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@ jilly-ann, Plot and Cho: Thanks for reading and commenting, guys! :3

I must say it was kind of frustrating to realize again how much work it is to write one chapter. But it's all worth it in the end, and I'm confident I will definately finish this fanfiction this time! So here's a new chapter. I hope you like it. It's not extremely interesting when it comes to action, because it's basically the candidates dividing into teams for the three bedrooms, and then a tour through the mansion, but still, you'll need to read it to know a little about the house the candidates are in the next 30 days xD

Anyway, have fun reading and please comment when you've read my fanfiction. I love comments! : D


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Chapter 1 - Day 0Camera shows us a huge villa with a swimming pool in the huge garden. We see the twelve candidates taking their luggage inside using spells. Apparently it's late in the evening, for it's really dark outside and the full moon is high up in the sky. Camera focuses on SIRIUS, who's looking up, grinning in a melancholic sort of way.

SIRIUS BLACK: "Good thing Moony isn't here."

Once the candidates are all inside, the camera switches to a picture of the living room where we see the candidates arrive. We see them looking up as they hear a familiair voice.

VOICE-OVER: "Welcome in the villa! As you've probably noticed, there are cameras hanging everywhere. And with 'everywhere' I mean absolutely everywhere. Outside at the pool, on every corner in the garden, inside in every room; in the kitchen, in the living room, in the recreation room, in the bedrooms and even in the bathrooms."

The candidates talk a little amongst themselves after hearing all this. They realize they can't do anything without being watched. Some of the candidates, like MOODY, start looking around suspiciously. Others, like RON, are waving at random directions, shouting things like 'Mum, I'm on television!'.

VOICE-OVER: "About the bedrooms: you're going to have to decide who's going to sleep in one room with who. There are three rooms with four beds each. Since there are only four women in your midst, there's no problem with that. The four ladies will share Room 1. But the eight men have to split up into two teams. Good luck!"

There are some mixed reactions to this announcement. We see HERMIONE sitting next to LUNA.

HERMIONE GRANGER: "We're going to have to sleep in one room with that Death Eater and Umbridge?"

LUNA LOVEGOOD: "Maybe it'll be fun."

HERMIONE GRANGER: "Fun? What do you mean, fun?"

HERMIONE stalks off to the huge red couch and sits down with a cross look on her face. Camera switches to HARRY, who is talking to DUMBLEDORE about the two rooms.

HARRY POTTER: "Professor?"

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE: "Yes, Harry, my boy?"

HARRY POTTER: "I think you ought to make two groups of four for the bedrooms."

VOLDEMORT: "What? That old fool is not going to decide who's going to sleep where!"

HARRY POTTER: "He's not a fool! And he is going to decide who's going to sleep where."

VOLDEMORT: "No, he's not!"

HARRY POTTER: "Yes, he is!"

While VOLDEMORT and HARRY are getting into a heated argument about DUMBLEDORE deciding who's to sleep where, SNAPE comes up to them.

SEVERUS SNAPE: "Why don't we just draw straws?"

Both VOLDEMORT andHARRY look up from their argument, somewhat surprised of SNAPE's remark. DUMBLEDORE smiles happily.

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE: "Excellent idea. Now, if all the men could get up here?"

The eight men get together in a group while DUMBLEDORE gestures for HERMIONE to come over.

HERMIONE GRANGER: "What is it, Professor?"

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE: "Hermione, could you get us eight straws of different lengths, please? Keep them in your hand so that it looks like all the straws are exactly the same length. Every man is going to draw a straw, and then we compare them. The four men who have the shortest four of the straws will sleep in Room 2, the four men who have the four longest straws will sleep in Room 3. Ready?"

HERMIONE nods, and with a small movement of her wand she's suddenly holding eight similar looking straws. SIRIUS decides he should draw first and he draws a straw, which seems quite long. The other seven men draw their straws and when they all have one, they start to compare. Eventually, after a long time of argueing about the lenght of several straws (with MOODY claiming somebody altered his straw so it suddenly was shorter), the eight men are divided in two groups of four: Room 2 will belong to SNAPE, RON, SIRIUS and DRACO. Room 3 will play host to VOLDEMORT, MOODY, DUMBLEDORE and HARRY.

