A/N: Dedicated to Emmy (Emisbroken) who helped me create Rory Miller.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, JKR does. I did not think up Rory on my own, Emmy helped with that. The only part I have full credit for is the scenarios.

Hermione turned away from the door, fuming about what had just happened. She'd just slammed the door in the face of the one student that she knew in this entire castle!

She moved her things over to the wall to the left of the entrance; it had the same furniture as the Ravenclaw wall, only in Red and Gold instead.

I'm a Gryffindor? She thought, Well, it makes sense: I was so courageous that I just kicked out the only person I know at Hogwarts!

Hermione started unpacking her things.

As she tried to choose between organizing her 30-or-so books by the author's last name or by her rating of the books, the door opened.

A girl around Hermione's age stood in the entrance; she had dark brown hair and was on the short side.

"Erm, hi. I'm guessing you're one of my new roommates? I'm Rory, and you are…?"

"Hermione. Nice to meet you, Rory." They shook hands.

They stopped speaking and Rory went over to her bed while Hermione went back to the bookshelf, deciding on organizing by the author's last name.

"So… Is that your boyfriend out there? The blonde one? He is so adorable! How long have you been together? Which house is he in? O-M-G I am so jealous of you!" Rory was sitting at the edge of her bed, a slight glint in her eyes. "Why're you blushing? Is he your first boyfriend? HAHA I wish so badly that he was my boyfriend!"

Hermione had to put a hand on Rory's mouth in order to be heard, "He is not my boyfriend!" Her blush was deepening, "He's not even my friend. Ouch!" Rory had bitten Hermione's hand.

When Hermione had removed her hand to tend it, Rory started speaking again: "If you two aren't dating, then why is he standing out there waiting for you to come out?"

"What?" Hermione ran over to the door's peep hole, and, sure enough, Draco was standing against the opposite wall, counting, presumably, the number of bricks it took to get to the ceiling.

She watched him as he glanced down the corridor, then walked toward the Great Hall or Grand Staircase, that general area.

She kept looking out the door as another girl walked toward the door; she had black hair and was on the large side… larger than Hermione had been 7 days ago, that was for sure.

"We've got company," Hermione warned Rory, who was writing a letter using a hardcover book as a table.

The door opened and Rory looked up, eyes growing to the size of oranges when she saw the newest girl.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Aurora Rain Miller; I never expected to see you of all gits here." She said, hands on hips.

"Nice to see you, too, Bulstrode." Rory replied sarcastically, a look of pure disgust on her face.

Rory grabbed a notebook and then Hermione's arm, dragging her out of the room.

"I'm guessing that you two know each other?" Hermione asked Rory.

"Yep. Her name matches her attitude… Millicent Bulstrode; Pure Bull. She and I went to the same public school since Grade 1. Her classmates have always called her a 'witch;' who knew they'd be right? Oh, and she has no good side, so stay away from her whenever possible. Want to watch her freak out over the door?"

A shiver went over Hermione's body, "No thanks, I hated it the first time and would prefer not to deal with it again."

Rory shrugged, "Suit yourself… I'll talk to you later, then."

Hermione nodded and Rory went back down the hall, hiding behind pillars.

Hermione, on the other hand, ran up the stairs in search of the library.

Once she arrived, Hermione asked Madam Pince about books on basic magical-being knowledge and was given a 500+ page book entitled A Muggleborn's Guide to the Wizarding World.

Hermione went over to a hidden table in the library and started reading…

4 hours later:

Hermione walks up to the circulation desk to return An Idiot's Guide to Being a Wizard to the librarian.

"Anymore books that could help me out, Madam Pince?"

"Yes, deary, there's plenty. But I suggest that you go down to the Great Hall and eat! Give your eyes a rest; it's 1:30 PM and you haven't even eaten lunch yet! Besides, the summer program's going to teach you about the wizarding world! Let the camp be useful to you."

Hermione looked at her perplexed, "Are you kicking me out?" She asked.

"Well, since I'm not allowed to go on lunch break when there's students in the library, I'll have to say 'Yes' to that, don't be upset, though. You can come back in an hour if you so desire." She answered.

"Um, OK…" Hermione left the library, but had no intentions on eating. Instead, she went down to the main floor and turned into the corridor leading to Room 5.

She quickly changes route after she looked down the hall.

"Hermione! Would you please just stop already?" There were fast footsteps and a hand was placed on her shoulder, stopping her from walking away.

She closed her eyes and turned around. "Can I help you? I'd sure like to return the favor…"

"What exactly have I done wrong? The paper said clear and simple: 'your things shall be placed against a wall of our choosing'! What, you're not happy with me because you didn't read the stupid paper correctly? You're not being fair!"

Hermione stared at him, her eyes were half-sorry and half-guilty. "I- I-" she sighed, "I've been a witch…"

Malfoy did his legendary smirk at that, "At least you're a good witch."

Hermione raised her eyebrows at that, but let it slide. "So I haven't eaten lunch yet, are you coming with me?"

"Sure."

They wandered to the Great Hall together, both happy that they were conversing again.

A/N: 986 words! That's definitely my longest chapter yet.

So I've come up with all of the students I need; Emmy (Emisbroken) gave me the idea of Rory, the others were unknowns that were mostly met only during the Sorting in Sorcerer's Stone.

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