OK! Wow I finally updated. (Took long enough) what with school, and school, o, and did I mention school?

NOW, on to the story.

(But first the disclaimer) You've probably read this twenty million times, but. . . I don't own Harry Potter, I don't own Ron, I don't own Hermione, blah, blah, blah. . .

(Now for the story.)

Once upon a time there was a unicorn. Her name was Fanshi. She liked to run and frolic in the--

(Not THAT story!)

Morning rolled around dark and foggy, and it took crystal a few minutes to realize where she was. Crystal vaguely wondered what the Dursleys would think when they saw she was a girl. She would need a place to stay until she found a place of his own, of course, and what with Sirius dying, and the order's hideout being destroyed, she would be staying with her aunt and uncle once again. The potion wouldn't be ready till next fall, of course, thanks to Malfoy.

Malfoy. . . Draco's face floated slowly into Crystal's mind, and she found herself shaking her head vigorously, trying to replace Malfoy's face with Hermione's. It was no use. Crystal just couldn't see Hermione like that anymore.

{Damn side effects of being a girl!} Crystal thought to herself. {Why would Draco do this, anyway? Usually he'd try to- to blow my head up or something. And WHY am I thinking of him by his first name?!}

Crystal gave herself a mental slap. This was useless. She had to concentrate on making the best of this year until she could be changed back. Crystal tied her hair up, (it was easy once she figured out how,) got changed for the day, and headed down to breakfast.

All the way down, however, Crystal noticed everybody was staring and whispering as she passed. Rumors seemed to have flown fast, such as:

"Yeah, that's Harry. Or Crystal, now. He put a spell on himself just so he could look at a girl's body anytime he wanted." Or, "Oh, yeah. Potter got a sex change so he could go out with Hagrid." The rumors got wilder and wilder.

Classes were hard that day to. All the teachers seemed to be treating her differently, as well as her old friends. However, Lavender and Parvati were treating her like a best friend, and they all started doing each other's hair at lunch. By the end of lunch time, Crystal had two long, beautiful French braids hanging down her back. Ron stared.

"Ron, are you okay?" asked Crystal.

"Duh. . ." replied Ron dully. Crystal sighed.

"Ron, you're scaring me." Ron continued to stare, and Crystal walked off.

Crystal however, was not as scared when Draco walked by, with his mouth open. Crystal just smiled back at him before Pansy Parkinson hit him over the head. Malfoy ran off, leaving Crystal slightly put out.

"What's the matter, um, Crystal? You look sad," asked Lavender across the table.

"It's nothing." Replied Crystal, hoping it really was nothing.

That night, however, Crystal had a long dream. She was standing in front of the mirror of Erised, trying to see what was in it. There was a light fog over it, but Crystal could make out the faces of Ron and Hermione. Slowly, though, Hermione's face faded into Malfoy's, and then Ron's faded entirely. Crystal reached out to the mirror, but even as she did, Voldemort appeared next to Malfoy and killed him, before shattering the mirror from the inside and reaching out for Crystal, trying to grab her before she could run, but suddenly, she was in a dark corridor, fighting something huge. She looked up and saw Voldemort's livid red eyes, but on a giant serpent, three times the size of Hagrid, bugger than a dragon maybe-

She raised her wand but was pushed to the side as Malfoy directed a killing curse straight at the snake. The blast of green light hit the snake and it fell to the ground with a resounding THUD! Crystal's scar felt like it was about to burst. The ground was shaking, now. Crystal tried to get up but-

She woke up. Parvati, Lavender, and Hermione were at her bedside looking very worried. Hermione spoke.

"Are you okay? We heard you screaming." Lavender and Parvati both nodded

"I-I think I'm okay." Muttered crystal, but in truth she was thinking about her dream. And how Malfoy had so bravely saved her...

AN: HA! Cliff hanger! Well... kinda. this chappies a bit short, but that's okay. Review and ill continue