Hermione came bursting in through the doors, right as everyone who was still here in the dorms were settling down for the night.

"You'll never guess what happened today!!"

Everyone sat down on the couches and waited for her to speak. But Ron was the first person to say something stupid.

"What? Did you learn something new? Like a spell? Or maybe how to cure an illness? Whatever it is we don't have time for it! We have to figure out how to get Harry back!"

Hermione was about to throttle Ron. "No you bloody idiot! I saw Harry today! I got to watch him for a few hours!!"

That made everyone jump out off the couches and crowd around Hermione. Everyone but Ron who was having a slight heart attack.

"You got to see Harry?! Did he miss us?" Fred jumped up and down on the couch.

"Does he say hi?" George questioned.

"Is he doing alright?" Ginny asked.

Hermione covered her ears and laughed. "If you guys could quiet down I'll tell you!!"

Fred, George, Ginny and Dean all simmered down and sat there with eager looks on their faces. Ron was still having a slight heart attack over in the corner but no one really cared.

"Well Draco came up to me today and-"

"You mean you let that bloody ferret come within 10 ft of you!?" Ron shouted from across the room.

Hermione shut her mouth and directed a glare his way. The fierceness of it caught Ron off guard and he shut up.

"Anyway," Said Hermione as she looked back at the waiting faces in front of her. "Draco came up to me today and asked could I watch Harry for a few hours while he helped Professor Snape make the potion that would turn Harry back. So I said yes!"

"Of course you said yes!" Ginny squealed and reached for a pillow off the couch to hug. "It must've been so cool to watch Harry. Why didn't you bring him around us and let us see him for awhile?"

Hermione sat back against the chair and closed her eyes as she replay the day through her head. "Because I spent the first 2 and a half hours trying to get him to stop crying. He really loves Draco. It was kind of sad to see him cry and I figured you all wouldn't wanna be bothered by him in that mode so I said forget it." She looked around the common room and saw no one else there. "Where is everyone?"

"You know that today was Hogsmeade weekend right? Well for some reason Dumbledore said that if anyone wanted to go home for the weekend they could so that's where everyone did. Except Neville. He should be back soon." Dean told her. He batted Fred's hand away. George was snickering.

Hermione lifted an eyebrow. Why on earth were they snickering?

"Why are two snickering like that?" Hermione gave them both looks. She noticed Dean blush a little and got it. "Ohhhh so that's why."

"Oh hush Hermione." Dean said, blushing all the while Fred and George were making kissy noises behind him.

"Well next time you get hold of Harry be sure to bring him around us too ok Mione?" Ginny said. She nodded her head in agreement then sighed.

"That's if he ever asks for my help again. You know how hard it is for him to do something like that. Pride getting in the way and all."

Ron had sat the whole time glaring in the corner. "Do I have permission to speak now?"

"What do you want Ron?" Ginny looked at her brother with an exasperated look on her face. "All you're going to do is yell and scream about how Slytherins are this and we should do something to get Harry back and whatever else your brain can think of right now. Why should we want to hear any of it?"

Ron stood up with a determined look on his face. "Am I the only one who cares about poor Harry's fate with those miserable bastards!?"

"Well you seem-"

"To be the only-"

"One who thinks-"

"He's in danger little-"

"Ronniekins!"

Then Fred started snickering while George made faces at him. Dean and Ginny began to laugh.

"It's not funny!! He could get in serious trouble with these people!!" Ron almost shouted.

"And what will you do Ron?" Hermione asked in a quiet voice. All the laughter stopped and all eyes were on her as she opened her eyes and stared directly at Ron. "What are you going to do? Just snatch Harry away from them, all the while calling them names? Right now the only people who can take care of him are those two 'bastards'. They are all he remembers. And as good friends you should RESPECT that." Hermione stood up and began walking over towards him. "Everyone else thinks he's in capable hands. Even Headmaster Dumbledore thinks so. So I repeat my earlier question. What are you going to do?"

"I-I-I'll do something! Anything is better than just letting him be around those two! He could get warped! Taken from our side and-!"

"Our side?" Hermione questioned as she took another step. "At this moment he knows nothing about sides!! He is a scared little 3 year boy who is alone and in a world where he knows NOTHING! And you have the nerve to talk about sides!?"

Ron's face got redder than his hair. "But those people-!"

"QUIT TALKING ABOUT THEM AS IF THEY'RE NOT HUMAN!"

Ginny got up and grabbed Hermione's arm. "It's ok Hermione. Let it go. Just let it go."

"Let it go fast. Her magic is starting to break things." Dean said while staring at the lamp right next to them. It was shaking furiously.

Hermione looked at Ron with a sad eye. "If you can never get over this grudge you have then you will never grow up. Until that day comes I want you to no longer talk to me." Then she turned around and ran upstairs into the girls' dorm. Everyone could hear the door slam shut so hard that the walls were rattling.

"I think maybe you went to far that time Ron." George spoke up.

"Yeah maybe you should-"

Ron cut Dean off. "Just…leave me alone." He trudged up the stairs and into his own dorm before shutting the door quietly. Everyone just looked at each other.

"So...what are we going to do now?" Dean asked.

There was a silence before one of the twins broke out cards.

"Y'all know how to play Texas Hold 'Em?"

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"Moony!!" Harry cried as he raced towards the man. He jumped into his arms and started crying as hard as he could.

Everyone was astounded. Especially Remus.

But first came little Harry. They could sort this out later.

So Remus sat down in his chair and began rocking back and forth, making soft little hushing noises and whispers. Slowly but surely it calmed Harry down until he was silent, playing with the buttons on Remus' jacket.

Severus sat back down behind his desk with a wide eyed look on his face. Even he couldn't have guessed that he would remember things from that long ago. It had to been what…16 years or so? Not to mention his regression that happened only a few days ago.

Draco was still staring at the docile Harry. Never, in the history of their rivalry had he seen him behave like this. It was freaking him out to see Harry look so innocent and fragile. He had forgotten what happened so long ago that made him the boy who lived.

Of course he would go hysterical like that Draco. When's the last time he's seen Remus in his 3 year old mind? It must be good to see a familiar face from his past.

It was silent in the room that you could feel the tension. Almost see it. So Harry was the first one to speak up.

"Moony?"

Remus looked down at those green eyes, so like Lily, look at him. He could see the familiar look in them. He softly petted his hair. "Yes little one?"

"Why you look so old?"

Remus sighed. When you get older little one I'll explain everything to you."

"Pwomise?"

Remus nodded. "Promise."

That was all Harry needed to know from him. He looked over at Severus with a big smile on his face then directed it at Draco who once again felt like melting into a pile of goo. "Can we go to the gwounds again?"

"What?" Severus shook off his shock and gave Harry a questioning look. Harry's 3 year old face looked exasperated – if you could call it that.

"The gwounds. Outside the big door in the front room. Me wanna see the Quidditch thing again."

Draco looked at Harry and shook his head. "Not right now Harry. We'll take you tomorrow. It's already late and you need to be taking your bath." Draco held out his arms. "Why don't we go and let the two grown ups talk for awhile?"

Harry nodded, smiling and climbed off Remus' lap. He stood next to him for a quick second then tugged on Remus's hand till Remus leaned down to see what he wanted. With a quick kiss to his cheek Harry laughed and ran into Draco's waiting arms.

"To the tub!" Harry shouted.

"To the tub we go then." Draco said as he walked over to the door on the far side of the room that would lead back into their quarters that he shared with the Professor. The look in his eyes as he left said one thing and one thing clear.

'You better tell me everything when I get back.'

Then the door shut behind them, with Harry cheering in the background.

Remus and Severus just stared at each other.

Finally Remus spoke up.

"When did Harry get like this?"

"Two days ago. It was a potions accident in class. I'm working on a remedy as we speak."

"So you just let an accident happen in your classroom?"

"You know as well as I how hard it is to keep track of all your students at once! And do not go about blaming me on this whole mess. If you want to blame someone then blame Albus!"

Remus stood up fast, knocking the chair away from him in his hurry. "What do you mean blame Albus!? He's not the one who got him like this!"

"But he's the one who insisted he take my class even though he's nowhere near the level that I'm teaching my students! And Neville as well for that matter!"

"Oh so now you're calling them dumb!?"

"I'm calling them incompetent!" Severus shouted. He sighed and leaned back against his chair. "Look, I will not have this argument with you right now. I need to get this potion done so that I can restore the idiot back to his right age. After I'm done with that we can have all the fights in the world." He glanced up at Remus and smirked. "And don't worry I won't hold you to that or anything. So just go on merry little way and we'll have this discussion later."

Remus stood over Severus with an angry look in his eye. "No we will have this discussion now."

Severus brought his hands to his forehead and rubbed.

"Why couldn't you have left when I told you too?"

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Draco was having the time of his life, giving Harry a bath in the tub.

Though he would never admit it.

Of course. You never admit anything do you? Just wander around like an idiotic puppet.

'What's the problem you have with me so much? I mean if you're me then shouldn't you have a better outlook on me then you do now?'

You mean like you? Of course I shouldn't! You need more people to hit you upside the head with a dose of reality. And if others won't do for fear or your father's wrath then I shall.

'Well when put like that I guess I can understand….but stop calling me an idiot all the time. I have the best grades in the whole school.'

Second best you mean.

Draco rolled his eyes, holding in a smirk. Then he covered his eyes because Harry was busy splashing everything in sight. He laughed and began splashing him back.

"I'll get you back Harry!"

Harry giggled and shook his head as he moved to the other side of the bath. Then he slowed down and started making waves in the water in a thoughtful way. Draco noticed this and stopped splashing, worried just a little bit about what Harry could possibly be thinking.

"What is it Harry?" Draco asked as he rolled up his sleeves more and reached for his wand. With a simple spell there were bubbles scrubbing Harry all over the place. Harry squirmed but as soon as they were done he giggled and half swam back over to Draco.

"Dwaco? Did me use to be big?"

Draco looked confused. "Big as in older?"

Harry nodded as he caught a bubble in his hands. He looked over at Draco with a wisdom beyond his years in his eyes. "Me have pictures running through my head and they show a big boy who look like me. And he be fighting with you. Why did you fight with him Dwaco?"

Draco sighed as he sat down on the floor next to the huge tub. "You know what Harry? At the time arguments and fights seem like the most important thing in the world. But right now? I honestly can't even remember what it was about! Silly of me isn't it?" He said as he tickled Harry under the chin. Harry giggled all cutely and looked at Draco with huge emerald eyes that were sparkling. Draco wanted to just snuggle Harry, all day and all night.

Why had he ever fought with Harry in the first place?

Seeing him as the boy he is now made him wonder. If he had ever been this innocent with those bastards of a family raising him, then how did he manage to keep that innocence even as a 16 year old boy? Was he really that upset that Harry didn't want to be his friend 5 years ago? Or was it something more than that?

Ah. So you're finally learning. About damn time. I thought it would take forever.

Harry patted Draco on his arm until Draco looked down and smiled. "Yes Harry?"

"Me ready to get out now."

Draco reached for a huge fluffy towel and scooped Harry up in it. Harry giggled happily as he was rubbed down in it.

"It tickles Dwaco!!"

Draco smiled as he continued drying him then accio'd his pajamas and put it on for Harry. As Harry stuck his arms through the sleeves of his shirt he decided to ask him a question.

He just hoped he could answer it the best he could.

"Harry?"

Harry gave a muffled 'Huh?' from his place in his shirt. Draco set to putting Harry's pants on him.

"Do you want to return to your rightful age?"

Harry pulled his head through the shirt and gave Draco a confused look.

"But this is my right age. Right Dwaco?"

Draco nodded and gave Harry a hug. "Yes Harry. Now let's get ready for bed. We have a big day tomorrow."

Boy did they ever. Tomorrow was a Monday. That meant school was back in session. He just wondered what he was going to do with Harry while he took his classes.

Maybe Sev would watch him. He hoped so.

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