The Ultimate Year (Part 2) ~ The Slytherin Party

By: Harriet Potter

A/N: Well, here's part two. Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed part one. By the way, sorry about all the American terms...I'm American myself, so sometimes I just forget that everyone is British!

Harry and Hermione sat in squishy arm chairs in the Gryffindor common room, surrounded by Parvati, Lavender, Dean, Ginny, and Seamus.

"Where's Neville?" asked Seamus with a yawn. He looked towards Parvati, who shrugged as she rubbed her eye sleepily. Dean had fallen asleep in her lap.

Ginny finally spoke up. "You know, it's Friday night. Maybe we should get out and do something."

Dean rolled over, but remained in Lavender's lap. "You have a point there, Gin," he remarked, "but I can't think of many real exciting things to do at Hogwarts on a Friday night." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Well, I know what we can do tonight." Everyone turned to find Ron entering the common room with a smirk on his face. "The Slytherins seem to be having quite a party tonight at some little hut they found over by the Great Lake. What do you say we crash it?" Everyone seemed to wake up the moment Ron finished.

"Well, that sounds pretty good to me. How'd you find all this out, Ron?" asked Seamus.

"Oh, Pansy probably told him." Said Hermione with a grin. She couldn't resist the opportunity.

Everyone began laughing at this, and even Ron couldn't hold in a grin as he said "Very funny, Hermione. Actually, I overheard Malfoy telling Crabbe and Goyle about if at dinner."

Parvati looked up. "Well, it sounds like a lot of fun to me. I think I'm going to go get ready. I'll meet you all back down here at seven, okay?"

Ron nodded. "Yeah, that sounds good." With that, Pansy walked back up the stairs to the girl's dormitory.

"Maybe we should go too, Hermione." Lavender beckoned to her to come on, and gave her wink so she wouldn't object. Hermione rubbed Harry's crazy hair as she walked out with Lavender.

"Bye, guys!" She called to the boys and Ginny, who were now the only people left in the common room.

"Well," said Ginny as she rose from her chair, "I'd love to stay and chat awhile with you boys and all, but I think I'd better be getting ready too. See you at seven!" she called and walked out of the common room.

The boys sat there quietly, until Seamus voiced the question they were all thinking. "What takes them so long, I wonder?" Harry, Ron and Dean shrugged at the same time.

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Hermione and Lavender were sitting up in the girl's dormitory, waiting for Parvati to get out of the shower.

"How many times do I have to tell her," said Lavender, referring to Parvati, "You can only perform that hair removal spell on your bikini line so many times! And it's not as though Malfoy's gonna know either way whether she waxed her bikini line or not...or at least I would hope not." she added with a grin.

"Wait," said Hermione, "You're saying that Parvati has a thing for... Malfoy?" Hermione sounded utterly revolted.

"Yeah...that's what I said too. But she really seems to have a 'thing' for him. She said she wants to look 'ravishing' tonight." muttered Lavender. "That's what's taking her such a long time to get ready."

"Well, It shouldn't take much to impress Malfoy tonight. I suspect he'll be drinking, as always?" Hermione asked with a grin.

"Do you ever see Malfoy without a beer in his hand anymore?" Lavender laughed. "Now, don't tell Parvati that I said this, but I just don't understand what she sees in Draco Malfoy! I mean, he's such a...smart ass!"

Hermione smiled. "I know exactly what you mean." Just then, Parvati stepped out of the shower.

"I'd better get in the shower," said Hermione

"Looking to impress Harry tonight?" asked Parvati with a grin as she dried her hair with a towel.

"Oh no, I was thinking more along the lines of that cutie named Neville Longbottom." Hermione winked as she walked to the shower.

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The group reassembled downstairs at seven o'clock, with the exception of Parvati, who had to redo her eye shadow at the last minute. Lavender winked at Hermione as Parvati ran back upstairs to the dormitory. As Lavender, Dean, Ginny, Seamus, and Ron walked out of the common room, Harry came up behind Hermione and covered her eyes with his hands.

"Guess who?" Harry said.

