Chapter 4- Shaken upside down

Harry woke up with a start, only to remember yesterday's events and that, in essence, he had been disowned as a Gryffindor, and that he was currently in the Slytherin rooms, where the people he thought were his biggest enemies were keeping him safe from people he thought were his friends.

"Hey Sleepy head" Draco said, almost, lovingly, "You feeling better"

"A little, but I have one question, how am I going to survive through even my first lesson today?"

"Oh, don't worry" Draco replied "We asked Snape and McGonagall, and you can take lessons with us till they calm down, I think when McGonagall found out, she was going to kill some of them herself! She seemed really shocked at the Weasels and Grangers cruelty."

"Well so am I!" Harry said, still upset that he lost he closest friends "I mean, we've been through so much, and just because I try to be friends with you, they decide to kill me!"

"Don't worry Harry" Draco said soothingly "We'll make sure they don't get to you, and we can actually talk for once, or at least more then we do during Potions and Care Of Magical Creatures.

"Well, there's one positive" Harry sighed, resigned to his fate.

"By the way, I have a secret to tell you" Draco whispered, "Meet me here during dinner, and be careful, I don't want to see you dragged off by Gryffindor's and killed" Draco said the last part with a smirk "It's almost as if you were Sorted into Slytherin now, isn't it Harry?"

"Well" Harry said, "Two positives total then"

"Well come on then Harry, first lesson is Defence"

The first two lessons passed without incidence, but then they had Care Of Magical Creatures, which meant Gryffindor's.

"Look, the "Golden Boy" finally comes crawling back" Ron said scathingly, seeing as no Slytherins were yet present.

"Yeah right, you know, for all its Braveness, you've all been acting like your not from Gryffindor, so don't start kicking off at me again!"

Ron and a few others then advanced on him, he could take one of them, but against three he was no match, but then, thankfully, Blaise and Pansy came in to save Harry last second.

"You know, I'm surprised Harry even wanted to join you, he's got more intelligence than the most of you, except Granger, and he can at least give people second chances to get to know them!" Pansy cried "I mean, I thought some of you would actually be a bit more open, but you're just closed minded and never willing to accept change, you alienated Harry, and tried to kill him for Gods sake! He actually ran to us, who he considered worst enemies before yesterday to keep himself safe!"

Neville, who had been slowly edging towards the Slytherin side, seeing as the rest of the class had now arrived, and then said "I'm starting to think that Pansy is right, we're all acting like idiots, I mean, it's not bad that Harry was actually willing to leave behind old differences, and become friends with them right?"

"Two traitors!" Ron and Hermione said, both with eyes bulged, in shock.

No-one else stood forward to protect Harry, and the Gryffindor side of the class was slowly closing in. Until Draco and Pansy both ran forward, wands raised, Draco saying "You won't hurt Harry while Pansy yelled "Stay away from Neville!" But then Hagrid came over and said

"Oi! What's the meaning of this? You do not attack people for no reason, Malfoy.

"Sir, they tried to attack Harry!" Draco protested.

"Don't want to hear it, why would Harry's friends attack him anyway?"

"Because I tried to be friends with the Slytherins." Harry said quietly, unsure of how to else say it

Hagrid pretended not to hear him however, and continued with the lesson.

"Now you see why we hate him" Draco murmured.

"Somehow, I think I do" replied Harry.

The rest of the day went by quickly, with no more attempts on Harry, and Neville had been moved to the Slytherin dorms for now as well. Harry was happy that someone else agreed with him, but felt bad for Neville, as now people hated him just less than Harry.

Harry went to the dorms at lunch, waiting with baiting breath as to what Draco wanted to say

As Harry went through, the new password being changed to 'Sanctuary' he was blindfolded, and he fell to the floor quickly.

"Shh don't worry, don't worry, you're okay, just tell me something, Do you like someone in this house?" The voice was distinctive and yet Harry could not place it

"Y-Yes" Harry stuttered, worried that something bad could could happen if he lied.

"Will you tell me who it is?" The silky smooth voice asked

"NO!" Harry cried out, worried that if found out, he would end up being alone, with no-one to talk to, seeing as if Draco found out, he would hate him, and then the Slytherins would probably hate him too.

"Ok then, just relax, and I'll let go of you" Harry relaxed, and the blindfold started to be taken off him.

But not before he was kissed.

As the blindfold came off, Draco, who was asking all the questions, leant in and chastely kissed Harry, who was shocked that the person he loved might actually love him back. Harry then proceeded to ask with the most Slytherin like smirk "So you like boys do you?"

"No" was Draco's reply. "I like you" he smiled though, instead of his usual smug sneer, the smiles were much nicer, like the nicer side of Draco.

They both then leant in, for another kiss, but then they heard someone outside saying the password, so Harry pulled back.

"Hey Harry, Hi Draco" Blaise said cheerfully as he closed the door

"Hey Blaise" Draco said "Me and Harry are just going to go upstairs, and work on the Potions homework.

