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(BSC 6 C38) C166 The ball.
Narcissa and Bellatrix in her Polyjuce form had stepped behind Harry and the friends. Narcissa was told to stay behind Harry. She was told to do it by Bella and Daphne. "Narcissa, why am I standing here and why am I not seducing Harry already".
Narcissa turned to Bellatrix and shook her head. "This is something they did not tell me about. And by the looks of it, they didn't tell anyone else either".
"Should I be afraid"?
Narcissa smiled "Only when you are at the other end of the great hall". Narcissa hadn't spoken or a Portkey had dropped a group of twenty goblins into the middle of the great hall. Some of the purebloods screamed in fear while muggles just clapped for the appearance. Bogrod stood in the middle of the group and took a deep bow. It was a good thing he did because Harry had thrown a Protega behind him as a spell hit it dead centre. Before one of the Goblin guards could react, Harry had jumped over Bogrod pointing his wand at the person who did it. He wanted to throw a spell but a Muggle had tackled the perpetrator down. As Harry stopped in front of the person he saw a blasting spell from Bella hitting an axe from one of the Goblin guards. The Goblin gave a growl but Bella growled back just as hard. Bogrod laughed as he stepped between them and told the guard to step aside.
Harriet had stepped behind her husband and asked why they stopped the guard from killing the Halfblood. Harry lifted the head as he said. "Yes, he did it but it was not him. As you can see by the eyes, he was Imperiused". Bogrod noded as Harry snapped his fingers. Everybody was immediately hit by a Pretificustotales as Zanita started to walk around. Slowly she waved her hands around and stopped by one young woman. Her wand glowed as she hung her head. Daphne rushed to the young woman while she screamed for a house elf. It was only a second later that both of them had disappeared from sight.
Harry looked around and called for his own house-elves. When they appeared they disappeared with some of the wizards and Witches that were there. It was right after it he place a sonorous on himself and spoke. "As you all can see, we have it under control. If one of you had the same Idea we will not stop the Goblin guards again. The only hope you have is that they are faster than us. Their punishment will be death with only one blow to the back of your neck. Our punishment will take longer and will hurt much worse". As he looked around him he could see that his words had sunk in. With another nod, he saw how Neville and Hermione were taking away. After an hour they were back and whispered that everything was okay and they had some new information. Harry gave a little look and stepped up to Albus. "I'm not sure about you, but how about opening the ball.
"Harry I...".
Harry walked away and straight to Zanita. "My Queen, Would you honour me with this first dance to open the ball". Albus just looked on as Harry took Zanita by the hand and swung her around. Both have been dancing together for a while and it showed. Halfway through the song Bellatrix in her polyjuce form took the hand of Naville and dragged him onto the dance floor.
"He, that is my man" Hermione screamed as she saw the bombshell take Neville onto the floor.
"You should have been faster" Narcissa whispered into her ear. "She has been waiting to dance for almost fourteen years and the moment Harry is free you will get your boyfriend back". Hermione didn't respond and just pulled Narcissa onto the dance floor. Around them, they were followed by a lot of others. During one point in the song Hermione spined Narcissa around to someone else. She herself smiled as she knew she would have Neville in her hands. When she looked up she was dancing with a boy from Ravenclaw. Bellatrix with Zanita and Harry with Susan. Her Neville was in the hands of Minerva.
It went on and on. Every time Hermione spun to another she ended up in the wrong hands. After ten times she was looking into the eyes of Bogrod. "SHIT again" she murmured.
"What you didn't want to dance with me," Bogrod asked softly sounding a little hurt. Hermione looked down and immediately started to stumble backwards. She threw all kind of apologies at him and it took Bogrod a minute before he laughed.
Hermione stopped mid-sentence and looked him in the eyes. "You were all pranking me". Bogrod didn't say a thing and only nodded. He then spun her around and spun her into the waiting arms of Neville.
