These Bonds of Friendship Chapter 10: It's Hogsmead day! Hip, Hip, Hooray!, a harry potter fanfic

It's Hogsmead day,

Not even McGonagall's gonna stand in our way

on Hogsmead Day!

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

~Rose and Z

Chapter 9---

Mackenzie's POV

Rose wakes me up by singing again. This time, our song is an original. "It's Hogsmead day!!!" Rose sings.

I open my eyes and smile, then sing back to her, "Not even McGonagall's gonna stand in our way….on Hogsmead day!"

"Hip, Hip, Hooray!" we sing together.

We laugh and then race to the shower to get ready, it appears that Sasha, Olivia and Sophie have already left, making this day even better. I begin to plan in my head where I want to spend my day, in Hogsmead. First, James, Freddie and I have to make a trip to Uncle George's shop (he's not really my uncle, he's James, Al, Lily, Roses' and Hugo's though, so that's just what I call him). Next, Rosie and I must go costume shopping for the upcoming Halloween Ball!! I have to have an outfit to go on stage on (McG won't let me go in my costume) and then an actual costume to wear when everyone else will be providing the entertainment, dong karaoke.

Rose and I dress quickly in our Muggle clothes and put on the slightest bit of makeup (which is basically just some mascara and chap stick). I look Rose up and down, "You look beautiful, dahling," I say "Scor will get a hard-" but I'm cut off as she slaps her hand across my mouth and giggles. I stick my tongue out and lick her palm. She just rolls her eyes, damn. I slap her hand away. "Such dirt thoughts, Rosie, I was only going to say that Scor will get a hard time from the other boys that he still hasn't asked you out." Now she rolls her eyes. Fine, doubt me if you must.

Rose is wearing a beautiful dark green baby doll top with thick straps paired with dark wash jeans and some black converse. Her hair is down in its shimmering brown waves, and her eyes look excited. She carries around a big, black purse, that is chic, yet not flashy. Simple, but gorgeous, just like Rose.

Rose smiles and looks me up and down as well. "Well, I could say the same for you" she says "Al is going to want to drag you into a deserted corner and snog you senseless."

Haha, I wish. I look down at my outfit. I'm wearing dark wash skinny jeans with a white flowy, long tank top, and on top of that a black cardigan, on my feet I wear about knee high black, flat boots, and my highlights in my hair, my nails, and my big purse are all red, and my hair is curled instead of its usual straightness. Al, eat your heart out.

I smile lightly at Rose, and we head out to the common room to meet up with our boys. But, before we get there, we have a run in with Sasha, Olivia and Sophia in the stairwell.

Sasha rolls her eyes at us "Well, if it isn't the little sluts. All dolled up and ready to go to Hogsmead in their slutty outfits." Ok, can she at least be original? I mean, sluts, then slutty outfits? And, what a hypocrite! The skirt she's wearing shouldn't even be called a skirt, its more like a piece of fabric that barely covers her arse!

I smirk at her, "Hmm…and yet, who has the reputation of being a slut?" I ask. I figure that I might as well give her some of her own medicine.

She glares at me, "At least I go for the guys I like. I don't pine after them silently. You two are such poor souls with your unrequited love." Ouch, I take that wish back. I don't want her to be anymore creative!

I just roll my eyes at her and say, "That's pathetic." And grab Roses' hand and pull her down the remaining stairs into the common room. The boys are sitting in armchairs waiting for us. Rose looks at me worriedly.

"What's wrong" Scor asks, noticing Rose's mood almost immediately. "Nothing, we just had a tiny run in with Sasha." I say.

Al looks at us, "What did she say this time?" "Nothing even worth repeating, she's pathetic." I say again and Rose laughs "Seriously, guys, it's ok."

We grab them and drag them out of the portrait, eager to go to Hogsmead. Suddenly, though, I had inspiration for lyrics, probably from my run in with Sasha. "Watch where I'm going," I say to Rose, "I don't know if I have enough skills to write and walk at the same time". She laughs and agrees, and I quickly scribble down the lyrics in a notebook that I always keep with me, I think I have a great start of a song. Then, I put the notebook back in my purse and I realize that we're already half way to Hogsmead. I didn't even crash once! I'm pretty sure that is a record, actually.

