Interrupted By Fireworks

 Chapter 4: The Valentine's Ball

  Every Gryffindor girl was in the 5th year girl dorm. Most had already

got their dresses on and were begging Parvati and Lavender to give them a

makeover. Lavender and Parvati gave every girl a make over but Ginny,

Hermione, Alicia, Angelina, and Katie.

   "So what do you guys want?" asked Parvati, giggling.

   "We all just want some blush, maybe light colored eye shadow, and hair

styles," requested Angelina.

   "Alrighty!" yelled Lavender slapping her hands together.

When they were finished Angelina had light blush, yellow eye shadow, and had

one ponytail at the side of her head held with a rose hair clip.

Hermione still had her usual bushy brown hair except some strands were

curled and were hanging from the left and right side of her head her hair

was tied in an aqua blue scrunchie to match her aqua blue dress robe. (A/N:

if you ask me her hairstyle sounds like Aeris' when you had to dress Cloud

up as a girl)

Ginny got teal eye shadow, and her hair was in a ponytail with some hair

also going down from the left and right side of her head her scrunchie was

buried in her red hair (A/N: It's strange how red-haired people match with

green colored clothes O_O)

Katie hadn't bothered with make up, she just wanted the hairstyle Parvati

and Lavender bushed her hair up a bit and tied it up with a rubber band and

put her tiara on.

Then Lavender did Alicia's. While the other girls chatted Lavender made

Alicia sit on a seat in front of a mirror. Alicia looked disappointedly at

her lavender colored hair.

  "Don't worry Alicia I know just the hairstyle your lavender colored hair

suits with!" Lavender exclaimed.

When she finished Alicia had neon purple eye shadow, and her hair was up

kind of like Katie's except she had long strands of hair falling down to her

shoulders and Katie's bun had a few stray hairs that slipped out the rubber

band.

All five of the girls including Lavender and Parvati left the 5th year

girls' dormitory. The two giggly girls left through the portrait hole and

each of the five girls took out a mirror and lip-gloss (except Angelina, she

took out lipstick.)

Hermione put on blueberry, Ginny lime, Katie grape, Alicia mint chocolate

chip, and Angelina got peach colored lipstick. Alicia ran back to her dorm

and took her diary with her (sticking it in her pocket). When she got back

the other girls were tapping their feet impatiently. Alicia smiled

apologetically and left the common room with them.

   When they got outside the boys were talking about Quidditch until they

caught sight of the girls. The boys stood their just gawking at them. The

girls all smiled at them.

  "Well are you just going to stand there and stare at us or are you going

to come up and take our hands?" asked the girls. The boys just walked up to

the girls and grabbed each of the girls' hand. Alicia walked down alone in

her flowing silk white robe.

  "Have you guys seen George?" she asked running toward Angelina and Fred

who were the ones far behind the other three couples. Angelina and Fred

turned around.

  "Well George is already in there doing who knows what. Probably helping

Peeves throw water balloons!"

Angelina winked at her friend and strolled off with her date. Alicia just

shrugged and entered the great hall after them. When Alicia got inside

everyone was eating. She sat next to the trio and Ginny.

Ron was sitting there stuffing a mouthful of food into his mouth and trying

to talk to Hermione at the same time. She kept telling him not to talk with

his mouth full and was enjoying the scene at the same time. Harry was just

drinking a goblet full of pumpkin juice and was dangling his feet nervously

under the table. Ginny was eating fruit salad and was trying to keep her

hands from shaking. She said hello to them and left to go to the side of the

table her group of friends were on.

    "Ey Licia!" yelled Katie waving at her friend.

    "Hey!" she replied sitting by Fred and Angelina.

All of sudden five pops were heard and music began to play. There came five

female wizards playing an orchestra. They were playing 'Waltz For The Moon'

the music playing when Squall and Rinoa were dancing (A/N: Don't' ask! I

dunno how they learned it either).

Alicia just sat humming and tapping her feet with the beat of the music as

she watched Katie and Lee trying to get the beat, and Fred throwing Angelina

around the Great Hall and hitting Pansy and Draco repeatedly in the process.

She looked on the other side of the room where Hermione and Ron were dancing

slowly and closely, and Ginny and Harry dancing slowly together but not as

close as Ron and Hermione.

The song just lasted for fifty seconds and the witch orchestra started to

play another song. It had a slower beat everyone enjoyed.

Alicia looking straight toward other couples not noticing someone in front

of her. When she looked up, there stood a redhead with a freckly face and a

big smile.

"So, dance with me?" he asked holding his hands in front of Alicia.

Alicia's eyes were slightly watering as she stood up and jumped on George,

hugging him violently. She released his neck and stared him in the eye.

