Switched
"Harry! Harry are you alright?"
Harry could hear someone talking near him, though he couldn't figure out what was going on, or where he was for that matter.
Harry opened his eyes, "Wha- What's going on?"
"Are you okay Draco?" Pansy purred in a concerned voice over Harry.
"What? I'm not Draco, I'm Harry."
"What?" Hermione squeaked, and dropped Harry's body, which she had been propping up on her lap. Wait, Harry's body?
"Why is my body over there?" Harry yelled jumping up, which made his head hurt, "Ow."
"Oh, Harry what happened?"
"I don't know, but how is my body over there? Am I a ghost?"
"Um, well mate you're in Malfoy's body," Ron said, with what could only be guarded eyes.
"What?" Harry yelled, which made his sore head hurt more, and looked down. Sure enough he was wearing Slytherin robes and his hands were especially pale, though very red for some reason.
"Harry m'boy! What happened?"
"I'm not sure, all I know is that I'm now in Draco's body."
"You show your increasing intellect everyday Potter. I don't think stating the obvious is very important. And it's Malfoy to you Potter." Harry looked over to see himself standing next to Hermione. Weird!
"Oh, Draco! Are you okay?" said Pansy rushing over to him, though Harry saw her hesitation to touch him.
"Yeah I'm fine. What happened Professor was that Potter added the wrong ingredient."
"Is that true Harry?"
"Yes Professor. It was I added my last ingredient, I'm not sure what I did wrong though."
"Hmm, your last ingredient, was it fairy wings?"
"Yes."
"Hmm then where did you go wrong?"
"I don't know sir."
"Honestly Potter check the ingredients and see what you screwed up."
"Shut up Malfoy!" Ron shouted at Malfoy in Harry's body, which felt very weird.
"Now, now Rowland, no need to shout. Now Harry m'boy, please check the ingredients you used so we know what is wrong so we can fix it."
"Yes professor."
And that's just what Harry did. He reworked every ingredient he put into the potion and finally around 10 minutes till the end of the period he found where he went wrong. It didn't look good.
"Professor," Harry said raising his hand, "I found what I did wrong."
"Yes Mr. Malfoy, what did you find?"
"I'm Harry sir."
"Oh yes! I'm sorry Harry m'boy, memory doesn't last as long in us old folks. What did you find?"
"Well when I was suppose to add gurdy root and stir 5 times counter clockwise, I added daffodil root and stirred 5 times clockwise."
"Oh well, that is a problem. The gurdy root is a very crucial ingredient since it is the part of the potion that withdraws the potion from ones body. The daffodil root would actually intensify the reaction instead of nullifying it. The fact that you stirred clockwise is what made your potion explode, but not until you added the fairy wings."
"So what your saying is that our souls got taken out of us by the daffodil root? But why did they enter the wrong bodies?"
"I'm not so sure, were you two touching when the potion exploded? Your souls could have switched through contact."
"Yes we were touching, our ankles were anyway." Draco added from behind Harry, which made Harry jump.
"Ah! Don't do that! Anyway, how do remember something so small as our ankles touching?"
Malfoy seemed to be suppressing a blush (yeah you can do that!), "I just have a very good memory Potter. Unlike some people who can't remember to tie there shoes."
Harry looked down and indeed his left shoe lace was untied. 'Bloody observant Malfoy,' he cursed in his head.
"Now now, boys. Yes Mr. Malfoy I believe that is what made your souls switch. But since I am not sure what this potion is or could be, I believe there will be some repercussions."
"What should we do now Professor? Can you make an antidote?"
"Obviously Potter we should go to the headmaster. Right Professor? He needs to know."
"Very true Malfoy! We shall go when class ends."
Just then the bell rang and everyone packed up and began to file out of the classroom except for Ron, Hermione, Pansy and Blaine. Harry rushed over to Ron and Hermione.
"Hey, I need to go to the Headmaster, can you take my stuff to dinner?"
"Of course, Harry," Hermione said looking worried.
"I'm alright really."
"Yeah, mate, you just don't know how weird it is to be talking to Malfoy," Ron said, his eyes still guarded.
"Yeah, I get it, but this may be the perfect time to try and end the feud between Gryffindor and Slytherin."
"Maybe, or maybe it'll just freak people out."
"Come on Potter!" Malfoy said exasperatedly, "Must you make us wait forever?"
"Be careful Harry," said Hermione hugging him.
"See you in a little while," Ron said punching him on the shoulder, perhaps a little harder than he would in normal circumstances.
"Yeah, bye," Harry said walking over to Draco and Slughorn.
"Ready m'boy?"
"Yeah no problems, we should hurry."