"Ooo I forgot to tell you guys!" I exclaim, it totally slipped my mind, "I have to meet James and Freddie in Uncle George's shop!" I kiss them each on the cheek and run off, I'll meet you in the Three Broomsticks in an hour!" I scream as I leave them.

I quickly run to Uncle George's shop. "You're late" Freddie says as I enter. Whoops, I tried right? "Haha sorry, I tried to make it but I had a run-in with Sasha." I say as I laugh then roll my eyes.

We discuss this master prank that we're going to do and I tick off the supplies that we are going to need: Peruvian instant darkness powder. The brilliant part of this plan is that it won't cost us anything because most of it is just excellent wandwork and stealth skills. I spend some time laughing with them, discussing our amazing plan that will go down in November, because let's face it, nothing exciting happens in November.

Soon enough, the hour is up and I have to meet Al, Scor, and Rosie at Three Broomsticks. James and Freddie offer to walk me and we walk in drizzle towards the Three Broomsticks.

"Bonjour!" I say as we find the table where Al, Scor and Rosie sit. "Rosie, do you want to get our costumes now?" I ask. She nods enthusiastically "Yes! Lauren, Alice and Lily are right over there at that table; want to see if they want to come with us?"

"On it!"

I spin on my heel, and see the table where the other girls are. "Hey wanna come with me and Rosie and get costumes for the Halloween Ball?" I ask. They all agree, and us five girls leave the Three Broomsticks with a promise to the boys that we will meet up with them again later.

We enter the Halloween shop, called Spirit, and start looking for costume ideas. Hmm…la de dum.. I need a costume and a dress to perform in. Suddenly, I get an idea! I'll be a flapper! It's perfect and I quickly run off to find a costume. I quickly find a black and gold flowy dress. It looks like it will do so I'm off in search for some black pumps, black, tights, a gold necklace, and a black boa. I quickly find these things and assemble my outfit. It looks great.

The other girls seem to be doing well, too. Rosie has decided to be a pirate, wearing an off the shoulder with dress that ends just above the knees, a black corset-type thing above it, a pirate hat, and carrying a plastic sword. She is going to borrow my black flat knee-high boots to wear for the occasion. Lauren is going to be a fairy, with her chestnut color hair and olive green eyes, the lime green tight fairy dress that she picked out goes perfectly. She's also buying wings that attach to her back, a faint green shimmery print. Alice has decided to be a princess. She is wearing a long, blue, puffy dress that goes to the floor. She looks just like a princess, and the color of the light blue matches her eyes. Lily has decided to be a devil. Wearing a short, tight, red dress, black high heels and carrying around a pitchfork, her red hair cascading down her back and looking amazing. I've promised Lily that I will personally block her form James' view so he doesn't throw a fit.

We all compliment each other on our costume picks, and go to the desk to pay for them. "Girls," I say, "I also have to buy a dress to perform in!" That sets us off again, this time to a different store. After trying on what seems like a million dresses, I decide on a pretty light gray dress with a black bow around the waist. The dress ends around mid-thigh and I found some awesome black ankle boots to go with it.

Swinging our bags with our purchases, we head back to the Three Broomsticks, ready to meet our boys. The boys seem to have made some purchases too, "What did you guys buy?" They all smile, "Costumes" they all answer, each at relatively different times.

"Ooo can we see them?" we all ask in unison. This time Scor answers "will you guys show us your costumes?"

"NO!" we all shout. "You have to wait until Halloween!" I say.

Scor smirks, "Well then, you'll just have to wait." I look pleadingly at Al, but all the boys seem hell bent on this arrangement.

"Fair enough, I guess" Lauren answers for us.

We all manage to sit into a booth, and the waitress, Katie comes up to take our order. James and Freddie try to order Fire whiskeys but Katie knows them, and she knows that they're under age, so we end up all having Butterbeers.

Suddenly, Ben Armstrong approaches our table. Ben is nice enough, I guess, he's a Slytherin, but that prejudice has been long past. He has brown hair and he tries to make it untidy like James' and Albus', but it doesn't work as well for him. His brown eyes are warm, but not a beautiful piercing green.

