Well, here
it is! I hope you like this one!
Enjoy!
P.S. If
any group I made up is actually a group, it is complete coincidence. Except for
BS. I was listening to the radio when I wrote that part and the idea popped in
my head.
Chapter Eight
The Halloween Dance
I
was walking alone in the halls around six pm Friday night, the night of the
dance, near a deserted classroom; I had had another detention, from Mr. Killer
of course. I was thinking about heading back up to my room when I decided to
have a look around.
I
heard slow footsteps coming from behind. I froze in my spot, waiting to
recognize who it was. It wasn't anyone I knew, I thought. Slowly, I turned
around and came face to face with Blonde Boy.
"Hi
John," I began, looking him right in the eye. "What are you doing here at this
time?"
"Why
do you care Potter?" He asked, glaring at me.
"You
know how confusing that it? There are two of us. How do you know which one is
which if you call us both Potter?"
"Shut
up," He began to walk away.
I
turned around to face his retreating back. "What happened to you John? Weren't
we friends at one time?"
He
stopped, but didn't turn around. "I remember when there was a boy named Kyle
who used to play with us. When he left us to play with other kids and forgot
about us, you told me 'Life happens and people change'. Well Alex, life
happened, and I changed." He disappeared down the dark corridor. And I was left
alone.
I didn't feel like looking around anymore.
Slowly, I
made my way up the stairs to the girl's dorm. I opened the door, which revealed
two girls dressed like Anime characters from the old show Sailor Moon. One of
them was Sailor Mars, the other Mercury, but the costumes were all glittery.
I
stopped, my mouth hanging open. "You have GOT to be kidding me!"
"Oh
come on Alex, it'll be fun." Morgana said. She was Mercury. "Katie says it'll
look cool."
"No
way…" I began to back toward the wall. "You're not making me do this."
"You
are doing this or I'll…I'll…" Morgana stopped to think what she would
do.
"Uh…"
I watched them corner me. "Oh alright, I'll do it. But I have to make a few
changes." I tapped the picture with my wand, making it silver instead of blue
and gold instead of red. The boots turned silver as well. Then I tapped it
again and my clothes immediately changed to what was on the paper.
"That looks a
lot better. I never really liked S.M's look anyway." Katie said, getting her
wand. "Now you're hair."
It
was given the customary Moon look by the hair charm we learned in class, except
it was still red. We did look a lot better than the actual Sailor Moon
characters.
They
actually had to drag me down the stairs when we left because I was not letting
anyone see me. Eventually, I had convinced them to have us wear our cloaks.
Katie said she would because she wanted to surprise Andy, and Morgana wanted to
because she was cold. We emerged finally into a large crowd of people who were all dressed as
different stuff. I caught a glimpse of five fifth year boys dressed as Gundam
Wing Characters. Gundam Wing was also an old Anime from the 90's. I was a fan
myself, just not of Sailor Moon.
I began searching for the boys. Fred was dressed
in his Quidditch robes, carting around the bat thing he used. He smiled at me
when we walked in and pointed to a pair of redheads who looked like they were
identical twins. Andy and Tom of course. They had probably gotten a hold of one
of Uncle Fred and George's pictures from their first year. Couldn't blame them,
it would scare the heck out of Aunt Hermione.
"Oh my gosh! No! It can't be! It's Gred and
Forge!" I laughed, walking up to them. "How's it going?"
"You shouldn't be talking Moon girl," Andy said. I
knew it was Andy because he didn't have an accent. "At least I'm not a dizty
Anime charactor from the 1990's." I starred blankly at him for a moment, but
realized that he could tell from my hair.
"Oh sure, insult the girls. Just letting you know,
it wasn't my idea." I answered, turning around to face Fred. "So Fred, are you
going to insult me?"
"Not
really," Fred glanced at his watch. "Should we get going?"
The
Dining Hall was decorated with large pumpkins, black and orange streamers, and
lots of other stuff. There was a huge buffet table off to the side and smaller
tables that could fit up to six people. Morgana rushed over to the table
closest to the dance floor and plopped herself down. I slowly walked over to
the table; my boots were preventing quick movement. Whoever designed this
outfit didn't think about how she was supposed to move.
