Chapter 4~ No Bloody Way!

It was a few days after Harry had told Sirius and Remus. They seemed to be ok with it, although Sirius blushed crimson when ever he looked at Severus, probably thinking about what he had thought they came to tell him. Harry was starting to take on his new look. His hair was much less unruly and had a slit waviness to it, it was also a little longer now. His checks had lost that baby look to them and had a more angled look. It wasn't that Harry now looked just like Snape but when he scowled or when he was really sarcastic you could just see it. The students had started to notice how different Harry looked but none of them would ask him about it, so they all just whispered when he walked by. He was starting to think he should just stand up at lunch and make a little announcement. Malfoy was of course the first person to put the pieces together and ask him about it.

"So Potter" Draco started as he walked up to Harry in the Hall. "Or are we calling you Snape now?"

"Figured it out did you?" Harry asked as he walked along, he was headed to Sirius' room to see how he was.

"You mean you're not trying to hide it?" Draco asked looked genially worried "What about Snape? How is he going to explain this to Voldemort?" Draco said the name with almost as much destine as Harry usually did. "They'll kill him for sure, and he won't be much use to Dumbledore if he's dead"

"He's not going to explain it to anyone, he's not going back there" Harry said looking over at Draco. "Hey since you're here I wanted to thank you"

"For what?" Draco asked

"For saving us last year, we would have been toast if you hadn't shown us the way out." Harry said "So thanks"

"Hey, it was a one time thing" Draco said with no resolve behind the words.

"Oh, no of course it was a one time thing..."Harry paced for a second "But you have gone to the good side, right"

"Oh, what makes you so sure?" Draco asked looking at Harry.

"Well your seeing our young Ms. Weasley behind Ron's back and" But Draco cut him off.

"I'm doing no such thing" Draco said a steady red found its way to Draco's checks.

"Sure your not" Harry said with a smile "Don't worry I wont tell Ron, I trust Ginny's judgment"

"But you don't trust me?" Draco asked

"Not yet." Harry said "Look Draco it's been five years of your snide comments and a lot of mistrust. But I'm not going to judge you on your last name because I know what that's like, so I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. So what changed your mind about us?"

"It was Ginny actually" Draco said turning a little red again "She found me in the library last year after I helped you, she wanted to thank me and me being me I blow up at her told her I didn't need her thank or sympathy and to just leave me alone, and so her being her she sot me out over and over to talk to me and I slowly came to realize she wasn't that bad and if a Weasley of all people cared enough to try and help me then, well the rest of you couldn't be that bad." Draco looked down at the floor then back up to Harry "As for that night at Malfoy manner I have no idea what possessed me to help you, maybe I wasn't all bad after all"

"Well good for Ginny" Harry said looking happy.

"Ok, so..." Draco said He stuck his hand out and said "Not friends"

Harry took his hand and shook it "No not friends, but we could be" They walked for a few minutes until they got to were Harry was going.

"So see you around?" Harry asked

"Yeah, around" Draco said as he turned to walk away.

Harry thought of something and said "Wait Draco"

"Yes?" He asked turning back around.

"Are you going to be the big jerk in front of twiddle-d and twiddle- dumb?" Harry asked

"No, this fall when I turn 17 I'm not going to take the mark. My dads going to have a fit but if I become powerful and rich it will be on my own accord not by ass kissing some one hell bent on killing every one" Draco said with an almost triumphant look on his face.

"Well that's always good to hear" Harry said "So see you later"

"Yeah see you 'Snape'" Draco said as he turned and walked away, as much as he loathed admitting it might be nice to have some one like Harry for a friend. Draco had never really had his own friends, just those his dad found suitable, like Crabbe and Goyle. Draco was just ten steps from Harry when he remembered what he had sot him out for but when he turned around Harry was gone.

"So not going to be, how did you put it?" said Pansy as she stepped out of the shadows "Oh right, an ass kisser?"

"That's right, I don't need any one to make my way for me, and I certainly don't need some one telling me what do" Draco said as he stepped around her only to be grabbed from behind.

"Don't turn you back to me Draco" She said with venom in her voice.

"Is that a threat Pansy? Excuse me while I don't shack in my boots" Draco said as he wiped her hand off his shoulder. "You don't exactly scare me" He said as he again tried to walk away.

"Don't be so sure about that" Pansy said as she walked away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Do you think he's mad I found out?" Hermione asked as she paced the room.

