Snitches and Quaffles

Untitled Part 6

Word Count: 963

It was now a Hogsmeade weekend about two weeks before Christmas, Joanna and Lisel were shopping for dresses at the dress shop. Lisel hated shopping but it was a necessary evil.

"So, you're going with Alfons right?" Lisel asked, as she searched through dresses.

Joanna nodded. She rather being going with Viktor but Alfons was nice enough. They were in the same boat they couldn't go with the person they wanted to go with.

Lisel found a mint green dress, went to go find a fitting room and try it on.

"How does it look, Jo?"

She turned to her best friend and the dress looked amazing on her. It accentuated the curves that Lisel had.

"You don't think it looks too much like Slytherin green?"

"No, it's fine."

Lisel nodded and went to go pay for the dress. After a while Joanna found a dress. It was a cream coloured dress. After the shopping excursion, the two girls went to grab some hot chocolate at the Three Broomsticks.

"Hey girls," Alfons greeted smiling at his date and his best friend's cousin as he sat down.

"Hey Alfie."

He noticed the bags and said. "I see you bought your dresses."

"We did, you want to see mine?" Joanna asked.

"Jo, he shouldn't see it until the night of the dance."

"This isn't a wedding dress, Lisel," she said, taking out the dress from her shopping bag.

Lisel nodded Joanna had a point.

"Can I see your dress too?" Alfons asked Lisel, as casually as he could.

Lisel took out her dress from the bag and he examined it closely.

"That's got to be the ugliest dress I've ever seen," a familiar voice said referring to the mint green dress.

Lisel turned to see the redhead and replied. "Sod off, Weasley."

Alfons defended her dress. "I happen to think it's beautiful. I bet she'll look great in it."

Lisel didn't mean to blush at the unexpected compliment but she did.

"Of course you would, you're one of 'Dumb Krum's' friends aren't you?"

The group twitched it's bad enough to refer to Viktor that way in front of his cousin but when you say it front of his best friend and the girl who has admired him from afar for years plus his cousin you're in for a world of hurt. Lisel was the only one of them was good at controlling their temper.

Alfos jumped up and stalked towards the redhead with his wand out. Lisel scrambled after him causing her chair to tumble to the the floor.

"Say that again and I'll hex you," Alfons threatened.

"Like you can take me on, I've been a beater on the Gryffindor house team since my second year."

"I'm a keeper so were evenly matched," Alfons glared at him.

Lisel rested a hand on Alfons' shoulder and he turned to her.

"He's not worth getting in trouble for, Alfie."

Fred then pushed the envelope even further and said. "Epstein, you must have a thing for dumb seekers."

That set off Lisel's slow fuse and the next thing she knew she was in McGonagall's office with Alfons, Joanna and the twins.

"Explain what happened immediately," McGonagall exclaimed rubbing her temple frustratedly. These twins will be the death of her. She knew Mrs. Epstein wouldn't be the instigator of the fight.

"Weasley started it!" Lisel exclaimed.

Fred glared at her and said. "If you didn't buy that ugly green dress, I wouldn't have said anything."

"There's nothing wrong with green just because it's Slytherin house colour," Lisel glared back at him.

"You're a Hufflepuff you don't understand," Fred huffed, sitting back in his chair.

McGonagall nodded. She happened to like green despite it being her rival house's colour.

"So, is this all over a green dress?" Professor Sprout asked.

"No, ma'am. He also insulted my best friend," Alfons said, diplomatically.

The two professors looked confused and asked in unison. "Who's your best friend?"

"Viktor Krum."

The two professors nodded.

"I told him that it wasn't worth it getting in trouble but then he insulted my boyfriend. That made me finally lose my temper," Lisel explained.

The group looked shocked at the girl. McGonagall took thirty points away from Hufflepuff as did Sprout. Gryffindor had the same amount of house points taken away. The group was excused from McGonagall's office. Lisel saw Cedric and Viktor waiting for her.

"What happened you two?" Viktor asked, sternly.

Lisel and Alfons smirked at each other. Viktor was the oldest of the trio but he couldn't be mad at them if his life depended on it.

"What happened?" Cedric asked.

"Fred insulted both of you and I lost my temper immediately," Lisel answered.

The boys nodded. This made Lisel rethink wearing the dress. Damn Fred Weasley. She really did like the dress. She didn't want to return it.

It was about a week later when Viktor walked up to her in the hallway holding a medium sized box.

"What's in that box?" she asked.

Viktor handed her the box silently and walked away. She was confused but that was her cousin he didn't talk much. She walked to her dorm.

"What's in that box?" Joanna asked.

Lisel shrugged and threw it on her bed.

"Aren't you going to open it?" Joanna asked.

Lisel leaned over and opened the box. It contained a blue dress similar to Sleeping Beauty's and a note.

Dear Lisel,

Viktor told me you needed a dress. This dress has been passed down from your gran to me and I'm passing it on to you.

Love,

Aunt Lux

Lisel took the dress out of the box and held it against her body. It may be a bit short since both her gran and aunt were shorter than her.