A/N: I'm super sorry peeps...I had to study like shit...OWLS next year...OH OH OH OH and I got the whole HP set *does the happy dance* so happy! Will try to update twice a month...sorry but that's all i can manage :(((( Super sorry...but this is a long-ish chappy...off to study now...hope ya'll enjoy...ooooooooh and photos! i'll try uploading the cover ^_^ DREVARIA!
29. The Yule Ball
Niveria's P.O.V
"Dawn's going to make you guys look gorgeous!" gushed Raiyne. Dawn just smiled shyly.
We were in the twins' rather large room. Fair, considering there were two of them and two rooms had been merged into one large one.
"Okay so dresses…guys have you got them?" Fyre asked, already wearing her fiery red halter gown along with the creepy serial killer smile on her face. That had freaked out most of us but we had (finally) gotten used to it. Fyre was majorly, totally and completely in love. Not that she would tell us who the guy was. Or admit it for that matter.
Everyone nodded and quickly changed into their dresses.
"Ready people?" asked Sarina, wearing her sleeveless aquamarine blue dress, with a green netting on the top, such that it looked green at certain times and blue at others. A set of emeralds shone on her neck and ears. Her hair had been straightened and it hung like a veil down her back.
Everyone nodded and I took a look around the room. Everyone certainly was dressy.
Raiyne was wearing a black tube. It ran all the way down to her knees and flared out from there, little stones sprinkled like stars across the bottom. Her hair had been expertly twisted by Dawn and was held by a butterfly clasp. Her neck was adorned with black stones in the shape of butterflies as were her ears.
Dawn was wearing a sparkly light blue dress that matched her eyes, that had a deep back and frankly I didn't think she was that bold. On her neck was a set of diamonds as was on her ears. She looked like a doll, especially when she blushed. Her hair was wavy and she looked utterly beautiful. She too wouldn't tell us who she was going with but kept glancing at Fyre every few seconds. Fyre just smiled at her, probably understanding what was going on and went back to fixing her hair, which had been put up in a little bun with a few stray strands running down her back.
Alisha and Leah were wearing purple ball gowns and their red and blue streaks had both been switched to purple. Now it was infinitely harder to tell them apart. Apparently they were going with Fred and George. No surprise there.
Demi had on a green dress as did Kapila.
As for me, I had a midnight blue dress that was modest, though it cut across my shoulders. The sleeves made of chiffon covered my tattoos perfectly. It had several layers and with different amounts of light, alternated between blue and purple. My hair had been 'Indianized' by Rina and Kapila.
They had woven peacock feathers, magicked into a darker shade of blue, green and purple, into my hair, which was now more black than dark brown.
Sarina looked beautiful, though different. Her streak was gone and her messy hair had been straightened. Right now she was sitting with her face in her hands dreaming about something. I looked at her and smiled. But then my smiled faded. Her eyes were turning gray and a small streak of hair, blonde. Not again…
"Draco! You should be ashamed of yourself" I looked at him/her.
"Wh-what?"
"You heard me mister"
"What're you talking about Niveria?" asked Draco/Rina, his/her gray eyes blinking in confusion.
I smirked and took the hand mirror in his/her hand and put it in front of him/her.
"See what I see?"
"Uh yeah but it's not what it looks like"
"Oh?"
"Look" he/she said and closed his/her eyes. Within moments Rina was back, her black-brown eyes dancing with amusement. Coming to think of it, they hadn't been so brown before. The streak in her faded away and her hair was one uniform sheet. I blinked at her and she dragged me to the side so the rest of them couldn't hear.
"I'm a metamorphmagus"
"You can change your appearance?"
"Yeah…"
"Cool…but what's with freaking me out"
"Sometimes when I'm thinking of someone a streak of my hair and my eyes change to the color of theirs"
"So you were thinking about…Draco?" I asked. Did she like him?
"Not really…I was thinking about dancing and music so…"
"Ah okay" I replied smiling at her. Her brown eyes attained a blue tinge. Blue makes me feel sad. I think Rina was feeling a bit down too.
"Why the boot face?"
"Huh?"
"You know, why's your face as long as a boot. I shrank it and made it boot face" I grinned. Rina laughed and her eyes became a lighter brown than before. Funny, I didn't realize before.
"Wait, so if you can change the way you look, couldn't you be a shapeshifter?"
"I don't know…maybe"
"Try it! Instead of hair, fur or feathers and instead of a nose, how about a snout of some kind, or a beak perhaps?"
"Hmm…I could but not here…" I grinned and she grinned back. This was so cool. I nodded and a few minutes later we were all ready.
Draco's P.O.V
I waited impatiently for Niveria and Rina to descend the stairs. Rina was nice and all, really nice infact, but Niveria was the only one for me. I tapped my foot impatiently when finally they came into view.
