Ch. 8 The Palace and the Ball
Bethany looked around the room again. It was bright and light colored. The ground was made of shiny white stones and they glittered under the bright lights that shone.
Just then a bright silver unicorn came out of a doorway and it spoke to them.
"Welcome children to the palace of the unicorns. I am Queen Hetshiba."
"Harry, the unicorn is talking to us. Unicorns don't talk, do they?" he asked them.
They all shrugged.
"I guess they do." said Hermione.
"We have brought you here from the danger of the forest."
"Er, sorry, but we were supposed to stay there or else we would get in trouble..." said Kiara slowly because she wasn't sure how a talking unicorn would take this.
The unicorn laughed, which surprised them all and she said.
"Well then we shall take you back to the edge of the forest. But first, would you like a meal?" she asked them.
They were all very hungry and they agreed quickly.
The unicorn brought them to a large table in another room and there was loads of glorious food on it. They sat down and ate their fill, all except Neville who refused to eat anything because he thought it was poisoned.
After they ate, the children, still dazed and confused, were taken back to the edge of the forest.
They ran back up the hill and into the school. They decided not to mention this to anyone because they would be taken away to an insane asylum for attempting to tell people that unicorns had talked to them.
They went up to Snape's office and handed him the bags.
"I see you're all still alive and well." He said with a frown.
They all gave him a look of sheer hatred and walked out of the office.
It was nearly time for the Back to School Ball, or how it was more widely known, as the BTSB.
That weekend the students were allowed to go to Hogsmeade and Harry, Ron, Bethany, Patrick, and Ruby all decided to go. Kiara and Hermione decided they had been there enough and they decided to stay back and study.
They went to Honeydukes and bought loads of candy, they went to the joke shop and they laughed and tried out all of the jokes and pranks the shop had, but Bethany's favorite, was the quidditch supplies store. She went there so often, even the customers knew her name. They all said hello to her as she walked into the store and she answered back. This time she only stayed a little while because she saw Harry walking down the street and wanted to go meet up with him.
"Hello Harry!" she said as she ran up to him.
"Hi Bethany!" he answered back, smiling.
"Can't wait for the BTSB. It's only two days away!" she said blushing.
"Me neither. It's going to be great. Lots of dancing and food and I heard that the weird sisters are going to be there!" he told her excitedly.
They went and ate at a small café and they talked for a long time.
It was getting dark when they realized that they had to get back to the bus they had come on.
They paid the waiter and ran to the bus. It was just about to leave but they yelled for it to stop and the doors opened and let them in.
Two days later, Bethany and Ruby complained to Professor Flitwick they weren't feeling well and he excused them out of class.
Instead of going to the hospital wing, they went up to the Gryffindor common room to get ready for the ball. Even though it was three hours away, they wanted to have tons of time to get ready.
Ruby's dress robes were dark blue and Bethany's were lavender. They got ready for the ball. They did their hair and their make up and put their robes on.
Ruby tried to straiten Bethany's hair with a straitening charm but Bethany's hair was already so strait, that the charm wouldn't work at all.
At 6 o-clock sharp, music began to play down in the great hall.
Bethany and Ruby walked down together and saw that the tables had been propped up against the wall so that the students would be able to dance. The Weird Sisters, a popular wizard band was playing their music loudly on a stage that Dumbledore must have set up.
Bethany saw Harry looking around for her in the crowd. She ran over to him and they sat down at a table that wasn't against the wall.
The talked for about an hour and they saw Kiara trying to dance with Ron. She was screaming at him and it looked as if she was on the verge of tears.
"You stupid prat!" she yelled at him. "You have two left feet and you're scaring me!" she broke down into tears and ran away from him.
Ron, Bethany could tell was very embarrassed and very confused. He went over and sat down to Bethany and Harry.
"I don't get it!" he started. "I didn't do anything wrong and she has to go and be a git like that!"
They sat in silence until Ron got up and the band started to play a slow song.
"Would you like to dance?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Yes!" shouted Bethany gleefully and they walked over close to the stage and danced for the rest of the ball. Bethany didn't see Kiara for the rest of the night and she suspected she either was in the bathroom crying or was in her common room crying.
Bethany wanted to make sure she was alright, but she couldn't leave the happiness she was having at the ball.
When it was over Bethany said good night to Harry and he told her that he had had the best time of his life with her there. He kissed her on the cheek and ran off with Ron up into the boys dormitory.
Bethany went grinning happily up to her dorm and she started cheering the minute she got there.
Never in her life had she had as good a time as the ball. She was glad Professor Dumbledore had gotten the idea.
Then she remembered Kiara. She wrote a quick note to her, tied it to her owl's leg, and went to bed.
