Hello! So heres chapter three. Thank you vlmck02 and Electra de Lioncourt for reviewing. I know ive made strange like Snape looking hot but its kinda important. Onward!

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I stood in the newly tranformed Great Hall, ignoring the stares I was getting. Unfortunately, Cissy wouldn't help me with Ball, something about her image and scary ghosts. In short, I to acutually do work and plan the whole thing myself. Thanks Dumbles, for telling the head boy he didn't have to help. Like Lupin could attend anyways, the full moon was on the 31st.

Worst kept secret ever.

So here I stand seeing people's surpirsed faces when they enter the Hall. Suddenly Severus is beside me (how does he do that?), wonder on his usually blank face.

"Did you do all this yourself, Bella?" He asked slowly, still looking around the room.

I smirked."Yes" Was it so hard to believe?

I had covered everything in black drapes and cobwebs. The huge windows had old black shutters over them with spiders crawling through the cracks in the window. The ceiling was magicly charmed to let the real night sky shine through, letting the full moon light up most of the room. I asked if some of the more terrifying ghosts could travel the room scaring people. Up where the professers usually sat was a full orchestra playing itself, the hauntingly slow music drifting through the room. The floor was reflective like glass, so it gave the illusion of walking on water.

It wasn't some kiddie party with happy jack-o-lanterns and fun music. It was extremely elegent, and everyone's faces said they were impressed. And I had did everything myslef in about 15 minutes, other than the food and drinks the house elves brought in.

"Impressive..."

"Thank you Sev."

He glared at me before walking away. Around the room fairies, zombies, mummies, princesses, and other random characters danced and conversed. I saw Lily Evans talking to Potter and his gang, I guess they got other whatever fight they had been in. And here I had thought she was smart... for a mudblood that is.

I had always been taught that mudbloods were stupid and didn't deserve to be at Hogwarts. But Evans excelled in Charms and Potions, and she had a nice personality.... Ugg. I sighed and turned back to watching people.

"Wonderful party Bella." Great. Just what I needed, Rodulphos Lestrange begging for my attention, again. And nobody calls me Bella except my cloce friends and family. He needed to be taught a lesson. No. I had to be on my best behavior at school. Turning towards him, I put on a fake smile.

"Thank you Rodulphos."

My mother told me to before school started that I had to be nice to him because we were getting married next summer.

"Might I say that you look particulary stunnig this evening." Who talks like that? Not that I didn't look stunning. I was wearing a strapless black gown that hugged my chest and flared out to floor at my waist. I was made from the finest material (of course) and had hand sown embriodary and the front. I just didn't want the compliment from him.

"Thank you." I rolled my eyes and began moving away, but his hand caught my wrist and pulled me back to him.

"May I please have this dance?" He have begged.

"No, I'm sorry." I tried to move away again but he held me firmly agaisnt him. "Please. Just dance with me." The grip on my wrist hurt and I could tell it would leave a bruise.

"Rodulphos, let me go. I have-" Just then Severus appeared at my side. " Already promised this dance to me. I'm sorry, maybe the next one." He didn't sound sorry.

I pulled away from Rodulphos and began to move with Severus to the dance floor. "Thank you." I whispered under my breath. I didn't have to look back to know that Rodulphos was seething in anger, I could practicaly feel it coming from across the room.

He looked at me. "You looked like you'd had enough torture for one night"

I smiled, a genuine smile, as we began to waltz around the Great Hall. I was surprised he'd offered to dance with me at all, he never danced if he could avoid it. We were both talking of trival things, how school was going and the food they had at breakfast, that we didn't notice that everyone else had stopped and was staing openly at us. I finally came to my senses when Cissy entered that hall with Lucius, arriving fasionably late.

"Bella!"

She yanked me away from Severus and proceded to tell me what a wonderful ball this was. People were still staring so I glared at them and they all scattered. When I turned back to Narcissa she was still talking." You know Bella, why don't you throw a Ball at home?! You could do a much better job with more money and more space, but of course you couldn't expect a school like this one to have all that. But our house does I mean with all the house elves and servants, oh, and you could send the guests carriages to take them here! This is going to be so much fun! And of course..."

I zoned her out here, sending a pleading look to Sev to save me again, but he only smirked, shook his head, and walked away.

Rodulphos took his spot happily, trying again to get my attention. For the rest of the evening I got to listen to Cissy talk about the party I was going to throw once we got back to Black Manor and how much better it was going to be then this one. Fun.