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CHAPTER 15: Another Ball, Another Problem
"HARRY! RON! SHADOW! RAVEN! PLEASE LISTEN!" Professor McGonagall yelled during her transfiguration class, "As some of you know, the founders ball is coming up. So I expect to see all of you – and your partners – having a good time," some of the girls giggled, "BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL NOT BEHAVE! IF ONE GRYFFINDOR PUTS A TOE OUT OF LINE IT'LL BE DETENTION!" Professor McGonagall howled, "For a month!" she added and dismissed the class.
"Founders ball?" Ron said, leaving the class with Harry and Hermione. Raven and Shadow had disappeared. Harry's head started to spin – had she gone to see Malfoy? But his fears where laid to rest when he saw Fred and George with Raven and Shadow, sneaking down an abandoned corridor.
"Yes. Every fifty years after Hogwarts started there was a founders ball to celebrate the founders," Hermione said in her usual know-it-all voice.
"Hermione, will you go to the ball with me?" Ron asked and all three of them stopped in their tracks.
"Well… err… yes…" Hermione said, a bit off guard.
"I was never going to find a partner, anyway," Ron said and Hermione looked slightly put off.
"So, Harry, who are you going to ask?" Hermione changed the subject.
"Well…" Harry muttered as they walked down the stairs to the great hall. Suddenly, Fred, George, Raven and Shadow darted out from behind a statue and into the hall. Harry watched Shadow and Hermione followed his gaze.
"Don't bother, Malfoy's name is written all over her," Hermione said with a deep and heavy sigh.
"Malfoy? What?" Ron asked, completely out of the clue. Hermione just sighed and shook her head at him.
They went into the hall and sat by Fred, George, Raven and Shadow. The twins and Raven were overdoing an innocent act and Shadow was just laughing at random things they said.
"What have you done now?" Ron asked, sitting down beside Harry.
"Us? But little brother!" Fred said in mock shock.
"We wouldn't do a thing!" George took over from his brother with the same mock shock in this voice.
"Except drag innocent Raven into the world of troublemaking," Shadow piped up.
"Oi, you, shut it!" Fred said out of the corner of his mouth to Shadow while elbowing her.
"But, dear friend Shadow! They haven't corrupted me in the slightest! I'm still the same little girl I always was!" Raven said in a fake disgusted voice.
"So you're still the little troublemaking minx I know?" Shadow asked and a few people laughed. Shadow smiled sweetly said her goodbyes and left the hall.
"Where is she going?" Harry asked Raven while everyone else was wrapped up in their own little conversations.
"Gone to meet lover boy," Raven laughed, then her face dropped, "Damn it Raven, damn it! Why do you always tell people stuff you're not meant to! Grr!" she said to herself and also left – George hot on her heel.
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update!
Thanks for reading, please review. Next chapter is CHAPTER 16: Harry, Don't Kill Him
Also, sorry but I think Harry is going to go a little out of character in the next few chapters, so I apologise for that!
Raven Hope