Yes, yes, that'll do." She said, the smirk replace by a smile, and ignoring the smirk on her son's face. "You'll have to get that invitation to them." 'I'll make sure that this girl of yours 'would be pale against Potter.' She comments to herself a promising herself that she will make the girl irresistible.
"Mother, may I inform you that Severus is spending Christmas with Black."
"Really, then that'll be much easier. Hand me the invitation." She hold her hand out to Draco, he gave her the invitation back. He watch as she wave her wand and then to card became one, she handed it back to him.
They spent the rest of the meals in silent, not even bothering to start a conversation.
"Mother, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get the connection to send the invitation, to the guest." He stalk out of the room
"Draco you will have to, participates in the ball even if you don't want to. This is not a choice for you to chose but a order." Narcissa said to her son whom, stop and turned to look at her.
"Mother, I will, if she's going to be there." Draco said as he continued to walk out the dinning room.
"Helen, where are you going?" came Sirius's voice, when Helen came down and fully dressed for an appointment with Remus to the Ministry Office of Renaming.
"Oh… I err…going to the Ministry to get my name change." Helen replied looking at the ancient grandfather clock.
"Okay, let me change and I'll escort you." Sirius said getting up from the couch.
"No, need. I already asked Remus yesterday. You just stay home." Helen looks at the clock again which strikes 11.
"Helen!" Sirius said sternly, with the hurt look on his face "Why did you asked Remus, instead of me?"
"Well…you were…busy when ever I try to ask." She said trying to look away from the eye that said it's hurt from her action.
"So is that why you were angry, because I didn't pay much attention to you?" Sirius asked trying to control his voice from breaking, and from the sob that might escape.
"Sirius, that's…not it…it's just that…I never seen you so happy so I thought that you might want to spend sometime, with Sev." Helen said calmly and gives Sirius a hug of reassurance. "And I want to pick out a gift for you, because I don't want you to see it."
"What gift?" He asked confused
"Christmas of course. The last trip to Hogsmeade was used to get the dresses and stuff for the dance; it's so busy that I forgot." Helen confessed.
"You don't need to. The thought was enough." Sirius hugged her.
"Helen broke the hug by stepping back, "I want to…hmm…I'm forgetting something." She said to herself, Helen went through her bag and double check.
"Everything okay?" Sirius asked looking at Helen's scrunching face.
"I got everything, but I felt as if I forgot something."
"What could it possibly be?" Helen murmur
"Oh never mind, I'll remember it soon enough." She looked at the clock: it says 11:50
"Hey, Sirius where is Snapy?" Helen asked curiosity took over her, she look at her godfather, seeing him blush, she knew exactly where he is now. Helen gives Sirius a knowing smirk, which he blushes even more, at the thought that this girl knows what happened.
"Still blushing like a virgin I see." Remus said entering the room that was occupy by Helen and Sirius "Padfoot, why didn't you tell me about the relationship of your'" Moony pouted "I have to find out from Helen, that's so mean of you." Remus joked.
"Wait! Hold on!" Helen stare at them "Remus are you saying that Sirius is still a virgin until yesterday?" Helen asked, they nodded, and Sirius was even redder then the Weasley's hair.
"WOW! Sirius, how old is you exactly?" Helen asked
"36, why?" Helen just stares at him.
"I have a 36 years-old-virgin as a godfather, who just lost his virginity." Helen said amazed, Remus snicker at the comment, Sirius turned a deeper shade of red if it was possible.
"What about you Remus?" Helen asked. His mouth gaped at Helen. Sirius smirked, which forced all the red to disappear.
"I'm also 36." He answered thinking that she wants the age.
"NO! Are you still a virgin?" Helen asked bluntly.
"I…Err…We better go it's already 12" Remus said avoiding the question as the Grandfather clock strike 12.
"Answer me Remus." Helen demand with the Evan tone, like Lily when she gets serious.
"Fine then, if it'll keep you off." He looked at her "NO, I'm not a virgin." He said turning around. Sirius open and close his mouth, can't forming any cahoots thought. Helen smiled
"Who did you lose it to, and when." Helen asked getting wrap up in the interrogation.
"When, I was in Hogwart as a student, as to whom I'm not revealing." Remus said sharply.
