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Hermione made her way back over to Ron and Harry after saying temporary good-byes to Ginny and the others. She saw them making their way over to Hagrid, how could she miss Ron, whose bright red head stood about three inches above the rest?
"Hey guys! Over here!" she yelled, trying to get their attention. They looked over at her and smiled, waved, and walked away. "What was that all about?" she said, not even realizing that she said it out loud.
"What was what all about, Hermione?" Ginny asked, seeing her friend all alone.
"Ron and Harry. They just left me. I can't understand why they would do that..." she said, drifting off.
"Oh well, we'll just go and find them. Maybe they just didn't realize you were looking for them," Ginny said, turning to walk in the direction Harry and Ron walked off in.
"Ginny, I called them over here. They saw me, waved, and walked away. Now if that isn't unusual behavior, I don't know what is," Hermione said with a frown.
"Well, still, let's go find them. If they meant to ignore you, I'll yell at them. If they didn't then we can ride with them to Hogwarts," she said, trying to make the best of everything, like usual.
They walked to the compartment they saw Ron and Harry disappear into. When they got there, they were shocked to say the least. Sitting right next to Ron was Lavender, and Ron didn't look to upset about it. He actually looked down right embarrassed. Hermione decided that she could use this for blackmail in the future.
Harry was all by himself, but didn't seem to be noticing the fact that no one was paying attention to him. Hermione knew he was deep in thought. Ginny walked over to him, and Hermione followed.
"Hello Harry, what were you thinking about?" Ginny asked, in an attempt to start conversation. He looked up at her.
"Oh, nothing. Just spacing out a bit," he gave her a sheepish smile.
"Well, we were just wondering ... is something going on? I mean, why did you just leave Hermione like that? That was kinda messed up," she said, frowning. Harry blushed.
"Well, Ron spotted Lavender up ahead and said that we should go talk to her. And then when Hermione called over to us, I saw you coming," he blushed at this, Hermione did not fail to notice, "and so we figured that you two would ride to the castle together, Hermione wasn't with us on the train with us very much, we figured she just wanted to hang out with you girls," he stated.
"Harry, I'm sorry I gave you that impression, but of course I wanted to ride with you to the castle. I have been riding with you since second year!" Hermione said. "I think we have something to talk about when the opportune moment comes up," she said, looking significantly at Ginny. He blushed even more. Ginny looked over at then, smirked, and leaned in.
"Since when have they been so interested in each other? This entire time they've been wrapped up in conversation. That is not like Ron at all, to be talking to a girl he likes so much," Ginny said, smiling at her brother.
"Well, on the train ride here, while you all were off having some of your 'girl talk' we were having our own 'guy talk.' We all told Ron that he should just talk to her, and we told him that she would get away if he didn't. That seemed to motivate him a little..." Harry said, looking at his friend and Lavender. "She doesn't seem to mind, though, does she?" he said, with a laugh. This caused them to look over.
"Oy, what are you looking at?" Ron asked, starting to get red in the face.
"Well, not you, Ron, you're sitting right in front of the window!" Hermione said, stopping him from thinking they were talking about him, although they were.
"All right, but look out a different one from now on, please! I don't like people looking at me, or near me," he said, turning back to Lavender and engaging her in conversation once again.
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When they got out of the carriages, Hermione was shocked once again. Coming out of the next one was Seamus, accompanied by Parvati, Neville, accompanied by Luna, and Dean, accompanied by Padma. Hermione let out a laugh, and received a strange look from Harry.
They walked up to the castle, and once again Hermione got to thinking. This was her last carriage ride at Hogwarts. She was glad that she was with Ron, Harry, and Ginny. She shook her head, as if to clear her thoughts. She couldn't believe she was actually thinking "this is the last..." when it was the beginning of the year. They reached the Great Hall, and walked through the large doors to get ready to eat their beginning of year feast.
She watched as the first years got sorted and couldn't believe that only six years ago that was her up there. She was so nervous when she heard her name called, and as soon as she sat down all she was thinking was "Please just put me in a House where I'll make good friends." And now she was the one to be directing them back to the common room. The common room. She couldn't believe that she would never spend any more time in there. She had so many memories from Gryffindor Tower, she would have to spend a few nights in there with Ginny, just for old time's sake. Dumbledore stood up as soon as all of the new students were sorted.
"Welcome, old and new, to another year at Hogwarts. I would just like to make a few announcements before we have this excellent feast on such an excellent day as this.
