A/N: o.o I had a nose bleed today....I don't know why I said that but yeah.
Lol, there are SOOOO many tests and quizzes and stuff lately, and term 2
just ended. My grades are dropping, so my mom is probably gonna not let me
go on the computer anymore, but I'm not so sure. I usually sneak on when
she goes to work. Well for now, just enjoy this chapter.
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As the snow began to melt, January strolled by. The grounds were still half covered by bits of leftover snow. Students arrived back after Winter break and prepared themselves for a new term of work. Hermione and Draco were stuck in their new common room. Meals were brought up by house elves, and the Professors came to help them catch up on their schoolwork. Dumbledore told the Professor's nothing, only they needed to tutor them in their dorms. No one dared to question Dumbledore.
"God I'm tired, can we work on this in the morning?" Draco said yawning, throwing down his quill.
"It's due tomorrow, we have to work on this right now. Unless if you want to fail," Hermione said.
She had a strict look upon her face, which did not suit Draco's facial expressions. Draco sighed and picked up his quill and continued to work. Finally, at 10:00 pm they both finished. Draco and Hermione decided to turn in for the night. The pair went up to their own bathrooms and took a shower. Draco felt more awake as the water cascaded down his body. He still felt uncomfortable showering in Hermione's body, but he didn't want to stink.
After taking a shower, Draco crawled into Hermione's bed; Hermione came to bed a few minutes later.
No matter how hard Draco tried to fall asleep, he couldn't. His thoughts kept on wondering to the morning he woke up in Hermione's arms. Not only did he enjoy it, he wanted to wake up in a warm embrace again. Maybe a walk will do? Draco, as quietly as possible, got out of bed without waking Hermione up. He slipped out of the room and soon had the portrait slide back behind him. He was left standing in pitch darkness as Draco started to walk down the hall. His feelings have surely changed towards Hermione; it was kind of scary. He ran a hand through his bushy hair and frowned. This girl needs to use conditioner, and lots of it too.
Thankfully, Filch was not around as Draco started to hum to himself. All of a sudden, Draco felt the hallway move. Was it his imagination? He fearfully grabbed onto a nearby table to keep him steady. The room slid in and out of focus as Draco tried blinking several times, only causing a slight headache. What is going on? Draco thought, beginning to feel afraid. The room continued to spin as Draco groaned loosing his balance and falling to the floor. He watched as the room blacked out. He was still breathing and he could hear a sudden gasp and footsteps running, before he full fainted.
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His father Lucius Malfoy, stood over him with a smirk upon his face. Draco looked curiously back at his father. Lucius paced around him, still eyeing him. Draco suddenly felt a pain around his neck as Lucius caught him around the throat. The first rule of being a Malfoy, was to cope with pain. Lucius tightened his grip but Draco showed no facial expression. Second rule; never show any sign of weakness whatsoever. Lucius finally let go and drew out his wand. A simple spell was cast and Draco fell to the floor muttering, "stop". He gave in. He showed a sign of weakness and failed to put up with the intense pain.
"Stop it! Father! No! Please stop it!" Draco groaned.
A delightful smirk played itself across Lucius's lips as he watched his own son wither in pain, begging for it to stop. He continued the spell. The groans of pain were music to his ears. Draco sobbed as the pain continued on, not caring if he was begging. Someone shook Draco's shoulders and the vision slowly dissolved away.
Draco's eyes fluttered open as he tried to get use to the light. Harry was standing beside him with a worried expression. Dumbledore sat near a bed besides Draco's talking quietly to someone. As soon as Harry saw he was awake, he threw his arms around Draco. In Harry's point of view, Draco was still Hermione.
"Where am I?" Draco croaked, trying to push Harry away.
"The hospital wing. You collapsed on the floor, where were you for the past few weeks?" Harry asked, looking extremely concerned.
"How did I get here?" Draco asked, ignoring Harry's question.
"I couldn't sleep. Neville kept on snoring so I decided to go and take a walk. I had my invisibility cloak. I saw you and followed. Good thing I did though, you fainted halfway," Harry explained.
"Ah, I see that Mr. Malfoy is awake," Dumbledore said, sitting down on Draco's bed.
"Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Madam Pomfrey, do you mind waiting outside?" Dumbledore spoke softly.
Madam Pomfrey who was standing near the doorway was hesitant as if she wanted to run to her patients, but instead nodded and left, closing the door behind her. Harry never took his eyes off Dumbledore or Draco.
"Harry, please don't be alarmed at what I'm about to tell you," Dumbledore spoke gently.
"Professor! You said the potion is forbidden, you can't tell him!" Draco exclaimed.
"He needs to understand, Hermione is Harry's friend, he deserves the right to know."
"But-!"
"Draco, let me explain it to him."
