Harry Hunting

Chapter Seven

Changing Faces

Disclaimer All characters and the such belong to other people. This goes for any of the songs I mention as well. JKR is god all must bow at her pedicured feet.

The question seldom addressed is where Medusa had snakes. Underarm hair is an even more embarrassing problem when it keeps biting the top of the deodorant bottle.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Soul Music)

"A little bit of this, a little bit of that, hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm, all in the name of love. " The secret dungeon space she had set up her lab in was almost quiet if a muggle radio hadn't of been on. It sat on a shelf next to ingredient's she had been collecting since first year and learnt that student's don't get their own personal work space. Peering into the softly boiling cauldron, she smiled with this she would have definitely gained an extra 50 house points and a pass mark no matter what Snape could say. But love is a much more deserving cause then scholarly pursuits she could always write up a five foot long essay. Lining the walls she had dragged down some old rug's and tapestries from an old store room and the area looked like the back space of an antique store. It had taken her months to gather the material to make this Polyjuice potion and she was going to hand it in for extra marks in Potions but with this challenge propositioned by the group she couldn't pass up the chance to use it to catch Harry Potter for herself. Or as she like to call him, her future monkey sex puppet. She already had sample's of Harry's friends and those close to him. She had not planned on using the Polyjuice potion for this but it payed to be prepared.

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

The main hall was filled with noise and light as the school got down to the serious business of eating and talking to their friends. At the head table Dumbledore and McGonagall could be seen whispering to each other with a keen eyed Sprout leaning into their conversation. Down at the Gryffindor table the golden triangle looked like they had their heads together trying to figure out the next plans of Voldemort. Throughout the hall frustrated looks and voices aimed at the silky haired head of the boy-that's-oblivious to everything, could not be distinguished from the rest of the noise. Closer to the Gryffindor table a perfectly normal teenage conversation could be heard from the golden triangle and friends. "So if you had to have sex with one of the Professor's who would you do?" Neville who had been sipping on his pumpkin juice coughed. Ginny looked at him in concern then laughed.

"Definitely not Snape. It would be too weird." This was from Seamus who was staring intently up at the night sky shown by the magical ceiling.

"oh, come on. He's not that bad. If he would just have a shower once in a while and kept his mouth shut at the right time's it wouldn't be that bad." This was from Hermione who was staring at Ron to see his response.

"Okay, I never want any mental image with anything to do with Snape and him having sex to ever enter my mind." Harry who had been watching his friend's in amusement spoke up "So who would you have sex with if you had to out of all the Professors. Imagine that you're last people left on the planet." Neville had finished cleaning the pumpkin juice off the front of his shirt.

"And you said that muggle's play this sort of word game a lot."

"Oh yeah." Hermione hid the pad and quill she was writing on under the table.

"Well okay then. I think Madam Pomfrey has this women in uniform thing going for her." "No way she's scarier than Snape when you have to go to the hospital." Ron was staring at Neville in amazement. Ginny smiled

"If you like the naughty nurse thing sure. But if I was stuck with only one person it would have to be Madam Hooch or Professor Lupin. He had this whole consumptive Absinthe drinking Victorian poet vibe. Very cute."

"So why Madam Hooch?" Harry asked. "She is so commanding when she yells in Quidditch matches. I could just see here with a horse whip in hand and . . ." Ron shoved a hand over his little sister's mouth.

"Okay enough I don't want to know about my sister's sad sexual perversions." Ginny licked her brother's hand and he pulled away with a cry.

"oh gross. If we were at home you would be so dead." Hermione was laughing with Ginny.

"Don't be like that Ron I've seen you looking at Hooch when she teaches your practically drooling. I bet if she had a whip they'd have to scrap you off the ground at the end of a lesson. " Ron spluttered then grinned.

"Well I've seen you watch Mcgonagall and I don't want to know what you have in mind." Mione poked her tongue out at Ron as from the top table Dumbledore spoke up.

"Student, Ladies Gentlemen, I would like your attention, please." As the hall quieted down. Dumbledore spoke up again.
"I would like to announce that this year their will be a Halloween dance after the normal feast in two weeks time. This is too be organised by the prefects. They are to conscript help to organise and decorate the hall. Please help them." There is a groan from the hall from those that realise what conscript meant.
"I would also like to announce that there is too be a prize of 50 house points and a selection of sweets from Honeydukes, for the most imaginative costume." McGonagall looked up at Dumbledore and coughed.
"Oh, I all most forgot there will be a small cover charge of one sickle in support of those who have lost homes in the war." McGonagall coughed again and nearly sprained her throat.
"Oh, one more thing, the use of personal magic for your own or other's physical change is not allowed. After a series of unfortunate accidents several years ago. You are allowed to use the professional products produced for costume events." Looking down at McGonagall quickly, then Dumbledore grinned.
" And I'm sure if you ask kindly a teacher may help you with your costume. That is all I hope you have a good time."

