CHAPTER TWELVE- The Polyjuice Incident (Ron's point of
view)
"Ugh.... I hate Potions.... I hate Snape...." I groaned as we trudged to Potions class on Monday.
"Aren't you Mr. Cheerful." Jasmine mumbled from beside me. We entered the dungeons and sat down. Snape strode in and glared at us before beginning to explain the potion we'd be making.
"This is a very difficult potion...." He glared at Neville who trembled slightly. "Extremely difficult. Mess it up.... and you may find yourself harmed. Pair up." He snapped. I turned to Peggy who brought her stuff over to me. "The potion is..... the Polyjuice potion."
I immediately looked at Harry and Hermione (who had paired up. Jasmine was with Malfoy, surprise, surprise.) who cast glances back at me. "Anyone tell me what this potion do-" Snape stopped as Harry, Hermione and I raised our hands. He seemed shocked I was answering. "Mr. Weasley?"
"The Polyjuice potion turns you into someone else for a while." I said.
"Uh..... correct." He sneered and waved his hand over his cauldron. "Now since the potion takes.... a long time to fix, I have already made some. Of course you will make it yourself but right now.... you are going to see the results of it for yourself."
I looked at Peggy who stared back at me. The looks on our faces were the exact same. We would be turning into each other?! I was going to be a GIRL?!?!!?!?!!?! Hmmmmm.
Snape asked for one person from each pair to come up and get the potion. I went up and grabbed two glasses, then returned to Peggy. "Oh great...." She groaned as I set the glass down.
"Can't be that bad." I said, hoping it wouldn't taste like boiled spinach. That was what it had taste like when I turned into Crabbe.
"Add the hairs-" Snape began.
"The what?!" Lavender Brown demanded.
"You need a bit of the person you are turning into. Add a hair. And no, you don't need to drink the hair." Snape growled. Peggy plucked a strand from her head and dropped it in her glass. I put some of my own hair in my glass and handed it to Peggy, and took hers. After shaking it, it turned a silvery white color. The one with my hair in it turned flaming red, the same color of my hair.
"Bottoms up?" Peggy asked and pinched her nose and drank it. "Taste like cinnamon." She mumbled, gulping it down. I made a face but drank it. I stopped making a face. It didn't taste real disgusting. It tasted sort of liked..... water only fresher..... like perfectly clean fresh water.
I immediately felt myself feeling sick. Ugh..... I clutched my stomach and screwed up my eyes as the feeling spread through my body. I felt myself get like maybe an inch or so shorter and..... er, other things. I slowly opened my eyes and saw the hazy room and realized I was now Peggy, and needed glasses. She handed them to me and I put them on. I found myself staring at.... myself. In a girls uniform.
"Whoa...." Peggy said, staring at me which was herself... erm, yeah.
I studied myself. "I look good." I said and she rolled her.... my.... er, her eyes.
"Don't you dare touch anything." She snapped.
"Peggy, I am shocked and offended you'd think I'd try to-"
"Get your hand off my chest!" She snapped.
I glanced down and realized when I had said that, without thinking I had put my hand to my..... er, her chest, like people do when they pretend to be offended. I pulled it away. "Sorry."
"You better be." She grumbled.
I looked around and saw Harry as Hermione, and Hermione as Harry. "Nice skirt." I informed him. Well, Hermione.
"Shut up." Harry (as Hermione) snapped. Hermione (as Harry) was giggling. I looked over and saw Jasmine and Malfoy had switched. Jasmine was now in Malfoy's body, so 'he' was dressed in a girls Gryffindor uniform.
"It feels weird, not having to wear glasses." Peggy said. It was weird hearing my voice but knowing it was Peggy in the mind.
"The affect should wear off in an hour." Snape announced. Peggy and I chatted, waiting for the time to pass. Finally, everyone else was changing back. I sat back, waiting for my body to return. But it didn't.
"What is going on?" Peggy sat forward, staring at me. "Everyone else has returned to normal but we haven't."
"I don't know....." I said, glancing around nervously. Most the students were leaving for class was dismissed. We waited for everyone to leave then went up to the desk.
"Professor Snape?" Peggy asked and Snape looked up.
"What?" He growled.
"The potion didn't wear off for us." I said, feeling scared.
"It should of. What did you do?" He growled.
"Nothing! We did like you said, sir!" I demanded.
"I don't know what happened. You'll have to go ask Albus Dumbledore. But before you leave, I suggest you switch clothing." He said, looking at us.
"Okay, sir." Peggy mumbled, and dragged me to the nearest girls lavatory (which was empty). She locked the door and turned to me. "Okay, we'll switch clothing then go talk to Dumbledore."
"Okay." I looked around.
"Yeah its a girls bathroom." She said, rolling her eyes.
"No, I was just thinking its not as good as the others I've been..... in....." I trailed off.
"You have been in a girls bathroom before?!" Peggy demanded.
