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Pairing: Harry and Draco

Rating: R

Summary: It's just another plot to turn Harry into a girl. He's possessive and depressive. It took a Snape, and the whole bunch of Malfoys to change her.

Disclaimer: It's not mine, trust me, I'm telling the truth. It's own by JK Rowling.

Warning: Depressing but not dark, slash

Note: Unbeta-ed

Chapter Eight

Harry felt like sleeping all the day. She couldn't sleep last night but Hermione's voice won't stop calling her.

"I'm awake now." Harry pouted.

"Good. We almost late for breakfast."

Harry stared at Hermione's perfect uniform while she was still sitting on her bed, wearing her pyjamas.

"You can go first, 'Mione."

"It's okay. I could wait for you, if you would be ready in five minutes."

"No way. I'm a girl and I can't get ready in five minutes." Harry giggled under Hermione's stern gaze. "I promise I won't sleep again."

"Fine, if you're sure." Hermione gathered her books and turned back to Harry, "And I could be ready in five minutes."

Harry stared at the door for two minutes and didn't move since she was left alone. Finally she went to the bathroom and dressed for the day. She was telling herself how lucky she was that the room had bathroom inside or she would confused herself which bathroom she would have to enter. Boys' or girls'.

She had decided what ribbon she would like to have. But she gave up doing her hair after five minutes and decided that Severus had to help her like he used to. She grabbed her book and ran to the Great Hall.

Almost all students were there. Harry left her books on the empty seat between Hermione and Ron on her way to the staff table.

"Need something, Harry?" Dumbledore smiled at her.

"Er… yes." Harry glanced at Severus who was drinking his coffee.

Harry walked to Severus, ignoring the sudden silence surrounded her. "Help me, please."

Severus was simply looking at her before he signalled her to sit at his lap and took the ribbon from her hand.

"I thought I've told you how to do it." Severus growled under his breath.

"Yes." Harry nodded. "But I will be late."

"Don't move." Severus glared at his Slytherins students who resume to their breakfast. "Eat."

Harry helped herself with the muffin in front of her, completely ignoring the shock she could hear from her fellow Gryffindor.

"You just have to wake up earlier. What time did you sleep last night?"

"I don't know. I can't sleep."

"Not talking to your dear best friend, I hope." Severus finished tied her hair in two simple pigtails.

Harry glanced at him, blushing a little. "Hermione helped me unpacked. And then we talked, and I opened my presents." Harry forgot to mention Ron. "Can you believe how many presents I got?" Harry smiled brightly. "Hermione gave me book about Animagus. Ron and Ginny gave me a month sweet supply." She had convinced Hagrid that his cake was better fresh from the oven than after it crossed half England.

"You know what Katharina and Narcissa's thought about eating too many sweet." Severus cut her dryly.

"I know." Harry nodded. "But I've told you that it was a month supply. I'm not going to eat them all. And Mrs. Weasley gave me a nice sweater. It's green and it suits all of my clothes. Could you believe that?"

"Sure." Severus smirked. "You've engaged to a Slytherin after all. And what those twins gave you."

"Not telling." Harry purposely bit a mouthful of the chocolate muffin. "You'll confiscate it."

"I won't. Now tell me."

"Really?" Harry thought for a moment.

"Yes." Severus was not sure if it was a good idea.

"I'll show you later." Smile winningly.

Severus knew better than to argue with the girl smiling sweetly on his lap. "Happy because you got too many presents?"

"No." Harry suddenly looked sad. "Sirius never forgets my birthday. Wherever he was he would always send me one. Maybe he is…" Harry shook her head, didn't want to think that Sirius was dead.

Severus faked a sigh. "Fine. You still want a present huh? I'll buy one for you. Just pretend that it was from him." Severus winked.

"But it's not the same." Harry crinkled her eyebrow.

"Why not? He would owe me big time, which I would make sure to collect once I met him." Severus pretended to change his mind. "But if you don't want a big black dog to accompany your white stag, fine by me."

Harry blushed. "But I want it."

Severus just smirked and drank his coffee.

"Er… you know that Hermione is my roommate."

"Sure." Severus nodded.

Harry looked unsure but gathered her courage and finished her sentence. "Do you know how many my things are? And I have to share the room with Hermione. You couldn't believe how many books she has. We could hardly walk in there."

Severus nodded his sympathy. "And your point is?"

"Do you think I could put some of my things at your place?" Harry looked hopeful. "And I need a space to put up the puzzle. Draco said I will need a big room and he told me that you wouldn't mind if I do it at your place." Harry's eyes looked hopeful.

They both turned to the cough coming from Professor McGonagall. "Are you okay, Professor?" Harry asked her with genuine concern.

"Yes, I'm fine. I think I have finished my breakfast. Excuse me." She stood up with amuse in her face.

