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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎; 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞:
-𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐉.𝐊 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫.
-𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲. 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐈 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤.
-𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭. 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐊𝐄𝐘:
'...' - Thinking
"..." - Talking
"~... ~"- Parseltongue

🐍𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕🐍

It was now officially a day before the Yuletide Ball and I hadn't picked out a formal piece of clothing just yet. I knocked on Draco's door and once he shouted '𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘐𝘯!' I walked into his room. He was sitting at his desk writing a letter and once I coughed he looked up, confused.

"I need your help" his eyes went wide.  I never asked anyone for help so when I asked, he got a gleam in his eyes.

"Of course, what on earth do you need help with?" He smiles, he's excited. Just by the smile I could tell. I started talking again, now a little worried with my decision.

"Well, as you know the ball is in one day," he nodded and his eyebrow raised. He looked annoyed but I knew that he was just confused.

"And.. I haven't gotten any formal wear for the ball." I look at him and he looks surprised then excited once more. Which was quite surprising, maybe all pure bloods liked clothes?

"I can help, Harrison. Give me a moment." He left the room through another door and came back with five suits. In the end, Draco decided to choose the one with a black over coat, black slacks, a nicely patterned black suit shirt, and a nice, dark blue neck tie. He then gave me some jewelry.

"Go try this on." He shoved the clothes and jewelry into my hands and then pushed me into his lavish bathroom. I changed quickly and came out of the bathroom. He smirkef and walked around me, fixing some of the wrinkles in the suit. He also shrink is slightly to fit around my waist since mine was a little slimmer then Draco's. We looked in the mirror and he smiled. When seeing his smile, I smiled as well. Draco looked at me after awhile and told me to leave so he could finish his work. I exited the room after taking off the formal clothes. I headed back to my room. I folded the clothes and set them on my desk before heading off to the shower. Once finished I brushed my teeth and washed my face to keep my face clear of blemishes. Which was currently not an issue. After I finished my routine I headed back to the room I was assigned by Draco and his family. I lift the duvet and climb under. Getting comfortable and falling into darkness like I do everynight.  The next morning, the Malfoys were in hustling mode. Mrs Malfoy was panicking over decorations and impressions. She was going around making sure everything was up to pureblood standard. Mr Malfoy wasn't as stressed but he still looked pissed, he did not look ready for this ball but once he came out of the bathroom, dressed and a bit of foundation on his face he looked ready for a ball. Next, was Draco, he was absolutely the least stressed. He walked around with his mother to help set up the rest of party favors. He was the last to get ready as well. He looked more than ready for this ball. I was the last to get ready and I was the least stressed out of the Malfoys. I dressed in the formal wear Draco gave me the other day and I smiled. I adjusted a couple things on the suit. I walked out into the ballroom and Draco walked over to me smiling. He hooked his arm with mine and started to speak,

"You are my personal guest, I have to show it at the ball. Hope you don't mind" he said it in a teasing tone and I smiled. I shook my head and chuckled.

"You are something else, dear Draco" he laughed and dragged me to help his mother prepare the last of the decorations. He looked at me again and after doing the rest of decorating, he walked over to me.

"This is your first ball, correct?" He asked quietly and I had an idea of what was coming next.

"Yes, is this about my dancing skills?" He laughed and nodded. "Yes, this is. How'd you know?" I smirked and started speaking once more.

"Well, most balls include dancing. Correct? I'm surprised you didn't ask before" he bowed and asked for this dance and I graciously accepted. We started dancing, it wasn't a bad dance and I was no where near a bad dancer, but I certainly wasn't perfect and Draco did say that, but he also said I didn't step on his feet like most did and of I were asked to dance by someone at the ball then I would most likely be fine. That of just need to be confident. We stopped dancing after a while and we sat down for a bit. This was certainly gonna be an interesting Yuletide Ball.