Be ready for drunk ppl. btw I now harry looses the ability to speak to snakes after he 'dies', but I don't care, so hes gonna talk to a snake

~Alex

The weeks went by, and classes ensued as usual. The trio plus Draco, Neville, and Luna went on Hogsmeade trips together, and spent time at the Three Broomsticks. The group had just gotten back from a Hogsmeade trip on a Sunday, and the group was lounging around in the common room.

"We brought rum and whiskey!" Dean and Seamus shouted as they walked through the door. The group looked at them confused.

"Not for long if you keep on yelling about it." Harry told them. Dean and Seamus widened their eyes, and looked behind the door they just came through.

"Don't worry, no one's in the hall. Now! Let's get this party started." Seamus exclaimed. Dean took the bag of alcohol, and walked in front of the fireplace. He cleared his throat.

"Today, I will read off our selection of rums and whiskeys." He said in a fake posh voice. "Today we have Firewhiskey, Dragon Barrel Brandy, Mead, and Single Malt Whiskey." Dean finished. Seamus held the bottles, and displayed them on the ground. The group laughed a little.

"Ok, enough fucking around. Let's drink." Seamus concluded. He took out some plastic cups, and poured everyone their preferred beverage. Ron got Firewhiskey, Hermione got Mead, Harry got Dragon Barrel Brandy, Draco got Single Malt Whiskey, Neville also got Mead, and Luna chose a mixture between everything except Mead.

"Mead attracts Barggels." Was Luna's excuse. Everyone laughed a little, and drank. Somewhere along the way, Neville stood up, and proposed a game.

"Ok so we finished off the Brandy-." Neville started. Harry just kicked his head back.

"Bloody hell." He said. It was Harry's favourite. Neville laughed, and continued.

"We should play truth or dare. But muggle since we're blown out our sockets." Neville said. He sat down, and grabbed the empty bottle, and laid it on it's side. Everyone scooted around the bottle to make a circle. Neville spun it, and waited for it to stop.

Finally it landed on Hermione. "Truth or dare." She said. She was really tipsy.

"No, I ask you that, and you pick." Neville corrected her. Hermione drank to that.

"Well then go on." Hermione giggled.

"Truth or dare?" He asked. Hermione put on a thinking face.

"Truth!" Hermione exclaimed. She nearly fell over.

"Hmmmm." Neville thought. "Who do you like?" He settled on. Hermione sputtered.

"Well I like everyone here. I love you guys, you know that." Hermione pointed to everyone. "I especially love Ron. He's a good kisser. But don't tell him I said so." She put her fingers to her lips as in to say 'quiet.' Even though Ron was sitting right next to her. Everyone laughed, and Ron hid his face with his hands. Hermione grabbed the bottle, and spun it while making a 'woooo' noise as it spun. It landed on Draco.

"Truth or dare?!" She exclaimed happily. Draco hesitated.

"Dare." He answered. She thought for a moment.

"I got it. I dare you to sit in Harry's lap for the rest of the game." She cackled. Draco blushed, but Harry was too drunk to even be embarrassed. He crisscrossed his legs, and patted them. Draco sighed, and climbed into his lap. Harry wrapped his arms around Draco's waist lazily. Draco took the bottle, and spun it. It soon landed on Luna.

"Truth or dare?" Draco asked.

Luna threw her hands up in the air. "Dare!" She yelled happily. Draco grabbed the half empty bottle of Mead, and handed it to her.

"I dare you to chug this entire bottle of Mead." Draco smirked. Luna sighed, and took the bottle.

"Fine, but don't blame me if I start to sleep walk." Luna warned. She took the bottle, and started to chug it. Everyone chanted 'chug,' until she finished the bottle. When she finished, she replaced the Brandy bottle with the Mead bottle. She handed Harry the empty Brandy bottle.

"Here you go Harry." Luna said. Harry's eyes widened. He took the bottle, and hugged it. Although he still had his arms around Draco, so he hugged them both.

