Harry Potter Avatar And The Goblet Of Fire

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The Yule Ball

As the first term came to an end, so did the desire to do any school work that was given for he holidays. All the fourth years had piles of work given, but they all had no desire to do any of the work. Chistmas was fastly approaching, which not only brought the joy of presents and fun this year, but it also brought the approach of the Yule Ball.

Snow fell thickly upon the castle, which brought in the holiday mood in even more. The gaang usually were excited for Christmas, but the idea of the Yule Ball made some excited, while others were dreading it. Aang was a little in between; he wanted to spend an entire evening with Fan, but he didn't want to see Katara dancing with Zuko. Aang knew there was nothing there, but he felt a source of anger in his body as he thought of the two dancing together.

His dreams began to fill with images of himself and Katara dancing, like they had one evening at a Fire Nation dance party a few years ago. Then, suddenly, Zuko would swoop in, and Katara would say "Thank the spirits; you're a much better dancer than him." This kept happening as he slept, which made him wish for a dreamless sleep.

Meanwhile, the identity of Hermione's partner was still unknown, even though Ron kept on pestering her. Ne evening, as Fleur Delacour was talking bad aout Hogwarts, Hermione said "She's really full of herself, isn't she?" "Who are you going to the ball with?" Ron immediately asked. "She's not telling you" said Katara. "Even if I would" said Hermione. "You'd make fun of me." "No they wouldn't" said Katara. "There's nothing to be ashamed of who you're going with."

"You're joking!" Draco Malfoy was there, looking baffled. "You're telling me someone asked that to the ball?" As Sokka went for his wand, Hermione stood up, waved, and said loudly "Hello Professor Moody!" Malfoy went pale and whipped around, but Moody was still up at the staff table. "Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?" Hermione asked, a sly grin on her face.

Malfoy went off, as Aang said "Every single year, you continue to impress me, Miss Granger." Hermione smiled brightly, and they all noticed something different about her. "Hermione" said Sokka. "You look-different." "Your teeth..." said Ron. "What about them?" she asked, looking at the reflection of herself in her plate and smiling. When she saw nothing wrong, she looked back to them.

"They're different" said Aang. A small grin appeared on Katara's face, as Harry said "They look a lot-well, straighter." "They are" said Katara, smiling. Hermione did, too, and said "When we went to get my teeth shrunk by Madam Pomfrey, she told me to tell her to stop when they were normal, and, well, I let her go a little longer." "Oh, that's what it was" said Toph. "I knew something was different as she was shrinking them!" "Oh look, it's Pigwidgeon!"

Harry and Aang believed she was just changing the subject, but the small owl indeed had returned from his long journey. Ron seized the owl from the air, took the letter, and then said "Now take off!" The owl did indeed leave, as they all started to head up to Gryffindor Tower.

They headed back up to Gryffindor Tower, where they grabbed a seat by the snow covered window Harry ripped the letter opened, and they all struggled to get a good look at it.

Dear Harry  and Aang,

Congratulations on getting past the Horntail! Whoever put your name in that goblet shouldn't be feeling too happy right now!  I'm very impressed by Aang's use of bending to distract the Horntail, and Harry's flying ability. Don't get complacent, though, boys. You've only done one task; whoever put you in for the tournament's got plenty more opportunity if they're trying to hurt you. Keep your eyes open -particularly when is around and concentrate on keeping yourself out of trouble. Keep in touch, I still want to hear about anything unusual.