HP the Gryffindor Heir and the Labyrinth
By Rina Bollyqueen 420
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A/N Hey guys! Hope you've had a good x-mas. Sorry that it's been ages since I last updated. Lots has been happening. I'm doing x-tra hours at work and college has been a nightmare! Also I was spending some time with my best friend who came back from Pakistan last week and is now a married woman! So congrats to Naz and her hubby Imran. Ok here's the next awaited chapter.
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Preparations
After the incident in the classroom, Sapna and Rahul went back to their daily bickering. But meanwhile Hermione was having a hard time trying to convince the Head Boy to help her with preparations for the ball.
"Look Malfoy," said Hermione, trying not to let her anger get the better of her. "All you have to do is go down to Hogsmeade and tell the caterers what we need. The Hogsmeade weekend is coming up and you can just go to the caterers then. It'll only take you a few minutes."
"Listen Granger. Do what you want. I don't give a damn about the stupid ball. And I'm not going to lower myself to your standards by listening to a mudblood," and with that, he left Hermione in the Head Common Room.
Harry and Ron were playing Wizards Chess, when the portrait of Godric Gryffindor opened and Hermione stormed in and collapsed on the couch.
"I'm going to kill that bastard!" she exclaimed. Harry and Ron both looked up at her in surprise. It was a very rare moment when their friend swore, and when she did, she usually had a justified reason.
"What's wrong Mione?" asked Ron. Hermione looked up.
"Malfoy is what's up. Who the hell does he think he is? 'I'm not going to lower myself to your standards by listening to a mudblood!'" she mimicked.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Malfoy is refusing to help with the preparations to the ball. He was allocated to take care of the food. What am I going to do? I'll be shopping for decorations with Hannah, I don't have time to visit the caterers as well!" she moaned. Harry looked at her.
"Why don't you ask Sapna?" he suggested.
"What?" she asked.
"Well the ball has the Indian theme going right?" Hermione nodded. "She's friendly with the house elves and they make Indian food. When we were in the kitchens the other day, I remember that she was eating samosas," said Harry. Ron looked at him.
"What are samosa's?" he asked.
"They're a sort of triangular pastry filled with either vegetables or meats, along with various spices," said Harry.
"Oh."
"The point is Mione, that Sapna comes from India and she can ask the house elves to make the dishes." Hermione wrinkled her nose at the thought of asking the house elves to do anything. "Besides you'll save money by not hiring caterers." Hermione sighed.
"Alright," she said. She got up off the couch and headed to the corner of the common room that Sapna, Zarina and Parvati had taken over. At the current moment the girls were giggling about something, whilst Lavender brown sat a little away from them.
"Hi Hermione," said Lavender.
"Hey Lav," she replied. "Why are you looking so glum?" Lavender pointed in the direction of the girls. "Oh."
"Yeah," she sighed. "Pav is spending more time with her cousins than with me. I'm feeling like ...... you know?" Hermione nodded.
"Yeah, I feel like that sometimes with Harry and Ron. But Pav and her cousins are just planning to do something at the ball and I think they want to keep it a secret from everyone."
"Guess you're right. Thanks Hermione,"
"For what?"
"For just ..... you know....listening."
"No problem," said Hermione. She then walked over to the girls. "Excuse me Sapna," she said. "May I have a word?" Sapna got up and followed her to the dorms. "I need your help with the food at the ball." Sapna grinned.
"Ok I can do that," she said. Hermione gave a sigh of relief. "But on one condition."
"What is it?"
"Me and the girls want to use the room of requirement to practice what we're gonna do at the ball."
"Okay," replied Hermione. Sapna smirked.
"Knew I could count on you," she said as she left the dorm.
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A couple of days later Sapna, Zarina and the twins had finally decided about the dances that they were going to perform and come up with a name for their group.
"What about the special effects?" asked Zarina. The twins grinned.