Back at the Gryffindor table Neville grinned. "I heard last year when a costume ball was cancelled. That the reason personal transfiguration spells are banned is because a girl tried this mermaid costume and managed to make herself this half fish half human girl but it was the wrong way around."

"What do you mean?"

"Well she had her own legs and waist but a giant fish head." Everyone stills at the mental. "Well I guess there are advantages to that way around rather then the usual." Everyone stops again to think about what Seamus said.

"Okay, I think you put way too much thought into that." Neville said with a strained look on his face.

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

The potion had been on a steady boil for most of the night and was almost ready. She had a stasis spell ready to hold the portions of the potion she didn't use and all she needed to do was add the sample of hair taken from Harry's friend and she had an hour to grab him and bag him. The radio's music could just be heard over her off-key absentminded singing. "Love is in the air in the whisper of the trees."

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

Harry was sitting in the common room contimplating his Potions work and the 3 foot assignment he had due on the various methods of distillation, muggle and magical. When ever he got an assigment in feet he was glad that the school didn't use the metric system, one foot basically equalled an A4 sheet of paper whereas a meter would be more than three times that. Imperial measurement's rule. Around him were the texts he had managed to get away from Hermione while she completed an assignment for Ancient Runes. Thinking of Hermione Harry saw her walk into the common room, through the portrait entrance. Instead of her usual school jumper and skirt she was wearing a tight green t-shirt and an equally tight pair of soft black pants. With a quiet "Hi" Harry got back to his assignment he really needed to get it finished, it wasn't like he wanted to spend time with Snape.

"Hello Harry." At Hermione's voice Harry's head shot up she was standing right in front of the table he was sitting at. Leaning slightly forward she had both her hands resting on his parchment. "What are you doing Harry." Putting down his quill Harry looked up at his friend inquisitively,

"You know I have an assignment due, and I thought you would be buried under books in the library for that Ancient Runes homework." Sighing Hermione drew a hand back through her hair which Harry noticed was kind of wet and not so fuzzy.

"Harry all work and no play, makes Hermione a dull girl. And I don't want to be dull." Leaning forward over Harry's desk Mione was practically sitting on his work.

" Okay, so what are you up to then?" Stepping backwards she walked around the desk and stood next to his chair leaning over him.

"Well I don't know I thought you might be able to think of something." Looking up Harry grinned.

"I know Fred sent one of their new pranks to test why don't we sneak down to the Slytherine common room under my cloak and let it off when someone opens the door." Mione dropped her head and Harry though her heard her mumble something to do with 'boy's and small things'.

"No, maybe not tonight what I was really thinking is that maybe we could go for a little walk by the lake, just the two of us."

Harry looked at the work surrounding him and thought of the detention he would be getting if he dropped his work. "Oh, I don't think I can. I really don't want to scrub any more cauldrons. Has no one in this world heard of Jif."

"Jif what." Harry had opened a new text book and looked at Hermione in surprise. "Oh you know muggle cleaning liquid, creamy coloured and it smells distinctive." Hermione laughed nervously.

"Oh yeah, I knew that. My mum makes it all the time." Harry laughed.

"Good one Mione, your mum makes it." Hermione laughed nervously then stopped quickly.

" Well I would really like sometime alone with you Harry, cause I think that there are things we need to do." The boy-that-was-completely -oblivious smiled at Hermione,

"Oh what's that?"

"I think that you should come with me to this place I know so we can be private."

"I'm sorry Mione but I can't maybe tomorrow. I really need to get this assignment done." Mione knelt down and placed her hands on Harry's leg. She looked up at him and sighed deeply sliding her hands along his leg.

"Umm Harry what do you think about that walk around the lake. The moon is full it will be really pretty." Shifting in his seat Harry grinned nervously. 'this was it Ron was right that one day all the work would boil her brain. She was officially weird.' Pulling out a ruler Harry measured the paper he had already written on.

"16 inches when I get to two feet. We can go It shouldn't take me more that an other hour." Mione gasped at looked at something in her hand.

"Harry are you sure that you can't come now. I have something important to tell you." Harry sighed.

"Mione I don't know why your trying to drag me away from my work. I can't do it. Go see Ron I think he's up in his room. Just make sure you knock first remember what happened when you didn't." Mione was still staring at her hand and seemed to be counting down and spoke absentmindedly.

"Um yeah I don't want that to happen again."

