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them, but rest assured we will fix everything soon and you can soon bask in
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Chapter 3- Losing faith
"So you were expelled?" screamed Hermione, leaping off Harry's bed. Harry had only just walked into the boys' dormitory and was getting his trunk.
"No." snapped Harry grumpily, "but I doubt that the punishment I did get is any better!"
"What do you mean? Why are you packing?" questioned Hermione as Harry began to pack his things into the large trunk.
Harry explained the punishment, leaving out the prophecy at this point. He would talk to Hermione about that later.
"Has Dumbledore lost his mind!?" asked Ron, who had been sitting on his own bed.
"Well, I think I may be losing faith in him. But maybe getting to know Malfoy will stop the fights, I just hope that the wards and shields will protect me from him!" said Harry as he threw the last of his things in his case.
"Dumbledore wouldn't put you in a vulnerable situation Harry, we should just trust him." said Hermione calmly.
"Yeah I guess. Anyway, I've got to go meet Malfoy and Dumbledore now, so I will come and get you guys and show you my new room once we've settled in. Bye!" he called and he walked out, leaving his luggage for the house elves to bring.
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Dumbledore lead the two boys down a long hall, and finally stopped in front of a portrait of a very old man sitting behind the drum kit while fast asleep with his head on the snare. The plaque beneath the portrait read: 'Lord Romulus IV'
"Lord Romulus, the boys that I was telling you about are here." boomed Dumbledore, startling the old man awake.
"Ah yes Albus, very good. What shall their password be then?" said the man in a very bored voice.
Dumbledore looked at Harry and Draco who looked at each other questioningly. Both boys shrugged their shoulders and then spoke at once.
"Purity" Said Draco
"Honesty" said Harry
They said their passwords at exactly the same time and the old man in the portrait looked confused.
"How about 'Ava Adore'?" suggested Dumbledore.
Both boys looked at each other and shrugged again.
"Ava Adore it is then!" said Dumbledore proudly, and the portrait swung forward to allow them entrance, but Lord Romulus IV was already snoozing again.
Both boys gasped slightly at the sight of the large room before them. The walls were all tawny light brown colour with gold patterned edges, the roof in the common room was very high and glass, the same charm as the one in the great hall was used to make it look like the night sky. There was a large black couch and two black armchairs seated around a wide-screen television. There were two large glass doors going out onto a balcony that were covered by Scarlet curtains and three chocolate brown doors were on one side of the room.
The common room was breathtakingly beautiful and both the boys were in awe.
"Come right this way to see the bedrooms boys." Said Dumbledore Smiling.
They followed him to one of the brown doors and the followed him inside.
The room had plushy royal blue carpet and cream walls, the roof was a darker blue and there was a large mahogany bed in the centre of the room with a gold bedspread on it. There was a large mahogany dresser in one corner, and an antique mahogany wardrobe.
"This is Harry's room," said Dumbledore proudly.
Harry things were sitting at the end of his bed, and Hedwig was sitting on the windowsill.
Dumbledore then drew their attention to a door that was slightly ajar, as they walked through it they found themselves in a gigantic bathroom.
The tiling through the whole bathroom was black, with gold fittings. There were two large hand basins with gold fittings in front of a very large mirror with gilded edges. There was a gigantic bath with lots of gold taps and a glass shower that could have easily fitted 6 full-grown men.
"Wow!" gasped Draco as he looked at the huge mirror. "I look good!"
Harry scoffed and even Dumbledore tried not to laugh. Draco just looked indignant and kept going.
They walked through another door and entered a room, which was the same style as Harry's room, but in different colours.
The carpet in this room was a deep green, and the walls were cream and the ceiling was a paler green. The mahogany bed had a silver spread and the rest of the furniture was very similar.
Draco was inspecting the handles of the doors.
"Why aren't there locks on these doors? I don't want that poof being able to get into my room!" Snarled Draco.
