[HP] The Elegance of the Night

In the Slytherin common room, a group of girls and boys wearing colorful gowns had already gathered at this time. Perhaps because of taking off the single school uniform, they all looked a little more different than usual.

When Igil and Draco appeared, people nodded and said hello to them, and the beautifully dressed girls gathered together, covering their mouths and giggling, waiting for their partners to arrive.

"Oh, Igil, Draco..."

Pansy walked slowly in front of the two boys. She was wearing a light pink gown full of frills, and her long earrings made the curve of her neck more beautiful. She looked extraordinarily tall today.Igil glanced at the heels of her shoes, which were seven inches high.

"You guys look really...handsome today." Pansy's eyes wandered back and forth between the two Slytherins, and when she said the adjective, she stared at Draco with little stars in her eyes.

"Pansy, you're so beautiful that I'm jealous of Blaise." Draco said with a bright smile.

Because it was getting late, they just had a brief conversation and then went to find their own dance partners.Igil saw the blonde girl at a glance. Greengrass was wearing a simple and elegant silver dress robe, and several pearl hairpins were fastened to his rolled up hair.

Beside her, Ginny was wearing a gorgeous golden gown. Her fiery red hair was pulled up from both sides and fixed with a few rose-shaped, delicately crafted diamond hairpins, and a circle of golden tassels hung from her forehead.

"That's Weasley? Ginny Weasley?" Igil heard Draco murmuring in a low voice. Perhaps his roommate never imagined that Ginny's dressing up was so good. .

The prefects of the house organized everyone to line up, and they put Draco at the front.When it was almost eight o'clock, Igil took Greenglass and others out of the Slytherin lounge.When they arrived at the first-floor foyer, it was already packed with eagerly awaiting people.

Armstrong's students entered through the castle's oaken front door with their headmaster, Karkaroff.Krum walked in the front, surrounded by a beautiful girl in a blue robe. Igil didn't recognize who she was at first, but when she blinked at him, Igil suddenly understood.

Maybe it's because she removed more than 20 thick books that are always carried on her body, maybe she has tampered with her disheveled hair and front teeth that protrude more than others, in short, the beautiful girl walking with Krum looks Nothing like Hermione.

"She's so beautiful!" Igil heard a witch say enviously. It was a Gryffindor girl of the same level as him. It seemed that she didn't recognize her classmate.

At eight o'clock, the door of the auditorium opened on time, and Professor McGonagall's voice sounded.

"Warriors, please come here!"

Professor McGonagall was dressed in red tartan robes, with a thistle wreath on the brim of his hat.After hearing her words, the crowd began to retreat to both sides, flashing a passage.

"See you later." Draco said to Igil, and he walked to Professor McGonagall with Ginny and other warriors on his arm.But Igil and his blond dance partner were ahead of Draco.Because Professor McGonagall told the warriors to stand by the door and wait for others to enter first.

The decoration in the Hogwarts auditorium has been completely new, the walls are covered with shiny silver frost, warm white magic snow is constantly falling from the ceiling, and the height of the auditorium seems to be much higher than before.The twelve Christmas trees decorated in the auditorium all turned silver-white, and the torches that appeared at intervals around the stone wall also burned with silver-white flames.

The Hogwarts hall seems to be placed in a world of ice and snow, but it doesn't make people feel cold.The reflection on the floor is smooth and visible, like ice on the lake in front of the castle.Gone were the four college tables, replaced by a hundred small candle-lit tables, each of which could seat a dozen people.

It didn't take long for Igil to sit on the seat, and Ron passed by him with a black-haired girl on his arm. Ron was left alone today because none of his friends could sit down with him.

The girl with Ron drooped her face, and she kept looking at the dress gown on her partner.That old-fashioned dress, which looked like an old woman's skirt, still had threads around the collar and cuffs, as if someone had tried to cut off the lace on the top, but was not very good at it.

"Merlin, what did I see!"

"I feel like I'm dreaming."

"That's... Snape?"

Igil looked at the faculty bench, where their dean, Professor Snape, was sitting there with a stern face. He was still covered in black, but the well-fitting gown revealed his uplifted figure that was concealed by the large robe in the past , his greasy hair seemed to have just been washed, so refreshed that when he leaned over to talk to the teacher next to him, his hair fluttered slightly.

