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Chapter 622: The Beginning of the Ball
🕑 Added 2019-10-13 05:38:06 +0000 UTCEveryone stared at Hermione with unflattering disbelief, dismayed and did not know what to say.
Hermione was definitely the most changed and beautiful of all the girls, subverting everyone's understanding of her.
"Good evening, Evan!" Hermione came over and whispered, "How do I look?"
"Beautiful … incredible!" Evan replied, looking at Hermione carefully.
His heart was beating fast and uncontrollably, and his eyes could not be removed from Hermione’s body.
Hermione was now so fascinating, her body exuding a strong charm.
Hearing Evan's comment, Hermione's mouth smiled upwards. She handed him her hand and they went downstairs to the entrance hall.
Along the way, everyone they met was looking at them in surprise.
Evan and Hermione's outfits were too conspicuous, especially Hermione, who attracted a lot of attention.
Many girls were throwing her looks of deepest loathing and jealousy, while the boys were admiring and amazed.
Though neither Evan nor Hermione were champions, they were the brightest couple tonight.
When the two of them went down, the entrance hall was packed with students, all milling around waiting for eight o’clock, when the doors to the Great Hall would be thrown open.
Those people who were meeting partners from different Houses were edging through the crowd trying to find one another.
Ron and Lavender stood by the door, and he saw Hermione who had just stepped down and opened his mouth wide in surprise.
He stared at Hermione for a while, then turned his head, and looked thoughtful.
After a while, a group of Slytherins came up the steps from their dungeon Common Room. Malfoy was in the front; he was wearing dress robes of black velvet with a high collar, which made him look like a vicar.
Pansy Parkinson in very frilly robes of pale pink was clutching Malfoy’s arm.
Crabbe and Goyle were both wearing green, they resembled moss-colored boulders, and neither of them had managed to find a partner.
After seeing Evan and Hermione standing on the edge of the main staircase, Malfoy was slightly stunned.
Like other boys, his gaze fell on Hermione, but he didn’t seem to be able to find an insult to throw at her.
Five minutes later, the oak front doors opened, and everyone turned to look as the Durmstrang students entered with Professor Karkaroff.
Krum was at the front of the party, accompanied by a Slytherin sixth-year girl.
Over their heads, they could see that an area of lawn right in front of the castle had been transformed into a sort of grotto full of fairy lights ... meaning hundreds of actual living fairies were sitting in the rosebushes and fluttering over the statues of what seemed to be Father Christmas and his reindeer
Evan suddenly found that he and Hermione were too noticeable, standing there.
The eyes of everyone who walked into the entrance hall had to fall on both of them and stare at them impolitely.
Hermione was a little embarrassed and asked Evan to move to the side and block her body.
She snuggled up in his arms, and all of a sudden, the boys looked at Evan enviously, as though they wanted to eat him alive.
The feeling of joy was very good, but the pressure was equally as great...
Fortunately, at this time, the students from Beauxbatons began to enter the castle, shifting the attention of everyone.
At the front was Fleur with her partner Roger Davies. Fleur was extremely gorgeous and didn’t lose to Hermione at all.
They belonged to two different styles, but they were both extremely beautiful.
Fleur fully showed her charm, like a flower in full bloom.
The addition of Veela's blood made all the boys unable to calm down and immerse themselves in her.
Hermione was not as mature and gorgeous as Fleur, nor did she have “that kind” of beauty, but compared with Fleur and other girls, she was particularly pure, and her unique qualities of intelligence, quiet, and compassion were enough to make every boy moved.
If it were for Evan to choose, he would think no girl could match Hermione tonight.
But no doubt, Fleur was also extremely eye-catching.
Beside her, Davies looked so stunned by his good fortune in having Fleur for a partner that he could hardly take his eyes off her.
Gabrielle and Colin walked at the back of the Beauxbatons team and they looked around for Evan and Hermione as soon as they entered the entrance hall.
Unlike Hermione, Fleur and other girls, Gabrielle was a different style that made loveliness to its fullest.
That was the cuteness of the lovely girl of her age. She was wearing a white dress, like a porcelain doll, with a naughty smile on her lips, and moving her eyes in a smart way. Soon, she saw Evan and Hermione standing at the edge of the stairs and dragged Colin quickly towards them.
"Hello, Evan! Hello, Hermione!" said Gabrielle with a smile. She turned around Hermione a few times and appreciated her dress.
Colin told Evan that he had just gone to the Beauxbatons carriage to pick up Gabrielle. The whole castle and the grounds outside had changed. They were decorated with magic and Christmas costumes were everywhere. There were also fairies and elves scattered around, as if they had suddenly entered a dreamy fairy tale world.
Just then, Professor McGonagall’s voice called, “Champions over here, please!”
She was wearing dress robes of red tartan and had arranged a rather ugly wreath of thistles around the brim of her hat.
Professor McGonagall told the champions and their partners to wait on one side of the doors while everyone else went inside. They were to enter the Great Hall in procession when the rest of the students had sat down.
When passing through the doors, Evan noticed that Fleur and Cho were looking at him, and their eyes were following his steps.
Krum and Ron’s eyes were all focused on Hermione, staring at her.
Looking at them, one couldn’t help but wonder if he and Hermione were the protagonists of this evening.
Five minutes later, once everyone was settled in the Hall, Professor McGonagall told the champions and their partners to get in line in pairs and to follow her.
They filed in and started walking toward a large round table at the top of the Hall, where the judges were sitting. Everyone applauded warmly.
The walls of the Hall had all been covered in sparkling silver frost, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy crossing the starry black ceiling. The House tables had vanished; instead, there were about a hundred smaller, lantern-lit ones, each seating about a dozen people.
Dumbledore smiled happily as the champions approached straight the top table.
Karkaroff’s face was gloomy, his eyes wandered back and forth on the champions, and then he glanced quickly at Evan, who was sitting below.
Ludo Bagman, tonight in robes of bright purple with large yellow stars, was clapping as enthusiastically as any of the students.
Beside him, Madame Maxime had changed her usual uniform of black satin for a flowing gown of lavender silk. But Mr. Crouch was not there. The fifth seat at the table was occupied by Percy Weasley.
