AN: I'M BACK! A nice long chapter (11 pages) for everyone.
Well the main reasons I haven written in such a long time is:
#1: Writters Block,
#2: I didn't want to write,
#3: A new plot took hold of my brain and last but not lest
#4: I was writting or trying to write a new chapter to my xXx (the movie) story for a friend of mine (If anyone wants to read it just e-mail me with xXx story in subject.)
I'll tell you this right now my next 2-4 chapters should be up quickly. I want to finish this story by my birthday on 08/10/06. So I can put up the story I was talking about in #3. Well, on with the new chapter!
PS: The leprechauns molesting the shoelaces bit, I did not come up with a very funny writter here at Fanfiction dot net by the name of Reshima Skynight go read their story A Beautiful Disaster for the whole leprechauns molesting the shoelaces bit. Quite funny comming from a drunk Draco. Tell them Lady Slone sent ya. Now truely on with the story.
I won't bore you with the details of dad and father spending the month of November flirting one day and then playing cold the next with each other. Which from Aunt Hermione and Pansy made them almost kill the two of them off. Let's see oh yes, it gets quite interesting in the three weeks leading up to Christmas brake. Ah, let's re-enter the story the morning of Grandpa's appointment to Minister of Magic, December first…
Unity house was sitting at the Slytherin table as Ginny Weasley ran up to Unity house with the Daily Prophet in her hands.
"You'll never believe this!" Ginny Weasley yelled holding out the paper to Hermione. Hermione scanned the front page quickly and turned her head in disbelief towards Ginny.
"What is it?" Draco asked trying to look around Hermione's hair that was pretty bushy that morning.
"Last night Arthur Weasley was voted in as Minister of Magic after the death of Minister Fudge earlier that day. Arthur and his wife Molly were extremely shocked after finding out sorsecs told us, as we were unable to get an interview with the new minister. The new minister had seven children: Their oldest Bill works for Gringotts and was married to Fleur Delacourt earlier this summer, Charlie works overseas in Romania with the dragon colonies, Percy was killed this summer along with many other ministry workers during the battle for the M.O.M, Fred and George own and run a quite a joke shop in Diagon Ally and Hogsmead, and their youngest children Ronald and Ginevra are attending Hogwarts. Respectful each is in six and fifth years in Gryffindor House. Ron is friends with Harry Potter…" Hermione read with eyes wide.
Harry stood up with glass raised and said,"To Hogwarts newest celebrities." The rest of Unity house stood up and toasted Ron and Ginny. The rest of the school was a buzz with gossip most of the week about the shocking news.
Ron rushed into the common room last Thursday afternoon with rips and lip gloss smears on his clothes. Falling into a chair near the fireplace and said, "Harry, I'm sorry for anything I said about having your fame. I don't want it take it back."
"Welcome to my world. How did you rip your robe?" Harry asked over the top of his charms book.
"I got ambushed on the way back from Hagrid's class by a group of fifth and sixth year Hufflepuffs, Slytherin's and Ravenclaws. Bloody hell, they got my books." Ron bemoaned and threw his arm over his eyes dramatically.
"Drama Queen," Harry muttered under his breath as Hermione and Draco came running in with Ginny in their arms.
"What the hell?" Pansy said walking out of her room upon seeing Hermione and Draco breathing heavy.
"Ginny was ambushed." Hermione huffed out and placed her head between her knees.
"Hermione stand up straight you're closing your lungs off." Harry said still working on his charms homework.
"Does this not bother you Harry that Ron's little sister was ambushed?" Hermione asked stand up to her full height.
"Yes, it does bother me but I'm glad the spot light is on someone else for a change." Harry said.
"You're heartless you know that Harry Potter." Hermione said and stomped off to her room.
"No, if I was heartless I would have let Voldemort kill me." Harry muttered. Pansy took a seat next to Harry and snorted at Harry's comment. Draco raised one elegant eyebrow in question and sat on the other side of Harry.
