Chapter One- The Assignment
"Hermione, please! We're going to be late for Tranfiguration!" Ron yelled banging on the girl's dorm door. Hermione rolled her eyes and opened the door only to lead Ron to falling to the floor since he had been leaning on the door for support. Hermione helped Ron up.
Hermione, Harry, and Ron sprinted to Tranfiguration as fast as they could not even bothering to go eat breakfast. When they reached the classroom doors Hermione caught her breath and entered to a room full of 7th year Gryffindors and Slytherins.
"You're late." Commented Professor McGonagall not looking up from her papers she was grading on her desk.
"Yes, I know Professor and we apologize for our tardiness." Replied Hermione nudging to Harry and Ron for their support.
"Just go take your seats you three."
"Yes ma'am." The three said in unison.
Harry and Ron spotted two empty seats in the middle row. Ron took a seat in one of the chairs, Harry gave Hermione 'I'm-sorry-that-you-can't-sit-with- us' look and sat next to him. Hermione sighed and scanned the classroom for an empty seat. Hermione spotted one in the back, except there was one flaw to it. The seat was right next to Malfoy. Hermione looked around the room despretely for another seat, but the only one was the one next to Malfoy.
"Miss. Granger, is there a problem with you to finding a seat?" Professor McGonagall asked looking up, "Or will I be forced to deduct points from Gryffindor because of your lack from listening to directions?"
"No ma'am." Mumbled Hermione angrily taking the seat next to Malfoy.
Draco smirked at Hermione and whispered, "Aw, is the mudblood losing her attention spand?"
Hermione merrily ignored Malfoy's rude comment. Before he could say anymore Professor McGonagall stood up and went to the front of her desk.
"Class, for the first partner assignment of the year we are going to be testing your adult hood skills. This is your final year at Hogwarts and 7th years all over are suppose to be tested to see if they are ready to go out into the real world. The assignment I'll be giving you for this year is to test your ability in parent hood. I'll be pairing all of you together, well female and male that is. Once you are paired up, you will be given a baby to look after for the whole year. At the end of this year we will collect the infants and see if their health and mood has been good. If not you will be given both a failing grade, remember this is not a one person test but a test to see if you could work together. Any questions?" Hands shot up all over the classroom.
"Yes, Neville what is your question?"
"Are they going to be real babies?"
"No, of course not. They are just artificial infants that are created through a spell. They last up to a year. Do not worry, they look and act exactly like babies."
"Yes Lavender?"
"Are we going to be paired with people from different houses?"
"Well, no. Hopefully we have an even amount of girls and boys in each house so pairs will be able to find each other more easily."
Slight frowns came upon many girls in the classroom. Hermione wasn't one of them.
"Anymore questions?" Professor McGonagall scanned the room, "Good, its time to pair you kids er- teens up. Oh wait a minute, it looks like we have a problem in our pairings. One of the girls aren't going to be able to be paired up with one of boys in their house. Oh, wait another minute here. Looks like we have an odd amount of boys in the Slytherin house and they wont be able to be paired with a Slytherin girl. Let's see how about Granger and Malfoy. Yes, that'll do."
Hermione's jaw fell open and she had a horrified look on her face. "Why me?!?! Ugh, just my luck!" thought Hermione.
"Hermione, please! We're going to be late for Tranfiguration!" Ron yelled banging on the girl's dorm door. Hermione rolled her eyes and opened the door only to lead Ron to falling to the floor since he had been leaning on the door for support. Hermione helped Ron up.
Hermione, Harry, and Ron sprinted to Tranfiguration as fast as they could not even bothering to go eat breakfast. When they reached the classroom doors Hermione caught her breath and entered to a room full of 7th year Gryffindors and Slytherins.
"You're late." Commented Professor McGonagall not looking up from her papers she was grading on her desk.
"Yes, I know Professor and we apologize for our tardiness." Replied Hermione nudging to Harry and Ron for their support.
"Just go take your seats you three."
"Yes ma'am." The three said in unison.
Harry and Ron spotted two empty seats in the middle row. Ron took a seat in one of the chairs, Harry gave Hermione 'I'm-sorry-that-you-can't-sit-with- us' look and sat next to him. Hermione sighed and scanned the classroom for an empty seat. Hermione spotted one in the back, except there was one flaw to it. The seat was right next to Malfoy. Hermione looked around the room despretely for another seat, but the only one was the one next to Malfoy.
"Miss. Granger, is there a problem with you to finding a seat?" Professor McGonagall asked looking up, "Or will I be forced to deduct points from Gryffindor because of your lack from listening to directions?"
"No ma'am." Mumbled Hermione angrily taking the seat next to Malfoy.
Draco smirked at Hermione and whispered, "Aw, is the mudblood losing her attention spand?"
Hermione merrily ignored Malfoy's rude comment. Before he could say anymore Professor McGonagall stood up and went to the front of her desk.
"Class, for the first partner assignment of the year we are going to be testing your adult hood skills. This is your final year at Hogwarts and 7th years all over are suppose to be tested to see if they are ready to go out into the real world. The assignment I'll be giving you for this year is to test your ability in parent hood. I'll be pairing all of you together, well female and male that is. Once you are paired up, you will be given a baby to look after for the whole year. At the end of this year we will collect the infants and see if their health and mood has been good. If not you will be given both a failing grade, remember this is not a one person test but a test to see if you could work together. Any questions?" Hands shot up all over the classroom.
"Yes, Neville what is your question?"
"Are they going to be real babies?"
"No, of course not. They are just artificial infants that are created through a spell. They last up to a year. Do not worry, they look and act exactly like babies."
"Yes Lavender?"
"Are we going to be paired with people from different houses?"
"Well, no. Hopefully we have an even amount of girls and boys in each house so pairs will be able to find each other more easily."
Slight frowns came upon many girls in the classroom. Hermione wasn't one of them.
"Anymore questions?" Professor McGonagall scanned the room, "Good, its time to pair you kids er- teens up. Oh wait a minute, it looks like we have a problem in our pairings. One of the girls aren't going to be able to be paired up with one of boys in their house. Oh, wait another minute here. Looks like we have an odd amount of boys in the Slytherin house and they wont be able to be paired with a Slytherin girl. Let's see how about Granger and Malfoy. Yes, that'll do."
Hermione's jaw fell open and she had a horrified look on her face. "Why me?!?! Ugh, just my luck!" thought Hermione.