Chapter 12
The Masquerade Project
It was a chilly day at Hogwarts and everyone was inside even though it was a beautiful day. It was a Saturday afternoon and Harry and his friends were all in the common room sitting by the fire. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were studying for a potions exam. Emily was making a model for the ball. There was much work to be done if they wanted the ball on Halloween. She made a small version of what she wants the Great Hall to look like. Fi was helping with the designs for the decorations.
"Hey Em, need anymore help? I need a study break," Harry asked closing his potions book.
"Sure, I need help deciding what kinds of hors d'oeuvres and desserts to serve." Harry joined her and they looked through cook books together.
They picked out many delicious foods and sweets.
When Ron had finished his studying he helped Fi design the decorations.
"So Em, what kinds of decorations do you want? I think we should have chandeliers and all kinds of other fancy decorations," Fi said while looking through a book filled with ideas.
"Yeah it should feel like we're in the 14th century," Emily replied with a smile.
Fi started flipping through her book and found a few more things they could use. Emily and Harry finished the food list and Emily brought it to the kitchen. While Emily was gone Fi and Ron finished designing the Great Hall.
"This is going to look awesome. I'm so glad Em got to do this," Fi said looking at the little model.
"So, this ball is a masquerade ball. What exactly does that mean?" Ron asked in a confused tone.
Fi explained how everyone dresses formally and everyone is to wear a mask. Everyone wears a mask to disguise themselves and they can pretend to be someone else. "So we all have to dress up and wear masks. All the guys have to wear a suit of some kind," Harry said.
"Yeah, you can wear a tuxedo or dress like a prince, but you have to wear a mask," Fi replied.
The boys nodded and went back to studying for their potions exam. Fi started to study for her herbology exam and Emily came back from the kitchen. She had a roll of parchment in her hand and she was checking off all the things she did on her list. She was mumbling something about decorations and announcements to herself.
"Em, everything okay?" Fi asked looking up from her herbology book. "Everything is peachy keen. I just need to talk to McGonagall about making announcements for the ball," Emily said looking up from her list.
She rolled it back up and sat down next to Fi to study. Emily had been planning for the ball and hadn't had time to study. For the classes she didn't study for Dumbledore told her teachers she was excused from them.
"Okay, I think I have from chapter six to 10 memorized and I'm ready for this exam," Emily said closing her book.
"How do you do it? You just read something and it seeps into your brain," Fi said in a disgusted tone. Emily smiled and went to sit next to the fire.
"Okay, my brain is starting to hurt. I think that's enough studying for today," Ron said closing his potions book.
He got up and dragged Fi away from her books to cuddle by the fire.
"Ron, I really need," Fi began to say but was silenced by Ron's kiss.
Harry and Hermione looked up. Harry laughed and Hermione just shook her head and went back to studying. Harry closed his book and walked over to Emily and sat next to her. They too cuddled by the fire and started to kiss.
"I'm going to the library to finish studying," Hermione said leaving the room. No one noticed her leaving, they were all to busy making out.
Fi and Ron decided to go for a walk around the school, but Harry and Emily kept making out. Ron and Fi walked around holding each other close because it was so cold. Meanwhile Harry and Emily were keeping warm in the common room by making out. When they finally came up for air Emily said "Well I'm not cold anymore."
He smiled at her and took her by the waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck and she lay back on the red squishy couch. Their lips parted and Harry whispered something in her ear. They got up and went up to the boys' dormitory. Before they knew it Harry had his shirt off and so did Emily. They found themselves under the sheets and their bodies entwined in passionate love making.
Fi and Ron came back to the common still holding each other.
"That was a great walk Ron. Hey where are Emily and Harry?" Fi asked looking around the common room.
Ron shrugged, "I don't know, but I'm a bit chilly, so I'm going to go get a sweater."
Fi sat down by the fire and Ron went up to the boys' room. When he got up there he couldn't believe his eyes. Harry and Emily were in bed and asleep, but they weren't wearing any clothes. Ron grabbed a sweater and went back down to the common room. "Well Fi, I found Harry and Emily. They're upstairs, in the boys' dorm, sleeping together, naked," Ron said and Fi's mouth dropped to the floor.
"They're up there, together and naked. They were sleeping, oh my god they did that thing, you know the thing when two people are in love," Fi said trying to spit something out.
Ron blurted out, "You mean the hanky panky." Fi nodded and smiled and said, "That would be what I was trying to say."
