Chapter 2-
AN-Hello everyone! Thanks for the reviews…well here is the new chapter!!! Enjoy…
"It's good to see all the familiar faces!!" Dumbledore said as he stood in front of the students. "And the new one's too." he added, gesturing to the first years. "Well, on with the sorting."
Dumbledore then nodded at Minerva McGonogall who stood up and walked to the front of the Head Table. There, she placed the stool in front of the first years, sat the hat on top, and pulled out her list of names.
When she was finally finished, she turned to Dumbledore. He stood up and everyone turned their attention to him for the redundant beginning of term rules, but what he said was anything but redundant. "Now, I would like to personally introduce a new seventh year student, Damien Mathis!" he said gesturing to the double doors in the back of the room.
Everyone in the hall automatically turned their heads to the door and watched as Damien walked in.
Damien avoided making eye contact with anyone in the Hall as he walked directly to the stool and Sorting Hat. McGonogall lifter the hat and he sat down for the second time ever. She sat the hat on his head. The hat did not automatically yell Slytherin, which relieved Damien greatly.
"Hmm, I have seen you before, haven't I?" the hat asked Damien.
'Yeah, but last time I was Draco Malfoy. I am not Draco Malfoy anymore.' Damien thought back, knowing that the hat would hear.
"No, no your not." the hat replied. "I can tell that you don't want to be in Slytherin…why is that?"
'I don't want to be who I was. I want to be a brave, friendly, different person.'
"I see. Well, in that case, I will have to put you in…
"…GRYFFINDOR!!" it yelled out loud.
Damien smiled, stood, and walked over to the Gryffindor table, the one table that he had wanted deep down for six years. As he approached the table, he saw that there were no empty seats.
"Hey, mate. Come sit here." none other than the boy-who0lived himself said as he scooted over, clearing a spot for Damien. "Hi, I'm Harry Potter." he said offering Damien his hand. Déjà vu… Damien stared at it for a second before slowly taking it. After a firm shake, Damien sat down and Harry said, "This is Ron Weasley." Damien shook Weasley hand to be polite, even though he didn't really want to. "And this," he continued, gesturing to Hermione, "is Hermione Granger."
Hermione held out her hand to Damien to shake, but instead he bent his face down and kissed her hand gently. "It's a pleasure, Miss. Granger." Hermione immediately looked away in an effort to hide the blush that was overcoming her face. Damien was about to say something else when their attention was drawn back to the Head Table where Dumbledore was still talking.
"…Now, I only have one more announcement before we can enjoy the feast. I would like to introduce you to the new Head boy and girl. Due to recent events, the Head boy, who was going to be Draco Malfoy, will now be none other Damien Mathis! The Head girl will be Hermione Granger." Whispering spread through the Great Hall, but Dumbledore raised his hands to silence the crowd. "I would like Damien and Hermione meet here after the feast please…Now tuck in!" With that, food appeared on all of the tables and everyone started eating.
"You're Head Boy?" Hermione asked Damien as soon as Dumbledore had finished talking.
"Yep."
"Wicked! There had never been a Head girl and Head boy in the same house." Ron said.
"Yeah, and Gryffindor is the first." Harry said.
Damien smiled and continued eating.
Once dinner was over, Hermione and Damien headed to the Head Table. "Ah, hello. I assume that you two have been introduced?" Dumbledore asked as they approached the table.
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore. Her and her friends were very nice to me." Damien replied smiling.
"Well that is good, considering you two will be spending a lot of time together this year. In fact, you will be sharing your own Common Room."
"We will?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, we thought that you should be close together this year because of all the extra responsibilities that you will have." Dumbledore replied.
"Responsibilities? Like what?"
"Well, you will find that out soon enough. For now, how about getting you two settled in?"
Both students nodded and followed Dumbledore out of the Hall and through many corridors.
'Man, this is crazy. I can't believe that we are going to be living together.' Damien thought as he followed Dumbledore.
