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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
Beta-ed by hermione-345-granger
Chapter Nine
"What rules?" Hermione asked her as they were walking to the Great Hall.
"I have to recite the Potions ingredients he asked. Including the purposed and how to make it." Harry shook her head. "He would take points off me if I make a single mistake."
"Points?" Ron almost shouted. "He couldn't do that."
"Not house points. My points." Harry sighed.
"You have to do what? Detention?" Hermione was intrigue. This Harry was almost like the old Harry she knew, complaining about Potions.
"No. I would write them down, or do chores for him, or…" Harry blushed.
"Or what?"
"I have to practise playing the harp for him without one mistake." Harry answered agonizingly.
"Hey, I never heard you play." Draco said thoughtfully.
"I know. I'm terrible." Harry smiled shyly.
"You can not be that terrible if he was willing to listen." Blaise tried to cheer her up.
This time they were all sitting at Gryffindor table, Harry sitting between Hermione and Draco, while Blaise sat next to Draco with Ron at his side.
As the Gryffindors finally quieted down they managed to notice the sitting arrangement.
"Slytherin table is… there." Seamus said curtly, pointed to the Slytherin table.
"Well, thank you very much, Finnegan. But I want to make sure that you won't try to flirt with my fiancée." Draco took Harry's hand and kissed it.
"So it was true." Dean exclaimed.
"What was true?" Ron asked his friend perplexingly.
"You dragged Harry, and blackmail him to engage to you." Ginny told them conversationally, eyes never leaving the blonde haired boy.
Hermione snorted. She had piled the food on her and Harry's plate, gesturing to Harry to eat her dinner and ignored the others.
"Why would I do that?" Draco smirked to Blaise. "With my good looks, my wealth and my brain." He turned to look at Harry when she choked on the food that she sas now trying hard to swallow.
"Are you alright, Harry?" Draco glared to the Gryffindors. "Look what you've done to her."
"Her?" The Gryffindors made a stupid imitation of goldfish out of water.
Blaise wanted to laugh at the look upon their faces; it was priceless. But he figured that if he laughed on his sister and his friends, Ron would never want to talk to him anymore.
"Well, that explain why Harry is Hermione's roommate." Parvati pondered.
"Yes, and the ribbons. And the uniforms." Lavender eyed Harry closely. "You're very pretty, Harry."
Harry was taken aback when her dorm mate smiled at her. She said nothing, but returned it with one of her own shy smiles.
"Oh, come on, leave her alone and eat your dinner. It's likely to be cold by now." Ron said irritatingly to his friends.
"I still like you Harry." Collin blushed.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Seamus hadn't touched his dinner.
"Don't be daft, Seamus. Harry is engaged to Draco." Hermione smiled understandingly. Harry truly was really pretty as Lavender had said, if only she would smile more often.
"I was only joking." Seamus grinned sheepishly, as he caught Draco's deadly glare.
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When the five of them had finished their dinner, they got up to leave the Great Hall.
"What are you going to do until curfew?" Hermione asked Harry.
Harry glanced at her. "I want to go to see Severus." Harry answered slowly, unsure whether it was alright.
"Why not?" Draco smiled. "I'll walk you there."
"Well, then, see you again, Harry. I need to go to the library." Hermione grabbed Ron's hand. "And Ron is coming with me."
"I am?" Ron sent pitiful eyes to Harry, begging her for some help. "But we don't have homework yet."
"See you later, Harry." Hermione smiled as she pulled a very reluctant Ron Weasley down the hallway.
"Well, I'm…" Ron waved his hand at Harry, "going with her I guess." He wasn't feeling better even with Blaise following them.
"Come on, Harry." Draco gently took Harry's hand. "They'll be alright."
"Do you think so?" Harry glanced back again for the last time and caught the silhouette of her friends walking in an unhurried pace.
"I think so." Draco smiled.
When they arrived at the dungeons, Harry whispered the password that Severus had given her earlier. She wasn't surprised to find Severus sitting in the living room, reading a Potions book.
"Hello, Harry." Severus greeted her, his eyes never leaving his book.
"Hello, Severus." Harry said, walking hesitantly to Severus.
"I thought you would like to spend some time with your friends?" Severus smiled lightly, giving her his full attention.
"I wanted to read my book in here." Harry answered unsurely as walked further into the room. She turned to Draco when he didn't move, and motioned him to go inside. "You're not coming?"
"Well, I want to start my Head Boy responsibilities." Draco winked at her. "Good night, Severus."
"Good night, Draco." Severus nodded and signalled Harry to sit next to him.
Harry gladly took the seat next to the older man.
"How was your day?" Severus stared at Harry's face.
"Nice." Harry told him. "But they talk too much."
"Indeed." Severus chuckled lightly. "Sure your friends won't miss you?"
Harry nodded her head eagerly.
"Now, off you go and read your book."
Harry went to her room and took the book she got from Draco. She was aching to try some of the recipes, but spending her days under Katharina's sharp eyes meant she should focus on learning how to play harp.