RON WEASLEY: "I'm sleeping in the same room as Malfoy? Do I really have to?"

DRACO MALFOY: "I'm not looking forward to sleeping in the same room as you, either. I'm not sure whether I can handle the stink."

RON looks like he wants to hit DRACO in the face but HERMIONE holds him back, muttering soothing words about how she's not happy with her roommates, either. But RON's not the only one who's unhappy with the way things go.

SIRIUS BLACK: "What? I've got a short straw?"

SNAPE looks like he would absolutely love to make a somewhat perverse remark about this fact, but then he realizes he's got a short straw himself and stalks away in a cranky fashion. DUMBLEDORE claps his hands as though he wants everybody to pay attention. Surprisingly, almost everybody does.

DUMBLEDORE: "I propose everybody should take their luggage to the rooms now we all know in which room we're going to sleep."

Everybody seems okay with this and we see all of them magicking their luggage up the broad white stairs to the three rooms waiting for them. The four ladies disappear behind the large white door bearing a large golden '1', SNAPE, RON, SIRIUS and DRACO go into the room with number '2' on the door and VOLDEMORT, MOODY, DUMBLEDORE and HARRY enter room number '3'.
The camera switches to Room 1, where we see HERMIONE, LUNA, UMBRIDGE and BELLATRIX argueing about who's going to sleep in which bed. Obviously, there are four beds. Two of the beds are next to a huge window and the other two are closer to the white door. We see UMBRIDGE waddle towards the bed in the right corner next to the window, while BELLATRIX storms in after her to claim the bed facing UMBRIGDE's. HERMIONE looks absolutely enraged, while LUNA doesn't appear to have noticed something because she's looking closely at the rich red carpet.

LUNA LOVEGOOD: "This looks a lot like Drooling Giralephant's hair! It's really rare and when you spill water on it, it comes to life, so it's quite dangerous you know. Do you think they put it here as a test to see whether we are brave enough for...-"

But LUNA's awfully interesting observation gets drowned by HERMIONE's indignant shouting.

HERMIONE GRANGER: "HEY! Who says you can just take those beds next to the window? Maybe Luna and I wanted to sleep there!"

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE: "So?"

Upon hearing her name, LUNA looks up from the carpet, looking surprised.

LUNA LOVEGOOD: "What's the matter, Hermione?"

HERMIONE GRANGER: "Profess-, I mean, Dolores and Bellatrix claimed the best beds! Now we have to sleep in the beds next to the door! We will catch a cold!"

LUNA LOVEGOOD: "Well, I don't really mind, actually. A little draft is really good against that Giralephant hair."

And LUNA picks up her luggage, places it next to the bed closest to her and sits down on the bed. All four beds have red covers and light pink pillows. HERMIONE looks at LUNA, astonished.

HERMIONE GRANGER: "Wha-? No! We should decide this democratically!"

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE: "Fine. Who wants to switch beds?"

Only HERMIONE raises her hand.

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE: "Who's okay with the bed they're in right now?"

BELLATRIX, UMBRIDGE and LUNA raise their hands.

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE: "Well, that's settled then."

HERMIONE GRANGER: "But -!"

DOLORES UMBRIDGE: "Mrs. Granger, be quiet. Maybe, hopefully, you don't have to endure this terrible decision for very long."

HERMIONE looks at UMBRIDGE in a scandalized sort of way but decides it's better to retreat in angry silence. She takes up her luggage, places it next to the last bed and starts unpacking agressively, as though it's the fault of her luggage she has to sleep in this particular bed.
Camera switches to Room 2, where a similar discussion is being held.

SIRIUS BLACK: "Hey Snivellus, you should take a bed next to the door so you can get a bit of fresh air."

SNAPE looks around at SIRIUS with an angry glare. SIRIUS is grinning at him.

SEVERUS SNAPE: "And why would I need fresh air?"

SIRIUS BLACK: "So you won't pass away from the stink of those greasy locks you got."

SNAPE gets up, looking as if he would like very much to punch SIRIUS in the face.

SEVERUS SNAPE: "Well, I understand why you need a bed next to the window!"

SIRIUS BLACK: "Oh yeah? And why's that?"

SEVERUS SNAPE: "So you can look at your own reflection all the time!"

SIRIUS and SNAPE are standing there, facing each other, wands drawn and chests heaving. Then, RON looks up as though he didn't notice the argument up until now.

