Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter. The credit goes to J.K Rowling

IMPORTANT! MUST READ! - I did not know anything about the 6th book before I started writing this story; so anything that seems similar is luck/coincidence. I'm not going to change anything about the plot now that I've read the book - the ending to 'Lupin's Gift' has been planned since it's beginning (August 23,2004)

Sorry it's taken so long to post this, but I figured everyone would want to read the sixth book first and get all that lovely stuff out of the way. :)

Harry woke to find his eyes being painfully accosted by sunlight. He looked around sleepily and was somewhat startled to find two green eyes staring warmly at him.

"Good morning." Lily whispered, kissing his forehead. Harry felt his heart expand. It was close to the best feeling in the world - waking up between his parents after a good night's sleep. James woke up shortly after, and they all agreed to go to breakfast together after dressing. Of course, Lily and James sat with the teachers and Harry sat with his friends.

"Are you OK, Harry? You're awfully quiet." Hermione stated obviously. Ron rolled his eyes and took another bite of bacon.

"I'm great." Harry replied happily, reaching across the table to help himself to a muffin.

Hermione was shoveling in cereal as she watched the second hand on her watch tick.

"Where're you off to?" Ron asked, watching almost in disgust as she displayed such shocking manners towards good food.

"The library. I have to do some more research for Potions." she said from behind her napkin. Harry felt like groaning.

"The library. I have to meet Malfoy there during my free period."

"How come?" Ron asked as Hermione snatched up her back and half sprinted out of the Hall.

"We still have some research to do. I don't trust him to work without supervision." Harry added with a snarl. Ron snorted and continued to eat.

"Tough luck being assigned to Malfoy."

"Snape hates me." Harry grumbled. Ron laughed.

"Course he does, mate. He hates everyone, including himself. He just hates you a little more." Harry rolled his eyes.

"Thanks a lot, Ron."

"No problem." Ron said with a wave of his hand.

Lessons dragged by slowly. Harry was looking forward to the end of classes, when he and James were going to fly together on the Quidditch pitch. But first, he had to live through another library session with Draco. Upon entering the library, Harry found Malfoy seated at a back table. Draco looked uncharacteristically nervous. He was tapping the tabletop with a distracted hand while his heel thumped against the carpet like a tribal drum.

"Ready to start working?" Harry asked, sliding into a seat across from him. At the sound of Harry's voice, Draco became Malfoy again, silvery smooth. He turned a cool eye upon Harry and smirked.

"Work? I don't 'work' Potter. Nor do I 'toil' like you common mules at this place." Malfoy sneered with a slight indication of his head to show he was including all of Hogwarts in this categorization. Harry met Malfoy's sneer.

"So what about you, Malfoy?" he spat the name like it tasted badly in his mouth. Draco smirked.

"Me? I dominate." he said in a smooth, silky voice. Harry rolled his eyes.

"That sounds like a line from a bad Muggle movie." he snapped. Yet at the same time, said so calmly and from so villainous a person as Draco, it sounded true. Harry pulled a book off a nearby stack and got out a quill and parchment. Malfoy watched in amusement. "What?" he finally snapped, annoyed. Draco faked a yawn, then casually spilled a thick pile of parchment out of his bag.

"Here you go Potter."

"What's this?"

"I decided to help you out on this little project after all, Potter." Malfoy said with a smile that Harry didn't trust at all.

"Why?" Harry asked, not trusting Draco for a second. Malfoy smirked.

"Shouldn't you be thanking me?" he asked. Harry eyed Malfoy with a wary stare.

"Thank you." Hearing what he had wanted to hear, Malfoy stood.

"That's not all you'll be thanking me for, in the end, Potter." That said, Malfoy strode out of the library, leaving Harry with an uneasy feeling.

MORE TO COME SOON, I PROMISE! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!