Chapter 9: Slughorn's Party and the Unbreakable Vow
Tonight was the night of Slughorn's Christmas party, and Amelia and Chelsea ended up bringing Bethany and Jimmy with them.
"I can't believe that you talked us into this." Jimmy said as they walked down the well decorated hallway toward Slughorn's office.
"What's the big deal, we go, we make an appearance, talk to some people, eat, and then we go." Chelsea stated.
"I really didn't want to get dressed up though." Jimmy complained.
The four Elementals were dressed quite nicely. Chelsea was wearing a dark blue knee-length sleeveless column V neck cocktail dress, silver strappy high heeled sandals, and a pearl necklace ;her hair was down and wavy. Amelia was wearing a silver strapless knee-length dress that had white sequences on the bodice, and a ruched skirt, white wedges, and a silver necklace with a single white diamond on it; her hair was straight. Bethany was wearing a deep purple knee-length sleeveless dress with a halter neck, a pair of dark purple heels, and gold necklace with a deep purple heart charm; her hair was pulled into a low side bun. Jimmy was wearing dark brown dress robes with a dark green shirt, and a tie of the same color, and dark brown dress shoes.
"It's one night Jimmy, plus we're not as dressed up as we had to be for the Yule Ball." Amelia declared.
"Oh please, don't remind me about that." Jimmy replied.
"Hey, how come neither of you just asked Harry to go with you?" Bethany asked.
"He had already asked Luna." Chelsea stated.
"What about Hermione, did she tell either of you who she was bringing?" Jimmy questioned.
"Yeah, but you'll just have to see when we get there." Amelia said.
"Why?" Jimmy questioned.
"Because if we tell you now it won't be as funny." Chelsea stated.
"Samantha really has a bad influence on you guys." Jimmy stated.
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Meanwhile in the Gryffindor Common Room
Samantha and Ron were just sitting in the common room, Ron looked bored out of his mind. Samantha didn't notice though, she was reading a Kingdom Hearts manga.
"Say Samantha?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." Samantha said not taking her eyes off her manga.
"Remember last year when you and Jimmy taught the D.A. about hand to hand combat?" Ron questioned.
When I beat the shit out of you and George? Yeah, I remember, why?" Samantha asked.
"Do you think you could teach me a little more about it?" Ron asked.
"Sure, but why?" Samantha questioned.
I just want to learn a bit more, so I can have a way to fight if I'm ever caught without my wand." Ron said.
"Ok, you do realize that this will be a crash course right?" Samantha asked.
"Yeah, I'm prepared for that." Ron replied.
"So what kind of combat do you want to learn?" Samantha asked.
"I don't know…boxing?" Ron asked.
"Okay, are you sure that you're prepared to do this? You know this can be painful right? I mean when I first learned this stuff I got pretty bruised up." Samantha declared.
"I know, but I don't expect you to go easy on me. Plus, I'm prepared for pain." Ron said nervously.
"Don't worry, Chelsea's good at making remedies. I'm sure she'll have something that she can give you after we're done." Samantha stated.
"Ok, let's go then." Ron said.
So the two friends headed outside.
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Back to the party
Chelsea and Amelia had already gotten their pictures taken with Slughorn, so they were just sticking with Bethany, Jimmy, Harry, and Luna. Where was Hermione though? None of them had seen her yet.
"Drink?" A familiar voice asked.
"Neville?" The friends asked.
"I didn't get into the Slug Club. It's okay though, he's got Belby handing out towels in the loo." Neville said.
"Well, I'm fine mate." Harry replied.
"No thank you." The four Elementals said.
Then Harry looked behind one of the curtains. The four Elementals looked to and they could have sworn that they just saw Hermione.
"So, Harry, Bethany, Amelia, and Jimmy followed him.
Chelsea just stood there and looked in the direction that Neville had just went in.
"Hey Chels are you coming?" Amelia asked.
"No, you guys go ahead, I think I'm going to go talk to Neville." Chelsea said.
"Okay." Amelia said before following the others.
