Love's Talent
Chapter Four: Contestant Clash
LunarianPrincess
Well, I'm an idiot, it seems I changed the name of the chap but not the number, last chap was chap three this is chap 4, sorry for any confusion!
A talent contest and performing class brings new alliances and blooming romance, but is a sinister force trying to prevent it from being successful?
Pairings: GW/DM; KS/DS; some HP/LL and HG/RW
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter Universe/Characters, I do own Darien Solaro and Kassara Saravati. This is in Ginny's sixth year and some of the characters might seem OOC, but bear with me. Feedback is appreciated, but please try to keep criticism constructive, Thanx in advance
This chapter is basically about flirting, even if you don't mean to, j/k
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"Don't worry, I'm not going to fall in love, I mean who'd want to live with the threat of both my father and my own insurmountable perfection," he replied before grabbing his own school things and beginning all his parchments, by the time he went to bed, around midnight, he had finished all of them.
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Ginny was muttering under her breath, one hand angrily swatting the air the other clamped viciously around Kasi's wrist. Kasi had grabbed her books when Ginny had begun her angry tirade and almost dropped them all.
"Hey, hey, crazy girl, would you like to let me get some circulation," Kasi called loudly. Though it seemed like Ginny didn't hear her the red head released her death-grip, though she continued to mutter angrily and stalked through the common room. Nervous looking first years scrambled out of her way and some of the older students looked at her in amusement, they had been witness to Ginny's famous temper.
"Hey Gin, what's up, what's wrong?" a calm voice asked quietly. Ginny stopped her muttering and turned to look at the couch facing the fire. There her brother was, Harry sat on one side of him, reading still, and Hermione on the other, writing furiously on a parchment.
"Nothing Ron, just a little encounter," she told him quietly, she blushed before heading up to her room. Kassara stared after her, confused by the avoidance and embarrassment in her friend's attitude, plus the blush that stained her cheeks.
"Is she really okay, Kassara?" Hermione asked politely. Kassara turned to look at the older students and smiled, releasing her aching wrist.
"Oh, I'm sure she's fine, Hermione, just a little embarrassed, she tripped on the stairs," she told them sheepishly, glad that she had only told them what Ginny would have said herself. She was sure Ginny didn't want her brother or his friends to know what had just happened with Draco Malfoy. She smiled and disappeared into the stairwell which led to their private room.
"What did they ask you," Ginny asked nervously, as she bit her lip and looked out the windows. The bay of windows over looked a little used section of the grounds.
"They wanted to know if you were really okay," she said quietly. She rubbed her temples, which had begun to ache in the past few minutes. "Flames, what's really the matter?" she asked worriedly, she hoped her friends secret name would return her to herself.
"Don't worry, Icy, I am never at my best after dealing with Malfoy," she paused, her head tilting to the side as she contemplated something, "I don't know, he just brings out something in me," her friend related, sinking wearily into the window seat.
"Well, you didn't have to drag me away from the cutie he was with," her friend said reproachfully, though she was smiling.
"Sorry, Kasi, I just wanted to get out of there as fast as I could," her friend explained. She stood quickly and deftly removed her cloak. She threw it on the couch next to her before bending over her trunk. "I'm going to change then I'll finish my work so I can help you at tryouts tomorrow," she said as she disappeared.
When she returned Kasi was at the desk writing furiously, Ginny dropped her things before looking over her best friend's shoulder. "Uses of Cinnamon," she read aloud before breaking into giggles. "Kasi, that isn't due until next week, what, want to finish so you can go on a hot date?" she teased.
"C'mon Ginny, if we do this now we can focus on your song and your outfit for it, plus your costume for Halloween," her friend said with a smile before adding "Plus, that Darien is way cute!"
"Okay, I'm going to put my things down then we'll work on our parchments that were assigned today," she told her friend. She grabbed her portable desk and sat on the over-sized chair next to the desk. She laid the desk on her lap before setting her parchments on it. She grabbed her quill and dipped it into her inkwell. She grabbed Kasi's Transfiguration book which was on the desk and opened it up. She located the part on turning a mouse into a music box. For a while there was silence except for the scratching of quills. Ginny finished her Transfiguration parchment and traded books with Kasi. She opened the books to the section on cinnamon and began writing. A second later she had a surprising revelation. 'Draco smells like cinnamon'. She shook her head of this rogue thought and continued with her parchment. She finished and looked at the clock, it was 11:30. She rolled up her parchments and shoved them in her bag, luckily there had been no work in Herbology. Kasi was still writing thoughtfully. A minute later she closed her book and set her quill down. Raising her arms she stretched and yawned.