Everyone giggled at how frustrated Draco looked. Luna took the bottle, and spun it again. It landed on Hermione again. But before Luna could ask 'Truth or dare,' Hermione fell back, and passed out. Luna took the bottle, and moved it over to the left, where Harry and Draco sat.

"Truth or dare, Harry?" Luna asked.

"Dare." Harry said. The bottle of Brandy was sitting in Draco's lap, while Draco sat in Harry's lap. Luna pulled a stick of lipstick out of her pocket.

"I dare you to go to your dorm, and make out with Draco for five minutes. And to prove you made out, you need to wear this lipstick so we can see where you kissed him." Luna said. She scooted over to Harry, and applied light blue lipstick on him. Everyone laughed at how ridiculous he looked.

"I feel pretty." Harry said drunkly. He put one arm under Draco's legs, and another around his back, picked him up, and carried him to their room. Everyone whistled as Harry carried Draco, bridal style, to the room, and closed the door.

Harry kicked the door closed, and threw Draco onto his bed. Harry climbed onto Draco, and he wrapped his legs around Harry's waist. Harry smirked, and started to kiss and bite Draco on his neck and collar bone. Draco moaned with pleasure. Harry started to kiss his way up Draco's neck, and finally got to his lips. Harry made out with Draco, blue lipstick going everywhere.  Harry slipped his tongue into Draco's mouth, making him gasp. Harry explored Draco's mouth with his tongue, and soon, Draco tried to fight for dominance. Their tongues fought, and twisted. After a minute, Draco gave up, and let Harry dominate.

Five minutes was up, and Harry stopped kissing Draco. He smiled, and picked Draco up again, bridal style, and carried him back to the group.

Everyone laughed at them as they walked back to the group. Harry plopped down, and Draco stayed in his lap. Draco had blue lipstick smudges all over his neck, and all around his mouth. Harry's mouth had it smeared around. Ron was desperately trying to wake up Hermione from his alcohol induced sleep, but she wouldn't budge. Luna pulled out a camera, and quickly shot a photo of the two. She grabbed the polaroid, and shook it so it would develop.

"I'm going to hang this up in my room." Luna laughed. Harry took the bottle proudly, and pun it. It landed in between Dean and Seamus.

"Truth or dare." Harry asked. They both said dare. "I dare you two to make out. Right here, right now." Harry dared. Dean shrugged his shoulders, and jumped onto Seamus, making out with him.

"Oh shit!" Ron yelled. Neville giggled.

"What good would that do. They're already dating." Neville said.

"Really? I never knew." Harry said. "Alright, alright. Quit it. We don't want to see you two lose your virginities." Harry said. Dean wiped his mouth, and got off of Seamus.

"Who said we were still virgins?" Dean said mischeviously. Seamus smacked his arm, and blushed.

"Fuckin' hell. We didn't need to know that." Draco said.

Everyone was just about done with the game. Luna slung Hermione over her shoulder, and carried her to their room. Ron and Neville slung their arms around each other's necks, and shakily walked to their room. Dean and Seamus, probably the least affected of the group, went to their rooms, completely fine. Harry and Draco helped each other walk to their room. Exhausted, they both flopped down on Harry's bed, and immediately fell asleep.

Come morning, Harry woke up with a whole bunch of hair in his face. He blew the hair away, and opened his eyes. Harry groaned from the pulsating headache, and tried to sit up. He was being weighed down by something. He heard another groan, and the weight shifted. He looked down, and was met face to face with Draco. Draco sprawled out in between Harry's legs, and his face was on Harry's chest. Harry screamed, which startled Draco, and he fell off from the foot of the bed.

"Are you okay?!" Harry exclaimed. He scrambled to the edge of the bed, and looked at Draco, on the floor. He just groaned, and rubbed his head.

"That definetely did not help my headache." Draco groaned. Harry got off the bed, and offered Draco his hand. Draco took it, and stood up. Harry turned the lights on, and looked around.

"Why am I in jeans?" He looked at Draco. "And why are you covered in blue smudges?" Harry asked. The realization hit Harry in the face. All the memories flooded back to him, and he turned away, blushing a crimson red. Draco walked to the bathroom, and looked in the mirror.