"That's some secret." Came a voice from the doorway, the three that were talking turned to acknowledged Snape.
"Fine then let's go." Helen said heading toward the fireplace.
"Go where?" Snape ask from the doorway.
"Ministry, of course." Helen snapped at him "Oh Sirius, enjoy your day alone." Helen said winking at him, to see the man blushing like Virgin Marry.
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Helen was a nervous wreck following Remus, she can imagine tomorrow's Headline:
The-Boy-Who-Lives is now The-girl-who-lives!!!
Helen bumped into Remus when Remus stopped walking. "Here we are Helen. Nervous now are you?" Helen only nods her head. "Well go on in." Helen walked the short distance to the door, she knock; 'come in' was the answer she hears.
Helen walk into the room that seem to yellow for her liking. Helen looked at the witch behind the Oak desk. She look like a version of Cho Chang but much older.
"Hello." The witch said smiling "my name is Lina Chang, Head deputy of this department."
"Hello." Helen said looking at the witch that's Cho's mum.
"What is your reason to be here?" She asked dipping her quill into the inkbottle.
"I want to change my name, which cause my gender to change, during a potion mishaps, and the possibility of I going back to be a male is low, as the Hogwart Medi-witch said."
"Uh-hmm, And how long was that ago?"
"Three week." She wrote it down
"Why didn't you come earlier?"
"Well…we have a school ball so I couldn't come due to the amount of works that it took the Professors to get it ready, and no one willing to take me at that time." Helen said,
"Before we start I'd like to ask you. Are you aware that after this you can not change your name even after you got the counter potion and become a male again? Unless if you got a really strong reason to why you want your name to be change back?" Helen nodded, after the talk she and Remus have coming here.
"So do you still ant to change your name?"
"Yes, I do." Helen said firmly.
"Alright then, I'll ask you some question, and you'll have to answer truthfully." She said watching Helen nod her head "Let's start."
"What was your name before the potion mishaps?"
"Harry James Potter." Helen said looking away from the witch that's gawking at her.
"Alright, what name do you want now?" she asked getting her composure back.
"Helen Rose Potter." She said taking her mum's middle name.
Helen watches the witch furiously scribbling down the name.
"Alright that's it." She said handing Helen a scroll that she had roll for her.
"Have a good holiday Ms. Potter." Helen turned to leave
"Ms. Potter." She said as Helen's hand was on the doorknob.
"Yes?" Helen turned to look at the witch.
"I'm sorry, if my daughter was rude to you during her time at Hogwart." She apologized
""Don't worry Mrs. Chang; I don't hold grudges against Cho, at all. And she wasn't Rude to me" Helen smile at her and left the room.
Helen walks out the room, "Damn…I forgot to tell Draco." Helen sighed to herself digging into her bag for the Rift Jadow. She enters the closest bathroom to call him.
"What are you doing here? You should know that witches and wizards are afraid of your kind, especially those who try to live like us." The Weasley snarled, at the werewolf friend.
"Weasley you should know that usage of such language could get you in shit." Remus snapped.
"Ahhhh…so you're angry?" Percy Weasley asked stoic "It would be wise if you stay away from such place like this." He said pointing fingers.
"What about you Weasley, don't you think that you've went overboard with you comment. I mean you betrayed your family's trust and went up against the great Dumbledore." Helen asked from behind Percy coming out of the bathroom.
"May I ask your name?" He asked avoiding the questions.
"Don't play dumb Percy." Helen snapped forgot that she's a female now.
"What do you mean by that? Girl! " Percy growled carious to why or how this girl now his name.
"Girl?" Helen register in her mind 'why would he a call me a girl?' Then it came to her that he is indeed a female now, she mentally slapped herself.
"It's me Harry, but as you can see I'm a girl now." Helen said impatiently.
"What are you talking about?" The redhead said. Helen just hand him the scroll of parchment, and watch his face go pale. He handed the piece of parchment back, his eye wide.
Helen didn't know what this redhead is thinking but, she didn't care until the smile that crept on to his face. Helen was startle to why he would have the smile on.
"Heh, a girl now hmm, Potter, What's the name?" He asked
"Helen Rose Potter." She snapped.