Harry looked up from his work and sighed, "I guess I'm done with my homework for the night. What is up with the Slytherin sandwich?"
"What are you talking about?" Pansy asked looking over Harry's homework.
"I don't know, but you are on my left Pansy and Draco is on my right equals a Slytherin sandwich." Harry said handing his homework to Pansy. Pansy was as good as Hermione if not better in Charms.
"I don't know I know you were working on Charms and I wanted to know if you needed help." Pansy said reading over the essay.
"Favorite place on the couch," Draco said sounding lame, "I'm going to go. I'll talk to you two later." Draco left the common room running into Blaise and Padma.
"Watch where you're going mate," Blaise said steadying Draco on his feet. Draco nodded and darted out of the way.
"What is up with him?" Blasie asked pointing to Ron who still sat with his arm flung over his eyes dramatically.
"He's not taking his fame very well." Harry said getting up and left for his room to put his books away. By the time he got back Blaise and Pansy had their heads together over Harry's Charm's essay. Ginny was sitting with Hermione at the planning table that had the early plans for New Years Eve dance spread across it. Ginny's eyes lit up with mischief when she saw Harry from across the room.
"Oh, Harry, my knight in shining armor, you'll walk me to my classes tomorrow won't you?" Ginny said with puppy dog eyes.
"He will not." Draco said from the other couch.
"Jealous much, Draco?" Ginny asked sweetly.
"Me jealous? In your dreams, Red." Draco said with a wave of his hand. Ginny rolled her eyes and went to look back at Harry to find him gone. She scanned the common room and found him with Blaise and Pansy.
"She's coming…"Terry said excitedly as he ran into the room from the rest of the school while clutching a letter.
"Who's coming, Terry?" Harry asked looking up from where he was on the couch.
"My Heiress, she comes this weekend." Terry said as if he was on cloud nine.
"What is her name?" Ginny asked.
"I don't know we are meeting for the first time this weekend." Terry said with a smile.
"How can you stand marrying someone you don't know?" Harry asked.
"It's tradition, Harry."
"I know that but this seems like something the Slytherin's would do. Sorry guys." Harry said. The three Slytherin's just waved him off.
"Most pure blood families do." Terry said. Terry then spent the rest of the night telling the history behind arranged marriages which only Hermione was paying any attention to.
The next morning after many arguments against this by Hermione, Harry Flooed Dumbledore's office and said, "Professor Dumbledore, Unity house is skipping classes for the day and so is Ginny Weasley. See you on Monday."
"We can't just skip class today what if Professor Elixir gives a pop quiz or Remus and Sirius do something important?" Hermione said franticly.
"Hermione, breathe and drink this." Pansy said pushing a glass into the girl's hands. Hermione drank the contents in one shot and coughed.
"What the hell was in this?" Hermione croaked out clutching her throat.
"A little bit of this and a bit of that." Pansy said with a shrug and continued to make up her special punch. The rest of the day was spent drinking Pansy's punch and chatting about the recent turn of events and teasing Ginny and Ron to no end. By noon most of the house was pretty much sloshed and ready to start some craziness.
"So what shall we do? Turn a stair case into a water slide? Why don't we turn the school into a water park?" Hermione said really fast as she gets really hyper when she is drunk.
"Jello, we must use Jello." Terry said standing atop of the couch before he fell from grace or just from the couch. The house planned until late in the afternoon when the newly appointed minister and first lady walked in with Dumbledore.
"Hullo mum," Ginny slurred and staggered to give her parents a hug.
"What is going on here?" Molly said looking at her only daughter sway on her feet, "Are you drunk, Ginevra?" Ginny took a seat at her parent's feet laughing hysterically.
"Harry, get them off!" Hermione said shaking her feet.
"Get what off?" Harry asked confused.
"The leprechauns they are molesting my shoelaces!" Hermione said pointing down at her feet in which she didn't have shoes on.
