Okay, so the story didn't really follow the path that I originally set out
for it. In fact, it deviated so far off the trail it's not really funny any
more. Therefore, I'm going to change the summery. Just thought I'd mention
it.
AllAboutMe ~ Glad you liked the hair. Thanks!
alana ~ Thanks
Fage of Hyren ~ Thank you. Ron and Hermione show up next chapter. I'm glad you were glad there were no cliffies. Why do I get the feeling you're going to kill me after reading this chapter?
Starr Light ~ Thanks! He didn't leave mid year, he left before fifth year. We begin to find out why in this chapter.
SpikeXan ~ Thank you. Glad you liked the hair colours. Yeah, Draco was pretty smart in figuring it out.
heavenly222 ~ Thanks!
Lady Macbeth ~ Thank you. Sorry it wasn't really soon.
urain ~ Thank you. I'm glad you think it's unique. I think so too.
Diana Lucille Snape ~ Thanks! Sev's class next chapter!
KrystaLuck ~ Yeah, I didn't leave a cliffy last chapter. I'm not mentioning this one though. Glad you liked the flashback part!
Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos ~ Of course he's a Slytherin! *eyes widen* Pairing? I'm scared! Don't make me think about it! In other words, I don't have a clue besides Ron being with Hermione.
NYC Gurl ~ Thanks!
Phoenix353 ~ Thank ye!
life ~ hehheh. Sorry. Here's another chapter.
Naomi SilverWolf ~ I know you want more, so more it is! Sorry in advance for a certain little cliffy.....
xx wolfpup xx ~ I often wish I could see Draco with purple hair too! Sorry it took so long!
Jordan ~ Well, Draco took it calmly because he's kind of in shock. There'll be more on that later!
The Lady Sorcha of Sevenwaters ~ Tom didn't know. He thought Harry was James's kid, and that Lily was the child of her mother's second husband. Harry might have gone to the MMA *looks shifty* He spent half a year (the time between the beginning of sixth year and that Christmas) either at Malfoy Manor or the house he shared with his Muggle friends.
LoonyLoopyLisa ~ Thanks! Hehheh, I'm glad you like it so much!
Xirleb70 ~ Thanks!
Amy ~ Glad you is liking!
Amy ~ Maybe I know who the assassin is, maybe I don't.
R.K. Kensington ~ All righty then, an update it is!
Dark-One Shadowphyre ~ Thank you, thank you! Hm, I like the idea of them changing each other's hair, I might use that! besides, Draco's got a bit of revenge to plan, as you'll soon see!
momma-dar ~ I haven't seen many fics where Lucius is Harry's father either. Glad you like it!
serapotter ~ Thanks!
Kay13 ~ Indeed, this plot is very twisty.
Luc ~ Thankies!
Trixi Hellfire ~ Glad you like it! Of course I'll update, I hate it when people just give up writing a good fic...
Lady Lightning ~ Thank you! I will!
Whew, that took some work to get through! But I love it! *hint*
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It's a Fact, Kid
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Six
Sylvan was the first to wake the next morning, and it wasn't something he was happy about as it happened at three AM. The only reason he'd woken in the first place was a very irritating and impatient owl.
"Morning Mercury. What you got?"
The black owl hooted softly and held out his leg. Sylvan quickly untied the note and opened it, the owl perching happily on his bedside table.
'Dear Sylv,
Hiya! It's me! The 'oh so wonderful' Maxine! I decided to write because I know how much you must miss me!
Anyway, main thing is, I've now got too many owls. Hed's gotta stay here, so I thought you could borrow Merc for a while.
So, I'll be hearing from you soon, I expect.
Love Max
PS. Just thought you might like to know, Brad and I are finally tying the knot.
PPS. Brad here Sylv, and I also thought you might like to know that you're my best man.'
Sylvan stared at the letter a full five minutes before really processing what he'd read. Once he did he was recovering from shock.
"Well Merc, looks like we're stuck with each other for a while," he said softly.
The owl seemed quite taken with the idea.
He collapsed backwards on the bed and fell asleep.
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After waking up at a more reasonable time, Sylvan glanced around the Slytherin dorms, not having really payed attention to where he was sleeping the night before.
And again, before he had a chance to really pay attention to his surroundings, there was a loud thud and fluent cursing.
He got up and walked around his bed, catching sight of Blaise sitting on the floor tangled in his sheets, glaring at the bed as if expecting it to go up in flames if he did so.