Fi couldn't believe it, she knew they were close because of the whole scar thing but, she didn't think they were that close. Meanwhile, upstairs Emily was waking up from her nap. When she opened her eyes she saw Harry's arm lying across her bare chest. She sat up holding the sheets to her naked body. She looked at Harry and at that moment she realized what she had done and she was regretting it. She got up slowly so she wouldn't wake Harry, and she got dressed. When she was dressed she went down to the common room to find Fi and Ron talking about her.
"Emily, tell me you didn't have sex with Harry," Fi said hoping the answer would be no.
Emily sat on the couch and didn't say anything. She looked up at Fi and Ron and she was crying.
"Oh no, you did. He didn't like make you do it right."
"No Fi, I participated just as much as him. I just can't believe I did it. Now, I'm regretting what I did," Emily replied wiping her tears away.
Emily held her head and said, "I just hope I don't get pregnant." She took her hands away from her head and was in shock. She never even thought about that until that minute. Fi got up and sat next to Emily and told her everything would be okay.
"I have to do some more planning for the ball and I have to design a dress for myself. I'll talk to you guys later," Emily got up and left the common room.
Fi turned to Ron and he said, "So, do you think she'll get pregnant?"
Fi looked at him and said, "With the way her luck has been running, she probably will."
It was about 5:00 in the evening when Hermione came back up to the room. She was followed by Justin and she said, "So, anything exciting happen while I was gone."
Fi smirked and replied, "You have no idea how exciting."
Hermione looked confused and she said, "Okay, I give up, what happened that was so exciting?"
Fi explained the situation with Harry and Emily. Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Are you serious? Harry doesn't strike me as the type to do something like that. Is Emily okay?"
Hermione asked and Fi replied, "She's just afraid of getting pregnant."
Everyone sat down and Emily came back down to the common room. She was too busy checking things off her list she didn't notice Hermione and Justin.
"Okay this is done, this is done, and so is this," she mumbled to herself.
She looked up and saw Hermione and Justin.
"Hey guys, I'm assuming you heard about what happened."
They nodded and Emily shrugged. She took out a book of dresses and flipped through a couple of pages until she found the perfect dress. It was purple and gold and totally amazing.
Harry was still upstairs sleeping. He rolled onto his side, but he didn't feel Emily next to him. He opened his eyes and didn't see her anywhere. So he got up and got dressed and headed down to the common room. He got to the bottom of the first flight of stairs and saw Emily making a dress. He came down the steps and snuck up behind Emily. She jumped and said, "Hi Harry."
He took his hands away and kissed her cheek. He sat down next to Ron and Emily continued to make her dress.
"Em that dress is incredible, is it for the masquerade ball?" Harry asked while he opened his potions book.
"Yes it is, and when it's finished I'm going to make a mask to match it," she replied with a smile.
Harry smiled back and then he looked down at his potions book. He really had to study, but al he could think about was what he and Emily did. He had never thought about doing anything like that. He just got caught up in the moment and he couldn't control himself. Every time he tried to concentrate on something he thought of Emily. He looked up from his book and looked at Fi and Ron, then at Hermione and Justin. He noticed how in love they all were, and it made him wonder if he and Emily were really in love or if it was just a phase. He thought about for a minute and decided he was definitely in love with her.
He stared at her for a minute and then he noticed her scar was glowing a pinkish color. He got up and walked close to her, he touched her waist and she jumped.
"Harry what are you doing," she asked turning to face him.
"Sorry, your scar is glowing a pink color, is mine doing the same?" he asked brushing his hair away from his scar.
She looked at his scar then at her own, "Why are they doing that? That's never happed before." They shrugged their shoulders and went back to what they were doing. Harry continued to look over his potions notes and Emily finished her gown.
The ball was a day away and Emily was getting flustered.
"This is crazy," Emily shouted in the Great Hall, "I ordered 10,000 glasses, 10,000 napkins and 10,000 plates and utensils. They only sent me 1,000 of everything." Emily held her head and paced back and forth. Jenkins came to Hogwarts for the ball and brought with him a hundred servants to help her out.
"Miss Emily, its okay everything will be fine. I'll order 9000 more of everything and you'll have nothing to worry about."
Emily hugged Jenkins and said, "I'm so glad you came here, I don't think I could have done this without your help."
He smiled at her and was off to order the rest of the supplies they needed.
