Author's Note: Ok, I hope you like this chapter, please don't kill me, I'm sorry in advance by the way. Here's the chapter!
Previously: "Alright, let's go then," Lina said, just as excited as they walked down the halls towards Shade's bedroom.
Draconic
"talking"
'thinking'
After two weeks, all of the Guardians flew back to their shared apartment in London where they were to get ready for the Summer Solstice ball that Draco invited them to. The flat had a short hallway from the front door to the living room, from there, there were stairs going up to their bedrooms on the left while across from the hall was a kitchen and dining room. To the right was a large living room with a long black couch in front of the television, to the right of the TV was a fireplace connected to the floo. All of the walls were covered in bookshelves and the occasional plant that Julian placed there; the wall behind the couch was a large glass window that reached from the ceiling to the floor. They were all getting ready in their rooms, Shade and Julian in Shade's room while Victoria and Alice were in Alice's room. Alice's room was a replica of her Hogwarts room except with out the Common room and large grass area. Shade's was the same only with out the dueling platform room and kitchen.
Alice was struggling to get into her dress when Victoria asked, "So, do you think Draco is your mate?"
She blushed and fumbled with the laces of her corset, "M-Maybe, I don't know, yes?"
Victoria laughed before helping her lace her dress up, "Oh you know we don't mind who your mate is, right?"
"Yea, I mean you have two," Alice said with a smirk.
"I-I do not, they just like me, ok?" Victoria said, slightly flustered.
"Ok, what ever you say sis," Alice replied with a laugh, facing Victoria's back to lace her up.
"Thank god that these dresses don't have sleeves, I think I'd die of heat if they did," Victoria replied with a sigh.
"I have to agree, it's way too hot for sleeves," Alice said before going to a jewelry box in the corner of her room.
"Hmm... What do you think I should wear?" Alice asked, looking into the box as Victoria walked over.
"Maybe that leather bracelet and that onyx necklace," she replied, picking up a thick black leather bracelet and decorative black onyx necklace.
Alice put them on and looked at herself in the mirror, "Wow, I look good."
"You do, want to help me pick out my jewelry?" Victoria asked, gesturing to the box.
"Sure, hmm... What about this?" she picked up a diamond necklace and amethyst earrings.
Victoria put them on and smiled, "Well, they go with the dress, I like them."
"Good, now come on, let's go see if the boys are ready yet," Alice said with a smile, walking towards the door.
"Good idea," Victoria replied before walking towards Shade's room with Alice.
In Shade's room, Julian and Shade were getting dressed while trying not to wrinkle anything.
"So... Is Viktor your mate?" Shade asked curiously.
Julian tripped on his pants and fell on the floor, "Umm... N-No, what makes you think that?"
Shade laughed before helping him back up, "Oh you know, what just happened and the way you both acted around each other."
Julian blushed and played with the hem of his sleeves, "Ok fine, he is, are you happy now?"
"Yes, very much," Shade said with a smile before hearing a light knock on his door.
"Well, hello mi'ladies, are you all ready to go?" Shade said as he opened the door with a mocking bow.
Alice whacked him in the head and laughed softly, "Oh shut up you idiot."
"Wow, you both look great," Julian said with a grin.
"See Shade? That's how you compliment a lady," Alice said with her nose in the air, pretending to be a pretentious pureblood.
"Oh how very rude of me, let me atone for my sins your highness," Shade said before bowing low, playing along with her.
"Come on you two or we'll be late," Victoria said with a small smile before walking to the floo downstairs with Julian.
"Oh come on Tori, we're just having a bit of fun before being stuck in a room with boring old rich people," Shade said, walking with Alice down the stairs.
"I know but if you act like that in front of them, they could call a blood feud and M really doesn't want that to happen," Victoria replied as Julian gathered a pinch of floo powder in his hand.
"Oh fine," Shade replied, slightly dejected as they all left through the floo to Malfoy Manor.
They all walked out gracefully except for Shade and Alice who both fell flat on their backs, "I hate you both," they both said to the amusement of Julian and Victoria.
