i know the end ,, harry potter

chapter twenty-seven

THE YULE BALL came quick at hogwarts, meaning that christmas was coming just as fast. alyra had bought her christmas gifts for everyone, excluding her father but including her mother.

the blonde slipped into the pale blue dress, asking stella for assistance in zipping it up as the girls got ready together in the brunette girl's dormitory, seeing as her roommates had gone off to get ready elsewhere.

alyra sat in a chair in front of a mirror while stella charmed her hair behind her, tying it up in a half up half down look, estella then grabbed a white hair bow she had sat around her room and clipped it up to the back of the light blonde hair

"you look perfect." stella told alyra as the girl looked at herself in the little mirror, putting on her lip gloss as a finishing touch to her makeup. alyra hadnt ever been a huge makeup girl but, when given an event such as this, did not hesitate in dolling herself up

"do you think harry will think so?" alyra looked back at her, gnawing softly on her bottom lip as she looked at estella

"of course he will." stella leaned towards the girl and pulled out two strands of hair from the front of her head to frame her face, and then smiled at what she'd done, "perfect."

"are you ready to go now?" alyra asked, stepping up from the chair she sat in, a look of confusion washing over her face when stella scurried off towards her bed, grabbing a polaroid camera from her trunk

"we should take a picture!" stella beamed, holding the camera out at lyra and snapping a photo of her growing smile, "that one is for your ever so lovely date of course."

alyra rolled her eyes and went towards stella as the brunette waited for the photo to develop and come out from the bottom of the camera. when it did, they both looked at the moving image of the blonde smiling, "oh, yeah. definitely giving this to harry when we get down there."

"stella." alyra tried to grab at it but stella held the photo away from her friend

"nope, no way." stella shook her head before setting up the polaroid again and setting the picture next to it. the brunette had figured out a way to set it up so that it would take the photo after a timer stella set.

the two girls stood away from it, hugging as they smiled brightly into the camera. when only a second left to the timer, alyra felt her nose twitch a little, feeling a sneeze coming on to her. she tried holding it back but she couldn't no matter how hard she tried. she let out a loud "achoo!" just as the camera flashed, making stella burst out into laughter. stella hurried forward to grab the developing photo. the moving image started off with the two smiling and hugging the other before alyras nose twitched and she pulled away from the hug to cover her mouth and stella laughing out loud at her.

stella used her wand to duplicate the polaroid, leaving the one of the two of them in her room while she grabbed the one of just alyra, "are you ready?"

"ready as i'll ever be." alyra replied, linking her arm with stella's as they exited the room, making their way towards the great hall.

alyra peaked behind the wall of the staircase, trying to find harry in the crowd. when her eyes finally laid upon the boy watching the staircase with a content smile on his face, she let out a deep breath and turned to stella

"awww, he's waiting for you." stella gushed, her words making alyra go red in the face, "you look beautiful, i just know he'll be so happy when he lays his eyes on you."

"let's go then." alyra walked out with her and stella's arms still linked as they descended down the staircase. she let her eyes fall upon harry as they walked down, noticing the way he stood up straighter and seemed to be fixing his dress robes nervously.