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Underneath His Skin	By : LoveAndHeartbreak Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 9632 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Underneath His Skin

Chapter 7

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Once again, Harry waited for Malfoy to leave the Great Hall first. After Ron took his last chip, the trio headed to their next class. As soon as Harry exited the doorway, he slowed down his pace, causing his two friends to brush against him.

“You okay, Harry?” Hermione asked.

“I… I’m afraid for Hagrid to see me like this,” Harry admitted.

“I’m sure he knows about it, c’mon, it’ll be fine,” She assured him.

“I-I don’t know,”

“We’re right here with you, mate. Hagrid wouldn’t let anything happen to you, I’m sure of it,” Ron tried to convince him.

Harry watched as Hagrid exited his cabin and walked toward the Fire Crab kennels.

“Alrite… Alrite let’s go,” Harry said, picking up his fast pace from earlier.

When they joined the rest of the class, Hagrid announced that they would be walking their Fire Crab today.

“This is a way for your tortoise ‘ere, to befriend another tortoise. Be careful though, they walk faster than you think they do, so I suggest keeping a leash on them by using your wand,”

Harry looked around and saw some people, including Draco, pull out their wands. He slowly followed their lead, though he wasn’t sure of how to make a leash with his wand.

“Okay, come get your Fire Crab!”

Almost all of the girls gathered around the cart, anxiously retrieving their little creature. Hermione saw the confused look in both Harry and Ron’s face, so she decided to show them how to make a magical leash.

“You can use any hex you want, but I prefer the Red Vine,”

Harry heard a swish sound, which made him turn around and see the group of students release a glowing red rope that latched around the tortoise’s neck. The rope was floating against the wind, and its glow was like a laser effect.

“That is the Red Vine,” Hermione explained.

After Hermione demonstrated it on her tortoise, Harry and Ron were able to put the leash onto their Fire Crab. Harry watched as his Fire Crab started to wonder away from the group.

“There it goes… woah!”

Harry was yanked forward by the tortoise’s sudden speed. Hermione and Ron laughed as they watched Harry struggle to control his tortoise.

“Slow down!” Harry yelled, passing by the other students who were trying to urge their Fire Crabs to befriend another.

After another second of yanking on the leash, his tortoise came to an abrupt stop, causing Harry to practically trip over it.

“Geez, you are fast,” Harry panted.

His tortoise was standing in front of another tortoise, which looked vaguely familiar…

“So,”

Harry finally looked up, and once again, made close eye contact with Draco. His heart felt like it skipped a beat, but he was able to hide it with his usual glare.

“So what?” He asked.

Draco looked down at his tortoise before looking back up with a smirk on his face,

“Who will be the Montague, and who would be the Capulet?”

Harry furrowed his eyebrows together,

“Wh-what?”

“Don’t tell me you don’t know about Romeo and Juliet!” Draco exclaimed.

Harry just glared at his reflective image,

“Of course I know… but what does a Montague and Capulet have to do with it!?”

Draco laughed, amused with the boy’s lack of knowledge on the subject.

“If you know about Romeo and Juliet, you would know that those are the family names… the rivals, which is the main conflict of the story,” He explained.

Harry’s eyes went wide; he only knew how the story ended, not about the rivaling families.

“That makes sense,” Harry bluntly agreed.

“So… which one are you?”

Harry looked confused again, but then he realized that Draco was talking about their tortoises.

‘Yes, you would think of a scenario like that, wouldn’t you?’

Harry immediately picked up this Fire Crab, which started to make little whining sounds after being separated from Draco’s.

“I don’t care which one I am, you just keep your distance! It’s bad enough I’m stuck in your body, and now I have to put up with your tortoise trying to mate with mine?! Get lost,”

Harry turned away and stomped back to his friends. Draco just watched in amusement as Harry tried to silence his whining Fire Crab.

“Well, it looks like you’re the Capulet, Harry,” Draco observed beneath his breath…

Harry noticed his friends standing next to Hagrid, who gave him a warm smile as he approached the group.

“Good afternoon, Harry!”

Harry stood next to Hermione as he returned the smiling gesture.

“Don’t be nervous, I know all about it,” Hagrid clarified.

“See? Told you!” Hermione exclaimed.

“I know! I just… I was just-“

“No need to explain, Harry. Why, I’d be confused about everythin’ too, if the same situation happened to me,” Hagrid admitted.

Harry let out a long, deep breath, before realizing that his tortoise was still struggling in his hands.

“Oh my, looks like your Fire Crab is in a foul mood,” The half-giant pointed out.

“I separated it from Draco’s tortoise… its been whining like this since I picked it up,” Harry explained.

“Yes well, it’s very fond of that tortoise. I don’t think it’s a good idea to separate it by force. These creatures can show a very dangerous side, even when they’re this small,”

“My tortoise is not mating with Draco’s bloody tortoise!” Harry exclaimed, fighting to control his Fire Crab.

“That’s something Malfoy would definitely say about you, Harry,” Hermione teased.

“Shut it,” Harry grinned.

His tortoise continued to struggle and make loud whistling noises.

“Now what’s it doing?” Ron asked.

“It’s calling its mate,” Hagrid answered.

“Oh no you don’t!” Harry tried to ease the Fire Crab by gently petting its small head, but the tortoise only got louder.

“Uh, Harry,” both Ron and Hermione, gestured for Harry to turn around.

