Chapter 5 - The Ball (part 1)
"Sorry about that," Harry said as he returned to the group slipping the love potion into his pocket. They walked around to the back of the Three Broomsticks and made their way up the wooden staircase.
"Tickets please," Said Professor Flitwick who was stood on a pile of crates next to the door.
They handed him their tickets and one by one entered.
The hall above the Three Broomsticks was, to Harry's surprise, ten times bigger than the room below. All the teachers (except Mad old Trelawny) we're sat at a great table at one end of the hall and the rest of the pupils were sat at the small tables surrounding the dance floor.
"If it isn't My Ronikins ?" Came Fred's voice as the twins marched across the room.
"Hello Fred, George," Harry said, and then he paused, "Why are you here ?"
"Dumbledore invited us." George said smiling.
"Yeah, our new Joke shop is only just down the road." Fred added.
Harry Smiled. The Twin's had always wanted a Joke shop.
"Anyway," Fred said, "Lets get to the point. Who's entering ?"
"Pardon ?" Hermione said which was just what Harry, Ron, Cho and the Other's were thinking.
"Who's entering the dance compeition ?" Fred asked.
"That's why all of us former students are here." George added, waving his arm towards a long table on the far side of the dance floor.
And there the all were.
Oliver Wood, Percy Weasly, Bill Weasly, Charlie Weasly and...
"Oh my god ! Victor !" Hermione yelled as she ran of to the judges table.
"Great," Ron muttered. "Not only are my brothers all here but now that Krum idiot's here."
***
Harry was happy to find that Cho, like him, could play Quiditch but couldn't dance. THey sat chatting to each other for the first time hour of the ball.
"So then it turned out to be proffesor Quirrell." Cho said, "I gotta tell you harry no one could have guessed that." And the cho wrapped a napkin around her head and said,
"T.Today we will st..udy vampires" and she and Harry burst into laughter.
"I wonder when she will be back ?" Ron said and suddenly the two relised that he had been sat silently at the table for the whole hour.
"I'll go see for you ron,"
***
"And that vhy I could not see you in the hoilday's Herm-mo-ninny." Victor said as Harry arrived at the table.
"Hermione," Harry muttered and in a spilt second he had Hermione's attention. "I think Ron would like you to come over"
As Harry and Hermione left the table Hermione explained.
"He told this long boring story but I didn't want to interupt." She said, "Where's Ron ?"
THey had reached the table but Ron was not there.
"He said he was going outside for some freash air." Cho said.
"Well, have fun you two,"Hermione said pushing something into Harry's hand and forcing him into the chair. "I'll go see if Ron's okay."
"Sorry about that," Harry said as he returned to the group slipping the love potion into his pocket. They walked around to the back of the Three Broomsticks and made their way up the wooden staircase.
"Tickets please," Said Professor Flitwick who was stood on a pile of crates next to the door.
They handed him their tickets and one by one entered.
The hall above the Three Broomsticks was, to Harry's surprise, ten times bigger than the room below. All the teachers (except Mad old Trelawny) we're sat at a great table at one end of the hall and the rest of the pupils were sat at the small tables surrounding the dance floor.
"If it isn't My Ronikins ?" Came Fred's voice as the twins marched across the room.
"Hello Fred, George," Harry said, and then he paused, "Why are you here ?"
"Dumbledore invited us." George said smiling.
"Yeah, our new Joke shop is only just down the road." Fred added.
Harry Smiled. The Twin's had always wanted a Joke shop.
"Anyway," Fred said, "Lets get to the point. Who's entering ?"
"Pardon ?" Hermione said which was just what Harry, Ron, Cho and the Other's were thinking.
"Who's entering the dance compeition ?" Fred asked.
"That's why all of us former students are here." George added, waving his arm towards a long table on the far side of the dance floor.
And there the all were.
Oliver Wood, Percy Weasly, Bill Weasly, Charlie Weasly and...
"Oh my god ! Victor !" Hermione yelled as she ran of to the judges table.
"Great," Ron muttered. "Not only are my brothers all here but now that Krum idiot's here."
***
Harry was happy to find that Cho, like him, could play Quiditch but couldn't dance. THey sat chatting to each other for the first time hour of the ball.
"So then it turned out to be proffesor Quirrell." Cho said, "I gotta tell you harry no one could have guessed that." And the cho wrapped a napkin around her head and said,
"T.Today we will st..udy vampires" and she and Harry burst into laughter.
"I wonder when she will be back ?" Ron said and suddenly the two relised that he had been sat silently at the table for the whole hour.
"I'll go see for you ron,"
***
"And that vhy I could not see you in the hoilday's Herm-mo-ninny." Victor said as Harry arrived at the table.
"Hermione," Harry muttered and in a spilt second he had Hermione's attention. "I think Ron would like you to come over"
As Harry and Hermione left the table Hermione explained.
"He told this long boring story but I didn't want to interupt." She said, "Where's Ron ?"
THey had reached the table but Ron was not there.
"He said he was going outside for some freash air." Cho said.
"Well, have fun you two,"Hermione said pushing something into Harry's hand and forcing him into the chair. "I'll go see if Ron's okay."