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Chapter Twenty

The Halloween Ball

A few days passed and the Halloween Ball has finally arrived. Everyone from different houses and different year got ready for the Ball, getting into their costumes. At the Gryffindor common room, upstairs to the girl's dormitory, where the girls were walking everywhere getting dress while screaming for their stuff they can't find. Now, another dormitory, different from the girls was the boy's dormitory, where the guys where just sitting in their bed, reading Hogwarts magazines.

Knowing her brother wasn't ready yet, Nina walked out of the girl's dormitory with Naomi on their robes and walked up towards the boy's dormitory, checking up on her brother and his friends and also, to use their bathroom since there were a lot using it at their dormitory. They knocked on the door and when they heard a 'come in' they opened the door and poked there head in.

"Hum…is there a reason that you guys aren't dressed yet?" Nina asked as she and Naomi entered the room and she saw them still in their robes.

"We're taking our time, Peanut. We're not like you girls…" Sirius grinned from behind his magazine. "We could hear you girls screaming all the way here…" James chuckled and nodded, then peeked from his magazine only to find that they too were still in their robes.

"Well…looks like you both aren't ready yet either…care to explain why you're still in your robes?" James asked, putting his magazine down.

"Arial's using the bathroom and she's taking her sweet time getting ready when there are others waiting for her to finish." Naomi explained with Nina nodding behind her. "So could we use it?" Naomi asked.

"Sure, go ahead." James nodded and went back to his magazine, which was of course, about Quidditch. "Thanks Jamie!" His sister smiled then turned to Naomi. "You go first, I'll wait." She said.

"Are you sure?" Naomi asked, only to receive a nod from her friend. Naomi nodded and went in the bathroom first. "I'll be quick!" She called from inside the bathroom.

Nina smiled. "Take your time, Nami!" She called back and then walked to her brother's bed. "You know, Lily's already dressed in her costume…" Nina grinned and then she saw her brother peeked from his magazine.

"Really…? Already…?" He asked and he soon received a nod. Nina lay down on her brother's bed and sighed. "If you mess this up, your going to get it from me…remember that!" Nina warned, glaring at James. James chuckled and nodded. "Got it."

"So who are you going with to the ball, Nina?" Remus asked, hoping they could have a decent conversation since forever. Nina turned to Remus and smiled. "Hm…nobody." She answered, still smiling.

"Why not?" Peter asked, suddenly getting something from his pocket, which was a chocolate frog.

"No one really asked me…and I didn't really want to go but my friend's and I made a promise that…" She paused and looked at the ceiling. "With or without a date…I would still go with them and have fun." Remus looked away as a frown was placed across his face and just continued reading.

With that respond, Sirius looked up and stared at Nina. "Wait…I thought…that you…huh?" Sirius suddenly got confused. "I thought I was your date to the ball?" Sirius asked, jumping off his bed and to James' bed.

Nina raised an eyebrow and looked at him confusedly. "No, I told you, a friend of mine." Nina pointed out and then sat up to look at Sirius closely. "Wait…you thought that I was talking about me when I said 'friend'." Sirius nodded and blush, a little embarrassed.

"You know, friend doesn't always have to mean, you're talking about yourself." Naomi's voice came out of the bathroom, only hearing the part about Sirius thinking Nina was his date.

"Well, how are we supposed to tell the difference? Can't you just give me a name instead of 'friend'?" Sirius pouted.

"You know, Nina, I think you should have said Kat's name instead of 'friend'…well, guys aren't really the smartest people in the world, right?" Naomi asked, laughing. Nina laughed and nodded. "You're right!" She turned to Sirius and smiled. "Sorry Sirius." She apologized while she patted his head like a dog.

"Hey!" Peter called out, glaring at the girls. "Are you calling us, dumb?" He asked.

"I didn't say you guys were dumb…I just said, guys aren't really the smartest people in the world, technically I didn't say your dumb, I just said, aren't the smartest!" Naomi pointed out.