"So…what's
your favorite subject?" I asked Tom, trying to spark a conversation.
"Um…I
guess it would be transfiguration," He began looking at the ceiling, which I
couldn't understand why. It was just a normal ceiling. Finally his face looked
really confused and he looked at us. "Is there something wrong with your
ceiling? Where are the stars?"
"Stars?
What stars? The ceiling's always been this way." Morgana was playing with her
computer thing that came with the costume. "This thing really works! I've got a
map here that says where people are!"
"Our
ceiling at Hogwarts shows the outside sky. I just never noticed yours didn't."
He paused, looking at Morgana. "Why don't you take off your cloaks? We're here
at the dance now."
"Oh
no, we're keeping it on until we get on stage. We're performing a dance number
later on tonight," Katie said, giggling at the horror filled look that had
crossed my face. They didn't say anything about dancing on stage.
"Really?
To what?" Andy asked, but he didn't get an answer because a teacher had walked
to the front of the stage.
"Good
evening students," He began. The noise settled down and he continued. "Well,
I'd like to welcome you all to the first Dance of the year. And also to
introduce our first contestants for the lip sink/dance contest. Would you
please give a welcome to G.P.5"
The
spotlight turned on the five boys I had seen before. They began dancing to a
song by Space Dream, a popular muggle band. A ton of girls were cheering
loudly, which was beginning to hurt my ears. Dang, it was annoyingly dumb.
The
teacher walked back on stage and waited patiently for the boys to clear.
Finally, he cleared his throat. There were about five more performances; one of
them was really stupid. Eventually, it came down to the last contestants, us.
"Alright, and last but not least, a new group of first years. Put your hands
together for Millennium Scouts!"
Terrified,
I walked onto stage along with Morgana and Katie. I knew which song we were
doing; we had been practicing in our room. I just never knew we would be
performing it. I took my place in front of Katie and Morgana, turned around.
The lights were completely dark, so we dropped our cloaks and flew them off
stage. The lights came on, and I could feel the familiar heat of the lights. My
fear diminished quickly as the music started. It was a Brittany Spears song,
"Oops I did it Again." She went out of style a long time ago, but Katie liked
her music.
We
were awesome, in my opinion. Everything was perfect, all our movements
accurate. The applause we got was phenomenal, I was so sure we had gotten first
place. But sadly, as the awards were passed out, this one girl got first. There
were loud cries of distaste for the winner, mostly from Fred but also from Andy
and Tom, our biggest fans. We did get second though, and happily walked back to
our seats.
"You
should have gotten first," Andy said, sitting down. "You guys were great."
Some
slow music began as the DJ began playing. Fred leaned close to me. "Can I have
this dance?" He asked.
I
was kind of stunned really, but of course I accepted. I mean this was why I had
gone with him. He led me to the center of the floor. I wrapped my arms around
his neck and we swayed slowly.
"I'm
sorry," He mumbled, looking away.
"For
what?"
"Being
a jerk, you know, at the beginning of school."
"Oh
that, I forgave you a long time ago. Especially after the potions class last
week."
"Don't
remind me. You could have warned me."
"And
miss the look on your face afterward? Not on your life." I paused. "I've got
pictures."
"You're
joking."
"Nope."
Click…Click...
I turned my head toward the sound of the camera. Yet again, Morgana was holding
a camera to her face, clicking away. She grabbed a few of Katie and Andy too,
but mostly she stuck to us.
"Remind
me to hex her later." Fred whispered.
"Fred,
we don't know curses yet." I whispered back.
"That's
why I said remind me later."
We
danced a bit more, talked with friends, normal stuff. When we walked back to
the common room, I turned to walk up the stairs. But Fred caught my arm. He
just looked at me for a minute before leaning in and kissing my cheek. I stood
there stunned, not believing what just happened. He just kissed my cheek, on
his own free will. I felt so weird; I couldn't really explain the feeling.
After a few minutes I mumbled a goodnight and rushed up the stairs. I didn't
even say goodnight to Morgana or Katie, I just changed my clothes and hopped
into bed. That feeling was still there in the pit of my stomach, a warm fuzzy
feeling. Katie would have said I was in love, but I still felt a little young.
Oh
well, Life happens, People change.
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