He clears his throat "Um, could I talk to Z for a moment guys?" he asks. Why does he want to talk to me? "Yeah, sure," I say and motion for him to continue. "Um…alone?" he asks uncertainly. Oh shit. "Ok…" Lauren, Alice, Lily and Rose all have to get up because I'm seated near the wall. They all give me looks that say "I know what he's going to ask…what the hell are you going to do?" like I know myself!

Ben leads me just outside the restaurant. "So Benny," I say "What's up?" He chuckles, then becomes serious. "You know, Z, the Halloween ball is coming up…" I laugh, "I do actually happen to know that".

"Right, well, I was kind of…um wondering if…" Haha he's kind of funny when he stutters. "…you would like to go with me?" he ends uncertainly. What? Go to the ball with him? Well…he is nice…

"I'm sorry, Ben, but I'm already going with someone." I say. Wait, who the hell am I going with?? His face falls, "Oh, well damn that guy acted fast!" he says chuckling nervously. I laugh too, "Haha, yeah he did" I smile.

"Do you mind if I ask who the lucky guys is?" Shit. Who the hell is the lucky guy?

"Al." I answer, smiling.

He laughs, "Well, I'm pretty sure I could've guessed that." He could've guessed that? What is that supposed to mean?

But before I can ask him, he says "Well, Z, I gotta go, but it's been nice talking to you." Umm…yeah? "Yeah, you too" I say in reply.

I slowly walk back to the restaurant. SHIT!! I said that Al was taking me to the dance! He didn't even ask me!

Great, this is perfect, curse me and my stupid mouth!

I quickly walk back to the booth we were occupying, but only Al, Scor and Rosie remain.

"Where'd the rest go?" I ask as I sit down and take a sip of my Butterbeer. "They left, decided to go back to the castle." Rosie answers me, looking at significantly. She's probably wondering what Ben Armstrong needed to talk to me about.

"Hmmm…" I say, "Sounds good to me, what about you guys?" They agree, and we pay for our drinks and head back. As we are walking, Rose and Scor start walking really fast, walking way ahead of me and Al and talking spiritedly.

"Look, Al I need to talk to you." I say solemnly. He looks at me, but there is something different in his eyes, some expression that I just can't pinpoint, "Yeah?" "Yeah." I say, then continue, "Ben Armstrong, asked me to go to the Halloween ball with him."

He twists his head, so I can't see his face. "Really?" he asks. "Mhmm, but see, thing is, I turned him down." His head snaps back in my direction, "Why?" is all he asks. "He's not my type really, but I need you to do me a huge, huge, a thousand times huge favor." I brace myself and him.

"Ok, what?" this time I notice that the peculiar expression in his green eyes was gone. "I sorta, kinda, maybe told him I had a date." I say reluctantly. "Ok?" he seems confused now. "And he asked who my date was…and I said you. So could you please, please, please be my date for the Halloween ball?" As I ask him I clasp my hands in front of me, begging.

Al starts laughing "You told him that you couldn't go with him because you already had a date and the date was me?" I bite my lip, "Haha, yeah" I chuckle nervously.

He shakes his head, looks to the heavens, then winks at me. My breath catches. He swings his arm around my shoulder then says "Sure, Z, I'll be your date for the Halloween ball."

I whoop "Thank you, thank you thank you!" I scream. "Under one condition," he says. "What?" "don't spring this on me again."

I laugh and assure him that it will never, never in a million years happen again, and we walk back to Hogwarts, with his arm still around my shoulders.

I'm sitting in the common room, scribbling in lyrics to my little red notebook, listening to Al and Scor bicker, while Rosie is reading Pride and Prejudice. I love that book. Mr. Darcy is just so…cool. Haha I doubt that's the word most teenage girls use to describe Mr. Darcy, but he is cool.

I glare at Scor, but I don't think he realizes. James comes up to us at that moment, and we all look up at him. "Family meeting." He says. I wonder what it's about. I look at him curiously as Rose and Al pretend to ignore him. He looks really impatient, and suddenly just grabs Rose and Al and drags them over to where he, Lily and Hugo were sitting. Ok, I'll take this opportunity.