She smiled up at him and immediately melted into his arms. At the side, Emma was standing next to Isabella in her polyjuce form and whispered that she wanted a picture of it. Isabella just nodded and looked at Emma. Her form as an Asian reporter filled everybody but it saddened her a lot. Emma bumped her shoulder "What is wrong".
"You, being here in that form and not in your own".
"Don't, If it wasn't for Harry we would not have been here. He brought us to our daughter when we thought we would lose her to the magical world. He gave us a home when we were attacked. He gave us a chance to be here while everybody thinks we are dead. After the war, we can come out of hiding until then this is the best we have and we will deal with it". Isabella nodded and started to walk to the back of the great hall where all the drinks and food would be.
At a point during the dance, Harry ended up in the hands of Nolwenn. "Hi Harry, what are the plans for tonight".
"Nothing much, pick a fight here and there. Put some Death Eaters and ministerial workers in their place. Make Dumbledore and Toad face run away. When that is all done we will declare war on Voldemort and make the ball as we want it". It was now that Harry looked around like he was already looking for a fight.
It was in the middle of the dance that Nolwenn stopped dancing and just gaped at him. "You have planned all that," she asked with big eyes.
"NAH, we will just wing it as always. We will pick a fight with some Death Eaters just so we can get under the skin of Voldemort. We have changed a lot in the timeline and now we don't care. This is our timeline and we will make the best of it. We will get Bellatrix back in the only way we can and that is by making Voldemort do what we want him to do. We already took the fight to some of his Death Eaters. Those had been the ones we took away from here".
"What have you done with them," she asked softly.
This time Harry gave her a predatory smile. "We placed them in the dungeon of Potter castle. There they are interrogated by the most honest way there is". Nolwenn looked at him. Harry gave her a smile and said. "Some Veelas are placing them under their allure and asked them what their intentions were. If they are honest we will help them otherwise we will let them stay there until the war is over" It was now the Harry started to look around for a second time, as he started to dance again.
For Nolwenn it was clear that Harry was searching for something. "What is it Harry, what are you looking for".
With a little shake of his head, he kept on looking around. "We know that he is planning something tonight after the ball. Narcissa and Bellatrix have made it so. He will think we will be too tired to do something. Now we do not know what he will be doing, but we will be ready when he does. The one thing I'm worried about is Molly Weasley. She has come alone and there is no Arthur Weasly anywhere. According to my grandmother, he is walking the halls of the ministry. He is there to keep an eye on the prophesied room. Somehow we think that will be where Voldemort will strike and so does Narcissa and Bellatrix. Last week he had his people in the ministry to take a better look at that hallway. Now if something would happen to him it would hurt Ginny immensely. Sure I'm her dad on paper but he is and always will be her real dad. So we just have to see what we can do when it comes that far. If nothing is done before an hour after the ball We will be going there to see for our selfs".
Nolwenn grabbed his shoulders just when Harry was about to walk away. As she turned him around she looked him dead in the eye. "You will keep yourselves save right, all of you," she asked a little hesitant.
"Yes, we will. we never do something as stupid as the first time we did it. We have learned our lessons the hard way. The last time we did something without thinking we had been trained. So we knew exactly what we had to do and how to do it. The only thing we did, that was not trained, was when we laid into Severus at the headquarters".
"You mean the time he almost killed Fleur". Harry didn't say a thing and only nodded slowly. The eyes of Nolwenn turned hard as she threw her gaze at Severus.
Harry placed his hand on her arm and shook his head as she looked at him. "That time will come. He will get what is coming to him in due time". Nolwenn still looked at Severus but gave a small nod. She knew they would all get their chance and they will all take it.
#*
As the night went on, everybody had the time of their life. There was dancing and a lot of laughter. The friends were standing in the corner with Minerva, Augusta and Harriet. They were looking on as two centaurs were dancing around with two members of house Hogwarts. "Bane is really liking the dance with Astoria," Harriet told Susan who just smiled at it.
