Dramione One Shots

Dormitory Changes

"Before I send you off to your houses, will the returning eighth years as well as the seventh years please stay here, move up to the front of your tables." McGonagall, the new headmistress, requested, "Thank you."

Students from first to sixth year quickly scrambled out of their seats and and left for their houses while the seveth and eighth years moved forward to the front of their tables.

"Now, for two reasons we are going to be doing things differently this year. The first reason is that since we want to have the eighth years returning, there isn't quite enough room in the house dormitories. The second reason will be to help house unity. Now you will be grouped into threes, in one case four, to live together this year. When I call your names, please get your map from Professor Flitwick and head up to your new living areas.

Group 1:
Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
Group 2:
Hannah Abbot, Parvati Patil, Seamus Finnigan
Group 3:
Dean Thomas, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood
Group 3:
Susan Bones, Pansy Parkinson, Terry Boot
Group 4:
Astoria Greengrass, Padma Patil, Tracey Davis
Group 5:
Michael Corner, Daphne Greengrass, Lavender Brown.
And since we're uneven in numbers, our group of four (Group 6) will be:
Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, and Hermione Granger."

Hermione groaned as the Gryffindors sent her sympathetic looks, and the Slytherins dirty ones.

"Now we randomly choose these through a drawing if that explains anything," McGonagall said looking over at Hermione who had buried her head in her arms, "Now come get your maps."

Hermione was one of the first up there and took her map from Flitwick thanking him quickly before she shot the three Slytherins death glares and motioned for them to follow her.

Once outside she looked down at the map while she waited for her new 'roommates.'

7th floor corridor, portrait of Snape.
Password: Always

Hermione gave a small chuckle at the irony of the password, unfortunately heard by the boys.

"What's so funny, Granger?" Malfoy asked with his signature smirk.

"The password. Its quite ironic and frankly quite sad," Hermione said handing them the paper and walking away while they stared at her with odd looks.

"How's that funny?" Theo asked.

"No idea, I'll find out. She actually talks to me in a somewhat friendly matter," Blaise said walking after her with the other two following.

"Hey Granger!" He called.

Hermione turned and waited when she saw it was Blaise.

"Hello, Blaise," she said as the two fell in step together.

"What's so funny about the password? I honestly don't get it," Blaise said.

"Oh. Well Snape's our portrait, right? And while he was at school he was totally in love with Lily Evans who became Lily Potter, Harry's mum. Well, sometime during our sixth year Dumbledore told Snape that Harry would have to die in the end to save everyone and Snape flipped out saying they were raising a pig for the slaughter and Dumbledore was shocked and asked him if he actually cared for harry and Snape merely scoffed and cast his patronus which was a doe, like Lily's, and Dumbledore asked 'after all this time?' And Snape answered with always, basically meaning he'd loved lily all his life," Hermione said quickly all in one breath, panting heavily after.

"Wow. Um okay, not the answer I was expecting," Blaise said.

"Yeah, and don't bother telling Ferret and Nott," Hermione said and reached into the air and grabbed something invisible, "Extendable ears. They can't sneak those last me. I was the first one to know these existed from George and... Fred."