As Night and Day

Warnings: Slash!, mentions of voyeurism.

AN: This chapter is very slow, it's one of those chapters that you need to put in to get to the action. On a better note, I had a great time writing the speech between Dumbledore, Harry and Draco. Look forward to that in the next chapter! So, finals have come around for me and I have been diligently studying. I figured I waited long enough though as my reviewers deserve an update. Review Response will be in the next chapter, but thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave me a small comment.

Back to Hogwarts

Ron sighed in boredom as he took in the scene of his compartment buddies. Harry and Malfoy were curled into each other like newborn puppies, while Neville had fallen asleep with his head against the window about an hour after Malfoy.

Standing up slowly and quietly he stretched for a moment before making his way out of the train compartment.

There was no point in sticking around if he was going to spend his time staring at his best friend and enemy cuddle while Neville drooled against the window. He'd rather slam his head against the wall repeatedly.

"So bored, so bored, so bored…" Ron sang quietly to himself as he leant against the railing and looked out the railcars glass window and watched the scenery speed past him.

"If you want, we could go and do something to cure your present boredom." Someone whispered into his ear, causing Ron to immediately slam his arm back and elbow whoever was behind him in surprise.

Turning around quickly and moving off to the side, Ron looked even more surprised at the kneeling Slytherin, Blaise Zabini. He was obviously in pain, but Ron didn't move to help him, only stood back and surveyed the scene with a raised eyebrow.

"You sure…do pack…a punch...Red" Blaise gasped out as he leaned over taking in gulps of air and clutching his stomach.

Ron snorted before turning around and leaning on the railing once again, not even acknowledging Blaise anymore.

Blaise finally pulled himself from his curled position after a few seconds before leaning on the railing next to the Weasley child.

'His eyes are light blue…' Blaise thought with a small smile, before beginning to talk to the Gryffindor.

"You marred my perfectly delectable skin with your boney elbow. Do you do that to everyone who stands behind you innocently?" Blaise asked with an amused smirk. Ron huffed in annoyance shifting his eyes to look at the Slytherin before turning back to the scenery without answering.

Blaise raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Are you mute now or am I just not worthy of being answered?" He asked, his face pulling into a solemn dark look. He hated being ignored. His parents did enough of that while he was at home during the summer.

Ron hummed to himself for a second before turning to the dark skinned teen. He looked at him for a moment, looking him up and down slowly causing Blaise to raise an eyebrow again.

Blaise was slightly taller than him with dark olive skin, and black hair that fell into light green eyes. He was known to be a player among both girls and boys alike and Ron didn't doubt what the teen was intending to do by talking to him. Ron decided he would answer him anyway; just to be sure he wasn't jumping to conclusions before actually conversing with Blaise.

"I don't usually have people stand behind me 'innocently' while whispering in my ear. Most people have a motive to be in that position." Ron spoke in a straightforward tone, adding a small smirk at the innuendo.

Blaise chuckled, "You're in that 'position' often than?" He asked in an amused voice, keeping his thoughtful jealousies to himself.

Ron snorted once more as he started to twirl a piece of his hair around his finger in habit. It was a gesture that belied him being in deep thought as was common nowadays.

"No." He answered honestly before continuing, "I was actually referring to you, not myself."

Blaise furrowed his brows for a moment before shrugging.

"I'm not denying nor confirming that statement."

Ron smiled in amusement, "I'm not one to believe rumors, but by the sounds of it you've fucked half the student body and are still adding people to your list of people. Unfortunately for you, I'm not interested in being one of those people."

Blaise raised both of his eyebrows at this moment before answering to Ron's statement.

"What makes you think I am talking to you to get into your pants?"

Ron laughed softly pulling himself up from the railing before answering.

"The first words you've ever spoke to me in our four years at Hogwarts together were 'If you want, we could go and do something to cure your present boredom'." Ron laughed again shaking his head in amusement "By the sound of it, all you want is a fast fling and unfortunately for you, I'm not one for one night stands. See you around Zabini."

Ron walked back to his compartment slowly, leaving the astounded Slytherin standing in the full windowed railcar.

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Draco sighed as he was awoken from his sleep by the Head Boy's announcement. Apparently they were only an hour away from Hogwarts.

Harry was still asleep and was very content with Draco running his hand through his hair. It sounded like he was purring deep in his throat, almost like a cat but more quietly. Draco smirked in amusement, running his hand from Harry's hair to his face and along his throat.

"Wha mmm" Harry mumbled as he stretched back into his mate, getting a snort from Draco in the process.

