Chapter Five

Draco's POV

I stood in the Entrance Hall bored out of my mind waiting for Pansy to make her "entry" from the Dungeons stairs.

"Draco, look over here!" Pansy's high voice pierced my ear.

I turned around but instead of looking at Pansy dressed up as a cat, my eyes fell on Kiana elegantly walking down the marble staircase. I didn't realise I was holding my breath as I watched her. My heart felt a stab of jealousy when I noticed she was linking arms with the idiot seventh year Ravenclaw quidditch captain. They were both dressed as fairies with matching light blue and silver costumes. They each had life like delicate wings coming out of their backs making Kiana look like an angel. She had a blue dress on that was all different lengths around her knees but tight round her torso that seemed to shimmer making her sparkle like the beauty she was. The lights blue made her eyes glow while the silver swirls made her hair shine. She had extravagant yet beautiful matching make up and the smile on her face made my heart pound faster. I finally started to breathe as she walked past me. She saw me and sent me a shy smile but before I could do anything she was already in the great hall.

"Draco! You weren't watching me." Pansy voiced in my ear.

That brought me out of my trance. I looked over at her and shuddered in disgust. I had trouble holding down lunch as I saw her dressed in a skin tight leopard leotard. She also had fake ears poking out of her hair and a tail swishing round from behind her. I just walked away and into the great hall and my eyes automatically fell on Kiana dancing with Patrick Saltner in the middle of the dance floor. Most guys were glaring at Saltner and I knew that he was going to have a tough time keeping Kiana to himself. Taking my eyes away from her, I looked around the Halloween style black and orange decorated hall. I sat myself down at one of the two seater tables that had a good view of Kiana. I knew I should have asked her straight away to the Halloween ball but no, I had let my proud get in the way of asking her. This is going to be the worst night ever. By now I had a group of girls surrounding me asking me to dance with them. Why, they're not Kiana. Sighing, I took a pretty hot fifth year Slytherin girl out on the dance floor. Twirling her round, I noticed that we were coming close to Kiana and Salter. Her eyes fell on me and I saw that frown at the fifth year girl. So she was jealous? That was good, she did have an interest in me then. Twirling the girl round again, I knew this was going to be a long night.

It had been a few hours and I was tired, jealous and bored. Nearly every guy at the ball had asked Kiana to dance. Lucky she didn't say yes to all of them. I noticed she only accepted the good looking guys. Even Professor Denton had asked her. I could see she was very uncomfortable with him, especially how his hand was quite low on her back. I should keep a closer eye on him around Kiana. He seemed to have taken quite a liking to her, but then who wouldn't. Turning round from the table, I searched the dance floor for my fairy. I couldn't see her anywhere. A frown appeared on my face when I couldn't find her. I saw Saltner surrounded by a group of fourth and fifth year girls but Kiana was no where to be seen.

Avoiding Pansy, I made my way out to the large courtyard that was now a maze of bushes filled with real fairies. Just like they had at the Yule Ball. I should have learnt from my mistakes then, NOT TO ASK PANSY TO ANYTHING. Making my way through the pathways, my eyes fell upon the person I was looking for. All alone, Kiana was sitting on a stone bench surrounded by fairies. They created a glow around her as they danced around her and landed on her shoulders and wings. She was laughing at their antics and dancing and her laughter was the sweetest thing I ever heard.

"I've never seen fairies ever take a liking to anybody." I said stepping into the small clearing.

Kiana looked up at me with a smile on her lips. "It must be my wings. They're just so beautiful."

You're so beautiful, but I wouldn't tell her that just yet. "You don't mind if I sit with you? The ball is getting pretty boring."

She nodded and patted the seat next to her. "So where's your fan club?"

I noticed the jealousy in her voice and also how the fairies all scattered away from me and onto her other side. "Believe me, they were pissing me off. And I'd much prefer being out here. But where's your fan club?"

She laughed and just shook her head.

We sat there in a comfortable silence for nearly half an hour until I spoke. "I really like your fairy costume. It makes you looks so…so…" I sighed. She looked at me questionably. I noticed how some of the fairies were plaiting her hair and braiding it in delicate and difficult styles. "It makes you look so beautiful."

She bit her bottom lip and smiled shyly. "Why thank you. And I like your vampire costume, it makes you look powerful and menacing, but in a good way."

I laughed with her. Her laugh was contagious and I reckon it could even make the Dark Lord laugh. We continued to talk about anything we could think of. School, quidditch, the steak at dinner last night and even comparing our common rooms.

Out of no where an idea came to my head. Quickly jumping up in front of her, I held out my hand. "Miss Walton, would you care to give me the honour of a dance." She nodded her head and giggled lightly as she went to take my hand.

"Miss Walton, Mr Malfoy. Please go straight to your dorms, the dance has finished." a voice said to the side of us.

Looking round, we found Professor Flitwick standing there. Looking over at Kiana, she had a sad look on her face but nodded. Walking past Flitwick and into the entrance hall, I said goodnight to Kiana before she walked up the marble staircase.

"Goodnight Kiana, thank you for your companying." I said kissing her hand lightly.

She laughed softly but said "Draco please, call me Ki-Ki. All of my best friends do."

"Okay then. Goodnight Ki-Ki." I responded.

Smiling at me, she walked up the stairs, looking back at me before disappearing. Letting out a sigh, I made my way towards the Slytherin common room. Finally making it up to my shared dorm, I got changed and collapsed on my bed. My curtains pulled shut, hands behind my head, I let a smile appear on my face thinking about the night I just spent with Ki-Ki. Closing my eyes, I fell asleep with an image of her smiling surrounded by all of the fairies.