The Marriage Class of Hogwarts

THE MARRIAGE CLASS OF HOGWARTS

CHAPTER ONE - THE RETURN

The Great Hall of Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry is once again filled with students sitting among four long house tables and the professors sitting at one staff table running along the top end of the Hall. Unlike several months ago when the Hall was filled with students, their families, Order of the Phoenix members, Ministry of Magic personal, and Death Eaters fighting in and watching the great battle of the wizardring world. The battle ultimately was ended after the standoff of Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Harry was able to deflect the killing curse off of himself using the elder wand magic. This magic was possible because Lord Voldemort was not the true owner of the elder wand.


This school year is a bit larger than last year because of the circumstances surrounding the battle. Muggleborns were forbidden to attend Hogwarts and no end-of-year exams, O.W.L.S., or N.E.W.T.’s. were given. Today, all students, purebloods, half-bloods and muggleborns are able to return to “repeat” or to “start” their latest school year. The first year students are the largest class since it not only has the previous eleven year old students, who are now twelve years old but, also includes the current eleven year old students.


After a long sorting of the houses, the new Headmistress of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall, stood up and greeted the Hall. “Welcome to another year of Hogwarts. The staff and I want to thank everyone for returning this year after what happened just a few months ago. We also want to thank each and everyone of you involved for helping in the battle of defeating Lord Voldemort.”


The Great Hall interrupted into a round of roaring applause. Raising her hand, indicating the room to hush, she continued her speech. “Please take this time in remembering our lost loved ones, fellow professors and students. We recently put up memorials in the entrance of Hogwarts. You will be able to look at them more closely starting tomorrow morning.”


After pausing for a few minutes of silence she carried on with her speech, “A Big Welcome Back to those who did not attend last year.” Professor McGonagall warmly placed her smiling eyes on Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. But she quickly receded the twinkle in her eyes while continuing to stare at them. “And to remind you that every student returning belongs to this school contrary to some. They are a part of this school, I will not tolerate fighting amongst any students this year.”


Harry and Ron glanced over at the Slytherin table to find Draco Malfoy glimpsing back at them before Draco turned his own eyes towards his friend, Balise Zabini.


“We need to applaud our Hogwarts staff, Ministry of Magic Personal, and volunteers that stayed on over the summer getting the school back to its rightful glory,” Professor McGonagall continued. The Hall filled with applause again, albeit not as loud as before, but quite cheerfully.


“As always the Dark Forrest is still forbidden” stated McGonagall “and Mr. Filch has a list of all banned items from Weasley Wizard Wheezes in his office. This year our Head Girl and Head Boy are Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. Also, please see me after the feast. One last announcement, all sixth and seventh years are to stay in the Great Hall after breakfast tomorrow you will not have morning classes due to a special meeting. Thank you. Now lets eat”.


The tables suddenly overflowed with all kinds of food and the Great Hall filled with all sorts of chatter talking over what topic tomorrow’s meeting might be about. Even the younger years couldn’t stop taking about tomorrow either.


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After the feast, Professor McGonagall wished everyone good night, also reminding the sixth and seventh years not to be late for breakfast and would the Head Boy and Girl come to the staff table. Slowly students started leaving the Hall going to their houses and the prefects where leading the first years to their new dormitories. After saying her goodbyes to Harry and Ginny, Hermione gave Ron a quick kiss on his lips. Then she walked over to meet Draco and Professor McGonagall at the staff table.


“Evening Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger,” said Professor McGonagall nodding her head in greeting. “I commend you both on receiving this top honor. As in the past, the Head Boy and Girl shared their own dormitory. Please follow me.”


“This year, I except both of you to be examples for all the students here at Hogwarts. This will be greatly in need after we have this meeting in the morning.” She addressed the two heads while they were walking up the Grand Staircase.


“We are demanding quite a lot from our Head Boy and Girl this year. There will be several events that you will either assist myself or the staff in. Plus, there will be some events that you will be in charge of, besides scheduling prefect duties and your regular studies. If you do not wish to continue as Head Boy or Girl, then please remove yourself from this position and we will find a student willing to do so,” she said while examining them closely, trying to determine their reactions. They looked from her to each other.


Hermione was the first one to look back at the professor proudly “I will help whenever needed Professor.”


“I’m not stepping down,” replied Draco dryly, slowly removing his angry glare from Hermione to Professor McGonagall.


“Very well,” said Professor McGonagall happily. “The head dorm has been moved to the forth floor in the west wing, mainly because it lies directly over the west wing of the third floor. The Third Floor West Wing is being remodeled and will reopen in a few weeks for the project taking place this year.”


After reaching the west wing on the forth floor, they came upon a portrait of a young girl in a white dress holding a bouquet of flowers. She also wore a wreath of flowers in her brown curly hair. The young girl curtsied as they came up closer.


After McGonagall greeted the young girl, she turned to the adolescents students, “your password is yellow tulips. You have to agree between yourselves before you can change the password through out the year, but don’t forget to inform me of the new password. I caution you on whom you give your password to.


