"Go away you bloody fairies," Lucius snapped, ruffling hair in attempt to shoo the fairies away. The fairies stopped giggling then they all blew raspberries and flew away, "Bloody birds," Lucius muttered under his breath.
The night was alive with music and laughter reverberating from the Great Hall. Everybody was having fun at the Yule Ball except him. He shouldn't have even come. He should've stayed in the dormitories and catch up with him schoolwork. He had originally come to the ball with Mindy Bulstrode, but she ditched him and went to dance with some other guy. It wasn't as if he was surprise; he wasn't exactly a lady's man. He had to pay Mindy to be his date to the ball.
He walked stray from the brick path and through the grass. He knew where he was going. There was a grassy cliff overlooking the lake where he'd sometime lean on the sycamore tree there and relieve some stress. When he arrived at his destination, he found that he wasn't the only on there….
A small girl with glossy raven hair sat against the tree, her legs pulled up against her chest, and her hands locked around them. Lucius cleared his throat. The girl turned to look at him, her pale face glowing against the moonlight.
"Why aren't you at the ball?" Lucius asked, trying to make conversation. "Why aren't you?" She fired back at him. "Because I needed some fresh air, but obviously I can't have that because you're in my spot." Lucius replied, in a more hostile tone. "Your spot? Whoever said it was your spot?" She asked, cocking her eyebrows. "I did. Now go away before I force you." Lucius responded rudely. "Fine," She said concisely and getting up. "You can have your spot. I don't want bottom to touch where you bottom has." She stuck her nose up and walked back toward the castle.
Lucius sneered at her then brushed the ground where she sat briefly then sat down. He was staring into the lake when something glinting caught his eye. Sitting in the grass was something silver. He picked it up and examined it. It was a ring that would fit a small finger. He heard grass crunching, as if being stepped on, then looked up to the source. It was the pale girl.
"Give me back my ring," She said bitterly, eyeing the ring in Lucius's hand. Lucius smirked, "Then you'll have to get it…." He threw the ring into the lake. The girl's wan face grew paler and gleaming tears streamed down her cheeks. Her cold gray eyes never glanced away from Lucius. Lucius's smirk faded to a frown, and guilt overcame him.
She blinked and more beads of tears flowed down. She opened her mouth slightly to speak, but closed them again and walked away. Guilt pounded in Lucius's heart. He got up from his sitting position and ran after her. He couldn't find her anywhere and he couldn't call out her name because he didn't know it, so he decided he'd apologize to her some other day. He stepped back on the brick path to walk back to the castle when he heard tiny sobs and sniffs. He walked towards them and found that girl sitting on a stone bench crying.
"Uh…look, I'm really sorry I threw your ring into the lake," He said, looking at her with apologetic eyes. "It doesn't matter. Go…go away," She choked, staring down at the ground. "Stupid girl," Lucius muttered then walked back into the Great Hall.
"Lucius! There you are! I've been looking all over for you!" Mindy ran over to him and hugged his arm. A fast-beat Celestina Warbeck started playing, causing Mindy to gasp, "I love this song! Lucius, let dance," She danced to the beat, while Lucius tried to follow her, dancing off beat. After the Celestina Warbeck song faded away, Dumbledore announced in a magnified voice, "Thank you all for coming to the ball. This is the last dance of the night."
A slow ballad started and everyone paired up with a partner. Mindy started dancing with John Macnair, completely forgetting about her date. Lucius was along once again. There really was no point hanging around watching people dancing so he left the Great Hall and to the Slytherin Common Room. He arrived in the Slytherin dungeons and muttered, "Purebloods," at a tatty old sofa. Instantly, the sofa left aside, exposing a circular door leading to common room. Lucius walked casually into the deserted common room. Everyone was still at the ball, and those too young to go to the ball were probably sound asleep, since it well over midnight. Lucius wearily fell into the nearest sofa. He closed his eyes for a moment to enjoy the relaxation, then opened them up again, and noticed a raven-haired girl staring at him…it was the girl from the cliff.
"Oh…it's you," Lucius sneered. The girl did nothing but glare at him through her gray eyes. "Can't go anywhere without you being there?" He spat. "Do me a favor and jump off a cliff," she said dynamically. "Nah," Lucius said, "I wouldn't go that far to please you." The girl growled then jumped up, "Why do you have to be this way?" She retorted, "I've never done anything to you!" She stormed off to the girls' dormitory, stomping the hell out of each stone steps as she ascended the stairs. "Psh," Lucius uttered, rolling his eyes. He went back to his lounge position and clasped his eyes close and drifted into sleep. He woke up suddenly to loud noises and laughter. He rubbed hi eyes then opened them. The common room was alive with chattering people, drinking bottles of something presumably alcohol. "Lucius, join the party!" Said Melvin Parkinson, walking by him, clutching a bottle of wine. "Why the hell are you having a party? The ball was practically party," Lucius shouted over the noise at Melvin. "Dude! That was the party, this is the after-party." "Whatever, I'm going to bed," Lucius yawned.
"Alright, whatever, if you'd rather go to sleep than get drunk," Melvin shrugged then went over to dance with Mindy. Lucius staggered tiredly to the stairs, bumping into people as he went. He finally made it to his dormitories, only to find John Macnair and Susie Jennings making out on his bed.
"Get off my bed," Lucius ordered in a tiresome way. John and Susie got up from the bed and staggered and swayed from the dormitories, kissing each other between every step. Lucius looked with disgust at his ruffled bed sheets. He pulled out his wand, pointed it at his bed then said "Scourify." The bed sheets straightened and looked cleaner. Lucius kicked of his shoes and crawled into the bed and immediately dozed off.
Authors's Note: It's completed by the way. :) Enjoy the rest when I post them.