A/N: I moved to a new place now...eventually fitting in and all that. School's alright too. My apologies for neglecting this fanfic. I just remembered that I was trying to finish one. But here goes the next chapter ).
Chapter 8 – Halloween at Hogsmeade
It was a noisy Friday morning. Everyone wouldn't stop talking about how their night at Hogsmeade was going to be. In Charms class, Professor Flitwick had a hard time settling the students down and getting them to work. After many attempts, students still were having talks about Halloween.
"I heard each house is going to have this huge bewitched box that gives us whatever costume we want." Said Kyra as she was taking notes from her Standard Book of Spells Seven.
"Oh wow that saves a lot of time." Hermione nodded. Marty looked across the room and saw Ryan talking to Draco. He glanced at her and smiled. Marty returned the smile.
"Do you like him?" Kyra whispered.
Marty looked at him again. "I don't know. He's pretty decent. We'll have to see I guess."
"I wonder what Ron has been up to lately. It's been bothering me a little." Hermione dipped her quill in the bottle of ink.
"They're always late for dinner huh?" asked Kyra.
"Yeah...I don't know." Said Hermione. "Don't get me wrong I trust him it's just, it's been bothering me. I'm wondering if everything's okay you know?"
"I know where you're coming from." Marty replied. "Don't worry about it. It will just make things worst."
"Yeah you're right." Hermione smiled.
At the end of the day, the heads of all the houses announced that there will be a "Halloween Box" in every common room for the student's needs. This of course, made common rooms even more packed than ever.
"I wonder if the common room is less packed yet." Said Hermione as she was playing chess with Ron in the boys' dormitory.
"Probably not." Said Ron. "I can still hear kids fighting over who's going to be who."
"WHOA!" Kyra looked out the window. "I didn't know that you guys have a good view here!"
"Shows how many times you've been here." Marty smirked.
"Tell that to Hermione." Kyra laughed.
"Don't even." Hermione raised an eyebrow.
"I hope no one has the same costume as me that's for sure." Said Harry.
"What are you going to be Harry?" Marty asked.
"Tell you later." Said Harry. He then mouthed the words "Kyra's not supposed to know."
"Oh! ANYWAYS," Marty noticed that Kyra wasn't paying attention. "Did you hear about the new Ice Cream Shop?"
"Oh yeah that's right." Said Kyra as she stopped looking out the window. "Wasn't it called Winnie's Blizzards?"
"Yeah." Marty replied. "I really want to try the fried ice cream."
"Fried ice cream?!" Ron wondered. "Is that good?"
"Oh yeah trust me." Marty nodded.
"I think the common room isn't as crowded anymore." Kyra looked out the door. "Everyone's going in the dormitories now."
"WHOA WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE!?" A boy in his fifth year said as he passed by when Kyra was looking out the door.
"What do you care!?" Kyra shook her head as the boy walked away.
"You girls can go on ahead. We'll catch up with you." Said Harry.
"Sure." Kyra left the dormitory as Hermione followed. Marty waited as she could hear their footsteps getting fainter.
"So why won't you tell Kyra?" Marty asked.
"Oh it's a surprise." Said Harry. "Do you know what punk-rockers are?"
"Hmm...yeah." Said Marty. "Muggles right?"
"Yeah." Harry replied. "I'm going to dress like one of them."
"Whoa really?" Marty said surprisingly. "With spikes and the eyeliner and everything?"
Harry nodded. "Don't tell."
"Of course I won't. That's wicked." Marty smiled. "But I better go now before they start looking for me." Marty went down to the common room and met up with Kyra and Hermione.
"Hurry up Hermione!" Kyra complained.
"Hold on I want it perfect..." Hermione's eyes were closed. She opened her eyes and looked in the box and pulled out a female vampire outfit. "Wow! Just how I wanted it!"
"How do you work this thing?" Marty asked.