The Masquerade Project
It was a chilly day at Hogwarts and everyone was inside even though it was a beautiful day. It was a Saturday afternoon and Harry and his friends were all in the common room sitting by the fire. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were studying for a potions exam. Emily was making a model for the ball. There was much work to be done if they wanted the ball on Halloween. She made a small version of what she wants the Great Hall to look like. Fi was helping with the designs for the decorations.
"Hey Em, need anymore help? I need a study break," Harry asked closing his potions book.
"Sure, I need help deciding what kinds of hors d'oeuvres and desserts to serve." Harry joined her and they looked through cook books together.
They picked out many delicious foods and sweets.
When Ron had finished his studying he helped Fi design the decorations.
"So Em, what kinds of decorations do you want? I think we should have chandeliers and all kinds of other fancy decorations," Fi said while looking through a book filled with ideas.
"Yeah it should feel like we're in the 14th century," Emily replied with a smile.
Fi started flipping through her book and found a few more things they could use. Emily and Harry finished the food list and Emily brought it to the kitchen. While Emily was gone Fi and Ron finished designing the Great Hall.
"This is going to look awesome. I'm so glad Em got to do this," Fi said looking at the little model.
"So, this ball is a masquerade ball. What exactly does that mean?" Ron asked in a confused tone.
Fi explained how everyone dresses formally and everyone is to wear a mask. Everyone wears a mask to disguise themselves and they can pretend to be someone else. "So we all have to dress up and wear masks. All the guys have to wear a suit of some kind," Harry said.
"Yeah, you can wear a tuxedo or dress like a prince, but you have to wear a mask," Fi replied.
The boys nodded and went back to studying for their potions exam. Fi started to study for her herbology exam and Emily came back from the kitchen. She had a roll of parchment in her hand and she was checking off all the things she did on her list. She was mumbling something about decorations and announcements to herself.
"Em, everything okay?" Fi asked looking up from her herbology book. "Everything is peachy keen. I just need to talk to McGonagall about making announcements for the ball," Emily said looking up from her list.
She rolled it back up and sat down next to Fi to study. Emily had been planning for the ball and hadn't had time to study. For the classes she didn't study for Dumbledore told her teachers she was excused from them.
"Okay, I think I have from chapter six to 10 memorized and I'm ready for this exam," Emily said closing her book.
"How do you do it? You just read something and it seeps into your brain," Fi said in a disgusted tone. Emily smiled and went to sit next to the fire.
"Okay, my brain is starting to hurt. I think that's enough studying for today," Ron said closing his potions book.
He got up and dragged Fi away from her books to cuddle by the fire.
"Ron, I really need," Fi began to say but was silenced by Ron's kiss.
Harry and Hermione looked up. Harry laughed and Hermione just shook her head and went back to studying. Harry closed his book and walked over to Emily and sat next to her. They too cuddled by the fire and started to kiss.
"I'm going to the library to finish studying," Hermione said leaving the room. No one noticed her leaving, they were all to busy making out.
Fi and Ron decided to go for a walk around the school, but Harry and Emily kept making out. Ron and Fi walked around holding each other close because it was so cold. Meanwhile Harry and Emily were keeping warm in the common room by making out. When they finally came up for air Emily said "Well I'm not cold anymore."
He smiled at her and took her by the waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck and she lay back on the red squishy couch. Their lips parted and Harry whispered something in her ear. They got up and went up to the boys' dormitory. Before they knew it Harry had his shirt off and so did Emily. They found themselves under the sheets and their bodies entwined in passionate love making.
Fi and Ron came back to the common still holding each other.
"That was a great walk Ron. Hey where are Emily and Harry?" Fi asked looking around the common room.
Ron shrugged, "I don't know, but I'm a bit chilly, so I'm going to go get a sweater."
Fi sat down by the fire and Ron went up to the boys' room. When he got up there he couldn't believe his eyes. Harry and Emily were in bed and asleep, but they weren't wearing any clothes. Ron grabbed a sweater and went back down to the common room. "Well Fi, I found Harry and Emily. They're upstairs, in the boys' dorm, sleeping together, naked," Ron said and Fi's mouth dropped to the floor.
"They're up there, together and naked. They were sleeping, oh my god they did that thing, you know the thing when two people are in love," Fi said trying to spit something out.
Ron blurted out, "You mean the hanky panky." Fi nodded and smiled and said, "That would be what I was trying to say."