Draco smiled and lifted Alice up off the floor, blushing softly before saying, "Hello Alice, you look beautiful."
She blushed back before smiling at him, "Thank you Draco, you look great yourself."
Alice wore a strapless, fitted floor length emerald green dress with a black see through skitr over her green one. Pieces of the black skirt were pulled up and bunched where there were green flower patterns on her skirt. The corset of the dress was dark emerald green around her bust before a line of black and grey beads separated her bust from her stomach and her skirt. The material around her stomach and ribs were a lighter green with black beads sewn through it, it had the same colored laces for the back. She wore her hair with two strips tied behind her head with the rest of her hair loose and slightly curled.
Victoria smiled at the two as she stood next to Julian. She wore a floor length fitted white dress with a sweetheart neckline, it had a line of royal purple fabric on the neckline and around her waist, sewn into a V shape at the edge of the skirt. Her skirt was layered with white on top and purple rippling until it reached the floor, it had vinyl patterns sewn into the skirt randomly and sewn in a heart shape on her bodice. The back of the dress had purple lace and flowers sewn above the start of the skirt with more layers of white. Her hair was pulled up into an elegant bun with strands of her hair loose to frame her face and some strands running down her back.
Julian looked around at the room they landed in, it was a large white room with a coffee table and some white hard back chairs. He was dressed in a white button up shirt with a blood red vest. He wore black dress pants with a lighter colored red tie, his robes were black with deep red seeping through the fabric and he wore black dress shoes. His hair was the same as Yule only a little longer so that he could tie it back on the nape of his neck.
Shade shifted slightly, uncomfortable around his sister and her mate when his wasn't even in the country. He wore a black button up shirt with a deep blue vest and black shiny dress shoes. He wore a lighter colored blue tie with black dress pants, his robes were black with blue streaming through the fabric like water. His hair was just the same but instead of green highlights in his hair and eyes, they were a dark ocean blue color.
"Welcome to my family's Manor, some of the guests are already in the Dining room so, if you would like to follow me please," Draco said formally before turning and walking down the hallway.
They all followed after him towards a large dining room with a long mahogany table in the center and straight back chairs surrounded the table. The floor was all white tile with light blue walls and streaks of white painted on. They all sat down as the first course was served. A ball normally had a four course meal dinner before the actual dancing. The first course was normally just light hors d'oeuvres with champagne. The second course was either a soup or a salad with a white wine for salads and a red white for soups. The third course was either fish, chicken, or steak with red wine for the steak and white for the other two. After that, the fourth course was a desert served with red wine through out the rest of the evening. The Guardians sat down for the dinner and stared at all the food.
After dinner, all of the guests moved to the ballroom for the ball part of the evening and some started to dance as others stood on the sidelines.
"Oh my gods, is that who I think it is?" Victoria asked Julian, tugging him towards her.
"Who?" Julian asked, looking around at the crowd of people.
"Look, it's Viktor," Victoria said, gesturing towards him.
"O-Oh, it is..." Julian replied, slightly nervous.
"Oh come on, you look great now go talk to your man," Victoria said with a smirk before gently pushing him towards Viktor.
"Sis, I really don't think this is a good-oh he's coming towards us," Julian said with a sigh as Viktor spotted them.
Victoria pushed him a little harder before turning and leaving the two of them alone.
Julian lost his footing and crashed into Viktor's chest, accidentally wrapping his arms around his waist, "Oh... Hello..."
"Hello there, fancy seeing you here Julian," Viktor said with a slight smirk before sweeping him across the dance floor.
"How have you been? I haven't heard from you in a while," Julian replied, trying to keep his footing as they danced.
"Well, not much has happened really, my family is actually trying to arrange a marriage for me," Viktor said with a frustrated sigh.
"Oh..." Julian said sadly, trying not to let his sadness show, "T-That's nice of them."
"Not really, I have refused any and all contracts that they have given me," Viktor said, trying to make him feel a little bit better.
"Really?" Julian said softly.
"Yes, I know this is crazy but I'm falling in love with you," Viktor replied, stiffening and looking behind Julian at the wall, embarrassed.
