"I can begin," said Professor McGonagall. She glanced at the students before her. Not one person seemed to be pleased with their partner, except for Ginny who had a certain glint in her eye, which seemed to say that all was not lost in her case.
"Through this door, there is a large common room with a mini kitchen, comfy sofas, tables, chairs and a small library. This area is for studying, eating or relaxing. There are 3 doors leading from here. There are three bedrooms and three en-suite bathrooms- one for each couple. Unfortunately, there are no single beds, it is part of the rules that you share a bed," Professor McGonagall paused to see their reactions. There were none, it seemed that they already guessed as much. She continued, "The 6th and 7th years will be having their own timetables apart from one lesson a week which will be a compulsory class. You will learn more about this later on in the week. The six of you are allowed to invite other students for socialising, but it is your responsibility to make sure they act accordingly. There is a password that you need to know before entering," she stopped and turned to the door. She leant in so only the six could hear.
"Veneratio," she murmured at a small bronze crest in the middle of the door with what looked like an empty phial emblazoned into it and a large number 16. The door opened and she led them into the room.
Hermione gasped. It was huge! She had thought it would be small; the doors in the corridor were all squashed together. She realised there must be charms on the room, to make them bigger on the inside than they look.
She turned to Draco but he just looked unimpressed.Of course, this must be the size of his bathroom at his manor. She shuddered at the memory of Malfoy Manor. When she, Ron and Harry were looking for Horcuxes the previous year, they were captured and taken to Draco's family home- and Death Eaters headquarters. Because she was a 'Mudblood', she was tortured for information. Thank god Dobby turned up. He is a real hero.
Hermione, Harry and Ginny sat down on the nearest sofa and looked at McGonagall.
"I'll leave you to settle in, your luggage has been brought up here and your timetables are on your beds. Classes start after lunch, where you will be required to sit in dormitory groups. This morning is for you to settle in. Get to know each other. You will need to be married by August next year and ladies must be pregnant by Christmas. Failure to do so will result in dire consequences as set by the Minister of Magic. Although you can get divorced, It is uncommon for wizards and witches to do so and you will be required to stay married until the off-spring has been born and been registered as a Wizard/Witch." Professor McGonagall glanced at each one of them seriously then left the room.
Pansy hurried off to the bedrooms to look at her room, while Draco and Blaise sauntered around their living quarters with disgusted expressions.
"Well, this is great. It's so small," Draco said as he looked around the room, "Although, I bet this is the size of your whole house isn't it Weasley?"
Ginny flushed, "Get lost Malfoy."
"Sorry, I can't. Wish I could, but we are unfortunately stuck together. I feel sorry for you Blaise." Malfoy countered.
Blaise grimaced, but Draco saw a glint of something there. He remembered a few years back, when Blaise and Pansy were secretly dating, they were on the train and Pansy had said "She's quite pretty. Even you think so, don't you, Blaise and we all know how difficult you are to please!" Maybe this wouldn't be so bad for Blaise and Weaslette.
"Can't believe I have to share a room with a Weasley, although I could do a lot worse," Blaise's eyes turned pointedly to Hermione.
Harry clenched his fists. He rose to confront Malfoy but Ginny and Hermione pulled him down.
