Sorry this is a few days late, I was working on my other story, Daily Routine.
Anyway, on with the show! Oh. And sorry I forgot the disclaimer at the beginning of the last chapter and in the Daily Routine.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and I probably never will. Sadly.
"Mingling" consisted of walking around with Draco, listening to girls coo over him while they ignored her glares, or guys staring at her, ignoring Draco's glares. Thankfully, Hannah and Ernie stayed close by and were always willing to jump in if anything went too far. By lunchtime, Mira and Draco were profoundly grateful for the support for the two Hufflepuffs.
After a delicious lunch, the Hall fell silent as everyone waited in anticipation for the awards ceremony. They were not disappointed when the Head Judge of the competition stood up to speak.
"On behalf of myself and the other two judges, we would like to commend all the dancers present for their wonderful dancing. We feel honored to have been invited to judge this Inter-School competition and we thank everyone present for making this possible. Before we begin with the awards, we would like to specifically thank the Headmaster and Teachers of this school for being so accommodating and for you students for participating. Give yourselves a round of applause."
The Hall rang for minutes with clapping. As it finally quieted down, the Head Judge continued.
"Now on with the awards! First up, our first dance yesterday morning, the Slow Waltz! This prize goes to the graceful competitors from Beauxbatons!"
The French students clapped wildly as one of their pairs went up to shake hands and collect their trophy. Mira looked at Lavender who was clapping along. Relieved that the Gryffindors weren't mad, Mira turned her attention back up front.
"The Viennese Waltz was the next dance and this was definitely danced wonderfully by the representatives from Durmstrang!"
This continued, with Hannah and Ernie winning a prize for their Foxtrot and Mira and Draco winning the prize for the Quickstep.
Finally, it came time for the part that Mira had been looking forward too. The Latin Dance Awards. She leaned forward in her seat, grinning with anticipation. Lavender and Seamus had danced the Merengue, Mandy and Terry had done the Rhumba, Hannah and Ernie had danced a lovely salsa, and Draco and Mira had done an amazing cha-cha. Mira had wanted to perform their tango, but Draco overruled her, wanting to save it for the showcase that night.
"The winner for yesterday's merengue is Durmstrang!" Called the Head Judge.
"The winner for the rhumba is Durmstrang again!" yelled the second judge over the applause.
"The winner of the salsa is Hogwarts!" shouted the third judge as the Hogwarts students cheered and congratulated their Hufflepuffs.
Once Hannah and Ernie had gone up to collect their prize, the Hall fell silent again. Waiting.
Finally, the Head Judge stepped up again, and started to speak.
"Now, for the last prize, the cha-cha. This was a very hard decision for us judges as both couples performed beautifully. But as we had to come to a decision, we now award the final prize, to HOGWARTS!"
The Hall once again erupted in applause, the Hogwarts section being the loudest. Draco grinned and stood up, pulling Mira with him. As they came back down after collecting their prize, the other students crowded around them, congratulating them. But Draco ignored them all as he swept Mira up, kissing her soundly on the lips. He put her down when Seamus whistled. Mira blushed lightly but didn't protest when Draco continued to hold her close.
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By the time dinner rolled around, Mira had had enough. They had spent the last few hours mingling with all the other competitors after the award ceremony. While she was happy that they had won the medals, after awhile the repetitive conversations had gotten too boring.
Mira swore that if one more person came up to her and asked how they had managed to beat Durmstrang's couple, she would strangle them. And to make matters worse, it looked like Draco didn't mind the attention at all. To Mira at least, it looked like he was practically basking in it all!
Mira turned towards her fiancé to ask him if he wanted to go back to start getting ready for the ball in two hours. She huffed with annoyance when she found him missing. No doubt he was off somewhere having fun, without her.
So she decided that she would go alone to prepare for the ball. After all, if he wanted to do something without her, let him!
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Draco had been ecstatic that they had won the coveted medal and was thoroughly enjoying himself in the mingling afterwards. The love of his life was by his side and they had just won a trophy. What could be better? He turned to answer a question posed by a younger Beauxbatons student and inadvertently got pulled away from the circle of familiar faces. By the time he had finished answering the complicated question about the different styles of dance he had recently studied, he found himself in a dark corridor behind the Great Hall. He looked around in confusion before shrugging his shoulders and looking around for the Great Hall. He was quite surprised then, when ropes came out of nowhere, binding him up. He struggled for a few minutes before falling back. The spell would wear off eventually, and until then, all he could do was wait.
He knew Mira could handle herself and that the spell would definitely be gone by the time the ball started. After all, it was surely just some prank, right?
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Mira stomped through the crowd and back up to her dorm. Or tried to stomp back up to her dorm. As she stormed down the silent halls, she thought darkly about Draco. How dare he just leave me there! Does he think I didn't see him looking at those French girls? Arg! The nerve!
Her thoughts were cut off abruptly when a hand shot out from a connecting corridor and grabbed her, pulling her in.
She screamed but was quickly cut off by a large hand. She heard a muffled curse being muttered before it hit her. She kicked back once before darkness overtook her.
Another cliffhanger! I hope to update soon so as not to keep my readers in too much suspense. This chapter is a bit shorter than my other ones, it was a very difficult one to write. Reviews are, as always, welcome.
Thanks for reading!