Bloody Hell!

Chapter Eight

The next morning was full of laughter. The breakfast affair was a very funny beginning of term. When the Marauders came to the Great Hall, Harry set up all for the Ravenclaw prank. Hermione had chosen the Scottish bagpipe song, Scotland the Brave. Therefore, when the Ravenclaws all sat at their table, the prank would start. Harry looked up at the Head table to see if is father was already there. He was... and he was staring at Harry. Snape gave a little smile and Harry returned the gesture. When all the houses were at their respective tables, Harry gave a sign to start the prank. Ginny said the incantation and the Ravenclaw boy, Michael Corner, stood up. His eyes were showing surprise, then horror, as he couldn't control his body. His uniform changed in a Scottish Kilt. His housemates also stood up in a similar outfit with bagpipes in their hands. Michael yelled, 'Ready! Breathe! Prepare! Quick!' and all the Ravenclaws (including Cho) started to play on their bagpipes. At the end, the people in the Great Hall were rolling on the floor laughing their heads off (well, most of the Slytherins weren't, but they were smirking). Harry was of course laughing too. He risked a peek at his father and saw he was trying hard not to laugh. Dumbledore was chuckling and even the stern McGonagall had a small smile on her lips. Suddenly a banner appeared out of nowhere. There was a sign, which said, I hope you had a great laugh! Many more are to come. The Marauders - Gryffin, Volpie, Lupellus, Lynx, Cigne, and Pantera - The New Generation! The Great Hall stared at the banner and continued with their breakfast. After it, McGonagall gave the Gryffindors their timetables. Ron peeked at his and immediately groaned and started bashing his head against the table. Harry and Hermione watched him surprised. Harry then asked, Ron, what are you doing?'

Ron answered, What does it look like?'

'Bashing your head against the table?'

'Then that's exactly what I'm doing.'

Harry shook his head in laughter when he too, looked at the timetable.

'Oh, come on, Ron! It's not that bad. Imagine if we still had to take Divination...'

Ron groaned again, 'Don't remind me!'

Harry laughed.

'Well, at least you haven't got Potions anymore!'

'I heard that, you git! You got an Outstanding in Potions OWL?'

Harry nodded and replied, 'Yes. How many OWLs did you get? I didn't ask you and Hermione about it yet.'

Ron smiled brightly and said, 'I got twelve OWLs. I failed Astronomy, Potions, and Divination. And I got an Outstanding at Defence Against Dark Arts. The DA paid off!'

Hermione also chipped her results in, 'I got twenty OWLs. But that's because I took more subjects than you did. How many did you get, Harry?'

Harry smiled and replied, 'I got sixteen OWLs. And we have to go now. Unless you want to be late for History of Magic...'

His two best friends nodded and gathered their bags with books, parchment, and quills. When they came to Binns' classroom, some of their classmates were already there, sitting on the tables and talking between themselves. When they noticed the Gryffindor Trio, they rushed at them and congratulated them on the pranks. The ghostly professor came in a few minutes later. He said, 'Today we will be talking about the four founders of Hogwarts.'

Harry perked up in his chair. He wanted to know more about his ancestors.

'There were four of them, as you know. Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin. It all started with Rowena, having a vision. She was a true Seer and her favourite animal was an eagle. She came from glen. She was the first of the Hogwarts four to have it. Godric was second. He was very good in Healing. His favourite animal was the Gryffin and he came from wild moor. The next to have a dream was Helga. She was very good at telepathy. Her favourite animal was a badger. She came from the valley broad. The last one to have this vision - dream - was Salazar Slytherin. He was a parselmouth, his favourite animal was a snake, and he came from fin. They all went around the world, to find the place in their dreams. They met there for the first time and soon became good friends. With united powers, they built the castle. Helga made the Forbidden forest and made a home for creatures and animals. Rowena made the lake, Gryffindor a wizarding village, Hogsmeade, and Slytherin made the secret room in the castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Which we found out wasn't just a legend, but truth. Then they put spells, enchantments, and curses on school grounds to protect it. They sent their first acceptance letters soon after; to the children who were wizards and witches. At the first Sorting, they chose their first students, but later it was Godric's hat, that did this instead of them. Gryffindor chose mostly brave, daring boys, Salazar only purebloods, Rowena the smart ones and Helga the rest of them. So went for several years until Godric and Salazar came to a big parting of their ways. Salazar wanted to accept only purebloods, saying that everyone else had no rights to study magic. Godric opposed to this and so, Slytherin left Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry... after a fierce duel between Godric and himself. He never came back. The class will be over soon. For homework, write two rolls of parchment on one of the founders. You can choose which one.'

Hermione didn't have to lend them notes this time, though, as Ron and Harry listened to professor Binns' lecture. Especially Harry, as he was the Heir to all four founders. Their second subject that day was Transfiguration. McGonagall was also their Head of House and when she entered the classroom all went quiet.

