Chapter 5-The Other Side
Hey! I just want to say thanks to all of your wonderful reviews! But sadly, I have decided that this will be the last chapter or The Other Side. But I already have ideas for my fan fiction! If you like my stuff, please note, that I do plan on writing for Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal and Law and Order SVU in the near future!
Disclaimer-All hail JK Rowling! The Queen of Harry Potter.
It was 7:00 and Hermione still hadn't found what she was going to wear. Harry and Ron on the other hand just threw on their best shirt and dress pants.
"You know Harry; I will never understand the reason why girls always have to look sooo good. I mean, they spend hours just looking for a dress, then another hour doing hair and makeup! And Hermione sill hasn't found her dress!"
"ARRGGGG" was all that could be heard from coming from the 6th year girls' dorm.
"Ohhhh, I like this one." Was yet again from Hermione.
"Okay, she found one. Good now hurry up." Harry told Hermione.
"Wait, I don't like it, it makes me look fat."
"HERMIONE!" both Harry and Ron said in Unison.
"We are only going to a STAFF Christmas party, for all they care, we could be wearing our robes!" said Ron.
"Fine I will wear this one, its plain, but I like it."
It took about another 45 minutes for Hermione to be actually ready. When she stepped into the common room she was wearing a knee length dress that was made of satin. The dress was a deep scarlet. Around her neck, she wore the Granger family gem that too was scarlet. Hermione's hair was pulled into a lazy half-pony, her curls flowing freely when she walked.
"Okay, I'm ready, what about you too?"
"We've been ready for an hour." Ron muttered.
Then they began to walk down to the Great Hall...
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Minerva pulled on the dress that she had chosen the night before. It looked beautiful. A deep green to complement her eyes. For once, in what seemed like 20 years, she actually wore a dress that showed her neck. She decided that she would take her hair out of the traditional McGonagall bun. Minerva braided her hair, and let it drop over her shoulder. At exactly 7:55 she started to walk down to the Great Hall, with Severus' gift in hand.
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All the Professors and the trio were waiting at the Great Hall. They have been standing there for about 5 minutes, and then, Albus came walking down then main hall. "Well, it is wonderful to see all of you so dressed up!" Exclaimed Albus. "Now, I have decided on this theme, and I think that you will all like it." Just then the doors opened, and the Hall was filled with the sound of singing, "Walking in a winter wonder land..." the ghosts proudly sang."The theme this year is A White Christmas." said Albus.
Everything was white, from the chairs, to the food. Everything! The ceiling was charmed to look like a pleasant snow fall. The battling ghosts stop throwing snowballs, and made snowmen. The house elves were all making House Elf families.
Dumbledore began to walk down the aisle, and everyone followed. They all sat at their seats, and then food appeared. But instead of pumpkin juice, a nice Shiraz red wine filled all the glasses. Ron, Harry and Hermione, all looked at each other, and with the flick of their wands, they made their wine, into sparkling apple juice.
Albus noticed what the trio has done, laughed and said, "Then I think we know who our designated students are." and then took a big gulp of wine.
Once dinner was over, they all decided that they would do their secret Santa's. Minerva went up to Severus and said "Severus, it took me forever to find you the perfect gift, and I don't want you to do any experiments and it. Do you understand?" Then she put the basket into his lap. Severus removed the cloth to find a perfectly oval snake egg. He picked it up and knew instantly, that this was a very rare snake. "Thank you Minerva! Thank you. I promise I wont do any experiments on her..." and then he put the egg back into the basket, stood up and gave Minerva a light kiss on the cheek.
Albus came up from behind Minerva, placed his hands on her shoulders and said, "Close your eyes." When she had them closed, she felt something cold around her neck. "Open". Albus was standing in front of her with a mirror. In the mirror was a beautifully cut diamond in the shape of an "M". "I noticed that you were not wearing a necklace tonight. I hope that this will work." "Oh, Albus, it's beautiful. Thank you." "You're very welcome Minerva."
"Now I think that it is time to pass the Vodka bottle around? Don't you say?" Albus said.
Then, 2 bottles of Absolute Vodka appeared at each end of the table.
"Harry, Ron, I think we should go outside and get some air, don't you think?" Hermione whispered. "Yeah, Come on Harry."
The Trio left the Great Hall without anyone noticing.
"Okay, that was strange...I don't want to even think of our Professors drunk."
"Ron, I have a feeling that we will SEE them drunk. Come on lets not stay outside to long." Harry said
When they arrived back inside, music was playing, and a couple of the Professors were already passed out.
"I think they are getting drunk."
"No Ronald, they ARE drunk."
Snape was taking shots and crying, telling anyone about his childhood that would listen. Hagrid was having a competition with Rolanda Hooch, drinking a shot for every time someone said "Merry Christmas!" which happened often. Flitwick was passed out and Sprout was about to join him. Albus and Minerva were dancing to the music; they appeared to be the only ones, not drunk. The battling ghosts had once again started throwing snowballs, and the caroling ghosts, had gotten into an argument about something.
The Trio decided that it would be best that they all go back to the common room. They had lots to think about, and had a feeling that they wouldn't be getting to sleep anytime soon.
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At about midnight, Minerva and Albus walked into Minerva's living quarters. Albus undid Minerva's hair, and changed her into her nightgown. Then he slowly led the tipsy witch into bed...
The END! YAY! I wrote my first complete story!
