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Chapter 45

"YESSSSS" Kayla cheered when she moved several steps away from the boy, pointed her wand at the mess on the floor and vanished it.

"You should go and see Madam Pomfrey; your mouth is bleeding, you know?" she snickered

"AW MY GAWD" Malfoy shrieked. In some way it still was Malfoy's arrogant drawl but now it sounded more ... girly.

"My beautiful lips are bleeding, what am I going to do?" he whined while he walked past Kayla who had to hold on to the wall for support.

This is going to be hilarious; she thought when she walked back to Myrtle's bathroom.

"We have to go down to dinner NOW!" she panted when she burst into the bathroom and scared the living daylight out of Hermione, Ginny and Zara.

"You almost killed me on the spot, you know that Missy?" Hermione shouted angrily and confused when she saw Kayla dropping on the floor and laughing like a lunatic. "Oh my got I can't breathe" Kayla managed to say between giggles.

"I think this is not very funny" a whining voice suddenly came from one of the faucets.

Kayla gasped and crawled backwards with her eyes fixed on the row of sinks in front of her.

"Hello Myrtle" Hermione, Zara and Ginny greeted the ghost of the school girl that had been killed by the basilisk.

"Nobody cares about my feelings; how it is for me not being able to breathe" Myrtle cried.

"Sorry I didn't know you had a problem with your death" Kayla said still out of breath, while the other girls sighed in unison.

"Not even in my deplorable state I'm free from bullies" the ghost sniffed and jumped into the toilet with a loud splash.

"What's wrong with her? Why is she so darn touchy?" Kayla wondered

"She's not touchy...she's dead" Zara snickered.

"I HEARD THAT", came the distant girlish scream from the drainpipe and all the girls broke into laughter.

"So what happened out there that made you laugh like that" Zara asked.

"Oh girls you just HAVE to see that. I ran into Malfoy out there and he dragged me into a corner..."

"I would do anything but laugh then" Ginny interjected.

"Yes he overheard us yesterday and wanted to know what out surprise was about", Kayla continued with a side-glance at Hermione.

"He almost strangled me and so I gave him the surprise a little earlier"

After looking in all the puzzled faces, she added "I slammed the potion vial into his mouth and knocked his front teeth out"

"And did he...?" Ginny gasped.

"Yes my dear he did" Kayla confirmed with a predatory grin on her face.

"Could anyone please fill me in because I'm lost" Zara inquired.

"Well let's just say that we tampered a little with Malfoy's personality. But now we have to hurry or we'll miss his big entrance" Kayla called and grabbed Ginny's hand.

While she dragged the giggling girl out of the bathroom, Hermione and Zara followed them, both thoroughly bewildered.

They entered the Great Hall and sat down next to the boys, when Malfoy entered the room.

Harry jaw hit the floor, while Ron was rubbing his eyes franticly.

"Do you see what I see?" Kelsey gasped.

Malfoy's attire was not student-like anymore. He was still wearing the black robes, but they were now glittering in rainbow colors. He didn't use gel anymore and he had a few braids in his chin-long hair, tied together with silver and green velvet ribbons.

"Is ... this... make up?" Ron yelled and pointed at Malfoy's face.

Indeed Malfoy was wearing green eye-shadow and most definitely black mascara.

His glossed lips smiled when he walked with, what he assumed a sexy pelvic thrust.

"Hey Malfoy! Butt-waggling isn't legal when you're underage" Fred howled and the Gryffindor table burst out in laughter.

Ginny had her face buried in Kayla's shoulder crying out of laughter and trying to catch her breath.

"What the hell happened to Malfoy? He behaves like a fag" Harry stammered while Ron and Kelsey look like they were trying to see whose face could get reddest.

"Kayla was that the slow-emotion potion?" Hermione asked. "What did you do with it?"

Kayla nodded and when she was able to stifle her hysterical laughter, she answered.

"In Snape's last lesson before he disappeared, we had to brew a slow- emotion potion for Madam Pomfrey. It's used to calm teenage hormones when out of control. I filled a little bit of it in a vial and added some extra ingredients and this potion here is not decreasing the desire, but increases them"

"So Malfoy is constantly aroused ok, but this still doesn't explain his behavior"

Kayla was choking on a giggle as she watched Malfoy walking up to Goyle and running his hands through the boys' hair.

"OHHH, Gregoryyyy your hair looks so sexy" Malfoy sighed while he sucked his index finger seductively.

Malfoy started to giggle when Goyle turned crimson. Hermione could picture the few brain cells trying to handle the fact that the boy, who had always been ordering around, now tried to hit on him.

Kayla managed to put up the last bit of self-restraint she had and continued her explanation "I also switched the object of his desires to the opposite."

