Hogwarts Ten Year Reunion

~* The first new chapter of this fiction in a very long time! I hope you all like it. *~

Chapter 12 ~ Category Winners

The end of the night approached as Parvati and Padma Patil watched Ron and Mandy dominate the dance floor, weaving inbetween dancing couples like professionals. Padma looked rather sulky.

'He'll learn to dance for Mandy, she gets the best of everything!' Padma huffed. Parvati looked at her suspiciously. 'What? You got to dance with your partner at the Yule Ball, remember?'

'Yes, maybe so, but my partner was a champion, and he had to dance,' Parvati replied.

'Look at them!' Padma glared at Mandy. 'She used to be my friend you know,'

'I know,' Parvati said mechanically.

'I want to dance with Ron,'

'Are you telling me that you have a small thing for Ronald Weasley?' Parvati looked shocked. Padma avoided her twin's eyes. 'Padma! Us Patils don't fall for Weasleys, we go for more sophisticated breeds, like Finch-Fletchleys, or Potters,'

'Not this about Harry again, he doesn't like you!' Padma groaned.

'And Ron doesn't like you,' Parvati snapped. 'You could never get him to dance with you over Mandy,'

'Watch me,' Padma strode out onto the dance floor bravely and tapped Mandy on the shoulder. She and Ron stopped dancing, and Mandy spun to see who had tapped her.

'Hi, Padma, you're looking -' Mandy began.

'Hi, mind if I cut in?' Padma said cheerfully, not waiting for an answer before moving Mandy aside and assuming position in front of Ron. A slow song came on, Ron looked uncomfortable.

'Um, Padma, no offence, but I would rather dance with Mandy for this song,' He said awkwardly. Padma pretended not to hear him and began dancing, leaning her head on his shoulder. 'Okay,' Ron said glancing at Mandy, giving her an I'm sorry look, and began dancing with Padma. Mandy looked abandoned for a minute, but then went and sat down at a small table.

Halfway through the song, the music came to an abrupt end. Snape was standing up on the landing where the teachers table normally stood. Everyone looked around to see why the music had stopped, and their eyes all fell on Snape.

'It is time, to announce the winners of each category,' Snape said, holding up several cards. 'I hold in my hand the winners for the following categories - Most Changed, Most Changed For The Better, Most Weight Gained, Most Weight Lost, Most Successful, Most Overworked, Most Sleazy, and finally, Most Unsuccessful,'

There were some mutters through the crowd as Snape read out the first winner.

'The winner for Most Changed, Gregory Goyle!' There was some polite clapping as Goyle walked up onto the landing to accept his certificate, and small trophy. Snape went on, 'As you can see, Gregory is no longer the lumbering imbecile he once was, and has become a rather respected young gentleman, would you like to say a few words?'

'Um, yeah, thanks for your votes,' Goyle said nervously, and walked back to the crowd, resuming his position with Draco and Crabbe.

'The winner for Most Changed For The Better, Sally-Anne Perks,' Sally-Anne walked sophisticatedly up, accepting her certificate and trophy, taking the microphone without being asked.

'I would just like to say, it's a great honour to be recognised after all the years at Hogwarts where I was looked beyond, and shunted aside, thank you all!' Sally-Anne said proudly before taking her seat.

'The winner for Most Weight Gained,' Some girls had their fingers crossed that they wouldn't be called on, 'Millicent Bullistrode,'

As expected, Millicent ran from the room in tears, believing that everyone thought she was fat. Snape looked uncomfortable.

'I guess we won't be needing this award,' He said nervously, waving his wand. The certificate and trophy vanished.

'Get on with it, some people have other places to be,' Draco yelled out, earning himself some rude glances and gestures.

'Moving on, the winner for Most Weight Lost, I don't believe this, it's Neville Longbottom,'

'I actually gained three pounds, but what the hey,' Neville whispered to the person he was standing next to before going to accept his award. 'Thank you everyone, it's nice to see you all again, well, it's nice to see most of you,' Neville looked specifically at Malfoy and his band of former Slytherins situated around the room.

'The winner of Most Successful, is really no surprise, Harry Potter,' Snape read out the name with an icy voice. Harry looked out among the sea of faces, taking note that Lavender Brown was taking notes. He accepted the award with no words, quickly resuming his place on the floor.

'Congratulations Harry,' Hermione said, patting her friend on the back. Harry gave a weak smile. He didn't really want much attention, the less he did, the less Lavender would have to write about him in the paper. Snape continued.

'The winner for Most Overworked, again, no surprises, Hermione Granger,' Hermione looked a small bit shocked, but went to accept her award from Snape.

'I would just like to say that I haven't been working as hard as it may seem -' She began, but was stopped by someone who yelled out;

'Bullshit!' Hermione frowned.

'Okay, maybe I have, but I have a lot to show for it, I have discovered the famous moon, Hogs, and a new star, Potter -'

'Wonder where that name came from,' Malfoy drawled. Hermione shot him a look.

'If only there was a category for the Most Unchanged,' She spat at him, and resumed her place next to Harry, shooting Malfoy occasional dirty looks. Snape raised an eyebrow.

'The winner for Most Sleazy, just happens to be Draco Malfoy,'

'Wonder why,' Hermione said bitterly. Draco sauntered up to claim his award.

'At least I'm recognised, named by you scum, I do pity those of you who didn't receive awards tonight, obviously you have no friends, or no one cares enough about you to vote for you,' With Malfoy's speech, he stepped down, only to be faced by Crabbe.

'Hey, Malfoy, I didn't get an award,' Crabbe growled. Malfoy just laughed and brushed it off.

'I wasn't talking about you,' Before Crabbe had the chance to respond, Snape was talking again.

'Vincent Crabbe, you're the winner of Most Unsuccessful,' Crabbe frowned for a while, but suddenly smiled and went up to claim his award, saying nothing.

'Told you,' Malfoy said.

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~* There you go, I put in the category winners like some of you wanted me to, I'll post the next chapter as soon as possible. *~

~Gryffindor Gal~