Thank you to everyone who reviewed-- you guys are awesome. Please keep
reviewing-- your opinions mean a lot to me. I want to send out a special
sorry to everyone who reviewed and didn't have their reviews show up. I
think that something was wrong with FanFiction that day because a couple
other writers noticed that some of their reviews didn't show up either. And
I regret to say that I delete reviews from my e-mail, so I don't have them
anymore, but I did read them and they still do mean a lot to me.
Here's a special shout out to Emily and Kelly-- two of my most special friends who had their reviews deleted. I'm so sorry!! Kelly even admitted in her's that Tom Felton was gorgeous (she meant it sarcastically, but still, she's an avid Tom-hater). Kudos to you two.
And now I have a special little message for "Master Cromwell" who reviewed my story a little while ago-- DON'T USE MY STORY FOR ADVERTISING YOUR STUPID ROLE-PLAYING WEBSITE!!!! I KNOW THAT YOU COPY AND PASTE THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT EXACT SAME ONE ON OTHER PEOPLE'S MESSAGE BOARDS!!! THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE TO REVIEW--- NOT A PLACE TO PROMOTE YOURSELF!!!!
Now that that's over with, please note that I don't like people to advertise themselves in message boards. It's one thing if you ask me to read and review your story for you (which I'm more than happy to do), it's another if you use other people's work to give yourself an advantage.
I want to say that I'm sorry for making you wait so long for this chapter-- My computer is being satanic and every once in a while it will completely block me from going to FanFiction. Never any other site-- just FanFiction. So hopefully it will start working on my computer soon.
Another sorry for this being a short chapter-- the next one will be slightly longer.
Thank you for reading all my babbling and enjoy the story.
Disclaimer-- JK Rowling owns everything. Enough said.
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Transfiguration class was almost over. Hermione had spent an enjoyable 50 minutes with Harry and Ron, transfiguring a cactus into a bunch of tulips. The room was now saturated with the scent of flowers.
As the bell rang and the class began to disperse, Professor McGonagoll called out, "Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger, may I have a word?"
"See you after Ancient Runes," Hermione muttered to Harry before heading up to McGonagoll's desk, expecting to be talked to about the "forest incident." To her great surprise, and probably Draco's also, she smiled at them.
"Congratulations. You two have both been chosen to go on an exchange trip to the states."
Hermione let out a small gasp and next to her Draco stuttered.
"Ex-exchange?"
"Yes. This year Hogwarts and Calorman Academy in Death Valley, California have started an exchange program for students in the sixth year. Calorman will be sending two of their students here for the rest of the year. As the top two students in the year, you have been chosen to spend the year's remainder in California."
Both Hermione and Draco started talking at once.
"Quiddith season is starting, Professor, I can't--"
"What about my classes? Will they be--"
Professor McGonagoll raised a hand to silence them.
"First off, you will have the same classes there as you have here and take your exams there in June. That way you won't have to worry if you skip a lesson at Calorman that we taught here.
"And second, Mr. Malfoy, one of the exchange students is a seeker on her house team. The two of you will simply switch places."
"Is she good?" Malfoy's tone said oh-too-clearly that if she wasn't up to his standards of flying and playing, then the Slytherins' risk of losing the Quidditch Cup once again wasn't worth it. Malfoy, after all, was the only half-way decent player on the team.
"She is quidditch captain of her house team, like you are the captain of Slytherin's team. Last year she was voted the most valuable player of her school," McGongall said. She handed them both a thick parchment envelope. "In here is everything that you need to know about the exchange. However, it you have any questions, please feel free to consult either myself or Professor Dumbledore. Your parents have been informed and have given their consent. This Friday you will take the Hogwarts Express to London and from there you will take a plane from Heathrow to New York. A connecting flight will take you to Los Angeles and the American Ministry of Magic will escort you Calorman. You are required to attend your classes until then."
"Um... okay," Malfoy muttered, perusing his letter.
"I will be contacting you later this week with more instructions. For now you two had better get to your next class."
Hermione nodded and walked out of the classroom. It was a good thing her body knew what it was supposed to be doing, since her mind was wrapped up in that letter. A class schedule, a map of Calorman, an abridged copy of the school rules and a plane ticket to New York and another to Los Los Angeles . Her body sat down in her desk for Ancient Runes and Draco sat down beside her.
