Hey everyone! Here's the long awaited 11th chapter of Having Harry's Destiny! Enjoy and review!

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Having Harry's Destiny- Technicolor Slytherin

Over the next couple of days it was easy to tell that the extra free time was just what Helena needed. She had slowly returned to her bright cheerful self. It was Friday afternoon and she was strolling the halls waiting for her friends to get out of their afternoon classes. She had stopped to admire a picture of a couple dancing when someone called out to her.

"Helena?" she turned to find herself staring into the gray eyes of Draco Malfoy.

"Draco," she said with a smile. "What are you doing out of class?"

"I could ask you the same thing," He said with a quizzical expression.

"Oh I don't have a class right now," she answered like it was no big deal.

"Well, I'm just running a errand for my teacher," he said holding up a piece of parchment. "Though I think she was just looking for an excuse to get me out of class."

"Sure," she said rolling her eyes. "Do mind if I walk with you?"

"No, it'd be nice to have someone to talk to." He said as they fell into step beside each other. "I hear that Gryffindor is having its quidditch try-outs this weekend."

"Yeah, Ron's all nervous even though he's a shoo in for keeper."

"Are you trying out?"

"No," Helena answered as she sighed sadly.

"Why not?" He asked noticing her expression of longing.

"Uh…well I'm not really a broom type of girl," Helena answered lamely.

"Broom type?" Draco arched his eyebrows.

"Well I like flying and all but not on a broom," Helena explained.

"What kind of flying do you like?"

"Hmmm…I think riding a dragon would be fun," she said staring off into space.

"A DRAGON?" Draco asked in disbelief. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but they aren't exactly the nicest creatures are they?"

"Can I tell you something and you not think I'm totally crazy?" she asked, her eyes searching his.

"Uh, sure." He said.

"Well, I like to believe that dragons weren't always the brutes they are today. I like to believe they were once kind and majestic creatures with wisdom and knowledge beyond our own." She said dreamily. "I know there's on proof to suggest that. It's just something I like to believe."

"Well if it makes you happy then go right ahead and believe it," Draco said with a smile. "As long as you don't go trying to pet any dragons."

"No worries there," Helena said laughing.

"Helena?" A strained voice broke into their conversation. She turned to face a very shocked Ron and Hermione. It was then that they noticed the students milling around them and the odd looks they were getting. They must have looked strange, a Slytherin and Gryffindor talking and laughing together.

"Hi guys!" Helena flashed them a smile. There was an awkward silence as Draco shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the next, Ron glared at him, and Hermione searched for something to say.

"Uhh, I better get going," Draco finally said as he rushed past them.

"See you around," Helena called out after him and he stopped long enough to turn and wave.

"I didn't think you were actually serious about this whole befriending Malfoy thing," Hermione said.

"Of course I was serious," Helena said.

"You do realize that like half the school saw you and him being all friendly and stuff?" Ron almost shouted. "And everybody else isn't going to be so nice about it."

"They'll just have to learn to deal with it," Helena said with a shrug.

"You're impossible!" Ron fumed as he stomped off. Helena and Hermione walked in silence for while before Hermione spoke.

"I don't know what to think about all this," She said quietly.

"Just give it time," Helena said and they walked on.

The weekend went by without incident. Monday came around quidditch team was posted. Ron of course made the team Keeper and Ginny got Seeker. At first she was scared that Helena would be angry because it was Harry's position but her fears were put to rest when Helena wrapped her in a bone-crushing hug.

"I knew you would get it, Ginny," Helena said with a smile.

"Well of course she got it!" Ron said giving Ginny a brotherly squeeze. "She is MY sister after all."

"RON!" They all rolled their eyes. He simply grinned and gave Ginny another squeeze.

"Oh and I have a little congratulations surprise for the whole team." Helena said.

"What?" Ron asked looking around the Gryffindor common room for a clue.

"Oh, you won't get it till breakfast," Helena said with a sly grin.

"What is it?" Ginny asked curiously.

"I'm not saying anything but it's bright and colorful," Helena said before strolling off. The three exchanged puzzled looks before following her out of the portal. When they got to the Great Hall they looked around but could find nothing unusual.

"Well?" Ron asked as he sat down beside Helena.

"Be patient," She said, a slight grin tugging at the corners of her mouth. After a several minutes of drilling her to no avail they gave up and turned their attention to breakfast.

"I wonder what's going on?" Hermione heard Neville ask another seventh year.

"What is it?" She turned to him.

"What do you make of that?" he asked pointing to the Slytherin table. They all turned to find only a handful of students sitting at the table. All had very uncomfortable looks on their faces. Before they had a chance to speculate on the reasons, a very angry Snape rushed into the room and went up to Dumbledore. The Headmaster asked him something but they couldn't tell what because of the way he was facing. They did see Snape's answer though.

