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Chapter 3: Internet at Hogwarts?

**Dorming Together**

The dormitories were decorated beautifully according to the house colors. Draco and Harry's room looked really elegant with the red and green base colors blended in places with gold and silver. Now if only the two occupants would blend in as nicely. Draco was in his side of his room, groaning and complaining. And Harry on the other side ignoring the other boy's antics.

When they first came into to their rooms and silently admired the decor, Draco turned to Harry and said, "I never got around to thank you for saving my life in that room, Potter. So, thank you! But I still don't really like you. So it'd be great if you could leave me alone to myself and I'll return the favor. Sounds good? Goodnight."

Harry was stunned. He didn't really know what he expected from the other boy, but that certainly wasn't it. He decided Malfoy was still an arrogant prick if couldn't put the petty childhood rivalry behind him, after everything that happened in the past two years. With that in mind, he thought it'd be best to just ignore the other boy to avoid any arguments that'd surely rise, if they came face to face again.

On the other side of the room, Draco remembered Potter still hadn't replied to his statement. After realizing that he was being ignored by the Boy-Who-Lived, Draco decided the other boy still thought of himself as an fame-loving wizarding world hero, basking in his after glory, thinking he's definitely better than everyone else around him. Oh! How he hated that attitude Potter had!

From then on, they had this unspoken agreement to pretend as if the other didn't exist.

**Common Room**

The 8th years had all their classes together as there were so few of them. There seemed no point in giving each house same lectures at the different times of the day. Almost everybody could be found huddled in groups in their common room at nights doing their homework together.

Justin, Hannah, Cho, and often, Cormac could be found studying in a group. Ron usually stayed away inside his room as he wasn't exactly welcome in any group. He believed himself to be far too good from anyone in his year to associate with. He was so full of pride and arrogance that he didn't realize he had no friends left at all.

Seamus, Dean, Luna and Neville were often nearby studying together. The three boys considered Hermione as their sister. They wouldn't let Ron or Cormac hover around her and bothering her in anyway at all.

Hermione was glad to have a Ravenclaw, Padma Patil, as a dorm mate. She could finally have intellectual discussions without having people to think of her as the know-it-all. She was also glad not being bothered every other minute, by someone asking help with their homework. Michael Corner also joined their little study group quickly. He hoped to catch attention of Padma someday, as he had harbored a crush on her for sometime now. Soon enough, Theo, the Slytherin nerd, too joined them for study time. His fellow Slytherins were turning out to be of no use. Goyle, his dorm mate was no help at all when he came to studying. Blaise and Pansy were, most often, lost in their own world, huddled in some corner. And finally, Draco, the other smart Slytherin, avoided the group when Harry was in it. The only times Draco could be seen with them was when Harry was nowhere to be found.

**Dungeons**

Every other day or so, Harry could be found making his way towards the dungeons to have tea with the potions master, Severus Snape. At first, people thought Severus died from Nagini's attack on the day of final battle, but they easily overlooked the fact that he was the most sought after Potions Master. Severus had been taking the snake's anti-venom every time he was summoned by the Dark Lord. So, when Voldemort left him to die that day at the Shrieking Shack, he just pretended to die. After the battle was finished, Harry came back to collect his body to find the professor still alive, wounded, yes, but alive. He took him to the hospital wing, and often came back to visit and talk.

Over the year, the tea and talk with Severus became a habit to him. Severus told him about Harry's parents, his friendship with Lily and their childhood. Harry, in return, felt comfortable talking about his abusive childhood at his aunt's house, something he hadn't told any of his friends. They only knew Harry was starved and locked but never abused. Severus once told him that never did like Petunia, even when they were kids. Once you got to know the real person behind the strict professor persona, you'd see he wasn't cruel at all. Severus was actually a nice person, much more pleasant to talk to. What Harry liked the most about the other man was he never judged. He listened to the whole story first before offering his comments. Severus was, quickly, becoming the father figure to Harry. He shared almost all his problems with Severus, almost being the key word there. There were somethings though, that he could never tell the older man. Like his annoyance with Malfoy, who was Severus's godson after all. He'd also not told him about his friendship with M. Severus would yell at him for getting close to somene without knowing who the other person is. But it just felt right to Harry. And he had decided he'd tell Severus someday soon about that anyways.

**Great Hall**

The first week passed in a jiffy. Everyone was finally settled in the old habits of homework and classes.

One day, a week after the first day of the class, Headmistress McGonagall had an announcement to make:

"It has come to our notice that we have a lot more of muggle-born and half-blood students attending Hogwarts this year. Parents, who were afraid to send their kids to school before, have decided Hogwarts safe enough for their kids this year. But many of our new students are feeling homesick. We have found that in every house. So, it has been decided that, Hogwarts will be getting an internet connection, should you choose to bring your computer from home, also a computer lab will be added next to library. For those who have no idea what that is, please feel free to join the computer classes. You may find the schedules on your house bulletin boards. We will be starting the new services starting tomorrow."

Half of the Great Hall erupted in cheers.

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