Hermione smiled. "Hmm, let me see. I'm taking a wild guess here, but would it happen to be a certain black-haired, green-eyed boy who is probably waiting for me to turn around and kiss him?"

Harry kept his hands over her eyes. "How'd you ever guess?" he asked sarcastically. "I really wasn't expecting that kiss and all, but if you insist..." They were interrupted as Parvarti came bounding down the stairs.

"So...how do I look?" asked Parvati.

"Simply ravishing," replied Hermione. "What do you say, Harry?" she asked as she gave him a nudge in the ribs.

"Oh...uh, yeah Parvati, you look great," said Harry on the spot.

"Thanks guys," responded Parvati. "I'll see you down at the party!" She headed out of the common room.

"Who's she trying to impress tonight?" asked Harry.

Hermione let out a small snort. "Draco Malfoy." she answered.

Harry laughed, and replied, "Well, all the better for her. If she looked 'ravishing' to us, then imagine what she'll look like to a drunk Malfoy!"

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Harry and Hermione walked down towards the Great Lake hand in hand.

"Hermione," asked Harry, very seriously, "Do you care if I drink tonight? Nothing huge, just maybe a few beers."

Hermione laughed to herself. "Of course I don't care if you drink tonight, I mean, you're seventeen! Actually, I was considering getting drunk tonight, myself."

Harry's mouth dropped. "Hermione! You...you just,...aren't like that!" he muttered.

Hermione playfully rolled her eyes. "You'll believe anything, won't you? You know good and well I won't drink," she said with a grin. Harry smiled sheepishly.

It was very relaxing walking down this little trail with Harry. For some reason, Hermione just wanted to stop and sit with Harry, not go to the party. She loved the way Harry's wild hair always managed to get stuck in the sinewy branches that hung too low. Oh well, she told herself. Just go on to the party. It'll be fun.

It was at this exact moment that Harry pointed to what was obviously the hut where the party was taking place. It was a cute little cabin-like place, with a straw-patched roof. It looked bigger than Hermione had imagined. It looked as though the Slytherins had done a nice job fixing it up, as well.

"Here we are," announced Harry. Hermione could hear music blaring from some type of magical device (as electronics go haywire at Hogwarts), and she could hear many people talking loudly. So here they were-the Slytherin party.

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"C'mon everyone. It should be right around this grove of trees up here, as I thought in the first place." Ron was extremely annoyed at the fact that Seamus had insisted that the party was on the other side of the Great Lake and had ended up getting them lost.

"How the hell did we miss this?" asked Dean, who was annoyed as well. "I swear, if I had a galleon for every time you did something stupid..."

Seamus changed the subject quickly yelling out, "Hey look, there's Harry and Hermione." Ginny flagged them down.

"Hey guys! Why haven't you gone in the party yet?" Ginny asked. Harry shrugged.

"We just figured we'd wait on all of you." Hermione answered, perhaps a little too quickly.

"Well, that was very considerate of you, even though I'm sure that you did more than just wait," Ron said, smiling, "We happened to have gotten lost." he added, throwing a sideways glance at Seamus., who turned slightly pink.

Parvati finally stopped messing with her hair. "Why don't we all go inside?" she suggested, not waiting for any replies as she walked into the hut. Everyone followed her lead, anyway, and were blown away by the loud commotion caused by music blaring, people talking, and Draco Malfoy singing. At the top of his lungs.

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"Let's get it on! Oooo yeah, let's get it on!" Malfoy sang horribly out of tune to an old broomstick he had unearthed. He held the broomstick in one hand, and in the other, a plastic cup full of something everyone knew was not Sprite. Hermione was wondering to herself how on earth Draco Malfoy knew a Marvin Gaye song, but her thoughts were burst by Ron.

"Now there's something you don't see everyday," said Ron, pointing towards Malfoy. Apparently Malfoy heard this, as he came strutting over to them. He looked as though he might say something nasty and cruel as always, but his pale face seemed to soften a little as he approached them.

"Hey, hey, hey everybody! Welcome to the par-tay! Potter, Weasley, how would you feel about some drinks?"

Harry shrugged. "Sure, why not." he said as Ron nodded his head.

