The three teenagers followed her into a large inviting room that was lavishly decorated. Directly opposite them was a fire crackling in an exposed brick fireplace, above which a large version of the Hogwarts crest was hung. In front of the fire there was a crescent of sofas and chairs, plenty to seat at least ten people, situated around a coffee table piled with magazines and books. There was a door just to the right and to the left of the fire place, one labelled 'PREFECTS' and the other was just plain wooden door. The wall to the right was panelled with a light wood, with stripes of yellow and black closest to them changing to a green and silver at the other end, and the wall to the left was the same but with red and gold, changing to a blue and bronze. The four doors that would be the bedrooms were all embossed with a set of initials and were very expressive of their houses. The Slytherin door was for Blaise and elaborate silver serpents wove into a 'B' and a 'Z', opposite this the door to Hermione's room had a gold plaque with the bold initials 'H G'. Down from Hermione a rather plain looking door with a simple bronze and blue lettering stated that 'L L' would be residing within, and finally the mystery Hufflepuff had an elegantly lettered yellow 'Z S' on a plain and sturdy looking black door.
After standing still for a while taking in the grandeur of the room Hermione and Blaise rushed in towards their own rooms. Opening her door the first thing Hermione noticed was the plush carpet lining the floor, she could definitely get used to waking up to that over the cold stone floors of the dormitories. On the left wall was a large cherry wood wardrobe and chest of drawers, fitting snugly into the corner of the lilac coloured walls. A large four poster bed covered in a thick duvet of luscious browns and creams adorned the middle of the wall was littered with brown and purple cushions and guarded by two matching cherry wood bedside tables. Her feet directed her around the bed towards the window. The window was framed by bookcases that decorated the whole wall; she carefully ran her hand along the spines of the books. There was muggle, magical, fiction, non-fiction, from Jane Austin to Advanced Potions for the Graduate to Beauty Charms for the young Witch. Upon reaching the end of the bookshelf she reached another door, on the wall she had presumed she shared with Luna.
Opening the door she saw Luna at an identical door across the room staring back at her. The room was in fact a bathroom, a very feminine bathroom at that. There was a large swimming pool style bath much like the ones in the prefect's bathrooms with a small and elegant sofa at the foot of it. Two vanity tables with large mirrors stood on the wall to Hermione's right, one with her toiletries on it and the other she assumed to be Luna's. Her conclusion was confirmed by the bottles of homemade treatments and salves labelled with her distinctive script. The girls took one look at each other and rushed past to get a look into the others room. Hermione had a shock when she entered the room, her eyes assaulted by the bright colours from the orange walls and yellow carpet to the pink rugs and blue and purple window seat that lined the whole of the wall. Her bed was unique, a circular mattress in one corner with pillows and cushions of every colour under the sun scattered haphazardly on it. There was even two chairs and a coffee table with a teapot on it, her room was certainly cozy and happy, a great reflection of Luna as a person, she could see her living happily there.
Wandering back to her own room Hermione spotted Luna sat in a hanging chair she had completely missed in her haste to see her book shelf. Looking around she could see that the chair was not the only thing that she had missed, there was a desk with a high backed chair perfect for working at, a chest at the end of her bed with a cushioned top, and a space opposite her bed that her TV would fit in.
The girls left the bedrooms and walked back out into the main living room. Professor McGonagall was waiting for them by the doors and before they had a chance to look into the other rooms she called them all back. "All right you will all be able to explore more later, but for now we have a job to do. I would like you three to go and help out the team that is working in the kitchens along with the house elves" she ignored any signs of contest from Hermione and ushered them from the common room, "I expect that you know your way Miss Granger, I will see you at dinner in the great hall." She bustled off in the opposite direction the teenagers were taking, her robes swirling behind her in an almost Snape like way.
"Does anyone know who the other head boy is?" Hermione asked, falling into step with Blaise and Luna.
"Well," started Luna, "there is one person from each house, two from your year and two from mine, and the initial on the door were ZS," Luna stopped, turning to stare up towards the ceiling, "There is rather an abundance of Nargles down this corridor, you should watch out that your things don't get stolen." Blaise looked at her eyes wide, not yet accustomed to her unusual ways but a hint of admiration was on his face as she skipped back towards them, cork necklace bouncing and radish earrings swinging.
"I think what miss Lovegood is insinuating is that our new head boy is a Hufflepuff in her year with the initials ZS, and that could only be me," A handsome looking blonde man stepped out from behind a suit of armour, leaning on the wall just ahead of them. "Zacharias Smith, Hufflepuff, 7th year, Head boy"