"Yes, he does". There was a moment of silence and Susan spoke up. "This is what we wanted so long ago. A simple way to show everybody how it could be. Just all of us together as one. Every being as it was supposed to be".
Before Susan could go on she was stopped by Tracy. "Times up we have to go, Pink toad is on her way". Susan looked at the side where she saw Umbridge walking onto the dance floor straight to where her girlfriend was dancing.
#*
Umbridge had been standing at the other side of the great hall with Lucius and Severus. From the moment the ball had started they had seen it all go down. At first, they all smiled as most of the ministerial workers kept standing at the side of the great hall. At that point, they thought none of them liked it and it would be crumbling down behind them all. But as one member of the Witangemot started to dance and was immediately followed by another. The workers too were starting to join in. After a couple of minutes, Umbridge and Lucius could see that they were losing control. So it didn't take long before Umbridge started to walk onto the dance floor straight at Astoria and Bane.
While Umbridge was starting to get closer and closer to the two, the others stopped dancing. It did not take long for the friends to also make their way to the middle of the dance floor. Just as Umbridge was about to speak The friends had made it to the middle and stepped between Bane, Astoria and toad. They didn't say a thing and were only looking at the toad.
Umbridge opened her mouth and Harry spoke. "So you have decided that we will have that duel tonight".
"How dare you" Lucius spoke up.
"Well, that one is easy. I dare because I can and I'm capable. So if the toad does not want to fight me, how about you. You're a pureblood. You are all-powerful by your blood alone. I an ignorant Halfblood would not stand a chance against the superior being like you". Harry said as he knew that his friends were keeping their eyes on the other purebloods. When he saw Albus making his way to the entrance he told his grandmother to stop him before he could get away.
#*
Minerva heard the words in her mind and immediately walked to where Albus was about to leave. "Albus are you going somewhere".
Albus stopped dead in his step and turned a frightened look at Minerva. as he looked on he saw Auguste and Amelia standing next to her. "Minerva, I".
"Albus, We all know you have an alternative motion to be here tonight. We all know that you have planned something to do while we were all distracted. Now if you would just tell us what you are about to do, then we might help you, or even allow you to do it".
Albus gave a small sigh and shook his head. "Minerva I was just stretching my legs a little bit. I'm not as young as I use to be so I had to get the stiffness out of these old bones".
"So it has nothing to do with the fact your buddies are in the middle of the dance floor making some kind of havoc" Amelia smirked as she pointed at the middle of the floor. "Even if Fudge is also making his way down there". At these words, Albus snapped his head around and immediately started to walk to them just to stop Fudge from doing something stupid. The speed he was using said nothing about his age. Albus was a lot faster than they thought he would be. Minerva and Augusta chuckled while Amelia went after him. She knew to keep her distance when the friends were doing her thing. But it was still a good show if she was with them.
#*
While Bella kept on looking at Albus, Daphne was looking at Fudge. It was not the one they were afraid of, but it was still one that could throw them for a loop with his stupidity. It was then that Daphne pulled at the shoulder of Hermione and pointed at Molly and Ron Weasly. They too were making their way to the middle and were followed By Ginny and the other members of house Hogwarts.
Neville held up his hand and the members of house Hogwarts stopped immediately. It was then that he turned to Harry and told him they had to stop this or there would be a fight. Harry nodded and turned to Lucius and Umbridge. "Well, Lucius are you ready to defend your pureblood status against a little worthless Halfblood".
Minerva giggled at the side just like Narcissa was doing on the other side. "Why are you all laughing like that" Bellatrix asked a little hotly.
Narcissa looked at the young woman next to her. "I still have to get used to your look right now. But Harry is clearly pointing out how stupid they really are. Minerva is his grandmother and Harry is as pure as they come. Still, I don't think Lucius will face him willingly. I think he wants another round with you before he does it with Harry".
"Lucius is a real man. He will wipe the floor with you in a second" Umbridge screamed with a sadistic smile.
