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Correspondence
Summary: Harry isn't getting his letters, so he decided to see if Voldemort is intercepting them. A surprising thing happens- Harry starts to make a friendship where he shouldn't. After all, he does have to kill the guy. Right? Mostly told in the form of letters.
Chapter Five - A PINK dress?
Last Letter:
Tom-
We haven't had a chance to talk to her, but she was going to keep us after. We only got out of it because we noticed a silver pawed rat. Tonight at eight, all four of us are going to have a chat with her about our living arrangements. Fun. Well, talk to you later. I think I can hear someone coming down, and it's not Ginny. Great, I wonder who it could be.
-Harry
And on to the story!
Godfather-
I know that you would like to know where I am living, and as my head of house that only makes the knowledge more important. I wish that I could tell you, but at the moment, it is impossible. All I can say is that I am safe, warm, and happy, which I haven't been really.
-Draco
Draco Malfoy read the letter to His godfather once more, and decided that it would do.
"Quite nice, but I assure you, it is not necessary." Severus said, watching as Draco whirled around in shock.
"Professor, how nice to see you here." Draco said brightly, running what he could possibly do through his mind, not much, looks like he'd have to spill the beans.
"Explain." Severus commanded, his tone leaving no room for argument.
Draco gulped. Hermione was going to be angry. "I'm not at liberty to tell?" He asked weakly.
"You are down here, you have the password for the entrance, and the Gryffindors are not holding you hostage." Severus said. "Explain before I dock points."
"From Slytherin?" Draco gasped.
"No, Hufflepuff." Severus replied sarcastically.
"OH." Draco said, relief visible in his face.
"OF course Slytherin!" Severus snapped, rolling his eyes.
"Just tell him Draco." Harry said from the doorway, where he had apparated moments ago. Those extra books from Tom really paid off. And the charmed parchment that the others had. It was like the Marauder's map, but it was restricted to the dungeons, and a little more advanced.
"Fine." Draco replied. "Since we appear to have been caught, why don't we get the others?"
"Of course, dearest." Harry said, putting an arm around Draco's waist.
Draco realized what was going on and put an arm around Harry's shoulder and leaned into the embrace. They sauntered off towards Harry's quarters, and they heard a quite audible 'thump' as Severus hit the floor.
Harry and Draco immediately separated, and both began laughing.
"We should wake him up." Draco commented, crouching down by Severus and prodding Severus' shoulder with a finger.
"Yes, I suppose we should." Harry said, biting back a few laughs.
"He can wait until we get to the room with the girls, are they there already?" Draco asked.
"Yeah, and they're watching through the map, unless they've expired suddenly." Harry replied, levitating Severus. The two boys left for the room that was their common room.
Severus was coming to slowly. He was on a soft surface, but not the hospital wing, it didn't smell… hospitally. For another thing, a silky cloth was covering his face, breathing deeply, Severus could smell the fait scent of an invisibility cloak. He opened his eye, and nearly passed out when he saw what was going on. Potter, and Draco were… Snuggling? (A/N: Poor Severus, he hasn't realized it's a joke.)
He coughed faintly, getting their attention.
"OY! 'Moine! He's awake." Harry shouted because Hermione was in her chambers reading, and then he winced, realizing that he had sounded remarkably like Ron.
"You didn't have to shout luv." Draco said softly, keeping his features elegant.
"Of course punkin." Harry replied, looking at Draco much in the same way he looked at Ginny.
"Punkin?" Draco replied dryly. "I though we'd agreed to not call me punkin."
"You did Draco." Hermione replied, coming in through the entryway behind him. She walked dangerously near him, and slid a hand discreetly across his derrière making him jump slightly. "Good you're awake." She said, directed at Severus.
Severus nodded, not quite being able to find his voice.
Hermione sighed. A few seconds later Tom Riddle walked in, dressed in an outfit the resemble that of a medieval man, with his features charmed so that they resembled tat of his younger self.
"You called milady?" He asked bowing to Hermione.
"Of course, bring the Lady Ginevra to these chambers." Hermione commanded regally, glaring at Tom, when she realized what he had done.
"My Lady." Tom murmured, backing out of the room, bowing once more as he left. Hermione winced, and she found herself to be wearing a Victorian era dress. Yep. Corsets were a bitch.
"Sir Harold and Draconis, I must ask that you attempt to refrain from causing mischief for at least the next day." Hermione asked the two boys, successfully infecting them with the curse.
"Of course my lady Hermione." Draco and Harry chimed in unison, wincing when whey suddenly found themselves in medieval dress.
