Chapter 3
The weeks flew by and it was soon October…
After a long day of lessons, the Gryffindors came back to their common room to see a notice on their message board:
Dear Students,
On the 22nd, there will be a trip to Hogsmeade in order to purchase costumes for the Halloween Masquerade Ball. We again warn you: Fanged Frisbees are forbidden, along with 'Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes' merchandise.
Happy Halloween!
"Alright! I can't wait for it!" Prim grinned.
"It's another week from now." Hermione smiled. Harry was unusually quiet.
"What's wrong, mate?" Ron asked him.
"My parents were murdered on Halloween." Harry replied quietly. Ginny held his hand.
"I'm sorry, Harry." Chloe comforted him.
Harry pursed his lips and nodded "It's not like you did it." There was an awkward pause. It was left at that.
By the time the Hogsmeade trip arrived, the students gathered money and friends to accompany them to the trip. They gave their permission slips to Filch and got on the carriages.
"I bet you already got your costume from your mother, Weasel!" Ron turned to see who said that snide comment. Primrose glared.
"Shove it, Malfoy!" Harry called out to him. Malfoy's carriage caught up with the Gryffindors. Malfoy gave Prim a haughty smirk and looked at Ron.
"You need Scar-head to protect you, Ginger?" Crabbe and Goyle sniggered.
"At least he has friends, ferret!" Primrose retorted. Ron tried to talk her out of talking back to Malfoy. Seamus smirked proudly at Prim.
Malfoy let out an airy laugh. "That's getting old, Hill. You better come up with something better." As soon as he said this, his carriage sled further away from them. Harry was mad; he never liked Malfoy.
"Don't pay attention to him, Ron. He's an idiot. You have us." Primrose said.
"She's right, mate." Seamus said. Chloe smiled at Ron, who smiled back at her. Hermione took his hand in hers.
Harry, Seamus and Ron left the girls to go to Ron's brothers' shop. Ginny, Chloe, Hermione and Primrose entered a costume shop. Looking around, Prim had a hard time choosing a costume 'Maybe I should get a ballerina costume?' She looked at it and shook her head 'Nah. Maybe a swan?' She looked at a white, one shoulder, ankle length feathery dress which was not tight on the skin, but a bit poofy at the lower part. She decided to try it on. When she got out from the fitting room, she called her friends to come over.
Chloe gasped "You look great!" Ginny gave Prim a thumbs up.
Hermione commented "You have to get this dress!" Prim smiled and went back to the fitting room to change, leaving the others to scatter around the store.
Primrose, with the help of the store clerk, found a white half mask with silver glitters and with a laser-cut swan on the side of it. Hermione wanted a cat costume, so she bought one. Her mask was a black half mask with little clear crystals on the sides and little whiskers on the nose. Ginny purchased a mermaid costume; a turquoise bra and a long skirt which expands at the end to create fins. Her mask was also a turquoise half mask with a small starfish on the left side of it. And Chloe bought a devil costume; a red, tight strapless dress with matching red heels. She bought along with it a small pitchfork and horns. Her half mask was red. After the girls left the shop, they parted to one of the cafés nearby and waited for the boys to come back.
They were laughing until they heard someone shout "Don't insult my mother, Malfoy!" They quickly paid for their drinks and hurried to see what the fuss was about. The girls saw some Hogwarts' students circling Malfoy, Harry, Crabbe, Goyle and Ron. Seamus was nearby, but not in the circle. They had their wands pointed at each other. The girls shoved themselves next to the boys.
"What's going on?" Hermione asked Ron.
"He's having a go at my mum!" Ron said, not moving his eyes from Malfoy. Ginny tried to calm Harry down, but in vain. Primrose pulled out her wand and pointed it at Malfoy.
He saw this and laughed "You have a lot of nerve, Hill. A blood traitor like you, pointing a wand at me. I guess I underestimated you. Well I guess I should feel sorry for you; dad dead, mum mad as hell." He gave her one last smirk and turned his back on her. When he did his, he never expected the next thing to happen: she hexed him.
They walked back to the castle. A 3rd year told Primrose that McGonagall wanted to see her. "It's probably about what happened. You shouldn't be punished." Ginny sneered. Prim shrugged her shoulders and told her friends that she'll meet them back at the common room.
"I'm appalled, Miss Hill. And you, Mr. Malfoy, you should be ashamed of yourself; badgering her by revealing her private family life to everyone. Ms. Hill, hexing someone, especially when the person has his or her back to you, is unacceptable. You will both receive detention. You will have it with me tomorrow. Come to my office after dinner." Professor McGonagall said to Prim and Draco. They sat next to each other, sour faced. Draco abruptly got up from his chair and ran off. Prim was not far behind him and wasn't sorry for hexing him. 'He's a bloody moron! He's a complete asshole, arrogant, sneaky little shit! How dare he say that in front of everyone? I have to know how he knew about my family.'
"Detention!?" Harry roared.
"With Malfoy?!" Seamus roared equally. Prim got back to the common room and told them what happened at McGonagall's.
"At least it's only a few hours." Ginny comforted Prim.
"She's right, Prim." Chloe said. "I'll just grit my teeth and do it." Prim said. Hermione nodded. The girls parted from the boys and went up the girls' staircase.