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Chapter 15

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The days past by so fast that it was now the day of the last term. Ron reminded Hermione and Harry to pack for their journey back to the Burrow the day after that. Harry made sure that he wasn't going to leave anything behind. He was very excited to get back to the Burrow for Christmas and the things that will happen when he gets there. He never experienced a family Christmas before and was very much looking forward to it. After their last class, which was Defense Against the Dark Arts, they went straight to the common room. Hermione dashed upstairs and said something about getting ready for the ball.

"But the ball isn't for three hours!" Ron called after her, but she just smiled and went upstairs. "Well, what are you going to wear for the Ball, Harry?"

"My green dressrobes, why?" asked Harry. "What are you going to wear?"

"Er, my old dressrobes," said Ron quietly. Just then Fred and George came bursting from the dorms.

"There you are, Ronald," exclaimed George. "We have been looking all over for you!"

"Why?" asked Ron keenly.

"Well, dear brother, our favorite brother in the world-well, not really because Charlie-"

"Get on with it, George!"

Fred winked at Harry and turned to Ron and said, "Well, Ron, to show how much we like you, we…" Fred nodded at George and pulled out a dark blue dressrobes. It had silver linings on the cuffs and the hem. "Well, what do you think? We wanted to give you new ones since your old ones look so terrible on you."

Ron was still looking the robes with wide eyes.

"Well, are you going to say anything at all?" said George.

"Er, thanks. I don't know what to say!" said Ron.

"You're welcome," said George. "Well, we're going to see what Lee is up to." They left the common room. Ron was still looking at the robes.

"What do you reckon they did this for?" asked Ron to Harry.

"Well, didn't you hear, they like you. Hey, have you seen my Defense book?" said Harry.

"Nope, maybe you left it back at the classroom. Do you want me to go with you?" asked Ron. Harry nodded. "All right, let me just put this upstairs in just a minute."

Ron went to the dormitory and came back a few seconds after that. They climbed out of the portrait hole and went to their Defense classroom. They didn't find anyone there. So they went to Professor Sullivan's office and knocked on the door. No one answered.

"Where do you reckon she can be?" asked Harry.

"I don't know. Why don't we try the Staff Room?" said Ron. They went to the Staff Room and found that no one was there. "Should we wait for her?"

"I guess," answered Harry. Just then, voices that were coming outside were getting closer.

"Where can she be? Didn't she said to you that we were having tea before the Ball?" asked a voice that belonged to Snape.

"Well, I can't find her anywhere. She has been busy lately," said Professor Mcgonagall. The doorknob rattled. Harry and Ron looked at each other and went to hide in the closet.

"Ouch! Get off my foot!"

"Sssh!"

"She has been busy lately. I wonder why," said Snape. Harry opened the closet door a little bit so he can see what was going on. Snape was sitting on an armchair, looking very thoughtful.

"Well, she is an auror, Severus. And she was trained by Mad-Eye," replied Mcgonagall. "Do you remember when you two were in school?"

"Hmm…yes."

"Briana and Lily were always together, everywhere they went."

"Yes, they were always followed closely by Potter and his stupid friends."

"Oh, and they were so smart and clever. I can never tell who was smarter, Lily or Briana. Of course, they used to always compete with Potter and his friends. Didn't they have their own little gang? There were four of them too, am I right?"

"Yes, there were four of them. There was Briana, Lily, Maria Costello, and Samantha Abberton."

"Isn't Maria an auror too?"

"Yes, I believe so. Where is she? It's almost time for the Ball," said Snape irritably, while checking his watch.

"Wasn't Briana Lily's maid of honor during her wedding," continued Professor Mcgonagall.

"Yes, and Sirius was Potter's best man," he spat out Sirius's name.

"Hmm…they were so close. I remember Lily making Briana Harry's godmother and second guardian." In an instant, Harry felt himself go numb, as if he was thrown in the lake. He also felt his jaw dropped.

"I also remember that night when the Potters died. Briana insisted that she should go with Hagrid to get Harry, but Dumbledore refused. Of course, Dumbledore had his reasons. He would never refuse to Briana. Oh, when I saw the look on her face when she heard it was Sirius Black who had done all the wrong, I felt really bad for her. They were so much in love. Weren't they engaged when it happened?"

"Yes," said Snape. By the tone of his voice, he wasn't very please to hear these words. But Professor Mcgonagall continued.

"She left a few days after Sirius went to Azkaban. I guess she felt that there wasn't anything else left for her here."

Everyone was quiet for a moment. Harry heard Professor Mcgonagall blew her nose in her handkerchief. Snape made a noise in his throat. The door opened and closed. A female voice spoke,

"There you are. I have been looking all over for you two. Well, are you ready for that tea?" It was Professor Sullivan. She seemed out of breath. Harry heard two scrapings of chairs and footsteps dying away. He and Ron stood in the closet for a minute. But it was Ron who spoke.

"We better get ready for the Ball. We might be late."

They got out of the closet and made sure that the coast is clear before heading back to the Gryffindor Tower. When they got there. Harry found his book on the table beside Neville.

"I brought this in for you. Professor Sullivan gave to me for you," he said brightly. Harry thanked him and went up to the dormitory with Ron. He didn't feel like talking and by the looks of it, Ron have gotten the point and didn't talk to him either. All that could play in his head was Professor Mcgonagall and Snape's conversation. He couldn't believe what he had heard. Professor Sullivan, his godmother? Impossible. By why isn't it? Said a voice inside his head. It all fits. How could you have not see that coming?

They got dress silently with their fellow Gryffindors. After that, they all went downstairs to find that Hermione was waiting there with Lavender and Parvati (she was going with Dean Thomas). Hermione looked more beautiful than the year before. Her hair was up in a French Twist with a red rose sticking out of it. She was wearing a dark red dressrobe that match her face. Harry didn't really noticed how much she looked. He was distracted by the thoughts that were floating inside of his head.

That was part one of the Icicle Ball. Chapter 16 will come later. Please read and review. Thank you!