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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 Ten

"Blaise is not sitting with us?" Harry whispered to Draco, unaware of Ron's tense body.

"Well, I don't see him sitting with us." Draco whispered back, trying to suppress his grin.

"Is he angry with me?" Harry whispered again.

"What make you thinking that?" Draco raised his eyebrow.

"I don't know. He didn't like me at the train." Harry looked worry now.

"Hm, I don't think so, Harry. Probably he just wants to talk to someone else." Draco smiled.

"Oh, okay." Harry drank her milk.

"Severus said we would have a new DADA teacher today." Harry was exceptionally happy after spending her weekend with Severus, despite of the potions she had to brew.

"Someone we know?" Draco smiled.

"Someone we know." Harry nodded. "But Severus didn't tell me who. He said it's a surprise."

"Really?" Hermione said dryly. "Let's get to the class now."

Harry nodded obediently, walking between Draco and Hermione. Blaise was nowhere to be seen but he came in right before the class started and sat beside Seamus.

The classes went on without so much an incident. It was just the second week of the year and they were just warming up for the more difficult lesson, after revising the last lesson of their sixth year.

If the professors noticed the Slytherin civilized toward other houses, especially the Gryffindor, they wisely said nothing. They didn't comment Draco Malfoy sitting with Harry Potter for all the classes, seeing how Harry was better now than the last year.

Harry was still quiet, but at least now she paid attention on the classes, and she answered the question when she was asked. Furthermore, she showed some effort on her homework.

But Harry was happier when she was out of the classes when she didn't have to study. This time Draco nudged her to the Slytherin table. She looked sheepishly when Hermione and Ron kept walking to the Gryffindor table but she followed Draco.

"Where is Blaise?" Harry whispered to Draco. She felt uncomfortable when she felt the weight of the Slytherins' eyes.

"He'll come." Draco was a bit taken aback when again Harry asked about Blaise.

Draco was helping Harry with the food when Blaise came to sit at the vacant seat next to Harry, with Ginny in tail.

"Ginny?" Harry asked unsurely.

"She's agreed to have lunch with us, what do you think?" Blaise gave Draco the conspiring smile.

"Superb." 'Well, he finally got his sense back and listened to my advice.' Draco's glared stopped any protests of the other Slytherins for the Gryffindors' invasion.

~Ô Ô Ô Flashback Ô Ô Ô ~

Blaise was waiting for Ginny Weasley to have a chat with her before she had her breakfast. He had been waiting for fifteen minutes and cursed every minutes of it when the redhead girl hadn't made her arrival.

"Weasley." He stopped her when he noticed her finally came with her friends.

"Zabini." Ginny eyeing her carefully, he noticed that Blaise Zabini had talked civilly to Ron but that didn't mean she had to do the same.

"Can we have a private talk?" Blaise glared at her.

"Sure." Ginny turned to her friends and told them to go without her, recognizing the interest in their eyes.

They went to a quiet corridor, careful to make sure that nobody was listening to them.

"Now, tell me what you want, Zabini."

"I want you brother."

"Well, I have six. You have to be specific which one you want." Ginny finally spoke after she could control herself.

"Ron." Blaise smiled. "Ronald Weasley."

"Okay." Ginny said carefully. "You have my permission and bless."

"I need your help." Blaise smiled wider.

"My help?" Ginny looked at him suspiciously.

"To make him realise that he like men if not me." Blaise gave out a suffer breath.

"Why me?"

"I love redhead, for one." Blaise smiled. "I want to make him jealous when he realise that he want me too."

Ginny nodded.

"Beside, I could always get some advices from you. You know, what he like, what his hobbies, bla bla bla."

"That sounds fun." Ginny smiled.

"So, you'll help me."

"'Kay, Zabini."

"Call me Baise. We have to make it real if we want him to believe."

"Well, call me Ginny too." Ginny smiled. "Just no fondling or kissing."

"Deal." Blaise took her offered hand in a firm handshake.

~Ô Ô Ô End of Flashback Ô Ô Ô ~

Blaise smiled when his eyes caught Ron glaring at him. He was glad that he talked to Draco and did what he was told.