"A warning to new students, and a reminder to ... troublesome old students," Harry, Ron and Hermione grinned at each other, "the Forbidden Forest is just that. Forbidden. Unless a teacher brings you in, and I assure that few will," the trio looked over at Hagrid now, "you must not enter. I would also like to announce to you all that this year we will be having a Christmas ball, because I believe you all deserve it. Those able to attend will be from fourth year and above," there were many groans at this. "I am sorry, but you will all get your turn. Now, I do believe that I am done talking right now. Enjoy the feast!" he raised his arms and the food appeared. Hermione loved watching the faces of the new first years. Precious.
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When the feast was over, Hermione and the other prefects met up in the new common room for a little meeting, as arranged by Professor McGonagall. Hermione did not even get into her room before she was stopped by the rest.
When she first arrived, she scanned the room. There were four couches, one bearing the colors for each House. She noticed a fifth couch. It was a mixture of red and green, Hermione guessed that this would be hers and Malfoy's couch, though she was almost sure they would never be caught dead on that couch together. There were also plenty of chairs scattered about the room, as well as five tables, where she assumed a lot of studying would get done during the year.
The fireplace itself was very beautiful. Instead of burning a normal color of orange - red, this fire burnt a beautiful shade of green. It was like looking at a flame that had floo - powder in it permanently. She watched the fire for several moments before she pulled herself out of her daze.
The walls were colored in red, green, blue, and yellow. Portraits of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hulfflepuff, Rowena Ravnclaw, and Salazar Slytherin adorned the walls. You could tell these paintings were made early in the foundation of Hogwarts, as Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin could be seen shaking hands and laughing together. Hermione did agree with Professor Dumbledore in trying to go back to these times, when House didn't matter. She was pulled out of her thoughts when Professor McGonagall called them all to attention by the fireplace.
"Prefects, I would just like to go through your responsibilities with you briefly. Bare with me, please. You should all know, I hope, that you will be patrolling the halls every once in a while, and that you are allowed to punish students whenever you see fit. But you must know now that if you are caught abusing your power, you can have your badge taken from you..." she went on, but Hermione wasn't paying attention. She knew all of this already. She looked around the common room some more.
Hermione really wondered if the Prefects would actually be in here throughout the year. She thought that of course they would like a place to go that wasn't crowded or anything. But not all of these people were known to be friends, though she could see no enemies besides her and Malfoy. She hoped that these people could all become friends, it would be nice considering that at one point they would all be living here together. Her own name brought her out of her thoughts.
"Now, Granger, Malfoy. I would like to set some ground rules, as you will be the first students to ever live outside of your House dormitories. First, you will have no guests sleep over. We have the rooms charmed so that if anyone but you two are sleeping in your rooms, we will know. But we trust you both enough not to do anything of that sort. The next rule is that while you may give the password out to three select friends, they may only stay here until eleven o'clock. Do you both understand that?" they both nodded. "Good. Now you two must know that we are basing our opinion to place the Prefects in this room on your actions. If you mess up, you will be sent back to your own common rooms and we will not allow the Prefects to come and live here for the rest of the year. We have faith in you, do not let us down. I believe that is all I have to say, get some rest tonight and enjoy your rooms. Your names are above the doors to the rooms in which you will stay. Good night all, Prefects, make your ways out by eleven. Thank you," with her last words, she left.
The Prefects decided to go and get back to their own common rooms and let the two Heads explore their own rooms. Hermione did have to admit she was glad, having to entertain those eight did not look like her idea of fun. And she wanted to see her bedroom!
When she walked down the hallway, she saw two large French doors, with the name H. Granger over them. As soon as she opened the door she let out a gasp. This was the most elegant room she had laid eyes on.
The walls were, once again, decorated in portraits, though this time of Harry, Ron and Hermione. Hermione wondered how Dumbledore got a hold of the pictures to create these portraits, but in a way she didn't want to know. When she looked beyond the portraits, she saw a wallpaper of deep red, with the Gryffindor crest on it. The border was of lions crawling around the castle, and because this was Hogwarts, the lions were, in fact, moving. She turned her head to look at the room itself.
The first thing she caught sight of was the bed. It was huge! It looked to be about a king sized bed, with a comforter of the same shade of red as the walls. It was decorated by a large Hogwarts crest in the middle, and was lined in gold. The throw pillows, she thought there had to be 15 at least, were the same shade of gold as the lining. She went over and jumped on the bed, a large grin on her face. As soon as she got comfortable on the bed, it didn't really take very long, she took another look around the room.
