Late Arrivals and Lifetime Rivals: Snape's Worst Halloween

In which more members of the Order of The Phoenix arrive.

Chapter 3: A Party In Full Swing

Remus Lupin arrived next with Tonks not far behind him. They both greeted me and went to assist Molly in the kitchen but she refused their offer of assistance as well.

Lupin had not dressed up and was most likely the only adult getting out of it and understandably so. Tonks, in black leather and shredded clothing was a member of the Weird Sisters.

Harry Potter and Hermione Granger arrived with Professor Dumbledore. Harry was dressed as a griffin and Hermione as a house elf. Hermione, upon entering the house, proceeded to greet those of our party with a long-winded explanation of why she had chosen her particular costume, the meaning behind it, and why it was important due to the present conditions that house elves were experiencing. Furthermore, she felt that by representing them, due to the fact that they were…And I'll stop here. I've gone on far enough.

Fred and George Weasley remarked that their choice was brilliant. They had many spindly legs to choose from when they judged it necessary to plug their ears.

Dumbledore had arrived as a brilliantly, but tastefully plumed phoenix, in gold and many hued feathers.

He greeted me graciously and explained that Fawkes would be most disappointed with him if he posed as another magical creature.

Hagrid arrived soon after and went upstairs to meet Sirius. When they both came down it was quite a scene. Sirius had decided to dress as Hagrid. He borrowed a furry jacket and charmed it to be several sizes smaller.

"Actually, mate, our hair is quite similar. The beard took some time to charm though." He grinned and looked around at the guests.

Hagrid dressed from head to toe in brown explained that he was a bowtruckle, and everyone laughed. He shrugged his shoulders and offered a shy smile.

Sprout came with McGonagall who was dressed as Rowena Ravenclaw. Sprout as a fairy was too adorable to behold.

Ron finally came down to the living room and had to sit on the sofa between Fred and George. He was a sorry hippogriff for his feathers kept falling out due to the fact that the hairy spider legs that kept crawling on his arms and legs had to be slapped at repeatedly.

One of the very last to arrive was Flitwick, who came as a not so convincing dragon due to his small stature.

Though he did not strike terror into the hearts of the guests, he had charmed shiny scales, a spiked tail, and fire that was somewhat redeeming.

"I saw Mundungus Fletcher approaching the door on my way in," said Flitwick. "He is not dressed at all."

Mundungus knocked loudly at the door and Arthur Weasley let him in.

When asked what his costume was he shot back with, "Don't you fellas recognize a veela when you see one?" and fell asleep in an armchair in the corner. Nobody asked him where he was coming from.

Well most of the party seemed to be present; we were still waiting for Moody to show. I grabbed another butterbeer and thankfully I did, because the party would take a course I had not expected.