The Mating Ball

The Mating Ball

Chapter six: The aftermath: conversations in the Common Room

The Mating Ball had finally ended. And everybody was finally back in their dormitories or in their Common Rooms. They chose places where they could hide how humiliated they were, or how lucky they were. Or they spoke about want went on in the Room of Requirement that night.

"Luna and I just kissed and enjoyed our bodies. Nothing more. But it was so wonderful..." said Harry. "And how was your evening? Ron? Hermione?"

"Well," said Hermione, "you probably know what I've done." Her eyes glowed. "I slept with Malfoy." Ron wasn't even surprised, but Harry was.

"I knew you two were serious, but I didn't know you were this serious," said Harry.

"Me neither," said Hermione, "but obviously we are. And I really wanted it to happen, you know!"

"There is no way that he's going to date you in public, Hermione!" said Ron, "he wouldn't risk his poor old reputation that get tarnished."

"And what have you been doing then?" asked Hermione in a hurt sort of voice.

"I've been doing it with... em... what did you call her again... I know... that cow, Pansy Parkinson!" said Ron turning red.

"WHAT?" Harry and Hermione yelled in chorus.

"Keep your voices down. I don't want the whole world to know," said Ron still blushing.

"You made love to Pansy Parkinson?" asked Harry.

"Yes, when Hermione screamed so loudly, I wanted to come and kill Malfoy. But Pansy sort of got in my way. And I kind of lost my mind. But it was so good, so terrific!"

"Wow," said Hermione, "I never knew you had feelings for her."

"I haven't! It was just... sex."

Colin, Dennis and Eleanor the stumbled into the Gryffindor Common Room. Eleanor looked the happiest. But both Colin and Dennis looked very upset and beaten.

"What happened?" Harry asked.

"Crabbe and Goyle," answered Colin.

"They... they... did... it... to... us! They... raped... us!" said Colin. Dennis could only nod.

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Eleanor looked horrified.

"You've got to tell McGonagall," said Hermione finally, "or at least go to the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey is bound to have something for certain emotional and physical damage!"

"I will do it," said Eleanor, "I'm going to kill Thomas. He said you were being treated just as nice as he treated me!"

"Thomas Avery? And he was nice? Maybe he hasn't learned what being a Slytherin means or maybe he is just plain naive!" said Ron.
In the Slytherin Common Room the story was quite different.

"Did you hear that nice scream from the Granger Mudblood?" said Draco, "and how went things with the Creeveys?"

"It was good. We took them in the ass," said Goyle.

"Yeah, we forced them to satisfy our every need. And today they were purely sexual..." grinned Crabbe.

"Nice work, Crabbe, Goyle," said Malfoy, "Avery what did you do?"

"Nothing, I kissed her everywhere and got her undressed, but nothing more," said Thomas.

"Oh, you stupid git! You were supposed to rape her! I'll write to your Dad, and tell him that you can't even rape a stupid Mudblood!" Malfoy raged.

"But... but I love her!" stammered Thomas.

"We are Slytherins, Avery," said Malfoy coldly, "we despise Mudbloods. They are inferior!"

"What were you doing then with that Mudblood of yours?" asked Thomas.

Malfoy turned red. "I was raping her. Humiliating her, causing her pain. Just like Crabbe and Goyle here did to those little brothers of that bitch of yours!"

Thomas looked shocked. He had never expected this of the children of his father's best friends.

"Pansy, what did you do?" asked Malfoy.

"I was busy keeping Weasel King from getting to you," said Pansy, "he would've killed you, you know. He LOVES Granger. I can't see what anyone could see in her..."

"How have you stopped him from killing me?" asked Draco.

"Well, I had to something horrible. I had to have sex with the Weasel King," Pansy said, colouring red.

"WHAT?" screamed Malfoy, "my girlfriend has slept with Weasel King. What a horror!"

Draco looked dumbstruck.

"My boyfriend has slept with the GRANGER-MUDBLOOD! What a horror!" replied Pansy.