Draco sunk back into his pillow and listened to Dumbledore launch the whole story. By the time he was finished, Harry's mouth was hanging slightly open. How could this be? Hermione and Draco? Switch bodies? Why didn't he suspect something sooner? The real Hermione would hang out with him every single day, and not disappear right out of the blue.
"They have to wait till March?" Harry asked.
"Yes, that is why you must not tell anyone, including Mr. Weasley. As you know the potion is forbidden itself, and Mr. Weasley has a great dislike for Mr. Malfoy here and might jump to conclusions a bit too fast," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling behind his half moon spectacles. "I'll leave you two to talk it over now."
With that, he left. It did not take long for Harry to growl and jump on Draco (A/N: not in THAT way -.-'), trying to beat the living daylights out of him.
"Get off him Harry!" Hermione exclaimed dragging Harry away from Draco who was now supporting a cut lip.
Harry smirked as he eyed his work but his smirk disappeared as Hermione glared at him. She apparently have woken up earlier but said nothing as she too listened to the familiar story.
"Why did you do that?" Draco glared.
"You sabotaged her potion didn't you? Wanted to drag her down with you in potions just because Hermione's smarter then you!" Harry said through gritted teeth, fists clenched up.
"He didn't do anything Harry, Ginny did," Hermione explained before Harry could start beating Draco up again.
Harry looked disbelieving at her. How could a sweet girl like Ginny do such a thing? His questions were answered as Hermione told him yet another story. From the part where they started dating last year, to Ginny hating her and put the phoenix feather powder in the potion.
"Now do you believe me?" Hermione said.
Harry could only nod and mutter a quick "sorry" to Draco, how was still fuming about his cut lip. Even though it's Hermione's body, he can still feel the pain.
"Weasley bitch almost killed me!" Draco muttered darkly.
"Malfoy, just because of that, doesn't mean you need to use that sort of language!" Hermione said sternly.
At first Harry could not believe it was actually Hermione in Draco's body, now he believed it. Hermione have always been rather picky about vulgar language.
"You'll still be friends with me even though I'm in Draco's body right?" Hermione asked unsure.
"Stupid question really, but of course I will!"
"And me?" Draco pouted.
"Sod off Malfoy," Harry smirked.
*Smirking does not suit Potter.
As Hermione read Draco's thought, she doubled back in fits of laughter.
"Hey Hermione, how did you get up here?" Harry asked.
"The last thing I remembered was waking up with a pounding headache. Malfoy wasn't anywhere in sight so I figured he must have left somewhere. If I didn't find him I was going to faint. I gave up though and I guess Dumbledore came by to check if were okay, and found me," Hermione said.
"Sorry about that," Draco muttered, fidgeting with his blanket.
"Wow, the high holy old mighty Malfoy actually apologized! That proves you're actually human!" Harry laughed.
"Shut up!" Draco scowled.
"Language Malfoy!" Harry said.
"Harry quit it!" Hermione said, but she couldn't help laugh too.
Draco was the only one who wasn't laughing; he did glare a lot though.
"Are you guys sane yet?" Draco snapped.
"Yes your majesty. Anyway, let's start over, you know, brand new friendship. I wouldn't want you to mess Hermione's body up," Harry said.
"Potter!" Draco exclaimed. "I'm not going to run around the castle shagging everyone I see."
"Bad image. Imagine how you'll be able to do it with animals," Harry sniggered.
"Eww Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, covering her ears. "I'm going to bed before you start talking about the tactics of shagging someone!"
"Now that you've mentioned it, have you ever wondered how many positions there are Potter?" Draco asked.
"Well let's count. You see there's-" Harry got cut off by Hermione running to the furthest bed there is, throwing the covers and pillow over her head. Draco and Harry howled with laughter.
"New start?" Draco asked.
Harry smiled a true smile, first time ever to Draco. He took Draco's hand and shook on it.
"New start," Harry said determinedly.
Hermione smiled at the sight as she peeked. Draco noticing this yelled, "I SAW THAT!"
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A/N: Aww that's all! A brand new start for Harry and Draco! Hehe! Well, I don't have much to say so I guess I'll give you readers a preview of the upcoming chapter. It will be called, A Rescuing Kiss.
"Ginny!" Harry yelled.
That got her attention. She looked at him quizzically. Harry looked at Draco and Hermione again who seemed to be rooted to their spots. Harry gulped and looked back at Ginny.
"What is it?" Ginny asked.
"I uh, this!" Harry proposed.
He grabbed Ginny by the shoulders and...
Aww! That's all I can show you if I type anymore, it wouldn't be much of a surprise once you read the next chapter. Hehe, so what do you think he did? Hmmm..it's kind of obvious. Note: the title of the next chapter isn't for Harry or Ginny. Okay? Okay! Well hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'll be posting it up some time soon as soon as I get some reviews for this chapter. Ooh! And thanks to the readers who reviewed my story, xD I LOVE YOU ALL!