"Morning Blaise. Just one thing, though; Exactly what are you doing on the floor?"
The brown haired boy glared at him. "I fell out of bed, Alex, what does it look like I'm doing on the floor?"
"Ah, in that case, wanna help me wake my darling cousin?"
Blaise's scowl gave way to a smirk, and he nodded.
Sylvan gave him a sly grin. "Brilliant. Here's what we're gonna do..."
Two minutes later Greg, Vince and Morag were woken by Draco shouting death threats to the hysterically laughing Sylvan and Blaise.
The two of them raced out of the dorms, leaving the three recently awoken boys to stare at a very pissed off Draco Malfoy.
Morag broke the silence. "So what exactly happened for you to fly off the handle?"
Draco sent a quick death glare towards the door, before turning back to find the other three looking at him expectantly.
"Well?" Vince prompted.
"They woke me up," the blond said irritably.
Greg blinked. "And since when is that an inexcusable crime?"
Draco's eyes narrowed in anger. "Since they did it by filling my bed with ice and snakes!"
Slowly, the other three boys turned to look at Draco's bed, where indeed there was a large amount of water and ice, as well as several rather sluggish pythons.
Without a word, each of them began to get dressed. Draco rolled his eyes, grabbed his change of clothes and stormed off to the bathroom in a huff.
Vince, Greg and Morag made sure Draco would be well out of hearing distance before collapsing into fits of laughter on the floor.
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Sylvan and Blaise were glad they'd grabbed their things on the way out. They went straight to the bathroom, showered and dressed in near record time, and were leaving when Draco stalked in.
He shot them a death glare and went past them without speaking. They glanced at each other before leaving, heading to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Once they had sat down, Pansy Parkinson passed them several timetables, expecting them to pass them onto their dorm mates.
Blaise flicked his eyes over the timetable as Sylvan spread his toast with raspberry jam. It was his anguished groan and the thump of the dark haired boy's head hitting the table that first alerted Sylvan to the problem.
"What's wrong, Blaise?"
"Take a look at today's classes."
Sylvan did so, and mentally groaned. Double Potions with Gryffindor, Double DADA with Gryffindor, Transfiguration with Gryffindor, and Charms with Ravenclaw stared him in the face. "What's wrong with it?" he asked, feigning confusion.
Blaise lifted his head and looked at him in disbelief, before remembering that he probably didn't know much about their Gryffindor year mates. "Well, we don't get on very well with the Gryffindors, house rivalry and all that, and the Ravenclaws delight in showing everybody else up. Snape's a git to Gryffindor, McGonagall's a bitch to Slytherin, Flitwick is cheerfully annoying to everyone, and I don't have a clue who's teaching DADA because our professor quit two days before the Christmas hols."
"Why'd he quit?"
Blaise smirked. "He couldn't handle the second year Ravenclaws. I swear, I've never met a group of such annoying little brats! They act like they know everything!"
Sylvan made a face. "Terrible. I knew a few kids like that. Third years, actually."
The two of them continued breakfast in silence until the other four Slytherin boys showed up, three still sniggering and one still glaring at everyone and everything.
Blaise handed them their timetables, and they immediately looked to see what they had that day.
The reactions were almost simultaneous. Draco's glare became even fiercer and he turned it on the Gryffindors. Vince and Greg both groaned, and slumped in their seats. Morag calmly stood up, walked over to the wall and banged his head on it a few times.
Sylvan rolled his eyes and pulled him back into his seat. "Look, it can't be that bad can it?"
The looks on their faces as they stared at him said otherwise.
"Draco told me that you all hated the Gryffindors, but I had no idea it was this serious!" he exclaimed.
No change.
Before Sylvan could open his mouth to continue his pep talk, he caught sight of the new teacher at the staff table, and also saw Dumbledore standing up to introduce him. "I don't bloody believe this," he mumbled, collapsing into his chair and joining his dorm mates in their misery.
"Students, I have the pleasure of introducing your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. For the rest of this term, and hopefully the next, Remus Lupin will be teaching at Hogwarts."
Sylvan knew it. He was doomed. He tuned out the rest of Dumbledore's speech, as it was just stuff about the Wolfsbane Potion making Remus safe on the full moon.
As Dumbledore sat down, Sylvan turned to Draco. "Any idea who I pissed off in a past life?"
Draco shrugged. "Someone important, probably."
They finished breakfast in silence, before heading to their doom - also known as Potions.
