"So, Draco, You wanna sit at the Slytherin table with me 'n' Sev'rus?" Harry asked as they walked down to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Of course." Draco grinned.

"If the Gryffindors and the Slytherins don't like you why do you provoke them?" Severus asked.

"Because it's fun. They cause me hell for most of life, so why can't I return the favor?" Harry smiled.

And owl drops a letter in Harry's hand, it's a school owl; totally untraceable. Harry looks at it, neat scrawl prints out his name across the front. Harry rips it open gently.

' Snape and Potter,

We as Slytherins, would like to call a truce. We don't ask for much:

1) You can NEVER sit at the Slytherin table.

In return, we offer:

1) We will ignore you.

If you want to call the truce, just find one of the Slytherins and say, 'Truce agreed', by the end of today.

We await your answer,

Slytherin.'

Harry blinked. "Okay, change of plans, we sit at the Gryffindor table, today."

"Ah, Harry! There you are." Dumbledore smiled as he saw the teen. "I have something for you."

Harry looked remotely curious. "Er... Hello, Sir...."

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he reached Harry. "Since you're now, a Gryffindor and a Slytherin, I think a change is in order."

Harry frowned. "Wha-?"

"See for yourself." Dumbledore reached into his robe and drew out a school badge, like the one Harry was wearing now....but different. "Here, this one is yours."

Harry took the badge and examined it, it really was different. There was a lion, AND a snake in it. The 'S' and 'G' were intertwined with gold and silver lettering. The background was divided into red and green, which for some reason didn't seem to clash together. "It's....." Harry looked up at Dumbledore, but found no one. "Wonderful...." Harry looked around frowning. 'Okay... sure.'

Harry unclipped his old badge, it disappeared in a flash of gold smoke as he did so. Harry shrugged and attached his new badge, smiling as he headed off to his next class.

Every one noticed the change in badges. They commented on the difference, most with disgusted smirks on their faces.

"Hey, Potter, new badge, I see. Gryffindor, and Slytherin...." A Sixth year Ravenclaw commented.

"Yep." Harry smiled uneasily.

The Ravenclaw walked off, saying no more. Harry frowned and went back to finding Severus.

"Harry, why does he have to sit here anyway?" Dean whispered as Draco and Severus walked up to the table.

"'Cause," Harry answered curtly, quickly losing patient for his discriminating friend. "They are my friends."

"Just friends?" Severus asked as he piled food on to his plate. Harry rolled his eyes.

"Whatever, you two." Draco smiled. "So, you going to Hogsmead this weekend? I was wondering if you wanted to come along with me."

A letter fell into Harry's lap. "Uh...I dono."

Harry opened the letter and read it.

'Dear Mr. Potter,

We, here at the Daily Prophet, would like to inform you that you will be receiving a complementary Newspaper, tomorrow. It will contain the much anticipated interview of you and your husband.

-Rita Skeeter, reported extraordinaire'

"No, we'll be busy." Harry said as he finished reading. Malfoy and Severus raised and eyebrow. "We'll be trying to stay out of the public eye."

Severus looked questioningly at Harry as he pulled a pile of toast towards him. Harry shrugged, handing the note to Severus.

The rest of the meal was eaten in silence, except for the whispers of the Gryffindors, of course.

"Mr. Snape...." Rain greeted as Severus walked into the room. He nodded his greeting. "I've cross-examined all the ingredients and...I think that if we add dragon heart strings to the beetle eyes..." She handed him a scroll of her work.

Severus nodded, watching as the professor added and mixed the ingredients. "Yes....that would work, for the cat hair...but how do you counter act the body changes?" He skimmed through the notes. She'd nearly completed the antidote.

She smiled. "A simple change to Wolf's Bain potion, adding catnip instead of Wolf's Bain, should work."

"And a few drops of phoenix tears and feather should help balance out the reaction that catnip will have with the night flowers." Severus said, turning on his heal to retrieve the rare ingredients.

Rain watched him out of the corner of her eye as she prepared the ingredients. She smiled as she turned away.

"I'll finish this up." Rain stated as she took the Phoenix tears and feathers. "You go and enjoy your cat boy."

Severus nodded. "When you complete this version, tell me. I would like to help with the tests, a little."

Rain nodded as Severus walked out of the lab, down the stone hall.

Sorry, it's been a while....I was kinda busy and what, with......other things.....

ANYWHOO, now, I will shamelessly beg for more reiews!

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