~* New Faces *~

A/N: Hey! Here is the latest on the story, I hope y'all like it!!! Also, there is a section where I'm trying something kinda weird, so bare with me!

P.S. there are muggle devices mentioned in here, I know they can't be used at Hogwarts, but.well.they can now.

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~* The Yule Ball *~

The next morning, Eve woke to find a huge pile at the foot of her bed. Her parents had given her loads of books (mythology and divination) and stuffed animals. She got a gift from all her friends, including a ring in ruby and gold with the Gryffindore Lion and another ring in emerald and silver with the Slytherin snake.

They dressed and went down to the wonderful smell of turkey for lunch. They could sit wherever they wanted, so the Charleston kids sat together, spotted around them were their friends.

After lunch, Eve grabbed her camera and everyone went outside. She snapped pictures as they played in the snow. At about 5, Eve and Hermione said they had to go and get dressed and went back to the dorm.

When they got there, they both took long showers using Eve's soaps and shampoos that smelled of cinnamon, roses, and strawberries. Eve dried Hermione's hair straight and crimped thin sections. She let hers dry naturally in soft curls and waves down her back.

Hermione's robes were a purplish-midnight blue. Eve decorated her eyes in silver liner and purple-glitter shadow. Her cheeks were in "Blush Rose" and her lips were a dusty rose color w/lavender gloss. She looked beautiful when they cast the preserving charm.

Eve's robes were deep red with gold flecks. Her eyes were done in gold, and copper. Her cheeks sere pinkish-bronze and her lips were glossed in a red- gold tint.

She, Harry, and Draco didn't know what to do about the ball, so she told them to find dates and have a good time. She would go with somebody from Charleston.

Gasps came from all around the common room when Eve and Hermione came down the steps, they were clearly the most beautiful girls in the common room. Ron and Hermione were going together and he looked thrilled.

The South Carolina kids chose who they were going with by being the first to run and ask the other. They had also agreed that they could not refuse who ever asked them. Chase got to Eve first. Jeff went with Debby, Heather with Steven, and Chessy got stuck with Dan.

When they got to the Great Hall, Eve saw that Harry was with Ginny and Draco was with Pansy, who smirked at her as she passed. They walked in, Eve on Chase's arm, and sat down at one of the tables. To get your food, one had to say what they wanted, anything they wanted, into the plate and it would appear.

After everyone finished eating, Dumbledore clapped his hands and the tables separated, making them into little eight seaters, and leaving a large dance floor.

A group of guys walked out onto a small stage and danced while "singing", actually not very annoying music. They seemed to be the magical equivalent to *NSYNC or BSB.

"May I have this dance?" came Chase's voice.

"Sure" Eve replied taking his hand and standing up. They walked onto the dance floor and danced to two fast songs and one slow one before Harry tapped Chase on the shoulder.

"May I cut in?" he asked

"Of course" Chase answered, handing her over. They danced a slow and fast until Draco cut in too. It continued much like that for about an hour, except for Ron and Fred wanting to dance with her. They were having a great time, until.

Eve got tired and decided to sit some out. She went over to where Heather and Chessy were sitting (they had sent Steven and Dan away some time before), she was about to go for some punch when Pansy Parkinson strolled over to where she was sitting.

"Here," she said handing her a glass of punch, "a peace offering. No hard feelings?"

"Thank you," Eve said, accepting the punch, "that's very nice of you." Pansy giggled and walked way to dance with Draco-who made a face at Eve behind Pansy's back.

"That was interesting." She said, sipping the punch. Soon, she had emptied the small cup. Harry sat down and tried to make conversation, but before he had said two words, Eve felt something grab hold of her stomach. She stood up quickly, her hand over her mouth. "I'm going to be sick" was all she said before running from the Great Hall.

Harry motioned to Draco and they ran after her. They headed straight for the girl's bathroom and walked in. They found her in an open stall, retching in the toilet. Draco held her hair back, while Harry conjured her a wet cloth for her head. She looked up long enough to say: "I think Pansy did something to my punch" before a fresh wave of sickness hit her and she threw her head over the toilet again and finally drifted off to the darkness that was calling her.

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Harry carried her back to the dorm, while Draco flagged down Chessy and Heather to come and change her clothes; they went back to the ball, after putting her into flannel p.j. pants and a T-shirt and promising to kick Pansy's ass.

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Black, all black

Eve was in some kind of room.

She was confused, cold, and alone.

She couldn't think clearly, nothing made since to her.

Then, the floor began to fill with freezing cold water,

before long, she couldn't touch the ground anymore.

She was floating with the water, she didn't know what was going to happen.

"Is there a ceiling?" she asked herself.

As if to answer her question, the room closed, but kept filling.

"Help! Help me!" she screamed, but nothing happened.

Soon, she couldn't fit her head above the water.

Running out of air, she was feeling faint again.

She was going to die.

Just as her air ran out, she couldn't feel the water anymore.

She wasn't in the room anymore,

but where was she?

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Draco and Harry didn't leave her side all night. When she didn't wake up the next morning, they took her to Madam Pomfry. While curing her the best she could, she would have to stay in the hospital wing until consciousness was regained. Neither Harry nor Draco left her side the entire time.

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Where was she?

"Eve, you can look now. Harry didn't fall off his broom." Jeff was saying to her. She took her hands away from covering her eyes.

They were in the stands watching a Quidditch game. Gryffindore v/s Slytherin.

"This is the big game for you, isn't it?" asked Chessy

"Huh?"

"You know, this game. You couldn't decide between Draco or Harry, so you told them who ever caught the snitch first would be your decision." Steven explained to her, with a strange look in his eye, As if he were trying to tell her something.

"Oh, yeah" she answered, "what?" she thought "how could I do that!!"

"OH MY GOD!!!" someone yelled and everyone looked up to see Harry and Draco speeding to the ground. They both caught the snitch at the same time, but forgot to steer and crashed into each other and the ground. Eve was in shock, the next thing she knew, she was being carried across the field after the two unconscious guys on stretchers.

Everything went suddenly black again.

Then she opened her eyes.

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Finally at about noon on Monday, (2 days after she was poisoned) Eve woke up.

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A/N: Well, there it is.I hope ya like it so far! Love, Courtney