John: All fan fictions are out of character because none of us are the real author so we might as well have fun with it.
Dark Fairy: I wasn't meaning to have the library and such being special privileges so to say. The library was purely developed by left behind books of former students collected over the years. And I thought the Circle was an interesting setting for later parts of the story.
KittenBabyGirl knew what two movies the quotes from last chapter were from and Eva Phoenix Potter knew one of them.
I only speak the truth is from Moulin Rouge and can you understand the words coming out of my mouth is from Rush Hour (personally I thought a ton more people would know that...)
Changed Perspectives
Harry went to the middle staircase of the tower and stepped on it, grabbing the railings as it jolted forward. He gingerly stepped out onto a landing where a sign read Fifth Year Male Prefect(s) and opened the door and walked into the threshold of the room.
The room had a window on the opposite side of the entrance and the walls (or would it just be a wall because the room is circular?) were painted a slightly tarnished silver (so as to not make the room too shiny) and the floor was made of varnished oak with green Persian rugs. The ceiling had a painting of what seemed to be an vision of Olympus; complete with all the Greek gods and goddesses. On either side of the window was a four poster bed with silver hangings, black sheets, and a green comforter. Beside the beds were mahogany desks with a small empty bookshelf and wardrobe next to it. Harry went to the bed on the right where he saw his trunk at the foot of the bed. He went down to his knees and opened the trunk to start unpacking by himself. Draco had said that he would be up shortly with the other fifth years to talk of inconsequential things.
Harry pulled out his robes and placed them all on clothes hangers in the wardrobe. They all had the Slytherin emblem already fixed upon them. He then pulled out all his summer assignments and placed them on the desk alongside all his school books. He put Hedwig's cage off to the side because she wouldn't be needing it and placed Salazar onto his bed. Now it was down to his very few personal items. The Firebolt was placed beside the trunk for the moment being and Harry pulled out his photo album with all of his parents' pictures on the bedside table. All of the presents that he had received from his former friends stayed in his trunk. But then, Harry's most prized possession came out; just as he pulled out the invisibility cloak the door to the dormitory opened and Harry could hear Pansy gasp as she walked into the room to see Harry holding up the cloak.
"Is that what I think it is?" she asked as she walked forward with the others. She reached out to touch it before pulling her hand back quickly. "Where on earth did you find an invisibility cloak?"
Harry smiled as he handed it to her for her to hold. "It's okay to touch it. That's the one possession that I own that belonged to my father except this piece of parchment that has disappeared. I like to think of the cloak as a little connection to my parents."
Draco took the cloak from Pansy and handed it back to Harry. "I'd keep that very safe, if I were you. Keep it in your trunk. I know a ton of people that would kill for one of those things."
"Now come on." Draco grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him down to the center of the room and sat down next to him on the emerald green rug. Pansy, Millicent, Gwendolyn (Nott), Blaise, Vince, and Greg followed suit. "Tonight's the 'Meet Your Year Mates' night. So I'll go first," Draco said. And Harry noticed what a beautiful smile Draco had, with no hidden malice or unclear intentions. Just seemingly happy to be there.
"My name is Draco Xavier Malfoy. I am fifteen years old. My birthday is January 20, 1980 and my parents are Lucius and Narcissa Cunningham-Malfoy. Both my parents were in Slytherin as well. I am an only child and have no cousins or extended family that I know of. I love quidditch and like the positions Seeker and Beater the best. I will under no circumstances play Keeper because that makes me nervous having everyone trying to score goals past you. My favorite color is light blue and I love potions. I have an owl named Oz. I am also a homosexual as is known by everyone in this room, my family, and this entire house except Harry."
Everyone turned to see what Harry's reaction would be. The new Slytherin felt his jaw drop in shock. "Y—you are gay?" Draco seemed kind of nervous about how Harry would respond. "That's a bit of a shock—if you know what I mean. And here I was think that you and Pansy were already planning a marriage and future for eight years into the horizon. Wow, next thing I'm going to hear is that Voldemort loves fluffy, brown puppies and buys them squeaky toys in the shapes of bones and other things from his local Muggle pet shop."
The Slytherins around him all laughed. "So you don't mind really?" Draco asked. It felt really important to him that he knew.
"Who am I to judge? I've never actually really been interested in someone where I couldn't do anything but think of them and I've only had one crush in my life. For all I know I may be one as well and not have a clue. It never seemed important before."
Gwendolyn Nott nodded. "Well, my turn. I'm Gwendolyn Cassandra Nott but you can call me Gwen. I rarely talk outside of this house, I do my school work, and I am going to beat that damn Granger this year in classes. I might I add that I am gorgeous?" Gwen had black hair that went down to her waist and baby blue eyes. She batted her eyelashes in order to emphasize her previous comment. "Oh, I have been going out with a sixth year, Damien Adams who's a Chaser for our marvelous quidditch team."