"So, do you mind?" Harry turned back to Severus.

"Sure, it's so selfish of me to own a big space all for myself." Severus answered sarcastically.

"You do mind." Harry dropped her face.

"No, I don't. But I think we have to ask for the Headmaster's permission." Severus gently stroked her head.

"Fine by me, Severus." Dumbledore smiled again, not at all ashamed from the blatant eavesdropping.

"Thank you, Headmaster." Harry smiled at the old wizard, missing the same smiled from Severus eyes.

"I think you better get going now, Harry. Won't want to miss your first class, right?"

Harry nodded her head enthusiastically. "I'll see you after classes." She kissed his cheek before ran to her friend.

~Ô~

"What make you so happy, Harry?" Hermione asked her, as Harry seated at her side.

"Severus let me used her room to build my puzzle." Harry smiled. "Come on, Hermione, we would be late."

Harry clung her book bag, and then half pull and half force Hermione and Ron to stand up and followed her.

"Relax, we still have ten minutes." Ron couldn't stifle his laugh.

"What we have the first class?" Harry looked at Hermione as she led them out from the Great Hall.

"Transfiguration."

The three of them turned around and met the grey eyes of Draco's. "We share the same classes." Draco smiled.

"Really?" Hermione frowned at him.

"Yup." Draco walked to Harry. "Want me to help you?"

Harry gladly gave him her book bag. Aunt Nisa and Draco went to Diagon Alley and bought her book for her. She didn't know what inside her bag now, but it was heavy.

Harry was walking between Draco and Hermione, while at her side; Ron was walking side by side with Blaise. This prevented other student to question the trio why Harry was wearing ribbon.

~Ô~

The door was opened after Harry knocked two times.

Severus stared at her. "You didn't skip you class, did you?"

"No. We don't have DADA class because we don't have the teacher. So we have a free time before dinner." Harry gave him a shy smile. "And my friends are willing to help me so I move my things now."

Severus opened the door wider and looked at Harry with amusement on his face. "You need your friends to move your things?" 'That sounded as if Harry asked her friends to help her move all of her things.'

"Hermione and Ron are willing to help. And this two want to help too." Harry walked in to the room and notice that the room was arranged like the manor.

"Fine. Get in, all of you." Severus slammed the door shut and walked to open another door. It showed a bedroom with a close door in the opposite. "You could have this room."

"Wow. It's so roomy here." Harry's eyes were wandering around. There was a small kitchen and the dining room, and also the living room with the fireplace.

"This was for young Professors." Severus explained. "It will accommodate all the family, if said Professor get married and have children."

"Are you getting married?" Harry asked him, a little anxious by the answer.

"Of course not." Severus shrugged his shoulder. "Haven't found one."

"Harry, look what I found." Ron showed 1001 Ways to be A Lady. Harry had tried to erase the additional writing at the title but they could still read Malfoy written in a small neat handwriting.

"You could have it if you're so exciting about it." Harry pouted.

"I don't think so, Harry." Draco was sitting at the bed, looking at another toy put on the bed. It was a black dog and its size was the same as the stag his Grandpa gave Harry. "My father would ask you if you have read it. And he wouldn't be happy if he found out that you had gave away the book."

"Do you really think so?" Harry looked crestfallen. "Do you think I have to read it?"

"Maybe not now." Draco tried to assure her. He then took the black dog and showed it to Harry.

Harry ran to take it from Draco and then laughing happily he walked to Severus and kissed his cheek. "Thank you."

Hermione noticed this in silence. Harry was acting like a child to her. 'Or could this be the effect of the potion?' Her face was crumple as she used to when she was in deep thought.

"Be careful, 'Mione." Ron smiled at her. "Or you'll have wrinkle before you even get married.

"Oh, very funny, Ron." Hermione rolled her eyes before she put the box that was Harry's things beside the bed and took them out and disappeared through the door.

Ron put away the book and reached another box. The picture was showing the map of the wizarding world. He knew this, of course. He wanted it but it was too expansive and he knew his parents couldn't afford it.

"Blaise gave me that." Harry walked to him, the black dog still in her arms. "Do you want to help me with that? Blaise said he needs helps from many many people. And they still need two months to finish it. So I could get helps, too."

"Hey, it was only five of us. In fact, you can't say that Crabbe and Goyle were a big help. And we did many other things on summer other than finishing the puzzle." Blaise pretended to pout but his eyes were smiling.

"I'd love too." Ron couldn't help but laugh too. He put it aside and put out another book. It was a heavy book called Recipes over the Centuries.

"That one was from me." Draco informed smugly.

"You?" Ron opened the book. Those cakes looked delicious. Then he notices the small and neat handwriting, and read it out loud. "'Too sweet for my taste. You might want to reduce the sugar. Or better use black chocolate.'" He looked at Harry, questioning her and then at Draco. "Since when you become a food expert?"

