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Veela

After Mr. Ankher's announcement, everyone avoids Arla as if she were a Blast-Ended-Skrewt, unwilling to be chosen to participate in the task with her. In the corridors people move out of the way to let her pass, and in class students act as if she were not there and avoid eye-contact as if she were a Basilisk. Only me, Scorpius, Albus, Zaza, Violette and Tirstian aren't afraid to talk to her, as we're already in the tournament.

She's actually quite fun, once you got over her excessive use of make-up and her unstoppable flirting. She doesn't seem in the least bit disturbed by the way no one will so much look at her, and even uses the occasion to tease everyone and watch their reactions. About a week after the first task, we're all sitting down to dinner, after a day of lessons in the train, and Arla comes to join us, grinning.

"Hey guys !" She calls loudly, waving, and though Scorpius groans slightly next to me, I'm actually glad to see her.

"Hey Arla." I answer, grinning back.

"Guess what." She says gleefully as she squeezes in between me and a Durmstrang boy, who becomes white from fear and slides as far away from her as he can in the crowded table. Arla winks at him playfully, making him blanch even more, and then turns back towards us expectantly.

"Umm... You found a new way to terrorise all the students ?" Zaza asks sarcastically, rolling her eyes at the Durmstrang student, who is hurriedly wolfing down his food in his hurry to get away.

Arla grins, "Spot on. Even though you were being sarcastic. I have the ultimate prank to play on whoever I wish. Hell, I could do it on the whole school !"

Roxanne, James and Fred, who were walking past their table at that moment, suddenly stop, and James leans casually on Albus' head, who's sitting across from Me, Scorpius and Arla.

"What's that we hear ?" He asks, grinning as he messes up his brother's hair even more.

Fred takes up the relay; "You're planning on doing a prank ?" He asks, winking as he grabs a piece of potato from Zaza's plate and pops it into his mouth.

"We are so helping you !" Roxanne exclaims, leaping onto her brother's back, and grinning over his shoulder. Her dark black hair makes her twin's bright red hair seem even more vivid by comparison, and the two colors complement each other perfectly.

Arla blinks in surprise.

"Why are you all talking to me ?" She asks warily, and James frowns.

"Er... Why shouldn't we be talking to you ?" He asks, confused, and then winks playfully, "Honestly, I would be honored to do the task by your side." He adds, stepping back to bow dramatically. Arla giggles, her eyes twinkling in amusement.

"As would I, sir Potter." She responds, winking back.

"Please excuse my cousin, Mademoiselle." Fred tells Arla, attempting to lean across the table and grab her hand, but failing due to the width of the table, "Your hand please." He orders, and Arla laughs again as she stretches it out to him, allowing him to theatrically bring it to his lips, "James is terribly tactless, he never did know how to charm a girl..." He adds, winking.

"Well I think you're both terribly charming." Arla says, winking again at the two cousins, who wink back. Arla winks back to that, and they wink too, causing Arla to wink again. It would have continued like that for ages, had Roxanne not hit the back of the two's heads at the same time, causing two synchronized "Ow!"s.

"For Merlin's sake, please stop with the winks." She groans, and we all burst out laughing.

"Anyway, what's your ultimate prank ?" Albus asks, turning to Arla, and quickly mimicked by the whole party.

"Yes, let's hear it !" Roxanne exclaims, and Arla smiles slyly, and holds up a small phial full of a bright pink liquid. James, Roxanne and Fred all smile knowingly.

"This," Says Arla, twirling the phial around dramatically, "Is the newest product from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes." She grins at Fred, James and Roxanne, "You obviously know what it is."

"Veela for a Day." James says softly, his eyes twinkling in amusement, "You wouldn't ?"

"I so would." Arla shoots back, smirking, "Imagine the boys' confusion : Absolutely terrified of me, yet undeniably attracted ? I wonder how many could still stay away ? Or maybe they'd be begging to do the task with me !" She lets out a crystal clear laugh at the idea, which, despite sounding so nice, also sounds a little evil.

I can't help but grin at Zaza, who's eyes are twinkling from amusement. It really sounds very entertaining... And there's no talking Arla out of it either way, so really, we should just go with the flow and try to hold onto our boyfriends.

But I'll order the counter potion anyway, just in case things get out of hand...

…...

"Sure you'll be able to resist a Veela's charm ?" I ask Scorpius playfully, on the morning of Arla's prank.

He looks at me, a smile playing on his lips, and squeezes my hand, "Honestly ?" I nod, starting to feel slightly apprehensive, "I prefer gingers."

