a/n re-formatted a few chapters as per a few complaints, happy holidays 31/12/18

Chapter 3

Girl talk

"Oh my god, how fit has he gotten over the summer" exclaimed Tracey as soon as Harry had left, leaving her looking all flushed.

Pansy giggled which most of the girls had never heard before.

"I know, I couldn't believe it when he stepped over Draco's body to help me up. I hardly recognized him" she said dreamily "So tall and strong now".

This made all the girls giggle. All of them were amazed that he had known all of their names and was so polite, especially Milly who was so chuffed to be called 'the one and only'.

"Well you know why that is don't you Milly" said Daphne giving her new friend a wink.

Milly beamed.

"Well of course I do. It's my looks and my sparkling personality" she said happily.

Daphne snorted in a very unladylike way.

"That's a couple of things of course but I would think it's down to those mountain like tits you carry around" she said making all the girls fall about laughing and Milly blush yet still laugh "you make the rest of us look like 1st years compared to you".

As the laughter died away Pansy bit her bottom lip thoughtfully.

"Do you think he'll talk to us at school?" she asked the others "I really would like to get to know the real Harry Potter, not what we heard from Draco and his band of idiots".

That made all the girls go quiet, but Tracy slowly shook her head.

"I don't think he will Pan's, peer pressure and all that, but you never know. Daphne and I chat to Hermione in Runes and they are best friends, but if he's with that Weasley boy forget it" she said glumly.

Millicent suddenly perked up.

"OK ladies how about a bet? A Potter bet" she said clapping her hands together "which will run throughout the year. What do you think?" she asked looking around at her fellow Slytherins, who were all now sporting calculating grins.

"Sounds like fun, always wanted to corrupt a Gryffindor, but 'golden boy' Potter what a challenge. So, what are the rules?" said a now buoyant Tracey.

Milly sat back with a wry smile as she thought about it.

"OK firstly we don't sabotage each other as it will be hard enough as it is OK" she said and waited for the others to agree, which they all did. "Right 1 galleon for talking in the dining hall a conversation not just a hello. 2 galleons if he sits down at our table."

All of the listening girls were shaking their heads thinking it can't be done.

"Don't be so negative you lot and let me finish" Milly barked. "Maybe 3 galleons for a hug or a kiss on the cheek in public?" she looked around the room thinking "Pan's any ideas?".

This brought a smile to Pansy's face.

"Oh yes 4 galleons for a proper kiss, not forced mind you" she said pointing at all of them. "5 galleons for date to Hogsmead, and finally 10 galleons for dating and personal fun". Then she took a deep breath. "15 for full on sex ,obviously first person to do these thing wins the gold and all but the explicit stuff has to be done in view of one us. Agreed?".

This brought shock to the other girls but that soon turned into calculating looks as they all agreed by nodding. Pansy looked into all the girls eyes and she could see their imaginations running in overdrive. The rest of the journey went quickly in silence, apart from the scratching from Millicent's quill on parchment as she set about writing all the rules and goals for the upcoming bet. When she was done, all four girls signed the contract making it legal binding.

"Right girls the game is on" Millicent said with a smile.

As the train pulled into the Hogsmead Station all the girls gathered up all their luggage and got ready to leave the carriage.

Pansy turned to them.

"Can I ask you all just one favour? and I know it's not very Slytherin of me, but will you watch my back this year, just in case those deatheater shits try something" she asked.

All the girls nodded with weak smiles and pulled each other into a group hug.

"Right let's do this shit! We're 6th years now" said Tracey loudly, which brought chuckles from the rest of them as they started to deboard the train and head to the horseless carriages which would take them up to the castle.

The feast.

The new friends sat opposite each other at the Slytherin table scanning about the place, waving and chatting to their year mate's that they hadn't seen since the end of the last school year.

"Has anyone seen Draco and his goons at all yet?" Pansy asked nervously while looking about and biting her bottom lip.

The other three girls searched but found no sign of them.

"What did Harry do to them anyway?" asked Milly.

Pansy shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know. I was stuck on my arse recovering from Draco's smack to see, but they were all knocked out in a pile when he picked me up" she said with a wisp of a smile.

"Noble fucking Gryffindor's. Typical" chuckled Tracey while looking at the strong back of the emerald eyed hero while licking her lips.

"A galleon for your dreams Trace?" Daphne asked her long-time friend.

Tracey shook her head.

"nope these are all mine" she said dreamily, until a loud bang shook her from her dream state as Draco and his goons piled into the hall, with Professor Snape in tow pointing at the Gryffindor table.

"Well, found them and they look pissed" Tracey said.

"Let the fireworks begin" said Pansy and went to stand up until being dragged back down by Millicent.

"Wait. If I know anything about Potter, it's that he manages to get out of everything. He always has a plan. So sit your arse down and watch the show" Millicent said excitedly.

"POTTER!" shouted the Potions Master.

Harry turned slowly to face the oncoming teacher.

"Yes Professor, how may I help you today" he said with a sing song voice.

Snape stood over the Gryffindor.

"As ever the smug little shit just like your father was, but you're done this time Potter" grabbing Harry by his robe and yanking off his bench. "You're going to be expelled for sure this time potter" he spat.

"For what sir?" Harry asked kindly and holding onto his innocent look "and please can you put me down, you wouldn't want to be sacked for attacking a student would you?" making the teacher look around and dropping him back down just as the headmaster walked up.

"And what is the meaning of this Severus!" demanded Dumbledore.

