Well I was watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and it was the Yule Ball Scene and I was wondering what I would do if I was there. This is it, hope you enjoy it! It's a short story, probably only a couple of chapters, and in my POV.

Disclaimer; I don't own Twilight, and I certainly don't own this!

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Dinner had just finished and we were walking out of the Great Hall. It was the night of the Yule Ball and Danielle, my best friend, was walking beside me. The hall was chalked full with students from Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons. Up ahead a gaggle of students was clogged in the way.

"What are they looking at?" I asked irritably.

"Well obviously something." Danielle stated.

"Yeah, I kind of guessed that." I answered flatly.

"Hmm, I can't see, stand on your tip-toes and look, you're taller!" As I was the taller between us, I stretched out and up.

"Ah, uh, it's, Oh will you move?! Ha! Oh my! Goodness Really?!"

"What?! What is it! Oh tell me!" Danielle begged

"It's them! It's the champions, well the other three, Harry's not there." I replied.

"Really? What are they doing?"

"They're announcing something, Listen!"I told her.

"Silence!"Krum yelled. Everyone quieted down immediately.

"We champions, would like to announce, as it is that the Yule Ball is approaching, the names of our partners!" Cedric shouted. "Fleur, would you like to go first?"

"Indeed, my 'artner is to ve, 'oger Davies!" She announced

The Ravenclaws cheered and said quidditch captain was shaking his arms above his head. We cheered as well.

Krum was next. "My date vill be 'ermeonie Granger." The Gryffindors cheered.

The only one left was Cedric. "Mine, shall be Cho Chang!" At this we squealed, we were distant friends of Cho, and were, of course, very happy for her. Plus, Cedric was quite a catch, we didn't admit it, but we were both a tad bit jealous.

"That is all, and we look forward to the ball!" Cedric dismissed them. I silently wondered where that Harry Potter was. Wasn't he the fourth champion? Oh well.

We walked back to the Ravenclaw common room together, climbing the seemingly endless staircases, one step at a time.

When we go to the door it, as always, asked us a question.

"What has four faces, and one base?" It asked. Dani, who never really liked the door, retorted as she did when she was annoyed at it.

"I dunno? Maybe a four headed horse?" She snorted.

"Wrong, Adrine? Do you have the answer?" As always, I did.

"Yeah, of course, it's a pyramid." I, in addition to being taller, was smarter. Dani sometimes wondered why she was picked for Ravenclaw. But I knew that deep down; she was brilliant, just not on the spot, it took her a bit longer than most people. We went through the door and we passed Lucas, my other best friend on the way. He bumped up against me and I shivered. There must have been a draft coming up the stairs, I concluded.

"Oh, hey guys, I just finished my potions homework and was going to get a bite to eat before it all vanished, wanna come?" He asked.

"Um Lucas, we hate to disappoint you, but dinner's done." We snickered together; Lucas was always a bit late when it came to homework.

"Seriously? Aw man! I was really hungry too!" He complained, and then he muttered something under his breath that sounded like 'Curse Snape'. I couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing. Lucas was always so innocent and funny.

"Well how about we go down and grab something at the ball?" Dani suggested. She was going with Zander Clemens, a Gryffindor who had caught her fancy during transfiguration classes.

"I umm have a lot more homework to get done and I promised myself that I would get it done no matter what, I'm really behind." Typical. Lucas was a natural procrastinator too.

"Oh well, I guess I'm going all by myself, with Adrine." She sighed.

"Technically, going with me is not alone." I laughed at her comment.

. "I have to go prepare for the ball now, make way for the princess!" She said.

"Oh I can't take this girl talk anymore! I'm going down to the basement to tickle a pear's ear!"(AN; In the books, the kitchen is behind a fruit painting, and when you tickle the pear in where you think the ear would be, it opens) I watched him slide down the rails and laughed to myself. He certainly had an interesting way of saying things!

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"Wow Dani, you really look amazing!" She had a light blue dress on, which hugged her in the right places and then flowed out at her waist. It was a deep square neckline and cap sleeves. A midnight blue sash wrapped around her waist and came to a bow at her left hip. The hem came down to her shins so that a little bit of leg showed. She wore darker colored blue heels. She had pinned up her hair into a loose but elegant bun. Around her neck was a beautiful sea blue ribbon which had several gems sewn onto it, which I had let her borrow. In all, she looked a bit like Cinderella.

"Thanks! Do you think Zander'll like it?" She asked sheepishly.

"He'd be crazy not to! You're beautiful! If he doesn't think so then he'd better be watching out for my bad hair day jinx!"I laughed. She should be confident; she was going to have the time of her life, not going out to defeat Voldemort!

"Adrine! You would never do that, cause then I would hex you with my miss-match outfit curse!!"

"Oh no you wouldn't! Besides, I would do my famous one earring jinx!"I pulled out my wand, and she hers. We both busted up laughing at this.

"Now, time for you to get ready! Do you want me to do your hair since you leant me this necklace?"She asked politely. At this statement, my face fell.

"What's wrong? Do you not have the right dress? I could do a copy spell and then we could do a different color spell." She offered.

"No, it's not that," I lead her to my bed and we sat down on it. She looked really worried "You see, I don't have a date." I admitted.