"Only two!" I insisted and she choked.
"TWO?! Never mind, I DON'T want to know." She ducked into a cubicle and I went into the other.
"You're not going to look at anything.... right?" I asked as I took off the cloak.
"Heavens no! And the same goes for you."
"Right." I stared up at the ceiling as I undressed and threw my uniform over to her. She threw hers over to me and I quickly got dressed. well, half dressed. I stared at the bra. "How does this go on?"
"What is it?"
"Bra. I think I know how it goes on but I'm not absolute sure, and to put it on, won't I have to..... er..... look?"
"Oh for goodness..... hold on! Don't look!" A few minutes later she came in.
"I hope no one comes in." She mumbled as she put it on (my eyes were closed).
"You locked the door, right?"
"Of course. Okay there." I opened my eyes as she shoved the white shirt over my head, the jumper, and the tie. I pulled the robes on as she put the shoes on and we quickly left.
"This is so humiliating!" I demanded as we walked down the halls.
"No one knows its you." She replied, running her fingers through her.... my.... her hair.
"They better not. stop walking like that, you make me look like a pansy." I snapped.
"Sorry." We went to Dumbledore's office.
"Jelly Slugs." I announced and the gargoyle sprang aside. We went up the steps and knocked on Dumbledore's door.
"Come in." He said and we walked in. "Mr. Weasley, Miss Morlins." He said.
"Er.... yes that's us but.... not.... er, which ones you called us." I said and was confused by what I said.
"What he means is.... I'm Peggy." Peggy said.
Dumbledore blinked and looked back and forth. "Ah yes.... Polyjuice potion?"
"Yes sir." We chorused.
"I should of excused you from that, Ron."
"Why is that, sir?" I asked as he indicated for me to sit.
"I think you know why." He said, giving me a very knowing look. I frowned slightly. "Miss Morlins? If I may have a second with Ron?" Dumbledore asked and Peggy went outside.
"The Stone?" I asked.
"The Stone always does produce unusual side affects."
"Will I ever return to my normal self?" I asked.
"Of course you will, Ron." Dumbledore said, lacing his fingers together. "It will just take a while."
"How long is a while?" I asked nervously.
"A few days. I should of excused you from the Potions class but I had forgotten-"
"A few DAYS?! I am going to be a girl for a few DAYS?!" I demanded, making Peggy's voice go higher.
"Unfortunately yes. Maybe till the end of the week. But the odd thing...."
"What is it?" I asked, staring at his concerned face.
"It's nothing, Ron. Go tell Peggy." I nodded and left.
"Well?" Peggy asked.
"We'll be this way for a while. Maybe till the end of the week." I said, glaring ahead as we went down the stairs.
"Oh bloody hell!" Peggy moaned.
"At least you sound like me." I snickered.
"So are we going to tell anyone?"
"Who'd believe us?"
"Yeah..... but what are we going to do? I can't be a boy for a week!" She demanded.
"I can't be a girl. But what are we going to do?" I asked, shaking my head.
"There's nothing we can do." She sighed.
"Okay so.... we have to be each other. Is there any significant thing I should know about you?" I asked.
"I don't know how to coach someone on being me. It just comes naturally."
"Well it can't come naturally now."
"I know that!" She snapped as we walked down the corridors.
"Okay... so what do we do about.... er, going to the lavatory?" I asked, feeling my cheeks burning.
"Oh God... this is just great. Well..... I don't..... well......" She took a deep breath. "Just go."
"What?!" I demanded, burning even redder. Peggy was turning red as well.
"Well there's nothing we can do.... ugh. It's so-" What it was 'so' I never found out for Harry, Jasmine and Hermione ran down the hall.
"There you two are. We're going to be late for our next class." Hermione said.
"Er...." I said hesitantly.
"Right." Peggy gulped.
***
"Peggy...?" Hermione asked.
"Yes?" I squeaked.
"Aren't you coming in?"
"Er.." I was frozen at the door to the Gryffindor Sixth year girls dorm. I cautiously took a step in.
"Aren't you getting a shower?" Lavender asked, yawning.
"No..... I'll... get one.... morning." I said and found Peggy's bed.
"Aren't you changing for bed?" Parvati Patil asked, examining herself in the mirror.
"Er, too tired. Night!" I shut the curtains and lay in bed, trying not to breath too hard.
*** (Peggy's point of view)
"Ron.. wake up. C'mon Ron..." I felt myself being shaken awake.
"I'm not Ron." I yawned, opening one eye. I was shocked it wasn't blurry. Then remembered... I was Ron. "I mean, I'm tired." I slowly sat up, stretching my arms and blinking around. Most the other boys were already gone. I waited till I heard Harry leave, then got dressed, brushed my teeth and hair, then went downstairs. I spotted Ron and went over.
"How'd your night go?" I asked in a hushed voice.
"After it took about a few hours to go to sleep, fine." He hissed back.
