous, as he got closer. He stopped right in front of the door and looked down the hall, seeing that his friends already left. He took a deep breath and opened the door.
"Oh yes! Yes! DRACO!" Lavender screamed as Draco thrusted harder inside of her, pushing her down hard onto the long table that they were on top of.
This is the scene that Harry walked in on, and he stood frozen in his spot, his hand clutching the doorknob painfully hard, and his other hand raised up to cover his mouth as a shocked gasp escaped his lips.
Draco and Lavender turned at the sound and stopped their movements. "What the fuck do you want Potter? Can't you see that I'm busy?" Draco replied as he took a quick thrust, causing Lavender to moan loudly.
"Um…um...um…I'm sorry!" Harry replied, stumbling over his words, he slammed the door shut behind him, and ran. He ran all the way to the common room, yelled the password, ran up the stairs three at a time and collapsed on his bed, tears streaming down his face.
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A few hours later found Harry in the same spot, he had cried himself to sleep, but woke up when he felt someone prodding and poking him. "Harry are you alright?" Hermione asked. She was sitting on his bed, and so was Ginny. They both had concerned looks on their faces.
"I went to tell him and…"
"We know. Lavender was telling anyone who would listen that she and Malfoy hooked up in that classroom, and she said that you walked in. She's a whore anyway." Ginny replied as she rubbed Harry's back.
"I'm sorry I pushed you into talking to him." Hermione said, looking guilty.
"No it's not your fault. It's just not fair! Why couldn't I be a girl? Why couldn't he want me as much as he wanted all those other girls he had? Why won't he like me?" Harry said, tears coming to his eyes once more.
"Oh Harry. I'm sorry. You should have never walked in on that." Hermione replied, hugging the boy.
"Lavender looked like she was enjoying it too. But who wouldn't?" Harry said somewhat bitterly.
"She's a whore. That's nothing to be jealous about Harry. I'm sure she'd spread her legs for any guy that asked. Stupid slut." Ginny said glaring at a wall.
"It doesn't matter guys. It could have been any girl. The fact of the matter is that Draco Malfoy is straight, and he's always going to be straight. Nothing is going to change that. Especially not me." Harry said, grabbing a pillow and hugging it close to his chest.
"Oh Harry. You'll find another boy to fall in love with. After you get Malfoy out of your system." Ginny said hugging the boy. Hermione sat back, her head against the headboard as she thought of Harry's problem. A thought suddenly occurred to her and she jumped off the bed quickly, getting the attention of Harry and Ginny.
"Harry you can be a girl! We can change you into a girl. It's perfect!" Hermione said with a mischievous looking smile on her face.
"What are you talking about Hermione? Isn't that dangerous?" Ginny asked.
"You mean me taking polyjuice?" Harry asked confused.
"No, no, no!" Hermione said waving their questions away. "I read in a book that there's a potion that could change a guy into a girl and vice versa. It's perfect! I'm going to run down to the library and get the book. I'll be back." Hermione said, rushing out of the dorm room. Harry and Ginny looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
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An hour later they had finished reading the part in the book pertaining to the potion. They all had smiles on their faces. "This could work!" Harry said with a smile.
"It could. It takes 2 days to make and then you drink it and BOOM! You're a girl and Draco will fall in love with you. Perfect!" Ginny said with jumping up and down on the bed happily.
"Yes, but you only have 3 weeks to be in this form. Are you up to it?" Hermione asked, closing the book.
"Hell yeah! I'm up to it. I can't wait! I'll finally be able to get to know him…and maybe he'll fall in love with me. This has to work!"
"Ok, we'll start this tonight, we'll get the ingredients, and then tomorrow after classes we start the potion. We'll tell Ron when he gets back from his detention." Hermione said standing up. Harry stood up as well, and Ginny jumped on his back laughing.
"This is going to be SO FUN!" Ginny exclaimed as Harry held her legs and hurried down the stairs with her on his back, and then he proceeded to run around the common room with her still on his back, laughing and having everyone wondering if they were dating.
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A/N: Ok I know this is probably a boring chapter, and it's kinda short, but I'll get the next chapter out as quick as I can. Those of you who are supporters of my Crimson Times story, its posted on so go and check it out. Check my profile for more updates on that and I'll see you guys in the next chapter, Peace!