Chapter 54: Halloween Dance
"I feel stupid." Lily said.
"Lily if you don't come out of there I'm going to kick down the door." Faith said to a bathroom stall.
"But I look stupid." Lily said on the other side.
"That's impossible. Open the door." Sarah said softly.
Lily sighed and opened the door. Sarah smiled widely and Faith whistled. Lily looked at her reflection in a cracked body mirror. Lily was dressed as the goddess of the moon, Selene. Her hair was in loose waves about her shoulders. Her skin was a soft pale color accented by her hair. Her dress was a dark blue, it dragged on the floor slightly when she walked and it was sparkly all over making her shine like stars.
"You look fabulous." Sarah said smiling. Sarah was a vampire. She had on a black dress with long sleeves that were ripped to shreds. Her black hair was sleek and straight and framed her face perfectly. She had on a silver eye shadow which made her eyes pop out and Faith had let her borrow her silver cross. The dress made Sarah's little hips seem curvier.
"Yeah you do." Faith said jabbing Lily in the ribs. Faith was a cat.(Faith was the hardest to pick out what to wear.) She had real cat like velvet ears perched on top of her head. Her outfit was entirely black (think the outfit from catwoman). She had three whiskers drawn on her face with a black pen. She had painted her long nails a black color and performed a spell to they became longer and stronger. Her outfit clung to her body showing off her great physique.
"Our men await." Faith said as she held her fuzzy black tail and walked out of the bathroom with a playful smile and her black heels clicking out a steady rhythm.
Lily and Sarah grinned and followed after Faith. There was a low whistle from Sirius as the girls approached. Sirius was dressed as a dog (a little joke...I thought it was humorous). He had on dog like ears that drooped when he was sad and perked up when he was happy. There was a tail that the girls wondered if it was real or not.
At the sound of Sirius whistling James turned around and smiled. Lily felt her breath catch in her throat. James looked incredibly handsome. He was dressed as Apollo the sun god. He had on a bright mixture of red, gold and white. He looked quite regal and even had on a medallion with the gryffindor lion on it.
Remus came forward and extended an arm. Sarah blushed a deep crimson before taking it. Remus was also dressed as a vampire. He had on a white shirt that looked to be from the 18th century. Over it he had on a blood red vest and black slacks. To pull off the ensemble he had a black trench coat and a black cane with a blood red stone at the top.
James smiled and came forward and offered his arm. Lily could feel her stomach turning over as she took it and walked into the great hall with him. They were closely followed by Sirius and Faith.
The great hall looked extravagant. It seemed to be three times the size it normally was. In the far back was a band playing. To their right along the wall was a long table full of food and drink. In the left and right corners (next to the door) where hundreds of tiny tables dressed with black tablecloths and candles. In the center everyone was dancing. It was picture perfect.
A group of Slytherins snickered as the three couples walked by. Faith shot them a glare and hissed.
"Care for a dance?" James whispered to Lily. Lily felt her heart beat harder than it ever had in its life.
"Sure." Lily said. James could feel his stomach doing flip flops as he took Lily out onto the dance floor. His hand went around her waist and he could feel his breath catch in his throat. James wasn't sure if he was getting dizzy from the dancing or the fact that he was dancing with Lily Evans.
Lily could feel eyes on her. Looking around she saw that several of the girls were glaring at her. Lily suddenly became very conscious of the tempo of the music. It had slowed down considerably. 'Don't blush don't blush.' Lily repeated in her mind as she felt her body come closer to James's.
"Wheres the rodent?" Faith asked her arms wrapped around Sirius's neck.
"Who Peter?" Sirius smiled.
"Who else?" Faith said grinning.
"Not sure....In fact...I haven't seen him in a while." Sirius said thinking about it.
"I wonder..." Faith said biting her lower lip. She gazed around the room and her eyes rested on Lily and James. A devilish smile played on Faith's lips. She pulled Sirius's head closer to hers and whispered into his ear.
Sarah's head was resting comfortably against Remus's chest. She could hear the steady beat of his heart. Sarah knew that shortly it would be Christmas again and she would be forbidden to talk to Remus at all. This filled her with grief. Remus held Sarah tighter as if reading her mind.
"It'll be ok." He whispered.
"Lily!" Faith yelled running up to Lily and grabbing her arm. James and Lily stopped and turned their head to look at Faith. Faith's face had a look of sheer horror on it.
"There! The lake! The squid it...Come quick!" Faith said frantically ripping Lily apart from James and dragging her out the door. Lily's head began to buzz with worry. 'What was wrong? It would have to be something serious to get Faith this worked up.' Faith led Lily and turned around.
"Over there. I'm going to go get McGonagall!" Faith yelled before running off. Lily hurried as quickly as she could to the lake.
"James!" Sirius said grabbing James by the shoulder.
"You..I..hell I can't lie to you. We had a plan to get you and Lily alone together. She's by the lake."Sirius said.James smiled and ran off.
"Nice one!" Faith said smacking Sirius upside the head.
"You can't lie...that's a dirty lie in itself." Faith jeered. Sirius just smiled coyly and grabbed Faith's hand leading her outside.
Lily looked around the lake confused. There was nothing here except her, the lake and a half moon reflecting off the lake. Lily sighed and turned around just in time to see James walking towards her. Lily could feel her knees weaken. He looked so handsome coming towards her. The moon reflected off his black hair and his glasses lighting up his face. He looked every bit the gentleman.
"Hi." Lily breathed as James neared her.
"Lily...I..." James started but instead of using words he used actions. James Potter leaned forward and kissed Lily Evans.
(A/N: The characters will be wearing different costumes for the fic on harrypotterfanfiction com. So if you'd like to see the differences between the two fics check it out, and if you do review it an tell me which version you like better.)