************Flashback**************
End of Fourth Year
Harry sent a death glare in the general direction of Number Four Privet Drive. His uncle had kicked him out as soon as he'd stepped out of the car.
So there he was, sitting on the fence in front of Number Seven with his trunk and Hedwig. He was planning on sending a letter to Dumbledore or someone; he couldn't exactly stay there all holidays.
"Lost, are we?" a female voice asked.
Harry didn't look up from digging around in his trunk for some parchment. "No, I'm quite fine thank you."
"Then why are you sitting out here in the dark and cold with your school trunk?"
"If you must know, my uncle kicked me out. But I'll be fine." He still didn't look up.
"I'm sure there's some law against that."
"I don't actually mind, you know. There was some serious mutual dislike going on." He finally looked up to appraise his companion.
She was a young girl about his age, wearing blue jeans, white t-shirt and a leather jacket. Her hair was a whitish blond, and her eyes were bright amber.
"So, who are you?" he asked.
She smiled at him. "My name's Toni, actually. And I'm your spirit guide."
"My what?"
"Spirit guide. All Mediators have one."
"All what?"
"Mediators. People who can speak to dead people, make spirits temporarily visible ghosts, travel in and through the spirit realm and act as a go- between for a spirit and their friends or family."
"But...I'm not......Am I?"
She giggled softly. "Actually Harry, you are. I'll explain all this properly later, but first you have to come with me."
"Where to?"
She examined their surroundings, and then laughed. "Right here actually. Number Seven Privet Drive. Home of Brad and Maxine Jamison. Do you know them?"
He shook his head. "Nope. Why here?"
"They're Mediators too. Max is one of the best. Her spirit guide, Rowan, is the one who told me it was time to find you and tell you what you are. I thought you might have known."
"Okay. Anything else I should know?"
"Only that Max and Brad share their house with Corey Raynor. Another Mediator."
Harry blinked in shock. "Corey's a Mediator?"
Toni nodded. "Yep. Do you know him then?"
He nodded slowly. "Yeah. The guy practically raised me."
************End Flashback**************
Oh dear. I actually think that may have been a double cliffy. But they're both fairly minor, so no problem, right? Right?
*Backs away slowly* Uh, please put any and all sharp objects on the ground. Er, *thinks quickly* Hah! You can't kill me if you ever want to know the rest of the story!
Please Review!!!
~SW
AllAboutMe ~ Glad you liked the hair. Thanks!
alana ~ Thanks
Fage of Hyren ~ Thank you. Ron and Hermione show up next chapter. I'm glad you were glad there were no cliffies. Why do I get the feeling you're going to kill me after reading this chapter?
Starr Light ~ Thanks! He didn't leave mid year, he left before fifth year. We begin to find out why in this chapter.
SpikeXan ~ Thank you. Glad you liked the hair colours. Yeah, Draco was pretty smart in figuring it out.
heavenly222 ~ Thanks!
Lady Macbeth ~ Thank you. Sorry it wasn't really soon.
urain ~ Thank you. I'm glad you think it's unique. I think so too.
Diana Lucille Snape ~ Thanks! Sev's class next chapter!
KrystaLuck ~ Yeah, I didn't leave a cliffy last chapter. I'm not mentioning this one though. Glad you liked the flashback part!
Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos ~ Of course he's a Slytherin! *eyes widen* Pairing? I'm scared! Don't make me think about it! In other words, I don't have a clue besides Ron being with Hermione.
NYC Gurl ~ Thanks!
Phoenix353 ~ Thank ye!
life ~ hehheh. Sorry. Here's another chapter.
Naomi SilverWolf ~ I know you want more, so more it is! Sorry in advance for a certain little cliffy.....
xx wolfpup xx ~ I often wish I could see Draco with purple hair too! Sorry it took so long!
Jordan ~ Well, Draco took it calmly because he's kind of in shock. There'll be more on that later!
The Lady Sorcha of Sevenwaters ~ Tom didn't know. He thought Harry was James's kid, and that Lily was the child of her mother's second husband. Harry might have gone to the MMA *looks shifty* He spent half a year (the time between the beginning of sixth year and that Christmas) either at Malfoy Manor or the house he shared with his Muggle friends.
LoonyLoopyLisa ~ Thanks! Hehheh, I'm glad you like it so much!
Xirleb70 ~ Thanks!
Amy ~ Glad you is liking!
Amy ~ Maybe I know who the assassin is, maybe I don't.
R.K. Kensington ~ All righty then, an update it is!