"Pretty cool, huh?" Draco said, his silvery eyes not leaving the paper.
"At the back of the envelope, Hermione found a letter and some photographs from one of the girls that she would be rooming with at Calorman.
Dear Hermione,
My name is Scottie-Anne Colen and I'm a student here at Calorman. You'll be staying in my dormroom while you're here. Professor Callaway asked me to write you a letter to tell you about some of the things that go on here, in a student's view. The classes and teachers here are really good. We have small classes and get a lot accomplished. We have 6 classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays and then on Wednesdays and Thursday we only have three classes, but they're twice as long. I'm sorry that I had to bore you with all that stuff about classes, but Professor Callaway said that I had to say something about our schedule.
We don't just do school work here, however. We have a lot of dances (and a lot of cute boys). I'm not sure if you interact with Muggles a lot at Hogwarts, but we do a lot with them here at Calorman. We have these super-fast carriages that take us to Los Anglos on two weekends a month. In case you didn't already know, Calorman is in the middle of Death Valley, which is one of the hottest places on earth. The weather is a complete spell. They enchanted it so that it's super hot around the school which keeps the Muggles from accidentally wandering onto campus. Our grounds are warm, but not extremely hot and we have a swimming pool and Quidditch field.
I look forward to seeing you this weekend.
~*~ Scottie-Anne Colen
Hermione refolded the letter and looked at the photos. One was of the academy, a huge brick structure with a large circular drive in front, many flower beds, and stone gargoyles decorating the roof. Another showed three girls smiling at a feast. The last one showed a group of people outside the Chinese Mann Theater.
Hermione looked up and realized with a start that Ancient Runes had started 10 minutes age. She quickly pulled out a notebook and started jotting down notes.
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So now you know about the exchange trip and all that jazz. The next chapter will be a lot more interesting-- I promise. Sneak peek-- Hermione is being carried in Draco's arms. So really good chapter coming your way.... if I get ten more reviews.
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To everyone reading-- please disconcern the following note: it's an inside joke. Note to Emily-- 10 reviews for me is the equivalent of a Hayden picture, two Tom pictures and a couple King-sized boxes of Dots. LOL.
Here's a special shout out to Emily and Kelly-- two of my most special friends who had their reviews deleted. I'm so sorry!! Kelly even admitted in her's that Tom Felton was gorgeous (she meant it sarcastically, but still, she's an avid Tom-hater). Kudos to you two.
And now I have a special little message for "Master Cromwell" who reviewed my story a little while ago-- DON'T USE MY STORY FOR ADVERTISING YOUR STUPID ROLE-PLAYING WEBSITE!!!! I KNOW THAT YOU COPY AND PASTE THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT EXACT SAME ONE ON OTHER PEOPLE'S MESSAGE BOARDS!!! THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE TO REVIEW--- NOT A PLACE TO PROMOTE YOURSELF!!!!
Now that that's over with, please note that I don't like people to advertise themselves in message boards. It's one thing if you ask me to read and review your story for you (which I'm more than happy to do), it's another if you use other people's work to give yourself an advantage.
I want to say that I'm sorry for making you wait so long for this chapter-- My computer is being satanic and every once in a while it will completely block me from going to FanFiction. Never any other site-- just FanFiction. So hopefully it will start working on my computer soon.
Another sorry for this being a short chapter-- the next one will be slightly longer.
Thank you for reading all my babbling and enjoy the story.
Disclaimer-- JK Rowling owns everything. Enough said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Transfiguration class was almost over. Hermione had spent an enjoyable 50 minutes with Harry and Ron, transfiguring a cactus into a bunch of tulips. The room was now saturated with the scent of flowers.
As the bell rang and the class began to disperse, Professor McGonagoll called out, "Mr. Malfoy and Miss Granger, may I have a word?"
"See you after Ancient Runes," Hermione muttered to Harry before heading up to McGonagoll's desk, expecting to be talked to about the "forest incident." To her great surprise, and probably Draco's also, she smiled at them.
"Congratulations. You two have both been chosen to go on an exchange trip to the states."
