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Dinner was a boring affair, no entertainment whatsoever, everyone seemed too scared to reveal their true character to their new friends. Its highlight unfortunately was when the headmaster stood to make his speech, reading off a list of announcements that really should have been at the start. When the plates vanished and the houses were told to go to their dorms it was a great relief to Harry.
Draco had been kind enough to explain the Dorm situation throughout dinner, why on earth they had that much time for a simple dinner eluded the boys. Firstly there was the Slytherin dorms, the very best by far. Sleek and stylish they were much bigger than the others. This was why in Slytherin you only had one roommate. Gryffindor's dorm was small considering they were the vastly favored house, they had to share with six people. While both rooms were the same size, Slytherin just had more rooms to give out than Gryffindor. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw both were somewhere between the two, sharing with four housemates but with smaller rooms. Draco had then told Harry about the heads of houses telling him about the positive and negative points for each one.
Hufflepuff house was run by the Herboligy professor, Sprout her name was. She's got a cuddly enough nature but sharp eyed and completely fair. While she promotes her own house, she won't hesitate to dock points or scold them. Ravenclaw's have professor Flitwick, the charms teacher. He promotes intelligence and inter-house equality, though his students don't always agree with him. Gryffindor has Mcgonagall, the deputy Head and the transfiguration teacher. She favors her house and will defend each of her lions with persistence but when forced to will dock points and punish. Then there's Slytherin. Professor Snape runs Slytherin and has a natural hatred of Gryffindor's. He favors his snakes and will never dock a point. Snape prefers to deal with everything a different way, namely assigning detention. He will gladly turn a blind eye for his house yet you have to impress his first.
Once Harry and Draco had found their way to the dorms, they were met with Snape. Sweeping into the common room his robes billowing out behind him he started his speech. Only half listening Harry took the opportunity to look around the Common room; a polished wooden floor, green, black and silver patterned wallpaper, a roaring fireplace that stood tall on one wall casting light onto the furniture scattered artistically around the room, two staircases each finely decorated and a wooden door. The wooden door seemed to lead to a finely tuned library if the sign was anything to go by, this intrigued Harry. After spending years with his filthy relatives he had never once been allowed to the library, imagining all the spells encased there brought a shiver to his spine. Harry wanted so desperately to prove himself here, and a few defensive spells couldn't go amiss either. Not with the way the redhead, a Weasley if Draco was to be trusted, was looking at him all dinner.
As Snape finished his speech they were sent to their rooms and told to unpack and rest, they would be up at seven the next morning to be led to the great hall. The staircases it turned out were segregated into boys and girls, the girls' enchanted so that no boy could climb it. The staircase led into a hallway, dorm rooms located at intervals down one side. As they passed more doors boys broke away from them, into the rooms indicated by the silver plaques. Draco and Harry it seemed were together, whether by chance or the headmaster playing around with the arrangements last minute. Harry wouldn't put it past him, not with the furtive looks he had been on the receiving end of since he walked through the door.
The inside of the dorms was vast, two beds lined one wall each complete with a bedside table and a lamp. Their trunks sat at the end of their respective beds, indicating which was theirs. They each had a wardrobe, a chest of drawers and a desk all matching the obviously expensive décor. Harry's bed was closest to a window, enchanted to look like they were high up so they could see the grounds fully. Draco's bed was closest to the door they had come through and as harry turned he saw there was another door parallel to the main one. Shooting Draco a questioning glance his new roommate explained.
"There are two doors. One leads into the hallway and has already been used. The other leads to a bathroom, created magically so it doesn't take up any actual space." His tone was one of amusement. "You weren't lying when you said you'd never been around magic before were you?"
With a shrug harry went to investigate. "Draco it's massive!" was the echoing response. And harry wasn't lying. On one tiled wall there was the door leading back to the bedroom, on the opposite there was two shower stalls each glinting steadily. On the wall to his right there were two sinks with a large workspace either side. Perhaps the most fascinating of all though was the pool sized bathtub sunk into the tiled floor. Along one size was an array of taps, all with a different nozzles. Harry couldn't wait to try it out.
When harry finally emerged from the bathroom, red faced from all the excitement Draco looked up. It seemed odd to him that Harry Potter, savior of the wizarding world and from one of the richest families in Britain, was excited at a simple room. Yes it was big, but even Draco's was bigger than this. When his curiosity got the better of him he asked.
"Harry?" capturing the brunette's attention the blonde continued. "Surely you're used to this kind of luxury? We probably have rooms bigger than this at home." Seeing the boy sit down Draco knew he was in for the true answer.
"Honestly? No. I've lived with my relatives all my life, put their after my parents died. I was kept like a slave, I cooked, I cleaned, and I did everything around the house. If I did it wrong I was punished. Before here I slept in a cupboard under the stairs. It's just nice to be normal for a change." Even though Draco was shocked at this confession he didn't show it. Instead of questioning Harry about his less than happy childhood like some common Hufflepuff Draco looked him in the eye.
"This isn't normal harry. This is privileged. We can be the top of the school harry, all it needs is a little work." At this prospect at least Harry smiled.
Well that's the third chapter! Please review if you want it to continue. Thanks for reading!