"That's no difference!" Sirius argued. "So, you are calling us dumb!"

"Merlin's beard…" Nina groaned and stood up, knowing the argument wasn't really going anywhere if they continue it. "I'm going to change now…" She announced.

"Hey, Nina…" Remus called out. Nina stopped on her tracks and turned around. "Yes?" She asked, looking at Remus. Remus opened his mouth and then shook his head. "Nothing…never mind…"

"Okay…if it's nothing." She smiled and then headed in the bathroom. Remus looked down at his book and frowned. "…there's a full moon tonight…" He murmured.

The Marauders looked at him and eventually heard what he said; they exchanged glances and nodded, understanding what they need to do tonight. "Wait, so who am I really taking to the dance?" Sirius asked, suddenly changing the subject as he saw Nina close the bathroom door. "Kat Anderson!" Nina called back.

"Is she hot?" Sirius asked, grinning. "Because you know, I'll accept anyone who's hot!"

Naomi scoffed and rolled her eyes, waiting for Nina to finish getting dress. Then, James looked at Naomi's costume and asked. "What are you dressed as?" Naomi looked at him, "Not what, who!" She corrected him. "I'm dressed as Peter Pan." She smiled as she looked down at the costume she was wearing.

It was a green dress-like top that was had triangle shapes on the edges of the bottom with a brown belt where a plastic sword was resting and instead of long green tights; Naomi used a green skirt with long brown boots that reaches below her knees. And to complete the whole costume, there was a cute green hat with a long red feather tucked at the small slit from the hat. "Who's that?" Sirius asked.

"This character from a muggle book…" She answered. "He's this character that goes to a place where you never grow up."

"Never grow up…hm…I would like to go to a place where you don't have to grow up." Sirius grinned, imagining how it would be like living as a boy for the rest of his life without ever growing up. "What's the book called?" He asked.

"Peter Pan." Naomi said "The book's called Peter Pan, Sirius….hm…haven't really been reading much, have you, Sirius?" Naomi grinned. "Nope." Sirius said proudly.

Suddenly, the door to the bathroom opened and they all looked up only to find Nina exiting it. The guys looked a little confused on what she was suppose to be for the ball because she was wearing a light purple strapless dress that reaches down her thighs with different light blue design on the top and bottom.

There was also a little darker purple fabric wrapped around her stomach that had a long skirt that had the same color as the dress flowing below her stomach which had a long big slit in the middle that shows the bottom part of the dress.

There was a light purple triangle shaped fabric on the front and the back that was shaped as a diamond that covers her top but with the shoulder part showing. On her wrists and ankles were 2 metal bracelets and there was also a metal headband that was wrapped around her head, with some of her hair covering it, along with her bangs upfront. (A/N: I'm sorry, I'm bad at explaining how clothes looks like…XD sorry.)

"Nina…what are you wearing?" James asked, staring at her costume. Nina looked down at her costume and looked at her brother confusedly.

"I'm wearing…my costume." Nina said slowly, aware of what she's wearing right now. "And you're supposed to be…?" James asked as he looked at Nina from top to bottom, examining her clothes. "A female archer…" Nina answered but only received confused expression on the guy's faces.

Naomi rolled her eyes and said. "It's a person who uses a bow and arrow for a weapon that can be shot from a far distance."

"So where's your bow and arrows?" Peter asked. "It's in her bed." She said and then turned to Nina. "Let's go…they're probably done by now." Nina nodded. "See you guys are the dance!" Nina and Naomi waved at them and soon left the boy's dormitory and headed to theirs. James turned to his friends and then looked at the time. "Let's get ready…the girls will probably get mad if we're late." James suggested and soon his friends nodded and got ready for the ball.