Hermione let out a small gasp and next to her Draco stuttered.
"Ex-exchange?"
"Yes. This year Hogwarts and Calorman Academy in Death Valley, California have started an exchange program for students in the sixth year. Calorman will be sending two of their students here for the rest of the year. As the top two students in the year, you have been chosen to spend the year's remainder in California."
Both Hermione and Draco started talking at once.
"Quiddith season is starting, Professor, I can't--"
"What about my classes? Will they be--"
Professor McGonagoll raised a hand to silence them.
"First off, you will have the same classes there as you have here and take your exams there in June. That way you won't have to worry if you skip a lesson at Calorman that we taught here.
"And second, Mr. Malfoy, one of the exchange students is a seeker on her house team. The two of you will simply switch places."
"Is she good?" Malfoy's tone said oh-too-clearly that if she wasn't up to his standards of flying and playing, then the Slytherins' risk of losing the Quidditch Cup once again wasn't worth it. Malfoy, after all, was the only half-way decent player on the team.
"She is quidditch captain of her house team, like you are the captain of Slytherin's team. Last year she was voted the most valuable player of her school," McGongall said. She handed them both a thick parchment envelope. "In here is everything that you need to know about the exchange. However, it you have any questions, please feel free to consult either myself or Professor Dumbledore. Your parents have been informed and have given their consent. This Friday you will take the Hogwarts Express to London and from there you will take a plane from Heathrow to New York. A connecting flight will take you to Los Angeles and the American Ministry of Magic will escort you Calorman. You are required to attend your classes until then."
"Um... okay," Malfoy muttered, perusing his letter.
"I will be contacting you later this week with more instructions. For now you two had better get to your next class."
Hermione nodded and walked out of the classroom. It was a good thing her body knew what it was supposed to be doing, since her mind was wrapped up in that letter. A class schedule, a map of Calorman, an abridged copy of the school rules and a plane ticket to New York and another to Los Los Angeles . Her body sat down in her desk for Ancient Runes and Draco sat down beside her.
"Pretty cool, huh?" Draco said, his silvery eyes not leaving the paper.
"At the back of the envelope, Hermione found a letter and some photographs from one of the girls that she would be rooming with at Calorman.
Dear Hermione,
My name is Scottie-Anne Colen and I'm a student here at Calorman. You'll be staying in my dormroom while you're here. Professor Callaway asked me to write you a letter to tell you about some of the things that go on here, in a student's view. The classes and teachers here are really good. We have small classes and get a lot accomplished. We have 6 classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays and then on Wednesdays and Thursday we only have three classes, but they're twice as long. I'm sorry that I had to bore you with all that stuff about classes, but Professor Callaway said that I had to say something about our schedule.
We don't just do school work here, however. We have a lot of dances (and a lot of cute boys). I'm not sure if you interact with Muggles a lot at Hogwarts, but we do a lot with them here at Calorman. We have these super-fast carriages that take us to Los Anglos on two weekends a month. In case you didn't already know, Calorman is in the middle of Death Valley, which is one of the hottest places on earth. The weather is a complete spell. They enchanted it so that it's super hot around the school which keeps the Muggles from accidentally wandering onto campus. Our grounds are warm, but not extremely hot and we have a swimming pool and Quidditch field.
I look forward to seeing you this weekend.
~*~ Scottie-Anne Colen
Hermione refolded the letter and looked at the photos. One was of the academy, a huge brick structure with a large circular drive in front, many flower beds, and stone gargoyles decorating the roof. Another showed three girls smiling at a feast. The last one showed a group of people outside the Chinese Mann Theater.
Hermione looked up and realized with a start that Ancient Runes had started 10 minutes age. She quickly pulled out a notebook and started jotting down notes.
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So now you know about the exchange trip and all that jazz. The next chapter will be a lot more interesting-- I promise. Sneak peek-- Hermione is being carried in Draco's arms. So really good chapter coming your way.... if I get ten more reviews.
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To everyone reading-- please disconcern the following note: it's an inside joke. Note to Emily-- 10 reviews for me is the equivalent of a Hayden picture, two Tom pictures and a couple King-sized boxes of Dots. LOL.