Chapter 18: Fairy Tale to Night Mare
Hermione was alone, sitting by herself, while everyone danced the night away,
While her escort was still chatting with his team mates, how I wish this ball would end soon, she thought to herself
"Would you like to dance?" Cedric asked offering his hand for her to take
"Ah…Sure?" Hermione said, taking his hand, a bit curious why he wasn't with Ginny
He led her in the middle of the dance floor, music slowly started to play, he placed his hand on her waist as she placed her arms around his neck
Then they slowly glided, she couldn't help but look at her feet, she wasn't good at dancing, and she didn't want to embarrass herself by accidentally stepping on his foot
"Mione, you don't have to be conscious…" he said lifting her face to face his
"Sorry, it's just that…I'm not so good with dancing…and well…" she tried to explain but found herself uttering her words instead
"You are amazing…" he said cutting her off
"Well, I wouldn't say that at all…" she added, as her face started turning red again
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Ginny was still on her way back to the ball when Pansy blocked her way,
"Hello Weasley…" she said, standing in front of her
"Hello Parkinson" she simply replied back, trying to get through, but Pansy still blocked her way
"Say I'm not trying to start a fight here, I just want us to be friends that's all…is that so bad?" she asked giving her a devilish smile
"Okay Parkinson….What's your game?" Ginny asked unsurely, she knew Pansy was up to no good, she always hated her since they first met each other
"What game? I'm only trying to be friendly…here…I even brought you a drink…" she said, handing her a cup of wine
"Sorry I don't drink…" she said refusing the drink she tried to give her
"Come on Ginny! Just one itsy bitsy sip!"
"Fine, if I drink this would you leave me alone?" she said taking the cup from Pansy's hands, starring at it a few seconds, when she barely touched the cup with her lips
"Stupefy!" someone from behind her shouted, as a bright light hit Pansy, making her loose her conscious of everything,
"Draco? What did you do?" Ginny asked in shock, dropping the drink on the ground, starring at Pansy, he pulled her arm,
"Don't worry she'll be fine…" he said, they ran away leaving Pansy there on the ground, still unconscious
"But why?" Ginny asked trying to get away from his grip, he led her to an empty room, and he wanted to explain but found it hard to do so,
"Ginny we can't let anyone know…Pansy knew…she tried poisoning you…now you know why no one must must know…" Draco explained holding both her arms
She still looked shock, she found it hard to say anything, Pansy tried to kill me? She asked herself, what would have happened if Draco hadn't come along? She asked herself, looking at Draco's grey eyes, and then suddenly collapsed in his arms
"Ginny!" Draco yelled, carrying her to the Hospital Wing, luckily no one was around, he got her there, without anyone getting suspicious
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Where could Ginny be? She hasn't returned yet, she was taking too long Hermione wondered to herself, while she and Cedric still danced
When Harry had interrupted them,
"Mione! You have to come with me, now!" he said pulling her with him, which seemed a bit rude to Cedric,
"Harry what's this about?" Hermione said in shock, he pulled her away from Cedric like he couldn't wait to get her out of there,
They ran going to the Hospital Wing, Harry didn't say anything the whole way there; he kept silent, holding her close to him
"I don't know what happened…" Harry said, opening the door for her to enter,
"Ginny!" Hermione gasped, finding her best friend lay on the bed, she ran towards her, pulling her gown up so she wouldn't trip
"What happened?" she asked Madam Pomfrey,
"Don't worry dear's, she'll be just fine, she just fainted that's all" she explained to them,
"At least that's what the young man said" she added as she headed outside
"Young man?" Hermione wondered to herself,
When they were interrupted by Ron, "What the bloody hell happened to my sister?" he asked running towards them
"Ron, we don't know what happened…" Harry tried to explain,
"It's not serious, she only fainted…." Hermione added, looking at him
"I hope not…" Ron added, "Don't you have a date to go back to Harry?" Ron asked, starring at him
"Yeah Harry…wouldn't want to ruin her night…" Hermione added
Hermione sat there quietly, she knew she didn't want to listen to him, talk about how much fun he was having with Cho,
"Why should I leave when my friends are here?" Harry simply replied
Yeah right! Like you can't come up with a better excuse! Hermione said to herself
"Mione, Ron, Harry…you're all here?" Ginny said, finally coming back to her senses
"Good grief Ginn! You got us all worried, what happened?" Ron asked a bit angry
Ginny knew if she told him about Draco saving her life from Pansy, would just make him think she was making up stories,