"I went to sleep pretty much right away, I was exhausted." I replied with a shrug.
"Ugh, I am so hungry!" He said and attacked the food like a ravenous wolf.
"Peggy.?" Hermione asked. I started to respond then elbowed Ron.
"Huh?" He looked up, mouth full of food.
"Ugh, Peggy, you're acting like Ron!" Hermione said, looking disgusted. I realized I should show SOME response back.
"Hey!" I snapped.
"Took you long enough." Hermione snickered.
"I'm tired."
"You're always either tired or hungry. Speaking of which, you not eating breakfast? I'm shocked." Hermione gasped and I began eating, but felt rather sick. After we finished, I dragged Ron outside.
"What are we going to do? I can't act like you and you can't act like me." I said and pulled his hand away as he tried stuffing some chocolate in his mouth. "Are you listening to me?!"
"Okay well all we can do is try hard. And let go, I'm hungry." He said and I sighed, letting go of his.... my.... his hand.
"You just ate like, fifteen helpings!"
"So?" He asked, staring at me with my hazel eyes.
"Oh never mind. Let's go, almost time for class."
***
The day was quite weird. It went by very slowly but finally it was dinnertime. After that I read for a while then searched for Ron. "Lavender," I asked and she looked up. "where's Peggy?"
"In the shower. She's been in there for about an hour."
I nearly choked then glared up the stairs. I KNEW he'd do something like that! I was extremely mad at the thought of him...TOUCHING my body! Ugh! "You okay, Ron?"
I glanced at Lavender. "Oh, I'm just dandy." I mumbled and went to find Harry. I found him talking to Luna and Lupus. Luna seemed to have forgotten that ordeal about her brother saying she wanted a date with Harry. I stared at them. They had to be Remus's kids. They looked.... so much like him except the eyes.
"Hey Ron." Harry said as I sat down.
"Hi." I said. I waited and waited, watching the girls stairs, and finally 'Peggy' emerged. I leapt up and ran over. "Enjoy the shower?" I hissed and his face went pale.
"Er. what shower?" He squeaked. I grabbed his arm and held tightly.
"You know perfectly well what I am talking about!" I snapped.
"I HAD to get a shower." He said diligently.
"One that lasted almost an hour and a HALF?!" I demanded.
"I had to get used to washing new things." He said and I slapped him.
"RON!" Hermione screeched. I winced slightly, realizing they had just seen 'Ron' slapping 'Peggy'.
"Yes?"
"Why did you slap Peggy? You okay?" She asked Peggy.
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm going up to my dorm and reading." And he went upstairs.
"Ron, why the heck did you slap Peggy?" Hermione demanded.
"I don't want to talk about it." I growled and sulked in the corner for the rest of the evening.
***
"Sir.. my lord....?" Ryan Lestrange watched as Voldemort paced.
"I must do something. I must." He hissed, glaring around at the white room.
"Yes, my lord." Ryan said, gripping his wand, waiting for an order.
"What would make Potter leave the school?!" Voldemort hissed.
"My lord." Ryan's wife, Holly, stepped forward.
"What?" He demanded.
"The Potter boy has that. odd quality. he'd sacrifice himself to save others. Foolish quality but he has it, nonetheless." She said. Ryan stared at his wife with pride.
"Yes, Holly. he does have that senseless and foolish quality." Voldemort said, staring at her.
"What if we do something. something that will risk the lives of the other students? So that the Potter boy will give himself up?" Holly asked.
"Good idea, Holly. but what?" He asked.
"My lord." Ryan stepped forward. "I have an idea. something that will easily kill and destroy the students. and something that will be hard to kill." Ryan's eyes were glowing with pride.
"Enlighten me." Voldemort said with a smile, fingers linked and eyes staring hard at Ryan as he unfolded his plan.
*** (Jasmine's point of view)
"Draco?" I asked as he stumbled into the classroom with a nasty gash over his eye. "What happened?" I asked, rushing to him.
"It's nothing." He said. I lightly touched the gash with my wand.
"What happened?" I demanded.
"The others were talking trash about you again. I couldn't sit by and let them- OUCH!" He screamed as the medicine flowed from my wand.
"Oh quit being such a baby." I said, holding his arm as he wiggled to get loose.
"Stop. It hurts." He whined.
"Oh PLEASE." I finished healing him.
"Thanks." He said and I smiled.
"No problem. I." I trailed off and glared as Jason floated in with a box of popcorn. "What the hell are you doing here?" I hissed.
Draco looked around in confusion and Jason frowned. "Watching you."
"Get out!. and where did you get that popcorn?!" I demanded.
"I dunno." He shrugged and floated off.
"Oh yeah, the dead thing." Draco said and I turned back.
"Yeah." I said. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close, resting his head on mine.
"I love you so much, Jasmine. you know that?"
