Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this chapter except Tansy Malice.

Chapter 2: The First Night in the Wrong House

After dinner, and with a rather satisfied smile, Ginny followed the Slytherin prefect down the corridors to the dungeon where the Slytherin dormitory was located. She tried not to think too much about spiders or rats, and when she did, she assured herself with the thought that the Hogwarts house elves would keep them out. She watched the paintings on the wall with awe, seeing each wizard and recognizing them from stories her dad told her when she was younger. When they came to the painting that hid their door, the prefect, Tansy Malice, stood in front of it and said loud and clear "Wheezlebub".

Wheezlebub? I would have thought that, as Slytherins, they would have come up with a more…evil password. Oh well.

Ginny shrugged and followed the other Slytherins into the common room. Looking around she saw that everything was green.

Not my favorite color but I'll just have to make do.

There was already a cozy fire burning in the fireplace and books in the bookshelves. The bulletin board was bare, as no one had been here long enough to lose anything yet. Tansy called all the first years to attention in the middle of the room.

"Welcome to the Slytherin common room. The girl's dormitories are down the stairs and to your right, boys dormitories are the same on your left. Curfew is at 11 and you must all be in your rooms with the lights out by midnight. Classes start promptly at 9 after breakfast which begins at 8. You are not expected to attend breakfast but you must be on time. Any questions?"

No one spoke up so Tansy dismissed them and made her way to the prefect's room directly at the bottom of the stairs.

"So what do you think of our common room, Weasley?"

Ginny looked toward the sound only to find Draco Malfoy lounging on a very black, very large leather couch.

"It's alright I guess. I mean it is in green. Not the best of colors but it'll do."

"Well I would have thought you'd be leaving straight away to talk to Dumbledore and have him put you in Gryffindor like the rest of your…family."

"No. I was sorted into Slytherin and I plan to stay in Slytherin. At least I can make you miserable until you leave."

"You don't know what misery is." Draco mumbled under his breath as he looked toward the fire.

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Nothing it doesn't matter" Draco looked at her again and sneered. "Besides, I doubt I'll be the miserable one." Draco yawned and stood up, stretching a little. "Anyways it's late and I'm going to sleep. Good luck sleeping with the spiders. Professor Snape tells the house elves to leave them. He says it adds to the feel of a Dungeon down here." And with that he walked down the stairs and out of sight.

Ginny sat on the couch, not letting it get to her. The seat was warm and she ran her hand over it meditatively. At once she snatched her hand away and looked at the couch where she'd touched it.

What was I thinking! Yes it was warm but it was Draco's warmth. Eww!

Ginny looked at the clock. It was 10:00. She could stay up and read one of the books on the shelf, or she could follow Draco's lead and catch some shut-eye. Naturally, she chose the book. Perusing the book shelf she managed to find a romance novel.

First a common password, and now a romance novel? Maybe Slytherins aren't as bad as everyone says they are. Guess only time will tell.

Ginny sat on the couch again and began reading. A time later, she stood up and stretched. That was really good so far. I can't wait to read more tomorrow, but for now I should get to bed. She looked at the clock and gasped. 11:30! She was going to get herself in trouble on the first night here! Quickly she walked down the stairs and nearly ran to her room. The other Slytherin girls were asleep, as was her roommate, and she didn't want to disturb them so she was as quiet as possible. Looking at her bed she sighed. Green. She quickly changed into her pajamas and climbed under the covers.

Tomorrow

She yawned.

I'm going to add some color to the room. Maybe some pink pillows and some purple cov…

And before she could finish the thought, Ginny was sound asleep.

A/N – I know it wasn't long…again…but what did you think? As you can see there's already something starting to form between the two. I don't know why I'm making Draco out to be good guy with a hard shell…just sort of fits with the story at the moment. Anyways, review! You know you want to ^_^