Chapter Fourteen: Waiting and a Cricket Killing
Harry, Ron, Nick, and Seamus sat in the common room wondering how long it took girls to get ready to go downstairs.
"Is she always like this Harry?" Nick asked.
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Elektra. Does she usually take so long to get ready?" Nick replied.
"Oh. Uh... I don't know. If she is anything like my mother then yeah she'll take a long time to get ready." Harry said distracted by something.
"When did they go upstairs?" Seamus asked, now playing with his dress robes sleeve. Ron looked at his watch.
"Two hours and fifteen minutes ago." He replied. Here is what happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry, Ginny, Elektra, Nick, Ron, Hermione, Catey, and Seamus were all sitting downstairs in the common room. Harry and Elektra were in a heated match of chess; Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were playing gobstones; and Nick, Catey, and Seamus were playing Exploding Snap. Hermione looked at her watch and screamed. Ginny jumped; Elektra knocked over her chess pieces; and Nick, who had got up to go to the dorm for his other deck of Exploding Snap, tripped on a gobstone that had rolled away from the Weasleys and Hermione.
"What in the world did you scream about!" Harry yelled.
"The girls need to go get ready. We have only two and a half hours till the ball begins!" Hermione said, grabbing Catey, Ginny, and Elektra and taking them upstairs to the girls' dorm.
"I really hate it when she does that!" Ron said.
"Why?" Seamus asked.
"Cause she makes it sound likes she is being killed." Ron replied. Just then a blood-curling scream was heard throughout the tower. Harry jumped up and took his wand out of his pocket.
"Ron, Seamus, come with me. Matthews stay here. If you see gold sparks flying out of the wall get McGonagall or Dumbledore. If not don't do anything." Harry said quickly, running up the girls' dormitory steps. The screaming was coming from the first year dorms.
"How much do you want to bet it is Elektra?" Harry mumbled. The three boys snickered. Harry finally came to his senses; Voldemort might be in there and could be trying to kill his sister. He ran and slammed the door open. There she was his baby sister. To the side of her was Catey who was on the bed laughing.
"Might be a laughing hex." Seamus said. Ron rolled his eyes and pointed to the middle of the room. A little, not even an inch big cricket was sitting in the middle of the floor.
"HARRY KILL IT!" Elektra yelled. Harry stared dumbfounded at the cricket and then his sister.
"WELL WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? AN IVITATION TO SAY MR. HARRY POTTER PLEASE KILL THE KILLER CRICKET STANDING IN FRONT OF YOUR SISTER READY TO BITE HER HEAD OFF!" she yelled some more. Ron waved his wand and a piece of parchment appeared in front of him saying:
Mr. Potter, Please kill the killer cricket standing in front of your sister, ready to bite the helpless child's head off.
Yours truly,
The Department of Cricket Killing,
{We are located at the Gryffindor Tower's 5th year boys dormitory.
Please ask for Seamus Finnigan or Ron Weasley.}
Harry, Ron, and Seamus roared with laughter.
"SHUT UP! HARRY KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS ME!" Elektra screamed again. Harry rolled his eyes and stepped towards the cricket. He picked his foot of the ground and right when he was going to stomp on it, it hopped away.
"HARRY! YOU DOLT NOW IT IS RUNNING AMUCK IN GRYFFINDOR TOWER!" she screamed.
"Will you shut up! Get ready, I'll be back when it's dead!" Harry said, marching out of the dorm. He appeared only seconds later.
"It was right outside the door. Now get dressed. And be quick about it." He said. He went back downstairs with Ron and Seamus in tow. Nick was standing there.
"What was it?" he asked.
"A cricket." Seamus laughed. Nick rolled his eyes and the four boys went and got ready. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I still can believe she screamed over a cricket." Seamus said. Harry nodded and pulled on his dress robes for what seemed to be the hundredth time that night.
"Harry will you stop? You are acting like a girl." A new voice said. He turned around to see his father. James was wearing midnight blue robes and his hair was still messy as usual.
"You look nice too Dad." Harry mumbled. Sirius appeared only seconds later wearing robes close to James' color.
"You two look like twins." Someone said. Elektra had decided to come downstairs. She was dressed in scarlet robes that went with her hair, which was half up half down and the hair that was up was coming down in curly cues. The robes shoulder hung off her arm. (Do you know wat I mean?)
"Go back upstairs and change!" Sirius and James yelled at the same time. Elektra shook her head and grabbed Nick. James looked shocked.