I grin as he leans down and kisses me soundly on the lips.

There hasn't really been any thought put into this prank, other than the fact that it would be done two weeks before the Halloween Ball, to see how many invitations she gets as well as everything else. The potion would last all of twelve hours, thus a whole school day for us. Arla is just getting ready for her grand entrance, and we're all sitting at our breakfast table, waiting for her to appear impatiently.

James and Fred seem particularly eager to see her, craning their necks to see the entrance through the crowds, though I'm not sure if it's out of anticipation for the trick, or anticipation at seeing Arla as a Veela. Probably more of the later. I turn to Scorpius mischievously.

"Who do you think will ask her first ?" I say, nodding towards James and Fred, who seem more and more impatient to see the charming Norwegian. Scorpius grins.

"I think the question is more ; who will she chose ?"

"I reckon Fred, he's has awesome hair."

"But James is more outgoing."

"To the point of being almost annoying." I riposte, "It will definitely be Fred."

"You're on, Rosie." Scorpius says, grinning, and I grin back.

"Challenge accepted, Malfoy."

"Ow, we're back to the family name stage ?" He jokes, winking.

"Don't make me wonder why we ever left it Darling." I shoot back, trying to look serious and failing miserably by breaking out into a huge grin.

We can't argue any longer, however, as a huge, collective gasp suddenly sounds out from the front of the hall, and slowly spreads towards the back as more and more people see the source of such surprise : Arla is walking into the great hall, looking for all the world like a muggle star on the red carpet.

Next to me, I hear a small "Wow." Emanating from James. Fred just stares.

She doesn't look hugely different from usual, but something is obviously there ; Small differences which no one would have noticed alone, but which put together turn her into this divinely beautiful creature ; Her hair looks silkier, her eyes are maybe slightly bigger, her skin appears softer, her lips must be fuller... She gives off an aura of perfection, an aura which leaves nearly all of the guys in the room incapable of doing anything but stare.

And stare. And stare.

Even Scorpius looks slightly mesmerized by her. I slap the back of his head, and he seems to shake it off slightly, and smiles sheepishly at me. I roll my eyes.

Arla stops in the middle of the hall, and looks around her with satisfaction. She looks at one boy sitting near where she is, and staring at her in admiration. Then she winks at him, and he turns bright red, before swiveling around hurriedly to face away from her, looking absolutely terrified of what just happened. A girl next to him huffs in annoyance, and, finally, the hall seems to get out of its surprise.

Some of the students brusquely turn around, like the boy Arla winked at, and seem just as terrified as him at the interest they showed in Arla, the girl which could cause them to do the second task. Other, slightly braver ones, get to their feet and approach Arla, who is still posing in the middle of the Hall.

I glance up at the teachers, who are completely ignoring the commotion, except Mr. Ankher, who is glaring at me and Scorpius, as if he'd guessed we had something to do with it all. I grin at him, causing a vein to twitch in his forehead, before turning back to Arla, who is now surrounded by admirers.

"Please come to the ball with me !" A gangly boy of about fifteen years old is pleading, though his exclamation is covered up by many other demands of the same sort.

"Will you be my partner to the halloween ball, A... uh... you are called Arla right ?"

"You look absolutely stunning, did you do something with your hair ?"

"Hey beautiful."

After about five minutes of incessant compliments and invitations, Arla takes out her wand and silences the lot of them, rolling her eyes. Me, Zaza and Roxanne burst out laughing at this, and Arla grins at us, before doing the required announcement.

"Of course you can come with me to the ball !" She exclaims sweetly, winking at all the boys, "But you may have to share, is that all right with you ?" They all nod enthusiastically, looking as if Christmas has come early. Arla smiles at them all, and with a small wave at her admirers, she comes over to sit by us, squeezing between me and James.

James becomes bright red at this, much to me and Scorpius' amusement, though Arla doesn't notice anything, and instead turns to him, grinning.

"So ?"

James gulps down some pumpkin juice nervously, "Oh... Uh.. yeah, perfect. Like you." He chokes on juice at his own words, looking absolutely mortified, "Uh... sorry, that just.. well, you know... I have to go. Bye." And with that he stumbles out of his seat and all but runs from the great hall, his face almost as red as Fred's hair.

Arla looks at me, confused, but I just shake my head, too busy containing my laughter to speak.

There we are ! I hope you enjoyed it ! :D So who do you think Arla should be with ? ;) Please tell me, I'm having trouble (as always x) ) making up my mind :s :p

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