Together

Chapter 10 – The Announcement & the New Room mates



September went by as fast as it had arrived, just for October to arrive. It was one beautiful morning in the second week of October and the weather was a bit chilly but not cold. Outside of the castle, the sight was so beautiful and breathtaking. The sky looked as though it was clothed in a beautiful dress, the lightest shade of blue, and the dress had little cotton shaped white shapes sewn on its blue fabric. The green grasses of September had decided to wear their new red and orange robes to show off. Some of the trees in the Forbidden Forest had their green hats on and their brown coats; however, some had been more daring and enjoyed the wind with their green hats.



The Hogwarts students were all seated at their House tables eating breakfast and chatting with their friends. Today even the Heads and their four friends, who usually ate in the Heads kitchen, were present. The Headmaster had an announcement to make, and while he had already talked to the Heads, it was part of the tradition for them to be present when he announced it to the rest of the school. The Headmaster stood up at the staff table and spoke "Silence!" Now all the eyes in the room were on him and everyone was looking and listening to Albus Dumbledore, wanting to know what he had to say. “In two weeks we will have ball. Some might remember the Yule ball we had 3 years ago, and this will be very similar to that ball, except this will be a Halloween Dance. The Heads will be in charge of this task and the prefects will help them. Ms. Granger and Mr. Zabini have confirmed with me that they will have a meeting with the prefects this evening at 7 o\'clock and inform them of their tasks and duties. They will also provide them with the necessary information for their houses. They have also asked me to inform the prefects to meet in front of the Heads’ Dormitory." He paused and then concluded his speech, "That is all; you may head to your classes."



With that said, the students rose and headed for their classes. Ginny, Hermione, Luna, Neville, Millicent and Blaise headed for DADA. While waiting outside the class for Professor Lupin and Professor Krum, they were joined by Lavender, Pavarti, Padma, Harry and Ron. Of course they all ignored one another, until Lavender could not take it any longer.



"Ooooooooooh Hermione? Well... Pavarti, Padma and I were wondering if you can tell us about the Ball. Is it going to be a formal Ball, or is it all costumes? Can we come to the meeting?" She asked, looking at Ron hopefully.



"No, Brown, you can\'t come to the meeting. There are three Gryffindor prefects who are going to attend the meeting that will inform you. Now cut it out!" Blaise said, before Hermione had the chance to talk.



"Humph! Fine! My Won-Won is a prefect, he\'ll tell me everything!" she said forcing herself on Ron.



The whole time in DADA, Lavender and her two girlfriends kept on hissing at Hermione, and continued doing the same thing in Potions, until the Professor had enough of their pestering.



"\'Stop talking and brew your potion, Ms. Brown! If it will ease your pain, I am sure Weasley will ask you out! Get to work or I will deduct points for your immaturity!" Snape thundered. Neville told Millicent and Blaise about what Snape had said to Lav-Lav. It was lunch and they had come to eat in the Heads dormitory, once again avoiding certain group of people.



"Yeah, you had to see her face! It was priceless!" Ginny laughed remembering the mortified look on Lavender\'s face.



"Ginny is right, she looked paler than Draco Malfoy," Luna joined the conversation, "She looked quite scary actually."



"Oooooooooooooooooooooooh! I can\'t believe missed that! What else happened?" Millicent asked.



"Well Snape did end up taking points off of Gryffindor. You see, Ron defended Lavender naturally, and cost us 50 points for talking back. That’s not all, either! Lavender continued on bugging me and cost us another 50 points! She kept talking about their private matters - you know Ron and her." Hermione replied, rolling her eyes.



"I know it was quite disgusting for both Hermione and me; for Hermione mainly because he is like her brother and for me, he is my brother, so it was unbelievably gross!" Ginny exclaimed.



"The girl had no self-respect or dignity!" Luna said.



After they ate their lunch, all six of them headed for their classes and decided to meet again after classes to do their homework before the meeting with the prefects. Their afternoon classes were boring and went by quickly, thankfully without any drama. As soon as classes were over, they met each other in the Heads Common Room as they had planned and together finished their homework, reviewing it for the next day. Then they decided to relax and eat dinner at 6 o\'clock. As they ate, they chatted.



"I have a suggestion for you and Luna," Hermione told Neville and Luna, "You know you basically live here already. You study here, eat here, and relax here, why don’t you just move in with us? Millicent and Blaise share his room, so Neville can have the other guest room, and Luna can share with me or Ginny."



"Are you serious?" Neville asked.



"Absolutely!" Hermione replied.



"If it\'s okay with everyone, I see no harm in moving in with Ginny!" Luna said, smiling happily.



"Of course, it’s okay with Blaise and me! You heard Hermione," Millicent said laughing.



"I\'m cool!" Ginny said.



"Okay, then it\'s settled! When will you move in?\' Hermione asked.



"Tomorrow!" Luna and Neville said together.



It was seven o’clock time for the meeting with the prefects.



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