There were two big arm chairs, one red and one gold, surrounding a large table. The table was once again engraved with the Gryffindor crest, and Hermione could recognize the cover of Hogwarts: A History on top of it. She knew she would be spending a long time just sitting there, reading. On the other side of the room, there was a door. She supposed this lead to the bathroom. Although she never wanted to leave this bed, she really wanted to go and see the bathroom.
As she walked through the door, the scent of green apple, her favorite, filled her nose. She stood there for a minute, eyes closed, and took in the delicious smell. She didn't realize she had been standing there for so long until she heard someone opening one of the other two doors. It was Malfoy. What was he doing in here? Of course, this was his bathroom, too.
"Granger, why are you just standing there with your nose in the air?" he asked, but did stop and smell the room. "Green apple, my favorite," he said, at exactly the same time that she said "It's green apple, my favorite." They looked at each other for a minute, then decided to look around.
The walls were decorated in red, white and green. They looked like Christmas colors to Hermione, but they were still beautiful. (Did you happen to notice that Hermione always notices the walls first...?) She noticed that in this room there were no portraits, and she was glad. Can you imagine having to use the loo with someone looking at you?
The floors were made of marble, not stone like the rest of the castle. There were two sinks, one on each side of the room. Hers was not a red or gold, but a lovely white marble, as was his. She was glad, a red or green sink would have been too tacky. The toilet was white also, but that was nothing special.
The real sight to be seen was the bathtub. It looked like a giant Jacuzzi, you could see the jets all around it. There were four taps, two on either side of the tub. She went over to the taps by her door, and they read "Green apple" and "Bubble." Someone knew her two favorite types of bath. She knew that she would definitely try both of these before the night was over.
When she looked around again, she saw that Malfoy was just as interested int he bathroom as she was. She saw where he was looking and turned around. There was a large chest there, she couldn't imagine why that would be in the bathroom. She turned around and gave him a questioning look, and he walked over to it. She quickly followed.
He opened the door at the top, first. What he found was two different robes, one green and one red. They looked behind them and saw 14 towels of green, silver, gold and red. He opened the first drawer at the top, labeled D. Malfoy. He saw shaving creams, razors, hair gel, shampoo and conditioner for men, and all the bathroom necessities, for a guy at least. Hermione saw that the next drawer was labeled H. Granger, and leaned forward to open it. She didn't fail to notice that she had rubbed her hand against Malfoy's, and neither did he.
What she saw in her drawer was much different from Malfoy's. It looked like it had been magically extended to fit her supplies. The first thing she noticed was that all of her make up from her trunks had been transferred to this drawer. She didn't carry much with her, all she really used was eye shadow, liner, and the occasional lip gloss. But she still needed variety, so all of it was there. She also noticed that all of her shampoos and conditioners were there, along with all the body soaps and lotions she had brought. There were also plenty of face cleaners, moisturizers, and different things to keep clean. She was definitely a girl, and girls like to keep clean.
"Geez Granger, I never realized how superficial you were," Malfoy sneered. She had forgotten he was there for a minute.
"Sod off, Malfoy. Just because I like to make sure I'm clean and you don't doesn't mean that I'm superficial," she said, turning away from him and pulling open the third drawer.
She saw this drawer was nearly empty. It only held one piece of paper. Hermione picked it up and read it aloud.
"This drawer will fill over time, but to actually see into this, you must learn to be united. Unity is the key," she said. "Well, that makes no sense at all."
"Of course it does, Dumbledore wants us to become friends, and when we do the drawer will show it self. Fat chance of ever seeing what's in that drawer, Granger," Malfoy said with a smirk and exited the room.
"Bloody git," she said, and went over to the door he just exited to lock it and the one that lead in from the hallway. She decided that it was time to enjoy the first bath in this lovely bathroom, and went over to get herself a towel. She chose the red one, as it was her favorite color.
As she lowered herself into the steaming bubble bath water, she thought 'This really is going to be a very good year' and sunk beneath the surface.
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Author's note - Hey guys! I'm so sorry this chapter has been delayed, but I had to work really hard on getting my house ready for my sister's 17th birthday party. That was fun. But anyway, this chapter turned out to be a bit longer than the others, I think, and I'm glad about that. The bathroom scene didn't please me too much, but it'll have to do. I just wanted to clear up the fact that I didn't add too much detail to the first chapters because I didn't want to get too far into that, but this and the next few chapters will be filled with plenty of descriptions so you needn't worry. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, please Review! :)
- Sara - Skytheuplight -
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Hermione made her way back over to Ron and Harry after saying temporary good-byes to Ginny and the others. She saw them making their way over to Hagrid, how could she miss Ron, whose bright red head stood about three inches above the rest?