"No, he's probably just surprised, and doesn't know how to tell you every thing in a letter." Ron said looking at Harry for assistance.

"Yeah, just wait it will be here in a few days" Harry said. He walked over to her and gave her a comforting hug. "Now sit down, don't you have some homework to do?" Harry asked hoping that would take her mind off it.

"Yeah, I do" Hermione said as she walked over to the table and pulled out her school work and sat there quietly doing her work.

"Smooth Harry" Ron whispered to Harry, Harry just smiled at him and pulled out his "Quidditch through the ages" and started reading. Ron walked over to Ginny and sat down to talk. After about half an hour Harry's head started to hurt. He got up to take some Tylenol (Harry had some in his bag for times when he didn't want to run up and get a potion) on his way back Harry grabbed his head and let out a cry and balled over on the floor.

Ron ran over and put his hand on his shoulder and said "Harry?" then he turned to Lavender, who had come over to see what was wrong, and said "Go get Professor Snape and Professor Black " She looked at him and started to ask why Professor Snape but he said "GO!" and she turned and ran out.

Hermione had Harry's head in her lap and was trying to get him to settle down by stroking his hair and saying "Shhh its ok" But he just kept trying to roll about, with his hand on his head and his other arm held at his side by Ron. About three minutes later Severus and Sirius came threw the fire place and ran over to Harry.

"What happened?" Severus asked as he knelt down next to Harry.

"He just grabbed his head, yelled and fell to the floor. It's been about four minutes, and he's still there" Ron said. Of course Severus knew what he meant when he said 'there' because Harry had told him all about is visions of what Voldemort is doing and how he can see them some times.

A couple of seconds later Harry started to come to. He looked up at Hermione and gave her a weak smile.

"You ok kid?" Sirius asked looking down at Harry

"Yeah, but I need to talk to Draco" Harry said. They all looked at him like he had gone loony.

"Harry you need to talk to Draco?" Ron asked "First off you do realize you just called him Draco and secondly Huh?"

"Could some one just get Draco?" Harry looked up at Severus and said "I need to talk to him, its Voldemort" at this every one around him that weren't use to the name flinched. "He needs to know what I just saw"

"But Harry why do you need to tell him anything, I mean isn't he still you know the enemy? Or did I miss the memo?" Sirius asked smiling at Harry.

"Ok, ether some one is going to go get Draco or I'll get up and get him my self" Harry said as he tried to get up. He groaned and sank back to the floor. He looked at Hermione and said "Please?" She smiled down at him and said "of course" She got up and walked over to the door looked over at Harry smiled and was gone.

"So are you going to tell us what that was all about or what?" Severus said as he was helping Harry up "Thanks..." Harry said and after a moments pause he added "Dad" There was a collective gasp around the room as they all heard Harry. Harry heard Lavender (who had shown up a few minuets ago) say "No bloody way" while Neville walked over to her and said "Told you, hand it over" and held out his hand as she gave him 10 gallons. Harry laughed at this. Just the mere fact that Neville had figured it out before the rest of them was funny but that fact that he bet some one on it was hilarious.

Harry sat down and said "As soon as Draco get here" Ron and Ginny walked over and sat down. Ron leaned over to Harry and whispered. "I know he saved us and all but what's with the first name stuff?"

"Later" Harry said. After about 10 minutes of silence Draco walked in with Hermione, He walked over and stood next the end of the couch were Ginny was sited. Harry looked up at Severus and said "could you" and nodded his head towards all the kids in the room.

He turned around and said "Ok, every one who's not sitting on this couch, out" Hermione quickly sat down on the arm rest of the couch and smiled at Harry.

"But this is our com..." Some one started but a look from Severus shut him up, they were all gone with in minutes. When the room was empty Draco looked at Harry and said "You called"

Harry smiled and said "Draco you know about my little dreams right? I mean that was you fourth year telling that annoying Rita all about it right?"

Draco had the curtsey to look a little embarrassed and said "Well I know you have those attack things, but I don't really know what there about"

"Ok well let's just say I have a link to Voldemort that..." But Harry was stopped by Ron.

"Do you really think you should be telling him this?" He asked looking at Draco.