"Is this a hickey?" Draco said. Memories flooded back. He quietly said. "Oh shit."

He peeled off his clothes, and jumped into the shower. Harry took a look at himself in the mirror, and immediately disrobed, and climbed into the shower. The two furiously scrubbed at the lipstick smudges, until there was no more residue. They awkwardly climbed out of the shower, towels around their waists, and started their morning routine. They winced in the bright light. Harry flicked the light off, and they both sighed. They had just enough light from the morning shining through the window, that they were able to fix their hair adequetly, and brush their teeth. They avoided eyecontact, and got dressed.

Draco looked in the mirror after getting dressed, and he saw more hickeys. It was a line of purple and blue spoltches running up his neck. He rummaged through his drawer, and pulled out his Slytherin scarf. He wrapped it around his neck in a bunch, and made sure the hickey's couldn't be seen. Harry grabbed a pair of dark tinted sunglasses, and put them on. Draco followed his lead, and he put on a pair of dark sunglasses. They left the dorm to head down to breakfast.

When they got there, everyone else was already sitting down, and lazily eating. They all noticed Harry and Draco sit down, and started to make an 'ohhhhhh' noise, but failed when their headaches made them stop.

"Shut up." Harry grumbled. Draco and him grabbed the most greasy foods on the table, and filled their plate. It consisted of a crap-ton of bacon, fryed ham, and sausage. Once everyone was done eating, they all headed to class.

Granted they did get some odd looks throughout the day. The majority of the group wore sunglasses, and spoke quietly. It was until they got to Care of Magical Beasts when things went wrong.

"Ello class! Taday, we'll be learnin' 'bout 'Ermaids. Since the dungons' been flooded, the 'Ermaids have moved in. Ereyone go back to yer dorms, grab a bathin' suit, an meet me in the dunons." Hagrid said. Everyone went back to their dorms, and grabbed their bathingsuits. Draco and Harry were silently freaking out on the way to their dorm.

"What the hell am I going to do?! Even if I wear a shirt, they're still going to see the marks!" Draco yelled, frustrated once they got in their dorm. Harry wasn't freaking out as badly, but he was worried.

"I don't know. And could you please stop yelling. I'm getting dizzy from all this noise." Harry said quietly. Draco huffed, and changed into his swim trunks, and found a swim shirt. It didn't completely cover the marks. He and Harry left the dorm, and immediately ran to Hermione and Luna's dorm, and knocked on the door.

"Hermione, let me in quick." Draco pleaded. The door cracked open a little, and Luna pocked her head out instead.

"What do you need?" She asked. Draco showed her the marks.

"I need concealer." He pleaded. Luna opened the door, and let Draco come in. Harry waited by the door. Luna wore a black one piece swim suit. Hermione must have left already.

Luna sat Draco on a bed, and she dissapeared to the bathroom to get some concealer. Thankfully they were about the same shade.

"Give me a moment." Luna said. She quickly put a whole bunch of concelor on all the marks, and covered it in powder.

Draco and Luna exited the room. Draco gave Harry a thumbs up.

"We're good." He said. The three walked down to the dungeons quickly.

When they got there, they saw Hermione with Ron. Hermione wore a red two piece suit. She looked embarrased. They all got closer to Hagrid, and listened.

"Alrighty then. Taday, we'll be swimmin' with the 'Ermaids. I tolked to em, and they will let us catalog them. Ya need ta 'easure the lengths of deir tails, and record everything ya see on em. Den fer homework, you got to look up deir tail detales, and write wat each part dos. I put a charm on da parchment papers so dey don't get wet, and I found some neat muggle quills so ya can write underwata. Ereyone is gone get some gillyweed. It'll last an hour. When it runs out, ya need to surface." Hagrid said. He handed everyone a piece of waterproof parchment, a muggle pen, and a handful of Gillyweed.