"Hermione I think you've had enough to drink." Harry said gently and having Hermione sit down.
"What is going on here, Dumbledore?" Molly yelled.
"Molly, I'll explain to you and Arthur up in my office what is going on here, if you would just follow me." Dumbledore said steering the minister and first lady out of the Unity common room.
Moments later Sirius and Remus came bounding into the room and stopped dead in their tracks at seeing Harry and Draco doing a strip teases in front of the female population of Unity house. While the rest of the guys sat drinking in a corner.
"Hi Sirius," Harry said as he waved and went back to grinding on Draco.
"Should we intervene?" Remus asked with his eyes on the boys and not getting any responds from his partner turned to see him stuffing a twenty in Draco's hot pink g-string.
"EUGENE SIRIUS BLACK, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?" Remus yelled crossing the room and dragging Sirius away from the table.
"EUGENE!" thirteen voices cried out looking shocked.
"Remus, why did you have to use my full name?" Sirius said.
"Answer my question." Remus said with his arms folded crossed his chest.
"I was putting a twenty into Draco's pretty pink g-string." Sirius said with puppy dog eyes.
"That's why. Now, all of you off to bed," Remus said helping everyone off to bed and dragged Sirius off to their rooms.
The school awoken Saturday morning to the moans and groans of Unity house walking into the Great Hall. The whole house including Ginny held their heads in their hands as they tried to eat something before they had to deal with Molly Weasley before they were allowed to go to Hogsmead.
"I give up," Draco said setting his head down on Gryffindor table. The rest of Unity did the same with an all mighty thud. The younger students turned their heads to see where the sound had come from. Shrugging their shoulders, they returned to eating their breakfast.
The Great Hall slowly emptied out of students off to enjoy their weekend as Molly Weasley came marching up to her children and seraget children.
"What were you thinking? Missing classes and drinking. Ginevra you're not even old enough to drink. The rest of you what would your parents say if they saw you yesterday?" Molly fumed.
"You didn't drink enough." Draco whispered.
"What was that Mr. Malfoy?"
"Nothing Mrs. Weasley," Draco said with a smile after lifting his head off the table.
"Good now all of you off to Hogsmead. Ginevra and Ron stay here. " Molly said with a flick of her wrist.
The group marched off to Hogsmead and split up but sooner rather than later found themselves in the Three Broomsticks.
"My aching head," Harry said rubbing his temples.
"Same here," Draco said.
"Is that Gabrelle Delacour sitting down with Terry?" Padma asked. Harry and Hermione turned their heads to look at the table just under the window.
"Yes, that's Gabrelle Delacour," Harry said.
"Terry is going to be Ron and Ginny's brother in-law?" Hermione asked each other.
"How is that possible?" Hermione asked.
"Gabrelle is my Step-sister." Fleur said glowing.
"You're back," Hermione said giving the French girl a hug and kisses on her cheeks.
"Oui, Bill and I came home after hearing ze good news." Fleur said taking an empty seat.
"How is it that she is an heiress?" Harry asked.
"Her mother is a countess in France, I'm not her daughter yet she has treated me as such, so when Camille dies Gabby will become Countess Camille Gabrelle A'marie Fauve Delacour-Roux." Fleur said.
"I see so Terry will take on the name of Roux?" Hermione questioned.
"Oui that is what they are discussing now."
The group watched as the lawyers argued in favor of their client. During this time Ron and Ginny found their friends.
"What did Molly want?" Fleur asked being the first to turn away from the scene.
"You're home!" Ginny said as she gave her sister-in-law a hug. She took an empty seat next to Hermione.
"Welcome home Fleur." Ron said and gave her a hug as well and then took the last seat next to Pansy.
"So what did we miss as our mother yelled at us some more and then told us we have to go to the Inaugural ball to be held on Christmas Eve?" Ginny asked.
"You're about to become the step-brother/sister-in-law to a countess, Terry will be related to you by marriage, and Inaugural ball?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, you all are invited as well and what is this about Terry?" Ginny asked. The group pointed to the window seat.
