I don't own Harry Potter, sadly. It belongs to the fabulous J. K. Rowling.

This is a birthday story for cathcer1984. Happy birthday, have a great day and hope you like what I have done with your story.

This story has four chapters, a chapter a day.

Summary: Back to Hogwarts for their eighth year. Wanting house unity Headmistress McGonagall pairs the eighth year Gryffindors with the Slytherins, telling them they are to play nice and set a good example for the younger years…. Or else.

Warnings: Malexmale

I apologise in advance for any mistakes I may have made

Harry took a deep breath as he looked around his room at Grimmauld place, checking he had packed everything. "Whatever Master Harry is missing Kreacher can be sending on sir." Harry looked Kreacher and smiled. Ever since he gave him that locket to keep Kreacher couldn't do enough for Harry, he was even nice to Hermione, he actually caught Kreacher smiling at her the other day, of course when he asked him about it he denied it.

"Thank you Kreacher." Shrinking the things Harry was taking with him on the train to his final ride on the Hogwarts express Harry smiled at Kreacher and thinking of platform nine and three quarters, Harry disapparated.

"Harry!"

Harry looked up and saw nothing but hair. "Hermione, see, said I would come." He pulled back and hugged Ron next.

"Glad you turned up mate, you could have got here earlier though, you left it any later she would have been turning up at Grimmauld place."

Harry laughed at his best friend before getting on the train with his friends following him.

"I wonder how they will house us this year if we are going back for what they are calling our eighth year as we missed our seventh." Ron asked.

"I don't know, I mean we can't sleep in the Gryffindor tower anymore that is for years one to seven I think we might have separate rooms or if there isn't enough we might be sharing." Hermione said.

When they arrived at Hogwarts Harry looked up at the castle and smiled, looking at it it was hard to believe that a war had gone on there just four months ago.

When they entered the Great Hall they saw six tables instead of five. You had the four long tables for each house the long table at the top that was for the Professors and near the top between the tables for the houses and the Professors was another table which Harry guessed was for the eighth years.

Harry sat down along with everyone else and groaned when he looked up and saw who was sat facing him. Draco Malfoy, who sneered before turning his attention to Professor McGonagall who stood up and called for everyone's attention.

"Welcome back to you all. I am pleased to see that everyone has returned despite what happened just a few short months ago and I am pleased to see those who missed their seventh year have returned to finish their education who will now be eighth years. Professor Snape has stepped down from being Headmaster and is to be your Defence Against The Dark Arts Professor. I would like to introduce you all to Professor James he will be teaching Transfiguration."

The new Professor stood and did a little bow when he heard applause.

"We should all count ourselves lucky to have miraculously survived this war, we should also know that what your previous Headmaster once said at the end of the Triwizard Tournament we held here, one very important part which stuck out most was that our hearts beat as one, meaning underneath the facade we put up we are all the same. We are here to learn, and yes by 'we' I mean us Professors also. This war has shown me many things so this year is to be different."

When the hall erupted into murmurs McGonagall sighed. "Silence!" she roared rendering the hall into silence. "Thank you. Now what I mean by different is no more rivalry, no more one house thinking they are better than the other. I know Gryffindor's, Ravenclaw's and Hufflepuff's get along and I know only a few of the Slytherin's who have friend who aren't in their house and then it is in secret. I want no more of this. I will have no more of this. Eighth years step forwards please."

All those returning for their eighth year stood up and moved forwards, coming to a stop when they were only feet away from the Headmistress. "If the others see you all getting along and playing nice then they will follow. I can't force you all to get along but this is what I can do." she looked over her shoulder, "Severus?"

The former Headmaster stood up and walked over to Minerva with a small box in his hand.

"I have discussed this with all the Professors and they all agree."

"Only too well." Severus said looking at his godson.

"Now then. In this box are all of your names. Gryffindor's are to pick out a name if it is one from Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw you put it back. Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs get on well with everyone it is the Gryffindors and Slytherins I am most concerned about. Each of you will come forward and pick a name from the box if it isn't Slytherin you will put it back and try again. Mr Weasley you first."

Ron moaned and stepped forwards and put his hand in the box Professor Snape held and pulled out a piece of paper, looking down he sighed. "Theo Nott." he said.

"Thank you Mr Weasley, that wasn't so hard, was it, go and sit back down with Mr Nott." when Ron nodded and walked away McGonagall looked a Harry. "Mr Potter,"

Harry nodded and moved forwards taking a piece of paper from the box and saw the name written upon it 'Draco Malfoy' he looked up. "Justin Finch Fletchly." he said and moved his hand to place the piece of paper back in the box.

"You need new glasses then Potter as I see very clearly Draco Malfoy." Professor Snape said. "Nice try Potter, back to the table."

When Harry sat down Ron clapped him on the back. "Hard luck mate."

"You say that like that is a bad thing Weasel, he is lucky, it is me that has the hard luck."

"Lucky?" Harry asked. "Not a word I would use."

"Mr Potter what did I just say?" McGonagall called over.

"He started it." Harry answered seeing the Headmistress roll her eyes before turning back to the others.

Just then Hermione sat down along with Blaise Zabini. "You can't share with him, he is male." Ron said.

"It will be fine Ron; I shared a tent with you and Harry for nearly a year."

"Yeah but unlike us Zabini is as straight as an arrow."

Hermione laughed. "Ron up until a few months ago so were you."

"Hang on, scarhead and weasel are gay. How did that happen? Did you want to experiment on a bloke last year and have only each other?" he asked getting a laugh from Blaise.