"You have to think about how you want your costume and it'll be there." Kyra closed her eyes. When she was done, she pulled out a costume of what looked like a ripped Cinderella dress without the sparkling glitter. "We should have these more often."
"Is it just me or are you supposed to be Cinderella because that doesn't look so elegant." Marty raised an eyebrow.
"It's not supposed to be. I'm supposed to be a rebellious Cinderella. It's like how you want to be a dead Juliet." Kyra looked at her dress.
"Hmm...not bad. Okay my turn." Marty closed her eyes and thought about how she wanted her costume to look like. She opened her eyes and pulled out a scarlet and black Renaissance dress. "Nice..."
"I like the color." Hermione looked at the dress.
"Good choice." Kyra nodded.
"Thanks." Marty smiled. Suddenly, Ron and Harry arrived.
"You girls are done?" Harry asked. "That was quick."
"Yeah...but I'm tired so I think I'll go to bed now. Goodnight." Kyra kissed Harry on the cheek and so did Hermione with Ron and went up to their dormitory.
"If you need help with spiking your hair...just ask me." Marty told Harry.
"Yeah I think I'll need it. See you in the morning." Harry agreed as Marty went to the dormitory.
Saturday came and the day went by fast. Fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh year students were busy preparing for the night at Hogsmeade. While they were preparing, the first, second, and third years headed to Hogsmeade.
"Hey Ron let me see that spell book you found in your trunk." Said Marty.
"Sure." Said Ron as he handed the book to Marty.
She skimmed through the pages and found something that caught her eye. "Switching bodies?"
"Oh no Marty not again." Hermione raised her eyebrows.
"Who said I was going to do that?" Marty turned the page. "Just saw it out of nowhere. Anyways, it says here that I need something that resembles the color I want my hair to be."
"So you need something that's silver?" Kyra asked.
"Um yeah...silver kind of gray in a way?" Marty looked around the common room.
"Hmm..." said Harry. "Seamus has a grayish sweater."
"Nah..." Marty shook her head. "It's too gray."
"What about Parvati's purse?" Hermione asked.
Marty saw Parvati's purse on the table and went up to Parvati. "Hey Parvati."
"Oh hello Marty." Parvati smiled.
"Do you mind if I use your purse for a little while?" asked Marty.
"My purse?" Parvati wondered. "What for?"
"Well for Halloween I'm going to color my hair differently." Marty explained. "Kind of giving me streaks of silvery-gray? So in order to change my hair color, I need something that resembles the color I want. Apparently your purse is the color I want."
"Oh I see." Said Parvati. She emptied her purse and gave it to Marty. "Just give it back to me when you're done."
"Thanks!" Marty smiled. Marty took Parvati's purse up with her to the dormitory so she can start getting ready. Soon after, Kyra and Hermione started getting ready too.
"What time does the train leave?" Kyra asked.
"Exactly six o'clock. We have about 2 hours." Hermione replied.
"That should be enough time." Marty looked at the spell book. She read the directions carefully and pulled out her wand. "'For streaks, use this spell.' Hmm, okay then. Transcuro!"
Suddenly there was a silver spark shooting out of Marty's wand and her hair soon was streaked with silvery-gray. "Oh wow, it looks great Marty." Kyra's eyes widened.
"Yeah." Hermione agreed. "It suits you. Maybe you should leave it like that."
Marty looked in the mirror. "Hmm...not bad. Do you know how to curl hair?" Hermione cast a spell and Marty's hair was instantly curled.
"It should last the whole night." Said Hermione.
"Okay I'll be right back. I have to give back Parvati her purse." Said Marty as she left. She gave back Parvati's purse and stopped by the boys' dormitory. "Okay Harry, need help?"
"Yeah...I don't think these instant spike spells are effective." Replied Harry.
"Oh those things never work. Let me do it." Said Marty as she took some hair wax and started spiking Harry's hair.
"Do I look okay?" Kyra asked as she kept fixing rag looking dress.
