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(At Death Eater Headquarters)
"Bellatrix" Voldemort shouted.
"Yes, my lord." She answered as she came through a door to stand in front of him.
"Draco and Raven are lying to me. I want to know why. I would like to speak with Miss Parkinson," he told her thoughtfully.
"I will call her now," Bellatrix left and few minutes later, she reappeared with Pansy close behind her.
"Yes, my lord." Pansy said entering the room and kneeling in front of him.
"I have a job for you." Voldemort said grinning wickedly.
The next few weeks passed peacefully. The school was in shock at first when the announcement of Anne and Draco, but it was soon forgotten. Classes went on as usual, professors assigned boatloads of homework and students got very little sleep. About the beginning of November, the headmistress called a meeting with Draco and Anne.
"I'm glad you could make it." McGonagall said as they sat down. "Now, I am sure you are very curious why I called you in here. Well, I have decided to have a series of parties to keep the school moral up. We will have a ball, a formal dinner, and a quidditch tournament for anyone who would like to make a team. Each event will be coordinated by the prefects with you two being the co-chairmen. I would like the ball on New Year's Eve, the formal dinner on Valentine's Day, and the tournament sometime in March. Any thoughts?"
"What kind of ball would you like on New Year's Eve?" Anne asked.
"I'm not sure I know what you mean dear?" McGonagall said curiously.
"I mean is it formal, masquerade, costume? Stuff like that."
"Oh!" McGonagall said "whatever you want. You and Draco may decide. Just make sure to give me a parchment with the details on it so I can approve it and you will be good to go. Anything else?"
Draco and Anne said there was nothing else and left. Later that evening they sat in their common room discussing the events.
"What kind of ball do you think we should have?" Anne asked as she sat down on the couch with quill and parchment in hand.
"I like the idea of a Masquerade ball. I think it fits the New Year's Eve feel. We could even require that everyone wears their masks until midnight, so that no one knows who the other is. That would be fun." Draco said shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. There was an awkward silence as Anne wrote something down and then they just sat there looking at each other expectantly.
"Um…" Anne began "I think it should only last till midnight but it can start at like 7pm or so. And we'll have snacks and drinks for everyone. But everyone should eat dinner before they come, don't you think?"
"Sounds like you have this covered, so I don't think you need my help." Draco said getting up and walking towards his room. "Good night."
"Draco, don't. I am trying to make this work, ok? Please help me with this." Anne said and Draco stopped walking and slowly turned around.
"Are you sure about that?" He asked skeptically.
Anne sighed "Positive. Now, come sit." She said patting the place on the couch next to her. Draco smiled then came over to the couch and sat down.
"Does this mean you've forgiven me yet?" He asked hopefully.
Anne grinned. "Maybe."
"Hey! I asked a yes or no question. So, give me a yes or no answer." Draco said looking hurt. Anne went over and sat on his lap. As she was sitting on his lap, there was a knock on the door. Anne gave Draco a peck on the lips and then got up and ran to the door. She opened it to find Pansy standing there looking extremely worried.
"Anne. I need your help." She said walking in.
"Pansy?" Draco said standing up. "What are you doing here?"
"I have a serious problem." Pansy said sitting down in the chair across from the couch. Anne came and sat down next to Draco and then Pansy continued. "Voldemort doesn't believe your little charade and he wants me to expose it. To tell you the truth, I don't really either." Anne and Draco exchanged looks. "But that is beside the point. The Dark Lord asked me to prove that you're lying. He asked me to make Draco cheat on you, Anne. If you truly love Draco like you say you'll take him back and forgive him. But if you just let him go then you'll let him go without a fight."
Anne stood up and went over to Pansy. She stuck her face close to Pansy's and said "How do we know this isn't your plan?"
Pansy sighed and stood up to face Anne. "Look, I probably haven't been the nicest person over the years, but that doesn't mean I don't have a heart."
"But you still don't believe that we are telling the truth? So, again, why are you doing this?" Draco asked now standing as well.
Pansy sighed "I guess when you dumped me I realized that I'm a real bitch and that one day I would probably end with zero friends. I then decided that I would rather be ugly with a lot of friends who care about me than have no friends and be the most beautiful successful woman in the world. And for the record, the only reason I came to you guess was to warn you about the Dark Lord's plan. I will still carry it out and you can decide how to react. I got to go." She went to the door and opened it. "Besides, you guys make a cute couple even if I hate to admit that." Then she was gone.
After she left Anne and Draco stared at each other for a while, and then Draco said "So… what are we going to do?"
Anne smirked evilly and said "Oh, I have the perfect idea. Just leave everything to me. But one thing, when she comes on to you, don't completely resist. Just be really wary of her. Got it?" Draco nodded wondering what in the world she could have planned.
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