"'kay" Blaise said in reply "See you later then"

They did actually do the Potions homework, writing half a foot on the effects of lacefly wings and their effects

"They can also make someone realise that they've been in love with their arch nemesis if applied incorrectly to a Healing Salve." Harry concluded out loud, writing it down quickly. Draco chuckled as Harry read this part out.

"You only liked me because of a potion?" He asked in mock dismay

Harry replied seriously, "No, it just made me realise how much I hated arguing with you, especially when I loved you" Draco felt a warm glow inside as Harry said this He actually loves me Draco thought, stunned by the sincerity of it. With that, Draco wrote his last sentence, before putting down the quill and parchment and embracing Harry.

They had actually done more than Snape asked for, while talking with each other, the time flew by and they remembered things and got tips from the other.

By the time they'd stopped talking though, it was almost night-time, so they decided to call it a night, promising to meet at the room of requirement tomorrow, and discuss things where they wouldn't be heard.

The next day could be described as nothing short than terrible, and it was still worse than that. Gryffindor's renewed their attempts to get at Harry and Neville, and they had to walk around in one large group, something which Draco and Pansy set up, in order to keep them both safe.

Harry realised that he still wore Gryffindor Colours, even though he never wanted to go back their now, so he decided to ask McGonagall and Snape about something first chance.

He left a note to Draco, saying he was going to go talk to someone in the invisibility cloak and left, hoping to catch McGonagall in the time before she retired to her room, but after all the lessons have finished. He was lucky, he got there just in time.

"Professor McGonagall?" Harry said, timidly

"Yes, what is it Harry?" McGonagall replied in her stern voice

"Well I've recently been thinking and I've realised, that I want to change houses to Slytherin, is it possible?"

"Well Potter I do suppose it is possible, and Severus has recently started to warm to you, so you would have no worries during the year... I will see what I can do Potter." Was all Professor McGonagall said eventually. "But be warned, things may escalate if you keep this up, Gryffindor's already dislike you now, but while you are a part of their house, they still feel a bond, severing that may just make things worse."

"Thank you Professor, I will wait for the opportune time then, so that I can make the other Gryffindor's feel less disappointed." Harry said, and then walked back towards the Slytherin rooms.

As he left McGonagall said to herself "Losing two of my best students, and to Slytherin, this is certainly an odd time indeed."

Harry got back feeling free, he could finally be with Draco as much as he wanted. When he got back, he saw Draco sitting by himself, so he walked over, saying a cheerful "Hey dray!" before he sat down.

"Hey Harry, are you certain you want to do all this?"

"All of what?"

"Well just one thing really, are you certain you want to leave Gryffindor and join Slytherin?"

"I'm absolutely certain" Harry said with no hesitation.

"You better be, otherwise I'll feel that it's all my fault"

"If you mean that you opened my eyes to how unfair Gryffindor's are then yes, you are to blame, but it's a good thing really" Harry paused "Was I really that cruel to you all?"

Draco laughed at this, kissing Harry lightly, causing an electric force to move between them

"That's the whole reason we let you in, you and Neville aren't like the rest of them, we just took out our anger on the both of you as well, for which we really are sorry."

"Don't worry about it" Harry said in reply "well, I'm going to sleep for the night, see you tomorrow.

"Bye Harry" Draco said, as Harry got up, dusted himself off, then went over to the living quarters.

When Harry got there, he saw a note

Dear Traitorous Git Harry Potter

You've been lucky so far you know, but we've been preparing, and now we know the password.

Soon we will get you and give you the punishments you so richly deserve.

We Hope to catch you awares and prepared.

Signed by,

The A.P.L (Anti Potter Legion)

P.S We will break the jinx Harry, just hold on!

After Harry saw this note, he bundled himself under his covers, hoping to at least forget for a while with another dream of Draco, but he couldn't sleep, and when Draco came up, he saw Harry tossing and turning in bed, and ran over to him and asked "What's wrong Harry? Are you okay? What's happened? Then Harry gave him the note, and Draco felt bad, bad that he couldn't just keep acting cruel to Harry, bad, for causing him this much hurt, bad, for loving Harry so much, but making his life a living hell. Draco had no idea what to do, so decided to hug Harry and keep him close until his breathing calmed, and he eventually fell to sleep, then Draco, lay down himself, and stayed close to Harry, making certain that nothing bad would happen.

When Harry woke up, he felt utterly content, Draco was next to him, but still cuddling him and holding him close, Harry didn't mind waiting for Draco to wake up, for he felt perfectly safe and happier than ever before. He decided to hug Draco back, and plant a light kiss on his cheek. Draco then began to stir and opened up his eyes Those amazingly dazzling Silver pools Harry thought, they were keeping him in place, for he could not near to look away from them.