"So you mean when he wanted girls before, he now..." Hermione gasped.

"He's GAY" Kelsey screamed.

"Kinda like that" Ginny giggled.

They continued their dinner, while Ron's gaze was still transfixed on Malfoy. The fork missed his mouth several times and the red-haired boy looked seriously disturbed.

Then Malfoy got up from his chair and ready to leave the Great Hall.

He passed the Gryffindor table and ran his hand slightly over the boys' shoulders as he walked by. Most of them shuddered visibly under his touch and a few of them yelled at him.

When he reached Ron and Kelsey, he laid his hand softly on Ron's chest and drawled "Oh...looked at that.... "

Ron body tensed instantly under Malfoy's fingers and he spat "Get your creepy hands off of me"

The blond haired boy just batted his eyelashes and whispered in Ron's ear when he started to fondle the Gryffindor's chest through his robes. "Come ON ...I know you like it"

Ron jerked backwards and almost fell over when he desperately tried to get away from Malfoy's prying fingers.

"Aw don't be so shy, sweetheart" The Slytherin flirted in his high-pitched girlie voice.

"I have to get out of here" Ron gasped and left the Great Hall in a hurry, followed by Malfoy, who was trying to swing his hips seductively.

"We need to go after them before Ron kills Malfoy" Hermione urged. "Or Malfoy rapes Ron" Kelsey laughed and they ran after their friend.

Back in the common room, they found Ron sitting in front of the fireplace, panting heavily.

"Are you ok, mate?" Harry asked anxiously and sat down next to him.

"Malfoy gave me the creeps down there" Ron said blankly with hands clenched into fists.

"Yes I didn't know if I should laugh or run for my life" Kelsey confirmed.

"How long is it going to last?" Hermione inquired.

"He drank almost the whole vial, so at least 3-6 months, I guess" Kayla answered.

"Oh my god" Ginny shrieked. "You're kidding, right?"

"No, when Snape doesn't come back to reverse the potion, he might stay like this until the end of the school year."

Malfoy's new attitude soon was the main subject in all conversations in the school.

Professor McGonagall had been shocked about his appearance in the Great Hall and ordered him and his father in her office.

Lucius was already there, when Draco pranced into the room.

"Hiya, daddy and Professor. How is my loverly instructor doing today?" he chirped and sat down on a chair next to his father.

He carefully draped his glittering robe and crossed his legs in a very girly way.

Lucius glared at his father and spat "Draco what do you think you're doing? You can't run around like a faggot. This is going to ruin my whole reputation"

"Sorry daddy, but I don't want to be a deatheater anyway. I rather be a hairdresser in Monsieur Maurice Salon"

Lucius jaw hit the floor while his eyes started glinting furiously.

"Draco, get yourself together boy" he said, his voice cold as steel now.

"But daddy... hurting people is evil and I don't want to be evil" Draco whined. "I don't want to be in Slytherin either. I'd rather be in Gryffindor. They are all so happy and cheerful and Ron and Harry are so darn sexy"

"Professor McGonagall, what happened to my son?" Lucius snarled and banged his fist on the desk.

"I'm sorry Mr Malfoy but I don't know. When he came to the Great Hall for dinner today, he looked like... this" McGonagall sighed.

Then the headmistress turned towards Draco and asked "Mr Malfoy, could please explain to me how you got in ... this ... state?"

"What state? Don't I look just gorgeous with these wonderful braids? Although I think the Gryffindor colors would match my nail polish" he answered stretching out his fingers and showing his bright red nails. "Can I switch to Gryffindor Professor" he asked, making puppy-dog eyes at the headmistress.

Professor McGonagall was totally taken aback. Lucius was fuming and Draco was twirling a braid around his finger, looking extremely bored.

"Mr Malfoy, I want you to return to your common room IN THE DUNGEONS immediately. You will attend classes just like before and I will see what can be done to get you back to your old self" McGonagall said to Draco.

"But Professor, I don't want to change. I'm so happy that I'm so pretty, but when you put me into Gryffindor, I will be a good boy" Draco coaxed.

"Please return to your common room. I will have another word with your father alone"

Draco pouted and left the office, swinging his hips vehemently.

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By the beginning of December, Severus was already strong enough to walk around in the house. Celeste and Sirius kept him company although he could have well lived without the wizards presence.

"You're not strong enough to walk alone Severus" Celeste exclaimed and shook a finger at the older wizard as if she was scolding a child.

"I'm not your son Celeste, so don't treat me like it" he growled, but yet took the offered arm when they walked out into the garden.

"Isn't it wonderful that even in the middle of winter, all the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing" she sang.

The wizard made a disgusted snort; it was too much sunlight for his taste.

