"M-" Harry began to say his name but Hermione's hand clapped over his mouth before anything else could get out.
"Um, who are you?" She asked knowing better then to say his name.
"Draco Malfoy." He said walking into the shop. "My father sent me here to pick up some supplies. We're, er, new in town and he said this was the place to go."
"So, Draco," She said with a little difficulty, it was hard to speak to him like this since ever since their beginning in Hogwarts they've never been on good terms. "You said you want to help?"
"Yeah, I have nothing better to do really." He said walking in further. "Dad really does everything; I just sort of hang out..."
"What about school." Harry said now with Hermione's hand away from his mouth.
Draco laughed. "Like a werewolf could go to school! Even if I could s'not like there're really any real schools around."
"What about Hogwarts?" Ron asked a little hesitantly.
"Hogwarts?" he asked not having any clue what it was.
Heather filled him in, once again seeming to knowing everything. "It's an old school, been abandoned for years, since before you were born and I was a kid. Never went myself, don't know anyone who went either. Had to close it when some student went insane and killed all the staff, afterward he committed suicide. And now his ghost is haunting the old building, they tried getting rid of him and keeping it open but nothing worked, no one can step foot in it without dying."
"And what was his name?" Hermione asked slowly and quietly.
"Tom Riddle." She said.
The three looked to one another; Voldemort was still killing innocents even in this world. "That means Dumbeldore was killed, he was part of the staff at the time." Hermione whispered. "That is assuming he was even there."
"What?" Remus asked since they were not talking loud enough for even a werewolf to hear.
"Nothing." They all said quickly.
"So," Hermione said starting a new conversation. "You're a werewolf?" She asked trying not to sound to surprised. It was odd meeting the person who was such a proud pure blood wizard, but now he's a werewolf and seeming fine about it.
Draco turned his head and narrowed his eyes acting like he couldn't trust them. Remus caught the look. "Don't worry, so are we." He motioned to himself and Dan, "They won't judge you."
"Yeah," He said slowly looking back at the three. "I am, my dad was one he passed it along, lucky me, eh?" he forced a laugh. "He feels real bad about it, I keep saying it's not his fault but he still beats himself up."
"How is your Father?" Dan asked. "We're old friends, us and Remus."
"He's fine, yes, I remember him talking about you two and a third a girl, right? Her name was..."
"Alice." Dan filled in.
"Yeah, that's it." Draco said.
"Excuse me, I don't mean to stomp on the memory lane but we were here for a reason." Heather said.
"And what reason is that?" Draco wondered.
"To bring down Laura Avalon." Harry said simply.
Draco laughed. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope," Remus said with his hands in his pockets. "Afraid not, we're all a bunch of bloody morons who're going to waltz into Laura's estate and steal her spell books." He said grinning.
"Oh... joy." Draco said. "I'm beginning to regret saying I'd help... So, why exactly are we doing this?"
"We're –" Hermione started.
"Wait," Dan said stopping Hermione. "How far away is your father, Draco?"
"Not far, five or ten minute walk maybe, why?"
"Bring him, I know Lucius and he'll want revenge on Laura as well. He'll jump at the opportunity."
"Okay I'll be back." He said and walked out the door.
When Draco got back it was most defiantly Lucius he brought with him but not the Lucius the three Hogwarts students remembered. Instead of his longer slicked back blond hair it was shorter and wilder looking on his head. Like he never brushed it when he woke up, the stern look on his face was gone and was replaced by a carefree, lose one. His clothers were not the high priced ones but they were wore and old. His pants had a large hole in the one knee (unlike Draco's where both his knees had holes in them) and his t-shirt was not tucked in and had small holes along the bottom.
"Well, well, the old crew is back." He said smiling.
"All except for Alice, mate." Dan said as he greeted Lucius with Remus.
"Don't be so quick to assume, she's coming now. I got in touch with her a couple weeks ago, I told her to meet me at my hiding place tonight around this time, that's why I didn't come with Draco. I left a note for her to come here so by my calculations she should be here –"
"Now." A woman older then Remus or Dan but probably around the age of Lucius walked in. She was on the short side, with a round face and she had with light brown hair and brown eyes.
Harry's eyes widened in shock, it wasn't just a name coincidence, this was Neville's mother. She looked exactly like her son, or her son in their world. Merlin knows where Neville is now. The trio stared in shock, they had never seen her lucid like this. Whenever they saw her or rather when Harry saw her (and told the other two) she appeared quite mad.
"Hello, boys." She said smiling. "Great to back."
The four old friends now took several minutes to catch up. "So, Lucius," Alice began. "You have a son and quite a handsome young man if I do say so myself, looks just like his father. Who may I ask is your wife and when exactly did she get knocked up?" She asked with an eyebrow raised. By the looks of Draco's age his father would have had to of gotten his mother pregnant when he was still in the werewolf community.
"Narcissia." He said grinning.
"You got in bed with Cissy!" Remus yelled like a teenager. "Well good on you, mate! I always figured her out of your league."
"Like she's in yours?" he laughed.
Narcissia was not a werewolf despite the fact she frequently visited the community. She was there several times a month bringing medicines, clothing, blankets and the like. Lucius often flirted with her but it always appeared he got nowhere.