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As the snow began to melt, January strolled by. The grounds were still half covered by bits of leftover snow. Students arrived back after Winter break and prepared themselves for a new term of work. Hermione and Draco were stuck in their new common room. Meals were brought up by house elves, and the Professors came to help them catch up on their schoolwork. Dumbledore told the Professor's nothing, only they needed to tutor them in their dorms. No one dared to question Dumbledore.
"God I'm tired, can we work on this in the morning?" Draco said yawning, throwing down his quill.
"It's due tomorrow, we have to work on this right now. Unless if you want to fail," Hermione said.
She had a strict look upon her face, which did not suit Draco's facial expressions. Draco sighed and picked up his quill and continued to work. Finally, at 10:00 pm they both finished. Draco and Hermione decided to turn in for the night. The pair went up to their own bathrooms and took a shower. Draco felt more awake as the water cascaded down his body. He still felt uncomfortable showering in Hermione's body, but he didn't want to stink.
After taking a shower, Draco crawled into Hermione's bed; Hermione came to bed a few minutes later.
No matter how hard Draco tried to fall asleep, he couldn't. His thoughts kept on wondering to the morning he woke up in Hermione's arms. Not only did he enjoy it, he wanted to wake up in a warm embrace again. Maybe a walk will do? Draco, as quietly as possible, got out of bed without waking Hermione up. He slipped out of the room and soon had the portrait slide back behind him. He was left standing in pitch darkness as Draco started to walk down the hall. His feelings have surely changed towards Hermione; it was kind of scary. He ran a hand through his bushy hair and frowned. This girl needs to use conditioner, and lots of it too.
Thankfully, Filch was not around as Draco started to hum to himself. All of a sudden, Draco felt the hallway move. Was it his imagination? He fearfully grabbed onto a nearby table to keep him steady. The room slid in and out of focus as Draco tried blinking several times, only causing a slight headache. What is going on? Draco thought, beginning to feel afraid. The room continued to spin as Draco groaned loosing his balance and falling to the floor. He watched as the room blacked out. He was still breathing and he could hear a sudden gasp and footsteps running, before he full fainted.
*
His father Lucius Malfoy, stood over him with a smirk upon his face. Draco looked curiously back at his father. Lucius paced around him, still eyeing him. Draco suddenly felt a pain around his neck as Lucius caught him around the throat. The first rule of being a Malfoy, was to cope with pain. Lucius tightened his grip but Draco showed no facial expression. Second rule; never show any sign of weakness whatsoever. Lucius finally let go and drew out his wand. A simple spell was cast and Draco fell to the floor muttering, "stop". He gave in. He showed a sign of weakness and failed to put up with the intense pain.
"Stop it! Father! No! Please stop it!" Draco groaned.
A delightful smirk played itself across Lucius's lips as he watched his own son wither in pain, begging for it to stop. He continued the spell. The groans of pain were music to his ears. Draco sobbed as the pain continued on, not caring if he was begging. Someone shook Draco's shoulders and the vision slowly dissolved away.
Draco's eyes fluttered open as he tried to get use to the light. Harry was standing beside him with a worried expression. Dumbledore sat near a bed besides Draco's talking quietly to someone. As soon as Harry saw he was awake, he threw his arms around Draco. In Harry's point of view, Draco was still Hermione.
"Where am I?" Draco croaked, trying to push Harry away.
"The hospital wing. You collapsed on the floor, where were you for the past few weeks?" Harry asked, looking extremely concerned.
"How did I get here?" Draco asked, ignoring Harry's question.
"I couldn't sleep. Neville kept on snoring so I decided to go and take a walk. I had my invisibility cloak. I saw you and followed. Good thing I did though, you fainted halfway," Harry explained.
"Ah, I see that Mr. Malfoy is awake," Dumbledore said, sitting down on Draco's bed.
"Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"Yes, Madam Pomfrey, do you mind waiting outside?" Dumbledore spoke softly.
Madam Pomfrey who was standing near the doorway was hesitant as if she wanted to run to her patients, but instead nodded and left, closing the door behind her. Harry never took his eyes off Dumbledore or Draco.
"Harry, please don't be alarmed at what I'm about to tell you," Dumbledore spoke gently.
"Professor! You said the potion is forbidden, you can't tell him!" Draco exclaimed.
"He needs to understand, Hermione is Harry's friend, he deserves the right to know."
"But-!"
"Draco, let me explain it to him."
Draco sunk back into his pillow and listened to Dumbledore launch the whole story. By the time he was finished, Harry's mouth was hanging slightly open. How could this be? Hermione and Draco? Switch bodies? Why didn't he suspect something sooner? The real Hermione would hang out with him every single day, and not disappear right out of the blue.