"Morning Harry" Draco said, another of those rare genuine smiles on his face, though they were becoming more and more common to see on Draco's amazing Angel face.

Then, they both leaned in, and finally had their first passionate kiss, Draco moaned, and licked Harry's bottom lip, begging for entrance, Harry obliged, and then he just melted into the kiss, loving Draco's awe inspiring sweet smell, that just made Harry want to stay like this forever. Eventually however, they both needed air, so they pulled away, panting breathlessly.

"Best. Thing. Ever" Harry smiled, still breathless.

Then Draco turned Harry's mind to more serious things.

"What do we do about the note?" Draco asked, seeing as Harry was quickly becoming as smart as Granger.

"Simple, change the password, make sure no-one else is around, maybe some kind of Charm so anyone saying the password can't be heard.

"Perfect idea! We can get Flitwick to teach us something, he likes you, and would probably do it happily to keep you safe. Okay, next question is, what do we do about us?"

"Us?" Harry asked, surprised

"Yes, Us. Do we tell anyone, or keep it secret?"

"I do not give a damn who knows, the whole school can know, and I won't care if they hate me for it, I love you and I want to be with you, and that's that!"

"Okay, but we can hardly just go to the Great Hall and shout "Hey Everyone, we're together!"

"Good point, lets leave it for now, and see how things go"

"Okay" Draco said, loving to know that Harry was His and no-one could take him away.

When they went in the next day, they were holding hands, which turned out to be a subtle and unnoticed gesture, still though, Harry was thrilled to be holding hands with Draco, feeling the smooth, warm skin near him always made Harry feel safe and wanted, which he never felt at the Dursley's, and he sometimes, sometimes, only felt endured in Gryffindor, in Slytherin though, he found his true friends, looks like the sorting hat was right after all. At least Fate seemed to finally smile in part on Harry, his only regret was, he missed Ron and Hermione, who had been his rocks throughout school until then, and he was stilled shocked that they turned on him so quickly.

Harry slowly became melancholy, having fun with his new friends, like Theo and Vince, being able to talk to some of his old friends, well, only Neville really, but he got scared and pretended he was Confunded, and Harry and the Slytherins had to agree that they couldn't blame him, he still missed Ron's jokes and Hermione's quick wit. Draco knew something was going on, so he ended up asking Harry why he kept acting so fragile. Harry explained that he felt weak not being able to hold onto a friendship he had since his first day here, so Draco came up with a possible solution.

"It may not work, and it may end up making you feel worse, but we can at least try, right?"

Harry could only nod and grin.

They entered the Great Hall the following morning together, hand in hand again, and walked over, cautiously, to the Gryffindor table, where they spotted Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Seamus and Dean all glaring at them.
"Hey everyone." Harry said cheerfully

"What do you want House Traitor." Ron growled

"Hey shut up weasel-face!" Draco retorted immediately.

"Don't worry Draco, they're probably just jealous."
"Jealous of what?" Hermione glared "That you're hexed or you're with a load of slimy grease balls?"

"That I'm in love!" Harry replied, a smile on his face

"You're what?" The whole table seemed to shout

"In love; you know, when you feel a deep attraction to someone and they return the feelings? Where you feel totally and deliriously happy about being accepted for someone who loves you for you. I'm sure you've felt it, oh wait, the majority of you probably haven't" Harry said with a smirk, all of the Slytherins and even a few Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws laughed at the comment.

"With who?" Ginny asked, her eyes oozing malice.

"I thought it would be obvious by now." He raised the hand Draco was holding, and showed them the linked fingers.

"MALFOY!" The table roared.

"That is totally and completely unacceptable Malfoy" Hermione said with a blood curdling snarl.

"Unacceptable? Unacceptable that I love Harry and he loves me?"

"No it's unacceptable that you would hex him and make him do this!

"Hermione, this is of my own free will, can you seriously be so cruel as to hate me for loving someone, and finally feeling happy?"
"Don't worry Harry, I know the real you is there somewhere, we will find a way to break this hex on you!" Hermione cried, before running off.

Harry just shook his head, and went and sat with the Slytherins.

"I think it's about time" Harry announced to the table

"About time for what?" Blaise asked

" For me to officially join Slytherin of course, unless, you don't want me?"

"No, we do Harry, why else do you think we're happy that you and Draco are finally together?

"What do you mean "Finally"?"

"Well we saw you looking at him, gawking and drooling and so on, and we already knew he was in love with you, it looks like Slytherins are perceptive as well as cunning" Harry chuckled at that.

"What's so funny?"

"Just something Ron said a while back"

"What?"

"Just pretty much saying I should be in Slytherin, seeing as he said I was being more cunning."

"Well he can't blame you for being perfectly suited for us, can he?"
"Nope, I'm just worried about what Hermione might try."

"She'll leave you alone after what I have planned. I hope."

"Which is?"

"You'll see Harry, and don't worry, you'll like it."

OOH! Cliffhanger... Sort of.

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