Dark-One Shadowphyre ~ Thank you, thank you! Hm, I like the idea of them changing each other's hair, I might use that! besides, Draco's got a bit of revenge to plan, as you'll soon see!
momma-dar ~ I haven't seen many fics where Lucius is Harry's father either. Glad you like it!
serapotter ~ Thanks!
Kay13 ~ Indeed, this plot is very twisty.
Luc ~ Thankies!
Trixi Hellfire ~ Glad you like it! Of course I'll update, I hate it when people just give up writing a good fic...
Lady Lightning ~ Thank you! I will!
Whew, that took some work to get through! But I love it! *hint*
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It's a Fact, Kid
By Silver Wolf
Chapter Six
Sylvan was the first to wake the next morning, and it wasn't something he was happy about as it happened at three AM. The only reason he'd woken in the first place was a very irritating and impatient owl.
"Morning Mercury. What you got?"
The black owl hooted softly and held out his leg. Sylvan quickly untied the note and opened it, the owl perching happily on his bedside table.
'Dear Sylv,
Hiya! It's me! The 'oh so wonderful' Maxine! I decided to write because I know how much you must miss me!
Anyway, main thing is, I've now got too many owls. Hed's gotta stay here, so I thought you could borrow Merc for a while.
So, I'll be hearing from you soon, I expect.
Love Max
PS. Just thought you might like to know, Brad and I are finally tying the knot.
PPS. Brad here Sylv, and I also thought you might like to know that you're my best man.'
Sylvan stared at the letter a full five minutes before really processing what he'd read. Once he did he was recovering from shock.
"Well Merc, looks like we're stuck with each other for a while," he said softly.
The owl seemed quite taken with the idea.
He collapsed backwards on the bed and fell asleep.
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After waking up at a more reasonable time, Sylvan glanced around the Slytherin dorms, not having really payed attention to where he was sleeping the night before.
And again, before he had a chance to really pay attention to his surroundings, there was a loud thud and fluent cursing.
He got up and walked around his bed, catching sight of Blaise sitting on the floor tangled in his sheets, glaring at the bed as if expecting it to go up in flames if he did so.
"Morning Blaise. Just one thing, though; Exactly what are you doing on the floor?"
The brown haired boy glared at him. "I fell out of bed, Alex, what does it look like I'm doing on the floor?"
"Ah, in that case, wanna help me wake my darling cousin?"
Blaise's scowl gave way to a smirk, and he nodded.
Sylvan gave him a sly grin. "Brilliant. Here's what we're gonna do..."
Two minutes later Greg, Vince and Morag were woken by Draco shouting death threats to the hysterically laughing Sylvan and Blaise.
The two of them raced out of the dorms, leaving the three recently awoken boys to stare at a very pissed off Draco Malfoy.
Morag broke the silence. "So what exactly happened for you to fly off the handle?"
Draco sent a quick death glare towards the door, before turning back to find the other three looking at him expectantly.
"Well?" Vince prompted.
"They woke me up," the blond said irritably.
Greg blinked. "And since when is that an inexcusable crime?"
Draco's eyes narrowed in anger. "Since they did it by filling my bed with ice and snakes!"
Slowly, the other three boys turned to look at Draco's bed, where indeed there was a large amount of water and ice, as well as several rather sluggish pythons.
Without a word, each of them began to get dressed. Draco rolled his eyes, grabbed his change of clothes and stormed off to the bathroom in a huff.
Vince, Greg and Morag made sure Draco would be well out of hearing distance before collapsing into fits of laughter on the floor.
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Sylvan and Blaise were glad they'd grabbed their things on the way out. They went straight to the bathroom, showered and dressed in near record time, and were leaving when Draco stalked in.
He shot them a death glare and went past them without speaking. They glanced at each other before leaving, heading to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Once they had sat down, Pansy Parkinson passed them several timetables, expecting them to pass them onto their dorm mates.
Blaise flicked his eyes over the timetable as Sylvan spread his toast with raspberry jam. It was his anguished groan and the thump of the dark haired boy's head hitting the table that first alerted Sylvan to the problem.
"What's wrong, Blaise?"
"Take a look at today's classes."
Sylvan did so, and mentally groaned. Double Potions with Gryffindor, Double DADA with Gryffindor, Transfiguration with Gryffindor, and Charms with Ravenclaw stared him in the face. "What's wrong with it?" he asked, feigning confusion.