"Mr. Malfoy, Please refrain from that sort of language, we are trying to bring you two closer together. Locks on the doors would be dangerous and unnecessary." Said Dumbledore smiling.
"Now I will let you two get settled. Harry I presume you would like to direct Miss. Granger and Mr. Weasley to your residence?" Harry just nodded, "Well then I suggest you owl them and tell them the directions. There is one more condition of your punishment; you are both to spend five waking hours in here together everyday, is that clear?" he asked, the boys both looked disgusted but nodded dutifully. "Good, then I will leave you to It." said the headmaster as he walked out the door.
"Great!" spat Draco as he fell down into the nearest couch in the common room. "Just great! I have to spend FIVE HOURS in here with you!" he glanced at the TV and then back at Harry doubtfully.
"What the hell is this thing?" he asked
"You don't know what a TV is?" asked Harry incredulously.
"Obviously I don't Potter, or else I wouldn't have asked!" Draco spat back, staring at the black box with half-interest.
"Here, let me show you." Harry said as he picked up the remote control off the side table. He switched the TV on and flicked through the channels, somehow Dumbledore had got Cable TV in and he found a music channel that was playing 'Ava Adore' By The Smashing Pumpkins.
"Hey! That's our password! Dumbledore is a Smashing Pumpkins Fan!" laughed Harry, and Draco looked at him like he was crazy.
"What is this? And why does Dumbledore like to smash pumpkins?" he asked, slightly backing away from Harry.
"This is television, and Dumbledore doesn't like to smash pumpkins, as far as I know, but he does like the band Smashing Pumpkins. Our password, 'Ava Adore' is the title of a Smashing Pumpkins song. This song to be exact." He finished, pointing at the TV and turning up the volume.
"Wow, this song and this clip is just so sexy," Harry breathed, then looked at Draco and blushed.
Though Draco agreed, he faltered; "Potter, must you be so obviously gay!?" Feeling very sorry for himself indeed, Draco slumped back on the lounge, pouting at the TV.
Harry sighed. "I was talking about the AURA emanating spectacularly from the video and the music, Malfoy." Said Harry impatiently.
"You're not helping your evident homosexuality, Potter..." Teased Draco with a playful look in his eyes.
They both laughed and then fell silent as they slipped back into their captivated state, watching the video clip unblinkingly. They vaguely noticed a knocking sound coming from the door, but were far to engrossed in the sexiness that was Ava Adore to act.
"HARRY? HARRY ARE YOU IN THERE? LET US IN MATE! ARE YOU OKAY HARRY?" came Ron's loud voice through the portrait, but Harry just turned the volume up louder and listened to the sexy-sexy song.
When the song finished, Harry and Draco snapped out of their trance and looked around the room, Ron was still pounding on the door and Harry leapt over the back of the couch to run and let him in.
As he opened the door, Ron came running at him with his shoulder forward, Harry moved quickly out of the way and Ron ran straight into the room and fell over.
"What the hell were you doing Ron?" asked Harry, laughing like crazy. Hermione giggled from the doorway.
"He was trying to break through the portrait," she said a-matter-of-factly as she nimbly stepped over Ron's uncomfortably sprawled form.
Ron slowly got up off the floor and tried to hide his red face, then he looked around and saw the enormity of their room.
"Wow Harry! You're definitely not slumming it here!" he gasped, looking around the room.
Harry laughed and shrugged then jumped back over the back of the couch and sat down, almost falling on top of Draco.
"Get the hell off me!" snarled Draco, but Harry just laughed and straightened himself up. He was on a big high since he'd seen the room, and the film clip had just topped it off. He suddenly got a good idea.
He snuggled up next to Draco and leant his head on the blonde boys shoulder.
"I thought you liked me up close and on top of you," whined Harry, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Ron, Hermione and Draco all wore similar faces of disgust, but Harry was trying hard not to laugh.
"Fuck off Potter! Get the hell away from me!" Draco snarled, pushing Harry off the couch and onto the floor.
