Sorry it took me a while to update, I had to go somewhere for a week.
**WARNING-ANGRY INSANE LUNATIC RANT**
When I got back, do you know what happened?! I was using Microsoft Word 2007, the trial period, and the trial was over! So, I thought, I'll just copy off this one to my other Word Processor program. But then I realized that I COULDN'T COPY! Apparently that was one of the disabled features! So then I had to retype all of this (5 pages in Works & Word) on to Works! Then, and this is the part that really annoys me, I found out that I didn't need to! I could have just opened it up with Works!!!!!! STUPID TRIAL PERIOD!! STUPID MICROSOFT!!! STUPID TYPING!! STUPID WORD!!! STUPID WORLD!!! (by now you may have guessed that I only know one insult — Stupid) AGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! STUPID STUPID! (Oh yeah, I also tend to overreact)
**WARNING-ANGRY INSANE LUNATIC RANT IS OVER**
I may or may not probably won't be in the process of not owning Harry Potter in the possible near future. (Hehehe… Let's se them try to figure out that load of bad grammar)
Hermione approached the Griffindor table, and sat down between Ginny and Harry. She was a little angry with Ron for just hopping on the train, and not looking for her. Not that Ron would ever notice, he was like a red-headed Crabbe or Goyle.
Dumbledore had a few words to say before Ron could start stuffing his face; one of which was 'eat' and the other was 'up'. There were no new students this year, the parents were putting off enrolling their children until they were sure that no-one would curse their heads off. Ron still found reason to complain for the two word wait though. Hermione rolled her eyes and began eating.
She scanned the Head Table, intent on finding out who the new Potions Master was. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw Sirius Black sitting next to Dumbledore, eating a chicken casserole. Hermione nudged Harry and whispered, "Sirius is eating a chicken casserole" Harry looked at her strangely "What?" He asked. "Oh, sorry, I meant — oh never mind, just look at the Head Table" She replied, flustered. Harry did as Hermione asked and saw his godfather, indeed eating a chicken casserole. Ginny, apparently overhearing their conversation, told Ron.
As they were all staring at the Marauder, Sirius, as if sensing their gaze, looked up & winked at Harry, Ginny & Ron. However, when he looked at Hermione, his face turned red again and he quickly looked back down at his plate.
Hermione giggled and whispered to Ginny "I guess he's still a little embarrassed about what happened on the Platform". Ginny giggled as well, but then her tone turned slightly more serious and she whispered, "Why did you notice what he was eating?" Hermione blushed and said "Umm… I don't know…" Ginny giggled evilly "Well… If you see the right to pretend to flirt with him, then I see it justified to tell him that you examine what he eats" She whispered,, putting emphasis on 'pretend'.
"What! No, Ginny!" Hermione said urgently, not bothering to lower her voice. As a result, Harry & Ron had noticed their hushed conversation. "Hey you girls? What are you talking about?" Harry asked. "Well, Hermione here decided to - " Ginny began to answer, but Hermione clamped her hand over her mouth "I've just decided to change hair conditioners! Didn't I, Ginny!" Hermione said in a shill voice. "Ooookaaay…" Harry said, and returned to his meal. Ron however, hadn't paid any attention at all. Hermione uncovered Ginny's Mouth and returned to her meal as well. "Some best friend you are…" Hermione grumbled as Ginny grinned mischievously.
"Oh, by the way, Hermione, how about a sleepover tonight? I'll get to see you're new dorm, and we can talk about you 'changing your conditioner'" Ginny said, seemingly innocent. Hermione looked at her with irritation "You are evil." She said. Ginny just smiled.
Harry looked back and forth between his best female friend and his girlfriend with a bemused look in his eyes. "Ok, my remarkably Slytherin-like Griffindor, I will just not get involved in whatever you are doing to my friend" Harry said matter-of-factly to Ginny as he went back to his meal. Ginny giggled again & Hermione scowled.