"What? I thought that you and that Josh guy were going together!" She asked bewilderedly.

"No! I don't know where you heard that!" I was just as stunned. Where would she get that? Josh Hannigns was the heartthrob of all the Ravenclaw girls. I usually didn't go for that type, but I was convinced that we were made for each other.

"I'm so sorry Adrine; I thought that you had finally gotten your dream come true."She sounded sympathetic.

"Well, I certainly don't know where you heard that but I never got a chance to ask him, he was always so busy!" I knew I sounded crestfallen.

"Well you could always go by yourself; it would show that you don't need a guy to have fun!"Dani said.

"No that would just look pathetic! Like, I couldn't get a date or something." I moaned.

"Oh, well…I don't know what to say." That was all it took for me to break down, to let out all my emotions to a person I could trust. When I bottled them up and hid them I was fine, but when I let it out, I let everything out. I started crying and mumbling things like 'I'm pathetic!' or 'This was supposed to be the best night of my life!' In truth, it was pathetic.

"I'm so sorry; I didn't know I would have done something! Look, now you're making me cry and ruin my makeup!" She laughed feebly, trying to ease the tension.

"Well it's too late now, but I think I'll just have a quiet evening by myself, reading, drawing, or maybe go find Lucas and pig out on cakes in the kitchen." She knew I spent too many evenings alone, but she didn't object. Like I said, she could be smart when she needed to, and she knew that I needed to sort things out. We sat there for a minute, pondering our own personal things, then Dani looked down at her watch and jumped up, starling me.

"Oh, he should be there soon, I got to go!" She rushed off leaving her shall behind.

"Wait! Dani! You forgot your shall!!!" I yelled after her. No response, she was gone. Well I guess I would have to go and find her. I rushed out or our room, and down the stairs and into the common room. There, some of the Ravenclaws were meeting up with their dates. I rushed past a couple who had started snogging, and I heard a chorus of "Hey!"s behind me. I rushed past the door and came on to the first landing. I could see her waiting on one a couple of floors below. I Ran down nearly tripping on the hem of my cloak and shouted to her.

"Dani! You left your shall!" I shouted as she turned her head.

"Oh! I did forget it, didn't I?" She ran towards me to collect her belonging.

"Hey thanks, oh Adrine, will you walk with me? Please? I meeting Zander at the third floor landing, and I'm a bit nervous." She looked down, into the falling evening darkness.

"Um sure, I guess." I answered. We walked down and enjoyed each other's company. We didn't say anything as we were both contemplating the evening ahead of us; I, with dread, at not going to the biggest dance of the year, and she, with glee, at going to the most important dance of the year, with none the less than Zander.

When we got there we discovered that we had gotten there first. We waited awhile and then we saw him trudging up the stairs.

"You know," he yelled to us. "Your guys' common room should really be closer to the main floor!"

We giggled at his suffering. "Well too bad," Danielle called. "If you really want me, then come and get me!" and she bounced up a few more steps.

"Really? I didn't know that this girl came with a price. I guess I shouldn't have picked you!" He said as He started to turn around and head back down. I heard a stunned and disappointed "Auh!" behind me

"I'm just joking Dani!" His face was etched with shame. He ran up the rest of the way. I laughed.

"Well then next time you should make it a bit clearer!" she said. But a smile was on her face. She knew he was, and was just playing along. No real harm done.

"Oh hello Adrine, coming tonight? But you're not dressed up?" He asked.

"Oh no, I…I've got… some… homework to do." I said trying to grasp for words.

"She couldn't find a date." Dani said flatly. I glared at her; sometimes she was a bit to pointed with Zander.

"Oh, I'm terribly sorry, you know I know this guy who couldn't find one either I could…?" He left He offer hang in the air.

"No, thank you though." I really didn't want to go with some unknown Gryffindor guy, not to something this important.

"Then you could third wheel with us?" Dani asked.

"No I wouldn't want to ruin your fun, not on a night like this." I really didn't want to be ignored either.

"So you're saying that any other night you would be fine tagging along, just not tonight?" Zander asked.

"Yes that's it."I said, looking for a way out. Right now all I wanted to do was curl up at the common room fire place and read.

"Well okay then spend this beautiful evening alone, where not only the occasion but the girls are lovely as well!" Zander said the last part with a wink towards Dani. She laughed a weird sounding giggle at the comment. They then turned around and started down.

"Ok bye, have fun you two!" I called after them. Ahh peace at last! I headed back to the common room and watched as the couples made their way downstairs. After a few minutes of looking in to the fire and contemplating what they would all be doing that evening, I decided to get up and retrieve my favorite book. It was about dragons and a boy named Eragon. It was quite captivating. I settled down at a large window in the spiral staircase where I often read. I had put a pillow there, and had designated it as my own. No one dared mess with it because they all had their own reading nooks all over the place. On the opposite wall was a wall sconce, so I always had enough light. It was smack dab in the middle, between up, and down stairs. The window over looked the courtyard and gardens, and on a good night like tonight, I could watch the moon, or the snow falling on the roses. I sat down and pulled one of the blankets I also kept there, over me. I pressed my cheek against the cool window pane and heaved a sigh.

I opened the book and snuggled down for some good reading.

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