"I just saw a spider… a big, hideous spider…that's all" she replied grinning at him
She knew he hated spiders and that would easily make him faint, she loved making fun of him about his fear of spiders,
"Okay then, let's all get back to the ball, shall we?" Ron suggested, avoiding the subject about spiders
Hermione and Harry knew she was making everything up; every single word of it was a lie,
"Yeah, let's not get spiders to ruin our evening!" Hermione said sarcastically, helping her out the bed
The four of them headed back to the ball, when they came in,
"I'll go find Cedric; he must be wondering were I've been…" Ginny said, disappearing in the crowd
"Mione…" Harry tried to say something,
"Hey! There you are! Let's dance?" Oliver asked pulling her away from Harry and Ron
"See you guys later…" Hermione said, waving at them, following Oliver in the dance floor
He seemed like he never slow danced before, she simply laughed and placed his hands on her waist, instructing him how to move, he laughed back as well
"Thanks for understanding, I'm not much of a dancer, I spend most of my time on the field, you know?" he said a bit consciously, as they swayed to the music
"That's okay, I don't either, but thanks for trying, I appreciate it…" Hermione added with a sweet smile
After the song ended, he bowed and kissed her hand,
"Thank you for the dance, it was a pleasure…" he said, thanking her for the dance they shared, walking away from her
Before she could turn around, Harry stood there, saying nothing, extending his hand, does he want to dance with me? She asked herself, trying to reach his hands with hers,
"Harry!" Cho shouted from the crowd, ruining her chances of dancing with Harry, pulling her hand away,
"I've been looking all over for you, you left such in a rush that…" she tried saying before she saw Hermione standing there
"Oh, I'm sorry, was I interrupt something?" she asked them, placing her arms around Harry's
"Actually…" Harry tried to explain before Hermione butt in,
"No, no, nothing at all, I was just heading back to the common room…" she said, making up an excuse to get away from them,
Wouldn't want to ruin their night as well, she said to herself, walking past them
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Ginny didn't actually look for Cedric but for Draco, trying to thank him for bringing her to the Hospital Wing, catching him with Pansy instead,
It looks like she didn't know what had happened because she was back to being her flirty self
Draco himself tried his best to ignore that; he just wanted to get away from the people around him; he glanced at her but broke it off when Pansy started seducing him
How pathetic, she thought to herself, forgetting what her purpose was, she just wanted to get some rest,
This night couldn't be more twisted, she said to herself, when something caught her sight in the dance floor
"Ron? And Luna? Why am I not surprised? She said as she walked back to their common room
When she was about to go up the stairs she saw Hermione sitting on the stairs by herself,
"Hey Mione…having fun?" Ginny asked sitting next to her in the steps
"Hmmm…I guess…how about you?" she replied looking a bit depressed
"Uhm…yeah….lots!" Ginny said faking a laugh
"Tell me, who was this 'young man' Madam Pomfrey's been talking about?" Hermione asked curiously
She was about to make up an excuse when Ron and Luna came their direction,
"Hey Ron…Luna…" Ginny said annoyingly, starring at them, holding hands as they drew nearer,
Ron didn't say anything; he looked at them nervously,
"I'm glad I caught up with you two...I wanted to say something…" he tried saying before Harry came,
Luckily he wasn't with Cho, Hermione noticed that right way as he came closer,
"Hey guys! What I'd miss?" Harry asked, seating down next to Hermione on the stairs,
"Glad you're here too Harry…I have something to say…" Ron continued to say, almost choking trying,
"Would you just say whatever you have to say, so we can move on with our lives?" Ginny said annoyingly,
"Luna and I are going out okay?" Ron said in a heart beat, making their jaws drop open,
"That's great Ron…" Harry said, trying to seem happy for his best friend, it was about time Ron had another girl friend,
"Yeah Ron…that's wonderful news…" Hermione added, patting him on the back,
Even though Luna wasn't the greatest person to be with Hermione wanted to be happy for her best friend,
It was Ginny, who seemed the most shocked from the three of them,
"Yeah great…" Ginny said a bit bothered but decided it would best to just go with it,
"Thanks…I'll see you all tomorrow…" Ron said, taking Luna's hand with his, walking up the stairs,
It's been a long, tiring night, and tomorrow will be another day,
oOoPsSs!...sorry it took so long to finally get Chapter 18...There were some technical difficulties with my account and I've been a bit busy as well...but anywayz!...Chapter 18's finally here!...enjoy!...