Chapter 3.
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"Hufflepuff." yelled the sorting hat as the sorting ceremony began. The girl, Samara, got up and walked to the table on the far left to sit with her fellow Hufflepuffs. She sat next down as the Hufflepuff table yelled loudly and clapped her on the back.
"Cory Henderson," called Professor McGonogall from the front of the great hall. A slim girl with short, dirty-blond hair walked nervously to the front of the room. She took a seat on the stool by Professor McGonogall. The professor sat the hat on the girls head and almost immediately yelled, "Gryffindor."
Cory stepped down from the stool and walked towards the roaring applause from the Gryffindor table. She took a seat next to her older sister, Tavia, and they hugged each other lightly.
"Bryan Jackson," Professor McGonogall called. A tall lanky boy stood and walked to the front with a confident sneer on his face. His sat in the chair and within a minute the hat said, "Slytherin." He jumped down and walked over to the clapping and cat-calling coming from the Slytherin table.
After twenty more minutes of this the sorting was finally finished. "Looks like we got a good group of first year Gryffindors. Eh?" Harry asked Ron and Hermione.
"Sure, Harry." Ron said absently. He was staring down at his plate impatiently waiting for the food to appear.
Hermione didn't seem to have heard anything he said. She was lost in her thoughts. 'Let's see…I have Transfiguration and Advanced Muggle Studies on Mondays, Double Potions and Arithmacy on Tuesdays, Defense against Dark Arts (DADA) and Care of Magica…' her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Dumbledore stood up to do his beginning of the year speech.
"Welcome to yet another year at Hogwarts. We are very glad to have all of you hear to share a new and wonderful year here at Hogwarts. Before we begin the feast I would like to tell you a few things. Mr. Filch has asked me remind all students that the Forbidden Forest is very dangerous and no one is allowed to go there under any circumstances. I would also like to tell you that we will be having a ball this year for Christmas. All students third year and above will be allowed to attend, but Third and Fourth years will have a set curfew of eleven. We will be having two Hogsmead weekend before then to purchase dress robes for the occasion. Lastly, I need the Head Boy, Head Girl, and the prefects to meet me in the front when the feast is over. Enjoy," he said as food appeared on their tables.
When the feast was over, Hermione said goodbye to Harry and grabbed Ron (the Gryffindor Prefect Boy) before strolling up to the front of the Great Hall. When she reached the front she saw that everyone was already there waiting for them. Draco sneered at her as most of the others smiled at her. Some of the boy prefects were even checking her out. Which caused Ron to look at them with angry eyes.
"Follow me," she heard professor McGonogall say and they all immediately followed her out of the great hall.
As they were walking Hermione politely introduced herself to all of the new prefects and greeted all the old ones. "Hi, I'm Hermione. Your Tavia, right?" she said to the sixth year Gryffindor girl who had taken her place as prefect. She was a very pretty girl. She had beautiful green eyes and curly, Red-Brown hair.
"Yeah. Nice to meet you Hermione." she said politely.
After talking with her for a few seconds she went up to the sixth year Ravenclaw prefects. "Hello, I'm Hermione. What's your names?"
"I'm Jimmy and this is Trish." he said offering a hand to Hermione which she took quickly. "We are both on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. I am the beater and she is a chaser."
"Really? Congratulations. I am not really a good flier. I am way too afraid of heights. But I sure do admire those of you who are good at it." she replied.
Suddenly they stopped in front of a statue that was all too familiar to Hermione. It was the Eagle in front of Professor Dumbledore's office. Professor McGonogall suddenly yelled, "Peppermint Snaps," and the eagle twisted upward and a staircase appeared from behind it. All of the other students looked at this with amazed expressions while Hermione and Ron just giggled and watched the other students' expressions of amazement.
When Draco saw this he turned to them and sneered. "What's your problem?"
"It's just that all of you guys look so amazed. Your expressions were all so fun to watch." she said laughing lightly.
"Oh yeah? Why didn't you two react? You act like you just come up here all of the time!" he said with a slightly irritated tone.
"We have been here several times, thank you very much!" she said before she walked up the stairs after all of the other students nose held high. Ron smirked and followed behind closely. Leaving a dumbfounded Draco behind them.
All Draco could do was stand there and watch them walk up the stairs. His mouth was hanging open and he was trying to come up with a come back, but they were gone up the stair before he thought of one, so he just followed them. 'That is so not fair! How come she has been up here so many times and I didn't even know where it was until now? Wait a minute, why do I care. Big deal!' he thought as hew got up to Dumbledore's office and took a seat next to the Slytherin prefects, Riana and Mitchell.
"Good to see you all again." said Dumbledore when everyone was seated and quiet. "I am very confident with my choice in prefects and heads and I am sure that you will all do well."
They all nodded and shook his hand before he continued. "I will try to keep this as short as possible. First, the Heads will each have their own room and will share a common room. You two will have many assignments this year and will have to work together on many occasions. So, you will be required to act kindly to each other and respect each other at all times. If either of you fail to abide by this I will be forced to replace you." They both nodded and he continued, "Next, the prefects will also have their own room, and they will be linked to your houses common room, the prefects common room, and the head's common room. You will be expected to keep constant contact with each other and get along at all times. If I hear of any fights or disrespect I will replace you." The prefects nodded and he continued once again, "You all will also be planning the dance. You will need to bye supplies in Hogmeade such as decorations, party favors, and gifts. The dance will be on Christmas night, so make sure you a prepared by then. You will also need to keep me updated on your progress. That is all for the prefects. You will be escorted to your rooms by Professor McGonogall. You are excused." He said shaking their hands once again. They got up and left, leaving Draco and Hermione behind. "The only other thing I had to say was that you two will be permitted to go to Hogsmeade alone on Saturday if you want. That way you can make sure you have everything you need for the dance and anything else you need. Please do not take advantage on this privilege and do no tell anyone. You are the only two student who are permitted to do this, so it would be best if you did not tell anyone. Okay you may go. Here is a map to your rooms. Don't get lost." he said nodding at them as they walked out.
Hermione unfolded the piece of paper that Dumbledore had given her. It was a detailed map showing the best way to get to their dorms and it had one word at the bottom, Marshmallow. 'That must be the password,' she thought as she began walking down the hall towards their common room.
Five minutes later they arrived at a portrait of a Dragon and a dragon Tamer pointing a wand at the dragon. "Password?" he said eyes still on the dragon.
"Ummmm, Marshmallow?" Hermione said and he nodded as the portrait slid open.
'This is amazing!' Hermione thought as she walked into the room. It was half Red and Gold and half Green and Silver. There was a huge fireplace and the most beautiful decorations hung everywhere.
"Wow," they said at the exact same time. Which caused them to look at each other for a second before turning away suddenly.
"Well, ummm…Goodnight, Malfoy." she said as she walked up the stairs to her bedroom.
"Yeah, night…Mudblood!" he replied adding the last under his breath.
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