"If look could kill…" Ginny whispered to Blaise.

Blaise looked at her but then realised that she wasn't talking about her brother. The Slytherin looked like want to skin her alive, since they couldn't do that to Harry.

"She's beautiful, isn't she?" Blaise took Ginny's hand and lifted it to his mouth as if to kiss it.

"You did that on purpose don't you." Ginny smiled. "Oh my, my brother would be after you. Too bad I wouldn't be there to witness it."

"What do you mean?" Blaise smiled even wider, still feeling Ron's eyes on him.

"I mean, I'll avoid him for this week, and you could handle his rage yourself." Ginny smiled at Harry. "I don't remember that I provide explanation in my offer of help."

"I don't remember I asked one." Blaise had planned to avoid Ron too, for at least three days. Draco's advise.

"You should eat more, Harry." Ginny turned her attention to Harry.

"This is all I can eat." Harry smiled a little. Ginny was like Hermione to her, sisters. Or sitters.

"We miss you a lot." Ginny smiled. "All of us. Even Hedwig."

"Thank you for thanking care of her."

"Don't thank me. Ron took responsibility on her. He was the one who took care of her. And Hedwig missed you a lot. She didn't even mind Pig, if you know what I mean."

"I miss her too."

"Charlie and the twins plan to kidnap you." Ginny whispered.

"Really?" Harry's eyes shined.

"Yes, but then they didn't knew where you stay. So they spent all summer to look for you location." Ginny hid her smile.

Harry felt warm inside, knowing that some people really care about her.

"But I'm fine. Severus is nice to me." Harry turned to Draco. "Right, Draco?"

"Yes, he is nice." Draco wanted to laugh when some Slytherin who obviously heard Harry casually called their Head of House, blanched. "Come on, Harry, it's time for the next class."

Harry just nodded her head. She accepted Draco's help to bring her bag as usual.

Harry was still smiling happily, walking hand in hand with Draco to their DADA class. But her smile faltered a little at the sight of a blond wizard standing in the front of the class.

"What are you doing standing there?" Lucius smirked. "Go take your seat. The class will start soon."

As the students all were sitting, and silently waiting for him to say something, Lucius introduced himself in a slow, overconfident drawl.

"Let me introduce myself." Lucius smirked. "I'm your new Defence Against the Dark Art teacher."

Nobody made a sound.

"Surprise." Lucius sneered.

Harry fidgeting in her seat every time Lucius landed his eyes at her which happened pretty often.

Soon the students learnt that the new teacher was not to be underestimated. Unlike those previous years of DADA classes, this one was unlikely to be a favourite class. It was horridly as nasty as any Potions classes. Even the Slytherins were relieved when the class was over.

Harry put her things back to her bag, eager to leave the class with the other students. Unfortunately she was not fast enough.

"So, Harry. Not pleased to see me?" Lucius smiled mockingly.

"No, Sir." Harry's answer was almost inaudible.

"You've read the book I gave you, I hope?" Another question coated in sweet tone.

Harry's only reaction was her eyes widen in shock, hands clasping Draco's in a tight seized.

"Please excuse us, Professor." Draco smirked. "I believe Professor Snape has been waiting for us."

"What a coincidence, I am meeting him too."

"Er… I have something I need to do before dinner," Hermione whispered to Harry, anxious to get rid of the Malfoys' polite conversation.

"Sure, Granger." Draco smiled. "I'll take care of Harry."

Hermione smiled, and forced Ron to come with her. She turned to take the last look at Harry's shocked and scared expression, feeling a little bit guilty for leaving her, but she needed to talk to the Potions Master.

"Now, why don't we come to my quarter. We can talk more freely there." Lucius smiled. "I have let Severus know the password and he will join us before dinner."

Draco smiled when Harry didn't let go his hand. He turned to look at her and surprised to see the trust in her eyes, though she looked distrust toward his father.

~Ô~

"Come again as why we need to talk to him." Ron tried to question her friend's sanity though he kept following her. Better then when to some other places and saw his sister very friendly toward his enemy.