Malfoy patted Harry on the back. "That's the spirit, champ! I'll get some drinks for Thomas and Finnigan there, too. I tell you what, Potter. You Gryffindors are pretty groovy cats, if I do say so myself." Malfoy looked towards the straw-patch ceiling of the hut as though trying to remember what he was supposed to do.

He suddenly jumped. "Oh yeah!" he said, pointing at Harry. "Drinks. I'll be right back." he said as he stumbled towards the beer keg.

"Wait, Malfoy!" called out Parvati, but it was too late. He was already dancing with his broomstick again.

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"Woo hoo!" exclaimed Seamus, now on his fifth beer (he had lost count two hours ago.) "This is the way to live!" Ginny, who was in his lap, held up her glass.

"I'm telling you," Ginny said as she hiccoughed, "this is the best damn punch I've ever tasted." Lavender, who was dancing like a maniac, nodded her head in agreement.

"I'm just so hot, though. I mean, it is so damn hot in this hut!" Lavender insisted for the billionth time. "Are you hot too, Hermione?" Hermione looked around for a moment, as to see who was talking to her, but was overcome by a nasty fit of giggles.

"I'm soooo dizzy!" she finally said, still giggling, as she rolled around on the floor. For the last half hour she had insisted on poking Harry in the stomach and laughing hysterically every time, but now that Harry had passed out, the thrill was obviously gone. Hermione suddenly got up.

"I'm going to the bathroom, okay guys?" Lavender replied by snorting loudly, then Ginny gave her a thumbs up as she and Seamus walked into another room. As she started off towards the bathroom, she heard Lavender comment to Dean about how great the punch was, and asked him if he was hot.

Hermione managed to stumble into the bathroom, where she immediately placed a cold rag on her head. As soon as she did so, she heard a loud gasp from the bathtub. She looked over to see a pug-faced girl and a red-haired boy making out in the tub.

"Oops!" she said. "Sorry to interrupt you there. I'm just a bit dizzy, I'll be out in a one second here...oh, at least you have your clothes on..." Hermione made a sudden realization.

"Ron...is that you?"

When she got no reply, she decided to leave the bathroom. As walked out into the hallway, she heard a horrible, wailing cry.

"I'm pitiful! Absolutely pitiful! I'm terrible in school, I'm terrible with girls, and I'm plain out horrible at Quidditch!" Hermione stuck her head in the room where the cry was coming from. She listened some more.

"I'm a terrible seeker! In fact, I suck!" The drawling cry just kept on and on. Hermione stuck her head in the door some more, when she lost her balance and fell into the room.

"Harry? Is that you crying?" As soon as Hermione heard the word "seeker", she assumed it was Harry crying.

"Yeah, sure," came the drawling reply. "I'm Harry Potter. perfect, heroic, athletic Harry Potter. That's me..."

"Oh Harry!" Hermione cried, as she missed the sarcasm in the mystery boy's voice. She giggled as she put her arms around who she through was Harry and kissed him on the head.

"Harry, you look so pale...did you dye your hair blonde?" The mystery boy simply answered, "Don't worry about it, Hermione," and they fell back onto the bed, kissing.

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Hermione felt herself being shaken the next morning, and opened her eyes to see Ginny calling out "Hermione, wake up!"

"I'm awake, I'm awake." Hermione said groggily. "Damn, my head hurts." She looked around the room as though just realizing where she was. "Oh my gosh, Ginny! What happened last night?!" Hermione asked frantically.

"That's what I woke you up for. You see, last night, that punch we were drinking...it was spiked. With tequila or somthing." Ginny said, looking down.

Hermione's mouth dropped. "And that means we were all..."

"Drunk." Ginny finished for her. "And it gets worse. Hermione, you made out with Draco Malfoy last night."

A/N: So, there you have it! Part 2! Now, I know Harry probably would never drink beer, but I figured that since he was seventeen he was plenty old enough to be a responsible drinker. Oh, and I just thought of this...if anyone doesn't know who Marvin Gaye is, he wrote the song "Let's Get it On". Yep, the song Malfoy was singing. Well, that's all for now. Hope you like it.

(All the characters in this story belong to J.K. Rowling.)