"I kind of noticed." I said and smiled as he kissed my neck. Suddenly there were shouts from outside. Sighing, I went to the door. Ron and Peggy stood there. Ron had his hands around Peggy's neck and was shaking her. "Oh God. RON!" I shrieked and he froze, looking at me.
"Jasmine?" He asked.
"Jasmine help. he's killing me!" Peggy shrieked, trying to pull away. Finally she did, and sprinted off.
"GET BACK HERE YOU PERVERT!" Ron screamed.
"What the hell are you TALKING about?!" I demanded.
"Never mind." Ron turned and stormed off.
"What was going on?" Draco asked as I came back in.
"I don't know. Ron has been acting really strange lately. He's attacked Peggy quite a few times these past few days. I think he's trying to rape her or something." I said with a shrug.
"Oh that's nice." Draco said, folding his arms.
"Let's get back to what we were doing." I said, holding his hand and he smiled.
"Oh yeah."
***
"There he goes again." It was later that night and Ron began chasing Peggy around the common room.
"Get BACK here!" Ron screamed and Peggy dove behind me and Hermione.
"Help me." She squeaked.
"Ron, WHAT are you DOING?!" Hermione demanded, angrily slamming her book shut.
"Come out from behind those girls and face me like a man!" Ron snapped at Peggy.
"I am a girl." She said, folding her arms and Ron lunged for her. I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him off.
"Ron, STOP attacking Peggy! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to hit girls?!" I demanded, holding him back as Hermione helped Peggy up.
"I don't know WHY he's assaulting me." Peggy said and smiled sweetly at Ron. "Though if he stopped being so vicious I would mind him all over me. He is tooootttaaaaally hot you know."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ron screamed and stormed off.
We looked at Peggy who brushed herself off. "Great now I'm all dirty. Better go get cleaned up!" She said and went upstairs.
"How many showers has she taken the past few days?" I asked.
"A dozen?" Hermione said with a shrug and we went back to our books.
"And since when did Peggy start thinking Ron is hot?!" I demanded.
"I don't know.... and I have no clue why Ron screamed at that. The Ron I know would be all over her if she said that."
"Yeah its weird. like they switched bodies or something." I said.
"Invasion of the body snatchers." Hermione mumbled and we continued studying.
***
"Sir! Sir. Sir!" Sir turned at the young wizard running up to him.
"What do you want?"
"We were right." He said, bobbing up and down.
"We were right about what?" Sir demanded.
"The kid WAS brought back by the Stone. The one boy. Ron Weasley." He said, clutching the papers.
"Where is the Stone now?" Sir demanded.
"We d-don't know, Sir. someone who had helped bring the boy back has it." The young wizard said. Sir grabbed the wizard with a claw-like hand. "Find out the names of those who helped. and get me the Stone!"
*** (Peggy's point of view)
"We're back!" I shouted happily as Ron and I changed back to our normal selves.
"Here's your glasses." Ron handed me my glasses and I glared at him.
"So how much of my body do you know now?" I demanded.
"I didn't look... much..."
"Much?!" I demanded, grabbing the front of his robes.
"You have a tattoo." He said and I went pale.
"Oh God I didn't know tattoos would be included by use of Polyjuice Potion. wait a minute- YOU LOOKED THERE?!"
He grinned. "And let go of me if you want to make sure no one ELSE finds out." I glared at him and threw him against the wall. "Oh come on. Don't tell me YOU didn't examine me!"
"I never.... examined anything!" I hissed.
"Oh good so you don't know about the birthmark in the shape of a 'x'." He said.
"I thought it was an 'w'." I said.
"YOU DID LOOK!"
"NO!" I snapped. "Not on purpose!!!!"
"Yeah. SURE." He said, grinning. I scowled. "So what do you think of me?"
"ARGH!"
"And by the way."
"What?!" I demanded.
"You're a lot curvier on top then you look." He said and I went deep red.
"Damn."
"What?"
"Well." I stared at him. "I was so sick of guys liking me cause of that well. I started taping them down with duct tape. Then since I was uglier then I was curvier, guys ignored me."
"But you always complain about-"
"I don't want to talk to you. Don't tell anyone!" I yelled and walked off.
***
The next week I was so angry with Ron, I didn't even talk to him. How DARE he look THERE!!!! Ugh I wanted to kill him. Then the announcement of this year's Halloween Costume dance came out. Ron asked me, and I slapped him.
"After what you did? NEVER!" I yelled and stormed off. He actually thought that I'd agree to go with him? After everything he DID?! Ugh! I stewed over for a few days then realized I wouldn't be getting another date. So, reluctantly, I agreed to go with him. "This is so embarrassing."
"What is?" He asked after I told him I'd go with him.
"Well you.... well, you know.... know what I look like. God it's humiliating."
"Well you know what I look like." He said.
"If I looked like you, I'd be humiliated to." I smirked and ducked as he threw a cushion at me, but was grinning.