"Luna, do you want to…" Chelsea said looking in the spot where Luna was, only to see that she was gone. "She must have wondered off somewhere." Chelsea said before heading in the direction that Neville went.
With Harry, Hermione, and the others.
"Hermione, what are you doing; what happened to you?" Harry asked.
"I've just escaped. I mean, I just left Cormac under the mistletoe." Hermione declared.
"Cormac, that's who you invited?" Harry questioned.
"See Jimmy, Chelsea wasn't kidding when she said it'd be funny." Bethany said.
"I'd thought it'd annoy Ron the most." Hermione replied. "He's got more tentacles than a Snarfalump plant."
"I'll say." Jimmy commented.
"Yeah, he's so disgusting." Amelia added.
Then a server came in and asked if anyone wanted a dragon tartare.
"They eat dragon?!" Amelia exclaimed.
"Amelia, I'm starting to understand why you're a vegetarian." Bethany stated.
"Good thing Samantha's not here, she'd go crazy if she heard that." Jimmy declared.
Hermione took the plate of dragon tartares after the server mentioned they give you horrible breath. The five Gryffindors saw Cormac coming toward them, so Hermione quickly hurried away and Bethany and Amelia decided to follow her.
"I think she just went to powder her nose with the others." Harry said.
"Slippery little minx your friend." Cormac commented.
"Hey, that's rude. Don't call Hermione a minx." Jimmy defended.
"Easy there Osborne, I was just kidding. What are these Potter?" Cormac asked eating the dragon tartares off the plate.
"Dragon Balls." Harry said.
"Soon, Snape showed up, and Cormac ended up puking on his shoes.
Jimmy was trying not to laugh.
"You just earned yourself a month's detention McLaggen." Snape stated.
Jimmy and Harry tried to escape, but Snape stopped them.
"Not so quick Potter." Snape said.
Jimmy stopped too.
"Move along Osborne, none of this concerns you." Snape declared.
So Jimmy went to find the girls.
He found Amelia, Bethany, and Hermione coming out of the loo.
"Hey Jimmy, what's up?" Bethany asked.
"Snape sent me away just so he could talk to Harry." Jimmy declared.
"Talk to him about what?" Hermione questioned.
"I don't know, but it's probably a message from Dumbledore." Jimmy replied.
"I'm sure it is, after all Harry's been doing a lot of things for Dumbledore this term." Hermione declared.
"Amelia, can you listen in on their conversation?" Jimmy asked.
"Sure, I'm on it." Amelia declared.
So Amelia concentrated on where she wanted to hear the most noise, and listened in on Harry and Snape's conversation.
"What are they talking about?" Bethany questioned.
"About Dumbledore, Snape said Dumbledore told him to wish Harry happy holidays because Dumbledore is traveling and won't be back until the start of next term." Amelia declared.
"Traveling, what for though?" Jimmy thought.
Meanwhile with Chelsea and Neville
It took Chelsea a while to find Neville with all the servers everywhere, but she finally found him by one of the refreshment tables.
"Hi Neville." she greeted.
"Chelsea, what are you doing over here?" Neville asked.
"I was looking for you silly." Chelsea declared.
"Did I just call him silly? Wow that was stupid, I'm probably going to end up making him more nervous than I am right now." She thought to herself.
"Really…What for?" Neville questioned.
"I wanted to talk to you." Chelsea replied.
"Why, shouldn't you be hanging out with Harry and your cousins?" Neville asked.
"I see them practically all the time. I kind of just want to be with you right now." Chelsea admitted shyly.
Soon both Gryffindors were smiling and blushing at each other, but an unwanted familiar voice ruined the moment.
"Let me go you squib." The voice demanded.
Harry, Amelia, Bethany, and Jimmy finally found Chelsea and everyone looked to see Filch dragging Malfoy by the color into the room.
This can't be good." Chelsea thought.
"Professor Slughorn, I found this boy lurking in an upstairs corridor. He claims to have been invited to your party." Filch said.
"Okay, I was gatecrashing; happy?" Malfoy declared.
"I'll escort him out." Snape stated.
Malfoy released himself from Filch's grip and looked at Snape.