"Good to see you again 'Helen'." Percy said smoothly, to Helen it was creepy. Helen looks into the man's eyes and sees something she doesn't want to see lust.
"Remus, can we go? I want to see my 'boyfriend'" Helen said hopping that he'll just leave her alone if she said she has a boyfriend. Percy flinched at the "boyfriend" part.
""Helen. To where?" Remus asked
"Diagon Ally." Helen said walking toward the fireplace that a wizard just enters from.
"The Leaky Cauldron!" Helen yelled after throwing the floo powder, she then vanished, at the roaring green fire died. Remus followed her to Leaky Cau1dron, Leaving Percy Weasley standing to himself.
"Boyfriend, Huh." He mused, 'let's see if he look better then me' (He's being too arrogant in my opinion).
Draco looked around himself and the room to check the mental list of things he needed, with the invitation in his right hand and the Rift Jadow in his left, he quickly put them in his pocket. He looked once at his image in the mirror before exiting his large personal bathroom. He let the house-elf know that he's leaving so when he returned, there won't be any lecture about not leaving any idea to where he was going.
"Thirty minute left before the meeting." Draco mused "I should try to find her with the extra time then."
"What did she want to talk to me about?" Draco ponder himself walking around the street, he saw a redhead walking past him. Isn't he the one that betrayed his family to go with the Ministry?' Draco watched the man peering onto a shop window.
Percy Weasley walked around, and peered into shop window trying to find the 'pretty' girl, not noticing Draco until, he turned to go back toward Gringot.
"What are you doing here Malfoy." He sneered.
"I'm here like everyone else, doing shopping, meeting friends, etc, etc." Draco replied with a stoic look. He turned around toward the Leaky Cauldron to wait instead of wondering, in the cold. 'She'll be there' He told himself.
No sooner then Draco left, Percy went off looking again.
Draco spotted Helen on the far corner of the room facing the opposite wall. Draco walked toward the girl, trying to walk as soft as possible not to make any noise.
Helen was startle when someone suddenly embraces her. She looked up to see none other then Draco Malfoy.
"Don't crept up like that on me." Helen warned.
"Sorry."
"So what did you want to see me about?"
"I wanted to tell you that I've changed my name officially, and I wanted to see you." Helen turned around to look into the silver blue eyes of Draco.
"Really! I didn't think that it's this soon." He muttered.
"Are you saying that you don't care?" Helen asked, more of an accusation.
Draco looked at her emerald green eyes, "No, I was surprise that you change it so soon."
"Whatever! Since you're here what do you want to do? Because I'm going shopping for Sirius present, and I would like for you to come."
"What can I do now that I here but to go with you, I might be of some use for you."
"Shut up!" Helen pulled Draco out of the cozy inn, and out into the cold street. "Where do you think that we should go first?" She asked, snuggling into Draco's warmth and try to get rid of the bitter wind. Draco held tightly onto her and covers her with what little of his cloak that left. 'Thanks' Draco can hear the girl mumble.
"C'mon, this way if you don't want to see the Weasley." Draco said leading Helen the opposite direction that Percy was, looking for is angel, yes angel, he don't want anyone to look at Helen that way beside himself.
"Hey!" Helen playfully swamped his shoulder. "I want to se the Weasley." She said turning away from the warm chest.
"Not this one, he was looking for you earlier and said what I don't like about you."
"Who?" she asked curiously, 'Don't the Weasley like me?'
"The one that that wore the glasses. What's his name? Something likes Percer…." Draco tried to get the name right.
"Oh! You mean Percy Weasley?" Helen asked knowing that the only Weasley that wore glass is Percy.
"Yeah that's him."
"What's he doing here?"
"Don't know"
"He gives me the creep now, I saw him before coming here."
"You're not the only one."
"I hate the looks that he gave me." Helen mumbles.
"What looks?" Draco asked suspiciously.
"Weird one, maybe like the one that you give me during the dance." Helen said without thinking, Draco eyes widen.
"I'm going to kill him." Draco said looking around for the Weasley. Draco Spotted the man on the other side of the street he let go of Helen and walked toward the Weasley.
Helen gasped at the sudden cold Air that got her. She turned around and grabbed Draco's hand "Calm down." Helen said pulling him toward her leading to the opposite direction.
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