"Ugh.... I hate Potions.... I hate Snape...." I groaned as we trudged to Potions class on Monday.
"Aren't you Mr. Cheerful." Jasmine mumbled from beside me. We entered the dungeons and sat down. Snape strode in and glared at us before beginning to explain the potion we'd be making.
"This is a very difficult potion...." He glared at Neville who trembled slightly. "Extremely difficult. Mess it up.... and you may find yourself harmed. Pair up." He snapped. I turned to Peggy who brought her stuff over to me. "The potion is..... the Polyjuice potion."
I immediately looked at Harry and Hermione (who had paired up. Jasmine was with Malfoy, surprise, surprise.) who cast glances back at me. "Anyone tell me what this potion do-" Snape stopped as Harry, Hermione and I raised our hands. He seemed shocked I was answering. "Mr. Weasley?"
"The Polyjuice potion turns you into someone else for a while." I said.
"Uh..... correct." He sneered and waved his hand over his cauldron. "Now since the potion takes.... a long time to fix, I have already made some. Of course you will make it yourself but right now.... you are going to see the results of it for yourself."
I looked at Peggy who stared back at me. The looks on our faces were the exact same. We would be turning into each other?! I was going to be a GIRL?!?!!?!?!!?! Hmmmmm.
Snape asked for one person from each pair to come up and get the potion. I went up and grabbed two glasses, then returned to Peggy. "Oh great...." She groaned as I set the glass down.
"Can't be that bad." I said, hoping it wouldn't taste like boiled spinach. That was what it had taste like when I turned into Crabbe.
"Add the hairs-" Snape began.
"The what?!" Lavender Brown demanded.
"You need a bit of the person you are turning into. Add a hair. And no, you don't need to drink the hair." Snape growled. Peggy plucked a strand from her head and dropped it in her glass. I put some of my own hair in my glass and handed it to Peggy, and took hers. After shaking it, it turned a silvery white color. The one with my hair in it turned flaming red, the same color of my hair.
"Bottoms up?" Peggy asked and pinched her nose and drank it. "Taste like cinnamon." She mumbled, gulping it down. I made a face but drank it. I stopped making a face. It didn't taste real disgusting. It tasted sort of liked..... water only fresher..... like perfectly clean fresh water.
I immediately felt myself feeling sick. Ugh..... I clutched my stomach and screwed up my eyes as the feeling spread through my body. I felt myself get like maybe an inch or so shorter and..... er, other things. I slowly opened my eyes and saw the hazy room and realized I was now Peggy, and needed glasses. She handed them to me and I put them on. I found myself staring at.... myself. In a girls uniform.
"Whoa...." Peggy said, staring at me which was herself... erm, yeah.
I studied myself. "I look good." I said and she rolled her.... my.... er, her eyes.
"Don't you dare touch anything." She snapped.
"Peggy, I am shocked and offended you'd think I'd try to-"
"Get your hand off my chest!" She snapped.
I glanced down and realized when I had said that, without thinking I had put my hand to my..... er, her chest, like people do when they pretend to be offended. I pulled it away. "Sorry."
"You better be." She grumbled.
I looked around and saw Harry as Hermione, and Hermione as Harry. "Nice skirt." I informed him. Well, Hermione.
"Shut up." Harry (as Hermione) snapped. Hermione (as Harry) was giggling. I looked over and saw Jasmine and Malfoy had switched. Jasmine was now in Malfoy's body, so 'he' was dressed in a girls Gryffindor uniform.
"It feels weird, not having to wear glasses." Peggy said. It was weird hearing my voice but knowing it was Peggy in the mind.
"The affect should wear off in an hour." Snape announced. Peggy and I chatted, waiting for the time to pass. Finally, everyone else was changing back. I sat back, waiting for my body to return. But it didn't.
"What is going on?" Peggy sat forward, staring at me. "Everyone else has returned to normal but we haven't."
"I don't know....." I said, glancing around nervously. Most the students were leaving for class was dismissed. We waited for everyone to leave then went up to the desk.
"Professor Snape?" Peggy asked and Snape looked up.
"What?" He growled.
"The potion didn't wear off for us." I said, feeling scared.
"It should of. What did you do?" He growled.
"Nothing! We did like you said, sir!" I demanded.
"I don't know what happened. You'll have to go ask Albus Dumbledore. But before you leave, I suggest you switch clothing." He said, looking at us.
"Okay, sir." Peggy mumbled, and dragged me to the nearest girls lavatory (which was empty). She locked the door and turned to me. "Okay, we'll switch clothing then go talk to Dumbledore."
"Okay." I looked around.
"Yeah its a girls bathroom." She said, rolling her eyes.
"No, I was just thinking its not as good as the others I've been..... in....." I trailed off.
"You have been in a girls bathroom before?!" Peggy demanded.
"Only two!" I insisted and she choked.
