"Get your feet off the couch, ferret," Ron said, pushing Draco's feet over.

Draco didn't even look up from where he was curled against Harry. He just lifted his hand, giving Ron the finger. As soon as Ron sat down on the sofa, Draco put his feet in his lap.

A year ago, Ron would have been outraged. A year ago, Draco had been Malfoy. A year ago, Draco wouldn't have been leaning into Harry's arms, reading a book on werewolf lore to help Hermione.

Ron glanced over at his girlfriend. She was sitting by the window of the eighth year common room and brewing her wolfsbane potion. The first time she had done this, Ron had tried to help and be supportive, but the potion was immensely complex and Hermione had shooed him away so she could focus.

"Any luck?" Ron asked, pulling his own book on werewolves out of his bag.

"Not much. This book is rubbish." Draco sighed. "I knew it would be. It's all about muggle myths involving werewolves."

"You're willingly reading a book on muggle myths?" Ron raised his eyebrows.

"It was my idea," Harry put in, looking up from where he had been reading over Draco's shoulder. "I figured if magical books were useless, maybe a muggle one would help."

Draco huffed and flicked the page. After a moment of reading, he snorted. "This is ridiculous. This myth says that a man named Edmund Baker once called out to his lover when they were a werewolf and they turned back to human. Saying someone's name isn't going to cure lycanthropy. If it did, it would have been cured centuries ago."

"It doesn't say that it will cure lycanthropy. It just says Edmund's lover became human again. Maybe it represses the symptoms for that month?" Harry suggested, turning his attention back to the book. "Soulmates are supposed to be rare, right?"

"Yeah…" Ron sighed.

Draco sat up abruptly, his feet falling to the floor. "Orion," he breathed. "What if sanamora could help lycanthropy?"

"I was there the first time she transformed. She spent the night half on my lap, sleeping." Ron shifted uncomfortably. "She didn't turn back until sunrise."

"Shut up. I have an idea." Draco waved his hand dismissively. "Soulmates are extremely rare… and werewolves aren't exactly common. The chances of a werewolf meeting their soulmate would be infinitesimally small considering they are usually shunned by wizards. So what if a werewolf hasn't been around their soulmate during a full moon before?"

"Or they have, but it was only one or two people… people who didn't even know they were soulmates?" Harry added. "Muggles have soulmates too."

"For some reason Ron and Hermione's sanamora isn't as powerful as it should be... So what if it's not working fully?" Draco tapped a finger against his lips thoughtfully. "Weasel, has the magic ever properly worked?"

"Oh, you two finally remembered I do exist." Ron slumped against the couch. "It did once. When Hermione was first bitten, the bite healed quickly and the light was bright."

"It did?" Harry blinked. "Why didn't you say that before?"

"Because it hasn't done that since then." Ron swallowed, glancing at Pansy across the room.

Her dark brown hair was being pulled into a braid by Padma. Parvati was sitting cross legged in front of her, painting her nails with magic. As Ron watched, Pansy's head turned, her eyes finding Hermione.

Pansy glanced at Ron, her eyes widening when they met his and her skin flushing. She quickly turned away, talking pointedly to the Patil twins.

Draco had followed Ron's gaze and was watching the scene with a strange little smile on his lips.

"Oh… this is amusing," the blond breathed.

"What?" Ron tore his gaze from Pansy, his ears red.

"Nothing. Back to my theory." Draco relaxed against Harry again, shoving his feet back into Ron's lap lazily. "If we can figure out why your sanamora isn't working properly in the first place, maybe we can 'fix' it. If we can, sanamora might be able to change Hermione back if only for that night."

"I wonder why it worked when she was bitten?" Harry mused.

"Yes… I am wondering that, too," Draco added, that knowing smile still on his lips.

"If you know something, just say it," Ron said irritably.

"Mm… no."

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