"Well Rajeev, the transfer student in Ravenclaw owes me a favour, so he's dealing with that," said Padma.
"Great!" exclaimed Sapna. "Professor Dumbledore said that we could use glamour or illusion charms at the ball. So I was thinking that we could go as Bollywood actresses and have code names as Rajeev introduces us and our dances." Parvati's eyes lit up.
"Bags, I'm Karisma Kapoor!" she exclaimed.
"And I'm Muduri Dixit," said Sapna.
"That not fair!" Padma protested. "You've got the best ones!" Sapna and Parvati rolled their eyes.
"Well," said Sapna. "If you look at the songs I'm performing, they're all from her films." Padma shrugged. "You do have a point," she said. "And the songs I'm doing have Juhi Chawla, so I guess I could go as her." Zarina frowned.
"But I'm doing the Rangeela dance and the Dilbar Dilbar one. So who should I go as? Sushmita, a former Miss World or Urmila?" Sapna looked at her thoughtfully.
"Go as Sushmita, she beats Urmila any day." The twins nodded in agreement. "Well that's that settled then. Let's go to the room of requirement and practice," she said as she began to walk ahead of them. Parvati giggled.
"She just wants to make sure her Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai dance is perfect for Rahul." Padma shook her head.
"I can't believe that she's gonna do that dance in front of everyone in the great hall!" Zarina looked at the twins.
"Well it's not like they're gonna know what the words mean anyway," she said.
"But Rahul and any other Asian guys and girls who know that film will," giggled Parvati as they ran to catch up with Sapna.
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"Harry," said Ron, as they walked down to the guest rooms. "Are you sure about this?"
"Of course I am," he replied. Ron shook his head.
"Not to be rude or anything but asking Jareth to help us with our costumes is BLOODY INSANE!" Harry laughed.
"Well that dream I had in the Labyrinth about that masquerade ball. I want my costume like the one in the dream. And the material for that costume is only found in the labyrinth, because I can't seem to find it anywhere else. Besides, it seems to attract women. At least in the dream it did," said Harry, slightly confused.
"You've lost it mate," said Ron. "You really have lost it."
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"Ginny," said Hermione. "Are you sure about this?" Ginny grinned.
"I'm positive that Sarah will help us," she said as they waited for the Queen in the Gryffindor Common Room in the middle of the night. Suddenly, the fireplace glowed, and out of it, came Queen Sarah of the Labyrinth covered in soot. The two girls stood there a little shocked at the Queen's entrance.
"Sorry about that," said Sarah. "It's been a while since I traveled by the floo network." She did a quick cleaning spell with her wand and sat down in an armchair. "This place hasn't changed at all!" she exclaimed. "Now Virginia and Hermione," she started. "Tell me exactly what each of you wants." The girls explained what they wanted as Sarah listened.
After about an hour of discussing designs and material, the two girls finally knew what they actually wanted to wear to the ball. Sarah looked up in triumph.
"I'll have these ready for you by Friday," she said. "For some reason, my husband needs to do some things himself, so we'll be going back to the Labyrinth to see how Jason is handling it without us there and we'll be back by Thursday night."
"Thank you," said Ginny. "Ron is going to flip when he sees you in your dress Hermione!" exclaimed Ginny.
"And Harry is going to 'flip' when he sees you in yours," smirked Sarah, leaving Ginny's face to turn the same colour as her hair.
"What are the final arrangements for the ball?" Ginny asked Hermione after Sarah had left. Hermione shrugged.
"Well, the feast is at 6," she said. "The ball starts at 7:30 and we dance to regular songs. Then at 9 the 'entertainment' will start, which I'm thinking is Sapna and the others. That will be the first half and will last till 10. Then anther hour of regular music and then at 11 the second half of the 'entertainment' and at midnight the masks, glamour and illusion charms will fade." Ginny frowned.
"I wonder what Sapna and her cousins are up to if their 'entertainment' is going to be a total of two hours?"
