Whole New World pt 2

Readjusting in his sleep, Draco Malfoy woke up to a sharp pain in his side. He grabbed his side to find a box shaped thing was stabbing him. Opening his eyes, he saw that the thing causing his pain and discomfort was a book.

That's odd, Draco thought, I don't remember reading last night.

He picked the book up and sat up to get a better look at it when he felt a painful crick in his neck. Draco rubbed his hand over the sore spot before he noticed he was laying on a couch, in a place he didn't recognize.

What the bloody hell was going on? Where is he? How'd he get here?

Before Draco could ponder these questions any further, he heard a foreign beeping noise coking from someplace in the house. Before he could think twice he jumped up on his feet while searching his pockets for his wand. Even after all these years, the training from the wizarding war was engraved in him.

He felt his heart stop for a split second once he realized he didn't have it on him.

Looking around everywhere for his wand, or any wand really, Draco tried to think of what that being meant. Was it one of those muffle destruction devices? He could never remember what they're called, bombs maybe?

Finally he found a wand. It wasn't his wand but something about it seemed strangely familiar, but he decided not to worry about it for now. Right now, he had to find out what that stressful noise is. So he grabbed the wand and cautiously walked toward the noise that's caused all this fuss.

Walking down a narrow hall Draco paused when he realized that it was behind one of the doors. He steeled himself with one lady breath before barging in.

It was a kitchen.

Draco looked around but it didn't take long to find out that it was coming from one of the machines on the counter. It was shaped kind of like a box but it also had a kettle like thing attached with some dark brown liquid inside. It kind of looked like something he's seen when he took Muggle Studies in Hogwarts.

Before exploring it further, he tried to figure out how to make it stop making that bloody sound. He pressed a button that said END and it finally stopped.

Now that that crisis is over, Draco took another glance at the wand he was holding in his hand. It didn't have a handle like his, instead it was more designed to look as if there was Ivy spiraling around it.

And like a ton of bricks, it hit him.

The potion he was carrying yesterday to begin testing it for his business. Being bumped into by someone he hadn't seen in a very long time and spilling the potion on them both. And more importantly, who's wand this belonged to.

Hermione freaking Granger.

Draco darted to the first reflective surface he could find and looked at himself. Praying that he wasn't right, that this has all been a dream perhaps.

"Oh Merlin," he said horrified at what he saw.

He definitely wasn't Draco Malfoy anymore.

There, starring back at him was a girl with dark brown hair in a messy bun and big brown doe eyes. He was indeed Hermione Granger. His voice even sounded exactly like the girl labeled a know-it-all.

From her not so bushy head of hair all the way to her short legs, there was no doubt anymore that the potion had done its job. It had switched Hermione into Draco's body and Draco into Hermione's. Which means that he is currently in her home....and she is in his.

"Shit," he exclaimed frustrated at this mess he's gotten into.

Draco walked throughout the place, which from what he could tell was a flat father than an actual house, before going back into the room he had woken up in. At least no one else decided to stay the night at Hermione's last night, Draco thought.

He looked around wondering what to do next until his eyes landed on the book he had earlier moved onto the coffee table. He went over and picked it up guessing that she must have fallen asleep while reading last night.

Draco read the title out loud, "Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Oh I hope it isn't some sappy romance."

He curiously open the book to the first page and began reading it. "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

This caught Draco's attention quite easily, he read the rest of the page before eagerly turning to the next. He was hooked.

It wasn't until a few house later when there was a knock at the door that Draco stopped reading. He looked up from the pages toward the door on the other side of the room, not daring to make another move. He hoped and hoped that maybe if he stayed quiet, whoever it was would go away.

But luck had never been on his side.

"Hermione?" The sound of a younger woman called.

For a moment, that statement confused him, why would Hermione Granger be here? But he quickly remembered that he was in the girl in question's body at the moment.

"I know you're in there, Hermione. You never miss work without calling, what's wrong? Was it Ron?" The woman said.

Still, Draco remained silent. Hoping desperately that he wouldn't have to pretend to be Hermione Granger. Especially to someone who seems to be quite close to the brunette. After a few minutes of waiting, the woman on the other side of the door spoke louder this time.

"Hermione Jean Granger! If you don't open this door by the time I count to 10 I'm going to explode it and come in myself."

Well shit, Draco thought.

He jumped up from his seat when he heard the woman begin to count down from ten. Draco opened up the door to find a very familiar woman with fiery red hair. Standing there was Ginny Weasley, or Potter now Draco supposed.

She was standing there with a surprised look on her face, probably not expecting to see Hermione actually answer the door. It only took a second for her to snap back to a few seconds before and walked right on in.

"James and Albus are staying at the Burrow tonight so as long as little Lily doesn't decide to be born tonight I'm all yours," Ginny said as she sat down on Hermione's couch.

"Um ok, why are you here?" Draco said not sure how to talk to her, let alone how Hermione would.

"Melody sent a Patronus to me and Harry saying that you haven't gone to work today and was wondering what was wrong," She asked with a worried look.

Of course, Hermione Granger misses a day of work and something has to be terribly wrong with her. At least Potter wasn't the one to show up at the door, that would be more than awkward for Draco.

"Hermione?" Ginny said trying to get his attention. It was then that he realized he had spaced out for a moment, he was really screwing this up.

"Oh sorry, uh Ginny.. I haven't been feeling too well today," Draco said coming up with an excuse. Without missing a beat, Ginny reaches over and felt Draco's forehead.

"Well that's odd, you don't feel warm. What's bothering you?" She asked and Draco felt his pulse begin to race.

"Well I uh I have a bad headache, I've been very nauseous, my back is killing me, and um I'm very tired," Draco said making it up as he went.

"How long has this been going on?" She asked curiously.

"A few days but today has been especially awful," Draco answered on the fly.

"Hm, I see..have you been unusually hungry, moody, and have you been constipated?" Ginny asked with the start of a smile.

"Wow, how did you know all that?" Draco asked playing along not understanding where she's going.

"Oh 'Mione, it sounds like you're pregnant!" she said brightly.

Wait, what?!