"Go and change before I carry you up and dress you myself." He said.
"She looks fine Dad, and remember Sirius, Ron, you, and me will have an eye on the two of them." Harry said. James finally backed down and let his daughter go. Catey came down next looking like Elektra but her hair was all up and the ponytail was curled and curly cues were coming down around her face. Her robes were blue. Seamus smiled.
"Shall we? Or is Mr. Potter going to stop me too?" Catey asked. James laughed.
"Nope you two look good. Go ahead." He said. Next Hermione came. She looked a lot like what she did last year in the Yule Ball. Ron and Hermione left and then it was just Harry waiting. James sat on one side of his son and Sirius took the other.
"You shouldn't even have a girlfriend. All women do is complain, complain, complain. 'James I broke a nail I have to go to get it fixed. Give me some money.' I mean she is a witch why not just fix it with magic." James huffed. Obviously he was mad that Lily hadn't come back yet.
"Well me and Jen are good. We kissed and made up a few hours ago." Sirius said. James rolled his eyes.
"Lucky you. I'll see you downstairs Harry." He sighed and walked out. Sirius left a few minutes after and then Harry was all alone in the common room.
"What's a handsome guy like you sitting in a room by yourself?" a voice said.
"My girlfriend seems to not want to come down to go to a ball." Harry replied.
"Are you sure?" the voice said and Ginny came downstairs. Her hair was up and her bangs came down around her face, curled. Her robes were a pretty color of lilac.
"Ready?" she asked.
"What took you so long?" Harry asked as they walked out of the common room.
"Why aren't you happy with the way I look?" Ginny asked.
"No I love how you look I'm just shocked that it took so long. I mean you're a witch why not just use magic to do all of that?" Harry replied. He made a mental note to himself that he seemed to be turning into his father.
"Well I did, but I had to go through some hairstyles that I like and I finally settled on this one." Ginny said. Harry nodded and bumped into the person in front of him. Sirius and Jen.
"Watch it Mr. Potter. You'll wrinkle my robes." Sirius said. Harry and Ginny laughed. The doors to the Great Hall opened and everyone filed in.
A/N: YAY! That chapter is done now I am off to work on my newest chapter.
Review please!
~Baby
Harry, Ron, Nick, and Seamus sat in the common room wondering how long it took girls to get ready to go downstairs.
"Is she always like this Harry?" Nick asked.
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Elektra. Does she usually take so long to get ready?" Nick replied.
"Oh. Uh... I don't know. If she is anything like my mother then yeah she'll take a long time to get ready." Harry said distracted by something.
"When did they go upstairs?" Seamus asked, now playing with his dress robes sleeve. Ron looked at his watch.
"Two hours and fifteen minutes ago." He replied. Here is what happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry, Ginny, Elektra, Nick, Ron, Hermione, Catey, and Seamus were all sitting downstairs in the common room. Harry and Elektra were in a heated match of chess; Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were playing gobstones; and Nick, Catey, and Seamus were playing Exploding Snap. Hermione looked at her watch and screamed. Ginny jumped; Elektra knocked over her chess pieces; and Nick, who had got up to go to the dorm for his other deck of Exploding Snap, tripped on a gobstone that had rolled away from the Weasleys and Hermione.
"What in the world did you scream about!" Harry yelled.
"The girls need to go get ready. We have only two and a half hours till the ball begins!" Hermione said, grabbing Catey, Ginny, and Elektra and taking them upstairs to the girls' dorm.
"I really hate it when she does that!" Ron said.
"Why?" Seamus asked.
"Cause she makes it sound likes she is being killed." Ron replied. Just then a blood-curling scream was heard throughout the tower. Harry jumped up and took his wand out of his pocket.
"Ron, Seamus, come with me. Matthews stay here. If you see gold sparks flying out of the wall get McGonagall or Dumbledore. If not don't do anything." Harry said quickly, running up the girls' dormitory steps. The screaming was coming from the first year dorms.
"How much do you want to bet it is Elektra?" Harry mumbled. The three boys snickered. Harry finally came to his senses; Voldemort might be in there and could be trying to kill his sister. He ran and slammed the door open. There she was his baby sister. To the side of her was Catey who was on the bed laughing.
"Might be a laughing hex." Seamus said. Ron rolled his eyes and pointed to the middle of the room. A little, not even an inch big cricket was sitting in the middle of the floor.