“Just remember that if you share the password with your friends make sure they don’t tell anyone the password. Only you should tell someone the password.”


Professor McGonagall motioned for Hermione to say the password. “Yellow tulips” Hermione whispered to the portrait. All three walked pass the portrait into the common room.


“Welcome to your dormitory. As you can see you have a common room, your own bedroom and a bathroom. The bedrooms and the bathroom are located upstairs. On this floor, you have a sitting area with a fireplace and a kitchen area to help you with refreshments and light snacks. You will understand more tomorrow. You are allowed to eat breakfast or lunch in your common room on the weekends only. Just ask some of the house elves to help you. Everyone is required to eat in the Great Hall for dinner. No Exceptions. The large table over here will help you with your prefect meetings and any other meetings you will be overseeing,”said Professor McGonagall.


“Before I leave there is one more thing that I need to show you,” she said while walking towards the right side of the common room, stopping in front of a very tall portrait size mirror. “unfortunately, I will not go into reasons why this mirror is here before the meeting takes place. But, I can tell you this mirror is magical and is a door way or a shortcut to the third floor below,” informed Professor McGonagall. “I will explain more about this during the meeting. Please don’t open this door.”


Hermione was curious now and couldn’t help herself from looking down into the mirror. She saw an illuminated stairway. Beyond the stairway and looking past another portrait size door, she was able to see a dark room. “This shortcut will help you while assisting the staff to finish the preparations on the floor below.” continued Professor McGonagall. “After the meeting tomorrow, you will understand. I hope that the two of you can get along, unlike past years. Please have a look around your dormitory and get some rest. Goodnight.”


Hermione and Draco told her goodnight as she walked out of the common room. They took the time to really survey their new living space. When first walking into the room, you can see the stairway leading upstairs to the bedrooms and bathroom. Along the right side of the common room is the sitting area by a fireplace and a small library standing near the magical mirror. Along the left side of the common room is the kitchen area with a small eating table and a huge dinning room table similar to the ones in the Great Hall.


The sitting area has a couch facing the fireplace. There are four wing chairs, two on each side of the couch. The cushions on the furniture are a blend of Gryffindor Red and Slytherin Green. The sitting area also includes a few well placed end tables.


The L-shape kitchen area is placed in the far left corner of the common room. There are several kitchen cabinets loaded with dishes and snacks. The sink is on the left wall, almost facing the fireplace of the sitting area. The fridge is placed on the other wall just a few feet from the stairway demonstrating the end of the kitchen area. Standing in the middle of the kitchen is a small round eating table with four chairs in Slytherin Green.


The huge dinning room table is identical to the ones seen in the Great Hall, except for being shorter. The dinning table can easily seat twenty people and another difference is the use of chairs instead of benches. There’s even a chair placed at each end of the table. The chairs seat cushions are covered in Gryffindor Red.


Walking around the room, Hermione and Draco were amazed at how the room blended their house colors beautifully. They both reached the stairway at the same time. They made eye contact for a few seconds not knowing what to say to each other. Silver eyes looking into chocolate brown eyes. Draco broke eye contact quickly and strutted up the stairs. Hermione rolled her eyes at his lack of manners.

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Hermione slowly went up the stairway towards her room. She spotted her name on the last door located to the right of the hallway. ‘Malfoy’s room must be on the left side,’ thought Hermione.


When she opened her door she was stunned at what she saw. The size of the room could easily fit two of the rooms she lived in during the past six years. The bedroom was covered in Gryffindor red and gold. A huge, oversize king size bed was placed on the right side of the room.


The area right beside the entry door had two sitting chairs, with a small table sitting between them.


On the left side of the room, she first saw a doorway, ‘must lead to the bathroom,’ she thought. Then she saw a huge dresser, ‘This dresser could be big enough for two people.’ On the back wall of the room, there are two large closets. When she glanced into the closets, one was totally empty and the other one had all her clothes and shoes placed in it.


‘The house elves must have already took care of everything’ thought Hermione. While shaking her thoughts on the empty closet, she took another look at the king size bed. The bed was overflowing with pillows and appeared inviting. She also observed how her school trunk was placed at the end of the bed, but only taking up one side. Then she walked over to the bathroom door.


When she first walked into the bathroom, Hermione noticed the doorway leading to Malfoy’s bedroom. The door had a picture of the Slythrine Snake on it. Taking a glance at the back of her door, she recognized the Gryffindor Lion. The bathroom’s first impression made her think it was small, when in reality it was quite huge. The bathroom was divided into sections. The first section she came across was the entryway and the washing sinks. In between the two doors, along one wall there was four sinks, each containing their own cabinet and a matching mirror attached to the wall above. Placed in between the four sinks stood a door leading into the hallway. The other wall contained an open doorway leading to the rest of the bathroom and included four bath robs hanging from their individual hooks.


The two sinks closer to Malfoy’s room were coloured in silver and green. The sinks closer to Hermione’s room were coloured in red and gold. Hermione noticed that one of the red and gold sinks had her toiletries already placed in it, but the other matching sink was still empty, she was tempting to look inside of Malfoy’s sink, but thought against it” I don’t want to even imagine what weird stuff he would own.’


