Deliverance: Chapter four
Weeks passed and everything was pretty much uneventful. One day Hermione received a letter from Headmaster Dumbledor telling her to come to his office after lunch. The next day as soon as Hermione had finished her lunch she headed up to Dumbledore's office. When she got there she was not alone, Draco Malfoy sat in one of two chairs opposite Dumbledor.
"I suppose you both wish to know why I called you here then?" Said Dumbledore who was positively beaming.
"Yes professor." Replied the two students in unison.
"I have called you two here because have chosen the two of you as next years head boy and girl..." He was about to say something else but was cut short by a series of gleeful shrieks coming from Hermione. "...As I was saying, Next year the two of you will be the ones who carry the main responsibilities among the prefects and among all students for that matter, but there is a slight catch.... And that is a test that you must undergo and pass, if you do not pass this 'test' then a new head girl and boy will be chosen."
"Professor...?" Hermione questioned "What if one of us passes this test and the other does not?" Professor Dumbledor looked at her happily, he seemed to have attained a slight twinkle in his eyes.
"This test will be passed by the both of you together... or a new head boy AND girl will be chosen." Was the reply he gave his confused students.
"Professor...?" Hermione asked again, Dumbledor merely smiled and nodded " Just what exactly is this 'test'?"
"That's a very good question, one I was about to get to. For your test the two of you are going to be stuck with one another for seven days, you will be given a private room and your homework will be taken to the room, as well as all of your belongings, and food will also be brought to you by the house elves. You will not be permitted to leave your room or to have any visitors during the week. This test is to see if you two can coexist together happily, being as next year if you two are the head boy and girl then you will be sharing a common room. If the other teachers and I believe that the two of you have gotten along well enough throughout the course of the seven days then you will be our next years head boy and girl. So good luck to you both. The start of the test will begin tomorrow, you are to see me after your last class and you will be taken to your room. And just so you know, We will be checking up on the both of you from time to time." With that he ushered the two (now speechless) students outside. When they had finally reached the bottom of the staircase the two students looked reproachfully at one another, this was going to be one hell of a week.
Weeks passed and everything was pretty much uneventful. One day Hermione received a letter from Headmaster Dumbledor telling her to come to his office after lunch. The next day as soon as Hermione had finished her lunch she headed up to Dumbledore's office. When she got there she was not alone, Draco Malfoy sat in one of two chairs opposite Dumbledor.
"I suppose you both wish to know why I called you here then?" Said Dumbledore who was positively beaming.
"Yes professor." Replied the two students in unison.
"I have called you two here because have chosen the two of you as next years head boy and girl..." He was about to say something else but was cut short by a series of gleeful shrieks coming from Hermione. "...As I was saying, Next year the two of you will be the ones who carry the main responsibilities among the prefects and among all students for that matter, but there is a slight catch.... And that is a test that you must undergo and pass, if you do not pass this 'test' then a new head girl and boy will be chosen."
"Professor...?" Hermione questioned "What if one of us passes this test and the other does not?" Professor Dumbledor looked at her happily, he seemed to have attained a slight twinkle in his eyes.
"This test will be passed by the both of you together... or a new head boy AND girl will be chosen." Was the reply he gave his confused students.
"Professor...?" Hermione asked again, Dumbledor merely smiled and nodded " Just what exactly is this 'test'?"
"That's a very good question, one I was about to get to. For your test the two of you are going to be stuck with one another for seven days, you will be given a private room and your homework will be taken to the room, as well as all of your belongings, and food will also be brought to you by the house elves. You will not be permitted to leave your room or to have any visitors during the week. This test is to see if you two can coexist together happily, being as next year if you two are the head boy and girl then you will be sharing a common room. If the other teachers and I believe that the two of you have gotten along well enough throughout the course of the seven days then you will be our next years head boy and girl. So good luck to you both. The start of the test will begin tomorrow, you are to see me after your last class and you will be taken to your room. And just so you know, We will be checking up on the both of you from time to time." With that he ushered the two (now speechless) students outside. When they had finally reached the bottom of the staircase the two students looked reproachfully at one another, this was going to be one hell of a week.