"HARRY KILL IT!" Elektra yelled. Harry stared dumbfounded at the cricket and then his sister.
"WELL WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? AN IVITATION TO SAY MR. HARRY POTTER PLEASE KILL THE KILLER CRICKET STANDING IN FRONT OF YOUR SISTER READY TO BITE HER HEAD OFF!" she yelled some more. Ron waved his wand and a piece of parchment appeared in front of him saying:
Mr. Potter, Please kill the killer cricket standing in front of your sister, ready to bite the helpless child's head off.
Yours truly,
The Department of Cricket Killing,
{We are located at the Gryffindor Tower's 5th year boys dormitory.
Please ask for Seamus Finnigan or Ron Weasley.}
Harry, Ron, and Seamus roared with laughter.
"SHUT UP! HARRY KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS ME!" Elektra screamed again. Harry rolled his eyes and stepped towards the cricket. He picked his foot of the ground and right when he was going to stomp on it, it hopped away.
"HARRY! YOU DOLT NOW IT IS RUNNING AMUCK IN GRYFFINDOR TOWER!" she screamed.
"Will you shut up! Get ready, I'll be back when it's dead!" Harry said, marching out of the dorm. He appeared only seconds later.
"It was right outside the door. Now get dressed. And be quick about it." He said. He went back downstairs with Ron and Seamus in tow. Nick was standing there.
"What was it?" he asked.
"A cricket." Seamus laughed. Nick rolled his eyes and the four boys went and got ready. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I still can believe she screamed over a cricket." Seamus said. Harry nodded and pulled on his dress robes for what seemed to be the hundredth time that night.
"Harry will you stop? You are acting like a girl." A new voice said. He turned around to see his father. James was wearing midnight blue robes and his hair was still messy as usual.
"You look nice too Dad." Harry mumbled. Sirius appeared only seconds later wearing robes close to James' color.
"You two look like twins." Someone said. Elektra had decided to come downstairs. She was dressed in scarlet robes that went with her hair, which was half up half down and the hair that was up was coming down in curly cues. The robes shoulder hung off her arm. (Do you know wat I mean?)
"Go back upstairs and change!" Sirius and James yelled at the same time. Elektra shook her head and grabbed Nick. James looked shocked.
"Go and change before I carry you up and dress you myself." He said.
"She looks fine Dad, and remember Sirius, Ron, you, and me will have an eye on the two of them." Harry said. James finally backed down and let his daughter go. Catey came down next looking like Elektra but her hair was all up and the ponytail was curled and curly cues were coming down around her face. Her robes were blue. Seamus smiled.
"Shall we? Or is Mr. Potter going to stop me too?" Catey asked. James laughed.
"Nope you two look good. Go ahead." He said. Next Hermione came. She looked a lot like what she did last year in the Yule Ball. Ron and Hermione left and then it was just Harry waiting. James sat on one side of his son and Sirius took the other.
"You shouldn't even have a girlfriend. All women do is complain, complain, complain. 'James I broke a nail I have to go to get it fixed. Give me some money.' I mean she is a witch why not just fix it with magic." James huffed. Obviously he was mad that Lily hadn't come back yet.
"Well me and Jen are good. We kissed and made up a few hours ago." Sirius said. James rolled his eyes.
"Lucky you. I'll see you downstairs Harry." He sighed and walked out. Sirius left a few minutes after and then Harry was all alone in the common room.
"What's a handsome guy like you sitting in a room by yourself?" a voice said.
"My girlfriend seems to not want to come down to go to a ball." Harry replied.
"Are you sure?" the voice said and Ginny came downstairs. Her hair was up and her bangs came down around her face, curled. Her robes were a pretty color of lilac.
"Ready?" she asked.
"What took you so long?" Harry asked as they walked out of the common room.
"Why aren't you happy with the way I look?" Ginny asked.
"No I love how you look I'm just shocked that it took so long. I mean you're a witch why not just use magic to do all of that?" Harry replied. He made a mental note to himself that he seemed to be turning into his father.
"Well I did, but I had to go through some hairstyles that I like and I finally settled on this one." Ginny said. Harry nodded and bumped into the person in front of him. Sirius and Jen.
"Watch it Mr. Potter. You'll wrinkle my robes." Sirius said. Harry and Ginny laughed. The doors to the Great Hall opened and everyone filed in.
A/N: YAY! That chapter is done now I am off to work on my newest chapter.
Review please!
~Baby