"TWO?! Never mind, I DON'T want to know." She ducked into a cubicle and I went into the other.
"You're not going to look at anything.... right?" I asked as I took off the cloak.
"Heavens no! And the same goes for you."
"Right." I stared up at the ceiling as I undressed and threw my uniform over to her. She threw hers over to me and I quickly got dressed. well, half dressed. I stared at the bra. "How does this go on?"
"What is it?"
"Bra. I think I know how it goes on but I'm not absolute sure, and to put it on, won't I have to..... er..... look?"
"Oh for goodness..... hold on! Don't look!" A few minutes later she came in.
"I hope no one comes in." She mumbled as she put it on (my eyes were closed).
"You locked the door, right?"
"Of course. Okay there." I opened my eyes as she shoved the white shirt over my head, the jumper, and the tie. I pulled the robes on as she put the shoes on and we quickly left.
"This is so humiliating!" I demanded as we walked down the halls.
"No one knows its you." She replied, running her fingers through her.... my.... her hair.
"They better not. stop walking like that, you make me look like a pansy." I snapped.
"Sorry." We went to Dumbledore's office.
"Jelly Slugs." I announced and the gargoyle sprang aside. We went up the steps and knocked on Dumbledore's door.
"Come in." He said and we walked in. "Mr. Weasley, Miss Morlins." He said.
"Er.... yes that's us but.... not.... er, which ones you called us." I said and was confused by what I said.
"What he means is.... I'm Peggy." Peggy said.
Dumbledore blinked and looked back and forth. "Ah yes.... Polyjuice potion?"
"Yes sir." We chorused.
"I should of excused you from that, Ron."
"Why is that, sir?" I asked as he indicated for me to sit.
"I think you know why." He said, giving me a very knowing look. I frowned slightly. "Miss Morlins? If I may have a second with Ron?" Dumbledore asked and Peggy went outside.
"The Stone?" I asked.
"The Stone always does produce unusual side affects."
"Will I ever return to my normal self?" I asked.
"Of course you will, Ron." Dumbledore said, lacing his fingers together. "It will just take a while."
"How long is a while?" I asked nervously.
"A few days. I should of excused you from the Potions class but I had forgotten-"
"A few DAYS?! I am going to be a girl for a few DAYS?!" I demanded, making Peggy's voice go higher.
"Unfortunately yes. Maybe till the end of the week. But the odd thing...."
"What is it?" I asked, staring at his concerned face.
"It's nothing, Ron. Go tell Peggy." I nodded and left.
"Well?" Peggy asked.
"We'll be this way for a while. Maybe till the end of the week." I said, glaring ahead as we went down the stairs.
"Oh bloody hell!" Peggy moaned.
"At least you sound like me." I snickered.
"So are we going to tell anyone?"
"Who'd believe us?"
"Yeah..... but what are we going to do? I can't be a boy for a week!" She demanded.
"I can't be a girl. But what are we going to do?" I asked, shaking my head.
"There's nothing we can do." She sighed.
"Okay so.... we have to be each other. Is there any significant thing I should know about you?" I asked.
"I don't know how to coach someone on being me. It just comes naturally."
"Well it can't come naturally now."
"I know that!" She snapped as we walked down the corridors.
"Okay... so what do we do about.... er, going to the lavatory?" I asked, feeling my cheeks burning.
"Oh God... this is just great. Well..... I don't..... well......" She took a deep breath. "Just go."
"What?!" I demanded, burning even redder. Peggy was turning red as well.
"Well there's nothing we can do.... ugh. It's so-" What it was 'so' I never found out for Harry, Jasmine and Hermione ran down the hall.
"There you two are. We're going to be late for our next class." Hermione said.
"Er...." I said hesitantly.
"Right." Peggy gulped.
***
"Peggy...?" Hermione asked.
"Yes?" I squeaked.
"Aren't you coming in?"
"Er.." I was frozen at the door to the Gryffindor Sixth year girls dorm. I cautiously took a step in.
"Aren't you getting a shower?" Lavender asked, yawning.
"No..... I'll... get one.... morning." I said and found Peggy's bed.
"Aren't you changing for bed?" Parvati Patil asked, examining herself in the mirror.
"Er, too tired. Night!" I shut the curtains and lay in bed, trying not to breath too hard.
*** (Peggy's point of view)
"Ron.. wake up. C'mon Ron..." I felt myself being shaken awake.
"I'm not Ron." I yawned, opening one eye. I was shocked it wasn't blurry. Then remembered... I was Ron. "I mean, I'm tired." I slowly sat up, stretching my arms and blinking around. Most the other boys were already gone. I waited till I heard Harry leave, then got dressed, brushed my teeth and hair, then went downstairs. I spotted Ron and went over.
"How'd your night go?" I asked in a hushed voice.
"After it took about a few hours to go to sleep, fine." He hissed back.
