TITLE: THE MARRIAGE CLASS OF HOGWARTS
Main Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger and Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley Note: there will be many other pairings I'm not telling right now. You have to wait.
Genera: Romance/General Ratings: M for later chapters
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Summary by the Title: WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS. After DH, ignores Epilogue, Ministry has given 7th & 6th yrs a marriage project with some twists. I know its cliché, I wanted to try it. Can Head Boy & Girl, Draco & Hermione work together with the professors. 1st Fanfic R & R
Summary: WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS. After Deathly Hollows, ignores epilogue. MAJOR SPOILERS. The ministry has given 7th and 6th years a marriage project. The Head Boy and Girl, Draco and Hermione, help the professors. Can they work together or will their past of arguing prevent them from getting things done. Several fanfictions I have read have given me inspiration to write my whole please forgive me if you have remember some things before. I hope my story is still original enough to be enjoyed. READ AND REVIEW FIRST FANFICTION LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
Disclaimer: All the characters of the Harry Potter series belong to J.K. Rowling. Thank you for allowing me to play with them for just awhile.
Author's Note: For my story to work, I am guessing at what could happen concerning end-of-year exams and such. Makes it more fun for me.
CHAPTER ONE - THE RETURN
The Great Hall of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is again filled with students sitting among the four long house tables and professors sitting at the staff table that runs along the front end of the Hall. Several months ago, the Hall was filled with students, families, members of the Order of the Phoenix, Ministry of Magic personal, and Death Eaters fighting in the great battle for the Wizarding World. The battle ultimately ended after the standoff between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Harry was able to deflect the killing curse using the Elder Wand. This was possible because Lord Voldemort was not the true owner of the Elder Wand.
This school year will be a bit longer than last because of the circumstances surrounding the battle. Muggle-Borns were forbidden to attend Hogwarts and there were no end-of-year exams, O.W.L.S., or N.E.W.T.'s. This year, all students, purebloods, half-bloods and Muggle-Borns alike were able to return to continue their magical education.
After a long sorting ceremony, the new Headmistress of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall, stood up and greeted the Hall.
"Welcome to another year of Hogwarts. The staff and I want to thank everyone for returning after what happened just a few months ago. We also want to thank each and every one of you involved for helping in the battle of defeating He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named."
The Great Hall interrupted into a round of roaring applause. She raised her hand, indicating the room to hush, and continued her speech.
"Please take this time to remember the ones we lost, all family members, professors and students. We have put a memorial near the entrance of the school. You will be able to view it by tomorrow morning."
After pausing for a few minutes of silence, she carried on with her speech.
"A Big Welcome Back to those who were not able to attend last year." Professor McGonagall warmly placed her smiling eyes on Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. She quickly receded the twinkle in her eyes while continuing to stare at them. "I would also like to remind you that every student returning belongs to this school, contrary to some. They are a part of this school and I will not tolerate fighting among any students this year."
Harry and Ron glanced over at the Slytherin table to find Draco Malfoy glairing at them before turning toward his friend, Balise Zabini.
"I feel that we should applaud our Hogwarts staff, Ministry of Magic Personal, and volunteers who stayed here over the summer to restore the school back to its rightful glory," Professor McGonagall continued. The Hall again filled with applause,
"As always the Forbidden Forrest is still off limits," stated McGonagall. "And Mr. Filch has a list of all banned items from Weasley Wizard Wheezes in his office." She smiled to herself as she remembered how Fred and George chased Dolores Umbridge out of the castle.
"I would like to make it known that this year our Head Girl and Head Boy are Hermione Granger of Gryffindor and Draco Malfoy of Slytherin. Also, if you two would please see me after the feast I would greatly appreciate it. One last announcement: all sixth and seventh years are to stay in the Great Hall after breakfast tomorrow morning. You will not have morning classes due to a special meeting. Thank you. Now, let's eat".
The tables suddenly overflowed with all kinds of food. The Hall itself filled with all sorts of chatter regarding the subject matter of tomorrow's meeting. Even the younger students were chatting excitedly.