"So, Scor," I start casually. I must not have come off too casually because he looks at me suspiciously. "What?" he says cautiously.

"Will you freaking ask her already?!" I whisper-yell at him. "Ask who, what?" he replies. So he's going to play dumb, fine be that way.

"Ask Rose to snog you in a broom closet." His head whips around quick to look at the Weasley/Potter family then says, "I was not planning on doing that." But I see the faint blush on his cheeks. "Fine, then, why don't you ask her to go to the Halloween ball with you."

"No, she probably wouldn't want to go with me." He says, still looking at Rose. I roll my eyes, so it's going to be the hard way.

I sneak down to his level, (he was sitting on the floor) and whisper in his ear,"Scorpious Hyperion Malfoy if you do not as Rose Weasley to the Halloween ball I'm going to chop your balls off." He gulps, "How come Rose doesn't have her middle name announced?" he asks. "Because she's not the one I'm yelling at! Does that mean you'll do it?" He sighs, "I guess, but if she says no…"

"She won't," I promise.

Just then, the family meeting seemed to end, and Al and Rose start heading back our direction, do I have perfect timing or what? Al sits down in a comfy armchair and Rose picks up her book again.

"Hey, Al, let's go over there" I point to some random corner of the common room. "Why?" he asks, "I just sat down!" "Come on!" I say as I grunt trying to pull him out of the chair before Scor realizes what I'm trying to do and backs out of The Plan. I curse at him silently.

"I'll sing for you over there." I say. This, fortunately grabs his attention, "Ok, fine we'll go over there." "Yay!" I exclaim.

As we get to The Random Corner of the Common Room, I pull out an extendable ear. Al looks at me, "What's going on?" "Shhh listen!" I say hushing him.

"Uh, so Rose," Scor says nervously. "Hmmm," she says while picking up her book again. I try to communicate with her telepathically 'Put down the goddamn book, Rose!' but I don't think she seems to be listening.

"I was um, wondering, . " Scor says really fast. Umm…what? Rose seems to have similar thoughts.

"Sorry, I couldn't quite catch that" she says, smiling nicely. Ooo nicely done Rosie, she knows but she wants to hear him say it again just incase she heard him wrong the first time.

"I was kinda wondering if you wanted to go to the Halloween ball with me?" Scor asks.

Rose positively beams. Yay! "I'd love to go with you, Scor" she smiles, "But I'm exhausted, Z kept me walking all day looking for her outfits!" Hey! "So, I'm off to bed," She kisses him on the cheek, winks at me, then leaves the common room with her book.

Whoo!!! That was amazing. Scor just stands there in shock. I smile big, it worked!

Then, I look at Al, "Why did we have to watch and listen to that?" he complains. Trust a guy to have no sense of romance. "Because I have been waiting for that moment since I met you all." I declare.

"Oh shit!" Scor is coming over I have to be singing! "What song do you want me to sing to you?" I ask quickly.

Al looks at me like I'm on drugs, "Scor is coming over! He can't know I was listening!" "Ok, then do you have another song that you wrote about for your mom?"

I quickly scan through my lyrics in my head. "Well, this one isn't necessarily about my mom, but it has to do with the things that she wanted me to do, and her influence over me." He nods, and I wonder vaguely why he's so interested in the subject of my mother. But I owe him a lot, so I sit down with my guitar, begin strumming, then begin singing:

What if I squeeze myself into any shape
And I still don't fit?
What if I bend myself so much that I break
And I can't mend it?
What if I burn so bright that the fire goes out
And I can't stay lit?
What's the point in it?
I could get good at crying crocodile tears
Just to get along
I could carry on telling you wanna hear
'til my voice is gone
But if I finally get to the place that I think is home
And I don't belong
What's the point in it?
Where's the benefit?
When I'm gaining all but I'm losing it

It's not worth having
If it's too much to hold
You can dig so deep
That you're left with a hole
Thirsty in a desert with a bag full of gold
Don't wanna end up like pirate bones
What I thought was precious was just a pile o' stones
I might have the treasure but I'd be lying alone
Just a pile of pirate bones
If I forfeit my soul it ain't worth having
If it's something I stole it ain't worth having

