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In the Right place, at the Right Time

Chapter 6

"The Yule Ball"

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Professor Snape announced to the Slytherin house that apart of the Triwizard Tournament was coming up that was called the Yule Ball. They were told that they were needed to wear formal dress robes and that it would start at eight o'clock pm on Christmas Day, going until midnight.

A few Slytherin girls giggled, and Pansy ran directly to Draco Malfoy BEGGING him to take her to it. Draco Malfoy did not look all too impressed, and glanced to Usagi. Usagi glared at Pansy. Draco pushed Pansy off, looked at Usagi and walked away as Snape continued about what they were to do and not to do.

Usagi watched as Draco walked away. She didn't want to attend, anyway. She thought about the last dance she had gone to before the Moon Kingdom was distroyed, and tears silently welled up in her eyes.

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The next morning, Draco recieved a letter coming from his father. He groaned and opened it up, reading the words;

Draco,

It is in my great interest that there is going to be a Yule Ball coming up at Hogwarts on Christmas Day. You do know what that means, don't you? You are to go with Pansy Parkinson. Your mother is in great favour of this young lady, who might I add, is also a pure-blooded witch and her father is on the Lord's side.

If you do not obey me, something will happen.

Lucius

Draco read this and groaned again. He didn't want to go with that Parkinson witch, in fact, a part of him deep down inside wanted to go to the Yule Ball with Usagi, who was sitting a few seats away from him. It was strange, ever since this Triwizard Tournament started, she's been very distant. She hardly ever talked to him, or even looked at him at that matter. However, he didn't worry too much about it because he had better things to do with his time.

Pansy came running over to him, much to his discomfort.

"Draco! Draco! Your father just sent ME a message! He said you are going to go with me to the Yule Ball!" She shrieked and hugged his neck, almost choking him. He saw Usagi look away from the scene that Parkinson was causing.

"Uh...yeah. Now get off of me." Pansy looked hurt but listened to him anyway. She walked off to go and tell her Slytherin girls about the news.

Alia and Sarah looked at each other and looked back to Usagi.

"Poor girl...ever since this all happened, no one even talks to her. It even seems that most of the Slytherins don't even want anything to do with her. Even if she is in the tournament, you'd think they'd be proud and encourage her with their pride..." Alia whispered to Sarah. Usagi must've heard something, because she got up leaving her breakfast behind and left.

Snape pulled Usagi aside.

"Eep!"

"Tsukino, have you found a dance partner yet?"

"A...a dance partner?" Usagi gulped, getting nervous. Snaped scrowled at her.

"Yes. A dance partner. Weren't you listening to me yesterday?" Usagi nodded, and muttered something about Pansy distracting her.

"I'm not going..." Usagi growled, which made Snape angry.

"You HAVE to go, it's traditional, Tsukino! As part of the Yule Ball tradition, you must find one!" with that, Snape stormed off.

Usagi sank against the wall beside her. What was she going to do? Draco was taken, the one guy she wanted to be with the most. She wanted to slap him. She wanted to scream at him. She wanted to hurt him just as he had been doing to her. She slipped out of the hall, and down a few more until she got to the old girls bathroom where Moaning Mertle was. Usagi sank down into an empty stall.

What did she do wrong? Why was Draco treating her so differently than he had in the beginning of the year? She remembered back to the night she spent in his room with him and Luna. Was it because of the Tournament? Usagi didn't want to participate in it as it was, it wasn't her fault! Then, she decided she didn't want to go to any classes that day, and stayed in the same stall, hiding from anyone that walked by.

A week passed, and the Yule ball was in less than three days. Usagi had become very discouraged, no boys had asked her to go. If she didn't go would she have ruined everything? Usagi was sitting outside near a lake in the Hogwarts yards. The snow was fresh on the ground, and Usagi didn't seem to noticed someone tapping her shoulder from behind. Usagi whipped around to see Draco Malfoy staring down at her.

"Usagi." Usagi stood up from the bench she had been sitting on to face him. She knew what he wanted to know.

"I haven't found a partner yet, Draco..." she voice trailed off. She could've sworn she seen a look of relief on his face, but thought better of it. It was Draco Malfoy after all.

"Usagi...the reason I'm going with Pansy Parkinson is because of my father and mother. He's on good terms with her's." Draco told her, looking around him. Usagi nodded in understanding. "My mother is in favour of Parkinson's family."

"It's alright... I'll find someone, I hope." Usagi said, looking at his profile. She tugged on his sleeve, motioning that she was going back inside, and the two walked back into the Hogwarts castle together. Out of the corner of her eye, Usagi could've sworn she saw someone she had seen before. Draco looked at her in question and she brushed him off saying it was nothing.

It was and hour before the Yule Ball, and Usagi still hadn't a partner to begin the opening dance with. She was about to climb through the window and try get away, before I knock came to the door. Alia and Sarah had already made their way to the ball, and Usagi was left all alone in the dorm that she shared with them. Hesitating before opening the door, she saw the face of the one and only...

"SEIYA!" she squealed, lunging herself at him. He was dressed in a tuxedo, and ready to leave. He returned the bone-crushing hug.

"Can I come in for a few minutes, Usagi-chan?" he asked, looking around to see that no one was in there. Usagi eagerly nodded, and let him in. Seiya made his way over to her bed, and sat down on the end of it.