"Just eat da Gillyweed, an jump in." Hagrid finised. Harry immediately ate his Gillyweed, and jumped into the water. Everyone waited anxiously to see him surface. After a moment, he pocked his face out of the water, and left his gills under the water. He raised a webbed hand, and motioned for everyone to come in. He then dove back under the water, and started the swim. Soon more and more people jumped into the water. Everyone started to swim down the hall. They could see Snape's classroom under the water. Harry stopped, and swam in the classroom.

He looked around, but it was too dark. He pulled his wand out, and tried to say Lumos. Only bubbles escaped his mouth. Harry pocketed his wand, and left the classroom. He continued, and looked around. He saw a hole in the hall. He swam through, and saw sunlight shining from the surface. It looks like this is what flooded the dungeon. He swam around, and saw the other classmates.

There were Mermaids everywhere. And students were measuring, and documenting the mermaids.

Soon, a mermaid swam to Harry. The mermaid held its tail to Harry. Harry pulled his tape measure out, and quickly measured the it. Then he started to draw out the mermaid, and all the little details he thought would be important to know. The mermaid moved the paper so it could see the drawing. Harry heard it release a happy sound. Or at least Harry thought it was happy. It then swam away to its other friends, and let other students document it. Harry had a lot of time to kill, so he ended up swimming around the shallow part of the Great Lake. He found some empty bottles laying around, probably from the potions classroom.

Harry decided to start heading back to Hagrid. He swam fast, and got to the surface. Unable to still breathe air, he just floated on his back, and waited for the Gillyweed to stop working. After 20 minutes of floating around, he felt his gills go away. He took a small breath of air, to test it out.

"Finally." Harry said exasperated. He climbed out of the water, and joined a couple of other students, who were warming up next to a floating piece of burning paper. One by one, his group emerged from the water, and tried warming themselves up with charms and fire. Harry was talking to Hermione, when he heard Ron start laughing really hard. Harry and Hermione looked back, and saw Draco exit the water. He looked very confused.

"Why are you laughing?" Draco asked. Ron just pointed to his own neck. Draco started to panic, and felt his neck. He pulled his fingers away, and saw that the concelor was running off. Harry and Hermione saw all the hickeys, and so did everyone else. Harry freaked out, and grabbed a piece of paper laying around, and handed it to Draco. Draco took it, and covered his neck. Although he looked like an idiot doing so. Luna soon got out of the water, and approached the group. Hermione and Ron were laughing, Draco was hiding behind Harry, and Harry was blushing a lot. Draco saw Luna, and his face turned to a frown.

"The damn makeup washed off." Draco said. Everyone heard him, and started to laugh. Luna giggled.

"You didn't think it was waterproof, did you? Makeup washes off in water." Luna giggled.

Hagrid dissmissed the students, and they all headed back to their dorms to shower, and head to their next class. Harry and Draco quickly went to their dorms, and took a shower, then headed to Transfiguration.

The group practically ran to Transfiguration to get there in time. They ran through the doors, and took their seats. Draco wrapped his scarf around tightly, and paid attention.

Professor Agnes stood up, and started to teach class.

"Today we will be doing a different type of Transfiguration. You are familiar with changing live animals into objects, but today we will be turning objects into live animals. I will let you choose what animal you want to make." Professor Agnes said. She wrote a incantation on the board with a line at the end. She then drew out the wand movements.

"To specify what animal you want your goblet to become, you must say the animal after the incantation. Like so." Professor Agnes positioned herself next to a Goblet. "Turn in Hoc Cat." She said. She moved her wand about intricately, and then pointed it to the goblet. Soon the goblet sprung legs, then fur, then a tail, and in a matter of seconds it looked like a normal cat. It sat there, and looked at the class. "And to revert it, just point your wand at the animal, and say 'Retrorsum Converti.'" She repeated the steps, and soon the cat turned back into a goblet.

"Once you have successfully tranfigured your animal, please raise your hand so I can look at it." Professor Agnes finished. She sent goblets to every student, and they started.

Hermione transfigured her goblet into a bird, but its beak was made of metal. She reverted it back, and tried again. Draco succesfully transfigured his goblet into a panther. Professor Agnes quickly ran over, and inspected it.

