Ch 12 Shadow

After the dancing, which displayed the dress robes respectively lit and glowing, Sterling went to fetch a drink while Sirius' aqua dress robes light up in its shimmering glory, when Ruperta approached him. It was like Sirius got a built in spotlight. He had it when he was speaking to the crowd, because Ruperta stood by him at the right time.

When Regalus made his speech as Sterlinge, he made sure Ruperta was closer to him so his golden harvest robes got spangled of dark lusterous ember with harmless sparks flying off the fabric. It was a good spotlight.

Ruperta's rose dress robes got a sparkly iridescent glow around Sirius and an incandesced black glow with black light around Regalus.

"I'm gonna hang the bloody idiot. He didn't warn us before coming as Sanguini's cousin," Sirius muttered.

"Really," Ruperta muttered. "If we didn't know it was him people would wonder who he was and Bellatrix would get suspicious. There isn't a name curse on her, is there?"

"Nah what would call her, you-don't-wanna-know-who?" Sirius replied.

Ruperta chuckled. "She would eventually be she-must-be-in-your-nightmare or you-know-how."

Sirius snorted, catching a few people's attention.

Sanguine stood by the table filled with yule log, making small talk with Pandora and looking at the vein on her arm. Pandora made the Yule log.

Mary and Hestia were on the other side newr hanging crystal balls, giggling. They kept glancing at a mistletoe then at some Hufflepuff guys or Remus.

Glidory, Theodore Nott and other Slytherins were near some candles bragging about something or exchanging gifts. Gryffindors were on the other side, engaged in similar activity.

A lady with a toad resemblance and pink ribbon on her head came in. She was Dolores Kimberly Umbridge, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Magic. She was at the table gathering food.

An idea came to Ruperta. She walked through the decorations until she found Regalus as Sterlinge and took him near the Mistletoe tree to look less suspicious. Then she told him his plan.

After that Sterlinge stood by Sanguini, and subtly imperious Umbridge. He was going to do be fined heavily with communtimy service for assisting the death eaters anyways when this was over. Or the Order had a community service set up with their own Azkaban. Regalus risked his life to steal Voldemort's horocrux, which lessened his sentence to one year.

This is why Ruperta asked him to do it and he agreed. He never used unforgivables but he really wanted to imperious Umbridge, a perfect troll, based on what Rup told him about muggle trolls.

Imperiousing a death eater like Unbridge might lessen his sentence too. He imperious Umbridge to hem hem to get everyone attention for hee speech.

"Now, I hope I have your attention," she said when she had everyone's attention, "and that you can improve your pigshit reputation society, but that's not why I'm here. I'm sending this message on behalf of my friend, Luuciusly Malfoy, who lives in Castleboro, Bellatrix's brother-in-law, and is a Holyhead Harpies mascot."

"Here is his mascot dance:" Umbridge skwaked, stuck out hee tongue trying to lick her bow like a toad, scratched her butt, and hopped around.

"Rate his performance. You don't have to suffer throufh them, just give him good reviews. They don't have to be long, just some quick praise will suffice. He's trying to win a spot on the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team's Veela Mascot squad, and for that he needs a large amount of good reviews.

If you fail to comply by not responding or worse yet, attempt to leave a negative review, we will spy on your activities for you-know-who as well as Dumbeldore so you are harassed. Do not think of hidding or tricking me. We will find out and there will be consequences if you do something stupid to hurt his feelings.

If you troll my friend, be warned we will troll you, your pets, your favorite team, and all of your loved ones. We will also place your picture in under the People Who Asked Me To The Yule Ball list at the ministry, so that everyone here will make fun of you. Since we don't want it to come to that, just write a short, good review for his performance and we'll leave you alone."

Umbridge curtisied then left the stage to confused clapping and mumbling about Lucius. And the last of the many pictures by Quibbler photographers. Regalus confounded Umbridge and made her leave on a broom.

Right after that Narcissa came into the party wearing a purple Christmas dress robes wirh baubles. "What did I miss?" She asked. People looked at her weird and some people whispered praises about her husband to her. Narcissa thanked them with confusion.

She found Ruperta and approached her at once. "Hiya Ruperta sis, I can't believe you are Lady Black by Proxy. That is an unexpected surprise!"

"Heya Cis," Ruperta greeted back and witches hugged.

"The Blacks are calling you Lady Red By Proxy but it's alright you only took the position to help Sirius. The Weasley curse is broken by your birth as it is. We know the Wesley's wouldn't wait until your birth to usurp a lordship. And with a girl."

"Of course I would never," Ruperta said.

"Bellatrix isn't convinced but she will not attack you for now, she calla you Proxy Lady Red," Narcissa giggled. Rupertato send the Knights of Blacks on that muggle Evans with the Knights of Black to get your money back. She says, I quote, 'good for you Proxy Lady Red' but she will still hunt you down."

"I know, " Ruperta replied. "I'm glad Bellatrix is backing me in this matter."

Sterlinge and Sirius came to stand by Ruperta and Narcissa, the latter squealed when she saw the dress robes dim and brighten. "These are delightful!" Narcissa squealed, excitedly. "I can help you design and sell more of these!"

"Ye I will make a scintillating, bedazzling, lustrous, incandescingnd flimmering sets for us!" Ruperta promised.

"Yay!" Cissa cheered. "I want lustrous with flimemering today."

"Alright," Ruperta saw a fairy pass by, she caught the fairy in her hand, her people. She charmed the fairy and Narcissa's dress with the charm she used, using a set pattern to complete the spell. The spell worked. Narcissa's dress very lustrous and the fairy's dress flimmered. Ruperta caught all the 5 dozen fairies flying around and made their dresses winkle next to Narcissa's lustrous dress.

"Thanks Ruperta!" Narcissa cried, giving Ruperta. The Prophet Photographers came running up to them from the table and caught the magic on camera.

Ruperta went closer to them and made the Quibbler photographers' robes glimmer, radiate, coruscate, glister, and bedazzle as they stood together. The photographers thanked her then turned the cameras on themselves, taking pictures full of purple smoke.

Xenophilius had a mind for business, management, and especially public relations. Thwt allowed him to run the Quibbler. He was Slughorn's favorite pupil next to Severus. Regalus vyed for for 3rd with Remus plus a few others, and Ruperta was his 4th favorite now and then, just llke Mary.

She was interning as non profit event coordinator for a shop. She and Cissa could do this during summer break. Narcissa was a designer who worked with wedding planners.