Title: Kill Me Tender
Author: x Tw1st3d x L0v3 x
Rating: M
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. The characters in this story are not owned by me. All credit goes to the wonderful JK Rowling. Only the plot belongs to me.
Word Count: 1594
This story is being redone completely so I'm sorry if I change something that you liked.
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Chapter 3 - Sorting
Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Ginny stepped out of one of the last carriages when it approached the towering castle in the distance. They joined the queue of students entering the Great Hall. Hermione lifted her hood up as they sat in their usual chairs at the center of the Gryffindor table.
Harry and Ron had started another conversation about Quidditch while Ginny and Hermione were discussing their summers. All speech stopped when Professor McGonagall burst through the Great Hall doors with a line of 26 first years. Filch brought the three-legged stool with the tattered and worn sorting hat sitting upon it. Its seam opened and its words echoed through the hall:
Welcome to Hogwarts,
Prepare to be sorted.
Will it be the brave Gryffindors,
Or the brainy Ravenclaws.
Will it be the cunning Slytherins,
Or the loyal Hufflepuffs.
This year will be the year,
The war approaches quicker than you think.
The heirs of the two feuding houses,
They alone will defeat the darkness looming overhead.
A love will blossom,
But their peers will bring them apart.
No matter how hard they try,
They can't stop their fate.
The houses will have to join together,
To stop the advancing war.
Step up to the stool and place me on your head.
And let's see where you future puts you.
There were murmurs of "The war is coming?" of "A Gryffindor and a Slytherin will fall in love?". Professor Dumbledore had a brighter sparkle in his eye.
"Blake, Lola" Professor McGonagall called out.
A tiny girl with light brown hair and green eyes walked up to the stool and sat upon it. After a few minutes the hat called out "Hufflepuff!" The sorting ended a little while later with a short boy named Mike Zaire, who was sorted in Ravenclaw.
As Professor McGonagall sat down, Professor Dumbledore stood.
"Welcome returning and new students. There are a few announcements before you can begin the wonderful dinner the house elves have provided for us. Firstly, the Forbidden Forest is still strictly forbidden. Secondly, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be a returning professor, Remus Lupin. The Heads will be after dinner. Tuck in." he announced.
After dinner, Professor Dumbledore stood up once again and announced "This year's Head Boy is Draco Malfoy and this year's Head Girl is Hermione Granger.
Malfoy stood when his name was announced and smirked at the Gryffindors while the Slytherins applauded for their King. Hermione stood up with grace that even she didn't know she had. Every house except for Slytherin applauded for Hermione. She still hadn't taken the hoodie off.
Hermione sat back down but was instantly tugged out of her seat by Ginny. She was pulled out of the hall before Ginny finally stopped.
"Why did you stop?" she asked.
"I don't know where your common room is you twit." Ginny replied with a smile.
Hermione led Ginny to the seventh floor and approached the portrait of Queen Tatiana, queen of the Pyxies, and King Aidan, the only Elemental in the magical and muggle worlds.
Queen Tatiana was a young woman who had died at age 32. She had had twins only a few months before. She was believed to have been murdered by Voldemort because she had refused to let her people join his side. She had midnight blue hair and had almond shaped amethyst eyes. She reached a height of 5'11". Tatiana had large wings coming from the center of her back that were black and shone red.
King Aidan was a man who died at the age of 35. He reached a height of 6'4". His eyes were neon blue and he had pure black hair. He had one marking in the center of his back. It was a picture of a waterfall with trees next to it and clouds above it but it was surrounded by flames. It represented the four elements.
He and the queen had fallen in love when they were 20 and later got married at age 28. The queen's family had a huge dispute over their marriage but when the parental units saw how much they were in love, they agreed. They had twins when they were 32. After Tatiana died, it was only three years later when Aidan died from heartbreak. No one knew what had happened to the little twins.
"What would your password to be?" Queen Tatiana asked.
"I would like the password to be Rêves cassés. Could you tell the Head Boy what the password is?" Hermione replied.
"Sure" King Aidan said while the portrait swung open.
They missed the conversation between the two once they had entered the common room.
"When do you think Professor Dumbledore will tell them?" the queen asked.
"I suppose before classes start. They needs to have it happen soon before the war starts." the king replied.
When they entered the Heads common room, they didn't expect it to be extravagant. The walls were a light silver color and the carpet was green while the fireplace was a maroon color. There was a small library, two gold couches and two silver couches, four portrait holes. The portrait with Hermione on it had a plaque next to it with 'Hermione Granger' on it while the portrait with Malfoy had a plaque that said 'Draco Malfoy'. The painting of the Hogwarts Crest led to the different house common rooms, in which you had to say which house and the corresponding password to get there. The painting of a girl in all black lying on a stormy beach led to the bathroom.
The bathroom was slightly larger that the common room. The walls were pale blue while the floor was black tiles with silver swirls. There were two showers that could hold three people comfortably, two toilets, a large bathtub with different nozzles for bubbles and soaps, and two sinks that were in front of a large mirror. There were two doorways that led to the different bedrooms. Anything of Hermione's was gold and anything that belonged to Malfoy was silver.
Hermione and Ginny headed over to the Head Girl portrait.
"Hello! What would you like your password to be set to?" it asked.
"I would like it set to Beautifully Decayed." Hermione replied.
"Okay, if you ever want to change it just tell me." she replied while opening.
They walked into a large white room that held her luggage and a note on top. Hermione picked up the note, which read:
Dear Miss Granger,
To set the design for your room, just tell the room what you want and it will instantly change. The password to the prefect's dorm is 'Liebe'. You and Mister Malfoy will need to set a patrolling schedule and the organization of balls.
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore
"Let's set my room up.. Black walls with blood red carpet." Hermione said.
"King-sized bed with black and red satin sheets." Ginny continued.
"No, make it silk sheets. Satin are to easy to slide off of. Wardrobe, dresser, vanity, desk, vanity chair, and desk chair in dark cherry wood." Hermione said next.
"Flame wall sconces in an even pattern for light." Ginny finished.
After saying this, the furniture appeared instantly. Hermione muttered "permoveo supellex supellectilis" and all of her belongings moved to their proper places.
"So Gin, I'll see you tomorrow morning?" Hermione asked.
"Of course. What type of friend would I be if you didn't?" Ginny in turn replied.
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A/N:
permoveo supellex supellectilis means to move belongings
Rêves cassés means broken dreams