Bethany looked around the room again. It was bright and light colored. The ground was made of shiny white stones and they glittered under the bright lights that shone.
Just then a bright silver unicorn came out of a doorway and it spoke to them.
"Welcome children to the palace of the unicorns. I am Queen Hetshiba."
"Harry, the unicorn is talking to us. Unicorns don't talk, do they?" he asked them.
They all shrugged.
"I guess they do." said Hermione.
"We have brought you here from the danger of the forest."
"Er, sorry, but we were supposed to stay there or else we would get in trouble..." said Kiara slowly because she wasn't sure how a talking unicorn would take this.
The unicorn laughed, which surprised them all and she said.
"Well then we shall take you back to the edge of the forest. But first, would you like a meal?" she asked them.
They were all very hungry and they agreed quickly.
The unicorn brought them to a large table in another room and there was loads of glorious food on it. They sat down and ate their fill, all except Neville who refused to eat anything because he thought it was poisoned.
After they ate, the children, still dazed and confused, were taken back to the edge of the forest.
They ran back up the hill and into the school. They decided not to mention this to anyone because they would be taken away to an insane asylum for attempting to tell people that unicorns had talked to them.
They went up to Snape's office and handed him the bags.
"I see you're all still alive and well." He said with a frown.
They all gave him a look of sheer hatred and walked out of the office.
It was nearly time for the Back to School Ball, or how it was more widely known, as the BTSB.
That weekend the students were allowed to go to Hogsmeade and Harry, Ron, Bethany, Patrick, and Ruby all decided to go. Kiara and Hermione decided they had been there enough and they decided to stay back and study.
They went to Honeydukes and bought loads of candy, they went to the joke shop and they laughed and tried out all of the jokes and pranks the shop had, but Bethany's favorite, was the quidditch supplies store. She went there so often, even the customers knew her name. They all said hello to her as she walked into the store and she answered back. This time she only stayed a little while because she saw Harry walking down the street and wanted to go meet up with him.
"Hello Harry!" she said as she ran up to him.
"Hi Bethany!" he answered back, smiling.
"Can't wait for the BTSB. It's only two days away!" she said blushing.
"Me neither. It's going to be great. Lots of dancing and food and I heard that the weird sisters are going to be there!" he told her excitedly.
They went and ate at a small café and they talked for a long time.
It was getting dark when they realized that they had to get back to the bus they had come on.
They paid the waiter and ran to the bus. It was just about to leave but they yelled for it to stop and the doors opened and let them in.
Two days later, Bethany and Ruby complained to Professor Flitwick they weren't feeling well and he excused them out of class.
Instead of going to the hospital wing, they went up to the Gryffindor common room to get ready for the ball. Even though it was three hours away, they wanted to have tons of time to get ready.
Ruby's dress robes were dark blue and Bethany's were lavender. They got ready for the ball. They did their hair and their make up and put their robes on.
Ruby tried to straiten Bethany's hair with a straitening charm but Bethany's hair was already so strait, that the charm wouldn't work at all.
At 6 o-clock sharp, music began to play down in the great hall.
Bethany and Ruby walked down together and saw that the tables had been propped up against the wall so that the students would be able to dance. The Weird Sisters, a popular wizard band was playing their music loudly on a stage that Dumbledore must have set up.
Bethany saw Harry looking around for her in the crowd. She ran over to him and they sat down at a table that wasn't against the wall.
The talked for about an hour and they saw Kiara trying to dance with Ron. She was screaming at him and it looked as if she was on the verge of tears.
"You stupid prat!" she yelled at him. "You have two left feet and you're scaring me!" she broke down into tears and ran away from him.
Ron, Bethany could tell was very embarrassed and very confused. He went over and sat down to Bethany and Harry.
"I don't get it!" he started. "I didn't do anything wrong and she has to go and be a git like that!"
They sat in silence until Ron got up and the band started to play a slow song.
"Would you like to dance?" Harry asked hopefully.
"Yes!" shouted Bethany gleefully and they walked over close to the stage and danced for the rest of the ball. Bethany didn't see Kiara for the rest of the night and she suspected she either was in the bathroom crying or was in her common room crying.
Bethany wanted to make sure she was alright, but she couldn't leave the happiness she was having at the ball.
When it was over Bethany said good night to Harry and he told her that he had had the best time of his life with her there. He kissed her on the cheek and ran off with Ron up into the boys dormitory.
Bethany went grinning happily up to her dorm and she started cheering the minute she got there.
Never in her life had she had as good a time as the ball. She was glad Professor Dumbledore had gotten the idea.
Then she remembered Kiara. She wrote a quick note to her, tied it to her owl's leg, and went to bed.