Draco and Hermione walked into the room together, followed by Dumbledore. The room looked like a blank canvas. The white expansion was so bright that the three of them had to shield their eyes.
"Ornamentum Commutatus" shrieked Dumbledore while shielding his eyes from the whiteness. Suddenly, the room changed to a bright teal color. Hermione and Draco immediately started to dream up ways to create this room.
"Draco, your room is to the left. Hermione, yours is to the right. The bathroom is in between the two. There is a charm on the doors so that when someone is in the bathroom, the other can't enter. That won't be a problem anyway." said Dumbledore. "It will be your job to encourage inter-house relationships. I hope you two can of you privileges. Well, I suppose I shall let you get to your decorating." With that, Dumbledore left the room.
"What color do we want the common room?" Hermione asked Draco.
"Why would I care, Mudblood? I'm the one with a life and I'm never going to be here." He replied.
"Fine, I'll make it pink."
"But..."
"You said you didn't care."
"Make it blue"
"Ornamentum Commutatus" Hermione said and with a flick of her wand, the room was turned into space. Orange glowing comets and Mars were portrayed on the walls.
"Happy?" she asked Draco. He simply grunted and walked away, thinking that she was so beautiful when she was feeling smug.
Hermione watched Draco enter his room before she entered her own. The blinding whiteness overcame her so she quickly said the spell and entered the now black room. The black walls were disrupted by random dark blue ovals. Not exactly her tastes but she was a little preoccupied with a certain blond haired Slytherin. Wait, she didn't just think that... AHHHHHH!!!!
Draco walked into his room with a feeling of regret. He never wanted to be mean to Hermione but his father expected him to be and he couldn't disobey his father. Suddenly he realized that his room was still that awful white color.
"Ornamentum Commutatus" He said quietly. The room turned red and gold. He quickly repeated the spell and they turned green and silver. He was walking over to his bed when he heard a knock on the door. He turned abruptly and fell on his ass. Laughter was emitted from the doorway. He saw Hermione standing there doubled up in laughter.
"Did I say you could come in?" Draco snarled
"I just... came in to say good night" Hermione said shyly.
"Well you've said it" he snapped. Hermione retreated to her room looking defeated. He hated hurting her. He must.
Hermione lay on her bed in tears. She just wanted to be friends and to listen to Dumbledore. Sure, all that mumbo-jumbo about inter-house relationships didn't mean anything to anyone but, Hermione was an exception. She felt that the founders had been wrong to be rivals and to create rivalries between the houses. This was all too much for her. She fell asleep with her clothes still on.