Susan smiled as Tracy just gave a little smirk before she pushed the imaginary wand a little deeper. "So, you think that Lucius is man enough to take on Lord Hogwarts. Would he also be willing to put his family line in jeopardy".
"Lucius would never place his family line on the line. He is a pure-blood so he does not have to".
"You really are a stupid bint aren't you, Lucius has already given his wife to Potter. The way he is going he will give his son up in a couple of months. And I know almost certainly that Draco will be going to Bogrod to work in the mines the moment Potter has him in his pocket".
Lucius who had just pulled out his wand was slowly putting it back into his cane. The words from Tracy had struck deep and he knew she was right. He hated the headlock Potter had on him and especially the way his lord used it against him. With that thought, he gazed at his wife who was suppose to stand next to him. But Potter and his Lord had seen to it that he did not have his wife next to him. Harry used her against her will and his Lord was using her as a spy putting her in even more danger. So his little mistakes were only worsened by their actions against her. His wife was doomed and he could not kill her to save her. Harry had also seen to that.
"what the hell is that husband of you thinking right now" Bellatrix snapped from her side.
"He is thinking how Harry and Voldemort got him in this mess," Minerva said as she stepped behind them. "If his son is anything like him he is blaming everyone but himself. Too bad his father isn't here or he would say".
"When my father hears about this". Both Narcissa and Bellatrix said at the same time. "Trust me Minerva Draco is just like him. And I'm sure he will attack just to save his family name" Narcissa went on.
"Lucius what are you doing. Show this little brad how a real Wizard is supposed to duel" Umbridge snapped.
Tracy snorted as Susan took it from there. "What Umbridge, afraid to do it your self. A pure witch like you can take on a little Halfblood like him". Umbridge spluttered as she looked at Severus to do it for her but he did nothing. Slowly she went for her wand as Susan screamed. "Incoming" and she pushed Tracy to the floor and out of the way of a cutting curse.
Draco had seen how his father had pulled his want and knew that Potter was about to find out what a real wizard could do. When his father placed his wand back something snapped inside of him. He pulled his wand and literally stormed the floor and straight at Harry Bloody Potter. His cutting curse was the darkest cutter you could perform. Muggles were watching in fascination while Halfbloods, squibs and Purebloods gasped at what Draco had done. What happened after it went extremely fast. Harry twisted away while Hermione threw up a conjured wall behind him. Bella and Daphne placed a low banishing charm that pushed the people back. Draco threw another as Harry spun the other way.
Grabb and Goyle followed him but were stopped by a tackle from Ginny and Astoria. Where they were immediately bound by some of the adults. Draco was close to Harry as he threw a third cutter at him. Harry could not spin all the way out of it but he did his best. The cutter nicked his shoulder and gave him a little more spin. When he turned around he threw his elbow right into the face of Draco, who went down like a Flubberworm. Harry pulled back his other arm and was about to strike when Luna grabbed his arm. "Stop Harry, he is already out".
Harry looked down at the body of Draco. He could see that he was still breathing but it still made him mad as he looked at him. That he had thrown a dark cutting curse at him that wasn't really a big deal. No, the thought of it hitting one of the guests or his friends drove him over the edge. With his hand and a lot of magic he grabbed Draco from the ground and pulled him to his feet. Draco hung limp in his hand but Harry didn't care. With his other hand, he slapped him across the face and threw him away from him and into the hands of Neville. Neville who had learned a whole lot grabbed Draco with the same magic and slapped him again.
Draco woke up slowly and Lucius wanted to interfere. Before he could take a step he was stopped by Daphne and Bella. He spluttered but more than that he could not do. The whole of House Hogwarts had stormed on to the dancefloor and pointed their wands at everybody who had come to the aid of Draco.
Harry stepped closer to Draco as Neville held his arms behind his back. everything in Harry told him that now was the time. Neville was holding him so he could go to work. Together they could pummel him to the floor and beyond. As he looked in the eyes of Neville he could almost hear him telling him to do it. Hit this piece of shit. Kill him right here and now. Snap his little neck and pull out his spine.