"See for yourself," he said rather hotly pointing to the door. Everyone turned to see what he was talking about. Their eyes nearly popped out at the sight. Almost the whole Slytherin house was filling in looking very bright and colorful. Now by bright here does not mean cheerful or sunny and colorful does not mean wearing fun clothing. Here bright and colorful means their skin and hair was literally every color and shade of the rainbow. Green, yellow, blue, red, pink, orange, purple. You name the color, it could be found on one of the Slytherins. The room was so quiet you could have heard a mouse sniffle. Just then, when they thought they'd seen it all, Draco Malfoy walked in. His usually pale skin and hair was a dark humiliating shade of pink. Ron almost fainted on the spot and probably would have, had something squirming in his peripheral vision not caught his attention. It was Helena. She was all but bouncing with glee in her seat. She had a very pleased look on her face and was biting down on her fist to keep from laughing out right.

"I told you it would be bright and colorful," she leaned over and whispered when she saw him looking at her. His eyes nearly popped out of his head when he realized what she was implying.

"Y..y..you," he stammered stupidly looking back and forth between her and the Slytherin rainbow. Just then, as the last of the Slytherins took a seat at their table, the Great Hall broke out into uncontrollable laughter. People were doubled over crying they were laughing so hard. Helena couldn't hold it in any longer and joined them in their laughter. After what appeared to be several painful minutes for the Slytherins, the laughter began to subside and people began to wipe the tears from their eyes though everyone still carried a big smile the rest of the day. Helena though was still having trouble containing her laughter.

"I have to go," she managed to get out as she got up and stumbled drunkenly out the door.

"Guess we better go to," Hermione said. "Snape's in a fowl enough mood already." They both looked at the Potions master who sat scowling at the teachers' table and shivered.

"He's gonna be deducting points like crazy today," Ron said. "But that is worth it." He added with a sigh as he took one last look at the Slytherins. They managed to catch up with Helena who was still giggling to herself.

"Helena!" Ron called out running up to her. "I don't know how you did that, but I love you for it." With that he picked her up and spinned her around in a circle.

"I do have to admit seeing Malfoy all pink gave me a very…. pleased feeling." Hermione said with a grin. "But what I don't understand is why you did that to him if he was your friend?"

"Hermione!" Helena scolded. "You're supposed to be the smart one. Don't you remember what I said that night we played card games? I grew up pulling pranks on my family and FRIENDS. Malfoy is friend. Besides with that prank I really didn't have any control over which ones got colorized and which ones didn't."

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked as they began walking again.

"Well you see each house has two big water heaters; one for the boys and one for the girls. I simply added a translucent potion that reacts with each person's unique oils to create a pigment to each water heater." Helena explained. "The only people who changed colors were those who took showers in-between about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and now."

"But you were with us at 5 o'clock yesterday," Ron said baffled.

"You used your other half?" Hermione asked in a whisper should there be any prying ears. Helena nodded with a smile.

"I couldn't have gotten close to the water heaters if I wanted to anyway." She said. "They have them hidden pretty well with magic."

"Ok so you pranked Malfoy because he's your friend then why haven't you pranked any of your other friends?" Ron asked. In answer Helena simply grinned slyly and walked off. "Hey!" Ron yelled after her. "What was that supposed to mean?"

"Great," Hermione mumbled. "Now I'm going to be scared to take a shower for weeks."

It was hard to keep a straight face during Potions with half the students in Technicolor. Occasionally during class a muffled fit of laughter would break out in one corner of the room only to be stamped out by a fierce glare from Snape. By the end of class most of the students had resorted to staring at their desk to keep from laughing. When the bell finally rang everyone rushed into the hall where they could laugh freely.

"Not laughing in there was the hardest thing I've ever done," Hermione said as they walking away laughing.

"And the look on Snape's face didn't help much either," Ron added imitating the teacher's expression.

"Makes me kinda glad it'll wear off in a couple days," Helena said. "I don't know if I could set through another class like that. I'd probably explode from holding all the giggles in." They all exchanged looks before bursting into laughter again.

"AH! Here comes Draco!" Helena squeaked. "Run! He looks mad!" The three took off down the corridors as fast as they dared. As soon as they had covered a safe distance, they stopped to catch their breath.

"That was close," Ron said leaning against the wall.

"Yeah," Helena agreed. "I'm just going to have to avoid him until the pink wears off or I know I'll lose it and let something slip."

"Personally I think the pink is an improvement." Hermione said with a grin and Ron nodded in agreement. Helena chuckled at her two friends and a sly grin crept across her face.

"Hmmm," She mused. "I wonder what Ron would look like all pink."

"HEY!" He shouted. "I better not wake up pink tomorrow or your dead."

"Ok then what about blue?" Helena asked with a grin as she ducted to get out of Ron's reach.

"If I wake up any color but my own natural color I'm coming after you," Ron said attempting to tackle her.

"Ah come on! What about a nice red to match your hair?" Helena joked as she rushed down the hall away from Ron. Hermione smiled as Ron chased after her. Helena's laughter filtered back to her ears. It was good to see Helena so happy, so energetic, but Hermione couldn't help but think about how Helena was going to pay for this moment of happiness tomorrow.

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