Harry Potter One Shots

Masquerade (Blaise Zabini)

A/N: You are a pureblood Slytherin and for your 16th birthday you decided to have a Masquerade Ball to find your betrothed. Daughter of Regulus Black (he's alive & no Voldemort)

Y/n POV:
I always knew I was going to have to get married someday, it was bound to happen. But being from the Most Noble and Ancient House of Black, I had some say into the matter. Most boys my age flaunt their riches and looks, being total douchebags. I wanted to hold a Masquerade Ball, the best way to find my suitor. With the mask, you can't rely on looks, you only have your personality.

Once my father left Grimmauld Place, he bought his own Manor with my mother and for the past couple weeks we've transformed the entire house. Black tie event. I always adored the color black, it held much meaning.

"Are you excited for tonight?" Zenith asked me as he was doing my hair while Draco sat on my bed. Zenith and I were going into our 6th year while Draco was going into 5th.

"I am, but I need to find a suitor by the end of the night." I looked into the mirror as Zenith started to do a braided crown.

"How hard can it be, Your Y/n Black, an heiress." Draco said.

"Majority of the people I meet, only want me for my money, looks, power. Or they flaunt their money, looks and power at me. I want someone who wants me for me, and the way I want a guy for himself." I explained.

"Touching." Zenith wiped away a fake tear.

Zenith was always there for me, he confided in me when his father called him a disgrace for being gay. In the eyes of the public, Zenith was still a Malfoy Heir, but behind closed doors, Lucius stopped speaking to him. Luckily Aunt Cissy was proud of him and supported him.

"Hello my darlings." My mother and Aunt Cissy came into my room. "Oh, you look beautiful Y/n."

"Thank you mother, Zenith helped me." I smiled.

"I helped too." Draco sat up.

"All you did, was hand me my makeup bag." I laughed at him.

"And if I didn't get it, you'd look hideous." He joked.

I gasped at him and threw a makeup brush at me while hit me in the forehead. Zenith and I laughed while mother and Cissy shook their heads.

"Let's not start this again." Mother said. The three of us used to get into little fights all the time which usually resulted in Draco getting injured.

"It's time you three." Aunt Cissy came over to me and wrapped a green and black masquerade mask around my eyes. We decided that the masks would be the only form of color that wasn't black that guest could wear.

After the final touches, Zenith, Draco and Aunt Cissy already left leaving my mother and I. "You look absolutely beautiful."

"Thank you." I smiled.

The two of us made our way towards our father waiting for our introduction by the grand staircase. "Look at my little girl."

"I'm not little anymore father." I answered. "And where's Rosalind."

"I'm here." She came running in. She was also the same year as Draco.

"You girls ready?" Father looked at us. We all nodded.

"The Black Family; Regulus Black, M/n Black, Rosalind Black and Y/n Black." We descended down the staircase.

As the night went on, I dated with many suitors, still not finding my prince charming. It had became exhausting thinking I would never find someone. As we started the next waltz I was with Draco while Rosalind was with Zenith.

"Still haven't found the one?" Draco asked me.

"Nope." I sighed. "What if I don't find anyone."

"Don't say that, you will find your prince." He smiled.

As we continued to dance we heard the music change, indicating to switch partners, as I left Draco, I turned into the next person. I looked into his eyes and was mesmerized.

"Hello." He spoke which came out like honey.

"Hello." I smiled as we continued to dance.

"So tell me about yourself." I asked him wanting to know more.

"I'm going into my 5th year at Hogwarts, I always enjoyed muggle literature, especially Shakespeare, I was trained to play the violin since I was kid and enjoy playing it to the younger kids. What about you?"

"Well, I have been trained in ballet, same with my sister, I play the piano, and I enjoy writing." I replied.

He was different compared to the rest of the suitors. And we had many things in common, he never mentioned wealth of family name. It was like we were two magnets, coming together.

We continued to dance for the rest of the night, hoping it would last forever, the night came to an end and I didn't see him again.

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As Zenith and I made our way onto the train towards the Slytherin compartment, we were looking for a cart. As we opened one, Draco and his friends, Pansy, Theo, Crabbe, Goyle and a boy I had never seen before. Once I looked over to him, I let out an internal gasp. He was the boy from my birthday I danced me, he had the same eyes.

"Y/n." Zenith shook me a few times. "Are you alright?"

"Who is that boy?" I discreetly pointed at him.

"Blaise Zabini." He answered. "Why?"

"That's the boy from my birthday." I answered once we found out own compartment.

"Really!" He got all excited.

"Yes." I smiled. "I had such a good time with me and never saw him again.

Once we arrived to the castle, and made our way towards the Slytherin table, Zenith and I sat a few seats away from Draco and his friends. I secretly kept looking at Blaise but once he would look my way I would immediately turn my attention back to Zenith. The both of us were prefects so after we escorted the first years to the dorm we went back down to the common room.

"There he is!" Zenith looked over my shoulder. "You should totally ask him to Hogsmeade."

"Do you think he would say yes?" I looked at Blaise before looking back at Zenith.

"He would be a git to say no." Zenith replied. "No go." He gave me a push.

A took a deep few breaths before walking over there. Draco was the first to notice me. "Hello Y/n/n."

"Hello." I smiled.

"Did you need something?" He asked with a slight mischief in his eyes.

"Oh um... I was wondering if Blaise would like to go to Hogsmeade with me?" I squeaked closing my eyes waiting for his reaction.

"Yes." I heard someone say. I opened my eyes and saw him smiling.

"Wait really!" I asked shocked.

"Yes." He laughed a little.

"Right, um... meet me at 11?" I said.

"Okay." He replied.

I let out the breath I was holding before kissing his cheek and running back to Zenith. "He said yes!" I squealed jumping up and down in my sit.

"God, he turned you in an actual teenage girl, you look like Rosalind when Theo asked her out." Zenith laughed.

"Shut up!" I smacked his arm. "You're just jealous I got a date to Hogsmeade and you still haven't asked out Lee Jordan."

"Oh yea, well I can get a date." He announced. "Watch me."

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