"Lady Hermione?" Ginny asked softly from the entry. "You wished to see me?"
"Of course dear. Now that we are all here…" Hermione said, frowning for a moment. "Thomas!"
"Yes Lady Hermione?" Tom asked.
"Dearest Uncle of mine would it be possible for thou to reverse this curse?"
"My dear niece Lady Hermione, so grown up!" Tom said, dabbing at his eyes with a decidedly lacy hankie. "Pary tell, let me speak. Thy strange affliction is timed, and if thou triest to remove it before it has run it's course, Renaissance wear!" Tom said gleefully.
Harry and Draco perked up a little.
Hermione sighed. "Sirs Harold and Draconis, I ask that you would join in our discussion? You may sit on the loveseat. Lady Ginevra and I will be seated on the couch." Hermione said, moving towards the couch in a rustle of blue skirts.
"Not if I can do anything about it!" Tom said loudly.
Hermione cringed. "Thomas, I am warning you." She said threateningly.
The neckline of Hermione's dress dropped an inch. " I take it back!" she said hurriedly.
Tom smirked. "Now, Lady Hermione will be sitting here." He said, waving a hand, and Hermione popped out of existence to reappear on the loveseat, reclining slightly, with her skirts considerably above her ankle. Draco joined her a second later, and Harry and Ginny found themselves sharing a large squishy chair.
Tom-
Thank you for rescuing us from Snape. Are you sure that he will leave us alone? I caught him muttering something about 'insane Slytherins and Gryffindors from hell'. I think we scared him quite badly.
-Harry
Harry-
You think you scared him? I was watching with the girls, and you can tell Draco if he ever stray away from Hermione, he will become very familiar with the meaning of castrate. In all my years, I have never seen Severus pass out, not from pain, of hunger, not from things that made other people pass out, but never Severus. You should be proud. How are the girls enjoying their new dresses?
-Tom
Tom-
They are getting quite angry with them. Many of the girls have tried to wear robes over them, curse them off, of cut them off. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't work. So many girls have advanced to today's style, in various type, Catholic school girl, punk, very short back skirt with a tight black top, and many other types. Hermione knew better and didn't do anything with hers. Do the dresses reflect inner self?
-Harry
Harry-
Of course they do. That's why some of the girls look perfectly chaste and the other girls look like erm… not so chaste. The talking part has completely worn off, but it's designed that it will only come off when you truly don't care about it anymore.
-Tom
Tom-
You evil, evil, evil little bastard. So I have to not care about how I talk to stop using all the 'thys' 'miladys' and 'gentle sir' for PEEVES?
-Harry
Harry-
Thank you for the compliment. And yes, you have to truly not care. The clothes might stick around for a while later, but if you look on page 88435 of Pranking Marauder Style, you should find a way to alter your clothes. You mother came up with the particular curse I used on you. I added the contagious effect and the whole school was infected apparently.
-Tom
Tom-
I like muggle clothes. They're very nice. I even don't mind the little skull and crossbones design on the belt. It goes quite well with the PINK dress. Tell me how you like it? Someone should have never taught me how to send curses through the mail, right?
-Harry
Harry-
I do like the belt, thank you very much. But the dress? Why is it hot pink? I could tolerate pastel pink, or even magenta, but hot pink? That clashes with my eyes. Enjoy your shirt.
-Tom
Tom-
You are SO dead. Ginny picked up the letter. Not that I don't mind the shirt that says 'I'm in love with Professor Snape', the bat in the background it actually quite cute, it actually resembles Snape. A little. The shirt fits Ginny quite well, but for some reason she doesn't like it.
-Harry
Harry-
Why must you be so cruel? Ladies lingerie with fishnet stockings? Lucius was in the room! The elbow length gloves are quite nice, they make my hands look cool, but why the lingerie? The stupid thingy that gives me a nice figure keeps digging into my ribs when I turn.
-Tom
Tom-
Sorry about that, Ginny offered to send that one for me. I wouldn't stoop that low. Maybe. Could I have the gloves?
-Harry
Harry-
Here ya go!
-Tom
"Ginny!" Harry screeched in a high pitched voice. "HELP!"
Ginny ran towards the sounds of Harry's voice, her mind ticking off what could be going wrong. She stopped short at the sight of Harry and immediately began giggling helplessly.
"I only wanted the gloves!" Harry said, wincing as he turned towards Ginny. "It's not funny!" He snapped.
Actually, I find it quite funny.