They headed to the headmasters office, along the way they got many strange looks from passing students. This worried Harry, because if they were freaked out now, just with Harry and Malfoy walking together then how would they feel knowing they switched bodies?
Stupid bloody Potter! This was all his fault! All his fault the Headmaster was scrutinizing him with those x-ray eyes of his.
"So what happened was I accidentally added a daffodil root instead of the girdy root, so the potion switched out our souls and replaced them in each other. So now I'm Harry in Malfoy's body and Malfoy is the other way around."
Draco tried hard not to role his eyes, Potters explanation was elementary. It was hard to believe he was actually 18.
"I see," Dumbledore said, still scrutinizing Draco.
"What do you propose we do Professor?"
"Well as you are still yourselves, you can continue to be yourself. I see no reason for this to hinder your class work."
"Or where we sleep, Professor?" Harry asked glancing a Draco.
"Or where you sleep."
"But sir, we still don't know the repercussions of the potion, it could harm them," Slughorn spoke up nervously.
"Yes, Horace, I understand that. We will simply need to watch them closely. You will need to meet with each other if you feel something strange. If you decide it is serious then come straight to me."
"Yes, Professor," Harry said.
"Professor, I think something already happened."
"Yes Mr. Malfoy?"
"Well when Weasley punched Potter I thought I felt it. The feeling wasn't very strong just a feeling on my shoulder that I thought was nothing till I saw Weasley do it."
"Really?" said Potter, who looked worried, which Draco tried very hard to not let bother him, but it didn't work.
"Yeah but I didn't feel anything when Granger hugged you."
"Hmm. Shall we test it?" Dumbledore asked.
"Sir?" Potter asked confused.
"Pinch yourself Harry."
Potter, who was still confused, did as he was told.
Dumbledore looked to Draco, who shook his head.
"Hmm. Now please pinch yourself harder Harry."
Potter did so, hard enough to make himself flinch. Draco felt that.
"Ow, yeah I felt that one."
"Interesting," Dumbledore said looking thoughtful, "It seems when the feeling is strong enough the other will feel I, which makes sense considering the bodies are still your own, but I wonder if it is the same with emotions."
"That would be hard to test right now, Sir, we can't make ourselves feel strong emotions on command."
"Very true, Harry, you will have to come to that conclusion with time. If you ever feel strong emotions that are not your own, find each other, then come to me."
"But sir, how could we find each other? The castle is to large to wander, and the other may never know they're being looked for."
"You make a good point Draco. That is why I will give you these," Dumbledore held up matching lockets, "These will tell you when the other is looking for you and where the other is. Tap them with your wands and they will begin to glow and become warm. Once one has been activated it will track the other, all you have to do would be to follow."
"Follow?" Draco asked looking skeptically at the lockets.
"Yes, follow. Here, test them."
Dumbledore handed one locket to each of them. They took their lockets and put them on. Draco tapped his locket with his wand. Potter's began to glow, and Draco's lifted off his chest, where it was happily resting, to point at Potter. Potter had also tapped his locket, and they walked toward each other.
"Now what, Sir?" Harry asked.
"Touch them together. That is the only way they will stop even if you accidentally tap them. Also they will not work for any other wands but your own."
"How does that work professor?" Harry asked.
"They were activated when you touched your wands to them. Any other questions? I believe you both know the password?" They nodded, "Excellent! Come and find me when you need me."
"Oh! Professor?"
"Yes, Mr. Malfoy?"
"How long will it take to make the antidote?"
"Good question. Horace?"
"Quite a while. I'm still not sure what the antidote needs to be, so I will need time to figure that out, then I will need time to make the antidote, so the then I only thing I can tell you is, quite some time."
Draco huffed. So he was supposed to be stuck inside this body for an undetermined time? This was horrible! Although part of his brain was saying this was wonderful!
"Okay professor," Draco said trying hard not to sound exasperated, though that has never stopped Dumbledore before.
"It's alright Draco, we will make this go as smoothly as possible."
"Thank you professor."
"Now that we have everything covered you may go on to dinner."
They both stood up to leave and suddenly Draco felt dizzy, but the dizziness didn't feel attached to him. Suddenly Draco realized what that meant when he looked up and saw Harry Potter faint.
Okay i know... I've been bad. I'm really sorry it took me so long to update! That's not even the saddest part! The sad part is that I had it all typed up I just needed to upload it... and i didn't. I was going to then when I finished typing my internet shut off (Damn net nanny!) after that i just didn't think of it. i'm sooooo sooorryyy! I really hope it was worth the wait! sorry that it's another cliffy! but if you liked it you know what to do, review! haha that rhymed! YAY! ok so yeah, review and don't eat me! I'll give you cookies!