"Because I can't find the potions that had change Harry." Hermione said, almost as if she was stress. "And I don't think our friend live as if she were a five year old child is a good thing."

When they arrived at the Potions teacher's office, Hermione knocked the door. Waiting patiently to be let in.

"Come in." A deep voiced answered her.

Severus would be very surprised that some students were willing to meet him at their own initiative.

'But those Gryffindors, I should have known better.' In fact he was actually expecting it.

"To what do I owe this pleasure?" He sneered.

"Well, Sir. We only ask a minute or two of your time." Hermione spoke, didn't wait for Ron to follow her in. "It's about Harry."

"You have my attention." Again he sneered, didn't actually feel the need to let them sit.

"I've been doing a little searching but I can't find any potions that could change a male into a female."

"It's very simple actually." Severus looked serious. "That's because I created the potion myself. It's a modification of a maternal potion."

"If that is the case, then it should make him a woman not a child."

"My sentiment exactly." Severus nodded. He didn't take any points for questioning him and that surprised his students. "It has never been tested before and I'm not sure what the side effect if a male took the potion."

"Oh, please. She's just running away for reality." Ron almost yelled, but paled when he realised what he just did.

"Speak up." Severus said softly.

"Do you know how her childhood was like, Professor?" Ron didn't expect any answer because he continued. "It's like a crap."

"Ron." Hermione wanted to scold him.

"Explain." Severus never really knew about Harry before, maybe this would explain something to him.

"The muggles, her family, they treated her, him…" He was confused about the gender but continue, "badly. Not hurting her physically, but they didn't actually care about her either. She never had a childhood. And then something happened to Sirius, her godfather. I'm not sure why but I think she felt guilty about him. She changed. She won't event fly again."

"She was scare." Hermione glared at her friend. "There must be something terrible she had gone through."

"Yes." Ron nodded his head but his eyes never left the professor. "And the way you and the Malfoys treat her, make her conveniently slip into a child. She believes that she is loved, and she learnt to accept it."

"Excellent observation, Mr. Weasley." Severus' expression didn't betray his feeling, though.

"Well, Harry told us about her summer, Sir. And how you and the Malfoys treat her, in a good way of course," Hermione hastily added, "We thank you for that. I prefer her running away from reality, as Ron put it, and live like a child than she ignoring her surrounding."

"Well, ten points for each of you for concerning a fellow student." Severus said slowly. "You are dismissed."

The looks on the Gryffindors were very funny. They absolutely never dreamt of the Head of the Slytherin House gave them points, especially because they were very concern about Harry.

"Well, thank you, Sir." They said, still in dazed, and left the office.

Severus sat in silence, thinking about what his students had told him. 'Is it really better for Harry to act so childish than she coping with the fact?'

~Ô~

Lucius was amused when Harry sit very close to Draco.

"It's not a ladylike to sit very close to a man, even though the man is her fiancée." Lucius looked at her. "Oh yes, you haven't read the book. And tell me why?"

Harry crawled to sit on Draco's lap and hide her face on her neck. "I'm busy."

"Excuse me?"

"I don't have time." Harry glanced at the man before she hid her face again.

"Well, now that I'm here, I'll make sure you'll read the book." Lucius smiled satisfiedly. "No Grandpapa to protect you now. And you could have your seat."

Harry only tried to get closer to Draco. "I'll owl him."

"It's alright, Father." Draco smiled. "I'm not complaining, though I'm not a sofa. But really she's not heavy."

Lucius sighed. "Your mother and grandma knew I'm teaching here now and they want me to gave you something. I'll go get it."

Harry looked worriedly at Draco when Lucius was not around.

"What?"

"I haven't owled them."

"So?"

"Are they angry at me?"

Draco gently put Harry back to her seat.

"Well, let see what they had for us and then you can write you thank you note. I'll help you take it to the owlery and sent it home. What do you think?"

"Thank you, Draco."

Lucius came back with three boxes. He hand one to Draco and two to Harry. It was chocolate, though Harry get extra box of new ribbons.

