Disclaimer: I won nothing except for Kim and Emily.
Chapter 7:
The Dance
Hermione stood nervously infront of the mirror. She hanen't being to a dance since last year.
"Are you sure I look good?" Hermione asked Kim. Kim was standing infront of a hovering mirror pinning up her hair.
"Yes Hermione, now would you please calm down. It's just a dance." Kim said. Hermione nodded, but the feeling in her stomach didn't go away.
"Ready?" Kim finally asked.
"Um.. No." Hermione answered and Kim glared. Grabbing her by the arm she dragged her out of their room and into the corridor leading to the elevators.
"Now remember, only dance with the people who you have a good feeling about. Always follow your gut, it helps." Kim noted as the elevator took a stop on the basement floor. She had being giving Hermione some notes to remember for the dance.
"And if you feel nervous or lost, come back and hang out with me k?" she asked. Hermione nodded and the doors opened. Hermione gasped in surprise as Kim smiled at her. Infront of her was a golden room, the ceiling was a creamy white with chandeliers made out of gold hanging from them. Their light shone on the walls giving the room a golden look. The floor was made out of marble with a coat of glass. It was perfect for ballroom dancing, and painting between the marble and the glass were angles. Hermione was afraid even to walk on it. All over the room were tables, and in the middle of it was a empty space for dancing.
"Kim.." Hermione said as she grabbed unto Kims dress and tugged.
"Don't worry, now take a deep breath. That's it, now place one foot infront of the other." Slowly they walked out of the elevator and into the golden room. At the other side of the room sat a beautiful girl with curling brown hair and dark blue eyes. Her dark red dress looked gorgeous on her.
"Oh my god! Kim it's Emily!" Hermione said, pointing at the girl. Kim placed her gaze on the girl.
"So it is. Go say hi." Kim suggested.
"But she doesn't even know me." Hermione explained. Kim gave her an exasperating look.
"Herm, when a painting meets it's owner, it tells them about who they met and who's their friends. That Emily over there probably already knows about you. Now go say hi." and with a light push Hermione was thrown into the swarm of people. She shyly dodged people as she made her way towards Emily.
"Hey Emily." Hermione greeted shyly at the girl infront of her.
"Hermione! You came I'm so glad!" she said and came down to hug her.
"Come on! Let's find you a dance partner." and Emily whisked her away. Hermione had a sudden feeling that Kim and Emily already knew each other.
Hermione was presented to many boys, all looked quite handsome even though she couldn't really see them with the mask on and all. However she followed her gut, just as Kim told her, and it seemed the more people Emily presented her too, the more she got happy. Finally she was presented to a golden haired boy who was lazily leaning on the wall.
"Ah. Hey you boy!" Emily shouted and Hermione blushed.
"Yeah! What?" he asked. He wore a black and silver suit with a rather manly mask.
"Want to dance with my friend here?" she asked as he turned to look at her.
"No." he answered and Hermione felt very undignified.
"Why not?" Emily shouted.
"Because, a girl doesn't ask a boy to dance." he answered and he got up from leaning on the pillar. He bowed to Hermione and kissed her hand.
"Would you give me the honor of dancing with such a pretty lady?" he asked and Hermione felt herself glow.
"Yes., but I must warn you I'm not a very good dancer." Hermione warned but he grinned.
"Neither am I, but you don't see me complaining." and Hermione felt a very good feeling about him. Offering his arm to her, she accepted and they walked unto the dance floor.
"So you found one?" Kim whispered to Emily as she shoved her way though the swarm of people.
"Ya." Emily answered.
"He's pretty cute." Kim noted and they both grinned at each other.
"So, your really going to stay in England." Emily said sadly.
"Don't worry, we can always write." Kim said and Emily smiled.
"It won't be the same though." she noted.
"I'll visit you whenever I can, okay? I'll visit everyone in Spain one day. So don't worry." Kim said primly and Emily giggled.
"You still have the glass mirror don't you?" Emily asked. Kim grinned at her.
"Like I'd lose our only way of talking." and they hugged each other.
"Now, let's find us some boys." Kim said and they shook hands and parted ways, looking for some cute guy.
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Hermione was having the time of her life. The boy, she noticed, was an excellent dancer and taught her allot. He also read allot too, he knew about everything she was talking about, and they seemed to have allot in common.
"So you're a single child too?" Hermione asked.
"Yes and the only heir." he answered, and Hermione smiled.
"Me too. Have you ever traveled?" Hermione asked as he twirled her.
"Yes, I've visited Egypt, France, Spain, China and the United States." he answered and she brightened up.
"I've gone to France too. It's full of Magical History. Have you ever visited the French Memorial of Magic in the 17th century museum?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, it's quite surprising that the French used many potions to protect their loved ones." He noted.
"Yes, like the Alrea potion, it's said to.." she started,
"To place a boundary between the home, of the person who drank it, and any enemy attacks." he finished.
