Chapter 13: The Halloween Ball
Summary: Hermione dresses up as something for Halloween that surprises everyone, Harry walks in on something unusual which makes Hermione, Ron and Harry's jaw drop, Snape returns and is meaner than ever, Harry and Ron's first quidditch game without Fred and George and with new players.
Disclaimer: I do not own HP or any of it's characters. I only own the characters that I made up. I only own the plot.
It was the eve of Halloween and all of the sixth years were excited because this was the year they finally got to attend the Halloween Ball.
The boys of the Gryffindor tower were talking about what they were going to be for this year's Halloween Ball.
"I'm going to be a Vampire. I vant to zuck your blood." Seamus said, baring his teeth and making claws at the other boys.
"I'm going to be Neville." Dean said.
Everyone stared at him.
"You know...PolyJuice Mania? From Fred and George's joke shop?" He asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"It's this really cool drink that taste like cherries, and when you drink it, you turn into anybody you want. Of course you have to put something of theirs in the drink to turn into them. I took some of Neville's hair from his pillow." Dean said, smiling.
Neville thought it insulting that someone wanted to be him for Halloween.
"I'm going to buy one of them and be you then, Dean." Neville said, trying to sound as if he were making fun of Dean, but Dean took as a compliment and thanked Neville.
"Well, I'm going to be myself and-"
"Whoa! Very scary Ron!" Seamus interrupted, which made everyone laugh.
"Shut up Seamus. Besides, I wasn't finished. I'm gonna be myself, but I'm going to put a fake axe sticking out of my head, and put fake blood oozing out of my head and going down to my stomach, which will have another axe sticking out of it." Ron said triumphantly.
"Fred and George's Joke Shop?" Seamus asked.
Ron's smile vanished.
"Yeah. Fred and George gave it to me for free. But it's a pretty cool costume. By the way, what are you going to be, Harry?" Ron asked.
"I don't know. It really doesn't matter. As long as I'm not Harry Potter for at least a day, it's okay." Harry answered.
"You should be a zombie. It would really be an improvement." Dean said, laughing.
Harry laughed and threw a pillow at Dean. This caused an all out pillow fight.
Meanwhile, the girls of Gryffindor Tower were also discussing their costumes.
"I am going to be a She-Devil." Lavender Brown said, admiring herself in her compact mirror.
"Going to be? Isn't she already?" Hermione whispered to Parvati Patil.
"I heard that!" Lavender said, closing her mirror and sitting down on the rug in the middle of the girl's dormitory."I'm going to be a Veela." Ginny said.
"How are you going to be a veela? You don't have white hair." Lavender said, playing with Ginny's hair.
"I'm going to use some of this stuff that Fred and George are selling that changes your hair color temporarily. I think it's called Rainbow Hair Zye." Ginny replied.
"Cool. Do you have your costume?" Parvati asked.
"Yeah. It's all white and really flowy. It's beautiful. I'm so happy Harry asked me to go with him or I wouldn't be able to go." Ginny said, eyes getting glossy.
"Well, I'm going to be a fairy. I have a pink leotard and a hot pink flowy tutu. I'm probably going to put my hair in two buns. I'm going to look very glittery. What about you Hermione?" Parvati asked Hermione.
"I really don't know." Hermione answered.
"What? You don't know? Oh my God. You really need help. Come on. We'll help you get a costume." Lavender said, taking Hermione by the hand towards her wardrobe.
"Hey! Harry! Over here!" A familiar voice called to Harry.
Harry turned around and smiled. Ron Wealsey was standing at the doorway to the Great Hall, with a big axe sticking out of his head. He walked over to Ron and stopped in his tracks.
Ron's little sister Ginny, looked beautiful. Her hair was a pearly white and her outfit was stunning. She looked like a...
"Hey. Are you a veela?" He asked her when he got close enough.
"Yeah. You like it?" She twirled around and her outfit flowed around her like a white flower.
"Your...I mean it's beautiful." Harry said.
"Yours is nice too." Ginny said, blushing.
Harry decided to be a handsome werewolf. He did a hair spell on his face and arms, and put on a black and white suit. He had some artificial fangs from F&G's Joke Shop.
"Thanks I..." Harry trailed off, for he then saw something he thought he would never see in his life.
"Harry, mate? What is it?" Ron asked.
"Look...it's...it's Hermione." Harry managed to choke out.
Ron turned around and gasped too.