"Beautiful. Now revert it back before it eats someone's animal." She said quickly. Draco reverted his panther back into a goblet, although it had a black furry tail.

Harry transfigured his white goblet into a snake. The snake was pure white, with red eyes. It looked at him, and tried to slither away. Harry panicked, and tried to grab the snake before it got away.

"Wait! Come back!" Harry exclaimed. The snake looked back to him, and started to speak.

"You can speak." It said. Harry shook his head.

"Of course. I'm a parcelmouth." Harry said back. Harry forgot that other people couldn't understand him, and he continued to talk to the snake. Soon he caught the attention of the class, and they watched him speak to the snake.

"Can you come back? If I lose you, I'll be in trouble." Harry reasoned. The snake nodded his head up and down, and slithered back to him. The snake climbed up him, and wrapped around his neck.

"Do you have a name?" Harry asked.

"How could I. I was only just now created." The snake said. Some of the students became a little scared, and scooted their seats away from Harry. Harry grabbed the snake, and placed him on the table. He raised his hand, and the Professor went over to him.

"Alright, now change it back to a goblet." She said. You could tell she wasn't a fan of snakes.

"I'm sorry." Harry apologized to the snake. "Retrorsum Converti." Harry cast the spell, and it reverted back into a white goblet.

The professor started to walked off, but Harry stopped her. 

"Professor Agnes?" Harry called. She turned back to him.

"Yes, what is it?"

"The animals know who created them. How is that possible?" Harry asked. She cocked her head.

"How do you know the animals know?" She asked. Harry gave her a look.

"I just talked to it. It knows I created it just now." Harry told her. She widened her eyes.

"Really? That's amazing." She scurried off to her desk to write something down, and then she continued to check the other students.

"Nice snake." Draco complimented.

By the time class finished, almost everyone had turned their goblet into an animal. Ron tried, but the furthest he got was a dog with the handle jutting out its stomach.

After class was dismissed, the group traveled to the dinning hall.

After everyone ate a thoroughly greasy meal, they felt much better, and the hangover was almost gone. Everyone left the hall, and headed to the common room to start their homework.

Half way through their homework, Parvati Patil went up to Draco, who was sitting with the others, working on the Mermaid homework.

"Is it true that you have a whole bunch of hickeys on your neck?" She asked excited. Draco looked at Luna, and gave her the stink eye.

"How do you know I have hickeys on my neck?" Draco asked.

"Everyone knows by now. I heard Luna talking about it in potions." She said. Draco stood and looked at Luna.

"You talking about it in first period! So people knew before we went swimming. There was no reason to put makeup on me if other people knew!" He exclaimed. Luna giggled.

"I just wanted to mess with you. I knew we were going to swim today, so I knew people were going to find out eventually. So I talked about it to some of my other friends." Luna said. The group started to laugh hysterically. Draco was so pissed off, especially since he saw Harry laughing as well.

"What? You got something to say? You left this." Draco said pointing at his neck. Harry immediately stopped laughing, and blushed. They all heard a high pitched squeal.

"I knew it!" Parvati squealed. She ran off to her dorm, probably to tell Padma.

Harry hid his face in his hands. Hermione rubbed his back.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine. I'm just surprised Dean and Seamus didn't tell everyone first." Ron joked. Draco was still standing up, when Harry stood up as well.

Draco got scared. He thought Harry was going to yell at him for outing them out. Harry turned to Draco. Instead of yelling at Draco, Harry surprised everyone.

He grabbed Draco by the waist, and pulled him into a passionate kiss. In front of everyone. Their group of friends whistled and hooted. Draco finally realized what was happening, and he wrapped his arms around Harry, and kissed him back. They heard a couple of girls scream. Some from excitement, and some of anguish that Harry Potter was gay. The two separated, and continued their work as if nothing happened.

Once everyone finished their homework, they headed to their showers, and went to sleep, exhausted from the swimming and excitement of the day.

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~Alex