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After the feast, Professor McGonagall wished everyone good night, and reminded the sixth and seventh years not to be late for breakfast. She also asked the Head Boy and Girl to approach the staff table. Slowly, students began leaving the Hall as the prefects lead their houses to the dormitories. After saying goodnight to Harry and Ginny, Hermione gave Ron a quick kiss on the lips. Then she went to meet Draco and Professor McGonagall at the staff table.
"Good Evening Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger," said Professor McGonagall nodding her head in greeting. "I commend you both on receiving this top honor. As in the past, the Head Boy and Girl have shared their own dormitory. Please follow me."
"This year, I except the both of you to be examples for all the students here at Hogwarts. This will be greatly in need after we have this meeting in the morning." She addresses the two heads while they were walking up the Grand Staircase.
"We will be demanding quite a lot from our Head Boy and Girl this year. There will be several events in which you shall assist either me or the rest of the staff. Also, there will be some events that you will be in charge of, including scheduling prefect duties and your regular studies. If you do not wish to continue as Head Boy or Girl, please say so now," Professor McGonagall said while examining them closely, trying to determine their reactions. They looked from her to each other.
Hermione was the first one to look back at the Professor proudly.
"I will help whenever needed Professor."
"I'm not stepping down," replied Draco dryly, slowly removing his angry glare from Hermione to glance at Professor McGonagall.
"Very well then," said Professor McGonagall happily. "The head dorm has been moved to the Forth Floor West Wing, because it lies directly over the West Wing of the Third Floor. The Third Floor West Wing is being remodeled and will reopen in a few weeks for the project that will be taking place this year."
After reaching the West Wing on the Forth Floor, they came upon a portrait of a young girl in a white dress who was holding a bouquet of flowers. She also wore a wreath of flowers in her brown curly hair. The young girl curtsied as they came closer.
After McGonagall greeted the young girl, she turned to the adolescent students.
"Your password is yellow tulips. If you wish to change your password. You must first agree with each other then notify me. I must caution you on whom you give your password to.
"Just Remember, if you share the password with your friends, you must make sure they don't tell anyone the password."
Professor McGonagall motioned for Hermione to say the password.
"Yellow tulips," Hermione whispered to the portrait. All three walk pass the portrait and into the common room.
"Welcome to your dormitory. As you can see you have a common room, your own bedroom and a bathroom. The bedrooms and the bathroom are located upstairs. On this floor, you have a sitting area with a fireplace and a kitchen area that will provide you with refreshments and light snacks. You will understand more about this tomorrow. Just so you know, you are allowed to eat breakfast and lunch in your common room on the weekends only. Just ask a house elf if you need help. Everyone is required to eat in the Great Hall for dinner. No exceptions. This large table over here will provide you with a place for your prefect meetings and any other meetings you will be overseeing," said Professor McGonagall.
"Before I leave there is one more thing that I need to show you," she said while walking towards the right side of the common room. She stopped in front of a very tall portrait size mirror. "Unfortunately, I cannot go into the reasons as to why this mirror is here before tomorrow's meeting occurs. But, I can tell you this mirror is magical. It is a door way, or a shortcut, to the third floor below," Professor McGonagall informed them. "I will explain more about this during the meeting. Please do not open this door."
Hermione was curious now and couldn't stop herself from looking down into the mirror. She saw an illuminated stairway. Beyond the stairway and past another portrait size door, she was able to see a dark room.
"This shortcut will help you to assist the staff in finishing the preparations on the floor below." Professor McGonagall continued. "After the meeting tomorrow, you will know more about it. I hope this year the two of you can get along, unlike past years. Please have a look around your dormitory and get some rest. Goodnight."
Hermione and Draco said goodnight to the Professor as she walked out of the common room. They then took the time to really survey their new living space. When first walking into the room, you can see the stairway leading upstairs to the bedrooms and bathroom. Along the right side of the common room is the sitting area near the fireplace and a small library standing near the magical mirror. Along the left side of the common room is the kitchen area with a small eating table and a huge dinning room table similar to the tables in the Great Hall.
