Through The Veil「 The Veil Trilogy Part Ⅱ 」✔

[12] The Yule Ball

It was the day of the Yule Ball and the whole castle was decorated very festively. The decorations were not in the least like the Spring Ball I had attended on my time travel incident last year, but still the overall atmosphere reminded me a lot of that day.

I just hoped nothing went wrong.

The girls dorms were a huge havoc and to be honest and I had clearly expected that. All of them were getting paranoid matching the right jewellery, the best makeup shades, arguing on the perfect hairstyles etcetera. 

The only dorm not caught up in the hazardous whirlwind was the one I shared with Katie and Angelina. Katie could hardly care less about getting ready for the Ball and in fact Angelina had forced her to at least try and make herself look presentable. Guess that was a downside of living with too many brothers, one got to be a little tomboyish.

But who am I kidding, exactly? I'm exactly like that too.

However, both of them looked gorgeous and I was the last to get ready for the Ball. My dress was emerald green, contrasting the shade of my hair and when I put it on and came out, both Angelina and Katie looked at me appreciatively.

"You look stunning, girl," Angelina took my hand and twirled me around, "Curtis is going to have a hard time staying within his limits."

Katie laughed at the remark while I merely shrugged, "you do remember that Fred and George are going to be there too? They warned me they would hex him to oblivion if he dared do anything indecent."

"I would have filmed it if we were allowed to bring cameras," Katie added.

The time for the Ball to start was approaching so the three of us made our way down to the common room. Fred and George were waiting already and honestly, they looked quite decent though I had expected them to mess up their robes even before the Ball started.

Because let's face it, these two can never stay out of trouble even for a minute.

Both of them stepped forward offering their arms to Katie and Angelina who were their partners for the evening. 

"As for you, little sister, that Curtis dude is waiting at the entrance," Fred remarked.

"How many times do I have to tell you I'm not little?"

"You are to us. Oh and you know the signal, use it when needed."

"Sure sure," I nodded and waited for them to leave before stepping out of the common room myself.

To be honest, I was slightly nervous. I had no idea what kind of a person Elisio Curtis really was and though I was looking forward to the evening, the constant flashbacks to the Spring Ball and Sirius were putting a dampener on my mood.

Taking a deep breath to compose myself, I finally stepped out of the common room and spotted Elisio standing patiently by the portrait. It seemed as if he was having a lively chat with the Fat Lady as a soft smile played upon his features.

He was wearing navy dress robes with golden touches to them, the shade of which matched his long shoulder-length hair that he had pulled back by a navy ribbon. He didn't look bad, to say the least.

Who am I kidding? He looked great.

"Plaisir de te voir, Mademoiselle," he bowed slightly extending his hand out.

Though I am not much in favor of such dramatic gestures, I let it pass placing my hand in his tentatively.

"Merci, Monsieur." Yeah, I do know a few basic French phrases all thanks to having a friendship with Fleur.

Throughout the night, I found myself drawing comparisons between him and Sirius, which really wasn't my intention but it subconsciously happened. We danced a little, he was extremely polite and respected my choice of not dancing anymore.