"Is that Gabby?" Ron asked.
"Hey guys," Fred said as he and George showed up.
"Hey you," Padma said standing up to give Fred a kiss. The twins took their seats with their girlfriends on their laps.
"So how is everyone dealing with the newest shock to the family?" George asked.
"Oh I don't know Ron was being a drama queen on Thursday night." Harry said smirking over at Ron.
"I was not being a drama queen; I had just been molested by ten girls." Ron said with a huff.
"You were so being a drama queen." Draco said.
"You should know Draco that's normally your M.O." Pansy said putting her hand on Ron shoulder and whispered in Ron's ear, "But you could have taken it better."
"Brat," Ron whispered back and kissed her cheek.
"I resent that remark, Pansy." Draco said.
"You would Draco," Pansy said.
"Ok, kids back to the topic at hand. We all know that Malfoy is a Drama Queen." George said.
"The school has gone insane." Ginny said.
"What do you mean?" Fred asked.
"Both Ron and I got ambushed on our way back from classes on Thursday so we skipped classes on Friday and got pissed." Ginny said.
"Oh, that's why mum looked ready to kill last night after visiting you two." George said with a laugh.
"Piss off, George." Ron said.
"So, Ginny what are you wearing to ze Inaugural ball?" Fleur asked defusing the fight begging to brew.
"I don't know, I only have a few weeks to find a dress…" Ginny started to hyperventilate thinking about it.
"Nice going Fleur," Hermione said shoving Ginny's head down.
"I am sorry I did not know that she would do that." Fleur said trying to help.
"Move over," Pansy said moving to take hold of Ginny's shirt and slapping her.
"Why did you do that?" Ginny asked dazed and rubbing her sore cheek.
"My job here is through." Pansy said dusting her hands off and taking her seat.
"You freaked out about trying to find a dress for the Inaugural ball," Hermione said with a smile.
"Oh, I have to go find a dress!" Ginny said standing up and knocking over her chair.
"I think zat is our cue ladies." Fleur said taking Ginny's arm and leading her out of the pub. The other girls followed soon after.
"Women," The boys said out of hearing range of the girls.
The boys spent most of the afternoon shooting the breeze, until Grandma dragged all of them off to get fitted for dress robes. Oh the bitching and moaning coming from Dad and Uncle Ron were classic. The weeks leading up to Christmas Eve were uneventful except for Aunt Gabby and Uncle Terry announced the date of their wedding, more on that later and the hell of trying to find dates to the ball. Now the day before Christmas Eve is where will pick up the story…
"Each of you will walk down the grand staircase as your name is called from the eldest child down to the youngest before the minister and his wife will make an entrance," The master of ceremonies said who looked like an over grown stork eyed the Weasley children with distaste, "Now lets try this shall we children."
"Who is he calling children?" Charlie whispered loud enough so the group could hear.
"Those two," Ginny pointed to the twins as they were trying to sweet talk the master of ceremonies into eating a cake, but wasn't working.
"I'm going to deck Harry for not going through this hell with us." Ron said.
"Oh please you think Draco is giving him any leeway tonight?" Pansy asked.
"Yes, whatever he is doing has to be better than going through all this crap." Ron said.
"I want to see you try having dinner with Narcissa." Pansy said.
"What?" Ron yelped.
"Ronald Weasley we don't yelp." The master of ceremonies yelled.
"Sorry sir," Ron said going red.
"I love it when you go red." Pansy whispered seductively.
"Really," Ron whispered back.
"Yes, it just makes me drool every time I see you blush." Pansy said and nibbled on Ron's ear.
"Miss Parkinson and Ronald are you two through with your snogging so you can rejoin the group." The master of ceremonies said ready to kill.
"Look sir, it's almost going on eleven at night all we are going to do is walk down the stairs when our names are called. We get it can we leave?" Charlie asked.