"How'd you get here? How'd you KNOW I was here? How is your princess? Where is everyone else?" Usagi attacked him with many questions, and he laughed.

"Usagi...my hime sent me here, only for tonight though. We've been keeping track of the whole Triwizard Tournament back on our planet!" he informed her.

"Really?" Seiya nodded.

"When we heard that the Yule Ball was part of it, Kikyou-hime suggested that I come and be your partner for tonight, seeing to how you don't have one and there's only less than an hour before it." Usagi nodded and sat down next to him.

"How did you know that I didn't have a partner?" Usagi wondered.

"Our hime knows a lot of things..." Usagi understood then, remembering the beautiful Kikyou.

"How is she and the others? Yaten and Taiki?"

"They're doing just fine, and wanted to come also, but Kikyou-hime didn't have enough power to send all three of us, just me." he smirked, pulling her into a hug.

"Thank you so much Seiya! I was about to try and run away to Hogsmede for the evening or something." Seiya laughed at Usagi's idea when she asked about something. "Seiya... do you know why I'm here?" Usagi watched as Seiya nodded.

"Yeah, Kikyou-hime told us about the Moon Kingdom, and how your mother and father were both a witch and wizard. Amazing, if you ask me. She also said that she knew Dumbledore from long ago. I can't wait to talk to him." Time passed quickly, and it was now ten minutes before the ball. Usagi waved her wand around her and she appeared in her Princess form in front of him. Seiya got up and took her arm.

"Shall we?" Usagi nodded.

"We shall!"

Everyone was already there, and Draco ignored Pansy's protests as he looked all around for Usagi. Just then, he looked up and saw her...with another man. Who was this man, he wondered. He didn't go to Hogwarts. Everyone else followed Draco's gaze to the stairs, were Usagi stand arm-in-arm with a strange man. She wasn't wearing a formal robe and everyone noticed. Looking down, Usagi realized this too, and gave a nervous laugh. She muttered something about forgetting.

Usagi looked around at all the different couples, and recognized all of them; Harry Potter and Parvati Patil, Ron Weaseley and Padma Patil, Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies, Lavender Brown and Seamus Finnigan, Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory, Dean Thomas and a mystery girl, Neville Longbottom and Ginny Weaseley, Vicktor Krum and Hermione Granger, and much to Usagi's distaste, Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson.

The first opening was with the four champions and their partners dancing. Usagi was so very glad that Seiya knew how to dance, or both of them would've been on the floor. She turned her head to see Fleur and Roger gliding with the music, and smiled at Hermione who looked very nice with her hair done in a different way. The air was heating up inside, and Seiya made his way to the balcony with Usagi.

Usagi was pointing out constellations to Seiya as they were catching up on old times. Seiya noticed every now and then that the blonde boy, Draco Malfoy was dancing with a girl that had a pug-face. The girl was dressed in pink, which was sickening to Seiya's eyes. He noticed that Draco would glide their way over towards the doors that lead out to the balcony were Usagi and Seiya sat in the crisp air.

"So..." Seiya said, looking at the blonde boy. "You like him, do you not?"

Usagi was surprised at Seiya's knowledge and nodded her head.

"Yes, but he's been different lately. We met by him appearing in-"

"Your fireplace, I know." Again, she was surprised by Seiya's words. "Remember, Kikyou-hime, Yaten, Taiki and I know everything."

Usagi giggled, because she knew that the Princess was wise and knew everything just as Sailor Pluto did. Sailor Pluto, how Usagi missed her so.

"I also heard about that Mamo-baka." Usagi grunted after Seiya mentioned this and looked away. "But, Draco stood up for you, which is very odd for him to do might I add?"

"Yes, and he probably could've got in a load of trouble with the Ministry, too."

Seiya corrected her knowledge, "Usagi, the Ministry in Japan is WAY different. In fact, there's less witches and wizards in Japan, yet stronger ones might I add. The Ministry doesn't really care a great deal."

"That's strange. What if a 'muggle' had seen?"

"Oh well, then that witch or wizard is allowed to perform a forgetting curse on them."

"Wow, Seiya you know more than me." She laughed, getting up. "Lets go back in, it's getting chilly."

The two went back in and continued to dance. Usagi noticed that she would recieve the odd glance from Draco. It was like as if he was jealous of Seiya or something. She would look into Seiya's eyes every now and then and would notice that Seiya knew more than what he had told her out on the balcony moments before.

Soon, midnight rolled around and the Yule Ball was coming to an end. It was time for Usagi to say goodbye to her dear friend Seiya. The two stood out on the balcony and hugged tightly. Usagi had tears in her eyes. Seiya wiped her tears away, and said that they'll be seeing eachother again.

"Seiya...thank you so much..." Usagi said embracing Seiya again.

"It's alright, Usagi. You'll get through this." He hugged her again, noticing that Draco Malfoy was watching him from the corner of his eye. Usagi sniffed again, and Seiya disappeared into the night. Usagi felt herself reaching out into the air where Seiya once stood. She felt as though she had been ripped away from a dear friend and once again left alone as she walked back inside.

ok, just a quick note. I'm not longer continuing this fic. I just uploaded ones that I already had written. If anyone would like to take over, please PM me!