The sitting area contains a couch that faces the fireplace. There are four wing chairs, two on each side of the couch. The cushions on the furniture are a blend of Gryffindor Red and Slytherin Green. The sitting area also includes a few well placed end tables.
The L-shape kitchen area is located in the far left corner of the common room. There are several kitchen cabinets loaded with dishes and snacks. The sink is on the left wall, and the fridge is placed on the opposite wall, just a few feet from the stairway demonstrating the end of the kitchen area. Standing in the middle of the kitchen is a small round eating table with four chairs in Slytherin Green.
The huge dinning room table is identical to the ones seen in the Great Hall, with the exception of it being shorter and using chairs instead of benches, the dinning table could easily seat twenty people. The seat cushions of the chairs were colored in Gryffindor Red.
Walking around the room, Hermione and Draco were amazed at how the room blended their house colors beautifully.
They both reached the stairway at the same time. They made eye contact for a few seconds, not knowing what they should say to each other. Draco's silver eyes looked into Hermione's chocolate brown eyes. Draco broke eye contact quickly and sprinted up the stairs. Hermione rolled her eyes at his lack of manners.
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Hermione slowly went up the stairway toward her room. She spotted her name on the last door located to the right of the hallway. 'Malfoy's room must be on the left side, 'she thought.
When she opened her door she was stunned at what she saw. The size of the room could easily fit two of the rooms in which she previously lived. The bedroom was covered in Gryffindor red and gold. A huge, oversize king size bed was on the right side of the room.
The area right beside the entry door had two sitting chairs, with a small table set between them.
On the left side of the room, she first saw a doorway.
'This must lead to the bathroom,' she thought. Then she saw a huge dresser, 'This dresser is big enough for two people!'
On the back wall of the room, there were two large closets. When she glanced into the closets, one was completely empty. The other one had all her clothes and shoes in it.
'The house elves must have taken care of everything' thought Hermione. While shaking off her thoughts on the empty closet, she took another look at the king size bed. The bed was overflowing with pillows and appeared inviting. She also noticed how her school trunk was placed at the end of the bed, yet it only taking up one side. She then walked over to the bathroom.
When she first walked into the bathroom, Hermione noticed the doorway leading to Malfoy's bedroom. The door had a picture of the Slytherin Snake on it. Glancing at the back of her door, she recognized the Gryffindor Lion.
The bathroom's first impression made her think it was small, when in reality it was quite large. The bathroom was divided into sections. The first section she came across was the entryway, where washing sinks were located. Along one wall there was four sinks, each containing their own cabinet and a matching mirror attached to the wall above. In between the four sinks stood a door that led into the hallway. The other wall contained an open doorway leading to the rest of the bathroom that included four bath robes hanging from individual hooks.
The two sinks closer to Malfoy's room were colored silver and green. The sinks closer to Hermione's room were colored in red and gold. Hermione noticed that one of the red and gold sinks had her toiletries already placed in it, but the other matching sink was still empty. She was tempted to look inside of Malfoy's sink, but thought against it.
"I don't want to even imagine what weird stuff he would own,' thought Hermione.
She turned around to step toward the open doorway when she suddenly bumped into Malfoy, who was coming out of that doorway.
"Watch out Granger," Malfoy yelled.
"Oh, so sorry Malfoy," sniped Hermione. "What's back there," she asked aloud.
"Look for yourself," he said, but neither of them made a move.
"Well, move out of my way and I will," she said, not budgeing.
"You first," he said in a firm, angry voice.
"No," she retorted back in a quiet, but determined stance.
"Granger, move," he said walking closer to her.
"No Malfoy," she hollered angrily. "You move!"
"No! You," he drilled out of his mouth, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Oi Malfoy," she said exasparatly, "I don't have all night. Get over yourself." Hermione was clenching her fists down at her sides, wanting to stomp her feet at him.