"Yeah and you kept thinking that I was the one that got him the blow up doll." Hermione's head popped up.

"What." Then she shook her head. "Don't worry. I wish we could have gone for that walk." She stood up leaned into the seated Harry. "Please don't mention this conversation to me again I would be so embarrassed." With this Mione reached down and kissed Harry on the cheek and walked out. Speeding up as she got further away from Harry until she got through the portrait door. Scratching his head Harry sighed. He would never understand people, girls in particular. Right back to the assignment.

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

Rushing back to her lab, the rapidly changing Hermione look alike slammed the door shut and slid down it. She had been so close, if Harry hadn't of been so obliviously. She rubbed a hand over her face, but that just made him cuter. She only had an hour to get the-boy-that-lived into a safe place before the potion wore off and she had taken too long getting ready as Hermione. So when she faced Harry she only had twenty minutes. She was going to plain better next time. It was just going to take her a day or so to get over the first application of the potion. She just hoped that taking so many doses of the polyjuice potion wouldn't react. It didn't mention anything in the text book but it niggled at the back of her mind. The radio was still playing, "This is more than a haircut I wear on my head . . ."

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

It had taken a while but Harry had found a place to be alone down by the lake no one was around and he could get the present he was working on for Ron out of his bag. He was trying to make a miniature broom pour out a tiny smoke trial that would spell words that could expand in size if you wanted. At the moment he couldn't make it shape the letter 's' it just didn't look right. As he settled back on his blanket he peered at the broom and tired to think about what would fix it. A shadow fell across his blanket and he stuffed the floating mini-broom under his jacket. "Hi Harry, what are you up to?" Harry smiled it was Neville

"Oh nothing, I'm just getting Ron's Christmas present ready but I don't think part of the spell is right." Sitting down Neville looked at Harry.

"What are you making?" Harry reached into his jacket and puled out the little broom. "This, it just won't shape an 's' Look." With that he sent the broom up in the sir with the command word and told it to spell six. The word that appeared in red smoke looked like xix not six.

"I see what you mean," Neville sounded intrigued. "I think I can help. With that the two boys spent the next half hour talking about the spell and trying to work out how to fix it.

When they had finally figured out how to make the broom move more distinctively and shape an 's'. Harry looked at Neville in bemusement. "I didn't think that you were into charms that much Neville." Neville's mouth snapped shut.

"Oh yeah, I am I just don't like talking about it much. "

"It's been fun this afternoon to talk like this. Ron is very much sport orientated, and Hermione always has to lecture when you try to talk to her. It's been nice to just to talk." Neville smiled.

"That's good to hear. What are you going to come as for the masquerade?" Harry sighed and stretched his arms up over his head exposing a gap of skin showing his pale flesh and part of his snail trail. He thought he heard Neville swallow loudly.

" Oh I don't know," he turned to face Neville.

"Hey, I didn't know you were growing your hair." Neville brought a hand up to his head. "I'm not." He felt the normal flat hair of Neville but it was slightly longer and coarser. 'Oh no' "Umm Harry I think I have to go now Madam Sprout has a job for me, yeah. That sounds good." As he was lying down Harry stared up at Neville with a disappointed look on his face.

"Oh, Okay. if you have to go I'll see you tonight." Neville started walking backwards. "Yip, I'll see you then." And he walked away quickly.

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

Creeping into a broom closet she had scouted out earlier she undid the buttons on the front of the Neville sized shirt. Guy's shirts were not made for girls. She had been so close, but had been distracted by the talk. It was so good to talk to Harry Potter about something that interested her. What worried her though was that the something had gone wrong with the potion it shouldn't of changed so soon she should have had at least another fifteen minutes as Neville. And when she had looked at her hair it hadn't changed from brown to black as it would if she was turning back to her true form but it looked like Hermione granger's hair. This was not good. If the polyjucie potion was unstable she wouldn't be able to use the last portion of the potion. She was going to have to give up and admit defeat. Her head fell onto her chest then a mental image began to form, of Harry naked kneeling in pool of red rose petals, she bit her bottom lip he was so cute and clueless. Then she could hear the voices of the others in the G.S.S talking about her loss and putting her name next to Milicent, Lavender, and Vincent. No she was going to try again but this time she wasn't going to wait around and talk she was just going to go for it and she had the perfect sample of hair to use.

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

As Harry walked down the hallway to class a hand emerged from a dark abandoned room reached and snagged the back of his robe and dragged him in. Before he could speak a hand was over his mouth and someone turned on the lights. It was Cho Chang. She took the hand away from and pulled him towards a pile of exercise mats piled together. "Umm Cho what are you doing?"