This rare scene in thousands of years made the little snakes so excited that they almost burst into tears on the spot.They secretly made up their minds that they must put this memory in a glass bottle, and then let the owl mail it home for their parents to see.

After the students were all seated, the warriors lined up with their partners and walked towards the big round table in front of the auditorium. The applause in the auditorium didn't subside until they were all seated.

Harry's partner was Ellie Windsor, which came as a surprise to many, but the girl Draco had on his arm took many by surprise.

"Gin... Ginny!" Ron recognized his sister, and his shocked expression was so obvious that Professor McGonagall coughed at him as he walked past him.There was some aristocratic reserve in Draco's smile, but Igil, who was familiar with him, knew that his roommate must be secretly happy at the moment.

Mr. Bagman from the Ministry of Magic was wearing a bright purple robe with big yellow stars printed on it tonight. He sat beside Dumbledore in purple stars, like a pair of brothers.Mr. Crouch did not come today, and Percy Weasley was sitting in his place.The haired young man first looked at his sister in surprise, then leaned over to chat with Draco.

"Why is he here?" Igil asked suspiciously. Percy just graduated from Hogwarts last year, and I heard that he entered the Ministry of Magic.

"He's Crouch's personal assistant now, probably here on his behalf," Pansy replied, she and Blaise's position is very close to Igil, "I heard that Crouch's health is not good now, You know, the elf he expelled from the Quidditch World Cup was dug up by reporters."

Igil nodded to show that he understood, and he had also read that report.But what he was thinking about now was what Ellie Windsor had said when she confessed in the principal's office.In the end, Crouch died at the hands of his own son pretending to be Moody, but the girl didn't have a deep impression of this content, she just passed it by.

Igil looked towards Dumbledore, the tall, thin old man was looking at Percy thoughtfully.He should be thinking the same thing as him, right?Mr. Crouch is definitely alive now.Because Percy Weasley had apparently been instructed to come to Hogwarts in place of his boss.

Dumbledore, did he think about going there to save that dying life?

Before Igil looked away, Dumbledore felt his gaze.The old man turned his face and smiled at him, then turned his face away.Dumbledore has a trustworthy temperament, it seems that he can't hide anything from him, and he has a way to solve everything.

What did he think of Mr. Crouch's question?Igil suddenly wanted to know.He reminded himself to remember to write a letter home to his father.I always feel that there seems to be something neglected hidden in Crouch's matter.

Before the ball begins, there is a Christmas dinner first.The meal this time was different from the past. There was a shiny golden plate in front of everyone, but there was no food on the plate.There is a menu in front of everyone, and there is no waiter around.There were already little wizards holding the menu in their hands and looking around.More people looked at Dumbledore blankly.

When Dumbledore said very clearly to his plate: "Pork chop!" and a pork chop appeared on his plate immediately.Everyone suddenly realized.Everyone picked up the menu in front of them and followed suit, ordering their favorite food.

Instead of having to dine with the whole year at a long table, the little wizards looked relaxed and casual on this special day.

"Ah, we also have a castle, I don't think it's as big as here," Krum chatted with his dance partner Hermione, "but our grounds are bigger than this. In the summer, we fly outside every day ..."

"It's nothing," Fleur said contemptuously as she looked at the starry 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." ..."

"Do you like pudding?" Draco asked Ginny, and the redhead nodded.

"I like it too." Draco smiled. He picked up the menu and turned to that page, "Christmas pudding, Yorkshire pudding, creme brulee, marmalade pudding..." Every time you say a name, there will be An entity appears at the dining table.

Igil watched more and more puddings in front of the platinum-haired boy, silently looked away, and ordered a steak for himself.And his dance partner, the blonde girl, looked down at her reflection in the wine glass, secretly wondering why her dance partner praised her appearance except when she was picked up in the common room, even though she was dressed very beautifully today, He never looked at her the way other people did.

When everyone has eaten and drunk enough, the food residue on the plate disappears, and it is as clean as if it has just been washed.Dumbledore stood up from the big round table in the referee's seat, and the little wizards stared at him expectantly. They knew that the ball was about to officially begin...