Together [HP]

At this time, Professor McGonagall's voice sounded: "Please come here, warriors!"

Hermione looked up, glanced at Jacqueline, and then at Krum's arm. Jacqueline tried hard to tell herself that it didn't matter, otherwise she wouldn't guarantee that she would do anything.Hermione took Krum's arm, and the chattering crowd made a way for them to pass.Jacqueline stood there motionless, still being squeezed on top of her.

Professor McGonagall wore a red tartan robe with an ugly thistle wreath on the brim of his hat.She told them to stand by the door and wait for the others to go in first.After the students were all seated, they lined up and walked into the auditorium.

"I'm going to stay until the banquet is over, Pansy." Jacqueline said viciously, staring at Krum's arm.

"I guessed it a long time ago." Pansy threw the leftover apple aside and looked at Jacqueline with some amusement. "That's why I'm hanging Busley. As for you, my friend, you better hope you can find a partner before the party."

"I don't need it." Jacqueline turned her head and looked at Pansy coldly. "I'll find one at the dance."

Pansy shrugged, and she turned to Busley.

"Before then," Jacqueline bowed slightly to Professor McGonagall, turned and walked towards the Slytherin lounge, "I have something to take."

Jacqueline came back before the doors of the auditorium closed, before the warriors, or their dance partners, had entered.Jacqueline walked through them with her head held high, without stopping.The walls of the Great Hall were covered with glittering silver frost, the ceiling was a starry night sky, and there were hundreds of garlands of mistletoe sprigs and ivy.Gone were the four house tables, replaced by a hundred small, lantern-lit tables, with a dozen people sitting at each table.

She walked to the nearest table occupied by the professors. Professor Snape was sitting there. He looked at Jacqueline and raised the corners of his mouth contemptuously.Jacqueline sat down next to Yuna, Yuna glanced at her, and then looked at the door of the auditorium.

At this time, Professor McGonagall asked the warriors and their dance partners to line up two by two, and followed her in.They filed in and walked towards the big round table where the referees sat at the front of the auditorium. The people in the auditorium applauded enthusiastically.

Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies walked first, and Davis seemed to be in disbelief about his good fortune to have a partner like Fleur, he couldn't take his eyes off her open.

Cedric Diggory and Cho Chang followed.The cheongsam worn on Qiu Zhang's body does have a unique charm. She is almost on par with Fu Rong.

And then, Harry and Parvati.Parvati seemed happy.She smiled brightly at everyone, and kept Harry going.

And finally Hermione and Krum.Jacqueline watched them sullenly until they came to the table of honor.

"Keep your etiquette." Yuna reminded softly in Jacqueline's ear, "while you still have a chance."

Jacqueline didn't speak, she watched Hermione sit opposite Percy Weasley, he was wearing a brand new navy blue dress robe, which the Weasley family couldn't afford, with a smug look on his face Sassy, ​​pretentious.Ludo Bagman was wearing a bright purple robe with big yellow stars printed on it tonight, and he clapped his hands as enthusiastically as his classmates.Madame Maxime had shed her usual black satin uniform for a flowing lavender gown.

"Did Miss Graham become a wooden figure, or her brain was frozen?" Snape's almost whispering voice sounded from their table.

"We never regret the choices we make, Severus," Yuna said. "You'd better start ordering before you starve to death."

There was no food yet on the shiny golden plates, but there was a small menu in front of everyone.Jacqueline picked up her menu, not paying attention to what was written on it, she just read the first line, "Pork Chops."

Pork chops appeared on her plate immediately.

"It's a novelty," said Professor Sprout. "One serving per person, no waste. I don't know how many times I've seen house-elves throw away leftovers."

"But I dare say the house-elves have done more work." Hagrid said, waving his hand, and Madame Maxime from the guest table waved to him, her opal drink sparkling in the candlelight.

"Ah, we have a castle too, I don't think it's as big or as comfortable as this one," Krum said to Hermione. "Ours only has four floors, and we can only light fires when we're casting spells. But our venue It's more spacious than here. But in winter the days are very short, so we can't play on the field. In summer, we are flying outside every day, flying over the lake, flying over the mountains..."

"Okay, okay, Viktor!" Karkaroff said, laughing, but there was no smile in his cold eyes, "Don't reveal any more secrets, or you charming Your friends will know where we are!"

Dumbledore smiled, his eyes sparkling. "Igor, keep secrets like this... People will think that you don't welcome others to visit."

"Oh, Dumbledore," said Karkaroff, grinning widely, showing a set of yellow teeth, "we all want to protect our private lands, don't we? Don't we need to be careful about guarding our entrusted school halls?" ?Shouldn’t we be proud that only we know the secrets of our school? Shouldn’t we keep them secret?”