In no time, the food vanished and Dumbledore was making his speech. "We have a special year at Hogwarts this term." Dumbledore beamed and looked around at them all "Care to guess why?" The old man asked. This year is the first in a long time that will not be lived in fear or a corrupt Ministry or Voldemort!" Dumbledore said merrily. There was a collective flinch at the sound of the dark wizard's name, but nonetheless cheering rose up at the mention of the defeat of You-Know-Who.
Dumbledore waited until the cheering had died down to continue. "In commemoration of this, we will be hosting dances throughout the year. There will be notices posted in the dormitories by our Head Boy, Mr Draco Malfoy and our Head Girl, Miss Hermione Granger to notify you when the dances will be held."
Hermione blushed slightly at the mention of her name, and Draco smirked his arrogant little smile. Soon, the Headmaster's speech was over and it was time for Harry & Ron to go to their dorms. Hermione had to come with Malfoy and McGonagall to their new dormitory. Ginny was coming as well, for the sleepover.
Mcgonagall let them both over to Grand Staircase and led them to the Room Of Requirement "Now, you probably don't know this, but there is a secret room here, it is called —" She said, but she was cut off by all three of the students saying "The Room Of Requirement, we know" at once. She was taken a little aback, but continued. "Yes, well you will be — wait, Miss Weasely, what are you doing here?"
"We're having a sleepover tonight. That isn't against the rules, is it?" Hermione answered with a glare at Ginny for the reason for the sleepover. Professor McGonagall answered "No, not unless Mr Malfoy disagrees, but as I was saying. You will be living in a room next to The Room Of Requirement that has the same properties, but both Heads will have to agree to the change, there are certain things that are unchangeable and you can only change the room three times. The meetings will take place in the real Room Of Requirement. You can choose your own password for your dormitory." McGonagall had finished what she was saying, but Hermione had a question. "Professor, how do we get in?".
McGonagall's nostril's flared and she replied "Our Headmaster told me that you would have to figure it out yourselves. He said that your one hint was this:
Where the colours join,
There you must show affection
" Her lips thinned, and it was plain to see that she knew what the riddle meant, and she did not like it. Apparently she did not what to see it either, because she left the floor.
Malfoy sighed exasperatedly and swore under his breath. Hermione was speaking rapidly to Ginny "I think I can figure it out, I figured out the riddle that Snape gave us when Harry, Ron & I got the Philosophers Stone" Hermione continued to talk to herself as Malfoy looked on, baffled at how she could talk so fast. Then he smirked "Hey, Granger, I don't think I agree with having the Weaselette in my dormitory" Hermione slowly turned around with a smile on her face.
"Malfoy, I sincerely hope that you are not intending to that! It is impossible, you would never do that, you don't have the guts" Hermione said cheerfully. Draco was a little unsettled at her cheerful expression, but still drawled "Why yes I am. I do not agree with the Weaselette and you having a sleepover".
Ginny had seen Hermione's plan "Hermione! You are not getting out of this that easily!" She said reprovingly. "Do you know, Malfoy that she is using you to get out of talking to me about her unhealthy obsession with —" Ginny tried to say, but she was cut off by Hermione putting her hand over her mouth like she had at dinner. "Ginny! This is Malfoy. Do you understand that? You tell him and the whole school will know by tomorrow!" Hermione said frantically, with her hand still on Ginny's mouth. Ginny was unfazed though, because she had started laughing. "Merlin Hermione, did you really think I'd tell him? I'm your friend, I wouldn't tell anyone something you want to keep secret."
"Yeah, but you'll tell the person that the secret concerns." Hermione grumbled and Ginny smiled sweetly. Draco raised an eyebrow and looked at Ginny "And what exactly is the mudblood hiding?" He asked silkily. Ginny looked directly at Malfoy and said "Bugger off ferret, this has nothing to do with you. Actually no, it does have something to do with you, do you know that Hermione wants you to cancel the sleepover?"
Malfoy said "Well, in that case, it's either displease a Blood Traitor and please a Mudblood, or please a Blood Traitor and displease a Mudblood." Draco considered them both for a second, then said "I think I'll let the Mudblood suffer." Hermione glared at Draco, then at Ginny, then looked up at the ceiling.
