Crabbe Tree

All is Revealed!

Today is the dance! The students only have morning classes, so that they have the whole afternoon to get ready. This is hardly an acceptable amount of time for the girls, but it's more than enough for the guys. As soon as the final bell rang, the girls dashed off to get ready, but the guys took their time. Then Harry and Ron played seven games of wizard chess and gobstones in the Gryffindor Common Room. Then, they finally got ready. When they came out, they found out that Hermione had already left to go meet up with her boyfriend.

"She didn't even wait for us! How rude! Oh well. At least we finally get to meet her mystery man!" said to Harry. He was wearing brand-new, navy dress robes, a present from "Fred and George". Harry had new robes, too. His were forest green. ("They match your eyes, Harry." Mrs. Weasley had once said.)

Harry and Ron walked on down to the Great Hall, hoping to see Hermione and her boyfriend. No such luck. The teachers had done a great job at decorating. There were enchanted silk streamers that changed color and magical, miniature shooting stars that flew above everyone's heads. DJ Merlin, the best Wizard DJ around, played the dance's music. Everyone was beginning to show up. For once in his life, Malfoy came in unaccompanied by Crabbe and Goyle, but instead by Pansy Parkinson.

Then, to Harry's dismay, in walked Cho arm in arm with a foreign -exchange student named Ishbu Pappadushk. "See, Harry? That could have been you. Oh well, you'll just have to ask her to something else. I don't know what, but something else."

"Thanks, Ron. I can always count on your kind words in a difficult time." Harry said, with a hint of sarcasm. Ok, more than a hint. Try the whole thing.

Suddenly, everyone who was standing by the door ran away screaming. "What's going on?" Ron and Harry looked at each other. Then, it was obvious what had everyone screaming.

In waltzed Crabbe, with none other than.... THE WHOMPING WILLOW TREE! "What the..." and "Oh no." Were very common. The Whomping Willow had been transplanted in a huge clay pot with wheels attached and with a tree skirt and had a pink bows on it's branches. It/she was propelling itself onto the dance floor with two of its branches.

"It's ok, Ashley. They just don't understand us." Had Crabbe finally snapped? Yes, I think so. What a shame.

"This is too much!" Said Harry. Him and Ron could hardly breathe, they were laughing so hard! Who can blame them?

Next was the biggest surprise of the evening, including Crabbe and the tree. Goyle came in with.HERMIONE! "Oh no." Said Harry and Ron in unison. This was her new beau? Come on now, this had to be a joke.

"Hermione? What are you smoking?"

"Very funny, Ron. This is my new boyfriend."

"No."

"Yes. Goyle and I have been together for three months now. So please leave us alone to dance. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

"Harry, do you see any flying pigs? Or bits of falling sky? Because I thought that the instant Hermione ever lost her mind would be followed by the end of the world. You know?"

"No, Ron. Except for Malfoy, no pigs. Do you think that Goyle put a spell on her?"

"Goyle? Use magic? On a person? Nah. Something's fishy, and I don't mean Malfoy!"