Blaise lifted his head and looked at him in disbelief, before remembering that he probably didn't know much about their Gryffindor year mates. "Well, we don't get on very well with the Gryffindors, house rivalry and all that, and the Ravenclaws delight in showing everybody else up. Snape's a git to Gryffindor, McGonagall's a bitch to Slytherin, Flitwick is cheerfully annoying to everyone, and I don't have a clue who's teaching DADA because our professor quit two days before the Christmas hols."
"Why'd he quit?"
Blaise smirked. "He couldn't handle the second year Ravenclaws. I swear, I've never met a group of such annoying little brats! They act like they know everything!"
Sylvan made a face. "Terrible. I knew a few kids like that. Third years, actually."
The two of them continued breakfast in silence until the other four Slytherin boys showed up, three still sniggering and one still glaring at everyone and everything.
Blaise handed them their timetables, and they immediately looked to see what they had that day.
The reactions were almost simultaneous. Draco's glare became even fiercer and he turned it on the Gryffindors. Vince and Greg both groaned, and slumped in their seats. Morag calmly stood up, walked over to the wall and banged his head on it a few times.
Sylvan rolled his eyes and pulled him back into his seat. "Look, it can't be that bad can it?"
The looks on their faces as they stared at him said otherwise.
"Draco told me that you all hated the Gryffindors, but I had no idea it was this serious!" he exclaimed.
No change.
Before Sylvan could open his mouth to continue his pep talk, he caught sight of the new teacher at the staff table, and also saw Dumbledore standing up to introduce him. "I don't bloody believe this," he mumbled, collapsing into his chair and joining his dorm mates in their misery.
"Students, I have the pleasure of introducing your new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. For the rest of this term, and hopefully the next, Remus Lupin will be teaching at Hogwarts."
Sylvan knew it. He was doomed. He tuned out the rest of Dumbledore's speech, as it was just stuff about the Wolfsbane Potion making Remus safe on the full moon.
As Dumbledore sat down, Sylvan turned to Draco. "Any idea who I pissed off in a past life?"
Draco shrugged. "Someone important, probably."
They finished breakfast in silence, before heading to their doom - also known as Potions.
************Flashback**************
End of Fourth Year
Harry sent a death glare in the general direction of Number Four Privet Drive. His uncle had kicked him out as soon as he'd stepped out of the car.
So there he was, sitting on the fence in front of Number Seven with his trunk and Hedwig. He was planning on sending a letter to Dumbledore or someone; he couldn't exactly stay there all holidays.
"Lost, are we?" a female voice asked.
Harry didn't look up from digging around in his trunk for some parchment. "No, I'm quite fine thank you."
"Then why are you sitting out here in the dark and cold with your school trunk?"
"If you must know, my uncle kicked me out. But I'll be fine." He still didn't look up.
"I'm sure there's some law against that."
"I don't actually mind, you know. There was some serious mutual dislike going on." He finally looked up to appraise his companion.
She was a young girl about his age, wearing blue jeans, white t-shirt and a leather jacket. Her hair was a whitish blond, and her eyes were bright amber.
"So, who are you?" he asked.
She smiled at him. "My name's Toni, actually. And I'm your spirit guide."
"My what?"
"Spirit guide. All Mediators have one."
"All what?"
"Mediators. People who can speak to dead people, make spirits temporarily visible ghosts, travel in and through the spirit realm and act as a go- between for a spirit and their friends or family."
"But...I'm not......Am I?"
She giggled softly. "Actually Harry, you are. I'll explain all this properly later, but first you have to come with me."
"Where to?"
She examined their surroundings, and then laughed. "Right here actually. Number Seven Privet Drive. Home of Brad and Maxine Jamison. Do you know them?"
He shook his head. "Nope. Why here?"
"They're Mediators too. Max is one of the best. Her spirit guide, Rowan, is the one who told me it was time to find you and tell you what you are. I thought you might have known."
"Okay. Anything else I should know?"
"Only that Max and Brad share their house with Corey Raynor. Another Mediator."
Harry blinked in shock. "Corey's a Mediator?"
Toni nodded. "Yep. Do you know him then?"
He nodded slowly. "Yeah. The guy practically raised me."
************End Flashback**************
Oh dear. I actually think that may have been a double cliffy. But they're both fairly minor, so no problem, right? Right?
*Backs away slowly* Uh, please put any and all sharp objects on the ground. Er, *thinks quickly* Hah! You can't kill me if you ever want to know the rest of the story!
Please Review!!!
~SW
