Last time on TM&LaK!

"I'm not a wizard...I'm a normal person...my Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon say so, and if I don't act normal I won't get any food...and I have to get home so I can clean up. Mister," he said looking at Dumbledore, "I need to get home...can you help me?"

Dumbledore looked at the small boy with a tender smile and said "We'll get you home soon enough young man, now can you answer a question for me?"

Harry looked up at him and nodded slowly. "Why do you live with your Aunt and Uncle, why don't you live with your mom and dad?" Dumbledore asked.

Harry looked down at his lap with a sad look on his face. "They died in a car accident when I was 1 that's how I got this." He said pushing up his bangs and showing him the lightning bolt scar on his forehead. "What were your parent's names? Do you know?" Dumbledore asked softly. "Lily and James Potter." He replied.

Chapter 8: Explanations and a New Identity

Lily and James looked at each other with wide eyes, then at Harry, then up at Dumbledore who was smiling at the boy, his eyes twinkling. Sapphire and Ruby glanced at each other and then grinned and looked down at James and Lily. Ruby whispered in her sister's ear "I always KNEW they'd end up together..." before breaking into giggles. Sapphire rolled her eyes but couldn't suppress a small giggle.

"Miss Labyrinth...both of you, why don't you two and Miss MacNeil, and Mr. Pettigrew take these children down to the kitchens? I'm sure they're quite hungry...perhaps you can have the house-elves whip up some sort of snack. Mr. Harry Potter and Mr. Malfoy will stay here and have a chat with me." They nodded and each taking one of the kid's hands led them out of Dumbledore's office.

"So, Mr. Malfoy, why don't you tell us how you and the others ended up showing up in the middle of potions class? Dumbledore asked with his fingers steepled in front of his chest.

"Mister?" Harry said before the blonde could begin.

"Yes, Mr. Potter?" Dumbledore asked.

"Can I sit in your lap while he tells the story?" The small boy asked with a hopeful look on his face.

"Sure that'd be ok." Dumbledore said with a smile on his face as he held open his arms. The boy's face brightened with a big grin and he ran over to the older man and climbed onto his lap.

Once Harry had settled onto Dumbledore's lap they both looked up at the tall blonde young man with expectant looks on their faces. Draco's face held a look of amazement, shock and a little bit of contempt.

He quickly shook it off however and then started his story. "It all started the second day of classes, in our first potions class, Professor Snape had us working on age potions..."

(A/N: Ok so we're gonna have Draco telling his side of the story and then what really happened...there'll be a o-o-o-o in between the bits ok? Let us know if it's too confusing.)

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The first day of Potions class, something Harry Potter was not looking forward too. It wasn't that he wasn't good at potions, it was the fact that Professor Snape hated him with a passion and just made things difficult for him. But if he wanted to achieve his dream to become and Auror after graduating from Hogwarts he needed to take Potions again his 6th year. Thankfully Ron and Hermonie were there with him.

After a bit of a lecture on how dangerous the potions they were going to be making could be if made incorrectly, Professor Snape waved his wand and the instructions for the age potion appeared on the board. Hermonie and Ron were lucky, they were working together, and Snape had thought it'd be 'good for them' if Draco and Harry worked together. He said that it would help them get over their differences. Draco however was still sore over Harry sending his father to Azkaban so he was not happy to be working with Harry.

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"Potter and I were working together, much to my distress, and Granger and Weasley were working together at the table in front of us. It's all Potter's fault honestly Professor, what happened was this..."

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Harry had just added an ingredient and had his back turned when Draco had an idea as to how to get Harry in trouble with Snape on the very first day. He figured if he added a little more than was necessary, and out of step, crushed beetle legs then he could make the potion explode and then blame it on Potter. So while Potter's back was turned he added a pinch more of the crushed beetle legs. He ducked under the table as the potion exploded. However, he hadn't been paying attention to Professor Snape when he'd said that these potions could be dangerous, and therefore, though he didn't get hit with the potion, he was still within the radius of the explosion, and therefore was affected as well.

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"The next thing I knew I was surrounded by people I didn't know and Granger, Potter and Weasley were hit by another potion and became kids. So when you came into the classroom and told them to come with you, I figured I should come as well. I don't know how or why we went back in time, but somehow we did." He concluded.

Before Dumbledore said anything there was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" He called glancing over at Draco and down at Harry, who was sound asleep on his lap.

"Professor Williams with Mr. Malfoy Sir." Dumbledore looked at Draco then at the door and frowned.

"Just a minute Professor" he called then looked at Draco. "Mr. Malfoy you need to assume an alias. You're father is currently a student here, as is your mother, or so I'm assuming." Draco nodded his eyes wide, "You may keep your first name, but your last name will have to change. How about...Cassius?" Draco thought a bit then nodded his consent. "Alright, good." Dumbledore said then called out "You may enter now Professor."

Professor Williams pushed open the door and looked at the young blonde man sitting in front of Dumbledore's desk, and the small dark haired boy who was sound asleep on the headmaster's lap and her eyes widened a bit. "Is now not a good time sir?" the professor asked nodding towards the two boys.

"Now is fine my dear Professor Williams." Said Dumbledore with a smile. "I was just finishing up a discussion with Mr. Cassius here," he said motioning to Draco. "He's just transferred here from Durmstrong." Dumbledore said with a glance at the young man who was staring at his 17 year old father with awe. "Isn't that right Mr. Cassius?"

Draco snapped to attention. "Yes sir. My parents and I recently moved to London and they thought it'd be better for me to attend here instead. It's much warmer here, therefore better for my bad...lungs." he said with a slight sneer.

Dumbledore smiled slightly at the young man's improvisation. "So Professor what brings you and Mr. Malfoy to my office this afternoon?" He asked with a slightly raised eyebrow and a twinkle in his eye.