Title: Stars and Stones

Rating: T

Summary: Harry Dresden, the Winter Knight for the Winter Court, finds himself in the body of a boy name Harry Potter. Karrin Murphy is in the body of Hermione Granger. Now they both have to go through the next seven years, this Harry much more free thinking then a normal eleven year old should be and with the same problems as always. Crossover of the Dresden Files!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rowling or Butcher's characters and I'm making nothing from this.

Chapter 6

Snape's POV

What Draco told me was unsettling. I trusted Potter to make things up, he's just like his blasted father, but Draco wouldn't. Add to the fact that most of the first years were terrified told me that Draco wasn't lying. A demon lord, summoned by a seventh year Slytherin that had decided to use it to attack Potter. The fact that Potter had managed to defeat it as though it was nothing was something that I found unsettling.

"They have been summoned," Dumbledore told me.

"Who?" I asked.

"Don't be here when they arrive," he said, "Go to your quarters and we'll talk about this tomorrow."

The tone was one that I hadn't heard before. I decided to take his advice and leave. During the night I thought over what had happened. Something was going on here and I was going on here and I was going to find out. I just turned over this thought when a cold filled the room. I jumped out of my skin when I saw a woman standing there.

"Hello, mortal," she said, showing her sharp teeth.

"Who are you?" I demanded.

"I'm the one that your former Master wanted to kill," she said.

"Mab," I gasped.

"Yes, and I think it's time for a little payback," she said and I screamed.

The payback, it turned out, was to help Potter out. Of course Mab handed out pain, in spades, but I was willing to agree to anything to get her to stop. When she finally left a note was left behind and I ran for a pain potion. The Winter court loved pain, but I knew the court was needed. Damn, I hate it when fairy gets involved in anything. I also had a feeling that Mab would be back if Voldemort should ever come back.

The thought made me shutter.

The next morning I headed for the Headmaster's office. Upon arriving I found him in a pensive state. He came around when I closed the door.

"Glad that you're here-."

"Mab visited," I cut in and he stared at me.

"Did she-?"

He left the question in the air.

"Yes, and she made me help Potter out," I told him.

"Something is wrong here," he said, "You're already watching out for Mr. Potter and, yet, Mab is demanding it as well."

"On pain of death," I added.

"And we are careful to keep that from happening," he told me.

"What should I do?" I asked him.

He looked at me.

"Continue as you have, including ensuring that you don't make Mab mad," he said, "I think that we'll find out, soon enough, why Mab is demanding that you do what you've vowed to do for me."

I nodded and then the door opened and the replacement female Slytherin Prefect came in.

"There's been fight," she told us.

"What happened?" Dumbledore asked.

"Ronald Weasley was bullying Granger and Potter destroyed his wand," she answered.

I sighed.

"I'll take care of it," I told him.

Dumbledore nodded and I followed her out of the door.

I found both boys in a room that the Prefects must have placed them in. Both of them didn't have their wands, which meant they couldn't cause any trouble. They had their backs to each other and I could feel Potter's anger coming off him. Weasley had a feeling of 'I don't care that I'm missing lessons.'

"Explain," I demanded.

"Potter started it," Weasley at once said.

"Like hell I did," Potter hissed.

"The Prefects told me that you started it, Weasley," I said.

"If they're in Slytherin, then their lying," he said.

"I don't think so," I said, "It was a Gryffindor Prefect and not your brother. Of course I will let Professor McGonagall know that you called one of her Prefects a liar."

Weasley looked as though he was about to pass out.

"Ten points from Gryffindor for calling a Prefect a liar and another ten for starting the fight. I will add another ten for bullying a member of my house. Miss Granger is going through enough she doesn't need to be reminded that there are jerks here. Now get going, before I give you detention."

He hurried out.

"I'm going to have to pay for the wand, won't I?" Potter asked.

"You will," I told him.

"Fine, but I don't want him to use it on Hermione," Potter said. "She's my friend and I won't have her hurt."

He sounded like Lily too much.

"I'm taking ten points from Slytherin for raising to his bait," he said, "But I'm giving you twenty for defending your friend and house mate."

"Thanks," Potter said and he left leaving me with more questions.

I was going to get those answers.

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Harry's POV

I knew that I shouldn't have risen to his bait but he insulted Karrin and that was an offence in my book. I arrived twenty minutes late for Transfiguration and sat down next to Karrin. The teacher, Professor McGonagall, looked at me.

"I see that you've decided to join us."

"I was kept behind," I told her.

"Miss Granger has the notes, you can use them."

She handed them over and I spent the time writing them down. She then handed us a match and we were told that we had to change it into a needle. Karrin pulled out her wand and focused. I had seen that before, with me, and her match turned all silvery and pointy. When McGonagall saw it she gave her a rare smile.

"Give it a go," Karrin said.

I put some will into the match and did the same thing. I could have probably fully changed it but I didn't want to ruin something from Karrin. When the bell rang we all gathered up our things.

"Malfoy said that he's sorry for being an ass," Karrin told me.

"He's afraid of you," I told her.

She laughed.

"I think demons are scared of me," she stated.

I had to agree with that. They were!

The next lesson didn't take place until after lunch .We spent our time doing some of the work that McGonagall had given us and then headed to get something to eat. When we sat down I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I turned to see a girl from Hufflepuff setting there.

"Wotcher, Potter," she said, "I'm Tonks!"

"Harry and his is Hermione," I told her.

"Heard what happened," she said.

"The demon," I reasoned and she nodded. "It's nothing."

"I don't believe that for a moment," she said, "For someone to do that, they must really hate you."

I was tempted to tell her that their parents could 'get into line', joining others that either hated me or wanted me dead, but I thought that would sound just too strange.

"Thanks for caring," I told her.

"No problem," she said and I went back to my meal.

1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I added Snape's pov because I thought that it was important. It also shows that Harry isn't the only one that knows about the courts. Even Dumbledore knows about them.