RON WEASLEY: "Guys? Why don't you just pick a bed and start unpacking?"

Silence, in which SIRIUS and SNAPE keep looking at each other. Then, SNAPE turns away bitterly.

SEVERUS SNAPE: "Fine."

SIRIUS BLACK: "Great."

SIRIUS throws his bags upon one of the beds next to the window, facing RON's bed, while SNAPE sends his luggage flying through the air towards the spare bed close to the door, facing DRACO's bed. DRACO has been exceptionally quiet during the heated conversation, which is very unlike him. RON seems to notice.

RON WEASLEY: "Hey Malfoy, what's that you got there?"

We see DRACO putting something away quickly, looking up a little guiltily, as if he has just been doing something he knows he's not allowed to do. He quickly seems to recover and snarls at RON.

DRACO MALFOY: "Nothing."

RON raises his eyebrows but decides not to push it. Looks like he'll find out anyway.
Camera switches to Room 3, where things are going surprisingly well, considering there's VOLDEMORT and HARRY in one room. It seems that DUMBLEDORE and MOODY can keep things down a little.

HARRY POTTER: "I don't want to sleep in a bed that's facing Voldemort's!"

VOLDEMORT: "I don't want to sleep in a bed that's facing Potter's!"

ALASTOR MOODY: "Shut up, the both of you. If you can't cope with it this way, grab your blanket and go sleep on the floor."

The two rivals glare at each other, then continue unpacking their things.

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE: "I must say, Alastor, you handle situations like this quite well. You should think of rejoining our staff after this little adventure."

MOODY shakes his mane of grey hair and looks up at DUMBLEDORE with a lopsided grin and his electric blue eye swivelling in all directions.

ALASTOR MOODY: "I'm too old for that now, Dumbledore. No offence."

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE: "Well, you know the gates are always open for an old friend. If you'd ever change your mind..."

MOODY grunts something inaudible and continues to unpack his luggage, revealing dull grey pyjamas with little brown teddy bears on them. He hides them under his light blue pillow and throws the dark blue blanket over it.

VOICE-OVER: "You've had quite enough time now. Get back to the living room so I can give you a proper tour through the villa."

We see our twelve candidates coming out of their seperate rooms and gathering in the living room where they sit down on the huge red sofas.

VOICE-OVER: "Right. So now that everybody knows where to go when he can't keep his eyes open, we'll discover where you can go when you want to do something else. Come on, get up. Now walk over to that big white door on your right and open it so you can see the marvellous kitchen."

RON hurries forward at the sound of the word 'kitchen' and opens the door. His jaw drops.

RON WEASLEY: "Wow."

He gets into the kitchen, stumbling rather than walking, looking around in awe. He looks like he's just been told he's in heaven. The other candidates follow him and they see a huge white room with a large wooden table and twelve wooden chairs around it. There's an old-fashioned fire with a cauldron on it, but also the latest magical developments in magical kitchen life. There is a huge refrigerator and when RON opens it, he discovers it's filled to the brim with every kind of food he could ever dream of, both magical and non-magical. RON produces a sound somewhere between a squeal and a groan. The other candidates look around, all looking quite impressed. LUNA's looking out of one of the huge windows.

VOICE-OVER: "As you can see, this is the kitchen. Not really much more to say about that, you just know where to get your food now. So, let's carry on before Ron's going to faint. Open the door on your right again, which is quite obvious 'caus there's no other door than the door on your right."

The candidates do this and this time, it's HARRY who's going first. He opens the door and reveals a huge room with a checkered floor. There are several sorts of coloured lights hanging from the ceiling and there seems to be a elaborate sound equipment. Everybody files into the room and they discover a large bar, filled with all alcoholic drinks you could ever imagine. Especially DUMBLEDORE seems very pleased with this.

VOICE-OVER: "Well, this is the place where you can celebrate whenever you like. But please note we won't refill the alcohol cabinet as often as the refridgerator. Now go up the stairs."

The candidates look around to see a staircase, white as the other one but smaller this time, and they hadn't spotted it before. They go up and arrive in a wide, round room filled with fitness equipment. 

VOICE-OVER: "I can be quite brief about this - if you like to work out, you can go here. There are showers behind the dark brown door on your left. Now go back downstairs again to the living room."

