Chapter 18: The Yule Ball

A few days after that whole battle, Mcgonagall told him in the empty classroom after transfiguration that the Yule Ball would happen on Christmas. Ginny was standing there so Harry immediately asked her and she said yes. Harry and Ginny were now in the middle of a store in Hogsmeade looking for clothes to wear to the ball.

After an hour in the store, Ginny finally picked up a light blue and white dress that made her look like a Greek goddess. Harry just went with simple black dress robes and called it a day. When they walked out, Harry brought Ginny over to a jewelry store in the center of the town and took her in.

When they entered Harry told Ginny to get anything she wanted. At first she protested then he told her that if she was going to be on a date with a Noble Pureblood she had to look her best. At that point she couldn't argue as it was something she had to do. Ginny went with two simple silver bracelets, a golden necklace that had a ruby pendant. Harry got her a ring and slipped it onto her fingers. The ring was a rich gold with Griffons carved in it with a large diamond in the center with sapphire and ruby surrounding it.

When they finished they got back to the castle and went to sleep to get ready for the next day. When they woke the next morning they played some quidditch then went to lunch. After lunch they headed to Marauder Manor to get ready. They both showered then they got into all their clothes then they got onto the jewelry. Harry put on his rings that signified him being head of that house. The rings were the exact same as Ginny's while she put her other jewelry on and began doing her hair.

She did her hair into a neat but elegant bun with a few strands of hair not in the bun and in front of her hair making it look more Purebloodish. She used her metamorph powers to make her hair become a white blond. Harry tried to calm his hair down but failed even with his metamorphmagus powers so he gave up on the lost cause.

Harry and Ginny walked out of their bedroom and downstairs into the living room where Sirius and Perla stood there ready and dressed. Harry was surprised until Ginny reminded him that Sirius was head Auror and so was Perla in secret.

"I can't tell if you two are adults or kids." Sirius said as he looked at them.

"What do you mean?" Harry and Ginny both said at the same time.

"Well I don't know if you noticed, but you two are tall and look older than other people. Harry, you're nearly as tall as Sirius and taller than me. Ginny, you're at the same height as me and you're at Harry's shoulders." Perla said with a sigh as she shook her head.

"She's right." Sirius said as Harry muttered.

"Of course she is."

"What was that?" Perla asked with narrowed eyes. Harry just zapped them all out of the Manor and into Hogwarts directly in front of Minerva causing her to jump in shock.

"Oh dear, you almost gave me a heart attack." Minerva said,"Harry and Ginny, you have to come with me. You will start the dance."

When they arrived at the front doors Harry saw Fleur with Oliver who was surprisingly not affected by her allure. Viktor was with…Hermione. Hermione looked smug as she threw glances at Harry and Ginny but was shocked at Ginny's beauty. Even she couldn't deny that Ginny was gorgeous. Even with her enhancements to certain parts of her body were still smaller than Ginny's. She pulled out her wand and did some charms to be shocked at the fact that Ginny didn't use enhancements like her. Hermione hated her even more now I was supposed to catch his eye and use his status to make myself look better with the Purebloods. She doubted Harry would even look at her in that way because of Ginny. SHE would break them up so SHE could be in that position.

She's staring at me, love.

Ignore her. She responded as she glared at her with such intensity that made her step back.

Harry was extremely surprised that Ron managed to get a date. It was a very Ron thing to get a girl that was very unfaithful and had so much make up that it made her look ugly. Ron was lucky he even got to talk to Lavender let alone ask her out. One look at her made him want to vomit. Ginny noticed his feelings and grinned.

When the doors opened, Harry and Ginny were out first and shocked the entire school with their looks. The boys were drooling because of her like she was a Veela while the girls looked jealous. Harry saw Draco and Daphne together on their date. When Draco saw Harry, he nodded to him and responded with another nod. Harry and the other champions walked up to the head table and sat down and began eating from their menu.

After they finished eating, the Weird Sisters came on the stage and Harry and Ginny got on the dance floor. They slowly waltz as they look into each other's eyes with pure love. They didn't pay attention to anyone but themselves as they walked with the beat and rhythm. Soon both their feet hurt so they quickly went outside to rest on some benches. When they sat down, they heard a slamming and raised voices.

"You don't understand Severus. It's getting darker." The voice of Karkaroff said.

"I don't know what to tell you. Flee the country, I'm staying here at Hogwarts." Snape said

"Alright." Igor said with a sigh as they continued.

He's talking about the dark mark. Ginny said in his head.

That…that only means one thing. Voldemort will rise this year. Harry said with a shudder as they walked to a bench.

A large Water Beetle flew over to them and landed on the bench.

"That's worrying." Ginny said as she snuggled into his side.

"It is." Harry said then continued as he sensed something in the air. A human…no…an animagus. One with a different magical signature than Sirius."I wonder what Skeeter is doing."

"I don't know. How does she get so much information?" Ginny asked as she also sensed Skeeter.

"She would look hilarious as a beetle." Harry said as he said."You will only spread nothing but facts if you don't want me to report you as an unregistered animagus, Skeeter."

The beetle instantly flew off as Harry just chuckled and walked back inside. When they made it in, Cho Chang was waiting for them at the door.

"What do you want, Chang?" Ginny sneered in a way that Snape would be proud. In fact out of the corner of his eye he saw Snape smile slightly as he heard her sneer.

"What love potion did you use?" Cho sneered back.

"Do you want one of my books?" Harry said with a small smile as Ginny realized what he was doing.

"Yes I would love to." Cho said with a small smile then she threw a smirk at Ginny. Harry summoned the Peverell grimoire and put his hand out so that Cho could grab it. When she realized what it was she screamed and jumped back, causing many people to stare at them.

"Why don't you like the grimoire?" Harry asked with an evil, cold, dark grin.

Cho shuddered."YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!" She accused

"What happened?" Albus said as he walked out of the great hall with the other headmasters and headmistresses.

"He tried to kill me." Chang said as Harry changed his features to be confusing and Ginny did the same.

"How?" He asked again.

"She tried to steal a grimoire." Harry said as he picked the heavy book up.

"Who's grimoire is it?" Albus asked as he looked at the book then gasped.

"What 'appened Albees?" Maxine asked in concern.

"How did you get this?" Dumbledore asked with wide eyes.

"What do you mean how did I get a family heirloom?" Harry said with narrowed eyes.

"Can someone explain?" Moody asked as he walked up.

"He…he has the Peverell Grimoire." Albus said in shock.

"You are under arrest for line theft Mr. Potter." Fudge said as Sirius walked with him with a frown.

"What reason?" Harry asked innocently but Ginny knew he was the complete opposite. In reality, he couldn't wait until he could torture then kill everyone their. He had to use a lot of self-control to not do that. Fleur used her Veela powers to see what people were thinking. While expert Occlumens she could not affect a 14 year old boy she could. When she looked at his emotions, she immediately stopped and stood there with wide eyes as she saw what he wanted to do.

"You have somehow acquired a magical artifact of the Peverells. They died out a long time ago." Fudge said then gasped as Harry made a blood test and put his blood on the Grimoire that glowed golden in response.

"My mother." Was all that was said as he flashed away into Marauder Manor to calm down and relax with the help of Ginny.