"Hey guys! Over here!" she yelled, trying to get their attention. They looked over at her and smiled, waved, and walked away. "What was that all about?" she said, not even realizing that she said it out loud.
"What was what all about, Hermione?" Ginny asked, seeing her friend all alone.
"Ron and Harry. They just left me. I can't understand why they would do that..." she said, drifting off.
"Oh well, we'll just go and find them. Maybe they just didn't realize you were looking for them," Ginny said, turning to walk in the direction Harry and Ron walked off in.
"Ginny, I called them over here. They saw me, waved, and walked away. Now if that isn't unusual behavior, I don't know what is," Hermione said with a frown.
"Well, still, let's go find them. If they meant to ignore you, I'll yell at them. If they didn't then we can ride with them to Hogwarts," she said, trying to make the best of everything, like usual.
They walked to the compartment they saw Ron and Harry disappear into. When they got there, they were shocked to say the least. Sitting right next to Ron was Lavender, and Ron didn't look to upset about it. He actually looked down right embarrassed. Hermione decided that she could use this for blackmail in the future.
Harry was all by himself, but didn't seem to be noticing the fact that no one was paying attention to him. Hermione knew he was deep in thought. Ginny walked over to him, and Hermione followed.
"Hello Harry, what were you thinking about?" Ginny asked, in an attempt to start conversation. He looked up at her.
"Oh, nothing. Just spacing out a bit," he gave her a sheepish smile.
"Well, we were just wondering ... is something going on? I mean, why did you just leave Hermione like that? That was kinda messed up," she said, frowning. Harry blushed.
"Well, Ron spotted Lavender up ahead and said that we should go talk to her. And then when Hermione called over to us, I saw you coming," he blushed at this, Hermione did not fail to notice, "and so we figured that you two would ride to the castle together, Hermione wasn't with us on the train with us very much, we figured she just wanted to hang out with you girls," he stated.
"Harry, I'm sorry I gave you that impression, but of course I wanted to ride with you to the castle. I have been riding with you since second year!" Hermione said. "I think we have something to talk about when the opportune moment comes up," she said, looking significantly at Ginny. He blushed even more. Ginny looked over at then, smirked, and leaned in.
"Since when have they been so interested in each other? This entire time they've been wrapped up in conversation. That is not like Ron at all, to be talking to a girl he likes so much," Ginny said, smiling at her brother.
"Well, on the train ride here, while you all were off having some of your 'girl talk' we were having our own 'guy talk.' We all told Ron that he should just talk to her, and we told him that she would get away if he didn't. That seemed to motivate him a little..." Harry said, looking at his friend and Lavender. "She doesn't seem to mind, though, does she?" he said, with a laugh. This caused them to look over.
"Oy, what are you looking at?" Ron asked, starting to get red in the face.
"Well, not you, Ron, you're sitting right in front of the window!" Hermione said, stopping him from thinking they were talking about him, although they were.
"All right, but look out a different one from now on, please! I don't like people looking at me, or near me," he said, turning back to Lavender and engaging her in conversation once again.
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When they got out of the carriages, Hermione was shocked once again. Coming out of the next one was Seamus, accompanied by Parvati, Neville, accompanied by Luna, and Dean, accompanied by Padma. Hermione let out a laugh, and received a strange look from Harry.
They walked up to the castle, and once again Hermione got to thinking. This was her last carriage ride at Hogwarts. She was glad that she was with Ron, Harry, and Ginny. She shook her head, as if to clear her thoughts. She couldn't believe she was actually thinking "this is the last..." when it was the beginning of the year. They reached the Great Hall, and walked through the large doors to get ready to eat their beginning of year feast.
She watched as the first years got sorted and couldn't believe that only six years ago that was her up there. She was so nervous when she heard her name called, and as soon as she sat down all she was thinking was "Please just put me in a House where I'll make good friends." And now she was the one to be directing them back to the common room. The common room. She couldn't believe that she would never spend any more time in there. She had so many memories from Gryffindor Tower, she would have to spend a few nights in there with Ginny, just for old time's sake. Dumbledore stood up as soon as all of the new students were sorted.
"Welcome, old and new, to another year at Hogwarts. I would just like to make a few announcements before we have this excellent feast on such an excellent day as this.