By Rina Bollyqueen 420
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A/N Hey guys! Hope you've had a good x-mas. Sorry that it's been ages since I last updated. Lots has been happening. I'm doing x-tra hours at work and college has been a nightmare! Also I was spending some time with my best friend who came back from Pakistan last week and is now a married woman! So congrats to Naz and her hubby Imran. Ok here's the next awaited chapter.
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Preparations
After the incident in the classroom, Sapna and Rahul went back to their daily bickering. But meanwhile Hermione was having a hard time trying to convince the Head Boy to help her with preparations for the ball.
"Look Malfoy," said Hermione, trying not to let her anger get the better of her. "All you have to do is go down to Hogsmeade and tell the caterers what we need. The Hogsmeade weekend is coming up and you can just go to the caterers then. It'll only take you a few minutes."
"Listen Granger. Do what you want. I don't give a damn about the stupid ball. And I'm not going to lower myself to your standards by listening to a mudblood," and with that, he left Hermione in the Head Common Room.
Harry and Ron were playing Wizards Chess, when the portrait of Godric Gryffindor opened and Hermione stormed in and collapsed on the couch.
"I'm going to kill that bastard!" she exclaimed. Harry and Ron both looked up at her in surprise. It was a very rare moment when their friend swore, and when she did, she usually had a justified reason.
"What's wrong Mione?" asked Ron. Hermione looked up.
"Malfoy is what's up. Who the hell does he think he is? 'I'm not going to lower myself to your standards by listening to a mudblood!'" she mimicked.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Malfoy is refusing to help with the preparations to the ball. He was allocated to take care of the food. What am I going to do? I'll be shopping for decorations with Hannah, I don't have time to visit the caterers as well!" she moaned. Harry looked at her.
"Why don't you ask Sapna?" he suggested.
"What?" she asked.
"Well the ball has the Indian theme going right?" Hermione nodded. "She's friendly with the house elves and they make Indian food. When we were in the kitchens the other day, I remember that she was eating samosas," said Harry. Ron looked at him.
"What are samosa's?" he asked.
"They're a sort of triangular pastry filled with either vegetables or meats, along with various spices," said Harry.
"Oh."
"The point is Mione, that Sapna comes from India and she can ask the house elves to make the dishes." Hermione wrinkled her nose at the thought of asking the house elves to do anything. "Besides you'll save money by not hiring caterers." Hermione sighed.
"Alright," she said. She got up off the couch and headed to the corner of the common room that Sapna, Zarina and Parvati had taken over. At the current moment the girls were giggling about something, whilst Lavender brown sat a little away from them.
"Hi Hermione," said Lavender.
"Hey Lav," she replied. "Why are you looking so glum?" Lavender pointed in the direction of the girls. "Oh."
"Yeah," she sighed. "Pav is spending more time with her cousins than with me. I'm feeling like ...... you know?" Hermione nodded.
"Yeah, I feel like that sometimes with Harry and Ron. But Pav and her cousins are just planning to do something at the ball and I think they want to keep it a secret from everyone."
"Guess you're right. Thanks Hermione,"
"For what?"
"For just ..... you know....listening."
"No problem," said Hermione. She then walked over to the girls. "Excuse me Sapna," she said. "May I have a word?" Sapna got up and followed her to the dorms. "I need your help with the food at the ball." Sapna grinned.
"Ok I can do that," she said. Hermione gave a sigh of relief. "But on one condition."
"What is it?"
"Me and the girls want to use the room of requirement to practice what we're gonna do at the ball."
"Okay," replied Hermione. Sapna smirked.
"Knew I could count on you," she said as she left the dorm.
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A couple of days later Sapna, Zarina and the twins had finally decided about the dances that they were going to perform and come up with a name for their group.
"What about the special effects?" asked Zarina. The twins grinned.
