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Narcissa looked at Lucius, who nodded, and scuttled over to hide behind Severus' chair. She sat silently, pretending to read her book, while she was actually watching the door.
She tensed up, as Ashura came in, looking very much like she wanted to kill the first person to mess with her. Lucius noticed this too, and waited with baited breath for her to sit down somewhere. Narcissa put her book down, and asked, "What happened?"
"The idiots called Sirius Black and James Potter used a Color Changing spell on me, and turned my hair red! Red! And not just any red, but GRYFFINDOR RED!!!" she shrieked, glaring at Severus, who was stifling a laugh, "shut UP!"
"Oh, it can't have been too bad, having red hair, for...how long?" Narcissa asked.
"Three hours." Lucius crawled behind her chair. "What are you *doing*, Lucius?"
He got up. "Nothing," Lucius lied. Narcissa rolled her eyes, and, went on 'reading'.
The students lined up in front of the doors, awaiting the minute they could go to Hogsmeade. Ashura, Lily, Daniel, Narcissa, Lucius, and Severus were one of the first in line, Sophie and Sabrina were staying at the castle.
When Professor Southway had made sure that no students without forms were there, she excused them. The 1000+ students flooded onto the stairs, and down onto the grounds. They walked over to the gates, and went through.
The third years were in awe at the little village, with its stores and cottages. Anyone else just went about to do their shopping. "Come *on*!" Narcissa hissed, dragging Ashura away, "We need some new dress robes! We have the Yule Ball in December to prepare for, you know!"
"I thought that they only hold the Yule Ball on years when they have the Twiwizard Tournament?" she asked. Narcissa nodded.
"Yeah, but Dumbledore, the old dog, is now having it every year!" Narcissa replied. They entered a shop. A few of the female students were already getting fitted for theirs.
A witch waved one of the lot off, and walked over. "Dress robes for the Ball, I assume?" she asked.
They nodded. She led them over to the rest. The tag on the front of her robes read 'Abby'. Another witch came over, this one being 'Julia'.
"What color?" Julia and Abby asked. Ashura and Narcissa looked at each other.
"Dark Blue."
"Pink."
The two witches ran all over the place getting the right colors of fabric. Narcissa's was done first-soft pink with white lace around the cuffs and hem.
Narcissa hissed a request into Julia's ear, and she nodded. Ashura looked at her, frowning. "Why do we need to get them so early in the year. The Yule Ball isn't for two months."
"One and a half!" Narcissa corrected, "It isn't a good idea to try and get them right before the ball. Think this is bad? You wait and see what it looks like on the trip before it!"
"I rather not," Ashura said, staring into the mirror that the witches had put nearby. "What did you tell them to do?!"
"Nothing! Just to make the top portion of it a bit...tighter?" the blonde said. Ashura glared at her, and sighed. Narcissa grinned. "You'll knock most of the male population at Hogwarts dead...especially *Severus*!!!"
"HOLD UP!!!" she snapped, the color fading in her face, "What do you mean 'especially Severus'?"
"You and Sev are soooo flirting with each other! Everyone knows it!" Narcissa giggled.
"We are NOT!" Ashura howled, turning a pale pinkish-red in embarrassment. They paid for their robes (3 galleons) and left.
Lily and Daniel found them by Honeydukes. Severus and Lucius met up with them there. "Any of you want to go in with me?" Daniel asked.
Ashura and Lily nodded, and followed after him. After buying a month's worth of chocolate frogs, Bertie Blott's beans, and many other things, they left.
Sitting with in the Three Broomsticks with glasses of Butterbeer, the group stayed silent. "Um, so, who you going to the Yule Ball with, Sophie?" Narcissa asked.
"I want Remus to ask me to the ball." Sophie replied, "Sabrina wants to go with *Sirius Black*!"
"Siriuslee Blank, is more like it. He's an idiot." Severus said, "A Hufflepuff 1st year has more sense then him. No offence, Sophie. You're smart."
"None taken," she nodded. Lucius crossed his arms.
"I reckon that I'm going to be with Narcissa, right?" he said. The blonde nodded. She looked at Severus.
"Who are *you* going with, Sev?" Narcissa questioned. He stiffened.
"To the Yule Ball? No one yet...unless you plan on setting me up with someone, like a certain blonde couple did least year."
"Sev, you had fun last year, didn't you?" Lucius frowned. Severus rolled his eyes.
"If that's what you call getting paired up with the clumsiest of the Ravenclaw 4th years. She had to have had two left feet, and kept spilling everything imaginable on me," he mumbled. Sophie and Sabrina giggled, grinning at him.
"How about that Gryffindor Girl? The dark one?" Sophie suggested.
"Oh, you mean the 7th year?" Sabrina asked, "Tall one, with black hair?"
"No, no, NO!" Severus screamed, "I am NOT going to the Yule Ball with that tree of a girl! She's taller then ME!!!!"
They laughed. Narcissa shook her head. "Then who would you go with instead?"
"ANYONE!!! I'd even go with *her*!!!!!" Severus said, pointing at Ashura. Silence covered the table.
"Did you just say..." Lucius started.
"That you would rather go out with ASHURA?!?!?!?!?!" Narcissa finished. Severus rolled his eyes.
"Shut up. She's better then that Gryffindor. That idiot of a Gryffindor looks like something that lives at the bottom of the ocean, where no one dares venture."
"That isn't very nice, Severus!" Sophie scolded, glaring at him. Severus glowered at her, and sighed. Lucius and Narcissa looked at each other, and smirked. They had the next of the year planned already, just because Severus let slip one sentence.