"Where's the wife now?" Dan asked.
"Off at a werewolf rights rally or something, she cares about this cause more then I do." Lucius said grinning. "What about you guys? Any wives... or husbands..." He added looking at Alice.
"Nope," Remus said. "Still on the run, living in my little cabin in the woods."
"Damn Rem, you really left your mark." Alice said, "Feel kinda bad for you."
"Don't, I'm fine. What about you?" Remus said.
"Never married, but I do have a son. Merlin knows where he is though." She said sadly. "My boyfriend got rights of him the second he found out I was a werewolf."
"You didn't tell him?" Dan asked.
"Well no, I really liked him and I didn't want to screw things up." Lucius opened his mouth to say something but Alice cut him off. "I know, I know I should have known better but it was years ago and I was stupid. But off that subject, what about you Danny Boy?"
"Nothing, girlfriend every now and then, they leave when they find out I'm really an evil, blood thirsty, monster." He said in a very casual voice and nodding.
"Well that's nice." Lucius said sarcastically.
"As I have said before, we're here for a flippin' reason can we get on with it?" Heather said getting impatient.
"Yes, um, well see this is kind of hard to explain and a little unbelievable." Hermione said. "But before I start can you all promise me to helpusbreakintoLaura'shouseandstealherspellbooks?" She asked very fast.
They all stared at her in complete loss. "...What...?" Lucius was the first one to talk.
Hermione took a deep breath. "Can you promise to sneak into Laura's house and steal her spell books. We need them to get home and with the people we have now we have no chance. We need help."
"Come on, dad," Draco said. "I agreed, I wanna get back at that bitch and –"
"Watch your tongue Draco!" he scolded. "And, yeah, I wanna get back at that bitch too, I guess I'll help, jeez, when your mother finds out she's gonna kill me."
"I'll help." Alice said shrugging. "You know why not? Someone should put her in her place."
"Wow, we're accepting this real fast." Remus said looking around with his hands in his pockets. "Is it just me or is anyone else noticing that?"
"We're werewolves; our lives are pretty crappy anyway." Alice said.
"Okay, here's the story." Hermione started.
About an hour or so later she was completely finished with her story and everyone was still accepting the information they just heard.
"Hey," Draco said who was sitting on the floor next to Harry, Ron and Hermione. "So in you're world I'm some pure blood rich kid!? That is insane!" he cried.
"Yeah, and you're a bit of a prick." Ron said and Draco nodded.
"Important thing is I'm not him." He said smirking. "But I am... wow this is some crazy shit."
"Draco!" His father scolded again. "Where did you learn to talk like that?"
"From you." He said.
"Fair enough," he said shrugging and turning back to talk to the rest of the adults or those who called themselves adults.
"In your world spells are common wizard knowledge and there're schools for it and stuff?" Draco asked with his brow furrowed, the group really could get used to this Draco.
"Yeah and everyone has their own wand and everything, it's great. A lot better then this place." Ron said.
"I can tell." He said sighing.
"Okay," Lucius said turning around. "I'm in, so is Alice."
"And me," Draco said sounding offended he wasn't included.
"No, you're still a kid. I won't have my only son's life in danger like this. You mean too much to this family." Lucius said and Draco looked furious.
"Come on dad!" Draco yelled. "I'm not a kid anymore, I had to grow up fast! This is a world of prejudice and hardships! I've lived my whole life with it! I want to fight back at the person who's responsible for this! I want her with nothing left, besides they get to fight, and they're my age aren't they? Please, I'm old enough to make my own decisions."
Lucius shock his head and hung it for a second rubbing his temples. "Your mother will so have my head... Fine." He said after a pause.
"Love ya, dad."
"Shut up."
"Okay so you're all in?" Harry said looking at the small group in the shop.
They all nodded and gave small answers.
"Great so that's..." He counted the group. "Nine people against the dozens she has guarding her house... oh yeah, we'll get this done."
"It's late, let's just sleep on it. Maybe we'll fell more enthusiastic about this in the morning." Alice said running her hand through her shoulder length hair.
"I have some extra rooms, you guys can stay here." Dan said. "But some of you will have to bunk together."
"That's fine." Harry said and they agreed. He sighed to himself, this would be hard, the chances of them getting out of this alive were very slim. He couldn't believe it was Laura though, she was such a kind hearted person in there world. Incapable of hurting a fly, how could she be so cruel and heartless in this one. But then again, Draco seemed like a great guy and great friend, so did his dad. Things really were different here.
AN: I know of the OOCness but remember this is a complete AU and read the name of the story, Different World. I hope you like how I made them 'cause that's how they're gonna stay. And look forward to the next chapter, it's gonna be good... or I hope, well the plans I have in my head are good. And on another note I know this seemed rushed in some places and I have a very good response to that. It seemed rushed simply because it was. I was lazy and I didn't want to dig in too deep I wanted to get on with everything, I'm getting into this story late, my original idea was only like 10 - 15 chapter and so far in this stories future I see beyond that point. Now thanks to my reviewers you know who you are and I'll see you guys next chapter!