I think I choked on my own breath.
Niveria was beautiful. Peacock feathers had been woven into her short hair. She had a floor length midnight blue dress on that, when she turned towards the light, shone with blue and purple spirals. Her bronze skin gleamed and her brown eyes rimmed with black searched the crowd. When she found me, open mouthed and more in awe than ever before, she cast her eyes down, looking shy and demure.
She had the same effect on practically everyone who could see her. Longbottom was standing right next to me and I felt a surge of jealousy as he offered his arm to her. When he passed I glared at him menacingly saying,
"One move on my girl and you're dead, Longbottom…one move…" I growled. He gulped and nodded vigorously before leading her away.
I turned my attention back to the stairs and saw Rina coming down looking slightly uneasy as the crowd below her swept their eyes from Niveria and looked at her instead.
Determined to put her at ease, I walked to the bottom of the stairs and held a hand out for her to take. She looked at me gratefully and we walked towards the dance floor.
Rina looked amazing too. Her usually wavy hair with the streak at the side had been replaced by glossy straight hair that lay like a veil down her back. Her aquamarine blue sleeveless dress had a subtle net of green over it such that it appeared green at one time and blue at the other. She smiled uneasily at me and I squeezed her hand reassuringly. We made our way to the dance floor in awkward silence and then the music began.
Rina was in her element in an instant and soon we were dancing away. Her eyes shone as she laughed and…no it can't be…must be a trick of light. But there it was again.
"Rina?"
"Yeah?"
"Your eyes are…golden…"
"Oh are they?"
"Mhmm…" I replied taking my hand away from her waist. She looked amused as we went to get punch. Niveria and Potter were there too and he was holding his hand out. I saw red.
"One moment, Rina" I said, noticing that her face fell as I made my way to Niveria. I felt bad but I couldn't let Niveria go with second best.
"Niveria, you owe me a dance…" I asked holding out my hand just as she was about to take his.
"Oh right…sorry Harry…maybe next time…" she smiled apologetically at him while I smirked.
Out of the corner of my eye I could see Rina watching us sadly, joining Potter near the punch table.
"Draco…" said Niveria warningly when we were out their hearing range.
"What?"
"You know what I mean…"
"I-"
"Look at Rina, Draco what do you see?"
I looked over shoulder at Rina, who's eyes had no trace of brown…they were alarmingly blue. I gave her a weak smile which she reciprocated.
"Her eyes are blue…which is undoubtedly very weird" I told her as we made our way to the dance floor. Her face registered no surprise like I had expected it to, she just looked a little sad.
"Come on, Niv…please?"
"What about Rina?"
"She looks fine…" I said glancing at Rina, who was talking animatedly to Potter. Niveria looked back and just sighed.
"Alright" She said and finally we were dancing. I held her at the waist, which made her blush, and kissed her cheek softly. She hung onto me, her chin on my shoulder.
"You make me feel like I'm a professional"
"Oh?" I replied smirking. She blushed and settled her head once again.
After the song was over I dragged her outside, where the moonlight illuminated her face. She caught me looking and smiled. She wove her fingers through mine. I looked down: my pale white hand intertwined in her bronze one. What that Adil guy said would never be true.
Ever.
Niveria's P.O.V
I looked up and caught Draco staring at me intensely. His deep gray eyes were lighter and they reminded me of the moonlight which picked out the best of his features. My heart pounded in my chest when tugged me to him and cupped my cheek in his hand, his thumb stroking it. My breathing hitched. He gently unwound his fingers from mine and placed his other hand around my waist. I tilted my head a little as he lowered his and my eyelids instinctively fluttered close
The kiss never came.
At that precise moment we heard a pair of voices shouting.
"Get off me! Uggh! This is not a game!"
"Nope"
"Geez, just get off will you?"
"You sound so American"
"That's because I am!"
"Right."
"Just move and give me some breathing space!"
Me and Draco looked quizzically at each other. The moment was spoiled and there was no way we could get it back. I was thinking about what Adil said. Could it be true? Was fate going to set us apart? It sure seems like it I thought as I shivered as the frosty breeze penetrated the thin material of my sleeves.
Draco put his arm around me and tugged me closer. You don't get gentlemen like this anywhere in the world other than in Britain. That's for sure. We made our way to the voices. Near the fountain, pressed against the wall was Fyre. But what made me do a little happy dance for her was where her lips were. Away from Blaise's.
She was looking away from him, but I could see her smiling, though for sure he didn't.
"Fyre…"
"Go away, Blaise, this is wrong" and that was the end of her smile. I looked at Draco who was staring sheepishly at the ground.
"You knew?" I asked incredulously. Blaise wasn't the best of guys…infact he's more like the Draco Malfoy who was bent on hurting me a month back. Oh and his best friend? The guy standing next to me.