"I went to sleep pretty much right away, I was exhausted." I replied with a shrug.
"Ugh, I am so hungry!" He said and attacked the food like a ravenous wolf.
"Peggy.?" Hermione asked. I started to respond then elbowed Ron.
"Huh?" He looked up, mouth full of food.
"Ugh, Peggy, you're acting like Ron!" Hermione said, looking disgusted. I realized I should show SOME response back.
"Hey!" I snapped.
"Took you long enough." Hermione snickered.
"I'm tired."
"You're always either tired or hungry. Speaking of which, you not eating breakfast? I'm shocked." Hermione gasped and I began eating, but felt rather sick. After we finished, I dragged Ron outside.
"What are we going to do? I can't act like you and you can't act like me." I said and pulled his hand away as he tried stuffing some chocolate in his mouth. "Are you listening to me?!"
"Okay well all we can do is try hard. And let go, I'm hungry." He said and I sighed, letting go of his.... my.... his hand.
"You just ate like, fifteen helpings!"
"So?" He asked, staring at me with my hazel eyes.
"Oh never mind. Let's go, almost time for class."
***
The day was quite weird. It went by very slowly but finally it was dinnertime. After that I read for a while then searched for Ron. "Lavender," I asked and she looked up. "where's Peggy?"
"In the shower. She's been in there for about an hour."
I nearly choked then glared up the stairs. I KNEW he'd do something like that! I was extremely mad at the thought of him...TOUCHING my body! Ugh! "You okay, Ron?"
I glanced at Lavender. "Oh, I'm just dandy." I mumbled and went to find Harry. I found him talking to Luna and Lupus. Luna seemed to have forgotten that ordeal about her brother saying she wanted a date with Harry. I stared at them. They had to be Remus's kids. They looked.... so much like him except the eyes.
"Hey Ron." Harry said as I sat down.
"Hi." I said. I waited and waited, watching the girls stairs, and finally 'Peggy' emerged. I leapt up and ran over. "Enjoy the shower?" I hissed and his face went pale.
"Er. what shower?" He squeaked. I grabbed his arm and held tightly.
"You know perfectly well what I am talking about!" I snapped.
"I HAD to get a shower." He said diligently.
"One that lasted almost an hour and a HALF?!" I demanded.
"I had to get used to washing new things." He said and I slapped him.
"RON!" Hermione screeched. I winced slightly, realizing they had just seen 'Ron' slapping 'Peggy'.
"Yes?"
"Why did you slap Peggy? You okay?" She asked Peggy.
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm going up to my dorm and reading." And he went upstairs.
"Ron, why the heck did you slap Peggy?" Hermione demanded.
"I don't want to talk about it." I growled and sulked in the corner for the rest of the evening.
***
"Sir.. my lord....?" Ryan Lestrange watched as Voldemort paced.
"I must do something. I must." He hissed, glaring around at the white room.
"Yes, my lord." Ryan said, gripping his wand, waiting for an order.
"What would make Potter leave the school?!" Voldemort hissed.
"My lord." Ryan's wife, Holly, stepped forward.
"What?" He demanded.
"The Potter boy has that. odd quality. he'd sacrifice himself to save others. Foolish quality but he has it, nonetheless." She said. Ryan stared at his wife with pride.
"Yes, Holly. he does have that senseless and foolish quality." Voldemort said, staring at her.
"What if we do something. something that will risk the lives of the other students? So that the Potter boy will give himself up?" Holly asked.
"Good idea, Holly. but what?" He asked.
"My lord." Ryan stepped forward. "I have an idea. something that will easily kill and destroy the students. and something that will be hard to kill." Ryan's eyes were glowing with pride.
"Enlighten me." Voldemort said with a smile, fingers linked and eyes staring hard at Ryan as he unfolded his plan.
*** (Jasmine's point of view)
"Draco?" I asked as he stumbled into the classroom with a nasty gash over his eye. "What happened?" I asked, rushing to him.
"It's nothing." He said. I lightly touched the gash with my wand.
"What happened?" I demanded.
"The others were talking trash about you again. I couldn't sit by and let them- OUCH!" He screamed as the medicine flowed from my wand.
"Oh quit being such a baby." I said, holding his arm as he wiggled to get loose.
"Stop. It hurts." He whined.
"Oh PLEASE." I finished healing him.
"Thanks." He said and I smiled.
"No problem. I." I trailed off and glared as Jason floated in with a box of popcorn. "What the hell are you doing here?" I hissed.
Draco looked around in confusion and Jason frowned. "Watching you."
"Get out!. and where did you get that popcorn?!" I demanded.
"I dunno." He shrugged and floated off.
"Oh yeah, the dead thing." Draco said and I turned back.
"Yeah." I said. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close, resting his head on mine.
"I love you so much, Jasmine. you know that?"
