Ilvermorny School of Magic // Fanfiction

Chapter 6 : The Masquerade

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I went downstairs to the dining hall to eat some lunch and meet up with my friends before our classes started for the day. I was limping, but I could walk. When I got to the door to the Dining Hall, I was looking around for my friends. They spotted me and waved for me to go over there. I limped my way over there and sat in the extra chair next to Keith. He smiled at me and asked,

"How's your leg?"

"Better, still hurts a bit though," I replied. Just then I heard a loud sound. It was Harper, Keith's girlfriend slamming the table we were sitting at together, standing between me and Keith.

"Where were you last night?" Harper asked, almost yelling.

"Practicing for the competition. Why?" He replied. Harper crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes.

"I don't want you to be in the competition. It's dangerous and besides, I need attention. You barely pay attention to me anymore!" She whined. I saw Keith roll his eyes.

"You know why I don't pay attention to you? It's because your annoying," he said.

"I wanna break up," she huffed. When she said this, everyone in the dining hall turned their heads and looked at them two.

"I'm fine with that," Keith said simply. She opened her mouth to say something, but she stomped away. Everyone went back to their business, except the people at our table. All of our jaws were dropped and we stared at Keith.

"Congrats, man," Lance said, patting Keith's back.

Headmaster Xander stood up, ready to speak, and everyone quieted down.

"I would like to give a reminder. Tomorrow is the masquerade, and it will take place outside. There will be a lit path leading to the ball. There will be no classes tomorrow, so there is time to get ready! I hope that you all have a good time! Resume what you were doing!" He finished.

~ next day.

I woke up to the sound of giggles surrounding my bed. I peeked to see what's going on. My best friends were around my bed, and they all squealed,

"ITS MASQUERADE DAY!!" They said in unison. I laughed, I spotted my dress hanging on my wardrobe with the rest of the girls. The sunlight was shining on the tiny, pink sparkles that my dress had, but wasn't visible to the naked-eye without sunlight. With my mask on the dresser, there was a tray full of food.

"I brought food up here, so we have time to get ready!" Isabelle said excitingly.

I went into the bathroom and got ready for the day. When I came out, there were several black owls, waiting at the window, with letters and with a red rose in each mouth. All of us picked the letters up. One said Mack; the other said Isabelle, the other said, Ava, and the rest of the girls in dorm. We opened the letters Isabelle's said,

"Isabelle, I hope you will accept my invitation to take you to the ball!

- Jack Dean"

Isabelle read out loud,

"My brother?" Mack asked, "Likes you?" She smiled. We all laughed, and Mack opened her letter, she read it out loud, smiling from ear to ear,

"Will you do me the honors of taking you to the ball?

- Lance Hill"

We all jumped up and down from excitement and squealed so loud, the owls twitched.

"Your turn!!" Mack said to me. I was nervous, I hoped it would be from Keith, but I doubted. I thought he would never see me more than a friend.

I opened it shakily,

"Ava, I wanted to ask you if you would like to go to the ball with me?

- Keith Barlow"

I smiled so much, my cheeks began to hurt.

"I think that's a good sign," Isabelle smirked.

"We have to eat and get ready!" Mack said to us. By the time we finished eating and talking, it was 2 pm. The ball started at 5, and we had 3 hours to get ready. But before we did, we wrote them back saying 'yes' and 'I would love too!'

We slipped on our dresses, did our hair, put on makeup and put on our masks. We headed down the stairs and saw our dates waiting for us. When we reached them, the guys were in awe. The 3 of them, jaws dropped, complementing us on how beautiful we looked.  We headed outside, seeing a lit path filled with fireflies.

There were tables around the dance floor, with the band ahead. People dancing in the middle of the floor and with fairy lights surrounding the bushes.

"Let's get some food," Lance suggested wrapping his arms around Mack's stomach, putting his chin on her shoulder.

They walked off, leaving Isabelle with Jack and me with Keith.

"You wanna see a new spell I created?" Jack asked Isabelle, offering his hand for her to take. She accepted and headed towards a table near the band, leaving me and Keith by ourselves.

We looked at each other awkwardly.

"Do you wanna dance?" He asked me, offering his hand.

I smiled, "Sure."

I took his hand and we started to walk to the dance floor. The fast song that was playing previously, now changed to a slow song. Keith smirked and pulled me closer to him, making our faces inches apart. I smiled and swayed in the same rhythm as Keith. We looked into each other's eyes and we both smiled. Just then, someone knocked into us, making my forehead and Keith's forehead clash into each other. I turned around and saw that Gio was dancing with non-other than Harper.

"Oh, hey guys! Didn't see you there," Harper said smirking. Her red, sparkly, revealing dress shimmered in the moonlight. Her dramatic makeup making her look like an elegant clown.

Keith and I looked at each other then started cracking up and walked away from them, leaving a confused look on Harper and Gio.

The music stopped, and everyone looked up at the stage. Headmaster Xander was about to begin talking, "Hello! I hope you all are having a great time! The professors and I want to wish the teams a good luck and to remind them to be careful on the adventure that is about to come. The competition will take place in 1 week. Study up and remember to always bond with your teammates. Make sure you have a great leader in your group."

Keith looked at me and smiled, "We do." He whispered into my ear. I grinned ear to ear.

The music started to play again, "How's your forehead?" Keith asked cupping his hands on my cheeks,

"Fine. And yours?" I asked looking in his eyes.

"Never better," he replied. And then seconds later, he placed his lips on mine gently. We pulled apart, and both grinned. I spotted Mack and Lance behind Keith, next to the table filled with food. Apparently, they saw us kissing, and they were silently cheering and high-fiving each other. I giggled and went back to dancing with Keith.

All of us danced and talked all night. It was about 10 pm when Professor Trueheart made everyone to go to their dorms. The guys walked us to our common rooms.

When I got settled in my pajamas and hopped into my bed, I fell asleep, replaying what happened.

// Kinda cringy but oh well. Hope ya enjoyed! <3