It didn't take them long; they were soon in their costumes and soon headed down, waiting for their dates along with some other guys that was also waiting patiently for them. Sirius looked at James and grinned. Not much a prince charming but a warrior was okay, then he looked up, putting down his sunglasses as for being dressed as a biker. Remus stood beside James and while he was waiting, he fixed his costume which was a Greek god but didn't look very good and Peter…well; he was dressed as a rat which didn't really surprise the Marauders.

There was running heard from inside the girl's dorm. Soon, the running stopped and the door opened slowly. Arial and Kaytie came out; Arial was dressed as a mermaid, with a purple strapless bikini top and a tail that had a string in the end that was tied on her wrist so she wouldn't trip on her tail. To top all that, she put on a red wig with a fake star fish for a clip on her hair.

Now, Kaytie was dressed as a simple black cat, she was wearing a black tank top and black tights that has a tail on the back. On her head was pointy but furry fake cat ears and gloves with claws on the fingertips. And soon, she finished her costume by drawing three whiskers on each side of her cheeks.

Kat and Rossy came down wearing fairy costumes. Kat was wearing a red strapless bikini top; also she was wearing the shortest red skirt that you could practically see her underwear. On her ankles, there were golden bands and on her neck, there were red ribbons wrapped loosely. On her bare back, there was a red fiery shaped wing that matches the whole costume that moves sometimes, made by Kat's magic. Kat saw Sirius and waved at him. Sirius who was staring at her grinned and as she stood in front of him, he offered his arm to her, she gladly took it and both headed towards the ball.

She is hot! Sirius thought, grinning.

Rossy was green all over, she was wearing a strapless top that only reached past her breast with fake leaves and vines wrapped around above the top and a design of a spade that has been cut as its shape at the bottom of the top. The bottom was a skirt shaped as leaves with leafy shape wings on the back of the skirt that moves like Kat's wings and she added a vine that was wrapped around her head and small leaves all around the vine and a green ribbon wrapped loosely around her neck, like Kat's. Then she looked around and found Remus, who didn't look very well. "Are you okay?" She whispered. He smiled weakly and nodded.

James grinned as soon as he heard someone calling Lily to go down and he could also hear her replying 'wait'. And the last person who came down was Lily, with her angel costume on. James stood there with his eyes widen, dumbfounded by what he was seeing. Lily who blushed at how James and everyone else was looking at her, she felt so nervous and scared, she didn't think she'll last the whole ball. Before James knew it, Lily was standing in front of him. He gently held out his hand which Lily gladly took and both followed everyone else towards the ball.

As they arrived at the Halloween ball, Lily, Kaytie and Arial spotted Naomi and Nina sitting in one of the tables watching others dance after finding out they couldn't find them. Lily gently shook James' arm and then pointed to where Nina and Naomi were sitting.

"What happened to stick together with or without dates?" Kaytie asked a little disappointed.

Naomi and Nina exchanged glances and frowned. "Right…sorry." They lowered their head and apologized. James laughed and patted his sister's head. "No wonder you both are sisters…you guys are like twins." He grinned.

Nina's head shot up and glared at him. "We're not like twin sisters, we are twin sisters." Nina stuck out her tongue and smiled. Suddenly, she spotted the Andersons and smiled, she waved at them. Kat, Rossy and Angel, who saw Nina waving walked to their table with their dates and greeted them.

"Hey guys!" Angel smiled. "Hey!" They smiled back.

Angel was wearing a costume similar to her cousins, a fairy costumes, of course, hers represented water, which means, and she was wearing blue all over. Angel was wearing a strapless top that reaches down a little higher above her bellybutton with a water drop design on it; below her was a long skirt that reaches above her ankles with a high slid at the left side of it, which shows the side of her left leg. On her right arm was a silver-blue metal armband that wrapped around like its some kind of snake, then a blue ribbon was wrapped around her neck loosely and around her head was tiny silver chain with a marble blue water drop hanging from her forehead.

"Where's your date, Angel?" Naomi asked.