Narcissa looked at Lucius, who nodded, and scuttled over to hide behind Severus' chair. She sat silently, pretending to read her book, while she was actually watching the door.
She tensed up, as Ashura came in, looking very much like she wanted to kill the first person to mess with her. Lucius noticed this too, and waited with baited breath for her to sit down somewhere. Narcissa put her book down, and asked, "What happened?"
"The idiots called Sirius Black and James Potter used a Color Changing spell on me, and turned my hair red! Red! And not just any red, but GRYFFINDOR RED!!!" she shrieked, glaring at Severus, who was stifling a laugh, "shut UP!"
"Oh, it can't have been too bad, having red hair, for...how long?" Narcissa asked.
"Three hours." Lucius crawled behind her chair. "What are you *doing*, Lucius?"
He got up. "Nothing," Lucius lied. Narcissa rolled her eyes, and, went on 'reading'.
The students lined up in front of the doors, awaiting the minute they could go to Hogsmeade. Ashura, Lily, Daniel, Narcissa, Lucius, and Severus were one of the first in line, Sophie and Sabrina were staying at the castle.
When Professor Southway had made sure that no students without forms were there, she excused them. The 1000+ students flooded onto the stairs, and down onto the grounds. They walked over to the gates, and went through.
The third years were in awe at the little village, with its stores and cottages. Anyone else just went about to do their shopping. "Come *on*!" Narcissa hissed, dragging Ashura away, "We need some new dress robes! We have the Yule Ball in December to prepare for, you know!"
"I thought that they only hold the Yule Ball on years when they have the Twiwizard Tournament?" she asked. Narcissa nodded.
"Yeah, but Dumbledore, the old dog, is now having it every year!" Narcissa replied. They entered a shop. A few of the female students were already getting fitted for theirs.
A witch waved one of the lot off, and walked over. "Dress robes for the Ball, I assume?" she asked.
They nodded. She led them over to the rest. The tag on the front of her robes read 'Abby'. Another witch came over, this one being 'Julia'.
"What color?" Julia and Abby asked. Ashura and Narcissa looked at each other.
"Dark Blue."
"Pink."
The two witches ran all over the place getting the right colors of fabric. Narcissa's was done first-soft pink with white lace around the cuffs and hem.
Narcissa hissed a request into Julia's ear, and she nodded. Ashura looked at her, frowning. "Why do we need to get them so early in the year. The Yule Ball isn't for two months."
"One and a half!" Narcissa corrected, "It isn't a good idea to try and get them right before the ball. Think this is bad? You wait and see what it looks like on the trip before it!"
"I rather not," Ashura said, staring into the mirror that the witches had put nearby. "What did you tell them to do?!"
"Nothing! Just to make the top portion of it a bit...tighter?" the blonde said. Ashura glared at her, and sighed. Narcissa grinned. "You'll knock most of the male population at Hogwarts dead...especially *Severus*!!!"
"HOLD UP!!!" she snapped, the color fading in her face, "What do you mean 'especially Severus'?"
"You and Sev are soooo flirting with each other! Everyone knows it!" Narcissa giggled.
"We are NOT!" Ashura howled, turning a pale pinkish-red in embarrassment. They paid for their robes (3 galleons) and left.
Lily and Daniel found them by Honeydukes. Severus and Lucius met up with them there. "Any of you want to go in with me?" Daniel asked.
Ashura and Lily nodded, and followed after him. After buying a month's worth of chocolate frogs, Bertie Blott's beans, and many other things, they left.
Sitting with in the Three Broomsticks with glasses of Butterbeer, the group stayed silent. "Um, so, who you going to the Yule Ball with, Sophie?" Narcissa asked.
"I want Remus to ask me to the ball." Sophie replied, "Sabrina wants to go with *Sirius Black*!"
"Siriuslee Blank, is more like it. He's an idiot." Severus said, "A Hufflepuff 1st year has more sense then him. No offence, Sophie. You're smart."
"None taken," she nodded. Lucius crossed his arms.
"I reckon that I'm going to be with Narcissa, right?" he said. The blonde nodded. She looked at Severus.
"Who are *you* going with, Sev?" Narcissa questioned. He stiffened.
"To the Yule Ball? No one yet...unless you plan on setting me up with someone, like a certain blonde couple did least year."
"Sev, you had fun last year, didn't you?" Lucius frowned. Severus rolled his eyes.
"If that's what you call getting paired up with the clumsiest of the Ravenclaw 4th years. She had to have had two left feet, and kept spilling everything imaginable on me," he mumbled. Sophie and Sabrina giggled, grinning at him.
"How about that Gryffindor Girl? The dark one?" Sophie suggested.
"Oh, you mean the 7th year?" Sabrina asked, "Tall one, with black hair?"
"No, no, NO!" Severus screamed, "I am NOT going to the Yule Ball with that tree of a girl! She's taller then ME!!!!"
They laughed. Narcissa shook her head. "Then who would you go with instead?"
"ANYONE!!! I'd even go with *her*!!!!!" Severus said, pointing at Ashura. Silence covered the table.
"Did you just say..." Lucius started.
"That you would rather go out with ASHURA?!?!?!?!?!" Narcissa finished. Severus rolled his eyes.
"Shut up. She's better then that Gryffindor. That idiot of a Gryffindor looks like something that lives at the bottom of the ocean, where no one dares venture."
"That isn't very nice, Severus!" Sophie scolded, glaring at him. Severus glowered at her, and sighed. Lucius and Narcissa looked at each other, and smirked. They had the next of the year planned already, just because Severus let slip one sentence.