Thank you Menecarkawan.

Author's Note: There's a slight allusion to a Japanese anime called Ichigo 100 per cent, but I don't recommend it. It's 'bleh'. If you've seen it though, you'll know what I mean.

Chapter 4

Mood Swings and Cramps

Hermione spotted Ron in the common room. She whispered to him: "Ron, I'm really worried about Harry. I think he might fall into depression and he's only been in that form for just a little more than a week..."

"Well, it's a miracle he hasn't fallen into depression yet... He's a bloody girl Hermione!"

"You got 'bloody' girl right... Ron, today Harry is having his first period. Do you know what this means?"

Ron was suddenly searching something in his mind. "Period, period, period... Bloody hell! Menstruation? The monthly bleeding girls get? I still remember when Ginny got her first at thirteen... Is that what you meant yesterday with Harry, I mean, Larissa having PMS?" Hermione nodded. "Bloody hell! Harry is having serious problems! He really IS a girl! That's not good... That means he can get... Shit!"

"Can you control the language, Ron? And yes, Harry can get pregnant now, but we'll make sure that doesn't happen and you above all won't dare touch Harry in that way. Is that clear?"

"I would never! I'm not a perverted freak, Hermione! In any case I don't think Harry would fall for any guy, but it might be weird for him to fall for a girl at this point..."

"At this point Larissa won't fall for anyone! She is depressed and we have to help her cope!"

"Where is she by the way?" Hermione frowned at Ron's question. After all, Harry had told her that he wanted to be by himself.

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Draco hadn't felt like going to the Great Hall for breakfast yet. Instead, he had decided to be by himself for a while and he knew the perfect place, the abandoned girls' bathroom. Moaning Myrtle was always around, but whenever he told her to leave she always obeyed. He entered and to his relief Moaning Myrtle didn't seem to be there. He sat against a wall thinking, but then he heard something. He remained very still and quiet, listening carefully. There were soft sobs coming from the last cubicle, but they weren't Myrtle's. Draco suddenly felt that he had to leave immediately, but curiosity got the better of him. He approached carefully trying to not make any noise and entered the cubicle before the last one. The blonde delicately stood on the toilet and looked over the cubicle. There, sitting on the floor was a girl and she was sobbing as if the world was over. The girl had shiny long black hair and fear crept through Draco. That girl was none other than Harry Potter. He silently stepped down from the toilet and just laid his back against the cubicle's division. He always loved mocking Harry, but for some reason he didn't feel like it. Why Potter was hiding in that bathroom crying was beyond him, but he didn't have the heart to make fun of the other boy at that moment.

Draco almost gasped. Moaning Myrtle appeared from below the floor right in front of him, but he made a silence gesture by putting his index finger to his lips. Myrtle gave him a curious glance, but complied and floated to the other cubicle that had a crying girl. "Hello... Why are you crying? You remind me of myself, you know?"

Sa focused on Myrtle. "Myrtle... Can you keep a secret?"

Myrtle smiled. "The ghosts already know, Harry, but why are you crying?"

"I... I cannot deal with this. I just can't. I just want to be me again. Today... I even got my first period. It's horrible and it's painful too. The pain makes me dizzy."

"I remember when I had my periods... And yes, they were painful. Those period cramps... But you'll get used to it! You'll see! You'll have to be strong. The Headmaster is looking for a cure and I'm sure he'll find it soon enough. Be brave and enjoy life. When you go back to being a boy, you might even miss being a girl. You'll see. Just savour the new experiences, okay? Now go to the hospital wing. The nurse can give you a pain killing potion." Sa nodded and stood. "You know... It's strange to see a boy crying... I think you're having mood swings." The ghost girl laughed a bit.

"M... Mood swings?" The ghost nodded in reply. "Erm... Thanks Myrtle. I think I'm going for breakfast now." Sa then left and Draco, who held his breath when Sa passed by the cubicle in which he was, sighed in relief. At least Harry never noticed his presence there.

XxXxX

Draco joined the Slytherin table and observed Potter joining Gryffindor table. Potter had arrived later than him even though 'she' had left the bathroom earlier. Draco thought that the girl that was truly Potter must have gone to the hospital wing first.

Malfoy did not want to feel guilt, but the knowledge of Potter experiencing menstruation, with cramps as a bonus, was quite disconcerting. It made Draco consider giving a hand to Snape in making the potion that would cure the annoying Gryffindor, but did he really want to cure Potter?