'Wow, he's cute.' Hermione thought as she looked at Damien out of the side of her eye. 'Hermione! Since when do you check guys out? He's probably not interested anyway.' her pessimistic side told herself.
Hermione's inner-battle continued until she ran into to Damien who had just stopped walking. "Oh, sorry." she said avoiding eye contact. "Why did we stop?" she then asked Dumbledore without thinking.
"Because, Miss. Granger, we are here." he replied, eyes twinkling.
"Oh." Hermione said sheepishly, looking down to hide her embarrassment.
The portrait that they were standing in front of was of a Gryffindor Lion with a serpent in it's mouth. Hermione chuckled when she saw it. 'It's like Harry or Ron with someone like Malfoy in their mouth. Oh, BAD HERMIONE! You should never speak badly of the dead!' she reminded herself and tried to focus on Dumbledore.
"Now, what would you like the password to be?" Dumbledore asked them.
"Ah--I don't know…" Hermione said.
"How about Primus Amo?" Damien suggested.
"Good idea, Mr. Mathis" Dumbledore said. "Well, I will leave you two alone to tour your rooms and get settled." he said before disappearing down the hall. 'This will definitely be a most interesting year.'
"Well, after you Miss. Granger." Damien said, holding the portait open for her to enter.
"Thank you." she said as she entered. When Hermione had climbed through she smiled. 'Wow! This Common Room is nice.' she thought as she examined her surroundings. The Common Room was pretty big. It was filled with furniture, pillows, blankets, tables, chairs…'BOOK CASES! Oh yeah!' Hermione thought, immediately running to the closest one and pulling a book off the shelf.
"Oy, you'll always be the same book worm." Damien muttered under his breath as he examined the room.
"What did you say, Damien?" Hermione asked.
"huh? Oh, I was just saying how nice this room is, Miss. Granger."
"Call me Hermione, would you?" she replied lightly before turning her attention back to her book.
"Okay, Hermione. I am going to go see my new room." Damien said.
"Oh, can I come too? That way we can see each others room." she asked, putting the book down.
"Sure, come on." he said as he started walking towards the stairs.
Hermione followed Damien up the stairs where there were three doors. The one on the far left had a plaque with Hermione's name, the Gryffindor crest, and 'Head Girl' on it; the one in the middle had a plaque that said 'Lavatory' on it; and the one on the right had a plaque with Damien's name, the Gryffindor crest, and 'Head Boy' on it.
"Well, how about we start in your room?" Damien said, pointing to the far left room.
"Okay." She replied, following him to the door.
He turned the door knob and held the door for her. Once again, she went in first and he followed. "This is awesome! This is way bigger than the seventh year dorms!" Hermione said as she glanced around the room.
"It is pretty big." Damien said. 'Not as big as my room at home was…' he added to himself.
Hermione looked around her room for a few minutes before turning back to Damien, who had not been looking at the room at all. He had been lost in his thoughts about Hermione. When he saw he turning, he quickly snapped out of it and looked away.
"Ready to go look at your room?" she asked.
"Yep." he replied, happily thinking, 'I can say 'yep' and my dad can't get mad at me!'
They walked out of the door and started towards Damien's room. They took a small detour to check out the bathroom, which was huge! It had a pool-size bathtub, a big shower with a stool, and two sinks. (One sink with Hermione's stuff and one with Damien's.) "This is the biggest bathroom I have ever seen!" Hermione said.
"Me too." Damien said in awe, but trying to hide it.
"Well, let's go see your room." Hermione said as she walked out the door.
"Okay." he said following her.
Damien's room was identical to Hermione, just somehow more…masculine.
After the tour, they said goodnight and went to bed.
'This is going to be a great year.' Damien thought as he climbed into bed.
'Wow, he is…well, this is definitely going to be an interesting year.' Hermione thought, turning off the light.
AN-That is all for this time…I will update as soon as I can.