"Certainly, professor." Malfoy said. Then both of them were gone.
"Well then everyone carry on then." Slughorn declared.
The party went back to the way it was, but Harry and the four Elementals decided to follow them. Chelsea had to give Neville an apologetic look before they did so.
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"Maybe I did hex that Bell girl. Maybe I didn't. What's it to you?" Malfoy's voice rang down the corridor.
"Harry was right. Malfoy did put the curse on Katie." Jimmy said angrily as Harry and the four Elementals listened form the other side of the corridor.
"I swore to protect you. I made the Unbreakable vow." Snape's voice declared viscously.
"I don't need protection. I was chosen for this. Out of all others, me. And I won't let him down." Malfoy's voice declared.
"You're afraid Draco. You attempt to conceal it, but it's obvious. Let me assist you." Snape stated.
"No. I was chosen. This is my moment!" Malfoy stated.
"Chosen?" Bethany questioned.
An Unbreakable vow?" Jimmy added.
"Chosen for what though?" Chelsea asked.
"What would Voldemort choose him to do?" Amelia questioned.
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Harry, Hermione, and the four Elementals returned to the common room later that night to find Ron lying on the couch covered in bruises and cuts, and Samantha sitting in a chair reading her manga.
"Hey guys, how was Slughorn's party?" Samantha asked.
"Interesting." Amelia replied.
"Hermione, you never told us…how did you manage to keep Cormac at bay for the rest of the party?" Bethany questioned.
"What she went with McLaggen?!" Ron exclaimed trying to be off the couch, but he just groaned in pain and laid back down.
Hermione just gave Ron a look before going up the stairs toward the girls' dorm.
"What happened to Ron?" Harry questioned.
"I gave him a crash course on boxing." Samantha stated.
"What? Samantha you just can't…wait did he ask for it?" Jimmy questioned.
"Yeah I did." Ron replied.
"Why Ron? You know from last year how tough Samantha is." Amelia said.
" I just wanted to learn more." Ron stated before groaning in pain again.
"Chelsea, do you have a remedy that can help him with all those cuts and bruises?" Samantha asked.
"Yeah, I'll go get one." Chelsea said before heading up to the dorm to do so.
"So anything else happen at the party?" Ron asked.
"Yes, I have some things to ask you Ron." Harry declared.
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Everyone was on the train the next day. Harry and the Elementals had been invited to spend Christmas with the Weasleys again. Hermione had been invited too but she decided to go home and spend Christmas with her parents. Probably because she was so pissed at Ron right now. She was even sitting in a separate cabin from the others. Bethany and Amelia had volunteered to go with her, so Samantha, Chelsea, and Jimmy were sitting with Harry and Ron.
"Unbreakable vow, are you sure that's what Snape said?" Ron asked.
"Positive, why?" Harry questioned.
"Well, it's just, you can't break an Unbreakable vow." Ron declared.
"We figured that by the name Ron." Jimmy stated.
"You don't understand. Oh bloody Hell." Ron said looking at the door.
Lavender was there blowing one the glass and drawing a heart with an arrow going through it that said R+L.
" I miss you." Everyone heard her say before she disappeared.
"Lovely." Harry commented.
"Yes, lovely." Samantha declared sarcastically. "No offense Ron, but she creeps me out, and you guys know how hard it is for someone to do that."
"All she wants to do is snog me. My lips are getting chapped, look." Ron said leaning closer to his friends.
"We'll take your word for it Ron." Jimmy stated, and Ron backed away.
Ron looked happy until Hermione walked by and gave him a dirty glare. Bethany and Amelia just looked at their friends and gave them shoulder shrugs before following Hermione.
"What happens if you do break one though, an Unbreakable vow?" Chelsea asked.
"You die." Ron declared looking at the now fading heart on the door.
"What has Snape getting himself into?" Jimmy thought.
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Hi again. Sorry for another delay, this was longer than I anticipated so I had to cut it short, but a new chapter should be up by tonight. Thank you again to my coauthor DevilDragon8 for all her help. And Pleeease review. We really want the opinions of our readers. See you guys in the next chapter.