"Well Harry I think you know how I feel about you and think that we should finally find a physical way of expressing our feelings." Harry was confused what the fuck was she talking about.

"Cho I don't know what you mean. I thought we had gone through this we're friends." A surprised look crossed Cho's face and he though he heard her say something about 'crappy Slytherine intelligence.'

"Well I was wrong and I think we should be together right here right now." Grabbing Harry's arm she tossed him on to the mats.

"Hey what do you think your doing?" Cho began to drag her robe off and fell ontop of Harry.

"Harry I think you need to shut up and just let me work." A panicked look passed over the-boy-who-was -going-to-get-lucky.

"Ahh Cho do you know what your doing?" With out a word she placed her mouth over his and slid her tongue over his lips gently slipping through into his mouth. With that he couldn't ask any more questions. Slowly she could feel the tension in his body ease as he brought a hand up to her face and drew it through her hair. As they kissed she placed a hand on his neck and started undoing his tie. When they came up for air, Harry smiled shyly.

"Well if you feel that way." Cho acted quickly before he could say something stupid she couldn't answer. Pulling his jersey over his head she caught his arms and started kissing a trail along his stomach and through the snail trail decorating his belly. Harry squirmed under the ticklish sensation and sighed. Pulling the jumper up further so that it reached just below his nose covering his face she began to kiss him again. As she brought her arms up to pull his sweater over his head so he could see she looked down at her chest and noticed it was unusually flat, for her or Cho. A single thought echoed through her mind. 'Oh Fuck'

Jumping up she stumbled away from Harry unsure what her body was doing that she couldn't see. Bringing her hand to her head she could feel her hair changing texture and length it was making her head ache. Something was going tremendously wrong. Breathing quickly she ran backwards watching Harry work his way out of his jumper, but before he got it away from his eyes she was out of there. Harry watched a leg flew around the corner as Cho ran out of the room. 'what had he done?' Something wasn't right with this. Harry pulled his shirt back on and sat on the soft mats. There had been something fishy going on for the past few weeks he knew it. Not the normal Voldemort induced craziness, this was new. The voices and the kakhi followers, that strange person in the room. Maybe the 'Slighty Dirty Dark Lord' was trying to get him in new strange and unusual ways. He had better keep his eyes open. Sitting up Harry sighed, even if it had been an evil plan to kill him he had been that close to making it with Cho Change, his life sucked.

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

. . ., people would take pains to tell her that beauty was only skin-deep, as if a man ever fell for an attractive pair of kidneys.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Maskerade)

polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,polyjuice, polyjuice,

Lisa Turpin ran back through the corridor her robe flung over her head. She had been so close to getting Harry Potter. Just a few more minutes and he would have been hers. Tears of frustration crawled down her face. Reaching her little lab she slammed the door shut and collapsed into the cot bed she had set up. No one ever noticed her, being in Ravenclaw she was obviously smart but other's always came off as better in the brains department. She wasn't good looking, she was absently normal. The only chance she had to catch Harry was if she was someone else. Why did the polyjuice potion have to fail just at that moment. As she took a breath all the things she could have done if she hadn't of panicked sped through her mind. She could have turned off the lights, Blindfolded Harry anything. It just wasn't fair. What was she going to say in next weeks meeting? The radio was still burbling along and the words echoed strangely in the small room. " . . . Did you think I would crumble did you think I would lay down and die Oh not I. .I will survive, I will survive, as long as I know how to love I know I'll survive."

Authors Note

Lisa Turpin was my scapegoat for this week she is mentioned in the first books sorting scene and I can't remember if she is mentioned again in any major way. She is sorted into Ravenclaw after Harry is sorted.

I have a few more ideas for the plans of the G.S.S but I am more than willing if anyone has a new and different idea for a way for one of their members to capture Harry.

Of all the songs I have motioned I know they are misquoted and that is for a reason. You can never remember all the words of songs when you are just singing to your self. The first songs I don't know what they are called, but the last two are 'The Haircut' by The Waifs and the second I took from the cover by Cake of 'I will Survive.'

If any one wants to Beta the position is open and I think all my readers would be really grateful as I willingly admit that without advice my writing is strange and unusual at the best.

Thankyou for Reviewing

bsdisaster, and Okazin

123315 - thankyou heaps for the review.The polyjuice Cho is for you. Don't worry the club are going to catch Harry but I have several evil plans yet to unfold before that happens. Cho may or may not be a member I can't tell though that would be cheating. Thankyou for reccomending my stories. I hope they like it.

Check Out My Other Stories. In particular my Harry slash Greek myth inspired 'The Kindly Ones'

PLEASE REVIEW, It is very hard to feed four Plot bunnies with out losing an arm.