"He's over there!" Angel pointed at Severus who was with a group of Slytherine friends and was also dressed as Romeo…in leather.

Kaytie smiled. "I like his costume…you know, you should have dressed as Juliet, that way, both of you will be like Romeo and Juliet." Kaytie suggested. Angel smiled and nodded. "I know…but we already decided on fairies…though, I would have loved to become Juliet so Severus and I would match but its okay." She smiled. Soon, a slow dance suddenly started playing and many couple suddenly went to the dance floor and slow danced.

"That was fast…" Nina muttered to Naomi as they realized that couples suddenly started dancing together as soon as they heard slow dance being played. Nina rolled her eyes as she noticed James not making a move to ask Lily to dance, so from under the table, she kicked him which officially got his attention and then pointed to Lily who was watching others dance.

He walked in front of Lily and smiled down at her. Lily looked up and smiled back. "Would you like to dance?" He asked, Lily's smile brighten as she nodded slowly as her face flushed. He held out his hand and Lily gladly took it, and before she knew it, he was leading her to the dance floor. James smiled as they both started dancing slowly and gracefully while they gazed at one another.

From where they were sitting, Naomi's eyes landed to where Kaytie and her date, Walter Valor were dancing. "Must be fun to be dancing right about now…" Naomi whispered, sighing. Nina who was leaning against the table with her arms folded and her chin resting on her arm laughed and nodded in agreement as her eyes drifted everywhere, looking for someone. "Yup…but we came to the ball…date-less." Nina said as laughed again.

"What's the fun in that when all our other friends have dates…?" Naomi giggled. "I don't have much luck on guys anyways…" She sighed again. Nina nodded, smiling. "You and me both. I mean…"

"Um…excuse me…" a sudden voice interrupted them. Both Naomi and Nina looked up and saw a guy about their age who's good-looking and smart, his name, Yves Cromwell. He smiled and asked. "Would you like to dance?" He suddenly started holding his breath.

Naomi looked at Nina and frowned. Nina smiled and nodded. "Go…its okay." She said. Naomi looked rather guilty. "Are you sure? I don't want to leave you…"

"I'll be fine! Go on, have fun!" She smiled.

"Sure." Naomi took his hand that he was offering and stood up, leaving Nina alone at the table. Nina watched as Naomi was taken away by Yves Cromwell and smiled, glad that Naomi had someone to dance with. "The night is still young…" She murmured.

"Yes, very young." A familiar voice above her said, Nina looked up and smiled. Rafael Miles. "Hey…haven't seen you in a while, where've you been?" She smiled as she sat up straight.

"Around." He grinned. "Do you mind if I sit down?" He asked, Nina shook her head and smiled, allowing him to sit.

Soon after that, they both had a great time talking to one another, he was telling such hilarious stories about himself and his life, Nina didn't want to laugh at his life and all but she couldn't help it. Rafael, who was having a great time with her, enjoyed entertaining her. "I'm sorry, that was a bit rude of me…"

Rafael shook his head and smiled. "No, it's alright. At least I made you laugh," He's eyes soften. "You know you have a cute laugh." He grinned, which made Nina blushed.

James and Lily noticed Nina was having a good time after all; they looked at each other and smiled. "Good thing she's having a great time or else, she'll be slouching at that table all night." Lily nodded in agreement and looked towards where her friend was sitting and smiled, not noticing that James was staring down at her with a smile on his face.

Lily suddenly looked up and spotted James staring at her. She looked down and blushed. "I didn't realize your eyes were green…" He whispered, she looked up and smiled. "Their beautiful…"

Lily blushed. "Hazel." She said simply.

Confused, James looked at her and asked what she's talking about. Lily giggled and smiled softly. "Eyes." As her hand suddenly touched his cheek which took him by surprise and then felt her thumb caressing his cheek. Lily, who suddenly realized what she was doing put her hand down and placed it on his shoulder again. "Sorry." She apologized and looked down at her feet.