"They have to wait till March?" Harry asked.
"Yes, that is why you must not tell anyone, including Mr. Weasley. As you know the potion is forbidden itself, and Mr. Weasley has a great dislike for Mr. Malfoy here and might jump to conclusions a bit too fast," Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling behind his half moon spectacles. "I'll leave you two to talk it over now."
With that, he left. It did not take long for Harry to growl and jump on Draco (A/N: not in THAT way -.-'), trying to beat the living daylights out of him.
"Get off him Harry!" Hermione exclaimed dragging Harry away from Draco who was now supporting a cut lip.
Harry smirked as he eyed his work but his smirk disappeared as Hermione glared at him. She apparently have woken up earlier but said nothing as she too listened to the familiar story.
"Why did you do that?" Draco glared.
"You sabotaged her potion didn't you? Wanted to drag her down with you in potions just because Hermione's smarter then you!" Harry said through gritted teeth, fists clenched up.
"He didn't do anything Harry, Ginny did," Hermione explained before Harry could start beating Draco up again.
Harry looked disbelieving at her. How could a sweet girl like Ginny do such a thing? His questions were answered as Hermione told him yet another story. From the part where they started dating last year, to Ginny hating her and put the phoenix feather powder in the potion.
"Now do you believe me?" Hermione said.
Harry could only nod and mutter a quick "sorry" to Draco, how was still fuming about his cut lip. Even though it's Hermione's body, he can still feel the pain.
"Weasley bitch almost killed me!" Draco muttered darkly.
"Malfoy, just because of that, doesn't mean you need to use that sort of language!" Hermione said sternly.
At first Harry could not believe it was actually Hermione in Draco's body, now he believed it. Hermione have always been rather picky about vulgar language.
"You'll still be friends with me even though I'm in Draco's body right?" Hermione asked unsure.
"Stupid question really, but of course I will!"
"And me?" Draco pouted.
"Sod off Malfoy," Harry smirked.
*Smirking does not suit Potter.
As Hermione read Draco's thought, she doubled back in fits of laughter.
"Hey Hermione, how did you get up here?" Harry asked.
"The last thing I remembered was waking up with a pounding headache. Malfoy wasn't anywhere in sight so I figured he must have left somewhere. If I didn't find him I was going to faint. I gave up though and I guess Dumbledore came by to check if were okay, and found me," Hermione said.
"Sorry about that," Draco muttered, fidgeting with his blanket.
"Wow, the high holy old mighty Malfoy actually apologized! That proves you're actually human!" Harry laughed.
"Shut up!" Draco scowled.
"Language Malfoy!" Harry said.
"Harry quit it!" Hermione said, but she couldn't help laugh too.
Draco was the only one who wasn't laughing; he did glare a lot though.
"Are you guys sane yet?" Draco snapped.
"Yes your majesty. Anyway, let's start over, you know, brand new friendship. I wouldn't want you to mess Hermione's body up," Harry said.
"Potter!" Draco exclaimed. "I'm not going to run around the castle shagging everyone I see."
"Bad image. Imagine how you'll be able to do it with animals," Harry sniggered.
"Eww Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, covering her ears. "I'm going to bed before you start talking about the tactics of shagging someone!"
"Now that you've mentioned it, have you ever wondered how many positions there are Potter?" Draco asked.
"Well let's count. You see there's-" Harry got cut off by Hermione running to the furthest bed there is, throwing the covers and pillow over her head. Draco and Harry howled with laughter.
"New start?" Draco asked.
Harry smiled a true smile, first time ever to Draco. He took Draco's hand and shook on it.
"New start," Harry said determinedly.
Hermione smiled at the sight as she peeked. Draco noticing this yelled, "I SAW THAT!"
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A/N: Aww that's all! A brand new start for Harry and Draco! Hehe! Well, I don't have much to say so I guess I'll give you readers a preview of the upcoming chapter. It will be called, A Rescuing Kiss.
"Ginny!" Harry yelled.
That got her attention. She looked at him quizzically. Harry looked at Draco and Hermione again who seemed to be rooted to their spots. Harry gulped and looked back at Ginny.
"What is it?" Ginny asked.
"I uh, this!" Harry proposed.
He grabbed Ginny by the shoulders and...
Aww! That's all I can show you if I type anymore, it wouldn't be much of a surprise once you read the next chapter. Hehe, so what do you think he did? Hmmm..it's kind of obvious. Note: the title of the next chapter isn't for Harry or Ginny. Okay? Okay! Well hope you enjoyed this chapter, I'll be posting it up some time soon as soon as I get some reviews for this chapter. Ooh! And thanks to the readers who reviewed my story, xD I LOVE YOU ALL!