"A warning to new students, and a reminder to ... troublesome old students," Harry, Ron and Hermione grinned at each other, "the Forbidden Forest is just that. Forbidden. Unless a teacher brings you in, and I assure that few will," the trio looked over at Hagrid now, "you must not enter. I would also like to announce to you all that this year we will be having a Christmas ball, because I believe you all deserve it. Those able to attend will be from fourth year and above," there were many groans at this. "I am sorry, but you will all get your turn. Now, I do believe that I am done talking right now. Enjoy the feast!" he raised his arms and the food appeared. Hermione loved watching the faces of the new first years. Precious.
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When the feast was over, Hermione and the other prefects met up in the new common room for a little meeting, as arranged by Professor McGonagall. Hermione did not even get into her room before she was stopped by the rest.
When she first arrived, she scanned the room. There were four couches, one bearing the colors for each House. She noticed a fifth couch. It was a mixture of red and green, Hermione guessed that this would be hers and Malfoy's couch, though she was almost sure they would never be caught dead on that couch together. There were also plenty of chairs scattered about the room, as well as five tables, where she assumed a lot of studying would get done during the year.
The fireplace itself was very beautiful. Instead of burning a normal color of orange - red, this fire burnt a beautiful shade of green. It was like looking at a flame that had floo - powder in it permanently. She watched the fire for several moments before she pulled herself out of her daze.
The walls were colored in red, green, blue, and yellow. Portraits of Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hulfflepuff, Rowena Ravnclaw, and Salazar Slytherin adorned the walls. You could tell these paintings were made early in the foundation of Hogwarts, as Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin could be seen shaking hands and laughing together. Hermione did agree with Professor Dumbledore in trying to go back to these times, when House didn't matter. She was pulled out of her thoughts when Professor McGonagall called them all to attention by the fireplace.
"Prefects, I would just like to go through your responsibilities with you briefly. Bare with me, please. You should all know, I hope, that you will be patrolling the halls every once in a while, and that you are allowed to punish students whenever you see fit. But you must know now that if you are caught abusing your power, you can have your badge taken from you..." she went on, but Hermione wasn't paying attention. She knew all of this already. She looked around the common room some more.
Hermione really wondered if the Prefects would actually be in here throughout the year. She thought that of course they would like a place to go that wasn't crowded or anything. But not all of these people were known to be friends, though she could see no enemies besides her and Malfoy. She hoped that these people could all become friends, it would be nice considering that at one point they would all be living here together. Her own name brought her out of her thoughts.
"Now, Granger, Malfoy. I would like to set some ground rules, as you will be the first students to ever live outside of your House dormitories. First, you will have no guests sleep over. We have the rooms charmed so that if anyone but you two are sleeping in your rooms, we will know. But we trust you both enough not to do anything of that sort. The next rule is that while you may give the password out to three select friends, they may only stay here until eleven o'clock. Do you both understand that?" they both nodded. "Good. Now you two must know that we are basing our opinion to place the Prefects in this room on your actions. If you mess up, you will be sent back to your own common rooms and we will not allow the Prefects to come and live here for the rest of the year. We have faith in you, do not let us down. I believe that is all I have to say, get some rest tonight and enjoy your rooms. Your names are above the doors to the rooms in which you will stay. Good night all, Prefects, make your ways out by eleven. Thank you," with her last words, she left.
The Prefects decided to go and get back to their own common rooms and let the two Heads explore their own rooms. Hermione did have to admit she was glad, having to entertain those eight did not look like her idea of fun. And she wanted to see her bedroom!
When she walked down the hallway, she saw two large French doors, with the name H. Granger over them. As soon as she opened the door she let out a gasp. This was the most elegant room she had laid eyes on.
The walls were, once again, decorated in portraits, though this time of Harry, Ron and Hermione. Hermione wondered how Dumbledore got a hold of the pictures to create these portraits, but in a way she didn't want to know. When she looked beyond the portraits, she saw a wallpaper of deep red, with the Gryffindor crest on it. The border was of lions crawling around the castle, and because this was Hogwarts, the lions were, in fact, moving. She turned her head to look at the room itself.
The first thing she caught sight of was the bed. It was huge! It looked to be about a king sized bed, with a comforter of the same shade of red as the walls. It was decorated by a large Hogwarts crest in the middle, and was lined in gold. The throw pillows, she thought there had to be 15 at least, were the same shade of gold as the lining. She went over and jumped on the bed, a large grin on her face. As soon as she got comfortable on the bed, it didn't really take very long, she took another look around the room.