"Course!" When they got to the dance floor the music changed. It was a soft

and slow beat. It has the melody of a locket (A/N: Sailor moon's locket! ^_^

Don't ask.). Alicia took George's hands and placed one on her waist and one

in her empty hand and she took her other hand and wrapped it around George's

neck. The both of them were twirling around the dance floor.

    "Licia" George said, looking at the lavender haired girl.

    "Mmm?"

    "Well. I'm sorry for turning your hair lavender. It was Fred and Lee's

idea of a funny joke they thought I'd get slapped for it."

Alicia giggled at that then grinned wickedly.

     "Then we'll have to get them back soon eh?"

     "We?"

     "Yes 'we' George! I'm not going to pull this one off without you, you

know!"

     "Hey, Alicia, I think lavender suits you!"

     "Don't start George! Katie and Lavender beat you to that comment

already!"

   The two spun around in circles and took turns steering each other around.

Alicia was so lost in the music and in dancing she was oblivious to George's

voice.

     "W-what was that you said George?"

     "What about your diary?" asked George looking at Alicia's pocket.

Alicia blushed took her diary from her pocket, locked it, and threw it on

the floor. The book slid under the refreshments table.

      "Let it just lay down forgotten," said Alicia smiling sweetly at

George than scowled, "You made us miss a few beats!"

The two knew the song was coming to an end because the song's pitch had

begun to lower. As the song halted all of the couples rushed to the

refreshments table not noticing Alicia's diary sliding (or getting kicked if

you want to call it that; ^. ^) from left to right and north to south.

Hannah Abbott the pig-tailed hufflepuff girl, who knew a lot about the witch

orchestra right before them on the stage, had formed a crowd around her.

  "They're called the shooting stars! I love their songs! I've got their

CD!" A slytherin girl scowled at her and was thinking something pretty violent "She'll be a shooting star once I'm through with her!" (A/N: Been playing to much FFX and had been using Auron a lot LOL)

  "Wow! Really? I'm wondering why Prof. Dumbledore didn't even take the time

to tell us Hannah!" A girl with dark blonde hair said.

The rest of their words were unclear because of the other girls' excited

shrieks and squeals. By the time some ravenclaw girl asked Hannah a question

the Great Hall's lights began to dim, the ceiling was reflecting the

beautiful full moon and stars.

The Great Hall's lights had all gone out and were now illuminated by the dim

colors of fairies and fairy lights. The pairs had gotten together again and

looked at the Shooting Stars still babbling to each other. The Great Hall

quieted as the one in the middle stepped forward and grabbed a microphone

out of thin air.

"The Lady's eyes looks like stars" Alicia said to her self and began to

scowl as she watches George goggle at the girl with the muggle microphone.

Hannah was starting to bug Alicia as she jumped up and down and squealed

several things about the Shooting Stars. The couples had gotten to their

positions as the blue haired shooting star that had the muggle microphone

closed her eyes tightly. The couples were starting to get a bit impatient

and stared at the lady in the center eagerly.



  I've waited all of my life,

for the day when love appears

like a fairy tale in days gone by,

He will rescue me from my fears



Alicia looked at the other couples again. Her eyes landed on Neville and

Hannah, Hannah was steering him around and he seemed to be doing fine Alicia

hadn't seen a sign of anything throbbing. Then her eyes landed on Draco and

Pansy who once again got hit by the ever so wild Fred and Angelina.



And now I feel him standing close to me

and how can I tell him what he means to me

My heart stands still --- has he come?



She glanced at Harry and Ginny who started to blush furiously as they caught

Alicia's eyes watching them. She jumped back as she begun to notice how

close she was to George. Her eyes had landed on Justin and Lisa Turpin who

were dancing very close to each other.



Oh starry night

is this the moment I dream of?

Oh starry night

Tell me, is he my own true love?



  She looked up at George who stared back at her quizzically. She went back

to her couple watching and spotted Hermione and Ron dancing ever so closely

together and looked as if they were just a new married couple or prom queen

and king. As she took a few steps right and a few back she spotted a

slightly displeased looking Cho and a Roger that looked pale and worried.

"She still must be upset about Cedric" Alicia thought a bit out loud and she

mumbled something she didn't even mean to say. George continued to look at

Alicia quizzically as she smiled up at him like she hadn't done anything

unusual.



Every night I think of him

here in my lonely room

Waiting for my prince to come

Wondering if he'll be here soon



Then her eyes landed on Parvati and Lavender. Parvati was dancing slowly

with Dean and Lavender with Seamus. Parvati and Lavender were trying to chat

with one another as they spun in circles.



And I sit patiently, waiting for a sign

And I hope that his heart longs for mine

He calls my name, is he the one?



