Theo surveyed the dungeons with a baleful smile. Back again, he thought, for another insufferable year in this falling-apart castle. He was interrupted in his path when a yowling catlike creature streaked through the common room like greased lightning. A few seconds later, a girl followed, her bushy mane as...wait, was that Granger?! What in seven hells was she doing in the Slytherin common room? His shock must have shown on his face, for she turned and giggled at him.

"Hello, Mr. Nott! The Sorting Hat is reshuffling your fellow students as we speak, and I wound up here! The seperate dorm for 8th years is under construction, but 'till then, we're stuck together." She looked at something behind him with a smirk, and he was suddenly lifted off of his feet. He looked back and up into the chocolate eyes of Blaise Zabini.

"Well hello there!" Blaise smirked. "How summer break?" He looked at Hermione and winked. "Finally someone else recognizes what I've known for years. Welcome to Slytherin, Miss Granger."

"Are they re-Sorting us every year then?" Theo piped up.

"Yeah, I suppise they want inter-House unity and all that so as to stop another Voldemort from rising," Hermione spoke up. "Well, then I'm off to my dorm to prepare for dinner. Want to meet up in the Room of Requirement after the feast? To help get our 8th year planned and sorted?"

"Yeah," Theo mumbled, withBlaise echoing enthusiastically. "Sounds great."