'Today we will learn how to transfigure yourselves into the opposite gender. You have to be very careful in saying the words, because if you pronounce just one letter wrong, it could have an unwanted consequence - the one you transfigure stays this way until he or she dies. So, the words are 'transformo humanis femina' or 'transformo humanis masculus'. It means, transform the human into female, and transform the human into male in Latin. You have to watch it though; you say the first incantation like this - tran-sform-ooo hum-anis femi-na and the second like this - tran-sform-ooo hum-anis mas-culus. Try it on the mice that are on your table and then on yourselves. The transfiguration should last for one minute, but if you say the incantation wrong, the boy or a girl would find themselves in a coma-like state for two weeks and then they would be the opposite gender. So, be very careful with what you say.'

McGonagall then went around the class and corrected their incantations so they wouldn't kill the mice. When they all had the hang of it, she said, 'Now, try it on the mice!'

The students obeyed and did it on the mice. Some of the mice did turn into their opposite gender, but many of them (since the students were nervous) died. The Transfiguration professor sighed and gave them new mice, the dead ones would probably end as Mrs Norris's dinner or lunch. Soon it was the time for trying it on their schoolmates. Ron and Harry paired and Hermione went over to Parvati. Harry knew Ron was nervous, because he was one of the last ones to get the incantation right. First, it was Harry's turn, and Ron was changed into a girl for a minute, then he changed back to his rightful gender. He looked relieved. Now, it was Ron's turn to transfigure Harry. The last thing Harry heard was a wrongly spelled incantation, and then blackness surrounded him.

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When Severus Snape heard what happened in Transfiguration classroom, it would be an understatement, that he was angry. He was seething from anger at Harry's friend Ron Weasley. The stupid boy had pronounced the incantation wrong and now, Harry wasn't a he, but a she. For the rest of his... her life. Damn it! Snape repeated to himself over and over again. He asked himself what would Harry say to this when he woke up. He won't like it! Snape thought as he marched down the corridors to reach the Hospital Wing as fast as he could. It was only - what? - noon, that Harry was transported to the infirmary and it was the first day of term! He opened the door to the hospital with a bang and looked around him to find his son's body on a bed. When his eyes reached it, he froze. This wasn't his son! This was his daughter!!! He collapsed on a near-by chair and took Harry's hand in his. Then he looked at her and saw, that she now looked more like Lily than him. Well, she was a girl now, wasn't she? But she still had jet-black hair with red highlights that Snape liked so much. Her body was well shaped. She was thin, but not too thin that they would call her a stick. Her hair was longer and it now reached her elbows. It was still slightly messy, but in a sweet way. Severus found himself even more attached to his daughter. She was beautiful. Her eyelashes were long and nicely curled, her fingers little and charming. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. He reached out with his free hand and gently shoved her hair away from her eyes. Suddenly, he heard Dumbledore's voice behind him.

'Minerva just told me what happened. She took Harry's friends to my office to calm them down. How are you fairing?'

Severus looked at the Headmaster and said, 'I am shocked, but I will get used to it.'

'I thought so. She's beautiful, isn't she?'

Snape smiled slightly and nodded.

'As beautiful as her mother was.'

Albus sat on the other side of the bed and said, 'What will you call her? You can't call her Harry anymore.'

Snape's eyes widened, as if he only now realised what had happened. He shrugged his shoulders and answered Dumbledore's question.

'I don't know. Harriet, I guess. I will have to ask her...'

He paused for a moment and then sighed.

'It's so hard to talk about Harry as a she, but I guess I'll have to get used to it.'

Dumbledore chuckled lightly and left Severus and 'Harry' alone. The next visitor was Remus. He came stumbling in the Hospital wing, slightly breathless. He wheezed, 'I - just heard - what happened. Came as soon - as I could!'

He stepped to 'Harry's' bed and said,

'So, it's true. Harry is a girl now. Will he change back?'

Severus numbly shook his head, and Remus weakly chuckled, 'Well, Severus. It seams that you have a problem. As a guy you could talk to Harry about everything, now as he's a girl, he'll have to ask someone else when he gets his monthlies.'

'Monthlies?' asked Snape bewildered. Remus laughed.

'Oh, Sev! You don't know a lot about women, do you?'

'If you remember, I only had one woman in my life, so no, I don't know a lot about women. What about you, Remy?' Snape sneered at Remus, but it was good-hearted. Remus laughed again and said,

'I know a few things. If my memory doesn't trouble me, I had a sister once and she explained some things to me. Do you know what monthlies are?'

Severus again shook his head.

'It's the time of the month when a girl or a woman bleeds.'

Snape blanched at this and Remus laughed again, 'It's not so hard, Sev. It only lasts for a few days.'

Snape looked at 'Harry' and said, 'How will she get used to it?'

Remus sobered and said, 'Well, she still has Hermione for her friend, so I think Hermione will help her get accustomed to her new body and new life.'

Remus came closer to the bed and gazed at his colleague's daughter. He quietly said, 'You have a beautiful daughter, Severus. She looks a lot more like Lily, then ever. She still has a lot of your treats, but the female treats are from her mother. She will have many boys at her feet when she gets used to her gender.'

Severus smiled softly and replied, 'I know, Remus. I know. And I'm proud of her no matter what she does.'