Harry got up off the floor and pouted, "That hurt me Draco, that hurt me just here." He said, putting his hand over his heart and laughing.
He skipped over to a corner of the common room that had been made into a medium sized kitchenette. Harry threw open one side of the large silver fridge and called out to the others.
"Hey, who wants a coke?" he asked as he started to pick up the red cans from the fridge.
After 2 replies of 'me!' and one reply of 'what the fuck is coke?' Harry picked out four cans of coke and took them over to the couches.
Hermione and Ron were seated in two of the armchairs, and Draco was still sitting in the couch.
"Here," said Harry as he passed everyone a can of coke.
Draco looked at the can doubtfully, but then imitated Hermione, Ron and Harry and opened the can and sipped it slowly. Surprisingly he really enjoyed it and he drank the whole can nearly as quickly as everyone else did.
He looked at the clock on the wall and then back at the three Gryffindors around him.
"Well, Mudblood, Weasel, Faggot," he said, nodding at each of them in turn, "I must be off, this had been very," he paused, "something..." and with that he turned to walk off.
"Hey Malfoy!" Hermione called out as he made his way to the door, "did you know that 98% of the time people who insult others about their sexuality are actually confused or not happy about their own sexuality! Thank about that!" she smiled sweetly and he scoffed and turned once more to go.
Then he turned around and smiled sweetly, "Yeah, well Granger did you know that 90% of all statistics are bullshit? Think about that!" and with that he walked out of the door and slammed it behind him.
Hermione smiled at the closed door and said "Touché!"
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A/n: is that a good spot to end that chapter? Don't worry, Hermione will not develop a love interest for Draco, I think she just finds him a worthy opponent for her intellectual battles, and like in most Harry/Draco stories, she might find the good in Draco before any of Harry's other friends. Now, if my Internet would just work life would be perfect! But no! My parents haven't paid the bill or something! Oh well, it looks like I'll have to spend today just writing! What a pity :P
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Chapter 3- Losing faith
"So you were expelled?" screamed Hermione, leaping off Harry's bed. Harry had only just walked into the boys' dormitory and was getting his trunk.
"No." snapped Harry grumpily, "but I doubt that the punishment I did get is any better!"
"What do you mean? Why are you packing?" questioned Hermione as Harry began to pack his things into the large trunk.
Harry explained the punishment, leaving out the prophecy at this point. He would talk to Hermione about that later.
"Has Dumbledore lost his mind!?" asked Ron, who had been sitting on his own bed.
"Well, I think I may be losing faith in him. But maybe getting to know Malfoy will stop the fights, I just hope that the wards and shields will protect me from him!" said Harry as he threw the last of his things in his case.
"Dumbledore wouldn't put you in a vulnerable situation Harry, we should just trust him." said Hermione calmly.
"Yeah I guess. Anyway, I've got to go meet Malfoy and Dumbledore now, so I will come and get you guys and show you my new room once we've settled in. Bye!" he called and he walked out, leaving his luggage for the house elves to bring.
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Dumbledore lead the two boys down a long hall, and finally stopped in front of a portrait of a very old man sitting behind the drum kit while fast asleep with his head on the snare. The plaque beneath the portrait read: 'Lord Romulus IV'
"Lord Romulus, the boys that I was telling you about are here." boomed Dumbledore, startling the old man awake.
"Ah yes Albus, very good. What shall their password be then?" said the man in a very bored voice.
Dumbledore looked at Harry and Draco who looked at each other questioningly. Both boys shrugged their shoulders and then spoke at once.
"Purity" Said Draco
"Honesty" said Harry
They said their passwords at exactly the same time and the old man in the portrait looked confused.
"How about 'Ava Adore'?" suggested Dumbledore.
Both boys looked at each other and shrugged again.
"Ava Adore it is then!" said Dumbledore proudly, and the portrait swung forward to allow them entrance, but Lord Romulus IV was already snoozing again.