Soon Harry was engrossed in her reading, ignoring Severus' sceptic glare about the choice of her book that just so urgent to be read.
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Unknown to Harry, her friends indeed didn't miss her. Hermione was in the library, in her mission to find what was wrong with her.
Ron, after a very long, boring hours without result, decided to go back to the common room with Blaise in tow.
"Now, you stop right where you are." Ron told Blaise.
"Why should I?" Blaise was aware of the tenseness on Ron's shoulder.
"I'm off to my common room. You go to yours." The read head boy answered quickly.
"Not afraid of me, are you?" Blaise questioned with a smirk, slowly taking a step towards Ron.
"Are you kidding me?" Ron took a step back, away from Blaise.
"Now, why do I have this premonition that you are." Blaise smirked a little.
"Back away from me." Ron whispered weakly when Blaise successfully cornered him onto the wall.
"After I do this." Blaise closed the distance with a soft kiss onto Ron's lips.
Ron was too shocked to move, and for the next minute he was just simply enjoying Blasie's kisses. Finally he got back his strength and pushed the other boy away.
"I thought you enjoy this." Blaise was more amused than angry.
"Well, whatever encouraged you to think that, just wipe it away because I'm not." Ron glared at him before walked to the safety of his common room, ensuring himself that he was walking and not running away from the Slytherin.
~Ô~
"Drink your milk, Harry. That is, if you want to grow." Severus gave her a big glass full of milk.
"This much?"
"Yes."
Harry took her time to finish it and gave it back to Severus, who was pleased that she had emptied the glass.
"Come on, it's time for bed. I'll walk you to your dorm."
~Ô~
The next day went quite the same. Hermione would go to the library, Ron would avoid Blaise and Draco would escort Harry to the dungeon. Then Draco would leave Harry there as she walked to Severus.
She spent the night reading the book Severus bought for her.
The next day, Harry went to Severus' again. She had been thinking about new excuse to stay but couldn't come up with something new.
"Can I stay with you until curfew?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Why?"
"I left the book at your place and I have to read it." Harry said hesitantly.
"Sure, what will you read tonight?" Severus asked her as they walked to her room.
Harry scanned the room and took the first book she could reach.
"You do not seriously want to read that book, do you?" Severus asked, trying very hard not to laugh.
Harry dropped the book as she realised that she had taken the book Lucius gave her.
"Come here, Harry." Severus gently pushed Harry to sit next to him on her bed. "You don't need reasons to come here. I'm happy to have you here when there's no friend of yours to entertain you."
"Really?" Harry blushed a little, realising that Severus had read her mind.
"Yes. And I can see that you have no book interesting for you to read tonight, so you might as well do your homework."
"I didn't bring any." Harry smiled triumphantly.
"You mean that thing?" Severus nodded to the satchel that suspiciously was Harry's.
"How… I didn't…" Harry pouted. "Fine, I guess I'll finish my homework." Harry grabbed her bag and walked to the living room without waiting for Severus.
It was very late when Harry had finished and Severus handed her a glass of milk.
"Can't I just sleep here in my room?" Harry whined.
"Well, I think you may sleep here on weekends but not on school days." Severus smiled.
~Ô~
13 October 2003, 10:40 pm
Well, that's it. Hope it's not boring and yes, the DADA teacher isn't here yet. It will be in the next chapter.
Tonks got one voice. Lucius got 3 voices. And William got 2 voices. So I'll choose Lucius. If you don't agree, all you have to do is review and tell me who you want.
To Miss Staples: Thank for reviewing anyway, I do like the nice Malfoy. Even when I wrote them as bad family, I still make a nice Draco. Sigh.
To Amalia: Well, she will but it takes time. Maybe in the next two or three chapters, and I'll make Harry change little by little.
To Prophetess of Hearts: Thank you. Yeah, I can see that too, but I mostly seeing Harry busy in Severus' small kitchen and gave him shock at the state of the kitchen after Harry finished with it. J
To Moonlight: Thanks. I hope it gave you joy reading it as it gave me for writing it.
To Moonlight4: Thank you. Read this and tell me what you think.
To Malfoy Angel: Enjoy this one too (and tell me if you don't J)
To NayNymic: Hmm, kissing huh, I'll think about it.
To Dadaiiro: Yeah, I thought it kinda suiting Harry for doing such thing. Well, I'll let Hermione solve the mystery.
To npetrenko: Thank you.
To hermione-345-granger: Thank for beta this chapter. And Blaise is a guy (in all of my stories). Hmm, I have a guy for Hermione and he's not Severus (I already had the story in my mind). But Tonk is an interesting character.
To Shinigami: Yeah, what a tantrum it will be J.
To muggle: thanks.
To Miss Lesley: It will take time for Harry to even like Lucius, but you have to give him a chance, right. And Harry will try to 'like' him.
To hpdmgirl15: Thank you, and with your choice, you definitely make Lucius the DADA teacher.