"If they did they are not as different from us Draco as that is how you found you were gay, by experimenting with me and seeing you prefer the male sex." Theo said making Harry and Ron laugh.

"You dropped lucky with him as your dorm mate Ron." Harry said.

After dinner McGonagall stopped by their table. "Something you all need to be told." she said. "You are to make peace and play nice with who you are sharing with, you are all back because you all know you need to take your N. E. W. Ts. You will get along, if you bully your dorm mate and it can be proven the one who bullies will be joining the first years with everything, share a dorm with them, eat with them learn with them."

"That's not fair!" Harry said.

"As I have told you once before Potter life isn't." Snape said as he joined McGonagall.

"Even if you do not bully, the one who asks to have a new dorm mate or makes excuses for wanting a new dorm mate will join first years also. If one comes to me saying they are being bullied and it proves they are not then that also counts as you joining first years in everything do I make myself clear?"

"So it is either play nice and make friends or at least learn to tolerate each other or we are sharing all year with first years learning what they are when we need to take our N. E. W. Ts?" Draco asked.

"Got it in one Mr Malfoy, Mr Filch will show you all where you are to be staying, have a pleasant night." she said and walked away, Snape following but stopped when Draco grabbed his arm.

"Uncle Sev I can't live with Potter for ten months!"

"Is that you complaining and wanting to not share with him?"

Draco let go of Professor Snape's arm. "No. I am just thinking aloud."

Professor Snape smirked and walked away.

"This is bullshit!" Harry said.

"For once Potter I agree with you." Draco said.

As they were all being shown to their rooms Theo went to walk beside Hermione. "Is Weasley really gay Granger?"

Hermione turned to see Theo looking at her hopefully. "Yes. We did like each other that way and last year while camping we kissed and neither of us felt anything, he was surprised more than me. I told him to ask Harry about it and ask to kiss him as Harry is gay and it was a good job I was there as I had to pull them apart for air."

"Really? They are together then?"

"Oh no. As much as they love each other as friends that is all they ever will be as they each have a type and it isn't each other."

"Thanks Granger."

"Mind me asking why you want to know?"

"Just curious." he said, missing Hermione smile as he fell back to walk alongside Ron as Filch was to show them next where they will be sleeping.

Draco and Harry being the last to be shown to their rooms Draco glared at Filch before shoving Harry, making sure he got into the dorm first. "Is this it?" he asked.

"No need to have anything too big when it will just be the two of you." he said as he picked up his cat. "Nighty night."

"How is that flea ball still living?" Draco asked, sneering at the cat who hissed at him over Filch's shoulder.

Harry seeing that Draco was still looking at the now closed portrait slowly started to walk backwards to where they would be sleeping, his quickened his pace and turned and hurried to the sleeping dorm only to be struggling with Draco as they both tried to get through the door, Harry won and got in the room first and went to head to the bed on the right only to be tackled by Draco, with him having more upper strength than the blond Harry won the fight again and all but threw Draco down onto the bed on the left.

Draco growled and quickly went through his things and got his toiletries before storming into the bathroom, Harry smirked and got off his bed and started to look around the room. There were two beds, two chests of drawers beside each bed leaving that far of a gap between both beds.

The door which led to the bathroom was to the far left across from Draco's bed, he looked at the beds and saw his was decorated for a Gryffindor and the other for a Slytherin. At the bottom of each bed was their trunks and a few feet away from the bottom of their bed pushed flat against the wall was a desk, one each side of the door that led to the small common room, next to each desk a small bookcase.

Harry took all his books from his trunk and turned them all to their original size before placing them how he wanted them on the shelves.

"Bathroom is now yours Potter."

Harry looked over his shoulder to see Draco who was wearing silk pyjamas climb into bed. Harry got up and collected his things and headed to the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.

Draco laid on his side, his back to the bathroom door, a smirk on his face as he knew what was coming, he counted to five and only got as far as three before the door to the bathroom opened, hitting against the wall with a bang.

"What the fuck is that on the tiles near the shower Malfoy?"

"I think that is obvious Potter. I charmed the shower to only be on for the certain time I needed it, I was feeling, aroused, towards the end so had a pleasant wank in the shower, but as I charmed it the water stopped before I could wash it off."

Harry answered by slamming the bathroom door shut followed by a yell minutes later which was followed by a loud "What the fuck have you done to the water Malfoy I can't get it hot!"

"Didn't want you getting excited Potter knowing I stood where you are now and wanked, cold shower would cool you down if the thought aroused you." he yelled back before closing his curtains and putting a locking charm on them before letting himself fall to sleep.

The next morning Harry got up and cast a tempus charm, six thirty in the morning. He got up and pulled his curtains back to see Draco still had his curtains closed, no doubt he will be getting up any minute to make himself try and look perfect before heading down to- Harry stopped mid thought and smiled at the idea that came to mind, he picked up his wand and waved it towards Draco's bed.

He got up and got himself ready for breakfast and opened the door, looking back he smiled at Draco's bed. "Malfoy get up time for breakfast."

Harry listened as he heard Draco move about he could see the curtains moving before he heard Draco casting different spells. "Potter what have you done I can't get out!"

"You will eventually Malfoy, good luck in trying to make yourself look perfect before heading down to breakfast."

"I will get you for this Potter!"

"It is your own fault for this is merely me paying you back for turning the water cold. I know you said you did it as a favour so I am just returning it, thought you would like a sleep in."

"Yes but not on a school day Potter!" Draco snapped while trying more spells.

Harry tutted. "There is just no pleasing you is there Malfoy." he said and left, making sure the blond could hear him laughing.

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