#*
Minerva stood with Zanita next to her as they could feel the power and anger in Harry raising. Isabella walked past her but was grabbed by the arm. "Minerva let me go. Hi is going to kill him, I can feel it he really is that angry".
Amelia who had stood by held her wand in her hand. "Let them go, Isabella. I do not like it but they have to. Draco could have killed a lot of people if one of his cutting curses were off. Now Draco had been the last person we thought would throw a spell but the friends were ready. More so than all of us. Now however they have to show what they are made of. If you tell me none of us will think badly of them if they kill him right here and now". Isabella didn't like the words Amelia had said but she knew she was right.
#*
Neville was holding him more tightly than he had a moment ago. Harry watched Draco and pulled back his arm. His hand turned into a fist and he swung as hard as he could. Just before his hand struck the left cheek of Draco. The hand of Harry straightened out and lightly slapped his cheek. "Not this time Draco. This is Hogwarts and this is still a school. What you have done is terrible and plain stupid. Now I know you have it all from your father but this time it is on you. So to punish you I will have Professor McGonagall handle your detention".
"No, she will not Potter. I'm his head of house, so I will be the one to handle his detention" Snape snapped from the side.
All eyes flung to Severus to immediately snap back to the friends. Most of the people that were her at the ball. Had also been at the party that was held at Potter castle some years ago. It was also there that Severus threw the first spell and now he was again interfering with the friends.
"Snivelus".
"Now, now, Harry it is not nice to call people names," Albus said in his grandfatherly tone. Again it was bringing a lot of people back to that party at Potter castle.
"ENOUGH. Zanita screamed from the side as she walked into the middle of the floor. She snapped her fingers and Draco had disappeared from his spot.
"What have you done to my" Lucius started to scream as she pulled his wand out of his cane.
Zanita just closed her hand and pulled as Lucius flew towards her. she grabbed his wand with her other hand and snapped it with her magic. "Amelia arrests her for attacking an honoured member of our community, and for illegally snapping his wand," Umbridge said as she looked at Amelia who was just shaking her head.
"Amelia" and there was the bumbling fool. "Your undersecretary has given you an order. You are to do that order or you will be looking for another job" Fudge said as he looked at Amelia. Amelia was still shaking her head as she started to walk onto the floor. Fudge and Umbridge smiled as she walked towards Lady Hogwarts. Zanita was still holding on to Lucius as she looked towards Amelia. Amelia walked on and stopped when she got to her niece. She said something nobody heard and started to walk back. "Amelia get back here, and arrest that woman, or you are out of a job".
The slap that was heard sounded threw out the great hall. Fudge went down and held his hand to his cheek as he looked up at Susan. "You stupid little man. This is Hogwarts and this is Hogwarts land. We own it and we make the law. As it is written now this would be the death of one Draco Malfoy. The Hogwarts law is clear. Endanger a student that could be killed will be immediately punished by the death penalty. This was written over a thousand year ago and we also think it is harsh. So will be handling it ourselves and you will stay out of it or you will be out of your own position as minister of Bumbling".
"You can't threaten the minister of magic like that" Umbridge screamed.