She turned around to step closer to the open doorway when she suddenly bumped into Malfoy coming out of said doorway. “Watch out Granger,” Malfoy yelled.


“Oh, so sorry Malfoy,” snipped Hermione. “What’s back there,” she wondered.


“Look for yourself,” he said, but neither of them made a move to get out of the way.


“Well, move out of my way and I will,” she said, not budgeting.


“You first,” he said in a firm, angry voice.


“No,” she said in a quiet, but determined stance.


“Granger, move,” he said traveling in closer to her.


“No Malfoy!,” she hollered angrily, “you move.”


“No! You!” he drilled out of his mouth, crossing his arms in front of his chest.


“Oi Malfoy,” she said exasperatly, “I don’t have all night. Get over yourself.” Hermione was clenching her fist down at her sides, wanting to stomp her feet at him.


She took a couple of steps back to allow Malfoy to move out of her way. Watching Malfoy angrily march back to his bedroom and slamming the door on his way out. ‘What a stubborn arse,’ she thought.


Then Hermione took a few steps into the rest of the bathroom and spotted a huge bathtub in the middle of the room. The tub’s entrance was at the end of the bathroom with several different faucets containing varieties of food and flower scented bubbles.


On each side of the tub, the room was sectioned into another corresponding layout. Each side included it’s own toilet enclosed in a wood stall, a changing room, and a shower with frosted doors.


Going back through the doorway that she came from, she was baffled. ‘This dormitory has the weirdest layout just for Malfoy and I.’ She was so stunned, she found herself knocking on Malfoy’s Slytherin snake covered door in the bathroom.


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“What do you want Granger,” Draco asked yanking his door open after she keep pounding for several minutes.


“Malfoy does your room have two closets,” asked Granger.


Draco tried not to look surprised at Granger’s question. He couldn’t help, but nod his head “Yeah, it does.”


“Do you get the feeling that we are supposed to have roommates,” she stated. “Everything seems to be in pairs of some sort. Well, except for the king size bed and the huge bathtub,” averting her eyes to the floor.


“What’s the big deal,” he reflected. “I have a king size bed in my room at the manor.”


“Malfoy, can I take a look in your room,” she asked quietly ignoring his comments.


“Why? Do you want to share my bed with me,” he asked raising an eyebrow upward, trying to aggravate her.


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“Most definitely not,” slapping his shoulder resentfully.


Malfoy allowed Hermione to walk into his room. His room mirrored hers. If her bed was located to the right, then his bed was located to the left. It looked the same. Well, except for the Slytherin color scheme.


“This is what I mean, two closets, a huge dresser and even your trunk is to one side of the bed,” Hermione waving her arm to each area mentioned.


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“I really don’t care ,” he said. “Do you know what it has been like sharing a room with those two goons, Crabbe and Goyle.” He suddenly stopped taking and he looked way from Granger. Draco was remembering what transpired in the ‘Room of Hidden Things’ on that faithful day. Crabbe and Goyle were determined to hand Potter over to him, even if they killed Potter and his friends first. Draco tried to stop them, but Crabbe was no longer following his orders. Crabbe narrowly missed casting the Avada Kedavra curse at Granger. Crabbe also cast a cursed fire spell into the room almost killing everyone inside it’s walls, which eventually caused his own death.


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After a noticeable amount of silence, Hermione whispered “Oh, Draco, I’m sorry about your friend,” not realizing she said his first name as she placed her hand on his arm. She was also remembering some of the things going on during the battle. Forgetting her anger towards Crabbe, she tried to comfort Malfoy. Thinking how hard it would be like if she was betrayed by a friend.


“He wasn’t to much of my friend, not listening to me,” he stated roughly. “You were there, we both almost died that day Hermione.”


Hermione was to startled hearing her first name being said by Malfoy to care that he yanked her hand off his arm. “Granger, I don’t want to talk about it.”


“Okay, I guess I’ll turn in,” she uttered. “Night Malfoy. Don’t forget we aren’t suppose to say anything until after this meeting in the morning.”


“Night Granger,” he said before she walked back thru to the bathroom where she came from.


She was still trying to figure out what the project was going to be while changing into her pajamas. All night she tried to think of another topic, but it was useless. Finally, when sleep was closing in on her, observing the cozy, comfortable feel of all her pillows around her, she pondered ‘‘What would Ron think of this room if he could share it with me.’


Hours later, she woke up startled and sweaty, remembering her dream. In her dream she was dreaming of Ron holding and caressing her. Then slowly there was a shift, she was seeing red hair and bright blue eyes changing into blonde hair and piercing silver eyes. She felt a change in his rough lips to smooth, silky lips. Realizing her Ron changed into someone unexpectantly, she chanted all night, ‘Oh no! No! No! No! Think of anything else. Not this. Not this.’ A few hours later, after fighting with herself and preventing sleep, she finally exhausted into slumber.

Anthor’s note: Thank you for reading this is my first fanfiction let me know what you think so far. Good or Bad.