"What is it, Professor?" Hermione asked in a curious tone.
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly. "As you know, each year a new Head Boy and Girl are selected. The candidates are always the top students of the class. Therefore, I am pleased to announce, that you, Miss Granger, are to be Head Girl for the year."
A warm feeling circulated through Hermione's veins as she felt a smile creep onto her face.
"You bmust/b be joking, Professor!" She exclaimed. "Me? Head Girl?"
"I do not joke about such matters, Miss Granger," McGonagall assured her with a smile.
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief as she turned the happy thoughts over in her mind. She had always idreamed/i of being Head girl! There were so many questions that she wanted to ask, but one stood out more prominently than the others.
"Who's to be Head Boy this year?" She jutted out.
Just as Professor McGonagall opened her mouth to answer Hermione's question, there was a loud wrapping at the door. Without waiting for a response, the person on the other side burst into the room.
Before Hermione had a chance to realize who had made such an ostentatious entrance, the person spoke in a cold, greasy voice. "Minerva, I expect that you have informed Miss Granger here about the news."
"Yes, Severus, I have."
"Well, then." Professor Snape added almost angrily, "Please allow me to show her to the Head students' room. We must hurry. The sorting ceremony is just about ready to begin."
"Alright." Professor McGonagall looked back down to Hermione. "Miss Granger, follow Professor Snape. He will lead you to your room."
Without giving it one thought, Hermione jumped out of her chair and hurried behind Snape who had already made his way out of the door and down the left corridor. They walked side by side without saying a word to each other, though it felt as though Professor Snape was walking unusually close to her.
"Here you are, Miss Granger." Snape stopped abruptly in front of a statue of a Unicorn. He kept his eyes off of her as he spoke. "The password is 'No Nonsense'." He informed her.
The statue of the Unicorn moved aside and a door was revealed behind it. As Hermione walked toward the door Snape spoke again. She turned around to listen.
"Please make sure that you hurry and come down to dinner, Miss Granger. And .." He broke off.
"Yes?" Hermione waited for him to finish.
"Never mind. Just - just hurry up." And with that, Snape turned around and walked quickly down the ingress toward the Great Hall.
"Weird." Hermione muttered and shook her head as she turned back around. She opened the door and entered her room.
"Wow." Hermione said as she walked further in, shutting the door behind her.
"Great. Isn't it?" said a drawling voice from the couch in the Common Room. Hermione jumped back, frightened. She hadn't expected anyone to be in there. The person on the couch sat up.
"Malfoy?" Hermione asked in a disgusted voice.
"None other than.." He replied nonchalantly.
"But . how did you . how did you get in?" Hermione stuttered in awe.
"I'm Head Boy, you Prat. Why would I break in?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. iFigures/i. She thought to herself. iEvery time something good happens to me, it gets ruined by something else./i She rolled her eyes and gave a heavy sigh. "Which way to my room?" She asked, annoyed.
"Now, now. You're going to have to ask in a nicer tone to get an answer from ime/i." He toyed with her.
"Argh! Just tell me!"
"And adding a 'please' to that wouldn't hurt, either!" He laughed slightly and lay back down on the couch, crossing his feet over one another and resting the back of his head on his arms.
"WHATEVER!" Hermione yelled and turned around angrily. "I'll just find out myself! uAfter/u I come back from dinner!"
"Suit yourself!" Draco called after her as she stormed out of the room and down the corridor towards the Great Hall.
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly. "As you know, each year a new Head Boy and Girl are selected. The candidates are always the top students of the class. Therefore, I am pleased to announce, that you, Miss Granger, are to be Head Girl for the year."
A warm feeling circulated through Hermione's veins as she felt a smile creep onto her face.
"You bmust/b be joking, Professor!" She exclaimed. "Me? Head Girl?"
"I do not joke about such matters, Miss Granger," McGonagall assured her with a smile.
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief as she turned the happy thoughts over in her mind. She had always idreamed/i of being Head girl! There were so many questions that she wanted to ask, but one stood out more prominently than the others.
"Who's to be Head Boy this year?" She jutted out.
Just as Professor McGonagall opened her mouth to answer Hermione's question, there was a loud wrapping at the door. Without waiting for a response, the person on the other side burst into the room.
Before Hermione had a chance to realize who had made such an ostentatious entrance, the person spoke in a cold, greasy voice. "Minerva, I expect that you have informed Miss Granger here about the news."
"Yes, Severus, I have."
"Well, then." Professor Snape added almost angrily, "Please allow me to show her to the Head students' room. We must hurry. The sorting ceremony is just about ready to begin."
"Alright." Professor McGonagall looked back down to Hermione. "Miss Granger, follow Professor Snape. He will lead you to your room."
Without giving it one thought, Hermione jumped out of her chair and hurried behind Snape who had already made his way out of the door and down the left corridor. They walked side by side without saying a word to each other, though it felt as though Professor Snape was walking unusually close to her.
"Here you are, Miss Granger." Snape stopped abruptly in front of a statue of a Unicorn. He kept his eyes off of her as he spoke. "The password is 'No Nonsense'." He informed her.
The statue of the Unicorn moved aside and a door was revealed behind it. As Hermione walked toward the door Snape spoke again. She turned around to listen.
"Please make sure that you hurry and come down to dinner, Miss Granger. And .." He broke off.
"Yes?" Hermione waited for him to finish.
"Never mind. Just - just hurry up." And with that, Snape turned around and walked quickly down the ingress toward the Great Hall.
"Weird." Hermione muttered and shook her head as she turned back around. She opened the door and entered her room.
"Wow." Hermione said as she walked further in, shutting the door behind her.
"Great. Isn't it?" said a drawling voice from the couch in the Common Room. Hermione jumped back, frightened. She hadn't expected anyone to be in there. The person on the couch sat up.
"Malfoy?" Hermione asked in a disgusted voice.
"None other than.." He replied nonchalantly.
"But . how did you . how did you get in?" Hermione stuttered in awe.
"I'm Head Boy, you Prat. Why would I break in?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. iFigures/i. She thought to herself. iEvery time something good happens to me, it gets ruined by something else./i She rolled her eyes and gave a heavy sigh. "Which way to my room?" She asked, annoyed.
"Now, now. You're going to have to ask in a nicer tone to get an answer from ime/i." He toyed with her.
"Argh! Just tell me!"
"And adding a 'please' to that wouldn't hurt, either!" He laughed slightly and lay back down on the couch, crossing his feet over one another and resting the back of his head on his arms.
"WHATEVER!" Hermione yelled and turned around angrily. "I'll just find out myself! uAfter/u I come back from dinner!"
"Suit yourself!" Draco called after her as she stormed out of the room and down the corridor towards the Great Hall.