"No, no, no, we still have to go over the dancing, the sitting arrangements, and run through it." The master of ceremonies yelled.
In the end they are kept there until three in the morning going over everything until Uncle Fred threw a hex at the master of ceremonies while he was dealing with that The Weasley's left to go home. My poor Aunts only got four hours of sleep when Grandma got them up to get their hair and make-up done for the day. Grandpa looked amazing in the traditional gold and sliver Inaugural robes as he was sworn in by Dumbledore. The Masquerade Ball that night went off without a hitch, everyone looked amazing.
"Mr. Fred Weasley and Miss Padma Patil," The master of ceremonies called out as Fred and Padma made their way down the stairs. Fred was dress as all the men were in black dress robes and black and gold masks.
Padma was dressed in a strapless floor length white satin dress with a black satin bow detail on the dress. Her hair was done in a French twist with the top pieces of hair were curled into soft curls. Her mask was cream with spots of pastel colors and a lace overlay. Her makeup was natural with deep red lips, which all of the girls had gone with. She had simple diamonds studs to finish off the look.
"Mr. Ronald Weasley and Miss Pansy Parkinson,"
Pansy was dressed in a simple cream strapless princess style dress in satin and tulle. Her hair and make up were as simple as her dress with her hair up in a braided bun. Her mask was the most opulent part of her outfit in cream satin, gold lace and diamonds. She also wore diamonds studs in her ears as well. Her shoes were forty style heels that she and the other girls had fought over until they found anther store with the same shoes.
"Miss Ginevera Weasley and Mr. Neville Longbottom,"
Ginny was dressed in the brightest of the four girls that had to walk down the stairs. Her dress was strapless like the others with white luster satin, embroidery, pearl & crystal beading, sequins, lace-up corset back, semi-cathedral train, train inset and bodice band in burgundy. Her hair was in two braided buns so that her cream satin, burgundy, lace over lay and peacock feather mask could tie in back of her head.
Ron, Pansy, Ginny and Neville were lucky enough to be sitting with Hermione, Blaise, Harry and Draco.
"You guys look amazing," Hermione said.
"You do too Hermes." Pansy said.
Hermione was dressed in a white satin sleeveless dress with no adornments in the dress. Her hair was just as simple as her dress it was up in a half bun and the rest of her hair was curled into soft curls. Her mask was a splash of colors with red, blue, purple and gold on cream satin.
"I'm kind of sad that they spared the house out over the ballroom." Hermione said while looking around the gold, sliver and purple ball room. The tables were coved in sliver and gold with purple roses and candles. The group at table five told jokes and listened to Ginny, Ron and Pansy bitch about the night before. Neville left right after dinner per his grandmother's orders.
"Hey everyone," Mandy said taking Neville's empty seat.
Mandy was dressed in a traditional flamenco costume. Her hair had been pulled back into two buns rest at the nape of her neck. Her mask was red and gold with a red satin ribbon tied in the back of her head.
"You look awesome, Mandy." Ginny said.
"Thanks my aunt sent it to me for an early Christmas present." Mandy said getting up and doing a little twirl. In the end Unity house gathered around table five and chatted for a while until Pansy exclaimed, "What are we doing just sitting here? Let's go dance."
"Harry could you wait for a moment?" Draco asked as the rest of the teenagers left for the dance floor.
"Sure what's up, Draco?" Harry asked.
"When we go back to school for the new term, do you want to go out on a date with me?" Draco asked looking at his hands.
"I would love to, Draco." Harry said with a shy smile.
"You would?" Draco looking shocked.
"Yes, Dray," Harry said.
"Don't call me Dray!" Draco said with a goofy smile.
"Whatever, Dray, let's go dance," Harry said and took Draco's hand leading them to their friends. They danced the night away in the pale moonlight that lit the dance floor.
AN:To see pictures of what each girl from Unity house looked like at the ball justgot to photobucket dot com and look them up under Harry Potter. It should work.