Susan shook her head, "You really are a stupid little toad, are you. I'm lady Hufflepuff of Hogwarts. I'm the next Lady Bones, As I said before we rule Hogwarts. We rule the ministry as the grey factor of the Wizangemot chamber. And it is clear what the ministry think of the light and the grey side of the Witangemot chamber. They wanted to protect Draco Malfoy, A family of the Dark side. They did not do anything to help the light side or the grey. No, they only step up when one of the dark side families are having troubles. So Minister of Magic, So little toad that think she is all that. This is Hogwarts and we rule it here. You have no say and you have no right to threaten us with what we do In England. If you want a war with us you can have it". This time Susan hung a little closer to Umbridge. "But before you say yes, think about this. Every time one of you, or all of you, went against us. We took the fight to you and ran over you without looking back. This time none of you will remain if you do it again. So with that said. Draco will get his punishment. Lucius is allowed to go with him to see what we will decide when we decide it. Minister of magic. This is the ministerial ball so you run it. This is our house and you stay out of our way of doing. Toad," and Susan smiled when Umbridge became red of anger. "Yes, you toad. You are a professor here at its school. You are the whatever to the ministry. Still, this is our house. and you may decide the punishment when things happen at school. This time it happened at the ministerial ball and under our roof. So now you have no say what so ever. Albus" and Susan stopped again but this time because she almost laughed at his look of surprise. A thing her friends didn't do. "Yes, Albus. You are a co headmaster here but again you did nothing. Professor McGonagall threw up a shield charm to protect the students and the guests. What did you do, O yeah you tried to leave the great hall but Professor McGonagall stopped you? You had a warning and now you will be placed on probation. One more screwup and you are out of here". With those last words, Susan screamed for music and grabbed Astoria for another dance.
It took another twenty minutes before the ball started to look like a ball again. Everybody was dancing and slowly people started to mingle with each other. Only the Darkside of the Witangemot state at the side and were joined by Severus, Fudge, and Umbridge. Albus was also standing there but still a couple of feet away just so he could remain the leader of the light.
#*
Bellatrix had finally got her dance with Harry and stayed with him. Bella and Daphne were acting like she was stealing their man. While Harry took it all in. Bellatrix was running her hands through his hair and over his body. She kissed him on his cheeks hugged him close and placed his head between her large breast. Narcissa was looking on and knew that had enough to show Voldemort. After her sign, Bellatrix got real and started to dance with the others while stealing a kiss here and there from Harry.
around eleven in the evening Harry took out some mistletoe's and started to fly them around the great hall. Some people kissed while students ran away from it. Harry was slowly picking his targets while Daphne and Bella were telling him who to pick next. Nolwenn was becoming a real target for Harry. First danced with Minerva and got the mistletoe over her head. With a little sigh, she gave Minerva a quick pack on her cheek and swung around.
Before she made a full circle she landed in the arms of Andromeda. After a minute Harry floated the mistletoe above their heads again. Nolwenn wanted to kiss her cheek again but Andromeda placed her lips on her for a fast but closed kiss.
Narcissa who was again standing next to Bellatrix grumbled a little at that kiss. Bellatrix smiled and watched her sister closely. The next had been Isabella and Narcissa grumbled a little bit more. After Isabella came Fleur and then Apolline. Both of them kissed Nolwenn full but that didn't anger Narcissa one bit. Bellatrix frowned a little and then remembered that they were kind of a family on their own. They had known each other for almost all their lives so that wasn't surprising. When Nolwenn had to kiss Zanita Narcissa bolted her fist and turned her fingers white. Bellatrix smiled a little more and still kept a close eye on her sister. Emma didn't spark any reaction because Narcissa knew she had nothing to fear from her. The next had been Tonks and she had turned herself into someone that looked a lot like Narcissa. She not only kissed Nolwenn but made it look like she was enjoying it a lot.
This time it did the trick and Narcissa rushed onto the Dancefloor. While she did it she looked like a woman who just wanted to dance. To the family, she looked like a woman who was mad as hell. She walked on and Pulled Nolwenn away from Tonks and Danced off. Harry wanted to put the mistletoe above their heads but was stopped by Susan. "Not just yet Harry. Let them have a couple of dances before you do it". Harry nodded and took Susan onto the dancefloor.
After a couple of dances, Harry floated the mistletoe above their heads. The eyes of Nolwenn lighted up at the prospect of kissing Narcissa. She had the time of her life kissing all the ladies at the ball. But the one she wanted to kiss was now standing before her. Slowly she closed her eyes and hung her head a little to the left waiting for the one kiss she wanted. She waited and waited but she did not feel the lips of Narcissa on hers. With a little pain, she opened her eyes and looked at the eyes of Narcissa.