  Alicia's eyes wandered to some of the staff. Mcgonagall was clapping her

hands to the beat while Sinistra danced discontentedly with Flitwick.

Dumbledore was clapping and looking contentedly at the suffering Binns who

sat down on his clouds of despair and Snape who always hated dances and

hated Valentine's Day even more thanks to Lockhart and his little cupids.



Oh starry night

is this the moment I dream of?

Oh starry night

Tell me, is he my own true love?



Alicia glanced up at Fred and Angelina, the couple she completely ignored

the whole time until they bumped Pansy and Draco. Fred was still throwing

her around everywhere and this time hitting Hannah who keeps squealing when

the other couples least expected it.  Alicia grinned as Angelina winked at

her best friend. Alicia smiled at George.

   "Hey, George, Where did you learn how to dance decent?" Alicia paused for

a few moments and looked at Fred and Angelina "I mean, with a brother like

Fred who throws his date everywhere."

   "Actually we both had dancing lessons with our mum but Fred really never

took it seriously and my mum gave up on Fred. She was getting a bit tired of

getting thrown around the room and hitting dad and scattering his plugs

everywhere."

  "Oh. Angelina looks like she enjoys it" Alicia giggled and smiled as

George smirked at his twin who shrugged and started to throw Angelina around

again, this time hitting Snape who spilled pumpkin juice all over his front.



Oh starry night

is he the one that I dream of?

Oh starry night

how will I know

will his love show?

Is he my own true love?

Alicia glanced at all of the other couples one last time before the song

ended with some cheers and light effects.  The Great Hall began to change

again the fairies were gone and one the ceiling and dance floor were images

of exploding fireworks.

The blue haired shooting star that was in the center made the microphone

vanish and bell was put in its place. The ghosts started to scatter around

the Great Hall. The Grey Lady went through a wall already in dancing stance

with Nearly Headless Nick and the fat friar was dancing with moaning Myrtle,

Peeves scowled and screamed something about rather playing pranks then

dancing with anybody.

Sinistra grabbed Snape and begun to spin him around while Mcgonagall started

to dance with Dumbledore. Hannah scowled and took an empty glass plate and

threw it on the ground.

"HEY!!! They're playing one of their greatest songs ever created, why would

you send us out right NOW?????"

  Mcgonagall stopped dancing with Dumbledore (There wasn't any music playing

anyways) and walked slowly to the upset girl

"We'll put the sonoros charm on it" Mcgonagall waved her wand and said the

sonorous charm. All of the pairs (Except ghosts and staff) left and went

outside the garden.

  Everyone gasped when they saw the garden. There were rosebushes decorated

with lights, the electric flies (the fourth years had to take care of as

requested by Hagrid) and spark wasps illuminating it, and there were benches

designed to shape at least one thing there was a group of benches shaped as

a star the couples filled up quickly.

Ron and Hermione sat down near the fountain nearly getting wet when they

leaned close to each other to kiss.

George and Alicia seated themselves on a bench in the middle of the star

created by the other benches. George grinned at Alicia who smiled as she

watched Ginny and Harry sitting near Draco and Pansy flushing furiously and

grinning at the same time as they watched Draco's disgusted face and Pansy's

snooty one with her nose up in the air (they were also throwing insults at

each other).

Music started to play inside and had come out to the garden because of the

sonorus charm. Some couples stood up just to dance to the music.

Hannah kissed Neville on the cheek and screamed "This is their latest song

called interrupted by fireworks!"

Alicia being oblivious to everyone but herself, George and Hannah's words

smiled. The music had a low pitch with the sound of bells coming from the

background. George looked at Alicia and then up at the sky like he was

expecting something like a meteor to come falling down.

When nothing came he looked at Alicia again. They both were leaning to kiss

each other when several pops were heard from the sky. All of the couples

looked up excluding one person Neville, who looked down at his feet that almost got hit

by something ablaze.

Alicia looked at George than up at the air again where more fireworks were

shooting everywhere she caught a sight of something transparent just flying

everywhere while carrying a box filled with firecrackers and fireworks, she

realized it was Peeves. Then she looked at George again and scooted a bit

more closer to him.

The Valentine's Dance was successful after all! Well maybe for the so- called

young ones outside. There was still a certain staff member having a

miserable day inside the Great Hall.

  The End!

Disclaimers: Waltz For The Moon and Interrupted By Fireworks is from the FF series so it belongs to Square and Oh Starry Night was used for the song Sailor Mars sang and it belong to Naoko and the dubbed DIC or Cartoon Network.

A/N: I have been listening to Sailor Moon and am an obsessed FF fan! So dun mind my strangeness!

I'm still kind of reading Lemony Snicket's two books over and over, I'm still waiting for my mum to go and get me and my third born sister get the third book! ( Well R/R!