The Yule Ball
Ginny woke up feeling tired and a disappointed. Today was the day of the Yule ball and no one had asked her not even Neville. She would have gone by herself but she was only in third year and the rules stated she was only allowed to goby herself if she was in fourth year. Classes had been suspended for today and today only, to give everyone a chance to prepare themselves. Breakfast had been moved up half an hour so figuring she had some time Ginny jumped into the shower. She may have been feeling horrible in the inside but there was no way that she was going to look horrible on the outside. She quickly threw on her robes and stuck her wand up her sleeve as she began walking out of the girl's dormitory. She smiled as she saw harry sitting in the common room playing wizards chess with her brother Ron. It was unfair she thought that her older brother got to go when he couldn't even get a date.
On reaching the great hall Ginny saw Neville sitting by himself and decided she'd join him. 'Hey Neville, what are you doing?' she asked him. 'Oh, hi Ginny, I still haven't got a date and the Yule balls tonight so I'm scanning the room to see what girl might say yes to me' he replied as if he sounded surprised that she didn't realise that. 'Okay' she responded as she sat down. 'Well you know I guess I could g-'she stopped speaking there. Harry had sat down beside her. 'Hey Ginny do you think I could talk to you for a minute?' he asked. 'Sure' she responded. Her mind was buzzing what on earth could Harry Potter want with her. He hadn't really talked to her that much she just figured he always viewed her as Ron's younger annoying sister, which he probably still did. She was getting ahead of herself this could mean anything. She silently followed him out of the great hall towards the lake. He stopped suddenly and she banged into him. 'Oh Ginny I'm sorry, are you okay?' he sounded so worried about her. Ginny smiled at this. 'Yeah I'm fine' she assured him as he helped her sit down under the shade of an oak tree. 'Man this was not how I wanted to ask you to the ball.' He said looking down at her. 'What' she exclaimed. She had been expecting a lot of things when he asked her outside but this was not one of them. This was definitely not one of them. 'Well I understand if you want to say no it was a long shot' he said quietly looking down at the ground as his face was growing redder and redder by the minute. 'What no, no of course I want to go. Id love to go!' she shouted. 'Really' he exclaimed. 'yes of course.' She replied not believing he was asking her. 'Great' he smiled 'ill pick you up at eight.' He stood up and smiled once more at her before leaving her there. She couldn't believe it he had asked her. Not Cho-Chang or any other girl her. She jumped up excitedly running back towards the castle to beautify herself.
Harry was nervous. He couldn't believe he had done that. He asked Ginny to the Yule Ball. He had wanted to it since he had heard about it, but he couldn't muster up the courage to do it. He was sure she would have rejected him or just done it because he was her brother's friend but she had seemed genuinely happy about it. He was waiting on the couch in the common room for her to come down along with a ton of other guys. He looked down at the corsage he had gotten Ginny to wear wondering if she would like it. It was a light rosy pink with a silver trimming. Suddenly Dean began hitting his arm. 'What?' he asked as he looked up. There standing on the stairs was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Ginny was in dress that reached the ground. Her hair had been twisted into a bun with a small ringlet of hair falling down to frame her perfectly beautiful face. She had applied a light layer of subtle make-up. She smiled at his reaction. His jaw had dropped down and his eyes were bulging. He rose up from the couch and began walking towards her. 'You, you look beautiful.' He stammered out as she walked down the stairs. 'Thanks, you don't look to bad yourself' she replied. He handed her the corsage. 'For you' he said. 'It's gorgeous, thank you' she said. 'Here' he pulled it out of the box and placed it around her wrist. He then took her hand and entwined her fingers with his. He still couldn't believe how beautiful she looked. He couldn't take his eyes of her the whole time. By the time they reached the grand hall Ginny's face had gone a deep shade of red. Suddenly professor McGonagall came running up to them 'thank goodness you're here potter we need to start now, well don't just stand there get into line.' She was obviously stressed anyone could tell this by just talking to her. 'Come on, then lets go' harry told her. She smiled and let him drag her through the crowds to where the champions were standing. Suddenly the first song began playing and the doors were opening. This was when Ginny began panicking. She hadn't realised until now that she had to go and dance in front of the entire school. Harry felt her grip tighten on his hands and knew what was wrong. 'Hey don't worry its going to be fine' he reassured her. Suddenly Hermione and Victor began walking forward which meant they had to start moving which they did. Ginny's hands were sweating there was a hundred pairs of eyes on her. She had never liked to be the centre of attention but then it hit her she was here with harry it didn't matter if the whole world was looking at her she was here with Harry. She turned on a smile and walked confidently down the aisle. She positioned herself in front of harry and placed her arm on his shoulder and her hand in his. The music began and the next thing Harry was whirling her around the floor. All harry could think about was how much he wanted to kiss her but he couldn't she was Ron's younger sister. He would kill him if he knew what he was thinking. No he wouldn't think about her like this. She was his friend, his very pretty friend, his very kissable friend. No, he shoed these thought from his head and focused on the steps of the dance. When the dance came to an end harry and Ginny sat down at one of the tables and talked about everyday stuff for a while but then The Weird Sisters came on and Harry could see the longing in Ginny's eyes. She wanted to dance to them. Now he wasn't a person who liked to dance but just this once he thought, for her. The next thing Ginny knew was Harry was leading her on to the dance floor as a slow song came on. He took her in his arms and began dancing. He danced for another two songs just because he liked being near her. Ginny couldn't have been more happy. Suddenly Harry stopped. 'Harry what's wrong?' she questioned. 'Nothing' he said 'I thought I heard – nothing never mind' he said. 'No Harry what's wrong come on tell me' she pleaded. 'I just thought I heard- Bellatrix's laugh' he said. 'What no she couldn't be here its not possible' Ginny assured him. 'Actually it is quite possible' said a loud screechy voice. The entire hall stopped. Screams pierced the air. Standing in the middle of the hall was Bellatrix Lestrange.