The ceiling had four tinted glass windows, in the houses colours. Hermione gasped and said " I've solved the first part of the riddle" then waved her wand so that there was a globe of light on the other side of the windows. The windows shined with light, and a separate beam of light in the windows colour shone on the floor. All the beams of light joined together at one spot.
Draco smirked and said "Well, now what? Show affection, does that mean you have to make out with the wall?" Ginny grinned and looked between the two. "I think I know what it means!" She said in a sing-song voice. Hermione looked at Ginny "I know that grin, that grin means that whoever sees it is going to beg for mercy"
Ginny just grinned again. Hermione started thinking out loud "Well, 'There you must show affection', that must mean that the ferret and I are going to have to show affection. But show affection to what? Not to the houses, but something like that, Dumbledore always wanted house unity. Only two of the houses have aggression towards each other, Slytherin & Griffindor. So then that means that one person from Slytherin & Griffindor have to show affection, not hate. Affection usually means you like someone, and what do you do when you like someone? Hmm…." Hermione stopped her fast-paced talking and froze "Oh. My. God!" Hermione walked up to Ginny and looked her in the eye "Please, please, please, don't tell me we have to do that!" She said agitatedly. "Erm, Granger? What exactly is it that we have to do?" Malfoy asked, confused.
"Wait, no he wouldn't get us to do that, Dumbledore would never force anyone to start a relationship." Hermione muttered. Draco widened his eyes, finally realizing what it was all about. "Oh, Merlin! I'll kill that old fool, I really will this time! I have to kiss a mudblood!" Draco said darkly. Ginny burst out laughing "Oh, no. You don't have to kiss, you have to hug!" She said in between giggles.
Hermione sighed in relief and dragged Draco over to where the beams of light intersected. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. Two portraits appeared, one of Salazar Slytherin and one of Godric Griffindor, as soon as this happened, Hermione drew back. She was holding two wands, hers and Draco's. She had taken his while they were hugging. She pointed them both at Malfoy and said "Listen Malfoy, you will not tell anyone what has transpired here, you will walk into your dormitory and you will forget this ever happened. I don't need a wand to control you". And with that, she cast a spell and threw his wand down the staircase.
Godric Griffindor looked at Hermione with pride. "You certainly are a true Griffindor then! That was a great move!" He said as Salazar scowled at one of his Slytherins being humiliated by a Griffindor. "Anyway, what will your password be?" He asked. Hermione thought for a bit, then smiled "Malfoy: The Amazing Bouncing Ferret" She said. Godric chortled and said "That's a bit long, but certainly good taste." He swung forward to admit the two female Griffindors. Ginny had been looking, dumbstruck at the whole scene the whole time. Suddenly she seemed to snap out of her stupor and walked to the portrait hole with Hermione. "Gee, Hermione, I didn't think you had it in you! Fred & George would be proud!" She said, but then, once again, her tone turned a bit more serious "What if he doesn't get his wand back? You could get in serious trouble for that!".
Hermione smiled mischievously and pulled Draco's wand out of her pocket. "The spell was a Glamour, that was just a piece of paper rolled up. I know what I'll do with his wand, in the meantime" She explained.
The portrait hole opened up to where she would be sleeping. She gaped and then smiled. It was the same room that she had in Grimmauld Place, computer and all. The only difference was a door at the opposite side of the room. It had a plaque with the words 'Common Room' on it. Hermione opened it and walked through. The furniture was green with silver detail and the walls, floor and ceiling were red with gold detail. There was a cosy fireplace in one corner and comfortable looking couches and armchairs around it. In the other corner was a kitchen with a homey feel to it. In another corner were two study tables facing each other and two doors beside them. In the last corner was the door that Hermione had emerged from and another door beside it.