"Yes Cinderella." Said Marty as she opened the door. "Can we please go now?"
"Hurry up the boys are waiting." Hermione added.
"Fine." Kyra followed Marty and Kyra out the door. They went down to the common room to meet up with Ron and Harry. The common room was filled with students in the most peculiar clothing you can imagine, portraying certain characters they chose to be. They met up with the boys by the fireplace, where Ron and Harry were dressed up and ready to go. Ron was dressed up in what looked like a custom made Quidditch uniform that said "R. Weasley" on the right side of his chest. Harry of course was in his punk outfit. Marty had spiked his hair and changed his hair color to electric blue and he wore ripped black pants, a white sleeveless top, and a black and blue robe over it with boots.
"Wow Ron that turned out really well!" said Hermione looking at her boyfriend's outfit.
"Harry..." Kyra gazed at her boyfriend. Her eyes widened as she eyed him from head to toe.
"You don't like it?" He wondered.
Kyra smiled. "You're so hot." She went over to him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Harry blushed, even though Marty had put white powder on his face to make him look a little pale.
"So can we go now?" Marty asked. "I have to meet up with my date."
"Oh of course can't keep the princess waiting." Kyra joked as they went through the portrait hole.
Marty was starting to get nervous as they headed to the entrance hall. A lot of students were hanging around the corridors for the carriages to arrive and take them to the train, and eventually to Hogsmeade. "Um, save us seats at the carriage?"
"Sure of course. We'll be able to fit." Hermione nodded. "Just go find your date before you lose him."
Marty wandered all around the entrance hall looking for Ryan. She wasn't sure what he was wearing so she looked at the faces of the students. "Oh come on, where is he?" She asked herself.
"Marty?" a voice asked behind her. She turned around to find a guy standing before her wearing what looked like a black trench coat, a black button up shirt with a white tie, black pants, black shoes, a white mask covering part of his face, and a black top hat slanted on his head revealing his spiked black hair.
"Ryan?" She asked. She smiled as Ryan took off the mask that was covering half his face.
"Hello." He smiled as he also took off his hat. "What are you supposed to be?"
"Um a dead Juliet...or something like that. You know, from the Shakespeare story that some Muggles are fond of." She shrugged.
"Yeah..." Ryan looked at her from head to toe. "I'm surprised you're supposed to be dead. You look too beautiful to be."
Marty blushed. "Thanks. So...what about you? That whole mask thing is so familiar."
"I'm supposed to be like a modern version of the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera." Said Ryan. "Yeah I couldn't think of anything else."
"Well you make a handsome phantom. Are you going to sing some opera for me?" She joked.
"Funny..." He said sarcastically. "Oh, the carriages are here."
Marty just remembered Hermione was saving space for them in their carriage. "Oh um just come with me, my friends saved us seats in our carriage."
Ryan followed Marty outside as she looked for Hermione and the others. She then found Harry's electric blue spiky head and walked towards the carriage he was going into. "Okay we're here!" Said Marty.
"Oh good just in time." Said Kyra. She looked at Ryan. "Hi Ryan. Phantom?"
"Yup." He smiled.
"Phantom as in Phantom of the Opera?" Hermione stopped before getting in. "My parents told me all about that story! Actually-"
"Actually we can talk about this inside." Ron cut her off as she went in. "Sorry, she'll never get in if you don't force it."
"RON!" Hermione scolded. Marty laughed as she followed Ron and finally Ryan got in.
"Oh my bad." Said Marty. "Ryan you know Harry and Ron?"
"Yeah." Ryan replied. "You play on the Quidditch team right?"
"Yeah." They both answered. "Do you know how to play Quidditch?" Harry asked.
"Yeah." Ryan nodded. "We played Quidditch back in Japan. Our fields aren't that big though. Oh, cool spikes by the way."
"Oh thanks." Harry felt his spikes. "Marty did them." Marty rolled her eyes.
