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A lot of things had happened in the last year. The Great War had begun and ended, with the light side being victorious. All captured Death Eaters had been sent away to Azkaban, though it was not entirely known how many were still in hiding. But even with this known, the general thought among the wizarding community was that the world was now a better place.

Things in Hogwarts had changed greatly also. All four now houses coexisted harmoniously, especially since the great majority of the Slytherin house did not fight on the side of Voldemort. The other three houses were shocked, of course, to learn this when the beginning of the war occurred, but no one questioned it. Though, everyone was curious to what had changed the minds of the young dark wizards, but the Slytherins weren't exactly jumping to share that information.

So it comes to no big surprise that the biggest change within the castle was between the Gryffindors and the Slytherins, well the change within the most prominent students of these respective houses. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were now close friends with Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini. The four boys always seemed to be together these days. Odd, right? After spending the majority of the war fighting along side each other, literally, saving each other's necks time and time again, a friendship was bound to happen. The Hogwarts professors were quite pleased with this friendship; it served to increase the unity within the castle.

The professors were not the only one's pleased with this friendship. It seemed that the female population of the school was even happier about it. Why? Well, it is better to see the four hottest guys in school together, than to look for them separately, right? No longer would the young witches have to search the halls looking for one individually. If one handsome wizard was found, it was likely that the other three were not far.

It was quite a shame that one of the young heartthrobs was already in already in a serious relationship. Harry and Pansy Parkinson were the most popular couple in the school. They complimented each other really well, though they did get into their fair share of arguments. Harry had toned down and softened the Slytherin princess considerably, now she was liked by most of the girls of Hogwarts a great feat considering that she took Harry off the market. She was even friends with Hermione Granger, the ever so studious Gryffindor princess.

Hogwarts' once greatest rivals were now friends, the most powerful group of young witches and wizards in the history of the school. The eight are deeply respected and liked by their peers. The eight students I speak of are Harry, Pansy, Draco, Blaise, Ron, and Hermione of course, but also include Millicent Bulstrode, and Ginny Weasley.

They are a close knit group… for the most part. For some reason Draco and Hermione just can't get along. If left alone, they would bicker consistently until someone intervened. At first it was thought that Draco still despised her because she was a muggle-born, but he had gotten over that prejudice even before the war, after all he was friends with many of the older muggle-borns in the school. After it was concluded that this was not the case, the next thought was that Hermione just could not forgive Draco for all the things she had done and said to her over the years. But if this was the case, how could she be nice to Crabbe and Goyle? No one could figure it out.

Draco and Hermione sharing the Head's dorms did not make it any better. Days of silence followed by days of screaming and hexing were not uncommon. After all, there was no one to intervene in their confrontations. While in the presence of the faculty and younger student, they were civil to one another, civil meaning that they stayed silent and basically ignored one another when possible.

Their friends could not understand their behavior. If there was a good reason for them to still dislike each other so much, then the remaining six would just leave it alone. But since it was highly improbable that there was a good reason, Harry, Ron, Blaise, Pansy, Millicent, and Ginny began to think of ways to get the two Head Students to get over whatever it was that was keeping them enemies.

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