Fi couldn't believe it, she knew they were close because of the whole scar thing but, she didn't think they were that close. Meanwhile, upstairs Emily was waking up from her nap. When she opened her eyes she saw Harry's arm lying across her bare chest. She sat up holding the sheets to her naked body. She looked at Harry and at that moment she realized what she had done and she was regretting it. She got up slowly so she wouldn't wake Harry, and she got dressed. When she was dressed she went down to the common room to find Fi and Ron talking about her.
"Emily, tell me you didn't have sex with Harry," Fi said hoping the answer would be no.
Emily sat on the couch and didn't say anything. She looked up at Fi and Ron and she was crying.
"Oh no, you did. He didn't like make you do it right."
"No Fi, I participated just as much as him. I just can't believe I did it. Now, I'm regretting what I did," Emily replied wiping her tears away.
Emily held her head and said, "I just hope I don't get pregnant." She took her hands away from her head and was in shock. She never even thought about that until that minute. Fi got up and sat next to Emily and told her everything would be okay.
"I have to do some more planning for the ball and I have to design a dress for myself. I'll talk to you guys later," Emily got up and left the common room.
Fi turned to Ron and he said, "So, do you think she'll get pregnant?"
Fi looked at him and said, "With the way her luck has been running, she probably will."
It was about 5:00 in the evening when Hermione came back up to the room. She was followed by Justin and she said, "So, anything exciting happen while I was gone."
Fi smirked and replied, "You have no idea how exciting."
Hermione looked confused and she said, "Okay, I give up, what happened that was so exciting?"
Fi explained the situation with Harry and Emily. Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Are you serious? Harry doesn't strike me as the type to do something like that. Is Emily okay?"
Hermione asked and Fi replied, "She's just afraid of getting pregnant."
Everyone sat down and Emily came back down to the common room. She was too busy checking things off her list she didn't notice Hermione and Justin.
"Okay this is done, this is done, and so is this," she mumbled to herself.
She looked up and saw Hermione and Justin.
"Hey guys, I'm assuming you heard about what happened."
They nodded and Emily shrugged. She took out a book of dresses and flipped through a couple of pages until she found the perfect dress. It was purple and gold and totally amazing.
Harry was still upstairs sleeping. He rolled onto his side, but he didn't feel Emily next to him. He opened his eyes and didn't see her anywhere. So he got up and got dressed and headed down to the common room. He got to the bottom of the first flight of stairs and saw Emily making a dress. He came down the steps and snuck up behind Emily. She jumped and said, "Hi Harry."
He took his hands away and kissed her cheek. He sat down next to Ron and Emily continued to make her dress.
"Em that dress is incredible, is it for the masquerade ball?" Harry asked while he opened his potions book.
"Yes it is, and when it's finished I'm going to make a mask to match it," she replied with a smile.
Harry smiled back and then he looked down at his potions book. He really had to study, but al he could think about was what he and Emily did. He had never thought about doing anything like that. He just got caught up in the moment and he couldn't control himself. Every time he tried to concentrate on something he thought of Emily. He looked up from his book and looked at Fi and Ron, then at Hermione and Justin. He noticed how in love they all were, and it made him wonder if he and Emily were really in love or if it was just a phase. He thought about for a minute and decided he was definitely in love with her.
He stared at her for a minute and then he noticed her scar was glowing a pinkish color. He got up and walked close to her, he touched her waist and she jumped.
"Harry what are you doing," she asked turning to face him.
"Sorry, your scar is glowing a pink color, is mine doing the same?" he asked brushing his hair away from his scar.
She looked at his scar then at her own, "Why are they doing that? That's never happed before." They shrugged their shoulders and went back to what they were doing. Harry continued to look over his potions notes and Emily finished her gown.
The ball was a day away and Emily was getting flustered.
"This is crazy," Emily shouted in the Great Hall, "I ordered 10,000 glasses, 10,000 napkins and 10,000 plates and utensils. They only sent me 1,000 of everything." Emily held her head and paced back and forth. Jenkins came to Hogwarts for the ball and brought with him a hundred servants to help her out.
"Miss Emily, its okay everything will be fine. I'll order 9000 more of everything and you'll have nothing to worry about."
Emily hugged Jenkins and said, "I'm so glad you came here, I don't think I could have done this without your help."
He smiled at her and was off to order the rest of the supplies they needed.