A/N- Sorry it's been so long, I have been really busy. But I will try to post quicker from now on.
Chapter 2: Back to School
"I bet Dumbledore did this to try to create unity between the houses, should have known" said James
"Yeah like that's likely" said Manny with a smirk
"Well, we have to at least be somewhat civil to each other"
"Fine, but only when we're doing our Head Boy and Girl duties" With that Manny pulled out her potions book and started skimming through it, planning to ignore James for the remainder of the trip. James dug through his bag to get his Defense Against the Dark Arts book to read.
Meanwhile back in the other compartment…………..
Amber walked down the train hallway until she heard Violet's voice. She followed Violet's voice until she was standing in the compartment doorway.
"Can I sit with you guys?"
"No, not allowed" said Brett with a smile that let her know he was joking. Amber gave her little brother a light punch on the arm as she sat down next to him.
"So who's Head Girl?" asked Henry eagerly
"Manny Malfoy, I wonder if her father being the Potions teacher has anything to do with that" ranted Amber
"You know it doesn't, Dumbledore chooses the top girl and boy in the studies to become Head Boy and Girl so obviously James and Manny are the best in their class" Brett explained calmly
"Oh no, He's turning into Aunt Hermione, Dad said that she knew everything and always had to explain what she was saying as if she was reading it from a book" said Violet. Her dad always told her funny stories from his days at Hogwarts.
"She still does" Brett said with a laugh "I think we should put our robes on, we're almost there" changing the subject, he throws on Gryffindor robes, everyone else follows suit except Derek and Darrah who already have on their Ravenclaw robes.
The train arrived a few minutes later and the got off and got in a carriage together. Off in the distance James and Manny were about to go as far from each other as they could until the next time they had to do Head Boy and Girl duties later that evening when Professor Dumbledore stopped them.
James, Manny, may I have a word with you both?" Dumbledore pulls them both aside before he starts talking again. "I wanted to inform you of your new living quarters, instead of you staying with your houses, you both will be sharing the founders quarters, like we used to make are Head Boy and Girl used to do years ago. I'll show you where to go after the feast." Dumbledore grinned and walked away, leaving two shocked faces behind.
"Great, now we have to see each other all the time" Manny made it clear to James that she was not happy about this at all. He was a little mad but he thought that maybe this would help them get along.
"We should at least try to make the best of this; we could throw a party tonight, some of your friends and some of mine at our new place."
"Gryffindors and Slytherins? That wouldn't work."
"Let's at least try"
"Sure but I can't see many of my friends wanting to hang out with Gryffindors"
"Good, I'll tell my friends at the feast. Let's go find the Prefects carriage now." They spotted the Prefects carriage towards the back of the line of carriages. Once they got in and made sure all 24 prefects were in there, they all headed up to the castle.
At the castle the students went to their respective tables. The 1st years would still be crossing the lake with Hagrid. James and Manny finally went their separate ways, Manny with the Slytherins and James to the Gryffindors. As James sat down next to Brad he explained to everyone around him what had happened that day.
"So you and Manny have to share the founder's quarters?" asked Violet
"Yep, but maybe it won't be that bad" James noticed that everyone listening were rolling their eyes "Oh, Manny and I are having a party tonight, will you guys come?" He looks around at Brad, Violet, Brett, Amber, Molly, Henry, Kyle, Renee and Ellen. He sees everyone look at each other and then they all nod.
""Do we want to ask Derek, Darrah and Charlotte to come?" asked Amber
"And Jenn and Lucas too?" asked Renee
"Yeah that sounds awesome, I'll tell Manny when I see her" James looked up and realized that they had missed the sorting and that Dumbledore was about to start his usual speech.
"Welcome to the new students and welcome back to the older students. Mr. Filch has asked me to remind everyone that the Forbidden forest is off limits to ALL students. Also I'd like to announce that this year will be the first annual Homecoming week. Starting tomorrow we will begin the activities. Everyday there will be a different activity and it all ends on Saturday with the homecoming dance. The activities for the week will be posted in every common room." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled "Now let us have our feast, tuck in" Food appeared on all the tables and the Great Hall buzzed with sound as people began to eat.