"So what position do you play?" Ron asked.
"Oh um, beater." Ryan answered. "The first time I played Quidditch I was a Chaser, but I liked being a beater better."
"Oh so you were a chaser?" said Kyra. "That's cool, me and Marty are chasers. Are you in your house team?"
"Yeah, luckily." He nodded. "There was a spot open for another beater and not much people were trying out for that position."
"Oh yeah that's right." Said Harry. "Bletchley's the only one left."
Before they got into even deeper conversation, they arrived at the train station and got into a cabin in the train. There they continued talking.
"That Viktor Krum...God knows I can hate his guts forever but he's a bloody good seeker." Ron shook his head.
Hermione slapped his arm. "Ron please don't bring that up!" Harry, Kyra, and Marty stared at Hermione and Ron, remembering how Ron would always get jealous over Viktor Krum. But in the end, they both got together.
"So..." Ryan avoided the silence. "What's this Winnie's Blizzards everybody's talking about?"
"Are you kidding?" Ron said surprisingly. "That's the new Ice Cream Shop in Hogsmeade. I heard from my brothers it's really good."
"Really?" Ryan was impressed. "So what other good places are there?"
"Well..." Said Hermione. "There's of course Winnie's Blizzards, there's a Gift Shop, Three Broomsticks, which has the all famous Butterbeer, Honeydukes, Zonko's Joke Shop, the Shrieking Shack, and of course other mini stores.
"Wow." Said Ryan.
"Yeah she really knows the place." Marty smiled. In about ten minutes, they reached Hogsmeade. The village was lighted with pumpkins everywhere. The train was suddenly emptied as the students rushed to Honeydukes and the new Winnie's Blizzards. In Halloween, the Shrieking Shack was the place to go. Many daring students visited the Shrieking Shack, but the whole village was just filled with Halloween spirit.
"I loved what they did with the village." Said Kyra as she gazed at all the lighted pumpkins and other decorations.
"So I guess we're going to split up?" Harry wondered.
"Yeah." Ron agreed. "Alone time for everyone!"
"Okay, so we'll meet at Winnie's Blizzards in two hours?" Marty asked.
"Sounds good to me." Hermione smiled as the three pairs went their separate ways. Marty noticed that Harry had his arm around Kyra and so did Ron with Hermione as they walked. Marty still felt a little awkward with Ryan, so she just walked by his side. She didn't even know if they were going to be a couple.
"So..." Ryan tried to avoid another silent moment, this time only with Marty. She let out a little laugh. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing." Marty smiled. "So where do you want to go first?"
"It's really up to you." He said. "I'm fine with wherever you want to go."
"How about we just walk around first and then we'll stop by wherever?" she asked.
"That's fine too." He smiled. They passed by Gregory's Gift and Coffee shop and Marty suddenly remembered the year before. It was in that shop that Marty tried to tell Draco that she wasn't actually Cho. She sighed as they walked pass the place where her and Cho switched places.
"Marty..." Ryan stopped walking. "Are you okay?"
Marty looked at him. "Yeah I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" said Ryan. "Maybe we should just go inside that coffee shop and talk."
"No!" Said Marty. "I mean, we could talk somewhere else." They walked towards the end of the village where there was the view of the lake and Hogwarts on the cliff. There they sat on a boulder looking at the lake.
"Look..." said Ryan. "I don't how to say this but I haven't really been with a girl in a long time. I'm sorry if I'm just making things feel awkward."
"No you're not." She assured him. "It's just...I don't know. I'm just feeling awkward because I'm not really used to this."
"I probably shouldn't have asked you on a date then." He sighed.
"No don't feel that way." She looked into his dark brown eyes. "I'm glad that you did. I don't regret agreeing to go with you either."
He let out a little smile. "The truth is Marty, I really like you." Marty felt like something just shot her heart, but didn't know if it felt good or if it hurt. "Ever since we had got to know each other that one day and we kept talking, I couldn't stop thinking about you. And after you know, calling you a bitch, I feel really guilty and I'm so sorry for that."