"We still have time before dinner, want to write now?"

Harry nodded.

"Write what?" Lucius lifted his eyebrow.

"A thank you note." Harry answered seriously before she took out the parchment, the quill and the ink.

Dear Grandmama, Aunt Nisa and Grandpapa,

The school has started nicely and I have Hermione as my roommate. She is my best friend. And guess what, Mr. Lucius is my new teacher.

Oh, Severus let me stay at his quarter on weekend. I'm very happy now.

Thank you for the present. I like it very much.

PS. Grandpapa said I look pretty with my ribbon. I don't understand why Hermione isn't wearing ribbon.

Harry had the serious expression back when she wrote the letter. She ignored Draco and Lucius hovering above her, reading her writing. After reread it, she folded the parchment and gave it to Draco.

"What were you writing, Harry?" Severus' voice startled her.

Harry went to Severus and gave him a hug.

"So, met you new teacher?" Severus chuckled.

"He told us to come here." Harry whispered. "But I didn't do anything wrong."

"How's your first day, Lucius?" Severus' expression didn't change.

"Nice." Lucius spat the word. "Look at my room."

"Nothing wrong with this, I think."

Harry pulled her bag and sit very close to Severus.

'Just a minute ago she sat on my lap.' Draco shook his head.

"Got more presents?" Severus looked at the boxes on the table.

"Yes, so I wrote the thank you note. Draco will help me owl it."

"Time for dinner now." Lucius stood up. "Can't wait for the Headmaster to introduce me."

"He could do that on breakfast." Draco grabbed his present.

"Well, then there will be no surprise." Lucius smirked at his friend. "Beside, I have breakfast with your mother and grands."

~Ô~

Ron spent his time with Hermione and to her amazement he studied. Ginny had been avoiding him, he wondered why his heart hurt whenever he saw her with Blaise.

'It's not that I have feeling for him.' Ron stared at the Charm book. He didn't want to admit it but it hurt when the Slytherin avoided him too.

'Maybe he did want Ginny and he get me only to get to her.' He sighed sadly. And stupidly he started to avoid him too.

Ron wasn't the only one who felt bad about it. Blaise was hiding in his bed.

'Damn. Was Draco wrong? He didn't even look at me now. And I bet on my legacy that he was avoiding me too.' He lay restlessly on his bed.

At Severus' quarter, Harry gave out a relieve breath when the three Slytherins left her. She was boring now. If Severus were around, he would have her done her homework but with him gone for a while, Harry preferred doing something she liked.

She went to her room and got her cooking book. Two minutes later found her sitting comfortably at the big sofa, looking through the book for an interesting recipe.

"This look nice." Harry talked to herself. Ice cream, it would melted the moment it touched your tongue, it also have a rich taste of lime. It was easy too make and she could serve it for dinner.

Harry took her book and went to the small kitchen. She went to a small cabinet with cooling charm that work the same as muggle's refrigerator. She opened it and found nothing other than milk, milk and milk.

She opened another dresser and found it empty. Suddenly, felling angry out of the blue she slammed it closed and stomped her foot.

"Where is the thing when you need it." She yelled.

"Little Miss needs Minty?" The house elf asked expectantly.

"Minty, what are you doing here?" Harry was surprised.

"Master says Minty come to Hogwarts to help Little Miss when Little Miss need Minty." Minty answered eagerly.

"Where do you stay all this time?"

"Minty stay with the other house elves at the Hogwarts' kitchen."

"Hogwarts' kitchen." Harry smiled, she conjured a quill and parchment, scribbling something furiously and handed it to the elf. "I want you to get this for me."

Minty took the parchment and disappeared. Harry had to wait for three minutes before the house elf was back with all her requests.

Harry was happily cooking with the help from Minty when the door was opened.

Severus came back to his quarter, expecting to see Harry pouting angrily at him for leaving her alone. He didn't know whether to get angry or relieve to find her busy something in the kitchen with her house elf.

"Planning to blow my kitchen?" Severus tried to keep his face straight.

