Our little secret

Chapter 13

McGonagall rounded us up "As you all know, the Yule Ball is fast approaching. A traditional part of the tri-wizard tournament and an opportunity to let our um hair down and socialize. Now the ball is only open to fourth years and up but a younger student can be invited if you wish-" I could hear Jess and Lavenders annoying laughs in the corner "But that does NOT mean " McGonagall went on "that we will be relaxing the standard of behavior we expect of our students. I would hate for a Gryffindor student to disgrace the school in any way. Especially Mr. and Ms. Potter considering you both are champions. I expect you both to not only have a partner but pay attention today as we learn to dance" All eyes turned to me and I looked at my hands. I saw the strand of my hair turn light green. This time I actually saw it.

"Girls on the right, boys on the left" Everyone separated. "Now pick a partner"  George made his way over to me "May I?" I took his hand and nodded. He kept a hand on my upper back and I put a hand on his shoulder. The other in his free hand. " A little bird told me there's something going on between you and Fred?" I blushed and looked at him "I'm really not sure. I think I like him.... but I'm not sure what if he doesn't feel the same" he laughed  "Trust me he feels the same way" he said in a duh tone.

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I frowned in disapproval of where we were. Hermione and Ginny had pulled me to a dress shop "Come it'll be fun" Hermione said pulling me into a dress shop."This is stupid" I muttered under my breath Ginny hit my arm "No it's not. Besides, you are obviously going to the Ball with Fred so you need to dress to impress" Ginny said jokingly. I rolled my eyes "Maybe" I said trying to shut down the conversation quickly. We followed a tall blonde woman through the shop, she stopped at the dressing room "Ok who's first?" We pushed Hermione forward and she was pulled into the dressing room. 

Hermione walked out in a peachy pink dress with ruffles "It's beautiful Mione" I told her and she looked away blushing "Ok who's next" the woman came back out "Umm Ginny will go next" I said and pushed Ginny into the dressing room. I needed more time to think of the dress I wanted. "Actually I already have a dress," Ginny said with a smile. I groaned and got into the dressing room

"Good afternoon Ms. Potter. Do you have any ideas in mind?" I shrugged and she tried her best to fake a smile. She was obviously tired. He brought out a red dress that flowed at the back. I stared at it for a second. It was beautiful "I'll take it," I said suddenly  She smiled and looked at me relieved.

Hermione, Ginny, and I walked out of the shop laughing and joking with each other. Our dresses in bags. I didn't let the girls see my dress, I wanted it to be a surprise. As we were walking,  a certain bright-haired ginger caught my eye "Can you take this to the dorm. I'll meet up with you both later" I whispered in her ear. She nodded and walked off with Ginny. I ran up to him "Fred!"

"Ms. Potter, what's up?" I chuckled "Do you have an um, date to the Yule Ball?" I scratched the back of my neck, nervous for his reply "No, but I was going to ask someone" I sighed and turned to walk away but he grabbed my wrist "I was talking about you. Do you wanna go to the Yule Ball with me?" I smiled and hugged him, wrapping my arms around the back of his neck and his on my waist. I kissed his cheek before running to meet Hermione and Ginny

I ran to the Gryffindor common room "Balderdash" The portrait swung open and I ran in "Hermione !" I whisper shouted running into the common room "What Lia" she said looking up from her book "I need your help" "What with?" "So for the past two days, my hair has kept changing color. I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell anyone but I need to know what's wrong" she nodded and pulled me to the library then pulled a book off the shelf. She flipped through a few pages and stopped "Metamorphagus" I kitted my brow together "Can you say that in normal people's English?" "Metamorphagus. A witch or wizard that can change their appearance willingly. Like now you're hair and eyes changed to your emotions at those moments." That explained a lot "I think you should tell Sirius" I nodded and hugged him " Thanks a lot Hermione" and ran back to the common room

I saw Harry, Ron, Lee and the twins sitting in a little circle but I also saw Jessica hitting on Fred. Fred kept trying to ignore her and she was obviously making the whole group awkward. "Oh hey Ophelia. I didn't see you there" Jess said in a snark devious tone and moved closer to Fred who scooted away from her and ran over to me "Um actually, I wanna talk to you all if that's ok." They all got up and ran to Fred and me. Jess started to get up, but I stopped her in her tracks "Sorry if I wasn't clear I meant my friends" she scoffed and sat back down.

We got to my dorm and sat down. Hermione joined us a few minutes later. "Um Ophelia, did you take anything from Fred or George? " Lee asked. I walked to the mirror and looked at my hair it was red with hues of bright orange "I think you should tell them Ophe" Hermione said in a soft voice "Tell us what" "I'm confused" "Are you going to ex-" "I'm a Metamorphmagus" The room fell silent. I brought a piece of paper from my pocket and gave it to them "You tore a library book!" Hermione screeched. I swear this girl needs to sort out her priorities "Um, I need to go to Dumbeldore" I didn't wait for a reply, I ran out of the dorm

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I walked into Dumbledore's office and straight to his desk "Aha Ms. Potter I would have thought you wouldn't come here after threateni-" He looked up at me and smiled "I see your metamorphmagus has come" I nodded. No shit sherlock. Oh, I just thought it would be fun to die my hair. "Tonks" a woman came in and held out her hand  "I can teach you to change back. Now what you're gonna do is imagine yourself crushing the thing that made you change" not really hard to be honest I beat her up a few days ago. I closed my eyes and imagined myself hitting Jess repeatedly. Satisfying honestly. I looked up and Tonks smiled and nodded "You did great darling" I nodded and thanked them both before running out and into the Great Hall

I sat down between Hermione and Harry "Are you ok? I heard what happened between you and that girl" I smiled and turned to look at Harry "I'm great actually. Thanks for asking" Fred threw a paper at Ron. I leaned forward to see what it said 'Get a move on or all the good ones will be gone 'Ron's eyes widened and he looked up to Fred 'Who are you going with?" Fred glanced at me and smirked " The hottest girl ever" he sent me a cheeky wink causing me to blush. I looked up at him and he was staring at me with a smile on his face. I felt a slight nudge on my side and I turned to look at Harry. He was signaling to his hair "What?" "Your hair" I knitted my eyebrows together and grabbed a strand of my hair to inspect. It was a light pink "Love" Hermione whispered in my ear and did a little excited wiggle in her chair. I rolled my eyes and continued talking. Ron was obviously angry that he was the only one without a date to the Yule Ball. He turned to Hermione "Hey you're a girl" I scoffed and made an oh sound. Such a git. "It's one thing for a bloke to turn up alone. For a girl, it's straight-up sad." Hermione slammed her book shut "I won't be going alone because believe it or not, someone asked me and I said yes." he stormed off. I smirked at Ron knowing it was Krum she was going with. Dating the boy's idol. Savage. "Real smooth Ronald" I got up and slapped the back of his head and walked out of the Great Hall

"Ophelia!" I turned around to see Cedric running towards me "Hey Cedric. Listen I owe you one for telling me about the dragons" "Hey. Then you're about to owe me a whole lot more. Your golden egg, does it wail when you open it?" I nodded. Still not knowing where this was going "Take a bath with it" My eyes widened "Did you take something, Cedric. You are asking me to take a bath with an egg" I said in a clueless tone. He laughed "I mean put it in water and listen to it. Just mull things over in hot water" "Ok Cedric now I know you're crazy" I said walking away but he grabbed my wrist "Use the prefect's bathroom k? The password is pine-fresh. Fourth door to the left of the statue of Borris the bewildered." He kissed my cheek before walking away to join his friends. Was he pulling my leg? I mean that was extremely detailed and strange advice. There was only one way to find out