"I kind of noticed." I said and smiled as he kissed my neck. Suddenly there were shouts from outside. Sighing, I went to the door. Ron and Peggy stood there. Ron had his hands around Peggy's neck and was shaking her. "Oh God. RON!" I shrieked and he froze, looking at me.
"Jasmine?" He asked.
"Jasmine help. he's killing me!" Peggy shrieked, trying to pull away. Finally she did, and sprinted off.
"GET BACK HERE YOU PERVERT!" Ron screamed.
"What the hell are you TALKING about?!" I demanded.
"Never mind." Ron turned and stormed off.
"What was going on?" Draco asked as I came back in.
"I don't know. Ron has been acting really strange lately. He's attacked Peggy quite a few times these past few days. I think he's trying to rape her or something." I said with a shrug.
"Oh that's nice." Draco said, folding his arms.
"Let's get back to what we were doing." I said, holding his hand and he smiled.
"Oh yeah."
***
"There he goes again." It was later that night and Ron began chasing Peggy around the common room.
"Get BACK here!" Ron screamed and Peggy dove behind me and Hermione.
"Help me." She squeaked.
"Ron, WHAT are you DOING?!" Hermione demanded, angrily slamming her book shut.
"Come out from behind those girls and face me like a man!" Ron snapped at Peggy.
"I am a girl." She said, folding her arms and Ron lunged for her. I grabbed him by the collar and pulled him off.
"Ron, STOP attacking Peggy! Didn't your mother ever teach you not to hit girls?!" I demanded, holding him back as Hermione helped Peggy up.
"I don't know WHY he's assaulting me." Peggy said and smiled sweetly at Ron. "Though if he stopped being so vicious I would mind him all over me. He is tooootttaaaaally hot you know."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ron screamed and stormed off.
We looked at Peggy who brushed herself off. "Great now I'm all dirty. Better go get cleaned up!" She said and went upstairs.
"How many showers has she taken the past few days?" I asked.
"A dozen?" Hermione said with a shrug and we went back to our books.
"And since when did Peggy start thinking Ron is hot?!" I demanded.
"I don't know.... and I have no clue why Ron screamed at that. The Ron I know would be all over her if she said that."
"Yeah its weird. like they switched bodies or something." I said.
"Invasion of the body snatchers." Hermione mumbled and we continued studying.
***
"Sir! Sir. Sir!" Sir turned at the young wizard running up to him.
"What do you want?"
"We were right." He said, bobbing up and down.
"We were right about what?" Sir demanded.
"The kid WAS brought back by the Stone. The one boy. Ron Weasley." He said, clutching the papers.
"Where is the Stone now?" Sir demanded.
"We d-don't know, Sir. someone who had helped bring the boy back has it." The young wizard said. Sir grabbed the wizard with a claw-like hand. "Find out the names of those who helped. and get me the Stone!"
*** (Peggy's point of view)
"We're back!" I shouted happily as Ron and I changed back to our normal selves.
"Here's your glasses." Ron handed me my glasses and I glared at him.
"So how much of my body do you know now?" I demanded.
"I didn't look... much..."
"Much?!" I demanded, grabbing the front of his robes.
"You have a tattoo." He said and I went pale.
"Oh God I didn't know tattoos would be included by use of Polyjuice Potion. wait a minute- YOU LOOKED THERE?!"
He grinned. "And let go of me if you want to make sure no one ELSE finds out." I glared at him and threw him against the wall. "Oh come on. Don't tell me YOU didn't examine me!"
"I never.... examined anything!" I hissed.
"Oh good so you don't know about the birthmark in the shape of a 'x'." He said.
"I thought it was an 'w'." I said.
"YOU DID LOOK!"
"NO!" I snapped. "Not on purpose!!!!"
"Yeah. SURE." He said, grinning. I scowled. "So what do you think of me?"
"ARGH!"
"And by the way."
"What?!" I demanded.
"You're a lot curvier on top then you look." He said and I went deep red.
"Damn."
"What?"
"Well." I stared at him. "I was so sick of guys liking me cause of that well. I started taping them down with duct tape. Then since I was uglier then I was curvier, guys ignored me."
"But you always complain about-"
"I don't want to talk to you. Don't tell anyone!" I yelled and walked off.
***
The next week I was so angry with Ron, I didn't even talk to him. How DARE he look THERE!!!! Ugh I wanted to kill him. Then the announcement of this year's Halloween Costume dance came out. Ron asked me, and I slapped him.
"After what you did? NEVER!" I yelled and stormed off. He actually thought that I'd agree to go with him? After everything he DID?! Ugh! I stewed over for a few days then realized I wouldn't be getting another date. So, reluctantly, I agreed to go with him. "This is so embarrassing."
"What is?" He asked after I told him I'd go with him.
"Well you.... well, you know.... know what I look like. God it's humiliating."
"Well you know what I look like." He said.
"If I looked like you, I'd be humiliated to." I smirked and ducked as he threw a cushion at me, but was grinning.