She walked into the common room. No one was out in the common room yet.
She walked up the stairs to the boys' dormitories. Thinking
James did it, so why not me? She held up her very long dress to keep from
tripping on it. The stairs did not turn into a slide like the girls'
stairs did. She walked down the hall and found a door with Sirius,
Remeus's, Peter's and James's names engraved on it in gold letters. She
opened it slowly. Only Peter, and Remeus were the ones fully dressed,
thankfully. Peter was in a joker costume, and Remeus was still wearing his
school robes. James still didn't have his shirt on. There was a sword
dangling form a belt he was wearing. He was putting on a white, baggy
under shirt. He slipped the shirt over his face and looked at Gabrielle
with surprise. His surprised face soon turned into a smiling one.
Gabrielle saw him, thinking he looked like a pirate. Gabrielle had covered
her face with her hand before she even saw the other two. Sirius was only
wearing his boxers. She was unable to conceal her laughter, but it was
from nervousness rather from it being funny. James walked up to her and
led her out of the room while his friends dressed as quickly as they could.
"Trying to get back at me are you." He said, pulling her hand away form her face when they were in the hallway.
"No- I promise I didn't mean to." She said, still laughing.
"Sure, sure." James said, not believing her.
"I'm sorry!" she said. "I thought you would be dressed already, and we have to go to the ballroom so I had to get you somehow."
"Ok. Ok." He said, a bit overwhelmed by her long explanation, and it was said at such a quick pace too.
"You're being a pirate?" she asked after she finished laughing.
"No. One of the three musketeers."
"Ooooh." James took her hand and walked over to the door. He knocked on it lightly. They both heard reassuring grunts, telling them it was all right to go inside. He opened the door. Remeus and Sirius were dressed in full 3 Musketeer costumes, equipped with big hats with feathers sticking out of them. James walked over to his bed and put on the jacket and hat to his costume. Gabrielle would normally have leaned against the wall with her arms folded, but her dress wouldn't allow it. Not only was the dress tight, it was tremendously long. She stood, not really watching or paying attention to what was going on, like a lady (for once). "Ready." Sirius said loudly, so Gabrielle would snap out of her daydreams. They all noticed that she was daydreaming, they were used to it, because it seemed to happen a lot. And it did make Gabrielle snap out of her thoughts. They headed out of the door, with Lupin and Peter still in the room. Two feathers hit Gabrielle in the face as she walked out of the room with James and Sirius. And she sneezed twice afterwards. She had every intention of shrinking them, well almost every intention. They headed for the ballroom to make the last preparations. They came to one of the doors. The door was locked but there were voices coming from inside. Sirius knocked on the door, and Professor Flitwick opened it. He was exited to see them and invited them in enthusiastically. When they entered, they saw Professor McGonagall, Professor Dumbledore, and Professor Potts (the herbology teacher). They saw all the other teachers in the courtyard. The courtyard was now filled with beautiful flowers that grew around the regular, old statues that were always there. It had very much come alive. The teachers had not finished yet, and were now growing rosebushes around the statues. Gabrielle kept looking over to them as she worked on levitating the pumpkins and lighting them. James let out the bats and they flew around the ceiling as usual. Sirius went to the Gryffindor common room to find his date, while James and Gabrielle stayed behind while they finished up. When Gabrielle finished, she sat on a chair next to a table she was sitting at. James leaned against it. Gabrielle looked at the sword tied to his belt. An unexpected smile crept over her face. She distracted James by talking to him loudly She stood and pointed out things at the back of the room, then she whispered "apertum" and the belt unbuckled unnoticeably, but Gabrielle bumped into James purposely to keep him from noticing. When she did bemped into him he staggered, and he felt the sword against his leg, but the belt felt loose. He put his hand on it and looked up to see that Gabrielle had the sword. "Angard!" Gabrielle said playfully.
"Trying to get back at me are you." He said, pulling her hand away form her face when they were in the hallway.
"No- I promise I didn't mean to." She said, still laughing.
"Sure, sure." James said, not believing her.
"I'm sorry!" she said. "I thought you would be dressed already, and we have to go to the ballroom so I had to get you somehow."
"Ok. Ok." He said, a bit overwhelmed by her long explanation, and it was said at such a quick pace too.
"You're being a pirate?" she asked after she finished laughing.
"No. One of the three musketeers."
"Ooooh." James took her hand and walked over to the door. He knocked on it lightly. They both heard reassuring grunts, telling them it was all right to go inside. He opened the door. Remeus and Sirius were dressed in full 3 Musketeer costumes, equipped with big hats with feathers sticking out of them. James walked over to his bed and put on the jacket and hat to his costume. Gabrielle would normally have leaned against the wall with her arms folded, but her dress wouldn't allow it. Not only was the dress tight, it was tremendously long. She stood, not really watching or paying attention to what was going on, like a lady (for once). "Ready." Sirius said loudly, so Gabrielle would snap out of her daydreams. They all noticed that she was daydreaming, they were used to it, because it seemed to happen a lot. And it did make Gabrielle snap out of her thoughts. They headed out of the door, with Lupin and Peter still in the room. Two feathers hit Gabrielle in the face as she walked out of the room with James and Sirius. And she sneezed twice afterwards. She had every intention of shrinking them, well almost every intention. They headed for the ballroom to make the last preparations. They came to one of the doors. The door was locked but there were voices coming from inside. Sirius knocked on the door, and Professor Flitwick opened it. He was exited to see them and invited them in enthusiastically. When they entered, they saw Professor McGonagall, Professor Dumbledore, and Professor Potts (the herbology teacher). They saw all the other teachers in the courtyard. The courtyard was now filled with beautiful flowers that grew around the regular, old statues that were always there. It had very much come alive. The teachers had not finished yet, and were now growing rosebushes around the statues. Gabrielle kept looking over to them as she worked on levitating the pumpkins and lighting them. James let out the bats and they flew around the ceiling as usual. Sirius went to the Gryffindor common room to find his date, while James and Gabrielle stayed behind while they finished up. When Gabrielle finished, she sat on a chair next to a table she was sitting at. James leaned against it. Gabrielle looked at the sword tied to his belt. An unexpected smile crept over her face. She distracted James by talking to him loudly She stood and pointed out things at the back of the room, then she whispered "apertum" and the belt unbuckled unnoticeably, but Gabrielle bumped into James purposely to keep him from noticing. When she did bemped into him he staggered, and he felt the sword against his leg, but the belt felt loose. He put his hand on it and looked up to see that Gabrielle had the sword. "Angard!" Gabrielle said playfully.