James' eyes soften as he took her hand and placed it back on his cheek. Now Lily was the one who was taken by surprise and her hand stayed there because of James' other hand holding it against his cheek. "Your hand's warm…" He whispered. Lily was speechless and didn't bother saying a word; she just continued gazing at James as they both continued dancing.

Little did they know, there was a figure standing behind the shadows, glaring at them as they dance together so 'close'. "Arg…I can't take this anymore…she's going to get it…" She muttered, angrily.

After the dance, the Halloween Ball suddenly started to build up; there were a few fast songs and a lot of slow songs, which everyone liked since they got to dance with their date. It was almost midnight, the ball continued on without stopping, Rossy suddenly came running towards the table where Nina and the others were sitting, and she sat down a little down. Nina looked at her and asked. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"I told Remus to back to the dormitory because he didn't look too well; his face was so pale it looked like he was going to puke. So, I just let him go back and now…I have no date, this sucks." She pouted and buried her head on her crossed arm on the table she was leaning on. "It only started to get dark!" She whined.

Outside, James, being the romantic as he is, or so he thought, took Lily out for some fresh air and where they could see a view of the Hogwarts Lake. Lily smiled at the beautiful sight of the lake where the full moon was shining beautifully and gazed at it for so long, she didn't even notice James was staring at her again.

He's denied it before…but is he going to deny it again, that he doesn't like her…James grinned and shook his head. That's not what his heart's telling him, no matter how much his mind and his heart argues, his heart would always win…he does like her. No matter what…no matter what his mind tells him, he likes her because it's time to listen to his heart.

"Lily, I…"

Suddenly they heard a howl from the distant from the forbidden forest, James' eyes widen. Lily thought the wolf from the forbidden forest has been howling since it started getting dark.

"Prongs!" James turned around and found Sirius and Peter running towards him. "C'mon, we have to go!" Sirius cried out. James nodded and then turned to Lily who was looking at him confusedly.

"I'm sorry, Lily. I know I promised not to screw this up but I promise, I really promise to make it up to you. Please forgive me." James smiled weakly, giving her a look that apologizes like he means it. Lily, still confused nodded slowly as she watched him nod and leave her sight but suddenly, he stopped, ran back towards her and looked down at her.

"Huh?" Lily's lips parted as she stared at him with more confusion, then she was taken by surprise when James placed his lips onto hers and was left with a quick but sweet kiss. "I'll see you tomorrow." He breathed and ran out with Sirius and Peter leaving Lily standing there dumbfounded.

Lily smiled and looked out to the moon. "Hm…"She muttered, smiling and then took one last look at the beautiful shining lake before turning around to head back inside the ball. But was soon stopped by a figure standing on her way, she saw the person move out of the shadows and suddenly, her eyes widen with surprise.

"Malfoy…" His name escaped her lips.

"Evans…my, my, alone now, I see. Where's your date? Potter, is it?" He asked, walking step-by-step towards her. Lily backed away and was afraid of the look he had on his face. Without thinking, she ran towards where the Halloween Ball was but she was suddenly caught by Malfoy, he grabbed her arm and pushed her onto a wall. Lily winced in pain as he slammed her onto the wall hard, she looked up and stared at Malfoy's evil eyes. "Stop!" She screamed, but suddenly, Malfoy's hand covered her mouth to keep her from shouting.

Lily suddenly started crying, she didn't like this at all, and she wanted to go back to her friends…and James…James…help! She looked up and saw Malfoy smirk and looked at her as if he was going to do something terrible to her.

Her surroundings were quiet and all you could hear was her horrified scream…

BACKK! … eeehh … I hate doing this…to Lily I mean. The second time something really, really bad happened to her first her father abused her now this. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it and I update earlier this time, yay me! So anyways, I hope to see you in the next chapter and see you soon! ) ( P.S: andd .. I'm really, really SORRY, ANGEL! )