"Oh, I never dreamed that I knew all the secrets of Hogwarts, Igor," said Dumbledore kindly. I found myself in a beautifully furnished room I had never seen before, filled with all kinds of exquisite and luxurious chamber pots. When I went back to investigate carefully, I found that this room had disappeared. But I must pay close attention .It only comes in at about 05:30 in the morning. Or only around the quarter moon, or maybe when the toilet seekers have a particularly full bladder."

"It's nothing," Fleur said contemptuously, looking at the star-studded walls surrounding the Great Hall. "At Beauxbaton Castle, our Great Hall is filled with ice sculptures at Christmas time. Of course, they don't melt... Like giant diamond statues, shining in the auditorium. The food is superb. We also have a choir of nymphs who serenade us while we eat. We don't have these ugly armor around the walls, if Any prankster who comes into Beauxbatons is sure to be kicked out, like this." She slapped the table impatiently.

Roger Davies watched her talk with a look of ecstasy on his face, and several times he held the fork crookedly and missed the food in his mouth. "Exactly!" Davis responded hastily, while imitating Fleur, he also patted the table with his hand, "It's like this. That's right."

For the first time Jacqueline didn't notice what she was eating, she kept staring at Hermione.Hermione obviously noticed, and it distracted her, and for a long while Krum just sat there talking to himself.

"Hermi, Weng," he called.

"H-Min." Hermione looked at Jacqueline and said slowly and word for word.

"H, m, um."

"Almost." Hermione turned her head, taking her eyes off Jacqueline for the first time.

At this time, Jacqueline regained her senses. She lowered her head and tried hard to cut her own pork chops.

When everything was done, Dumbledore stood up and told his classmates to stand up too.Then he waved his wand and flew some of the tables to the wall, leaving an open space in the middle.He turned into a high stage again, attached to the right wall, on which stood a drum set, several guitars, a lute (poem), a cello and several organs.

At this time, the Weird Sisters rushed onto the stage together, and the audience burst into thunderous applause.They all had particularly thick hair and wore black robes that had been ripped on purpose.They picked up their instruments, and at this moment the lanterns at the other tables were extinguished, and the warriors and their partners rose to their feet.

The Weird Sisters played a slow, sad tune.The warriors and their partners walk into the dance hall, slowly turning in circles.Soon, many people also entered the dance floor, and the warrior was no longer the center of everyone's attention.Neville and Ginny danced together, and Ginny frowned and dodged frequently because Neville stepped on her foot.Dumbledore is waltzing with Madame Maxime.He was a dwarf next to her, and the top of his pointed hat just touched her chin.Still, she danced gracefully for a woman of her size.Mad-Eye Moody awkwardly two-steps with Professor Sinistra, who nervously dodges his wooden leg.

"Are you going to sit here with a straw in your head?" Snape whispered, walking up to Jacqueline.Jacqueline turned her head, raised her head slightly, and looked at him without showing any weakness.Then she looked at Yuna slowly.

"Can I, Mom, replace my father?" She stretched out her hand, bending slightly.

Yuna smiled and put her hand on hers.

"If only you'd known." Una asked softly, under the cover of the music, as they danced to Hermione and Krum.

"It's not because I don't know how beautiful Hermione is that I didn't invite her."

"Only explain when you think it's necessary." The music changed, and Yuna's wrist flicked, and everyone switched partners. Jacqueline subconsciously stepped in Hermione's direction, but Fleur Delacour somehow got across from Jacqueline, maybe these four warriors, three warriors to be exact, were very close, and Harry and his dance partner had already run to the side to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ron Discussing over their shoulders that they should have invited Hermione earlier.

Fu Rong was a little surprised when she saw Jacqueline, she had never seen a girl dance in the male step in public, and she was very professional.

Her left hand was ready to raise, just waiting for Jacqueline's lead.

However, Jacqueline took a step forward, turned around halfway, her left hand directly lifted Fu Rong's arm, and her right hand accurately landed on the lower edge of Hermione's left shoulder bone, forming a line from the tip of her elbow to her fingertips. In a straight line, her left hand held Hermione's right hand tightly.

Fortunately, Krum stepped forward and grabbed Fleur, which avoided embarrassment.

"You seem to be working harder than usual. I thought you said you came to eat." The warm feeling from behind made Hermione tremble all over. She looked straight at Jacqueline and asked with a smile.

"I changed my mind when I saw how beautiful you are." Jacqueline's answer made Hermione's ears turn red. "I think people should know that it's not just the second grade that is beautiful and intelligent." Both, our Slytherins are not bad." Jacqueline looked into Hermione's eyes and said very seriously, "Besides, I'm a little full today."

Hermione looked at her with a smile, "You barely ate anything just now."