Both boys gasped slightly at the sight of the large room before them. The walls were all tawny light brown colour with gold patterned edges, the roof in the common room was very high and glass, the same charm as the one in the great hall was used to make it look like the night sky. There was a large black couch and two black armchairs seated around a wide-screen television. There were two large glass doors going out onto a balcony that were covered by Scarlet curtains and three chocolate brown doors were on one side of the room.
The common room was breathtakingly beautiful and both the boys were in awe.
"Come right this way to see the bedrooms boys." Said Dumbledore Smiling.
They followed him to one of the brown doors and the followed him inside.
The room had plushy royal blue carpet and cream walls, the roof was a darker blue and there was a large mahogany bed in the centre of the room with a gold bedspread on it. There was a large mahogany dresser in one corner, and an antique mahogany wardrobe.
"This is Harry's room," said Dumbledore proudly.
Harry things were sitting at the end of his bed, and Hedwig was sitting on the windowsill.
Dumbledore then drew their attention to a door that was slightly ajar, as they walked through it they found themselves in a gigantic bathroom.
The tiling through the whole bathroom was black, with gold fittings. There were two large hand basins with gold fittings in front of a very large mirror with gilded edges. There was a gigantic bath with lots of gold taps and a glass shower that could have easily fitted 6 full-grown men.
"Wow!" gasped Draco as he looked at the huge mirror. "I look good!"
Harry scoffed and even Dumbledore tried not to laugh. Draco just looked indignant and kept going.
They walked through another door and entered a room, which was the same style as Harry's room, but in different colours.
The carpet in this room was a deep green, and the walls were cream and the ceiling was a paler green. The mahogany bed had a silver spread and the rest of the furniture was very similar.
Draco was inspecting the handles of the doors.
"Why aren't there locks on these doors? I don't want that poof being able to get into my room!" Snarled Draco.
"Mr. Malfoy, Please refrain from that sort of language, we are trying to bring you two closer together. Locks on the doors would be dangerous and unnecessary." Said Dumbledore smiling.
"Now I will let you two get settled. Harry I presume you would like to direct Miss. Granger and Mr. Weasley to your residence?" Harry just nodded, "Well then I suggest you owl them and tell them the directions. There is one more condition of your punishment; you are both to spend five waking hours in here together everyday, is that clear?" he asked, the boys both looked disgusted but nodded dutifully. "Good, then I will leave you to It." said the headmaster as he walked out the door.
"Great!" spat Draco as he fell down into the nearest couch in the common room. "Just great! I have to spend FIVE HOURS in here with you!" he glanced at the TV and then back at Harry doubtfully.
"What the hell is this thing?" he asked
"You don't know what a TV is?" asked Harry incredulously.
"Obviously I don't Potter, or else I wouldn't have asked!" Draco spat back, staring at the black box with half-interest.
"Here, let me show you." Harry said as he picked up the remote control off the side table. He switched the TV on and flicked through the channels, somehow Dumbledore had got Cable TV in and he found a music channel that was playing 'Ava Adore' By The Smashing Pumpkins.
"Hey! That's our password! Dumbledore is a Smashing Pumpkins Fan!" laughed Harry, and Draco looked at him like he was crazy.
"What is this? And why does Dumbledore like to smash pumpkins?" he asked, slightly backing away from Harry.
"This is television, and Dumbledore doesn't like to smash pumpkins, as far as I know, but he does like the band Smashing Pumpkins. Our password, 'Ava Adore' is the title of a Smashing Pumpkins song. This song to be exact." He finished, pointing at the TV and turning up the volume.
"Wow, this song and this clip is just so sexy," Harry breathed, then looked at Draco and blushed.
Though Draco agreed, he faltered; "Potter, must you be so obviously gay!?" Feeling very sorry for himself indeed, Draco slumped back on the lounge, pouting at the TV.