Hermione had her mouth open and was gasping in shock at the impressive room. Ginny was impressed by the room as well, but in a different way. "OH MY GOD!! THIS IS YOUR COMMON ROOM?!!" She shrieked piercingly. Hermione stopped gaping and covered her ears. Ginny had stopped screeching "If everyone knew what kind of room they'd get if they became Heads, then we would have a school of people with Percy-like study tendencies" she said conversationally, as if she had not just broken the eardrums of anyone within a 50 metre distance.
Hermione didn't answer, but she looked at the door next to the one she had come from. It had a plaque on it, and written on it were the words 'Head Boy, Draco Malfoy's Room'. Hermione shut the door she had come from and looked at that. There was a similar plaque on it, but with the words 'Head Girl, Hermione Granger's Room'. She looked at the doors on the opposite side of the room. Both had plaques on them, one had 'Library' on it and one had 'Room Of Requirement' on it. Hermione practically Apparated to the door labelled 'Library' and ran through. When Ginny walked to where Hermione had disappeared to, she found her just in time to see her collapse. She had fainted.
Ginny rolled her eyes at her friends love of books and cast enervanate on her. She immediately stood up at gazed once again at the massive library. The room was, indeed massive. There were bookshelves as far as the eye could see, and everything was organised according to the Dewey Decimal System that was shown next to the door she had stepped through. Hermione ran around, as excited as a child waiting for Christmas and Lavender Brown when she got a juicy bit of gossip.
Ginny ran forward to catch Hermione before she found a book and stayed in the Library until graduation. "Hermione, you need to breath, ok? It's not that hard, just take a breath in and then out" She said once she had caught her. Hermione smiled sheepishly and said "Sorry Ginny, It's just been so long since I've read a book for the first time. I've already read all the ones in the Hogwarts Library at least three times."
Now it was Ginny's turn to gape, she knew Hermione loved books, but that library was huge! She shook her head and dragged Hermione out of the Library. They explored the Common Room for a bit more, and found out that they couldn't go into Draco's room and a mirror that allowed you to talk to your subconscious.
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the staircase, a blond haired boy was reading a piece of paper.
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD
Hello Ferret,
You have been had, quite amusing. I'm sure you're laughing your head off. Actually, I think I would prefer it if that had happened.
If you retaliate, I will return it, and then some. This was for everything you have done over the years, but I'm not done yet, you've done at least fifty times this to me. Now it's time for you to know how it feels.
Don't Mess With Me.
I'm sure you're proclaiming how much you don't deserve this, but here you are:
Liar, Liar, Pants on fire,
The Tooth Fairy (who do you think?)
PS: It's a muggle expression, not that you would know.
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD
As soon as he had read it, the paper caught on fire and disintegrated, and so did his pants. Having no wand, he ran up to his dormitory without pants. Salazar scowled when he saw him "That Mudblood has no respect for higher beings. Although, I do have to admire her ingenuity." Salazar said grudgingly "What will your password be?" Draco only had one thing in his mind right then, "Kill Granger". Salazar smiled and swung forward to admit him.
Hi there,
Ok, that's a chapter. I have to ask you your opinion though.
I need a person close to Hermione, not too close, but they see each other on a daily basis. This person is going to do something bad to Hermione, but I can't think of anyone.
I've considered Snape and Draco, but I don't believe Snape would do this, and when this happens, Draco & Hermione are supposed to be friends. I'll PM you if I pick your character.
This will happen a lot later in the story, so by then you'll probably have forgotten all about it.
You can either PM me or review. The first person to submit the one I choose gets to pick a scene and I'll put it in the story. Nothing too detailed, for example just 'Sirius kisses Hermione' won't do, more like 'Sirius kisses Hermione in her room after she tells him her worries'. An action, a reason and a place, I'll do the rest.
On a different subject, tell me what you think! I'm a but proud of the common room and what Hermione did to Draco.
Also, don't worry, we'll have more Sirius/Hermione in either the next chapter, or the one after. (I know, not very motivating, is it?)
One more thing: Hopefully I'll be getting a beta soon, so my bad grammar and spelling will be fixed.
Bye!
—Goldgall
PS: Not sure why I did this in the form of a letter, I'm just crazy I guess. XD