She took a couple of steps back to allow Malfoy to move out of her way. She watched Malfoy angrily march back to his bedroom and slam the door on his way out.
'What a stubborn arse,' she thought.
Then Hermione took a few steps into the rest of the bathroom. She spotted a huge bathtub located in the middle of the room. The tub's entrance was at the end of the bathroom and had several different faucets containing varieties of food and flower scented bubbles.
On each side of the tub, the room was sectioned into corresponding layouts. Each side includes it's own toilet enclosed in a wood stall, a changing room, and a shower with frosted doors.
Going back through the doorway she came from, Hermione was baffled.
'This dormitory has the weirdest layout.' She was so stunned that, she found herself knocking on Malfoy's Slytherin snake covered door in the bathroom.
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"What do you want Granger," Draco asked yanking his door open after she keep pounding for several minutes.
"Malfoy does your room have two closets," asked Hermione. Draco tried not to look surprised at Granger's question. He couldn't help, but nod his head.
"Yeah, it does."
"Do you get the feeling that we are supposed to have roommates," she said. "Everything seems to be in pairs of some sort. Well, except for the king size bed and the huge bathtub," she said, averting her eyes to the floor.
"What's the big deal," he stated. "I have a king size bed in my room at the manor."
"Malfoy, can I take a look in your room," she asked quietly, ignoring his comments.
"Why? Do you want to share my bed with me," he asked raising an eyebrow upward, trying to aggravate her.
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"Most definitely not!" Hermione slapped his shoulder resentfully.
Malfoy allowed Hermione to walk into his room. His room mirrored hers. It looked the same, except for the Slytherin color scheme.
"This is what I mean, two closets, a huge dresser and even your trunk is to one side of the bed." Hermione waved her arm to each area mentioned.
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"I really don't care," Draco said. "Do you know what it is like to share a room with Crabbe and Goyle?" He suddenly stopped taking and he looked way from Granger. Draco was remembering what transpired in the Room of Requirement on that faithful day. Crabbe and Goyle were determined to hand Potter over to him, even if they had to kill Potter and his friends first. Draco had tried to stop them, but Crabbe was no longer following his orders. Crabbe narrowly missed casting the Avada Kedavra curse at Granger. Crabbe also cast a cursed fire spell into the room, almost killing everyone inside. That, ultimately, caused his own death.
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After a noticeable amount of silence, Hermione whispered, "Oh, Draco, I'm sorry about your friend."
Hermione had not realized she said his first name as she placed her hand on his arm. She, too, was remembering some of the things going on during the battle. Forgetting her anger towards Crabbe, she tried to comfort Malfoy, thinking about how hard it would be if she was betrayed by a friend.
"He wasn't really a friend. After all, he wasn't listening to me," he stated roughly. "You were there. We almost died that day, Hermione."
Hermione was too startled from hearing her first name being said. She didn't care that Draco yanked her hand off his arm.
"Granger, I don't want to talk about it."
"Okay, I guess I'll turn in," she uttered. "Good night, Malfoy. Don't forget we aren't supposed to say anything until after this meeting in the morning."
"Night, Granger," he said before she walked back through to the bathroom to her side of the dorm.
While changing into her pajamas, Hermione was trying to figure out what this "project" was. All night she tried to think of another topic, but it was useless. Finally, when sleep was closing in on her, feeling the cozy, comfortable touch of her pillows around her, she pondered, ''What would Ron think of this room?'
A few hours later, she woke up startled and sweaty, remembering a dream. In her dream, Ron was holding and caressing her. Then slowly there was a shift: she was seeing red hair and bright blue eyes changing into blonde hair and piercing silver eyes. She felt a change: from rough lips to smooth, silky lips. Realizing Ron was changing into someone, she thought, 'Oh no! No! No! No! Think of anything else! Not this, not this!' A little while later, after fighting with herself and preventing sleep, she finally exhausted into slumber.
End of chapter one