Outcasted

26- Yule Ball

Willows POV

"We all know the plan." The Dark Lord began. "You must stick to it no matter what." He says sternly as he wanders around the table. "Narcissa. Bellatrix. What must you do?" He bellowed. "Sneak to the clock tower to find Draco" Narcissa trembled.

The Dark Lord nods and walks away. "Blaise. Willow." He snaps again. "And what must you do?" He questions glaring at us. "Nothing. Go to the ball as normal, my Lord." I replied shakily.

The Dark Lord continues asking questions and wandering the room. "If anyone gets caught or does not follow the plan." He hissed. "Will be killed." The room was silent besides from everyone's heavy breathing. The atmosphere was tense as the Dark Lord warns us with his eyes. "Dismissed" He says.

Suddenly everyone stands up and quickly leaves the room. Me, Draco and Blaise go straight to Borgin and Burkes. "Be careful Draco, you have the most important job" I say as we leave the manor. "I will be" He says smiling at me.

We make it to Borgin and Burkes and step into the vanishing cabinet. Now back at Hogwarts it's time to get ready. "Stop!" Blaise whispers. We all stop at the door of the room of requirements. Filch walks past the room muttering to himself. "Okay let's go" I say once he'd gone.

I walk into my dorm and open my wardrobe. My navy blue dress shimmers in the beam of light coming from the lantern on my desk. It's the most beautiful dress I've ever seen and I'm glad I could afford it. I need to start getting ready before I get distracted.

Thoughts flood through my head as I get ready. What if something goes wrong? What if Draco ends up getting hurt? He is going to kill the most powerful wizard of our time. Even as a death eater I have to admit Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard and is dangerous. My stomach is doing front flips. I have a bad gut feeling that something is going to go wrong.

After finishing my hair and make up I walk towards my dress. I pull it on and look into the mirror. It's perfect. I feel like a princess. I look to my left hand and see my mark. I run my finger along it. It stings but the pain is nice. I snap out of my thoughts when I hear a bunch of Slytherin girls coming towards the dorm.

Quickly, I pull on my long, navy blue gloves that match my dress to hide the mark. I finish the look with a silver hair piece. It goes perfect with my curly bun hairstyle. "Wow Willow your dress is amazing" A Slytherin girl says smiling at me. "Thank you, I can say the same about yours" I smile back.

I met Draco and Blaise's in the common room. Draco was wearing a tux with a silver bow tie just like Astoria asked and Blaise was wearing a tux too but with a black bow tie..  I catch Blaise's eyes from across the room. He stares and smiles at me as I walk towards him and Draco. Blaise begins to say something. "You look nice Willow" Draco says. "Thank you" I smile. "Yeah" Blaise says. Me and Draco both look at him. "What?"He says. "Nothing" Draco says laughing.

"Please be safe, Draco" I say before I leave him to meet Fred. "I told you I will" He says holding my shoulder. We smile and part ways. I go to meet Fred at the courtyard. I wait nervously. "Willow" I hear from behind me. "You look beautiful" It was Fred.

"Thank you" I reply feeling my cheeks flush. "You look great too" I say fixing his bow tie. He smiles and kisses me on the cheek. "Come on," he says grabbing my hand. We make it to the great hall and it is decorating with fairy lights and mistletoe.

Me and Fred sat at a table with George and Angelia and had a nice conversation. Shortly after Hermione and Ron joined us. No Harry. He must have left already. As they both sit down Hermione stares at me and then at Fred.

She didn't need to speak for me to understand what she was trying to say. We continued chatting until the band started playing. We all got up and started dancing. Whilst we were dancing I was trying to find Draco and Blaise. I spot Blaise sat alone with a butter beer. However, Draco is no where to be seen. It's not time for him to leave yet so I was worrying.

I continue dancing assuming he went to get a drink or something. My gut still had a bad feeling but I tried to have a good time. The song had turned to a slow song so me and Fred started dancing together. I felt Blaise staring at me. I smiled at him. He doesn't smile back but then focuses on Fred. He glares at him with hatred in his eyes. I guess he's still not over the last quidditch match.

The music then switches to more of an upbeat song so I use that as an excuse to leave the dance floor to talk to Blaise. Draco still isn't here so I want to know why. I walk towards Blaise but Fred grabs my wrist to pull me back. I wince at the pain of him squeezing my mark. He doesn't notice this time as he's very angry."I don't want you talking to him." Fred snapped. "What? I told you I'm not friends with him I just need to ask him a question." I reply angrily.

"I don't care." He growls. "Fine, I won't ask him then" I reply pulling my arm from his grasp. He smiles and kisses me and starts dancing again. What the fuck. I ignore what happened and try enjoy my night when Fred gets distracted by something at the entrance.

Astoria walks down the steps in an amazing silver sparkling dress. It was a very long dress. It looked familiar, I feel as though I've seen it before.She's linked arms with Draco. "She looks beautiful" I say. Fred snaps out of his thoughts. "What? Oh yeah." He stutters. He turns his attention back to me.

After a while of dancing I finally was able to leave Fred's presence. I told him I was going to the bathroom. I make my way to Blaise, Draco, Astoria and Pansy who were sat at a table. I slump myself in a chair next to Draco. "I'm exhausted" I exhale. "I'm exhausted watching you dance so much" Blaise says. We all laugh. He pushes his butter beer towards me and tells me to drink. I accept his offer as I am so dehydrated.

"Astoria your dress is beautiful, I saw you walk in and I thought it was amazing" I say to Astoria. She smiles and thanks me. She's beginning to rub off on me as she's not as rude any more. "Uh oh" Pansy murmurs and points behind me. I turn around and see Fred storming towards me. "Shit" I say.

"What are you doing?" He growls. "Im just talking to them" I roll my eyes. "I said I don't want you speaking to them" He says getting angry. I start to argue back but his attention has moved to someone else. To Astoria. What is up with him today? Blaise breaks the silence. "Don't tell her what to do." He says sternly.

Fred whips his head towards Blaise. "Stay out of it." Fred growls. "Let's go." He say's grabbing my wrist. "Ow!" I screech. Blaise and Pansy jump up. "Get of her!" Pansy shouts. Is Pansy Parkinson standing up for me right now? Blaise walks towards Fred to intimidate him. Fred releases my arm. Pansy rushed to my side to make sure I'm okay. I assure her I'm fine.

" Blaise stop!" I demand. Blaise sits down, letting Fred off just this once. Fred walks away and I begin to run after him. "Willow. Leave him." Astoria says from behind me. "He's not worth your time" She says. "Speak to him later" Pansy says. "Yeah okay" I say sitting down. "He's fucking physco" Draco spits.

All five of us start talking trying to have a nice time. However, my gut is doing front flips again.