Pansy just shook her head and laughed at her mock-vain friend. "I'm Pansy Marie Parkinson and I'm blonde with brown eyes as you can see. I have trouble in some of my classes but I pass with reasonable grades. My favorite subject is history of magic because I can sleep through it but transfiguration is my second. I like changing things into what I want. And I am not going out with Draco and only did last year at the Yule Ball. But Blaise is my boyfriend. Draco and I are like siblings and that would just be disgusting having us together."
"Blaise Andrew Zabini, Slytherin, Beater, fifth year, and that is all that is needed to be known to all."
Vince spoke for Greg and himself. "Our favorite subject is defense. I like writing and Greg likes reading more. We aren't failures despite what people think. And for God's sake we are not bodyguards."
Everyone looked to Harry. "Oh—well. I guess it's my turn then. I'm Harry James Potter as you all know. My birthday is July 31 and my parents were James and Lily Potter. I have an aunt, uncle, and cousin whom all hate me. I absolutely love quidditch. And have played the position of Seeker. My favorite color in the world is green and I like Shakespeare, a Muggle playwright, and Robert Frost, a Muggle poet. I also have found that I like to paint, sketch, and just about any other type of artwork. I have an owl named Hedwig and a snake that is sleeping right now on my bed named Salazar… That's all that is really worth telling at the moment."
Right after he finished speaking, Blaise jumped forward and sat directly in front of Harry and started waving his hands around as if he was trying to hypnotize the boy by him. "You are going to tell me what your marvelous, amazing, wonderful quidditch tactic right now. It's nighttime now and you said that you would tell in the dark and now let's talk!"
Harry jumped back as Blaise stared at him with a slightly maniac gleam in his eyes. "I was just thinking Draco and I both play Seeker and like Beater. I don't want to take away Draco's position but I don't want to not play it. Just think what if both Draco and I played Seeker."
"But you can't do that..."
"No, what I'm saying is that Blaise is the constant Beater so all the teams know how he plays and the teams know how Draco and I play so they can get prepared to face us playing the positions that they think that we will be playing. Draco will play Seeker and Beater while I play the position that he isn't. That way if let's say we're going to be playing the Ravenclaw team. They will think that Blaise and Draco will be playing Beater and I will be the Seeker but instead Blaise and I will be the Beaters and Draco will be the Seeker. It's perfect. They won't know what tactics to play against what three players until right when the game starts! And then they'll have to compromise whatever they planned for. This will only work the first few games though before the people figure out that we switch. But even then we can go at a random pattern."
"And here we were for four years thinking Harry Potter had no brains and just good luck…" Blaise said. "By God, he's a bloody genius! Why didn't I think of that before?"
Harry laughed along with everyone else. "I'm tired so I'll be taking my shower and going to bed," he went to his trunk and grabbed his toiletry items. He then walked to where the door leading to the bathroom was and walked inside, closing the door behind him*.
The leather-bound photo album fell off of Harry's bedside table and lay open on the ground. Pansy stood up to go put the book back in its proper place when she saw a picture with Lily holding a baby Harry in front of a pond or creek somewhere at sunset. She walked over to all the gathered Slytherins and showed them the picture. "Isn't that the sweetest thing you have ever seen?"
Pansy, Millicent, and Gwen all oohed and ahhed at the pictures of the baby Harry and his parents. "How romantic is that?" they pointed out the picture of James and Lily's wedding. "They all look so happy." After a few more minutes of goggling at the pictures, the occupants left the room, except Draco, whom they all told their good-byes to.
Draco gathered up his shower items and knocked loudly on the bathroom door. "Harry, will you please hurry up? I have to take a shower as well!"
The door opened before Draco could bang on it again and Harry stepped out grinning and rolling his eyes at his roommate. His hair was still slightly wet and he was clad in only a pair of green pajama bottoms and a black sleeveless top. As Harry turned to go to his bed, Draco followed him with his gaze before shaking his head to clear his thoughts and going into the shower.
By the time he came out of the room, Harry was already sound asleep on his bed and Draco followed soon after.
TBC…
This chapter was mostly written to show interaction between the characters and give a little information about each of them.
Story Ideas:
Who should show their face first for the visit to the school (more than one allowed)—
a) Sirius
b) Narcissa
c) Lucius (his connection with Voldemort will be put into more detail)
d) Other (come up with someone by yourself)
Should Shawn O'Connor be—
a) be 'attacked' by Ron and 'saved' by Fred, George, and Seamus (who say they are friends of Harry's)
b) same scenario and saved by Harry or some other Slytherin (give choice of who)
Any more opinions? Questions? Suggestions? Feel free to tell me.