"Well Rajeev, the transfer student in Ravenclaw owes me a favour, so he's dealing with that," said Padma.
"Great!" exclaimed Sapna. "Professor Dumbledore said that we could use glamour or illusion charms at the ball. So I was thinking that we could go as Bollywood actresses and have code names as Rajeev introduces us and our dances." Parvati's eyes lit up.
"Bags, I'm Karisma Kapoor!" she exclaimed.
"And I'm Muduri Dixit," said Sapna.
"That not fair!" Padma protested. "You've got the best ones!" Sapna and Parvati rolled their eyes.
"Well," said Sapna. "If you look at the songs I'm performing, they're all from her films." Padma shrugged. "You do have a point," she said. "And the songs I'm doing have Juhi Chawla, so I guess I could go as her." Zarina frowned.
"But I'm doing the Rangeela dance and the Dilbar Dilbar one. So who should I go as? Sushmita, a former Miss World or Urmila?" Sapna looked at her thoughtfully.
"Go as Sushmita, she beats Urmila any day." The twins nodded in agreement. "Well that's that settled then. Let's go to the room of requirement and practice," she said as she began to walk ahead of them. Parvati giggled.
"She just wants to make sure her Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai dance is perfect for Rahul." Padma shook her head.
"I can't believe that she's gonna do that dance in front of everyone in the great hall!" Zarina looked at the twins.
"Well it's not like they're gonna know what the words mean anyway," she said.
"But Rahul and any other Asian guys and girls who know that film will," giggled Parvati as they ran to catch up with Sapna.
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"Harry," said Ron, as they walked down to the guest rooms. "Are you sure about this?"
"Of course I am," he replied. Ron shook his head.
"Not to be rude or anything but asking Jareth to help us with our costumes is BLOODY INSANE!" Harry laughed.
"Well that dream I had in the Labyrinth about that masquerade ball. I want my costume like the one in the dream. And the material for that costume is only found in the labyrinth, because I can't seem to find it anywhere else. Besides, it seems to attract women. At least in the dream it did," said Harry, slightly confused.
"You've lost it mate," said Ron. "You really have lost it."
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"Ginny," said Hermione. "Are you sure about this?" Ginny grinned.
"I'm positive that Sarah will help us," she said as they waited for the Queen in the Gryffindor Common Room in the middle of the night. Suddenly, the fireplace glowed, and out of it, came Queen Sarah of the Labyrinth covered in soot. The two girls stood there a little shocked at the Queen's entrance.
"Sorry about that," said Sarah. "It's been a while since I traveled by the floo network." She did a quick cleaning spell with her wand and sat down in an armchair. "This place hasn't changed at all!" she exclaimed. "Now Virginia and Hermione," she started. "Tell me exactly what each of you wants." The girls explained what they wanted as Sarah listened.
After about an hour of discussing designs and material, the two girls finally knew what they actually wanted to wear to the ball. Sarah looked up in triumph.
"I'll have these ready for you by Friday," she said. "For some reason, my husband needs to do some things himself, so we'll be going back to the Labyrinth to see how Jason is handling it without us there and we'll be back by Thursday night."
"Thank you," said Ginny. "Ron is going to flip when he sees you in your dress Hermione!" exclaimed Ginny.
"And Harry is going to 'flip' when he sees you in yours," smirked Sarah, leaving Ginny's face to turn the same colour as her hair.
"What are the final arrangements for the ball?" Ginny asked Hermione after Sarah had left. Hermione shrugged.
"Well, the feast is at 6," she said. "The ball starts at 7:30 and we dance to regular songs. Then at 9 the 'entertainment' will start, which I'm thinking is Sapna and the others. That will be the first half and will last till 10. Then anther hour of regular music and then at 11 the second half of the 'entertainment' and at midnight the masks, glamour and illusion charms will fade." Ginny frowned.
"I wonder what Sapna and her cousins are up to if their 'entertainment' is going to be a total of two hours?"