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So, here's Chapter 3. I know it's only about an hour after the other chapters, but I'm doing a writing frenzy here. You can't complain, if you like this story, then I'm sure you're perfectly happy to have this up, right? ;)
Thanks so much for reading this! I really like it and I'm trying to start with the more main characters. I do have a plan, so be patient ;)
Here's Chapter 3
Cho Chang stared admiringly at Cedric Diggory as they danced, her feet matching his. She felt his arms holding firmly onto her, and she held tight to him, allowing him to lead her around the dance floor in the waltz.
"Do you like it?" Cedric asked in his good natured way.
Cho smiled and nodded. How could she not like it? She was with him, and she liked anything she did with him, even if it was only walking in the halls or chatting in between classes. "It's wonderful," she assured him. "Just magical."
He grinned. "I know exactly what you mean," he said. "I can't even believe I'm here. Let's go get some punch."
Cho was sick of dancing, too. She wanted to look at everything, to admire the bright, silver drapes on the walls and the gigantic Christmas tree. She followed him off the dance floor, holding tight to his hand. The punch was in a big silver dusted glass bowl. Cho marveled at the beauty of it, but didn't say anything. It was weird to think a punch bowl was beautiful.
Cedric, however, appeared to agree. "Everything is so nice," he remarked as he handed her a glass of punch. "I've never seen the Great Hall look this way, and I've been here for six years."
"I've been here for five, and neither have I," Cho said agreeably. "It's so perfect tonight. Like you know it could never be better. And it can't be. I don't know what all they did to it, besides making it all silvery."
Cedric nodded, and wrapped his arm around Cho. "I don't think we've seen everything," he said. "I heard McGonagall saying the lake was really beautiful tonight."
Cho felt, if possible, even happier. "Let's go see!" she exclaimed. "They've bewitched little fairies to fly around, too!"
Cedric smiled, even though Cho doubted he cared much about fairies. Still, she appreciated that he hadn't said anything. She thought the idea of fairies flying around was perfectly dazzling, not to mention almost miraculous. She wondered who had thought up how to decorate the Yule Ball? It was probably an old tradition, but she was very pleased with whoever had originally thought it up. They deserved some sort of award.
"Cho?" Cedric was waiting for her.
She snapped back into the present and hurried after him. "Sorry," she said, laughing at herself.
He grinned. "That's okay," he said, draping her silver shawl about her shoulders. "I was watching the dancers, too."
Cho smiled inwardly, then realized that while she was thinking she had been watching the dancers. They were very magical, too. Every one of them was dancing the same way, flitting across the dance floor just like the fairies in the garden probably were. The girls practically floated along, every one of them looking star struck. Cho knew exactly how they felt. She felt that way, too.
The moon was very bright outside. It glowed down upon the garden, engulfing it in shimmery light. Cho drew close to Cedric, and he put his arm tight around her, leading her through the enchanting garden to the lake.
As they walked through it, Cho took in everything. It seemed every bush was not only covered with snow, but with the light silver fairy dust. Under the light of the moon, they seemed to shine so that you could see them from far away, glowing. Though the fairies were simply bewitched, Cho didn't think about that. She could stand there forever with Cedric, his arm wrapped around her shoulders, and watch the fairies fly around, making the silence calm and soothing, as it was filled with the quiet yet gentle flutter of fairy wings.
But they moved on, past the scenes of beautiful fairies and shining bushes. Past the shadows of several people behind bushes, holding on tight to their dates. Past everything, to the lake.
Cho knew exactly what McGonagall meant the moment she saw it. Though the fairies weren't flying very close to it, the moonlight played on the lake and made it simply glimmer. The water rippled at Cho and Cedric came close to it.
"I can't even describe it," Cho said with ecstasy, throwing her arms around Cedric. "There isn't anything more beautiful then it in the whole world, no matter how far you go."
But Cedric shook his head, and pulled Cho close to him. "Oh yes there is," he said softly. "There's you."
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