Hermione was dressed as a schoolgirl. And not just any school girl. She had her hair straight and in sleek pigtails. Her top was half buttoned, leaving some of her stomach and cleavage shown. She had on an incredibly short skirt, with thigh high translucent socks. And to top it all off, she had on black mary janes. Her face was left plain and bare, except for some lip gloss.
Every boy in the hallway was staring at Hermione, while the girls looked in disgust. Except for Lavender, Ginny, and Parvati, the makers of this costume.
Hermione walked over to Harry, Ron and Ginny. She was blushing like mad.
"Hi." She said, shyly.
Ron was lost for words, so Harry complimented Hermione.
"Wow. You look incredible. Who did this to you?" Harry asked with a smile.
"That would be Lavender, Parvati, and I." Ginny replied, proud.
"You guys did a great job. Why don't we go into the Great Hall? I'm starving." Harry said.
Hermione hooked her arm in a still shocked Ron and Ginny did the same to Harry. They walked into the Great Hall and walked over to a vacant table.
The Great Hall was prepared the same way as in fourth year for the Yule ball. Instead of the four house tables, there were about one hundred little round tables scattered around the Great Hall. The hall itself was decorated in the color scheme of black, brown and orange. There were little enchanted Jack-O-Lanterns perched on every table top and big ones were scattered around the hall. The enchanted ceiling showed a starlit sky with a crescent moon and shooting stars.
The weird sisters were getting ready when Neville as Dean walked over to the table Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny were sitting at and sat down with gloomy face.
"Neville? Why so sad?" Ginny asked, worried.
"It's my grandmum. I just got an owl from her earlier today. She's been ill and...and she isn't doing very well. She's got Alzheimer's and she forgets a lot of stuff...and I'm just scared that she won't make it... And I don't want to be alone..." Neville said the last part silently, looking at his lap.
"Oh Neville...Don't worry! I'm sure your grandmother's going to make it through. Nothing's going to happen to her." Hermione said, patting Neville's shoulder.
"Thanks 'Mione. I should be going now. I have to pick up my date. 'Bye." Neville got up and walked over to the Entrance Hall.
"Poor Neville. First his mum and dad are tortured to insanity and now his grandmother's on the verge of dying...and he doesn't have anyone else to go to. How could someone live like that? All alone and everyone that they love is either dead or is about to..." Ron's voice trailed off at the look on Harry's face.
"Oh...sorry mate." Ron apologized looking elsewhere but Harry's face.
Harry was about to say that it must be easy for Ron to forget that Harry had a screwed up life, but was interrupted when the Weird Sisters started playing a favorite of Ginny's, "There's a Toad in My Kidney Pie!"
"Oooooooh! Harry, please dance with me!" Ginny pulled Harry out of his chair and Hermione did the same to Ron. They danced for about four songs until Harry announced he was pooped and was going to get something to drink.
He walked over to the drink table and bumped into Luna Lovegood.
She was dressed in all black and her once dirty blonde hair was no more. It was jet black and it hung just under her elbows. Her eyes were painted in black eyeliner, and her lips were a dark crimson.
"Harry." She said, while pouring herself some pumpkin juice. Her nails were also painted black.
"Hullo Luna. And you are..?" Harry asked.
"A Goth. Just for today. How do I look?" She asked, turning around slowly.
"To tell you the truth...Kinda creepy." Harry said, smiling.
"Great. That's the whole point." Luna said, chuckling.
"Well...I've got to get back to my date..." She said, pointing to Neville/Dean standing close by waiting.
"He's a great dancer by the way. Dunno why everyone's scared to dance with him. Oh well...Have a nice night Harry." Luna said, walking away.
Harry had a right mind to call Luna back to talk about what happened over the summer that she was in the Knight Bus that fateful night. But as he was going to call out her name, she turned around and asked if he would like to take a stroll after the song was finished. He agreed and went back to dancing with Ginny. After the song finished he announced that he was going to go take a walk.
He met up with Luna, who was in front of the oak doors that led outside to the brisk night.
"Ready?" Luna asked.
"Yep." Harry said. Luna hooked her arm around Harry's and they walked out into the grounds.
A/N: Wow...I haven't updated this in like a while. I wasn't going to finish this at all, but my cousin read all of my previous chapters and she was like "OMG! WHEN ARE YOU GONNA WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER!11!" Lol. So I'm finishing this for you Tasha...so enjoy and I know I'll talk to you after you read this so give me my compliments over da phone or in emails. Lol. For anyone who's reading this, please review! Thanx! Oh yeah...and soon enough this'll be a post-HPB fic. So yeah. That's all. Bai!
Krystina