"Yes he's fine, anyway" Harry said turning back to Draco "I'm linked to him throw my scar and when he gets really mad or sometimes even when he's really happy I can see what he's doing"

"Well that really suck, but what dose that have to do with me" Draco asked

"I'm getting there" Harry said "I had one just now...and well they all know you've switched side" Harry said with a sympathetic look at Draco "And" He said looking up at Severus "He knows about me. And he not very happy about it, Malfoy told him he's sure you're the spy and then Voldemort agreed with him and put him under the Cruciatus curse for not telling him earlier."

"So my dad knows too?" Draco asked looking a little worried

"Yes he dose, I'm really sorry I know what its like to have my family agents me" Harry said thinking of the Dursley's.

"How do you know? Your dad's sure not agents you." Draco said looking up at Severus.

"Not him, my Aunt and Uncle. They hate magic and every thing to do with it which includes me." Harry explained to him.

"Well I can't go home now, at lest I'm still ok in Slytherins" Draco said with a little smile.

"Really?" Ron said looking over at Draco. "Won't they be mad at you, for you know turning your back on them?"

"No, contrary to popular belief not all the Slytherins are followers of Voldemort." Draco said turning to talk to Severus "In fact there are a few Jr. Death Eaters in Ravenclaw."

"Really, have any of them taken the mark yet that you know of?" Severus asked.

"No, Voldemort likes them to be at lest 17 before they join, although" He turns to Harry "I would watch that Chang girl, both of her parents are always at the little parties my Mum throws for the Death Eaters. And I saw her there this summer."

"Ok, thanks" Harry said "Ok we got a little off track here" Harry said looking back up at Severus "There planning to attacking at the next quidditch game" Harry said looking worried. "He said something about a weakness in the protection spells right above the field, so there flying in"

"Is Voldemort coming?" Severus asked knelling down next to Harry.

"No he's sending his best Death Eaters, there meant to bring me and all the other players back with them." Harry said looking a little pale.

"Why would they want the other players?" Hermione asked. They all looked at Harry for an answer.

"I don't know" He said "Maybe Voldemort is board and is going to play us to death?" They all cringed at what was suppose to be a joke, but Harry thought that was some thing Voldemort would do, turn the game that Harry loved into the game that killed him.

"Well what ever the reason we won't let it happen" Severus said putting a hand on Harry's shoulder. "We're all here to help"

"That's right" Ron said "So what's the plan?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next day they all went up to Dumbledore's office to see what the plan was. The next game was the next day and against Hufflepuff. Dumbledore had called all the teachers into his office last night right after Harry told him about his vision and left. The teachers had a plan but they needed to tell the players on both teams what was going on.

So Harry and Ron went and gathered the rest of the Gryffindor team and Hermione and Ginny went to go get the Hufflepuff's. Draco stayed behind and told Dumbledore which Death Eaters were high on Voldemort's list. He knew because his Dad use to point them out to him at there little "parties"

Harry and Ron came back with the Creevy brothers who were the Beaters and Dean there Chaser (along with Ginny and Ron) and Neville (who after his little accident in first year, turned out to be a really good flyer) was there Keeper. A few minutes later Ginny and Hermione came in with the Hufflepuff team. They all sat down after Dumbledore conjured some chairs for them all and were told what was going on. Suffice it to say they were not very happy about finding out they were a bait of sorts.

"So how is this going to work exactly" Dean asked as he got up and walked around the room.

"We'll set up an invisible box that will take up the whole bottom of the field, you guys are to get them to fly after you into the box" Dumbledore said looking sad at using his students for bait.

"Why will we be able to get out and they won't?" Neville asked looking paler and paler.

"Each of you will have on one of this" Severus said as he pulled out a little pin, it looked like a prefect badge but had a Q on it. "There like keys to the lock that will be on the box....So don't lose them" He added looking at Neville.

"Ok so we lead them into this box, why would the other Death Eaters follow after there fellow Death Eaters disappear?" Ginny asked looking worried. "And how are we going to be safe from there wands?"

Every one looked at Dumbledore as if to say "Yeah, how?" He smiled at them and said "I will put a charm on the area around the field, but not inside the box, making it impossible for wand usage, from anyone for about five minutes" Then he looked over at Severus and smiled.

"First off, Harry we don't want you in the game" Severus said and when Harry started to protest Severus said "We need you in the bottom of the box, now remember they can't see inside the box it will just look like the ground to them, so when they fly in after you Harry will stun them and you will pull out a piece of there hair put it in a cup of polyjuice potion and fly out as them, with one of this" Severus said as he pulled out a dummy that looked like a quidditch player.