Marty was speechless. She admitted to herself that she was attracted to him, but could she possibly feel the same way too? She looked at the moon, which had a beautiful reflection on the lake. "Ryan, I forgive you for ever saying that. Sure we got off on the wrong start, but I mean things better now right? And honestly I am attracted to you, but I just don't know what I'm feeling."
Ryan sighed. "It's okay, I wasn't expecting you to feel the same way I do. I just wanted to let you know how I feel. I just really needed to get it out of me."
"Oh." Marty felt bad that she didn't know what to say. She knew she had to move on, but she couldn't just say it all at once. "Well, I'm flattered." She smiled at him.
"Every time you smile at me," said Ryan. "I get all nervous."
"Oh I'm sorry." Marty apologized. "Come on, let's go to Honeydukes." They both got off the boulder and walked together to Honeydukes.
"Looks like a lot of students nearly cleaned out the store." Ryan saw that the shelves in the store were nearly empty.
"Oh don't worry, Honeydukes never runs out." Marty assured him.
"Don't worry dear I'll fill them up in a second." The woman at the counter smiled.
"'Joker's box?'" Ryan read one of the labels near an empty tray.
"Oh those are really good." Said Marty. "But I fancy the Strawberry lollipops. Sure they sound ordinary, but they're really good. It's really like you're eating the real thing."
Suddenly the woman at the counter flicked her wand and the store was instantly filled with treats. "There you go dear choose whatever you like. Hogwarts students get discounts."
"Oh wow." Marty said impressively.
"Don't worry I'll take care of it. Just choose whatever you want." Ryan got one of the Joker's boxes. Marty got one of the Strawberry lollipops and a couple of Caramel Sherbets. "You can go on ahead, I'll just pay for these."
"Thanks. I'll wait outside." Marty headed out the door.
"You know dear, I know you fancy the girl." The woman told Ryan.
"It's that obvious huh?" Ryan reached into his pocket for coins.
"Here, let me do you a favor." She pulled out Marty's Strawberry lollipop. She flicked her wand at it and it instantly shaped into a rose. "There you go dear. All set."
Ryan pulled out the coins and paid for the candy. "Thank you."
"Anytime." She smiled.
"So where's my lollipop?" Marty asked as Ryan opened the paper bag of candies.
Ryan pulled out her rose/lollipop and showed it to Marty. "Here, for you."
Marty smiled as she received it. "You're so sweet...thank you."
Ryan returned a smile. For the remaining hour they talked about numerous topics as they walked around Hogsmeade. Suddenly as they passed Madam Ropely's, Marty saw Draco with Stacey Ando.
"Hey Draco." Said Ryan.
"Hey..." Draco looked at Marty who refused to look at him in the eyes.
"Hi." Marty gave a little smile.
"You two having fun?" Stacey smirked.
"Yeah..." Marty looked at her. "Of course. Why wouldn't we be?"
Ryan sensed the tension between Draco and Marty. "Well, we'll see you around." Ryan and Marty walked the opposite way Draco and Stacey were going.
"That went well." Marty said to herself.
"Draco told me about you two." Said Ryan.
Marty realized that she said it out loud. "Oh, yeah." She sighed. "I mean, not everything turns out the way you thought it would I guess."
"I see." Ryan nodded.
"Ryan..." said Marty. "I-I really had a great time. And, actually I do like you."
Ryan looked into her gray eyes. "R-really?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "I didn't know how to say it, but yeah I do like you. It's just whenever I'm around you, I feel like I don't have to worry about anything anymore."
Ryan smiled. "Hey you two." It was Kyra.
"You going inside?" Harry asked. Marty realized they were in front of Three Broomsticks.
"Yeah..." Marty smiled at Ryan as she followed Harry and Kyra.