Just then, Larissa fell back along with her chair. Draco smirked and thought: 'If only to appreciate Potter's disastrous performance as a girl maybe I should leave him that way.'

XxXxX

Ron helped Larissa stand and fixed the chair in place. Larissa sat glowing red with embarrassment. Being a girl had brought bonuses and clumsiness seemed to be one of them. At that moment, Hedwig came to Larissa with a letter. Several students that recognized the snowy white owl stared curiously. Larissa removed the note from Hedwig, petted her, gave her a bit of food, and the owl left happily. Larissa then opened the note. It was from Lupin.

Harry:

Dumbledore sent me your owl telling me and Nymph confirmed it. Try not to

worry too much. Sorry I can't comfort you, as I would wish to. At least I'm not a wolf

all the time, but being a female can't be as bad, right? I think I would have

preferred a curse like that. Honestly. Be reassured that you won't stay like that

forever. Take care!

RL

Larissa carefully folded the note. She felt happy that Remus had written, but maybe using Hedwig hadn't been a good idea. Still, there was a chance that students would just assume that Hedwig was just used for that delivery, although a problem remained. If Harry was an exchange student in North America, why was Hedwig left behind? Larissa hoped no one would ask her questions. Then Ginny approached her.

"Whose idea was it to use Hedwig? Even if you are Larissa now, you're features are still Harry's, only a bit altered. Suspicions might arise." Larissa smiled at the redhead girl that had just whispered to her. Ginny and Luna also knew the truth as they had testified as witnesses against Malfoy along with Neville. Ginny then left and sat with her 6th year friends.

Larissa thought that maybe Dumbledore had wanted to play a little joke by using Hedwig, but that was still quite odd. She noticed then that Malfoy was staring at her. The strange thing was that the blonde was not laughing, as Sa would have expected. Malfoy quickly turned to talk to Crabbe and Goyle and Sa sighed. At least Malfoy was not boasting about what he had done even if the reason was that Dumbledore had forbidden it.

XxXxX

In Charms class Hermione was whispering: "At least now you have a proper school uniform and your own clothes... You are wearing a bra, right?"

"Please, Hermione! Yes, I'm wearing a bra and it's not like we have any chances of having a repeat of that incident as the school uniform underneath the robes covers more than enough... Ouch!" Sa had her hands on her pelvis again. "Why does this have to hurt so much? It hurts almost as much as accidentally being hit in the balls!"

Ron was amazed. "Is it that bad? How can girls stand that torture?"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Not all girls get period cramps and the pain degree can also vary from one girl to another. My period cramps are not that bad. The worst case I've met so far here in Hogwarts is Susan Bones. She has to constantly go to Madam Pomfrey for painkilling potions whenever she has her period. By the way, Harry, I mean Larissa, are you changing your pad every four hours?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because that's how it is supposed to be!"

"Alright, alright! I haven't changed it... yet, but I'll do it before Potions."

"Don't be late to Snape's class..." Ron was looking at Sa with a worried expression.

"I'll try not to be." Sa gave Ron a sympathetic look, but then clutched at her pelvic area again.

Flitwick approached them. They were supposed to be practicing Disillusionment charms. "Well? How's it going? Have you managed to do it?"

Larissa easily disillusioned Ron and made him go back to normal, Hermione did the same using the raven-haired girl, but Ron only disillusioned Hermione down to her waist. From her waist down her body was perfectly normal. It was a strange sight and many students started to laugh.

"You will have to practice, Mr. Weasley!" Then the tiny teacher whispered to Larissa: "That was astounding, Mr. Potter!" Hermione also waited for a compliment and Flitwick chuckled: "Great as always Miss Granger, great as always!"

After Charms, Sa hurried to the girls' bathroom to change her pad. Hermione was right. The pad was soaked and stinky and the pink panties were stained. Sa felt gross, but dealt with the situation and was glad that she had put spare panties into her schoolbag. Sa quickly put the fresh and clean panties that were white bikini briefs with strawberries. She looked at the time and frowned. She wouldn't be able to get a painkilling potion from Madam Pomfrey and Potions class started in two minutes. She washed her hands, put on some perfume everywhere including between her legs in a careful way, feeling strange at what she was doing. After this small ceremony, Sa ran all the way to the dungeons. She entered the dungeon room running and Goyle put his leg to make her trip, accomplishing it with success. Larissa fell forward and even though she managed to flung her arms wildly and use them to break her fall her robes and skirt somehow lifted up to her back showing a curvy behind covered with white bikini panties adorned with printed strawberries. At least the pad was concealed, as it was so thin.