"So it will look like us as them will have a student?" Harry asked sounding impressed. "But there going to know some things up if I'm not there"

"You will be there" Dumbledore said "This is where young Draco comes in, he will take some polyjuice with your hair in it."

"But it takes a month to make polyjuice potion" Hermione said

"Yeah and it tastes nasty" Ron said looking at Harry, but Harry was shaking his head.

"How do you know what it tastes like Mr. Weasley?" Severus asked looking at Ron.

"I well...err...you see...um" Ron stammered

"Hey we seem to have got off track here, why can't I just be me while Draco stuns them?" Harry asked

"Because they want you for something and it's probably not a good thing so you're safer this way" Severus said

"Yeah but doesn't that just put Draco in danger?" Harry asked

"Yeah but even if they catch me as you and take me home there much less likely to kill me" Draco said like talking about ones death was very regular.

"Ok fine, I guess if you're ok with risking your life for me, then I am" Harry said looking over at Draco.

"God I never looked at it that way" Draco said "This will be twice Potter"

"Yeah well, I'll work on that ok?" Harry said with a smirk.

"What do you mean twice?" Severus asked looking worried

"Last year, I'm sure Dumbledore told you how we snuck out and saved Sirius from Malfoy Manner? Well it was Draco here who led us out to safety" Harry said smiling over at Draco.

"Well that's good to know, so back to your previous question Ms. Granger, I always have a supply of a few different potions, just in case." Severus said.

"OK, so every one have that?" Severus asked. Neville's hand went up. "This isn't class Mr. Longbottom you don't need to raise your hand"

"Won't it look a little funny if we come out as them wearing our quidditch robes?" He asked

"Oh right" Dumbledore said "These" Dumbledore said pulling black robes and masks out of a drawer "Will be on the field by the polyjuice, just throw them on over your robes"

"Ok now any questions?" Dumbledore asked no one said anything they all just sat there and looked at there hands. "Ok, well you should head back to your dorms, we have a long day ahead of us, get some sleep, your all dismissed from classes till next week" Dumbledore said as he walked over to his desk and sat down.

"Good night sir" Harry said as he walked out the door. Harry and his little group of friends were walking towards the kitchens since they had missed lunch.

"You guys worried?" Harry asked

"Yeah a little" Ginny said

"Well we've been threw worse" Ron said

Hermione didn't say anything; she just took Harry's hand and gave it a squeeze, as if to tell him they'd be ok. After lunch they walked up to there dorm and invited Draco in for a while. They all sat there and talked about anything that had nothing to do with the next day. Harry told Draco about second year and the polyjuice potion, to which he said "I knew something was up with them" and Hermione told him about her time turner, Ron told him about second year when they meet Hagrids spider, which Draco thought was very funny. By 10:30 Hermione and Ginny had fallen asleep on the couch and Draco was asleep on the floor leaning up agents the couch right next to Ginny. The only two left up were Harry and Ron.

"You scared mate?" Ron asked looking up from his chess pieces.

"To death" Harry said as he moved his knight.

"I wish Ginny didn't have to be out there, I'm really scared for her" Ron said looking over at his sister asleep on the couch.

"She'll be ok, we wont let anything happen to any of them, Draco will watch out for her while he's me" Harry said looking over at Hermione and silently thanking god she hated to fly.

"So how long have they been seeing each other?" Ron asked when he looked back at Harry. This caught Harry off guard.

"How long has who been seeing who?" Harry asked looking up at Ron then over at Ginny who had her hand on Draco's shoulder.

"You know who I'm talking about" Ron said looking over at Ginny again. "Do we trust him?" Of course Harry knew who he was talking about.

"Well Ginny dose, and she's not a baby anymore so I guess, yeah I trust him" Harry said moving his bishop. "They've been friends since a few days after he saved us, and I don't really know how long they've been seeing each other. You should be really proud of her, she was the one who helped Draco on to our side...checkmate" Harry said looking down at the board.

"Hey I have a lot on my mind, don't get use to that" Ron said looking down in amazement, this was the first time Harry had ever bet him. Harry got up and walked over to sit in a big chair; Ron followed and sat down across from Harry in the other chair. They talked for about an hour, and by 11:45 they were asleep to. What a site they were the four Gryffindor's and the lone Slytherin sleeping in the common room the next morning when students started down to breakfast.