There were two big arm chairs, one red and one gold, surrounding a large table. The table was once again engraved with the Gryffindor crest, and Hermione could recognize the cover of Hogwarts: A History on top of it. She knew she would be spending a long time just sitting there, reading. On the other side of the room, there was a door. She supposed this lead to the bathroom. Although she never wanted to leave this bed, she really wanted to go and see the bathroom.
As she walked through the door, the scent of green apple, her favorite, filled her nose. She stood there for a minute, eyes closed, and took in the delicious smell. She didn't realize she had been standing there for so long until she heard someone opening one of the other two doors. It was Malfoy. What was he doing in here? Of course, this was his bathroom, too.
"Granger, why are you just standing there with your nose in the air?" he asked, but did stop and smell the room. "Green apple, my favorite," he said, at exactly the same time that she said "It's green apple, my favorite." They looked at each other for a minute, then decided to look around.
The walls were decorated in red, white and green. They looked like Christmas colors to Hermione, but they were still beautiful. (Did you happen to notice that Hermione always notices the walls first...?) She noticed that in this room there were no portraits, and she was glad. Can you imagine having to use the loo with someone looking at you?
The floors were made of marble, not stone like the rest of the castle. There were two sinks, one on each side of the room. Hers was not a red or gold, but a lovely white marble, as was his. She was glad, a red or green sink would have been too tacky. The toilet was white also, but that was nothing special.
The real sight to be seen was the bathtub. It looked like a giant Jacuzzi, you could see the jets all around it. There were four taps, two on either side of the tub. She went over to the taps by her door, and they read "Green apple" and "Bubble." Someone knew her two favorite types of bath. She knew that she would definitely try both of these before the night was over.
When she looked around again, she saw that Malfoy was just as interested int he bathroom as she was. She saw where he was looking and turned around. There was a large chest there, she couldn't imagine why that would be in the bathroom. She turned around and gave him a questioning look, and he walked over to it. She quickly followed.
He opened the door at the top, first. What he found was two different robes, one green and one red. They looked behind them and saw 14 towels of green, silver, gold and red. He opened the first drawer at the top, labeled D. Malfoy. He saw shaving creams, razors, hair gel, shampoo and conditioner for men, and all the bathroom necessities, for a guy at least. Hermione saw that the next drawer was labeled H. Granger, and leaned forward to open it. She didn't fail to notice that she had rubbed her hand against Malfoy's, and neither did he.
What she saw in her drawer was much different from Malfoy's. It looked like it had been magically extended to fit her supplies. The first thing she noticed was that all of her make up from her trunks had been transferred to this drawer. She didn't carry much with her, all she really used was eye shadow, liner, and the occasional lip gloss. But she still needed variety, so all of it was there. She also noticed that all of her shampoos and conditioners were there, along with all the body soaps and lotions she had brought. There were also plenty of face cleaners, moisturizers, and different things to keep clean. She was definitely a girl, and girls like to keep clean.
"Geez Granger, I never realized how superficial you were," Malfoy sneered. She had forgotten he was there for a minute.
"Sod off, Malfoy. Just because I like to make sure I'm clean and you don't doesn't mean that I'm superficial," she said, turning away from him and pulling open the third drawer.
She saw this drawer was nearly empty. It only held one piece of paper. Hermione picked it up and read it aloud.
"This drawer will fill over time, but to actually see into this, you must learn to be united. Unity is the key," she said. "Well, that makes no sense at all."
"Of course it does, Dumbledore wants us to become friends, and when we do the drawer will show it self. Fat chance of ever seeing what's in that drawer, Granger," Malfoy said with a smirk and exited the room.
"Bloody git," she said, and went over to the door he just exited to lock it and the one that lead in from the hallway. She decided that it was time to enjoy the first bath in this lovely bathroom, and went over to get herself a towel. She chose the red one, as it was her favorite color.
As she lowered herself into the steaming bubble bath water, she thought 'This really is going to be a very good year' and sunk beneath the surface.
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Author's note - Hey guys! I'm so sorry this chapter has been delayed, but I had to work really hard on getting my house ready for my sister's 17th birthday party. That was fun. But anyway, this chapter turned out to be a bit longer than the others, I think, and I'm glad about that. The bathroom scene didn't please me too much, but it'll have to do. I just wanted to clear up the fact that I didn't add too much detail to the first chapters because I didn't want to get too far into that, but this and the next few chapters will be filled with plenty of descriptions so you needn't worry. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, please Review! :)
- Sara - Skytheuplight -