Chapter 2:

The Welcoming Feast

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to me, IN MY DREAMS. But the plot does belong to me.

Author's Note: Okay I made a mistake in the last chapter, already. Before Hermione gets out of her car, I said that she had given her mother a hug. Well the mistake is right there. She didn't give her mother a hug, it was her best muggle friend that she a hug to.

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NOW ONTO THE STORY:

Chapter 2: The Welcoming Feast

The train rattled to a stop in Hogsmede Station. At the sudden stop in movement, Draco was shaken awake. He yawned and looked down at the sleeping figure lying in his lap. Gently, he shook her awake. She sat up quickly and looked quickly around her, until her came to rest upon that of Draco Malfoy.

"Ohhh, was I sleeping on your lap?"

"Why, yes you were."

"Ohhh, I'm sorry, sexy."

"Well, come on, we're here. Get your stuff and let's go. We have to ride in the Head carriage."

Hermione grabbed her stuff and put it all on the floor. She took out her wand and whispered, "Wingardium Leviosa."

Together, Draco and Hermione walked off the train and were about to climb into the Head carriage when, someone grabbed Hermione from behind. Hermione whipped around to see who had grabbed her and tripped. Draco bent down and helped Hermione get up. When she was once again standing, she looked to Harry.

"Yes, Harry?"

"Hermione, what are you doing getting into a carriage with that ferret?"

"She has to ride in the Head carriage, Pothed, so go away."

"Shut up, Malfoy, I wasn't even talking to you."

"Harry, he's right. Just go on, I'll talk to you later. I'll be fine, I can take care of my self."

"Okay, Hermione, but be careful."

"Don't worry, Harry, I will."

With that, Harry walked back to Ron and Ginny and shook his head.

"Come on, Granger, before I shut the door and the carriage leaves you here."

"Chill Malfoy, I'm coming."

Hermione climbed into the carriage and pulled the door shut behind her. She sat down on the opposite side of Draco.

"So, Malfoy how was your summer?"

"Boring as hell. You?"

"Interesting as hell."

"Sounds better than my summer."

"I don't think it was, because despite the fact that my summer was very eventful, it was awful as hell."

"Why?"

"Don't feel like talking about it right now."

"Okay. Her what was that about on the train?"

"What's it to you, Malfoy?" You enjoyed it and that's all that matters."

"But why did you do it?"

"Cause I felt like it okay. I had an absolutely awful summer and I needed something that would cheer me up. Now just drop it, okay."

"Okay, I was just trying to be nice, now that we're Head boy and girl."

For the rest of the fifteen minute journey from Hogsmede station to Hogwarts, they sat in silence. When the carriage stopped, Draco got out first. Draco held out his hand and helped Hermione get out. The two, silently walked into the Entrance Hall and then to the Great Hall. When they entered the Great Hall, they both went their separate ways, Draco to the far left and Hermione to the far right. They both sat down at their respective tables and waited for their friends to join them.

Finally after about five minutes, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Lavender, and Parvati walked in and sat down. Harry and Ron on either side of Hermione, Ginny across with Lavender and Parvati on either side of her, Dean next to Lavender, Neville next to Parvati, and Seamus next to Ron.

"Hey, Hermione,' the eight said at the same time.

"Hi guys," Hermione replied.

Just then the Hall went silent, for the new first years had already walked in and the sorting hat started to speak. Once the sorting was over, Dumbledore stood up to speak.

"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts. I hope that all of you have had a wonderful summer. Now, the fist years please note that no one is allowed in the forbidden forest, no magic is allowed in the hallways along with any Zonko's products and Weasley's Wizards Wheezes products.

Now I will introduce you to the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin. And last but not least I am pleased to introduce to you the new Head boy and girl, Mr. Draco Malfoy of Slytherin house and Miss Hermione Cristal of Gryffindor house. Will the two of you please stand up?"

Hermione and Draco stood up, took a bow and than sat back down.

"Now that I've said what I needed to say, eat up."

At once, the golden plates were instantly filled with delicous looking food, and the golden goblets were filled with sweet smelling Pumpkin Juice. Almost instantaneously, the boys dug in acting like wild animals.

"Don't you boys have and manners?" Lavender and Parvati said, at the same time.