Narcissa saw the mistletoe appear above their heads and looked down at Nolwenn. She saw the look in her eyes that told her Nolwenn wanted her to kiss her. As Nolwenn closed her eyes she started to hesitate. She saw her tilt her head and she wanted to kiss her right there and right away. But a little voice in her head screamed no not to do it. She waited and pulled back a little. It was the action that made Nolwenn open her eyes. Narcissa saw the longing and hurt in her eyes. She wanted to do it but she could not make herself do it. It wasn't aloud, she was not supposed to. "I...I... I... Can't".
Tears sprung into the eyes of Nolwenn as she kept looking at the eyes of Narcissa. the only thing she could ask was a silent why, why not. Nolwenn pulled back but Narcissa held on. Nolwenn pulled back and was stopped again by Narcissa. "What, you can't kiss me. you don't want to kiss me. you don't want me but you can't let me go" Nolwenn snapped between her teeth. She gave another pull and literally yanked her hands out of the hands of Narcissa. With a final look at Narcissa, she turned around and walked out of the great hall, leaving Narcissa standing there all alone.
Only the family had been looking on while everybody else had been dancing around them. When Nolwenn walked out she was immediately followed by Apolline and Fleur. Fleur stopped by Daphne and told her to get the story from Narcissa because they all knew they belonged together. Daphne gave a sharp nod and Fleur rushed after her mother.
Daphne turned to Harry and Bella as she made her way to Narcissa. When they got there they saw Bellatrix already standing next to her. Harry opened his mouth but Bella stopped him. Narcissa was just standing there and looking at the door which Nolwenn used to get out. Bellatrix placed her arm around the shoulder and pulled her sister close. When Narcissa looked at her she almost pulled away before she remembered that Bellatrix was under the juice. "I... couldn't I just couldn't".
Bellatrix didn't say anything and only watched her sister. Bella didn't and almost grabbed Narcissa by the colour. "Why the hell did you do that. You not only hurt that girl but yourself as well. Are you stupid or something".
Narcissa didn't say a thing and only looked at Bella. Tears sprang into her eyes as she again whispered. "I... couldn't I just couldn't".
Harry and Daphne went to stand behind Bella and pulled her away from Narcissa. Harry gazed at Bellatrix and told her to take Narcissa home. they were standing alone so no one heard what Harry had told her. Bellatrix just took Narcissa by the arm and started to pull her away and back to Potter castle.
The evening went on and none was the wiser. The only other trouble they had was Lucius when he came back. Most of them thought he would ask for his wife but that was not it. Somehow he found some fire whiskey and had a few drinks. In his state, he went to the first blond woman he saw and asked her to do something for him. None knew what he had asked but when a guy took just one swing at him, Lucius went down and hard. Umbridge pulled her wand but Tracy had Expeliarmus it right out of her hand. The man went after Lucius but Harry had stopped him by just standing in front of him. The man didn't like it and swung his hand at Harry. Harry ducked and slammed his fist at the right knee of the man. the man went to his knee and got stuck in the head by an elbow. The man went down but not out like Lucius had done. It took a couple of minutes for Pomfrey to heal them both and the man smiled down at Harry. "That was a nice strike kid who taught you".
"That would be me," Emma said as she looked over the shoulder of Harry. The man looked at Emma and laughed hard and loud. The dance came to an end and the members of house Hogwarts took them all to their rooms as the others said goodbye to their parents and the guest. While Harry was standing at the door he gazed around himself and gave a sad look. There was no Fudge, Albus or even a toad. In his mind, he asked for Zanita and she told him the following. ^You were right my love. The moment they could, all three of them went to the restricted part of the castle. They are hanging on the wall for you to come. Most of the house are there just looking on^.
This was it again for this week. See you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau