Disclaimer: See first chapter.

Author's Note: I bet you guys thought I forgot about this didn't you? Of course not! This chapter was just a pain in the butt to write. Hope you all enjoy, and hopefully Tamaki is in character…although it's almost difficult to be out of character with him.

Early May 2003, The Next Day

It's sometime startling how after a night of such torrential rain, the following day can be so bright and clear; there was not a single cloud in the sky as the sun stretched towards its zenith. The voices of many different birds could be heard throughout the wooded lawn, their tones and songs intermingling with such a beautiful melody that no composer would even dare to attempt to mimic it. This, and the sound of a raving Frenchman and his dog, was what Harry woke up to the next day.

"Antoinette! Antoinette! Come back my darling! I promise that chef did not mean it." The voice was clearly male, and only had Harry backing up further into the tree, the cloak pulled over him tightly except for a small opening near his eyes to see out of. "Keiko-chan wouldn't really cut you up and put you in tonight's dinner! Antoinette!"

Harry could see the bushes shaking just a few yards from the tree, and could only watch wide eyed as a large golden retriever bounded out of the bushes, only to launch itself towards the tree like a crazed beast. Harry had been sure the dog (who was most likely, Antoinette) was going to attack him, but was surprised that the attack consisted of a large slobbery tongue instead of sharp teeth.

"Antoinette? What on Earth are you doing to that tree? There's nothing inside it except perhaps a squirrel...or maybe a fairy! Ma mere...she told me about them often,"

Harry could hear the man much better now, and was sure that he must be in the clearing in front of the tree, though he couldn't possibly see the man through the large 'beast' on top of him. He could however hear the excitement in the man's voice fade away into brief sadness as he spoke of his mother.

"Come away from there Antoinette, let me see what you've found." The voice called again, and surprisingly Antoinette responded by tearing herself away from the tree, moving to settle down against the base of another.

Harry could hear the man's footsteps as he came closer, and curled the cloak tighter around himself but did not fight as hands pulled the cloak away from him. Momentarily blinded by the beaming light of the sun, Harry blinked for a few moments before staring up at the dog's owner. The blond was tall, at least 6'0" tall if he had to guess. The teen (for clearly he was Harry's age if not a little older) had a pair of the most unique blue eyes that Harry had ever seen. There were times the light hit them through the trees that they seemed a beautiful cobalt blue, but then when the branches shifted and the light hit them again, they seemed to be as purple as the crocuses that grew in his neighbor's garden back...in London. If what the 'crazy-cat' lady, Ms. Figg told him was correct, then the flower seemed to suit the blond very well; for even Harry could see that while those eyes were currently very curious, they held a cheerfulness that was practically contagious.

"...A fairy? Antoinette you really found a fairy? I wouldn't have guessed they were native to Japan,"

The green-eyed teen couldn't help but blush at the blond's words, quickly scrambling out of the tree and dusted himself off, but even a quick patting couldn't get rid of all the dirt that covered him after spending the night inside a hollow tree.

"I'm not a fairy!" Harry huffed, fighting the urge to cross his arms as glared at the blond. While the English teen had been referred as that more than once back home by annoying schoolmates, he had a feeling the blond wasn't calling him homosexual.

"But you were in a tree...You must have been lost!" The blond dove forward and quickly gathered Harry's hands between his larger ones. "Oh you poor maiden! Being out here in the trees all by yourself? Where is your father'? It's a father's duty to care for and cherish their daughters! ...What if your father is dead? Are you an orphan? Banished out on the streets by a truly cruel orphanage owner to suffer and starve without a roof over your head! What if you had been mugged? Is that how you got here? Surely you were chased here by some rogue!"

"..." Harry had no idea what to say in response to the blond's babbling. From what little he had managed to grasp during that fast paced rant the other teen clearly thought that 1) Harry was no longer a fairy, but female, and 2) that the blond who had an iron like grip on his hands was absolutely insane.

"What is your name fair maiden? And I! Rene Tamaki Richard de Grandtaine shall do everything to protect you from those beasts that dare hunt you! Surely Keiko-san or Shima-san could find a place for you among our staff. Shima-san did mention something about needing a new maid at the mansion."

"My...my name?" Harry practically stuttered, looking about the woods quickly as he scrambled for a name. Even in those few seconds a brilliant yet amazingly crazy plan seemed to hit him all at once. He was a homeless teen on the streets of Japan, with no sign of a job in his future anytime soon. So, he would take what this 'Rene' offered him. For now anyway. Harry's eyes landed on the first plant in front of him, and he couldn't help but blurt out 'Fern'.

"Excuse me?" The blond blinked, slowly letting go of the other's hands.

"Fern. My name is...Fern. It's nice to meet you Rene," Harry attempted to smile at the bemused blond.

"It's lovely to meet you dear Fern, and please, call me Tamaki." The blond now identified as Tamaki bowed formally before standing straight once more with an easy grin on his lips. "Now come, let's go inside and clean you up before we go find Shima-san."

And with that, the blond and his dog dragged the 'girl' towards the mansion in the distance and towards the start of what could be 'her' new life.

Please Review. And this, was why I encluded the warning about crossdressing. Of course there's crossdressing in OHSHC, but it's extra special with Harry crossdressing too.

Oh, and for those of you who don't read my other fics, I currently have a collection called "If wishes were crossovers", a collection of crossover ideas from YOU the reader! Give me a series you'd like to see crossed with HP as well as a possible pairing and a prompt between 1-5 words and I may write it. I have a pretty good collection building up so far.