"I'm glad that's done, now we can focus on more important things," her friend told her. "I'm going to get cleaned up and ready for bed and then we'll talk about your plans for the talent competition, and your Halloween costume," she said as she threw her parchments in her bag and grabbed her night clothes. Ginny sat on the crimson window seat and looked out at the night. The moon hung full and promising over the lake, its reflection wavering and beautiful. The beautiful scarlet roses a story beneath her window were gilded silver and looked enchanting. Ginny loved the night, everything was mysterious and enthralling. It made her feel tingly and she shivered deliciously. She heard the door open and looked at Kasi expectantly.
She smiled wryly. Her blonde friend had an odd sense of style. She was dressed in a mint green baby-doll outfit, the short dress was sheer enough to show off her friends lithe body and modest enough to cover everything. Kasi's hair was in twin braids which hung to between her shoulder blades.
"Now, about your costume, what did you want to be for Halloween?" she asked while placing her things neatly in her trunk. After she was done she perched on the edge of her bed, which nearly dwarfed her with its massive size. Since it was only the two of them sharing the room, the beds were larger than most of the other beds. They were hung with scarlet curtains with gold tassels and draws.
"I hadn't really thought about it. What do you want to go as?" she returned.
"Well, we could go as Can-Can dancers," her friend said. Ginny bit her lip as she thought about it. She didn't know if she could wear something so daring and revealing. Thinking of what people thought of her she decided she wouldn't be against the idea, she was sick of being a perfect little girl who is always well-mannered, polite, and meek.
"What would we wear though?" she asked as she thought about it.
"Well, Since we could go together we could have similar themes. I mean I could have a pale blue corset edged with white lace, plus satin gloved and a garter. You, I guess we could do it emerald, it would bring out the green in your hazel eyes," she said, her eyes had gone vague as they always did when she was designing. She grabbed her sketch book and immediately began sketching. Ginny stood and walked away from the mysterious night landscape. She hopped into bed and pulled the gold, silk sheets up around her. She fell asleep and dreamt about cinnamon scented forests.
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Draco awoke to see the sun rising above the horizon. He shook the tangled bedclothes off him. He was disquieted to realize that most of his dreams revolved around a Quidditch pitch and a raspberry-scented redhead in the rain. He shook off the confusing and disturbing thought and went about getting ready for class. He was reading a book fully dressed when Darien shoved the bedclothes open and glared at him.
"What are you doing up so bloody early?" he demanded, using the word Draco had taught him over the summer.
"It's nearly 7, breakfast is in an hour and classes after that, you should get ready you know," he responded, unruffled by his friend's annoyance. Dare groaned and shoved himself out of bed and grabbed his things. He left mumbling about annoying people who got up at unreasonable hours. Draco shook his head and returned to his book. A half-hour later Dare returned his chestnut hair gleaming and his clothes on properly.
"Let's go, I know breakfast doesn't start for another half-hour but the doors will be open, and I'm sure a few people will be there," Dare said as he grabbed his bag and headed for the door. Draco shrugged and grabbed his things, following his friend out of the Slytherin chambers. He decided not to tease his friend, he was sure that he wanted to see his new girl, Kassara.
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Well I finished it, I'm running out of ideas, J/K! I wanted to thank all of you who reviewed and I have stuff to reply.
Teagpz- sure I'll change it back, thanks for the reviews- you're the best!
Dracosbaby7- thanks for the review, I hope you like the competition!
HyperCrazy- thanks for the character info, and the song, I always liked that song, hope you like this chap!
StairwayToHeaven- I really liked your character, I used her to put Draco in his place, and it should come up in one of the next chaps thanks!
duckiez143- I don't think you're a loser, you really helped, I like your song, and thanks for reading!
Hoppers- I like your character, I had her help ream Draco in a later chap, I hope you like it!
PnAyxTrAcKsTaR01- thanks for taking the time to review my story!
DethsFlamingArrow- I can definitely fit her in, thanks for putting in a character, I hope I make her the way you want! Thanks for the review, it means a lot that you reviewed!
PS. If you want to tell me what you want your characters to wear for Halloween it would be very helpful, you see after the contest all the participants get to sit at their own table for their feast with a King and Queen of the festivities (winners of the contest), Thanx in advance!
If I forgot you, I am soooo sorry, I am still accepting characters if you want to submit more(especially guys), and I really want to thank you guys, a lot of your characters have really inspired me to put little tidbit stories in. Thanks again! Please R&R!!!!!!