What if I stake everything I am on a dream
And it's counterfeit?
If I reach the end that justifies the means
Could I live with it?
And if it's true that having too much of any good thing
Could only make me sick
What's the point in it
Where's the benefit
When I'm gaining all but I'm losing it
Oh, oh

If I forfeit my soul it ain't worth having
If it's something I stole it ain't worth having

It's not wroth that much to me
If losing out is what it means
To swim in shallow victory
Is empty, empty
It's just not worth the price
It's only a fools paradise
If it's draining every drop of life 'til I'm dry like pirate bones

If I forfeit my soul it ain't worth having, noo

Pirate bones
If it's something I stole it ain't worth having

Pirate Bones

I finish quietly, Al is looking at me, his eyes unreadable. "It was really good" he says quietly. "Yeah it was," Scor says. Hmm hadn't realized he was listening too.

"It's just something that came to me one time when my mom was lecturing me on how I should watch my weight" I wrinkle my nose. "Anyway, I better head to bed, I have to talk to Rose about her hot date!" I smile and wink at Scor. "See, now that wasn't so bad, was it, Mr. Negative??"

"I guess not," he says reluctantly. Ha! I win!

I smile at them, bid them goodnight and skip up the stairs. Once I get in the dormitory, I see Rose there jumping on her bed.

I join her. "Rosie!" I said while jumping! "You've got a date!!" She smiles beautifully at me. "I know!" she screams at me. She continues to tell me, word for word how Scor asked her out and I ooo-ed, awed, gapsed, and laughed at the correct times, even though I already knew what had happened.

I quickly relay to her what happened between me, Ben, and Al; and how Al and I are going to the Halloween ball. "Z that's great!" she says after she'd done her share of ooing awing, gasping, and laughing. "Yeah, I guess, I mean it's only as friends" I say as I frown. But then I remember the lyrics I was scribbling earlier, "But on the bright side! I wrote a new song about Sasha! Wanna hear it?" I ask excitedly.

"Of course!" she says. And, again, I take out my guitar and start singing, but this song is upbeat so I start off a little louder, I begin to sing:

You think you know me so well
You put me down, it builds you up
You're kicking me around
You just can't get enough
And all your friends surround you
Oh, without them by your side
You start to show your weakness
It's something you can't hide

Yeah yeah

We'll stop and erase
Cause I'm gonna wipe
That smile off your know-it-all face
Whaoh
Laugh while you can
Yeah live it up, but
Read my lips, the joke is on you
I've figured it out
You're all about
Walking tall on the people you knock down
So stop and erase
Cause I'm gonna wipe
That smile off your know-it-all face
Whaoh

I'm waking up I'm feeling
What I was scared to feel before
I got my eyes wide open
Won't take it anymore

All the lies and teasing
Yes, I could never be that cool
You had them all believing
But now that's through
Yeah Yeah

Count down,
The tables have turned
Better wise up
You've got lots of nerve
Cause you're all alone
Now

We'll stop and erase
Cause I'm gonna wipe
That smile off your know-it-all face
Whaoh
Laugh while you can
Yeah live it up, but
Read my lips, the joke is on you
Whaoh
I've figured it out
You're all about
Walking tall on the people you knock down.

So stop and erase
Cause I'm gonna wipe
That smile off your know-it-all face
We'll stop and erase
Cause I'm gonna wipe
That smile off your know-it-all face
Whaoh
Laugh while you can
Yeah live it up, but
Read my lips, the joke is on you

I've figured it out
You're all about
Walking tall on the people you knock down

So stop and erase
Cause I'm gonna wipe
That smile off your know-it-all face

I finish and Rose is laughing and clapping like a maniac. "I loved it!" she exclaims. I'm happy and we grab some hot chocolate in the kitchens before curfew and when I go to bed that night, I dream wonderful dreams of me and Al dancing at the Halloween ball.

A/N: So, there it is! I hope you like it! Please review! Tell me if you like/don't like or have any questions! Ooo, i almost forgot, the songs don't belong to me! The first one is Pirate Bones by Natasha Bedingfield and the second one is Stop and Erase by Selena Gomez and the Scene. Cheers!

~wwccd