Harry sighed. "I was talking about the AURA emanating spectacularly from the video and the music, Malfoy." Said Harry impatiently.
"You're not helping your evident homosexuality, Potter..." Teased Draco with a playful look in his eyes.
They both laughed and then fell silent as they slipped back into their captivated state, watching the video clip unblinkingly. They vaguely noticed a knocking sound coming from the door, but were far to engrossed in the sexiness that was Ava Adore to act.
"HARRY? HARRY ARE YOU IN THERE? LET US IN MATE! ARE YOU OKAY HARRY?" came Ron's loud voice through the portrait, but Harry just turned the volume up louder and listened to the sexy-sexy song.
When the song finished, Harry and Draco snapped out of their trance and looked around the room, Ron was still pounding on the door and Harry leapt over the back of the couch to run and let him in.
As he opened the door, Ron came running at him with his shoulder forward, Harry moved quickly out of the way and Ron ran straight into the room and fell over.
"What the hell were you doing Ron?" asked Harry, laughing like crazy. Hermione giggled from the doorway.
"He was trying to break through the portrait," she said a-matter-of-factly as she nimbly stepped over Ron's uncomfortably sprawled form.
Ron slowly got up off the floor and tried to hide his red face, then he looked around and saw the enormity of their room.
"Wow Harry! You're definitely not slumming it here!" he gasped, looking around the room.
Harry laughed and shrugged then jumped back over the back of the couch and sat down, almost falling on top of Draco.
"Get the hell off me!" snarled Draco, but Harry just laughed and straightened himself up. He was on a big high since he'd seen the room, and the film clip had just topped it off. He suddenly got a good idea.
He snuggled up next to Draco and leant his head on the blonde boys shoulder.
"I thought you liked me up close and on top of you," whined Harry, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Ron, Hermione and Draco all wore similar faces of disgust, but Harry was trying hard not to laugh.
"Fuck off Potter! Get the hell away from me!" Draco snarled, pushing Harry off the couch and onto the floor.
Harry got up off the floor and pouted, "That hurt me Draco, that hurt me just here." He said, putting his hand over his heart and laughing.
He skipped over to a corner of the common room that had been made into a medium sized kitchenette. Harry threw open one side of the large silver fridge and called out to the others.
"Hey, who wants a coke?" he asked as he started to pick up the red cans from the fridge.
After 2 replies of 'me!' and one reply of 'what the fuck is coke?' Harry picked out four cans of coke and took them over to the couches.
Hermione and Ron were seated in two of the armchairs, and Draco was still sitting in the couch.
"Here," said Harry as he passed everyone a can of coke.
Draco looked at the can doubtfully, but then imitated Hermione, Ron and Harry and opened the can and sipped it slowly. Surprisingly he really enjoyed it and he drank the whole can nearly as quickly as everyone else did.
He looked at the clock on the wall and then back at the three Gryffindors around him.
"Well, Mudblood, Weasel, Faggot," he said, nodding at each of them in turn, "I must be off, this had been very," he paused, "something..." and with that he turned to walk off.
"Hey Malfoy!" Hermione called out as he made his way to the door, "did you know that 98% of the time people who insult others about their sexuality are actually confused or not happy about their own sexuality! Thank about that!" she smiled sweetly and he scoffed and turned once more to go.
Then he turned around and smiled sweetly, "Yeah, well Granger did you know that 90% of all statistics are bullshit? Think about that!" and with that he walked out of the door and slammed it behind him.
Hermione smiled at the closed door and said "Touché!"
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A/n: is that a good spot to end that chapter? Don't worry, Hermione will not develop a love interest for Draco, I think she just finds him a worthy opponent for her intellectual battles, and like in most Harry/Draco stories, she might find the good in Draco before any of Harry's other friends. Now, if my Internet would just work life would be perfect! But no! My parents haven't paid the bill or something! Oh well, it looks like I'll have to spend today just writing! What a pity :P