Julian smiled and leaned his head against Viktor's shoulder, "That is crazy... I think I am too..."
Viktor relaxed and smiled, pulling Julian across the dance floor as they danced, only stopping as something happened out in the hallway, gathering a large crowd.
Alice was next to Draco the entire night, she was a little nervous though when he introduced her to his parents.
"Ah, so this is the famous Alice that we have heard so much about," Lucius said, his nose in the air like her's when she was mocking people like him.
Her smile was strained since she remembered him from that night at the Graveyard, the blond woman next to him jabbed him in the ribs and smiled at her, "It's so nice to meet you, my name is Narcissa and don't worry, everything that we have heard from our young Draco was only good things."
Alice smiled back at her, some tension leaving her body as she leaned slightly against Draco, "It's nice to meet the both of you also, I hope you don't mind that your son is dating the Gryffindor Guardian."
"Why actually, we-" "Aren't, at all, isn't that right Lucius?" Narcissa replied, pinching him hard on the arm.
"Of course not dear," he replied with an invisible wince.
"Well, father, mother, I believe it is time for me to have a dance with Alice," Draco said softly before leading her to the dance floor.
She heaved a sigh as they started to dance, "Oh my goodness, I'm sorry but your father is a bit of a prick."
He laughed and spun her slowly, "I know, you get used to it though and, after a while, he becomes a little nicer."
"Highly doubtful but I trust you," Alice said with another sigh as they danced.
She smiled slightly though when Julian started to dance with Viktor, "I didn't know that Viktor was here, who else did you invite?"
"Oh, I invited the twin red heads, the eldest red head, Weasley, Granger, and Harry," he replied before pointing all of them out to her.
"Oh, wow, how did your parents take it when you said that weasleys were coming?" Alice said with a soft giggle which turned into a louder laugh at his grimace.
"Not very well actually, but let's not dwell on that, I have you to myself for the entire evening," Draco said with a small smirk.
She blushed at his implications, "Well I never, the Slytherin Ice Prince isn't as innocent as I thought."
"When have I ever been innocent?" he said with a soft laugh before spinning her again.
"Good point, well, let's just enjoy this while it lasts," Alice said as they danced for the rest of the ball, well until the ball was interrupted.
Shade was sipping his wine slowly until he felt a large hand on his waist, which irked him slightly.
"Excuse me but I am taken," he replied tight lipped.
"Well, that was rude, you've forgotten me already?" came a low familiar rough voice, a hint of amusement leaking through his tone.
Shade spun around and smiled, "Charlie! How can I ever forget you?"
"That's a good question, how could you ever forget this scarred face?" Charlie said as he posed for a second making Shade laugh.
"Oh your face isn't bad looking, in fact, you're quite handsome," Shade replied but blushed as he realized what he said, "D-Did I say that out loud?" he mussed, embarrassed.
Charlie laughed before plucking his glass out of his hand and putting it down on the table, "Yes you did and thank you, you're not bad looking yourself," he teased back.
Shade blushed before being dragged onto the dance floor, "Oh shut up."
"Make me," Charlie replied, leaning in towards Shade, looking into his eyes.
"You're so childish," Shade replied with a soft smile, blushing lightly as they danced and Charlie leaned down.
He unconsciously leaned his head up towards him, their lips inches apart but was startled out of their moment by angry shouting coming from the hallway. He walked to the hallway, picking up his pace when he heard his sister's whimper.
Victoria smiled as Viktor and Julian danced, she walked over to the glasses of champagne before sipping a glass slowly. She was shocked slightly when two twin bodies formed next to her.
"Now Forge, what could a lovely lady like this, be doing over here?"
"Well I don't know Gred, she must not fancy dancing."
Victoria smiled and, she would deny it if someone asked her but she was also happy as she heard the two twins talk, laughing softly as they repeated the words they said at the Yule Ball.
"Hello you two, how are you? I didn't know you were invited," she said softly, placing her champagne down, which later turns into a large mistake.