M. Riddle-
I would like to offer a truce in the clothes war, as I am not overly fond of ladies lingerie.
-H. J. Potter
H. J. Potter-
Nope! So tell me, did you ever get them off? And why are you not overly fond of ladies lingerie? Most guys your age absolutely love it!
-Tom
Tom-
Stop twisting my words! You knew that I meant the I didn't like wearing.. Never mind, you're hopeless. Why is your letter singing? How did you know that I loved that song? Have you seen it on the Muppets? Kermit's in the hospital bed, and he goes, "Doctor!" and then the jungle grows around the bed and the doctor turns into a witch doctor, and they're singing "Put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up again, ya put the line in the coconut an' shake…" I'll give you a song too, you should enjoy it, right around your brain capacity.
-Harry
Harry-
I fail to see the point of "Teletubbies, teletubbies, teletubbies, Tinky-winky, Dipsy, Lala, Po!" Perhaps you could explain? And how do you make it stop? And why do the funny colored things not stop dancing around my head? I am slowly going insane.
-Tom
Tom-
What do you mean slowly going insane? I thought you were already insane. Do you realize that you've just invalidated my theory of life that took me three years to get just right?
-Harry
Harry-
You had a theory of life? Do tell! And while you are telling me that tell me how to make that stupid, annoying, foolish, dorky, silly, simple-minded, asinine, moronic, dumb, idiotic, incipient, irking, vexation of a song to shut up!?
-Tom
Tom-
Simply say bye-bye teletubbies! Did you have to use a thesaurus to get all of those words? My theory of life is that to try world domination you must be insane, therefore for all Dark Lords who are trying to rule everything are insane.
-Harry
Harry-
I can honestly say that I did not use a thesaurus to get all of those words. I'm just smart. Thank you so much for the key to the… thing. As soon as it turned off, it fell into the fireplace. It took you three year to come up with attempts of world domination make a person insane? How… sad. What is Dumbledore teaching you? I must teach Him a lesson. Are you familiar with the muggle game pac man? Hermione gave me a Playstation and some games. She gave me something called Tomba that has evil little pigs in it. Why are the pigs evil? I find pigs quite nice. Why couldn't the leprechauns have been evil?
-Tom
Tom-
Okay, not familiar with the game Pac man, but would it have anything to do with he large lemon drop thingy that follows Dumbledore around trying to eat him, but seems to be killed by ghosts? The pigs are evil because it was decided that they should be. I find pigs quite cute.
-Harry
Tom-
Ginny and I are quite busy putting together a Christmas celebration for Harry and Draco. Sorry we haven't been writing, but the Professors decided that us four should have more work, probably to keep us out of trouble. The plans are going well, and we're hoping that you will be able to come. We are still working on the invitations, but they will be done by tomorrow, hopefully.
-Hermione and Ginny
Harry-
Please inform Hermione and Ginny that their owl reached me, and I hope that their plans go well. And yes, that would be why there is a giant lemon drop thingy following Dumbledore around. Has it eaten him yet?
-Tom
Tom-
Ginny and Hermione send along their best wishes for the holiday season. The giant lemon drop thingy came close. There was a large crunching sound, a high pitched scream, and Dumbledore entered the Great Hall at a much faster pace then usual, missing the sleeve of his robe.
-Harry
"TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE!!!
WHAT DID YOU DO TO DUMBLEDORE!
WHATEVER YOU DID YOU GET YOUR SORRY ARSE BACK HERE AND FIX IT!!
NOW!"
Tom cringed, Ginny had inherited her mother's temper. Might as well release the curse on Dumbledore, and start the one on Snape. Nothing too horrible. Sort of.
Albus Dumbledore looked up. It was eerily silent. He smiled in relief. The pac man was gone. When he found out who had pranked him, that person would be sorry, so very sorry.
Severus Snape got up and went o his office to prepare for class. Running a hand through his hair thoughtfully, he stopped mid-motion. He cringed, remembering something from his school days. Squeezing his eyes shut, he conjured a mirror, to find that…
Dearest Readers and Reviewers:
Tahnk you so much for all of your support, and I think that I may have an idea of where this is headed, and I was looking over all of your lovely reviews, Tanydwr, your review of chapter three was completly right. Not telling you which part though. And thanks for all of the encouragment, and my headaches are still there, but i'm used to them now, so it's not so bad. I can handle writing, but school has apparently decided to take over my life, but you can expect update once weekly at least. I'll shut up now, and review if you wish to, and if you don't keep reading!
emikae