"You need to wake up Cherry, were almost at Hogwarts." Draco murmured silkily not unlike professor Snape.

"Mmmkay." Harry agreed in a mumble, but continued too sleep as before. Draco chuckled, leaning forward to make little circles with his tongue along the skin of Harry's neck, right along his mating mark. Harry went from sleeping to moaning in about four seconds, reaching his hand out to pull Draco closer in the haze of pleasure.

Draco pulled back the instant he knew Harry was awake, causing his mate to groan at the lack of pleasure.

"Why'd you stop?" Harry complained. Draco smirked before making a small motion towards something across from them.

Harry looked in the direction Draco pointed at and gasped as he took in a blushing Neville Longbottom. He scowled after a moment before turning back to his mate and shoving him.

"Next time wake me up like a normal person and try not to embarrass anyone in the room." Harry mumbled turning back to Neville to apologize as Ron came walking through the door with a small smile on his face.

"Just spoke to Zabini," Ron said to Draco, the amused smile still present on his face. "He obviously has no shame when it comes to sleeping around." He finished, sitting down next to Neville.

Both of Draco's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Blaise hit on you?!" He said, sounding incredulous. Harry snorted and tried to hide his muffled laughter while Neville didn't even stop his chuckles. Ron gave them all a blank look.

"It's nice to know that you all think it is impossible for someone to have a sexual motive when it comes to me." He muttered, giving a pout that was very similar to Harry's. Draco stared at him for a moment before snorting.

"No it's not that. Blaise always used to tell me that he would never go for a Gryffindor, even just for sex. Apparently he lied." Draco sighed, "He's going to laugh like Hell though when he finds out about Harry and I. He always used to say that we only fought because we wanted to get into each others pants." He looked thoughtful for a moment, while Harry looked up in contemplation.

"Yep," Harry said after a moment, "Sounds about right." He finished, leaning over to kiss Draco squarely on the mouth and laughing when Draco pulled him back for a more thorough job.

Ron gagged, looking over at Neville who just couldn't keep from blushing again.

"I've only been in their prescience for a couple of hours and I already feel like ripping my eyes out and puking from the sappiness of it all." He muttered to Neville, who looked at him in surprise before turning his gaze back to the making out couple.

Ron stared at him as Neville seemed to watch the two intently before turning back to the window to watch Hogwarts get closer.

'I would have never guessed that Neville was a closet voyeur.' He thought in amusement.

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Walking into the Great Hall at Hogwarts was like kissing a girl when you were flaming gay. It was unpleasant and extremely uncomfortable.

All the students were whispering to each other and pointing out both Harry and Draco, who decided they would make a broad statement and hold hands. Draco smirked at the commotion, obviously enjoying the attention, while Harry glared at anyone who was being too obvious in their staring. Comments like:

'What the Hell?!'

'I knew he would become evil.'

And 'Wish I could get in on that agreement.' Were the remarks that were being whispered. Of course Draco shot a glare at the Ravenclaw who uttered that last comment, Terry Boot, not even flinching when Harry shoved him softly and told him to 'behave'.

Of course, Harry also didn't enjoy the challenging stare that was coming from both Dumbledore AND Hermione. The Headmaster looked like he sucked on one too many lemon drops, as he was trying to smile over the furious expression on his face.

Hermione just looked calculating, like she was taking mental notes on everything to reiterate later to someone else. That gave Harry something to think about.

Draco walked Harry to the Gryffindor table, leaving a kiss on the back of his mates hand while smirking at the rest of the table. He turned and swept off to the Slytherin table, meeting up with Blaise along the way. Many of the Gryffindors looked torn between being angry and amused. Harry ignored them in favor of sitting in between Ron and Neville.

As soon as Harry sat down though, a letter popped up on his plate with emerald writing that displayed his name. He picked it up momentarily and looked up to catch the gaze of his mate, who was staring stonily at the letter Harry was holding.

"Is that from the Headmaster?" Ron asked curiously, once again twirling a piece of his hair. Fred, who was sitting next to Ron, swatted the teens hand away from his hair, causing Ron to scowl in annoyance at his brother. Harry smiled and nodded slightly before putting it into his inside pocket. He would rather eat now and read it later, if only to piss the staring Headmaster off.

"Welcome students and teachers to another wonderful year at Hogwarts. If everyone would sit quietly and support our new first years as they are sorted into their house accordingly." Dumbledore spoke loudly, a calming smile on his face before sitting back down as Professor McGonagall led the new students into the Hall.