The candidates obey and when they're back in the living room, they get new instructions.

VOICE-OVER: "That was one side of the house. Let's discover the other side. Go through the door on your left to get into the entertainment room."

DRACO MALFOY: "Entertainment room? What's that supposed to mean?"

VOICE-OVER: "You'll see."

DRACO goes up front and opens the door to the special 'entertainment room', of which the candidates have no idea what to expect. When DRACO opens the door, he reveals a cosy yet enormous room, filled with a couple of comfortable couches sunken into the floor, a huge fireplace with a roaring fire, lots of pillows and a huge ebony cabinet. On the walls, there are candles and there's a large chandelier in the middle of the room, right above one of the circular sitting area. The candidates spread across the room, enthousiastically exploring the possibilities of this particular room. We see HARRY opening the large cabinet.

HARRY POTTER: "Woah guys, I understand why this is being called an 'entertainment room' now."

He steps aside to reveal about 200 different board games, both magical and non-magical. 

HARRY POTTER: "Look, they even got 'Don't charm your head off', and of course 'Exploding Snap', and a couple of sets of 'Gobstones'... This is really amazing."

SEVERUS SNAPE: "Yeah, board games, great."

But before HARRY and SNAPE can start a proper argument, the tour around the house continues.

VOICE-OVER: "Now, as you can see, there are two doors - one on your right and one on your left. The one on your left will take you to the enormous bathroom, the door on your right will take you outside. Let's discover the bathroom first."

The candidates turn left and are impressed once again. They enter a huge white circular room with an enormous white bath, integrated in the wall. There are a couple of large mirrors. SIRIUS is already standing in front of one of them, checking whether his hair hasn't got messed up.

MIRROR #1: "You look fine, dear, your hair's fine."

SIRIUS backs away a little, a bit taken aback by the fact the mirrors are talking, but then he grins at the mirror.

SIRIUS BLACK: "Thanks."

MIRROR #2: "I think you look like a piece of -"

MIRROR #1: "Don't listen to him, dear, he's just jealous you're looking at me instead of him."

SIRIUS raises his eyebrows and walks back to the rest of the group. There is a large closet, filled with fluffy white towels and washcloths. There's also a shower cabin.

VOICE-OVER: "I think you'll like it in here. Let's get to the garden now. When we’re done there, the tour is over and I can get back to work."

The group walks back towards the entertainment room and step through the door towards the garden. If possible, it's even darker outside, but with a soft clicking noise a couple of gentle lights get turned on. The candidates look upon a huge garden complete with swimming pool, a large wooden table and twelve wooden chairs. The garden is built in a way that allows the little groups of trees and bushes to create little corners and clearings. It’s almost as if the candidates could have a little privacy here. They can’t, of course, because there are cameras all around, hidden in the leaves.

VOICE-OVER: “As you can see, the garden is quite large. Well, that’s about it.”

A few of the candidates, like HERMIONE, frown when they hear the VOICE-OVER giving such a short and actually quite lame description. They walk around a bit, and RON almost falls into the pool. Judging by the way DRACO is grinning smugly, RON didn’t stumble on his own accord.The candidates look like they don’t like being pushed around, but they obey nonetheless. Quite fast after that, a couple of the candidates go upstairs to sleep.

HERMIONE: “We’d better get to bed soon, because we’ll need our energy tomorrow.”

DRACO: “For what, sitting in a huge mansion, doing whatever you like? I don’t think so. Let’s throw a party!”

MOODY: “Mr. Malfoy, go upstairs, now. You’re young and lively, but we grown-ups need our sleep. If you are going to throw a party tonight, I’m afraid I will have to kill you.”

DRACO looks like he wants to say something like ‘You wouldn’t even dare!’ but then seems to realize his father isn’t here. He doesn’t say anything and goes upstairs like everyone else. We see RON looking rather disappointed, as though he would’ve liked to have a party tonight.

When all is quiet and the candidates finally lie in their beds, a soft creaking noise is heard, and before anyone realizes that it’s the intercom, a loud voice rings through the entire house.

VOICE-OVER: “GOODNIGHT EVERYONE!”

We hear a collective groan coming from the candidates and a smug chuckling through the intercom before everything goes quiet again.


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