"Oh," Jacqueline glanced at the buffet tables on both sides of the auditorium, "Exercising more before eating can make me eat more."

"You're beautiful, too," said Hermione, and Jacqueline's blond hair seemed to be shining on her shoulders. "The burgundy dress suits you very well."

They looked at each other, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. At this moment, Jacqueline suddenly found that she didn't know how to look at Hermione.

She didn't know what was wrong with herself, she couldn't look Hermione in the eyes, it gave her a weird feeling in her stomach, her heart was beating so hard it felt like it was going to fly out.

She also couldn't look away from herself and look elsewhere, which was very impolite.

She couldn't lower her head even more. Hermione's fair neck and exposed skin seemed very, delicious?

Jacqueline shook her head quickly, she must be too hungry to have such a strange idea.But it's not right, she just finished her dinner, it must be because she was not completely full from the dinner just now.

She could only stare at a point next to Hermione's ear, which made it seem like she was watching her companion, but not really watching at the same time.

"I'm a little hungry." When the song finally ended, Jacqueline hurriedly saluted Hermione, and then said very apologetically, "I want to get some food, can I get you something?"

"I'm going to get some juice." Hermione clapped her hands on her chest, a little out of breath, her cheeks flushed slightly as she danced. "It's a little too hot in here, isn't it. I think I need some chilled juice."

Jacqueline looked at her with some embarrassment and smiled. Both of them left the dance floor and walked towards the long table with many dinner plates.

"I didn't know you could dance so well." Hermione said heartily, pouring herself a large glass of fruit wine from a crystal bowl, "and you're still a boy."

"Dancing is a compulsory course for every family." When Jacqueline was busy looking for something to eat, she found her heart calmed down a little. "And our family," she paused, raised her head, looked To Yuna, who was standing aside, wearing a robe and eating a snack, "Masculinity is a bit missing."

Hermione looked at Jacqueline, then at Una.Remembering Fudge's voice, "That poor girl." Also, Jacqueline took her mother's surname instead of her father's.She seemed to understand a little bit.

"I'm sure the professor loves you as much as your father," she said.

"I'm not complaining." Jacqueline looked up at Hermione.

"I know." Hermione just nodded, and Jacqueline lowered her head and continued to choose food.

"Klum shouldn't hold grudges against me." When they took two plates full of things, mainly Jacqueline's, they walked to a quiet corner, and Jacqueline was stuffing butter and bread into her mouth Said, "I seem to have dragged his partner away."

"He had a great time," said Hermione, looking at Krum dancing with others in the center of the dance floor.

"What about his dance partner?" Jacqueline asked subconsciously, her own face blushed as soon as the words came out, "I mean, what do you think of this Triwizard Tournament ball that hasn't been held for a long time?"

"I'm very happy." Hermione nodded seriously. "It's very rare to be able to hold a dance of this scale in the school."

"It's nothing." Jacqueline pursed her lips and shook her head. "Our family used to be much better than this. Of course, I'm talking about the past, 100 years ago. People at that time liked dancing more, especially the proctors now. People like OWL or NEWT are held every weekend, in different people’s homes, and then people prefer Quidditch, and dancing has become a hobby that only the elderly like, and it is slowly interrupted.”

"Sometimes, I envy those of you who come from pure-blood wizarding families." Hermione looked at Jacqueline and said softly, "If I also know so many people and know so much history."

"Then carry so many things like us." Jacqueline snorted, "You envy a family like Ron's, not ours." She said and threw the last piece of sausage on the plate into the mouth. "Mr. Malfoy called them the outliers in the pure-blood wizarding world for a reason. Even my father and the others don't want to go back home. No matter what, there are many rules." Jacqueline said with a self-deprecating smile , "Look, I can't use the Patronus Charm until now, because I can't find a strong enough and good memory. And Harry, he..."

"But that doesn't mean you're not strong and beautiful enough." Hermione almost blurted out.The two of them looked at each other, quickly turned their heads away, and looked towards the center of the dance floor.

The two of them sat quietly, sneaking glances at each other from time to time, hoping that the other didn't notice.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" Jacqueline stood up when she felt that the auditorium was getting hotter.

"That's a good idea." Hermione smiled awkwardly, then she looked away, "but I'd better go say hello to Harry and Ron."

"They've probably been regretting tonight that they didn't notice how beautiful you were before." Jacqueline paused, then whispered, "Hermione."

"Did you hear that?" Hermione smiled sheepishly. "He'll never be able to pronounce my name correctly like you can."

Jacqueline felt that the hall was getting hotter.

"I heard every word of yours. By the way, you said you were going to say hello to Harry and Ron?" she said, looking at Krum who was standing at the buffet table and didn't know what to choose. Grab a couple of butterbeers, it won't be as hot as it is out here." She walked away before Hermione could react.