Hermione was horrified and quickly went to fix Larissa's clothes. Crabbe and Goyle seemed to have admired the view and Malfoy couldn't help starting to laugh until tears were coming from his eyes. The thought of Potter wearing strawberry panties was too much for him, but just then the image became perverted and Draco wished to see what was hidden under the strawberry printed depths. His laugh stopped abruptly and everyone was immediately gazing at Snape's face. He had seen the whole thing, but his silence had started to scare all of the students.

"Miss McGonagall..." The way the Potions master dragged the name foreboded doom. "Ten points from Gryffindor for being one minute late to my class and ten more points from Gryffindor for indecent exposure in my classroom. In total, 20 points from Gryffindor in case you have forgotten how to add. Now take your place!"

Larissa, who felt that if she reddened even more she would turn into a strawberry herself, took her place in the dungeon next to Malfoy, as Snape had decided from the first day of Potions class. Snape kept treating her as Harry Potter. It was a fact that Larissa McGonagall couldn't deny.

Class started and the students were supposed to prepare Hypno Potion. Snape promised that those that didn't get it right would be hypnotized with his own demonstration potion by the end of class to act like apes in front of everyone.

Larissa could already picture herself being humiliated even more by the end of class, but pushing the thoughts aside started to carefully read the ingredients and instructions that had appeared on the board. She started to carefully work on her cauldron and was about to put a centaur hair when Malfoy stopped her with a whisper: "Are you stupid? The crushed spider legs come first! Read the instructions!" Larissa was shocked. Malfoy was trying to help her? She took a glimpse at the board and Malfoy was right. The spider legs did come before the centaur tail hair. Larissa murmured a 'thanks' with a raised eyebrow and continued with the ingredients. She was about to revolve the potion's contents counterclockwise when a pale hand stopped her. "First clockwise, then counterclockwise, just in case." The raven-haired girl wondered if Malfoy had read her mind because she was indeed about to turn the contents wrongly. The girl obeyed and saw Malfoy sigh, and then the Slytherin grinned. "Strawberry panties, Potter?" Just then, Sa lost her balance and before she managed to spill her cauldron, strong arms grabbed her. "You are too clumsy is this form." The whispered statement made Larissa blush, but then...

"Mr. Malfoy! What in Merlin's name are you doing?" Snape looked disconcerted.

"Sorry sir, but she almost spilled the contents of her cauldron and I was afraid that it would have been dangerous and I might have been the first victim splashed with that potion. I could have ended in the hospital wing, sir. I just avoided getting hurt myself as I am next to this clumsy menace."

Snape smirked at Malfoy's ability with words. The Potions master then looked at Larissa. "Ten points from Gryffindor for putting a student in danger with your potion." Larissa gaped at the injustice. So far, she had managed to lose thirty points from her House in less than two hours. Malfoy then freed her from his arms, shook his head and went back to his cauldron.

By the end of class, three students, including Ron, had to act like monkeys and Larissa was not one of them to her relief. Snape couldn't find anything wrong with her Hypno potion and he had even been tempted to take points from the boy that had been turned into a girl under the excuse of having seen Draco helping her, but that would have humiliated Draco in front of the Slytherins. That was the only reason why Snape controlled the urge and decided to be satisfied with the fact that Gryffindor had already lost thirty points during his class.

There was still unfairness as instead of three students there should have been five as two students from Slytherin had gotten their potion wrong too, but when had Snape punished students from his own house? Just then, Larissa put her hands on her pelvis. A very painful period cramp had decided to make an appearance. The girl felt faint. "What is wrong with you, Po, Miss McGonagall?" The teacher had raised an eyebrow.

Sa closed her eyes in pain. "Hurts. It hurts too much." The girl fell kneeling and tears were running down her face. Hermione and Ron tried to help her stand, but the girl's arms were clutching her pelvic area. Snape frowned and looked for a vial.

"Painkilling potion. I am the one that prepares them for Madam Pomfrey after all..." The raven-haired girl swallowed the contents, but she was still panting when Ron and Hermione managed to make her stand. Malfoy looked at the scene, eyes wide with surprise. Snape frowned again. "Menstruation?" Larissa nodded, still crying with no reason. Snape then turned around, his robes billowing gracefully. The Potions master was going to inform the headmaster of this disturbing news. The sex change was worse than what they had considered.

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