Who didn't tell me what was going on.
At all.
"Mind explaining, Draco?" I whispered furiously. He just shook his head.
"It's their problem, let them solve it! In the mean time, I think we have some unfinished business" he whispered back and though it was dark, I'm pretty sure he was waggling his eyebrows. I wacked him lightly and peered at Fyre and Blaise. Say no, Fyre, say no! I thought desperately. But what is fate for? She turned her head and Blaise's fateful kiss met her lips. I am so going to ask her. I turned and found a black beetle on my right. Stifling a scream, I ran straight to Draco. He caught me, wide eyed. I made him look at the beetle which seemed to be intent on following me. His eyes clouded over with rage.
"Draco, it's only a beetle, come on!" I said tugging at his sleeve, hoping he would come but no. Bye, bye, beetle, you're dead. He motioned for me to stay there and scooped the beetle in his hands. It tried desperately to escape but there was no escaping his rage. He told me to wait and went off somewhere. Having nothing else to do, I eavesdropped on Fyre and Blaise, who had broken apart.
Fyre looked harassed and Blaise looked, unbelievably, flustered. Didn't see that one coming. Fyre pushed away from him and sat herself at the edge of the fountain. In the moonlight, I could see her emerald green eyes filling with tears. Blaise sat down next to her stroking her shoulder. She looked at him and I was surprised that she broke down crying while he stroked her hair. He looked sincere enough I suppose…
"We can't be together Blaise! What would people say?"
"Shh, Fy, Shh…we'll find a way…"
I got why they 'can't be together'. The animosity between Gryffindors and Slytherins was more than just obvious. Draco appeared next to me and looked a little alarmed at the scene in front of us.
"I'm a Gryffindor and you're a…you're a…"
"Slytherin…"
"Yeah" she said brushing off her tears and moving away from him. Back to badass Fyre. Uh Oh Blaise, better watch out. She stood up and towered over Blaise, who didn't look the slightest bit fazed and held onto her hand, tugging it gently. Fyre's emerald green eyes turned as cold and hard as the stone itself and she snatched her hand back.
"Look, what happened that day in the corridor was a mistake, alright? Just stay away from me, Zabini or I swear, me and my friends will hex your sorry ass into the future" she spat striding away from him. Did he give up? Apparently not.
"Fyre! Fyre! Look, I didn't think it was a mistake. Infact, I think you liked it."
"I don't care what you think…and I don't like you or your lips, Zabini, so keep them away from me."
"Oh really?" asked Blaise, pulling her to him. Only then could I little teardrops in her eyes, shining and glittering in the moonlight. Fyre was undoubtedly in love...and completely bipolar. I was about to barge in, when Draco shook his head and pulled me along, away from the two of them. Fyre was crying again and Blaise seemed to be as caring as Draco was.
"You knew."
"I did"
"Then why-"
"You would've tried to stop them"
"But-"
"He's liked her since second year, Niveria and he was crushed to find out she liked someone else…and he covered up his jealousy by being mean to her"
"I-"
"I'm just saying"
"But-"
"Niveria, let it go"
"But she's my friend and-"
"she's with Blaise…she'll be fine!"
"I-
"Trust me…"
"But Blaise-"
"Isn't the nicest guy in the world, I know, but has he ever done anything to you?"
"No…but-"
"Exactly my point…"
"I..fine…but if he hurts her…" I huffed and took my hand away from his and went back to staring at the lake. Then I saw heads rising from the water. I clutched Draco's arm as more heads appeared. Draco paled.
"What are they?
"I-I don't know, Niv."
"Do you suppose they're…drowning?"
"Doesn't look like it" he said, some of the color coming back to his face. All at once the heads went down again and I saw shimmering scales before the lake was placid, still and marble-like again. It was as beautiful as ever. Draco trailed his fingers along my arm and I shivered. He pulled me closer and a smile tugged at my lips. He bent down and his lips brushed my cheek and I blushed.
Draco's P.O.V
She's blushing more obviously now. It was nice having her close...I mean, most of the times she was with her friends or studying or writing or just plain dreaming. I couldn't have her close. Kiss her. My mind was screaming but after the day I messed up a dream, she told me she wanted to take things slowly…slowly my foot! I wanted to kiss her…now.
I tilted her chin, forcing her to look into my eyes. She froze. I've read her diary in which she describes me in vast detail and she thinks my eyes look into her soul. She calls them ' a dynamic gray'. Man, is she poetic. I smile at the though and lower my head. She bites her lip and looks away. Shit. I went too fast.
I try rectifying my advances and cup her cheek in my hand, stroking it with my thumb. She looks at me again and hugs me, letting me know that she's sorry. I smile and kiss the top of her head. Score One.
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