'I don't understand how this guy can be so loved and worshipped, yet be so manipulative.' Harry thought solemnly to himself.

'I understand why, it's all in the promise of power' A voice whispered back, causing Harry to whip his head up in shock and seek out his mate in the Hall for reassurance.

'It's okay Cherry, it's just me.' The voice whispered calmly as Harry caught his mates gaze once again. Draco was staring back with an amused smile on his face; he looked very content with the mental contact that had made it self known.

'Wha...' Harry thought back with a confused expression. He watched as Draco chuckled to himself, tuning out the sorting that had began a few seconds ago.

'It's not unusual for bonded couples to form a mental connection among other things. We should expect for a few abilities to make themselves known over the next two weeks.' Draco calmly answered him, a smirk forming on his face as someone was sorted into Slytherin.

Harry noticed that many of the Slytherins were staring at Draco with hostile expressions, while some of them just looked calculating and slightly amused. Harry couldn't blame them; Draco and him were public rivals just a couple of months ago, it must be either awkward or confusing for most of the students.

"Longbottom, Sari!" Professor McGonagall called out, causing Harry to turn his gaze to a smiling Neville.

"I didn't know you had a sister?" Harry asked looking confused. He had thought that Neville's parents were in Saint Mungo's.

"She's blood adopted." He answered, smile still on his face as his sister daintily walk up to the stool and let professor McGonagall place the weathered hat on her head.

"After meeting Sari at a fundraiser for orphans, Grandmother thought it would be good for both of us to have a new addition to our family." He continued, not even looking phased when the hat called out 'Slytherin!'

He received many weird stares from his fellow Gryffindors and Slytherins when he jumped to his feet and started clapping and cheering on his little sister for getting into the house of snakes, Harry and Ron shrugged before following his example.

'Look out for her Draco.' Harry thought when he noticed some glares coming from the Slytherins. Draco nodded slightly, opening up a space beside him and gesturing to the young girl to come sit next to him.

Sari was a small, thin girl with long black hair that fell in curls at the end. She had light blue eyes and looked very much like a feminine, younger version of Neville. Neville himself had shot up over the summer and had ridden himself of his baby fat, getting quite a few appreciative looks from some of the students as he had walked into the Great Hall.

Neville gave a small relieved smile when he noticed Draco talking to his sister and smiled over at Harry before turning back to watch the last first year, Warren, Casey, get sorted into Ravenclaw.

Dumbledore stood up once again; his arms wide open in a greeting. Draco rolled his eyes getting a smile from Harry in the process.

"Welcome first years to an exciting new year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

'He's the only one that looks excited.' Draco whispered mentally to Harry. Harry looked around before nodding in agreement. Most of the students looked dead on their feet and ready to collapse from either hunger or tiredness.

"Please note that classes will start four days from now. Also, please welcome your new Defense Professor, Dolores Umbridge, from the Ministry of Magic. Please make her feel comfortable and treat her with the respect you give all the other teachers.

Ron snorted at that statement garnering a laugh from Harry and the twins, not paying any attention to the women in pink that stood up at the head table.

"I would like to make a note that-" "Hmm Hmmm" The Headmaster paused, looking towards Umbridge with a patient look on his face. She smiled sweetly, causing some of the students to wince at the fake expression painted on her face.

"Headmaster, if I may?" She asked, moving forward to address the students before even receiving a response form Dumbledore.

Umbridge stood and carefully made her way towards the headmaster, looking as if it was difficult for her to balance on her high heels. Some of the students chuckled to themselves, but became quiet as she raised her hand for silence.

"Hello students, I am the new Defense Professor, Dolores Umbridge."

Ron snorted again before sighing in annoyance, "Must she repeat what we already know…"

Umbridge continued, "What is not known is that this year I will also hold a new title created for every student's protection." She smiled, the expression looking fake and tight.

"During the fiasco last year," Umbridge paused and actually stared at Harry who raised both of his eyebrows incredulously, "the Ministry has decided that a more firm hand is needed and improved rules are a must for this school year to go as smoothly as possible for all students."

Harry looked over at Dumbledore who was keeping a calm façade through out the entire speech, though his eyes looked a little more icy than usual.

"So this year, I will also hold the title of 'High Inquisitor'. The Ministry would not like another accident like last year to occur; the change is for the better of everyone." She smiled once more before turning back to her seat and sitting down.

"You may continue Headmaster." She finished. Snape, who was sitting next to her, glared at her blatant disrespect towards the Headmaster.