"Severus, you're back." Harry smiled at him. "Look who's here."

"Minty." Severus pretended to be surprised. "And my messy kitchen."

"Minty will help me clean it." Harry pouted.

"I thought my room is terrible." Lucius shocked Harry. "I only have to look at your kitchen and realise how elegant my room is."

Harry blushed. 'Well, next time I'll just cook at Hogwarts' kitchen.' She put the bowl in the cooling cabinet and walked to Severus, leaving Minty cleaned the kitchen.

"Dinner?" Harry asked him.

"Yes. We're picking you up."

"Can't we have dinner here?"

"Not tonight."

"Where is Draco?"

"Waiting you at the Great Hall."

Harry walked in silent between the older wizards. She put her small hand in Severus' bigger one and gave him one of her smile when he squeezed her hand firmly.

Harry walked to the Slytherin's table when he saw that Draco had saved a seat for her.

"You didn't come." Harry's childlike voice was deep with accusation that had strangely moved Draco's heart.

"I made you something." Harry whispered to Draco when she saw him finished with his dinner. She waved her wand and a cup of chocolate she made was served before him.

"For me?" Draco smiled.

"Yes. I made some for Severus too." Harry smiled. "And for Mr. Lucius."

"Thank you." Draco took a spoon and savoured the taste. "It's wonderful." His smiled disappeared when he saw Harry was looking at him. "You don't have it yourself?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Dudley didn't like it when I have some. He would told his parents and they would get angry at me." Harry's eyes were big with sadness.

"Well, I'm not your cousin." Draco tried to hold his anger toward the muggles. He easily lifted Harry's light body and put her on his lap. "Why don't you give it a try?"

"No." Harry shook her head and put her hands on her mouth.

"Harry." She stiffened by the tone. "Close your eyes." She obeyed. Draco put away her hands. "Open your mouth." He gently shoved a spoon of the treat.

Draco wanted to laugh at the look of pure amazement on Harry's face. "Do you like it?"

"Yes." She whispered.

"Do you want some?"

"May I?" Another quiet whisper.

"Of course." He shoved another spoon. "You're the one who made it anyway."

"Hmm." Harry smiled.

"You may open your eyes." Harry opened her eyes to see all of the Slytherins were looking at them.

"Is it that good?" Blaise asked Draco.

"Want to have some?" Draco teasingly shoving a spoon at him, and to his surprised Harry took his hand and ate the ice cream before she turned fiercely at her friend.

"It's for Draco." She blew a raspberry at him and then ignored him completely.

Harry took the spoon from Draco and fed him, making sure nobody get to taste the treat.

Draco enjoyed the rare affection Harry showed him. He noticed there was a drop on chocolate on Harry's lower lip.

"Harry you have some at your…" When Harry lifted her head, Draco couldn't hold himself. "Here, let me…" He bent down and licked her lips.

Harry looked up at him and smiled. "Thank you." She corked her head. "You have something there too." She put the cup and reached for Draco's face. She didn't hear the gasps from her surrounding nor did she hear Pansy's curses.

"Thank you." Draco smiled widely now. He didn't seem to be able to keep his face straight now.

~Ô~

"I swear that girl hates me." Lucius said bitterly when he compared his small cup of ice cream to Severus' bowl full of it.

"The feeling is mutual I thought." Severus grinned.

"What? I accept her to be my future daughter in law now don't I?"

"You gave her that book." Severus gave him the same annoying grin. "Well, as I'm a good friend of yours, I'm willing to share."

"Didn't fancy having a fat tummy?" Lucius smirked.

"Now, I wonder what they are talking right now." Severus train his eyes on his 'daughter' when he saw Draco put her on his lap and Harry desperately shook her head.

"That interesting." Lucius finally said when they saw the two of them licking each other.

"Harry." Severus spoke loudly.

Heads were turning to the staff's table now, to a red face Potions Master.

Harry stood up with Draco's help. She didn't know why Severus looked angry with her. She cautiously asked, "You don't like it?"