"Potter attacked three innocent students on the train, using magic which is grounds to be expelled" Snape said with almost perverse glee in his voice.

The headmaster looked down.

"is this true Harry?" he asked kindly.

Harry placed a hand on his heart.

"Sir I'm truly hurt. I haven't done such things and I am hurt that you would think so. I haven't seen any of those student since last year" he said gesturing towards the bloody and bruised trio.

Draco lunged forward.

"you're a fucking liar Potter, I know it was you" he shouted.

"So, you didn't see Mr Potter attack the trio then?" the headmaster asked the Slytherins with a twinkle in his voice.

With that one question the faces on Snape and the bruised trio dropped.

"Well errr no I was blindsided, but it has to be him, or one of his Gryffindor scum" Draco spat, making the whole of the Gryffindor table stand up brandishing their wand which in turn made the Slytherin stable also stand up pointing their wands at the lions, which made the Hufflepuff's and Ravenclaw's stand up to point their wands towards the ever popular Snakes.

With a swipe of his wand which made every student sit down.

"now calm down everybody, and please keep your mouth civil Mr Malfoy" Dumbledore ordered.

"Headmaster I checked the boys over and all three were hit by stunning spells, and as we know there are only a few students who know and happily use that spell" Snape said with a sneer.

"But as they never saw the person who attacked them, should we check the whole school Severus?" asked Dumbledore.

Snape thought for a few seconds.

"I'm sure if we tested these four students, that will do, don't you think so Draco?" he asked the blonde student while gesturing towards the golden trio and Neville.

"I do professor" Draco said with a grin.

With a big sigh Dumbledore asked politely.

"if you would Mr Longbottom, Mr Weasley, Miss Granger, and of course Mr Potter, your wands please. If Neville and Ron would pass theirs to Professor Snape, and I will check Harrys and Miss Granger's wand".

The dining hall was silent as the students handed over their wands. Pansy and her friend were holding their breaths as they viewed the scene ahead of them. Both professors picked a wand at random and voiced out the Prior Incantato spell and after all four wands were tested and not one proved to be those that attacked the students, Snape threw the wands back at the students and dragged a swearing Draco out of the hall and away.

"Well that was exciting" said Harry causing most of the dining hall to erupt into laughter, including the Headmaster.

Dumbledore held his hands up.

"The fun is now over, please take your seats and let's get the sorting done and the opening feast started, and Mr Potter a word if you please once the feast is finished" the headmaster asked quietly.

"Of course Headmaster" Harry said and turned to sit down again, but as he did he caught Pansy's eyes and gave her a smile and a wink.

Millicent laughed at grabbed Pansy's hand.

"Told you, I don't know how he does it, but he always does" she said.

"I don't believe it. He winked at me with a big smile on his face" Pansy added to the group. "If Snape and Draco hated him before they'll bloody well want to kill him now" she chuckled as she watched the golden trio and friend laughing away quite merrily. "How did he do it? I've got to find out".

"Well we can ask him during our little wager, can't we" said Tracey in a whisper "but I think we should give him a wide berth for the next few days, because dickhead and his goons will be watching him like a hawk. Agreed?".

All four witches nodded and waited for the sorting to start, though all four were stealing glances at their new-found prey and formulating plans to entrap the young hero.

At the same time Hermione was giving Harry and Neville a good old fashioned bollocking.

"You could have gotten expelled for that Harry and dragging Neville into it as well was unforgivable" she hissed pointing at him.

"I wasn't dragged Hermione. I did it to help and of my own free will I'll have you know" Neville retorted angrily, while giving Harry a wink.

"Fine! But it wasn't clever. Snape will be after you two now even more than normal" she said.

"Fuck Snape. He's after Nev and I most of the time, so no change there. Plus there's no proof" said Harry.

Ron was chuckling away.

"Who were you saving anyway Harry?" he asked while Dumbledore had started to speak to the school.

"Pansy Parkinson" whispered Harry.

Both Hermione and Ron looked shocked.

"Why? She's a total bitch and a Slytherin as well!" said Ron, making Dumbledore give him a withering look.

They all stayed silent for the rest of the speech that preached about inter house unity, and that there was no difference between purebloods and muggle borns as we were all magical beings, which brought a lot of muttering from quite a few students, but mainly from the Slytherins.

Once the speech ended and the food appeared Ron had seemed to have forgotten the conversation as he piled his plate up with every food on show. But Hermione did lean in towards Harry.

"I'm very proud of you Harry for sticking up for her. But it was a very dangerous thing to do" she said.

"I know it was, but we didn't know who was in the toilet we just saw Draco giving them a good kicking, and anyway she was very polite to me after which has to be a first for anyone in their house" Harry laughed.

Ron shook his head slowly.

"But really mate, Pansy Parkinson? Dunno why you even bothered, but then again you do have a hero complex don't ya mate" he said with a chuckle in his voice.

Hermione stifled a giggle through her fingers as Harry rolled his eyes at his friend.

"I do not have a fucking hero complex. Shit just keeps on happening to me" Harry barked and started to load up his plate with food while his friends laughed.

At the end of the feast Harry headed off to see the Headmaster in his office and as he past some students by the great hall doors, he noticed four Slytherin girls all with hungry calculating looks on their faces. It was only as he got closer that he saw who they were; Pansy and her three friends. He gave them a wry smile and wink as he headed out and noticed all four beaming and winking back.

"Looks like it's going to be a fun year Harry" he said to himself as he disappeared upstairs.