'Oh Shit…' Draco murmured to him, getting an immediate agreement from Harry. The entire student body was looking around at each other in surprise. Most, if not all of them, were apparently caught of guard by the whole speech.

"Well, fuck me…" Ron murmured softly in an astonished voice, causing Neville to choke on his spit and the twins to grin in amusement.

'This year is going to suck.' Harry whispered to Draco with a sigh, propping his head on his hand as the Headmaster continued his speech before allowing everyone to eat.

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"That was a load of crock." Ron mumbled as Harry, Neville and leaned against the hallway that was the start of the dungeons. They were waiting in the hallway to meet up with the Slytherin first years before they went to their common room.

"She's scarier than Professor Snape!" Neville exclaimed. Harry and Ron nodded in agreement at that exclamation.

"Did you even see Professor Snape; he looked like he wanted to throw his knife at her, and with the way Professor McGonagall was scowling, she probably would have helped him." Harry said with a laugh, smiling when he noticed the Slytherin first years making their way towards them with Blaise Zabini in the lead.

Zabini smirked at them, but didn't make any gestures or comments in front of the first years. He walked by them, telling of the schools history and how to find their way through the dungeons. He winked minutely at Ron, who didn't look fazed at the flirtatious act.

Harry looked between them with a smile on his face, looking as if he wanted to giggle. He turned away as Sari pulled off from the end and ran to Neville, throwing her arms around his middle in a big hug.

"Nev! I'm so excited to be here, everything is so big and ancient!" She said with a happy smile on her face.

Neville laughed with her, kneeling down and hugging her more firmly.

"Congratulations, Grams is going to be so proud that you are in Slytherin just like she was. She was so disappointed when I got in Gryffindor, so hopefully this balances everything out for her." He said enthusiastically. Sari nodded, before turning to the two boys standing behind Neville with a curious look on her face.

Neville looked back before chuckling and introducing them to her, "This is Harry," He said pointing to Harry, who smiled, "And Ron." Ron gave a small wave. Sari curtsied, causing Harry to raise an eyebrow, before turning back to her older brother.

"I better go before I miss everything. Love you big brother!" She hugged him once more before heading back to her group that had stopped in front of the potions classroom. Professor Snape was leaning against the door frame, obviously waiting on Sari to join them before starting his start of the term speech.

Neville stood there for a moment with a contemplative look on his face as he watched the potions professor began talking to the first years before turning back to Harry and Ron with a small smile.

"She'll be fine." He muttered to them, most likely reassuring himself with those words. Harry laughed and threw an arm around Neville before dragging him to the staircase.

"You're definitely more confident now that you have a little sister here." Harry commented with a grin as the three of them started up the stairs to the Gryffindor tower.

"So who was in charge of the Gryffindor first years?" Harry asked curiously, looking towards Ron. Ron exhaled slowly, before yawning and muttering, "Hermione."

Neville winced in sympathy, "It's going to take them forever to get up to the tower with her lecturing and giving history lessons." Harry laughed before nodding towards Ron.

"Why don't you go relieve the first years, Ronnie? You'll be their night in shining armor." He said teasingly, grinning even bigger as they came upon the Gryffindor tower with Draco leaning against the opposite wall, obviously waiting for Harry.

"Don't call me that…" Ron mumbled with a glare. Harry laughed and moved forward to Draco to give him a small kiss on the cheek. Draco gave a small laugh.

"Cheerful tonight are we?" Harry nodded.

"Why are you here so late Draco?" Draco's smile faded before sighing and leaning against the wall again, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Dumbledork decided to summon me from my common room via Sev and now I am supposed to get you and go up to the headmaster's office." Draco smirked suddenly, causing both Ron and Harry to raise their eyebrows.

"I've decided though, that he can wait until the morning. I would rather steal you away for the night and stir up some rumors around the castle." Harry smirked, as Ron gagged in disgust. Neville looked like he would rather not be witness of the present conversation.

"Now, we never did properly celebrate our bonding, so I think we should get moving." Draco said with a smirk as he held his hand out for Harry to take. Harry gave him an incredulous look and took the hand.

"I thought the sex was celebration and bonding all in one." Harry responded, ignoring Ron as he mumbled something about 'forbidden conversations' and dragged a gaping Neville into the common room.

"Now look what you've done! You scared them away!" Harry complained a small smile on his face even though he acted to be scolding Draco.

"That was the point, now you're in for a hell of a night." Draco said with a smirk as he dragged a protesting Harry down the hall.