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Author's Note – Sorry the update took so long…but I have finals coming up and for some reason in college you REALLY need to study for them! Thanks for all the great reviews this are my first Harry Potter fic and I am glad you all like it so much!
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After the Sorting Ceremony Snape led all the prefects back to their new tower. The painting guarding it was of all four of them. They were having a picnic and having a lovely time. Portrait Draco winked at real Draco before snuggling Portrait Hermoine.
"Your password is 'united'," and with that Snape showed them their new common room. It was done in rich creams and navies. Three fireplaces burned brightly, large comfy chairs and a private library. There were four doors leading into their Personal rooms…each bearing the respective house seal. With one last nod, Snape vanished out of the portrait hole and was gone. They quickly darted off to explore their new areas. Soon calls of good night rang out as they went to bed.
Draco sat in his room trying how to ask Granger this without sounding pathetic. He WANTED head Boy next year. And if that meant making a truce with Granger then so be it. He got up and knocked on Hermoine's door. He heard a THUD and some muffled cursing just as the door opened. He saw her in men's silk boxers and a tank that fit so snugly it cut off his breath. Her hair was up in a messy bun barely held in place by some muggle object he had never seen.
Hermoine looked up and saw who it was and she blinked. Draco Malfoy visiting HER in the middle of the night…how odd.
"May I help you Malfoy or are you going stand there all night like a prat?" she asked with a quirked eyebrow.
" I wanted to talk to you about this year….can I come in?" He asked with his signature smirk…hoping she did not noticed how her attire affected him.
'Moine stepped aside and let him into her room. Her bed was a mess and she was already reading again this year. She climbed back in bed and motioned him into a chair that was near her bed. "Okay Draco. What about this year."
"Iwantatrucewithyou."
"What? Can you speak English dear?" Hermoine asked with a smirk of her own and rolling of her chocolate brown eyes. Her eyes roamed over Draco in his silky looking pj pants and his nude upper body. 'Not even a night robe….tsk tsk Mr. Malfoy' she thought on a grin.
"We need a plan Granger. I want Head Boy next year and I KNOW you want Head Girl. Together no one can beat us. Nevertheless, we have to work together. Which means a truce even though I shudder to think about it." Draco said with a nervous smirk.
Hermoine thought this over. He was right. Cho and Justin would never have a chance against them if they worked together. And she did want Head Girl so bad I can taste it. So here goes nothing… "Here you go Malfoy…..let's shake on it."
They shook and as he walked out the door her voice stopped him, "Now we sure as hell better win Malfoy"
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Meanwhile in the Gryffindor tower Ron and Harry were trying to figure out whom to ask to go to Hogsmeade with them. Harry glanced at Ron and muttered, "I want to ask Ginny…. but will big brother let me? Hell no."
Ron rolled his eyes, "Fine! Ginny! Can you come here for a second?" He bellowed the last half.
A tap on his shoulder revealed an amused Ginny Weasley. She was now a tall willowy redhead. Her eyes twinkled at Ron and her long time crush Harry. "I was two feet away Ron you twit."
"Harry wants to ask you something" Ron stated and grinned. Ginny looked at Harry expectantly. Her heart pounding.
"Ginny would you like to accompany me to Hogsmeade this next weekend. On a-a-a a date?" Harry asked, the Boy Who Lived, turning as red as Ron did whenever he lost control.
"I would love to Harry. Meet you down here around eight?"
Harry nodded with a grin and he noticed Ron charming Lavender in a corner. So whom would Hermoine bring?
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None of the Prefects has to go as it turns out. They had to start planning the first activity to promote inter house relations. All four of them sat down and made a pact not too leave until they had SOMETHING to show Snape. For hours, they pushed ideas around then Justin Hopped up.
"What if we had a game day and you had a partner all day? However, your partner had to be from another house? Your Rival House as it were? And we had games that focused on cooperation? And whichever side wins the most and gets the most points gets say an extra weekend in Hogsmeade?"
Everyone sat and thought about it and them one by one they began to smile. Then as one unit, they ran to tell Snape.
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The last thing Snape thought would invading his dungeons on a Saturday was his Prefects. They looked much to excited. They told them the idea and he nodded slowly.
"I will talk to Dumbledore and we will let you know. I like it. On one condition? You all must be partners."
"Ah Hell!" was the unanimous reply.
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Hermoine trudged back to the prefect tower glaring at Malfoy the whole way. Ugh!!! So if Dumbledore agrees I will have to spend an ENTIRE day with Malfoy. I wonder what other rodent I could change him into. Snape just said no ferrets. SO what else is out there so I can find him something.