"No," Hermione and Ginny replied.

At once the four girls burst into fits of giggles, than dug in themselves, but with more manners than the boys.

"Hey, Hermione," Harry said barely audible. "Why did Dumbledore call you Hermione Cristal?"

"It's a long story," Hermione said, looking slightly shocked, at the fact that someone noticed.

"Well we have all the time in the world." Ron said.

"Well, I don't, so to make a long story short; I found out that I was adopted, I was mad at the Grangers for keeping such a secret from me for the past sixteen years of my life, so I cut off all communication and changed my last name." Hermione said all this very fast.

"Okay, tad bit shocking, but not really, 'cause you're the brightest witch in our year. But I have one more question. What's with the hair and eyes?" Lavender muttered, looking slightly shocked, along with the rest of the group.

"Ohh, I just felt that it was time for a change. I was getting tired of the way I looked, so I dyed my hair and changed my eyes with magic."

"Okay," Dean said, quietly.

When everyone was finished eating, Dumbledore stood up and cleared his throat. The hall went silent.

"Will the Head boy and Head girl, please remain here, while the rest of you head up or down to your house common rooms."

Draco and Hermione went up to the Head table, while the rest of the student body filed out of the Great Hall and to their common rooms.

"Yes, Professor," Hermione said, in a rather bored voice.

"Follow me and I will escort you to your new common room."

So they followed Dumbledore out of the hall up the staircase down the hall, up another staircase, down another hall, up another staircase, down another hall, they did this seven times, until they came upon a spiral staircase. They followed Dumbledore up the staircase and down another hall, until they came upon a Portrait.

"Now, you will have to decide on what you want your password to be. You each have your own room; you share the bathroom and the kitchen, which is directly linked to the kitchens. There are two portraits leading to each of you house common rooms. A portrait leading to the prefects common room, and since your rooms are way up here in the South Tower, there are seven portraits leading to each of the main floors. I or someone else will be up tomorrow to discuss more on what your duties are this year. I hope you each enjoy your accommodations, now I'll leave you two alone to explore your new "home"."

Draco and Hermione turned to look at each other, as Dumbledore walked away humming a song that sounded oddly like I love You from the muggle kids show Barney.

"So, what should the password be, Granger?"

"Malfoy, in case you weren't listening when Dumbledore announced my name, which you probably weren't, my last name is no longer Granger, it's Cristal. And second, I think that the password should be, mudbloods are scum."

"That's a perfectly wonderful password, but why do you want that for a password. You are a mudblood."

"No, I'm not a mudblood for your information. I am a pureblood, born of two powerful deatheaters, that died."

"Okay," Draco said, even more shocked then ever, "but I think we should make the password less obvious. Something like perpendicular."

"No, that's too confusing, how about, Parallel Lives."

"No, wait. I've got the perfect password, Parallel Lives Will Collide. What do you think?"

"I think that sounds absolutely perfect."

They both turned to the portrait, which they both just noticed was of the four house founders. And right now they seemed to be in an extremely heated argument. Hermione cleared her throat.

"Aww," Gryffindor said, turning to look at the two students standing before him, "one of my students is a head this year. And…a Slytherin is also head. Ohh, great." Gryffindor said, with a note of disappointment is his voice.

"Aww, how nice," Slytherin hissed. "Have you chosen the password, Mr. Malfoy?"

"What, Miss. Cristal, can't help choose the password, just because she's in my house?" Gryffindor yelled at Slytherin.

"Exactly," Slytherin sneered at Gryffindor. "Now what have you chosen, Mr. Malfoy?"

"Well," Draco said proudly at being formally addressed by Salazar Slytherin himself, well his portrait anyway. "Miss Cristal and I have decided that the password will be Parallel Lives Will Collide."

"Excellent choice," Hufflepuff said, beaming.

With that the portrait swung open and the two walked inside. The last sight they saw of the portrait was of Gryffindor sticking his tongue out at Slytherin in a very childish way.

Author's Note: I was writing the part about the password during my geometry class. I hate that class. But anyway, I'm working on writing the next chapter and hopefully I will have it up soon. Please review; I will accept flames as they tell me, usually, what I need to improve on.