"We are well, we've been-"
"-Working on some new-"
"-Pranks to test at school-"
"-Next year," George finished.
"Well, that sounds creative. Oh, it looks like your brother wants to talk to you two," Victoria said, gesturing to Ron who was walking towards them, His eyes intent on the twins.
"Oh look-"
"-Ickle Ronnikins," they said with a laugh before walking towards him.
She smiled at them before grasping for her glass only to see that it had moved a little, "Huh, that's weird."
She shrugged before sipping it, thinking that a house elf refilled it, and sighing before putting it back down. She scrunched her nose as a fog was placed over her mind, almost like an Imperius curse.
She gasped softly as another presence entered her mind and was controlling her, 'Leave the ballroom.'
She didn't want to but Victoria was forced to comply, she fought with every ounce of her magic, trying to throw off the potion.
'Good girl, now, on your knees,' the voice said again as the person controlling her stepped out of the shadows in the hallway.
She threw off the potion for a second and shook her head, whining softly as she felt her body move on it's own to the floor.
He chuckled and gently pet her head, not seeing the spells being thrown at him from behind her.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" two voices shouted as their spells melded together, throwing the man off of his feet, knocking him out.
"Are you alright Victoria?" George asked, gently hugging her to his chest.
The potion seemed to be wearing off as she whimpered and curled slightly into his chest, "L-Liquid Imperius..."
Fred froze next to them as she started to cry before he marched over to the man who was waking up, he shouted at him as he picked the man up with surprising strength, pinning him to the wall, "How DARE you make her cry, how DARE you try to make her yours, and how DARE you take her will?!"
George looked around and spotted Shade pushing his way through the crowd, "Fred, just stun him, we have to get in line if we want to hurt him."
Fred looked at the man in disgust before stunning him and dropping him to the ground, "Fine."
George gently picked Victoria up and handed her over to Julian as Shade growled, dragging the man with strength that wasn't supposed to be possessed by someone that small.
He threw him to the ground as Alice walked over quickly, "Alice, it's time to go, Julian bring her and Victoria back to the flat. Fred, George, Ron, Hermione, and Harry, go with them, no arguments now GO!"
They all quickly moved to the floo before going to the siblings' apartment as Shade dispersed the crowd, "Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy, I am sorry to disturb your night and your ball."
"Oh it's quite alright, will your sister be alright?" Narcissa asked, worry clear in her voice.
"I believe so, she's a strong woman so she will be fine, now do you know this man?" Shade said, slightly irritated as he dropped the man non-to gently in front of them.
Draco approached them and gasped as he recognized the man, "That's Blaise, he's a Slytherin and in my year."
"Well, he should know that once someone commits a crime to a Guardian, the entire clan can punish him anyway they want," Shade growled out.
Draco and his parents nodded, "We understand, let us send a letter to his mother first please, she must know."
Shade nodded, "Alright, Draco, come with me, I have a feeling that Alice would like to speak with you. I will be taking this filth with us so that we can punish him accordingly."
Draco nodded before dragging Blaise through the Floo with him as Charlie stepped up to Shade, gently rubbing his shoulder, "It'll be fine Shade, don't worry."
"I'm not worried, I'm just scared of what her father will do when he finds out," he said with a sigh, leaning into Charlie's chest.
"It'll be fine, now, we should get back to your family," Charlie said, gesturing to the Floo.
Shade nodded before looking up at him, "Come with me?"
Charlie smiled and nodded, "Always."
They walked to the Floo and disappeared through the flames, their fingers intertwined as they left.
Author's Note: Agh! Please don't hate me! I had to do it, it was stuck in my head and wouldn't leave.
Victoria: So I almost get Date Raped?!
Shade: *shifts uncomfortably* kinda yea... *ducks and weaves through chairs as she is pelted with pillows*
Victoria: HOW COULD YOU?! *throws pillows at her in anger*
Shade: Anyway, please review, favorite, and follow, AH! *is hit by a really heavy and large pillow*
Victoria: See all of you in the next chapter, if she lives that long, bye! *sits on the pillow that is crushing Shade*