"Come here." Severus ignored her question. He put her on his lap so that he could look at her at an eye level.

Harry raised her head, waiting for him to scold her.

"Maybe I forgot to tell you, but you aren't supposed to lick each other." He had his voice guarded.

"He just helped me."

"Help you?"

"I had something on my lips."

"Next time, just told him to use napkins."

"It okay, Severus, they are engaged now, remember?" Lucius said mockingly at his friend.

"You don't like it, Severus?" Harry looked at the untouched ice cream.

"I have a stomach ache if I have it that much." He waved his wand and the ice cream was shared in small cups with other staff. "Since I'm feeling generous today, I might as well share."

Harry smiled. "Severus."

"Yes?" Severus ignored the envy look he and the other staff got from the students.

"It's weekend right."

"Yes."

"Can I sleep in my room?"

"Did you have to ask?"

"Thank you." Harry hugged the man tightly. She then waited patiently until he finished the dessert.

They were a little holdback by the other teachers who wanted to thank Harry for the dessert.

They went to their quarter in silent. Severus thought that Harry might not understand what she did licking Draco's in public, not that she was allowed to do it in private.

'She's just too innocent for her own good.'

He watched amusedly went Harry did the list Narcissa made for her to do before sleep. And once he was sure that Harry was sleeping, he went to the kitchen and got the small cup of ice cream. When he split it, he had made sure that he had one left and sent it to his quarter.

He listened to the surrounding and heard nothing, so he quietly left his room.

He walked through many corridors and took lots of stairs before he reached the secret room. No one knew where it was, it didn't require password, and the only ones that could enter the room was Dumbledore, McGonagall and himself.

When he walked through the door, a big shadow jumped on him. He carefully lifted the cup, as not to spill it.

"Miss me that much, don't you." Severus smirked, though he couldn't stand the noisy for very long. It was thoughtful of Dumbledore to make the room soundproof.

"Shut up, Black." The dog, Sirius Black, comply.

"I bring you something." He put the cup on the floor and watched him smell it first before finish the ice cream in two quick licks.

"I only have that one." He tried to push the dog off of him, but he had grown stronger now. "It's your fault to finish it so fast."

Black sadly put his head on his front feet.

"You do like it, don't you." Severus gently scratched his head. "Your goddaughter made it for me."

Black growled.

"I know I probably confuse you. I've told you that you have a godson, well apparently now you had a goddaughter. Something had happened to her." He didn't stop scratching him, and the dog purred appreciately. "Remember soon, Black, and you can have her made it for you again."

"She's a sweet girl." Severus continued. "I would love to have a daughter like her."

"And she misses you a lot." Severus looked at the dog. "It partly your fault for her changes."

Black barked once.

Severus sighed. "Just remember soon."

~Ô~

31 January 2004, 12:54 pm

I would like to say thank you to my reviewer, sorry if I missed someone:

Nora Lena Potter

Goldengirl2

Miss Shadow Prowl : yeah right, but it still have the slashy part (I think)

pixy : What about this one (poor Minty have to clean the kitchen by herself though)

Prophetess Of Hearts : Hope this chapter was longer enough *blush* (I guess you think it's not hehe)

Yolei Chang : really, I do have someone for Snape, but keep reviewing if you have something to say about them later.

fyre : Nah, there goes your answers. Thanks ya for waiting.

hpdmgirl15 : glad you like it, my first Blaise/Ron pairing.

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Corsairs : wow, that's great. Well, I had drew some pictures of Harry if you like to know how her appearances is now, go check it at my website (I know shameless publicity again hehe)

Brenna8 : I think so, but it still take another two or three chapters to change the way Harry was feeling, please wait in patient. (though sometimes I'm not so patient myself)

Kylaya : well, she couldn't find it and just go to Severus. Brilliant idea.

Tirla : nice thought. I like nervous father Severus. Yeah, I think I use it, thanks.

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Yana5 : hope this answer you, if not, I'll try better next chapter.

Jazmyine : nah, I agree with you. She will get more emotional battle when she find out about Sirius. Hehe, evil me.

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