"Oh Severus, don't be such a killjoy. It is wonderful out here and it's so good for your health"

"When I can't return to my dungeons soon, I surely will hurt somebody. Being locked up with this old man the wretched dog is more than any sane man can bear" he growled.

"I thought you enjoy my company" she said, her face looking slightly hurt, as she started to pull away her arm.

He grabbed her hand firmly before it slipped away and said "I didn't say I didn't like your company. It's just I'm not used to wasting my time with useless walks "

"You were very close to death, Severus and you're still not fully recovered. When you go back to school now you could have a relapse that might as well kill you"

"I'm not fragile, my dear and I'm not going to spend more time here than necessary. Being so close to Black without a way to escape is far more torture than my episode with Lucius"

"I know you don't like Sirius and I also know why" Celeste interjected. "But when what Dumbledore told me is right, then he didn't give it a second thought when he was asked to get you out of there"

Severus didn't answer, but the ever present scowl became more intense.

"Please Severus, you don't owe Sirius anything. He did this on his free will and not because Dumbledore forced him to. You don't show the world the true Severus and he doesn't show the true Sirius, but I have seen into both of you. "

The potion master snorted as they moved further into the garden and headed for the pond.

"The mask you're wearing for so many years is not your true self Severus"

"It's like a second skin. I don't think I could get rid of it even if I wanted to, what I most definitely do not"

They sat down at a bench close to the pond and Celeste started throwing bread crumbs into it for the fishes.

Nobody said anything for quite a while, and then Severus cleared his throat "Have you made a decision about what you're going to do when I don't need your distinguished care anymore?"

Celeste shook her head and sighed "I have no place to go and I have never been anything else but a domestic. The wizards here have house-elves for this, so there are no jobs for me in your world."

"I will talk to the headmaster about it Celeste. I'm sure he finds a solution" He padded her hand ever so slightly and she gratefully smiled at him.

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Harry and Ron were sitting in the common room over there homework. The girls were once again in the library and Kelsey was out for a walk with Zara.

"Have you asked her yet?" Harry asked.

Ron shifted uncomfortable in his seat and mumbled "No"

Harry sighed heavily "You like Hermione, don't you?"

"Of course she's my friend. Why shouldn't I like her"

"Ron! This is not what I was talking about. You like her as a girl not just a friend"

Ron's ears turned crimson and he nodded mutely.

"Have you ever told her that?" Harry inquired. "How? I never get the chance to talk to her alone." "But you have to get a move on, mate! She won't wait forever. What are you afraid of? She won't bite your head off"

"Dunno...but I think if I mess this up she might not talk to me anymore"

"Ron, don't be so thick. She wouldn't do that. I see how she looks at Ginny and me. She also wants something like that."

"Do you think so?"

"I'm sure. It can't hurt to let her know that you like her and that you would like to take her to the ball"

Ron heaved a sigh "If I could just get a hold of her alone"

"Let me see what I can do for you" Harry chuckled and got up from his chair. "You're going to wait here for me. I won't be gone for long" he said before Ron got the chance to ask.

The black-haired boy walked out of the common room and down to the library. When he entered, he spotted Hermione and Kayla at a table next to the window.

He was sure they had been talking about him, because as soon as they recognized him, they fell silent instantly.

"Hi Harry" the girls greeted him. "Where's Ron?" Hermione added.

"He's in the common room" he answered before he turned towards Kayla. "Can I have a word with you please?"

The two girls looked at each other and Hermione shrugged. When Kayla followed her cousin out of the library she whispered "What's wrong Harry"

"I need your help, please."

Kayla started to feel quite uneasy. The stern look on his face made her worry.

"Are you ok?" she asked.

"It's not about me, Kayla. It's about Rona and Hermione."

"What's about them?"

"Ron likes Hermione a lot and would like to ask her out for the Yule Ball. Did she tell you if she already has a date?"

"No not yet" Kayla replied. "I know a Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have asked her already, but she didn't say yes. Seems she's waiting for someone special" she winked at Harry.

"Did she tell you who she's waiting for?"

"No not exactly, but I saw her glancing at a certain redhead every time she feels unwatched.

Harry smiled widely and hugged his cousin. "Do you have an idea how we could the two of them up so they have some privacy. I know Ron would never dare to say anything as long as there is the slightest chance he could be overheard"

"What about the Room of Requirement?" Kayla suggested. "We could lure them there under false pretences and lock them in. Then they have no other choice but to talk. I know a charm that will make sure, that the door won't open until they have made an agreement."

Harry's laughter echoed in the hallway. "If this is the case we have to make sure that there's plenty of food because this will take a while"

I have no intensions to descriminate or make fun of anyone who fancies the same gender, so please be kind and just enjoy the new Draco.

No offense ;-)