"Only so she would know my taste." Draco smiled.

Ron turned the pages and found the notes on all the pages. Some was 'It's the best ever.' Or 'Better with strawberries.' Or 'I don't like it.' Suddenly he envied the Slytherin. "You cook for him?"

Harry nodded. "He like sweets."

"I like sweets too." Ron looked amused.

"Go find yourself a fiancée." Draco said mockingly.

"Do you mean personal chef?" Severus asked silkily from the doorframe.

"If you say so." Draco took Harry's potions book that she got from Severus.

"So, Harry. You said you'd show me what you got from the Weasley twins?"

"Oh, yes." Harry searched inside her book bag. "Here."

It was just a small piece of parchment.

"And what so good of it?" Severus wasn't impressed.

"They knew that I'm not very brilliant in Potions so they gave me this. This is brilliant. I wrote the name of the potion and the ingredients would show up." Harry carefully put it out of Severus' reach. "They were such good friends. All potions were listed."

"Really?" Though he was now impressed, he didn't amuse by the chance of Harry's personal cheating means.

"It's like a dictionary. And you promised you won't confiscated it."

"I won't as long as you didn't use it in my class or at the exams." Severus looked at her sternly.

"I won't." Harry nodded solemnly.

"I see you bring all you stuff here." Severus looked at the mess at the usual empty room.

Harry looked around too. Actually she had make sure that she brought all her stuff here so that she could spend as much time as she wanted to.

Hermione was walking out from the bathroom. Looked like she had arranged Harry's toiletries. She walked to Draco, interested by the book he was reading.

"Wow, I was looking for this one, actually. But they didn't sell it to students." Hermione looked envy.

"Don't know you're interested in Potions that much, Ms. Granger." Severus smirked at her. "And they don't sell it freely. Too dangerous."

"Why did you give to me?" Harry questioned him.

"It's not like you'll read it."

"I will." Harry promised. She put away the present from the twins.

"I think you better put away your things, Harry. It dinner time, soon." Severus walked to leave them. "Oh, Harry, you're responsible for keeping this room clean. And you have to follow all the rules." Severus smirked evilly.

~Ô~

15 August 2003, 8:10 am

Hello there, sorry if this comes out late. I've finished the first chapter of two new fics (did I confuse you?) and I can't upload it at ffnet so I just put it at my page. I'll leave the summary here just in case you interested.

Call me Mr. Potter!

Summary: Harry is a mediwizard especially for children and he is now working as a nanny for Draco's twins.

Me, My Sister and Harry

Summary: Draco is a girl who cross-dressing, and she fight with her sister over Harry (or so she think). No Voldemort.

Both are Harry and Draco pairing. Now, to the reviewers, thank you.

To lil: I'm sorry but I can't reach your email. (It said that I sent to the wrong email address.)

To athenakitty: I think Harry would love to stay with Severus and Severus would love Harry to stay with him. (If I got a bad mood, I'll make the Dursley fought custody for Harry.) I haven't made up my mind when Sirius would show up but not for very long I hope. And yes, old Voldie has gone.

To Baby Sphinx: Maybe not very soon. Right now she only like him as a big brother. But she will fall for him when she got a rival. J

To NayNymic: Yeah, *grins* I intend to do it. It still very long till they fall in love. But Harry would eventually, without she realize it.

To zeynel: Hope you like this part. J

To Varada: Thank you. Harry care a lot about Severus than about Draco right now. But that would change soon.

To WingZero: Thank you. Tell me what you think about this one.

To Shinigami: Yes it is. And he's not very shy in showing it, didn't he. Well, except on this chapter. J And I already have someone for Hermione.

To Trunks-01: Thank you. Hope you like this chapter.

To Dadaiiro: Yeah, I agree, but now they couldn't help but felt affectionate at her. Er… Sirius huh, he would show up later, he still alive, but he's not in a condition to see Harry. I have no idea who to be the DADA teacher. J

To Amalia: Thank you. Well, though Harry was a pretty little girl, she was still a boy at heart. It will take some time and a little help to make her grow.

To Thistle: Really. I don't know what to write anymore, but maybe I would insert some flashback how Harry spent the last month of his holiday. J I think her face is feminine enough to be recognized as a female, while her body needs some time. And I do make it child like and shy on purpose so it would be obvious when her change (physically and mentally). Well, you'll have to wait till Sirius show up. Thank you for reading, hope you like this chapter. And please tell me what you think.

So for the next part. They have dinner at the Gryffindor and a lot of questions. Do you think they need DADA lessons? If they do, who do you think should be the teacher?

Lucius Malfoy, William Malfoy, or A woman who would after Severus.

And if you chose the last one please help me with her name.