Waking up and the arrival of the students

The sun streamed into the tower room on a boy asleep on the couch. He was alone in the room set up like an apartment. As the sun crept up the couch he slept on. It was only when it reached his face that he woke up. He bolted up right seeing the unfamiliar room.

"I see sleeping beauty is FINALLY awake. I was worried you were in a coma for a while there."

Blaise turned toward the voice to see a girl about his age. Suddenly, last night came back to him and he remembered where he was and who the girl was.

"Well hello to you to. You were actually responsive to sound yesterday, I see it was a good day."

"What?"

"His voice is back, we can stop worrying now. Oh, wait, the stupid people watching us DON"T CARE! Surprise there." Hermione babbled on, waiting for his brain to catch up with his body.

"Oh, do you have anything for breakfast around here?" As if on cue his stomach rumbled causing her to laugh at him.

"More like an afternoon snack by now, don't ya' think?" At his puzzled look she continued, "it's like, three in the afternoon Blaise. Guess someone isn't use to sleeping in."

"Really?"

"No, it's 3849 and I'm a superior life form dressed like a Brit. for your entertainment." At his confused look she said and said 'Sarcasm Blaise.'

"So, you have any food?" Blaise asked, still hungry.

"Duh, try the fridge, I went out this morning so I'm sure you'll find something. Better get dressed though, the other students come tonight and I don't think wearing wrinkled clothes will help your reputation."

"Right, can you actually make anything with this stuff, I mean a lemon? What is THAT for? Eggs I get, but TWO dozen? What is with all the bottles of sauces? Looks like you bought everything."

"Well let's think about this, lemons go in asparagus, eggs go in like every other thing, all the sauces are because I used all of them at least once so each has a purpose though I should probably look to make sure none of them are expired."

"So you like cook then?"

"Yes I cook, cereal gets boring after a few years."

"Wait, other students, here TONIGHT? WHAT TIME IS IT?"\

"Three…twenty…five…p.m."

"BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE…"

"…About two and a half hours. Calm down, it's jus a load of crap if you ask me. It's just stupid teachers AND stupid students galore. Great, right?" Hermione got some eggs and milk out of the fridge and grabbed a can of spray and a box out of the pantry. Blaise sat on the sofa, facing away from the kitchen area.

"I have to clean and pack everything, and I was never on the train, how did I get here?"

"I drove up here, got here early, and MY friends are so gullible. If I said that my head got stuck in a toilet they would ask 'Well, what were you looking for 'mione?' and I could say 'I was counting bacteria' and they would ask 'how many?' Where as Malfoys favorite phrase is 'Really and how could that be so if you don't own a car and no one would actually DRIVE up here. Such muggle means of commuting is so out dated.' He would go on and on." During the speech she had sprayed a pan she had fished out from a cupboard and put it on the stove. Now she was working on the batter.

"I see, can we switch friends for a day? A few hours? Just this once?"

"Yeah, when pigs fly."

"Pig?"

"Farm animal." Hermione poured some batter in the pan. "We should get out of here. I'll show you a way to get here from the Slytherin common room after you finish eating."

"Eating what?" Hermione placed the stack of flapjacks covered with syrup in his lap and handed him a fork.

"Pancakes."

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After the pancakes were eaten and dishes cleaned they ventured to the dungeons. Once they passed the common room, Blaise spoke up. "You realize that we just passed the common room right?"

"Here we are." Here was two paintings over from the sculpture that guarded the common room. "Hello Ralph." 'Ralph' was actually a deadly snake that if it was real could kill you in a second. From Blaise's view, she was crazy. Then the snake perked up and its face grew into a huge grin. "Ellohay, antway niay?"

"Blaise siay kayoay ownay, osay etlay imhay niay fiay ehay omescay, nday esyay."

"Otgay tiay."

The portrait opened up and there was the same hallway that they had entered the other night. At least that's what Blaise saw. "Follow me and don't get lost, it takes forever to get out if your lost." Hermione walked forward for what seemed like 5 minutes then stopped at the first door that they had seen on the right. Hermione opened it and it was a swirling black hole but it was colorful instead of black. "This is the Hogwarts transporter. Just say your destination while thinking of it and you will get there. Oh, I call that place the tower-room because that's kind of what it is. I've never tried any other place besides the kitchens and a few classrooms, so don't try places where you don't know the password. I've not had time to look up if it will split you or not but I think it will spit you right back out."

"Okay, but we need to get to the Great Hall, should we try?"

"Sure, think of it and just say 'To the Great Hall please.'" Hermione stepped through the swirling color into the great hall. She immediately turned around remembering what she forgot to tell him and hoping he would be okay. He appeared a few seconds later.

"Last thing, the Hogwarts transporter's duty is not to serve us, therefore it has to do it willingly, so don't insult it and add please. It will help the chance of it working."

They walked to their separate tables just as everyone else came flooding in, so their appearance wasn't noticed by anyone besides Harry, Ron and Draco.

"Hey 'mione, how was the drive?" Harry asked as he sat down. Ron sat down beside Harry, both across from her.

"Long, but it was nice. I even got a few hours of quite at the castle. It was so empty." She lied with a smile. It was too easy.

"Rumor has it Blaise is missing, wasn't on the train and no one knows where he is. Good thing you told us or you would have been missing or you might have ran off with Blaise." Ron said.

"Blaise is right by Malfoy now, probably just in the back of the train." Hermione said.

"Probably right, hell, it's Hermione, he must've been in the back of the train." Ron said. Harry nodded in agreement. No one really checked every single compartment.

Dumbledore stood and everyone quieted. "Welcome back, students of years two through six. Welcome first years. he Forbidden Forest is forbidden, the ever-growing list of things against school rules is posted on Filches office door. On with the sorting."

After the names were called and the first years were sorted. The feast started. Everyone dug in but all through out the meal Blaise kept glancing towards Hermione. He missed having someone who listened to him and had problems too. Someone who wasn't as stuck up as Draco was in public. The feast ended and Dumbledore stood once again. "All but sixth years rise, for you I have a surprise, another sorting there will be, for all 48 students a growing, learning will be the task, but for some things you mustn't ask, you must learn from experience and trying, follow your heart or something shall start dying. That is all." Dumbledore sat and the hall roared. The question on everyone's lips, what was the surprise.

A/N: Cliffhanger. I'm evil. I have tomorrow off so I might update. Thanks for sticking with me and sorry about not updating staff stories cuz I am stuck. Please DO NOT read Trio or no cuz it sucks. Please review so I stay happy. 