The blonde looked over his shoulder and saw Draco being yanked toward him by his own tortoise.

“I told you to stay away!” Harry shouted.

“Yeah, I got that, but the Fire Crab didn’t,” Draco clarified.

Harry looked down at the anxious tortoise, which made a soft sound for Harry’s tortoise to follow… and it did. Both FireCrabs began singing again, and everyone stopped to listen to the rare encounter.

“I suppose the two of you can’t change the tortoise’s mate of choice,” Hagrid observed, hoping that the two teens would take the hint.

“No way, I’ll show you who’s in charge. Hermione, hold your tortoise next to mine,” Harry beckoned.

“Harry-“

“Let me see,” The blonde reached for the girl’s tortoise.

Hermione wanted to fight Harry for it, but Ron held her back, knowing full well that something wasn’t right.

“Okay, look Fire Crab, I got you a new mate. You don’t need that damn tortoise that belongs to Draco,” Harry placed the two Fire Crabs together, and the humming stopped.

“See, it works-hey!”

Harry’s Fire Crab bit Hermione’s on the neck, which made Hermione scramble forward to retrieve her injured tortoise.

“Harry! Look what you’ve done!” She shouted, snatching the tortoise from his hand.

“Harry, both yours and Hermione’s Fire Crab are females,” Hagrid stated.

Harry was growing frustrated, and then he eyed Ron’s Fire Crab.

“Ron!”

“Oh no, Harry! I prefer mine to be alive,” Ron said, pulling his tortoise away from Harry’s reach.

“It’s not going to kill it, it’s a male right? So they can-“

Before Harry could finish his explanation, his tortoise escaped from his grip and fell near Draco’s FireCrab. The two creatures began cuddling again, which angered Harry even more.

“Don’t get all worked up, Potter. It’s not like we have to do what they do,”

After hearing those words, Harry lost it,

“You shut the hell up! You don’t have a say in this!” Harry began pacing to his Fire Crab, until Hermione grabbed him by his arm.

“Harry, listen to yourself! You’re behaving more like Malfoy!” She cried out, shaken from her best friend’s odd behavior.

Harry stopped and looked around himself, then back at his friends.

“I… no I wasn’t…”

He glanced down at the two cuddling Fire Crabs, and his anger came back, but only for a second.

Wait a minute, why is this a big deal? Its just tortoises… It wasn’t a big deal before, was it?

Harry gently picked up his creature, which started to squirm again, but this time, Harry didn’t flip out.

“Like I said, keep your distance,”

And with that, Harry turned and walked away. Hermione looked at Draco, who seemed very amused by Harry’s display.

“Well, he’s got the basics down,” He pointed out.

Hermione glared at him before following Harry and Ron to the far edge of the forest. Hagrid sighed and went to assist a student who’s FireCrab kept releasing fire. Draco turned to his friends and smirked.

“Like I said before, today was going to be very interesting,”

As the trio continued walking to the edge of the forest, and Hermione decided to rush to Harry’s side.

“Harry, are you okay?” she asked.

The blonde took a deep breath before answering her.

“Yeah, I think so…”

“Now, what was all that about?!” Ron shouted.

“I don’t know, Ron! I just… I just lost it,”

“Can you remember what you were feeling?” Hermione asked.

“Anger… and competitive…” Harry automatically answered.

“That sounds like Malfoy,” Ron observed.

“I’m afraid that Malfoy’s usual emotions got to you. It will take some time but you’ll learn to control it,” Hermione assured him.

“Lovely,” Harry scoffed.

The trio sat down on the ground next to a huge tree. Harry put his tortoise down on the ground, and the little creature began to play with the fallen leaves.

“Harry, you do know that you can’t force your Fire Crab to mate with another,” The brunette witch pointed out.

“I know… like I said before, I just lost it,” The blonde admitted.

“No worries, Harry. At least you didn’t go off on us yet,” Ron joked.

“You’re still allowed to curse me if I ever start calling you names,”

“Nonsense, Harry! We’ll get through this! We’ll continue to read more information about this situation and I’m sure we’ll find a cure,” Hermione sounded hopeful.

“Not to bring that plan down, but if this is a possession, wouldn’t Harry have to go through some ‘unfinished business’ in order for his spirit to leave the body?” Ron asked.

“In a sense, yes,” Hermione nodded.

“Then… wouldn’t Harry… um… die?”

Harry chuckled.

“What’s so funny about that?!” Ron exclaimed.

“Everything. Being in Malfoy’s body, my tortoise being attracted to Draco’s, my fame and so-called fortune, my status here at Hogwarts… everything is something to laugh at… and now, I might even die trying to be normal again… then again, that’s what’s also very funny… I was never normal since I was born!”

Harry kicked at the fallen leaves, which caused a pile of it to fly past his Fire Crab, and it hid itself within it’s bejeweled shell.

“Yes you are, you are normal Harry! Everyone has their own way of being normal, and you just happen to fit in your own criteria,” Hermione clarified.

“Yeah, mate. There’s nothing wrong with you at all!” Ron tried to join in.

“I knew you two would say something like that,” Harry admitted, retrieving his withdrawn tortoise.

“Give it time, Harry. We will solve this,”

Harry glanced at the worried Hermione, before smiling and cradling his little creature.

“Thanks, ‘Mione,”

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