"Yes, it's quite surprising that we can't even make it now a days." Hermione noted and he shrugged.
"The plants they used in those days were very toxic, and half the time people died." he said and she nodded.
"Yes, they used the tobacco plant for the Sleeping potion." she commented.
"Yes, they couldn't use herbs to make the sleeping potion, but use common drugs. They mixed them together.."
"Into a paste and put it on the skin. I know." she finished for him, and she laughed.
"How was Egypt?" she asked.
"You've never being there?" he asked incredulously.
"No, but one of my friends has being there. Is it true that some of the tombs, the skeletons have some extra heads?" she asked, he could feel her fear.
"No, those are just the pranksters. They put spells on fake skeletons and place them in the tombs. It's usually to scare visitors." he said and he could feel her sigh in relief. "I'm quite into the grave robbing." he noted and she looked up.
"What do you mean grave robbing?" she asked.
"In the olden times, grave robbers used to steal from dead phaoran tombs. It was quite usual to loose many solders in the attempt of trying to capture them. They say that the robbers would bribe one of the architects to pull loose a pillar. Then it would be some kind of domino affect and all the pillars would break and bury the soldiers in the ground." he explained while she rested her head on his chest.
"That's horrible." she commented and he laughed.
"Well, yes I suppose, it was quite the fashion however." he said and she smiled. "And have you heard of the poisoning?" he asked.
"Well, I've heard a bit." she said while looking up at him.
"The people in the jungle built their own city one day. It's politics were quite weird. The religion would sacrifice many people for the god of time, until they saw fit to just sacrifice animals. The governing, however was quite a dangerous game. You were poisoned about ten times a day, and what I've heard, the eunuchs would have to dose themselves quite frequently with every antidote they possessed. Only the ones who traveled the most did survive." he said and she smiled.
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"HE'S WHO?????" Kim shouted at Emily.
"Draco Malfoy, why are you so angry?" she asked. Kim, with horrified eyes, turned to the dancing pair.
"Draco Malfoy is a conceited jerk who thinks he's higher up then anyone else."
Her comment rang though Kims mind.
"We have to get her away before the unmasking." Kim said.
"Why?" Emily asked.
"Hermione practically hates him." Kim answered in a strangled voice.
"But there never going to end up with each other if you keep on tearing them apart, and it's obvious that they're meant for each other." Emily said.
"I won't be. There in the same school I'm going to. I'll just give a push here and there and they might finally end up. But not here, it cannot happen yet. She hasn't seeing him in that kind of light yet." Kim said shaking Emily's arm.
"Alright, Alright. I'll give the announcement of the unmasking and you'll grab Hermione. K?" Emily asked. Kim nodded and practically ran to the pair.
Sighing, Kim went up on stage and the music stopped.
"Thank you all for coming to my annual birthday ball. I would like to tell you, there's only one minute before unmasking. So would you all prepare to unmask your partner on my signal." Emily said as she watched Kim walk towards Hermione. When they turned to look at Emily, Kim grabbed Hermiones arm and dragged her back from everyone else and into the shadow. Draco turned to face Hermione, only to see no one there. Emily's heart broke in two, as she felt the feeling of abandon hit her. However, a quote ran threw her head. The one Kim always said:
'Sorrow is the first step of finding true love.'
So taking a deep breath she spoke the few words that broke her heart.
"Unmask now!" she said and her heart slowly broke as she saw Draco's mask fall from his head and unto the floor. Planning real fast, she ran towards Hermione grabbed her mask and ran towards a retreating Draco.
"Malfoy!" she called. He turned and smirked at her.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Here," she said shoving the mask into his arms." You have to catch her first."
Was all she said before turning around and walking back into the ballroom.
"I have to catch her then? That doesn't seem that hard." Draco said aloud, and he started to plan the way to find his mystery girl.
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"HOW COULD YOU!!!" Hermione shouted at the three girls who shrank from her. "YOU TELL ME TO FOLLOW MY INSTINCT BUT YOU EVEN LET ME REVEAL MY TRUE SELF TO HIM!"
"Herm.." Kim started but was stopped with a glare.
"Hermione, would you stop that. True we didn't do something honorable, but in the near future you'll thank us. So suck it up." Emily said while taking a sip from her tea. "Oh, yes, I found this." she continued and passed her the silver mask.
"How'd you get it." Hermione asked as she caressed the mask.
"I found it and I remembered that he wore it. I thought you'd want it." and Hermione threw herself on Emily and hugged her.
"Don't worry Herm, you'll meet him again. This I promise you, and next time, we won't tear you apart." Kim said.
"You better not." Hermione said and the two girls smiled.
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There! Man am I tired. What time is it anyways? Oh midnight, better go to bed soon. He he. Just as I promised. the 7th chapter. I told you I'd put Draco in it before you went to Hogwarts for a treat. I thought I'd keep a secret of who he was, but then I thought you people would start gunning me down if I did. So there, the next chapter is when they go to Diagon Alley and find out about Harry.
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