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and out of it came queen Marissa. She grinned as she made traffic stop with her powers, shooting electricity at builboards, and cars, making some of them shatter their glass

Her grin went wider as she saw her pathetic hench man on a driver's seat of a taxi on the sidewalk, his head leaning on the wheel

She walked towards the taxi, and lowered her head on the open window, "hello, worthless. Miss me?"

At the familiar voice, Peter perked up with his eyes widening, "q-queen Marissa!?", he exclaimed, a shock expression on his face, "what are you doing here?"

"you failed at your job, and you only have one apple left, so i went here to kill her myself", the queen said, and without another word, she walked away, and towards the palace.

• • •

Fredand Y/N entered the ball room, the girl's eyes glistened as she saw the decorations, and the people dancing.

The ball was already at its full swing, and everyone was having fun. A smile was plastered on Y/N's face as Fred guided her down the stairs. The ball was held in the Palace Of Westminster, and it was the perfect venue, honestly.

The two reached the bottom of the stairs just as a song finished, and as soon as it did, Draco Malfoy saw them

A smile crept up his face seeing the girl. She looked absolutely beautiful in her dress.

Hermione, noticing his stare, looked at the direction he was looking, and saw Y/N. She knew something was going on between them, she's not oblivious.

It kind of hurt to see Draco set eyes on someone else other than his girlfriend, but Hermione knew that she's not the one for him.

Smiling, the bushy haired girl tugged on Draco's sleeve, "let's say hello to them", she said, and dragged the blonde over to the pair

"Draco..", was Y/N's first word when the pair stopped in front of them. She looked at him from head to toe, he looked absolutely dashing, "the both of you look wonderful", she said, but her words were mostly for the blonde

"you too", were Draco's words, looking at Y/N with a small smile

Fred respectfully bowed his head at Hermione and offered a hand, which the girl accepted. The ginger placed a soft kiss on the back of her hand, making her slightly blush, "i'm Fred Weasley, madame"

Hermione smiled, "Hermione Granger."

Before anything else happened, the person on stage announced, "Good evening everyone! I'm happy to see everyone having fun, but let's add a little twist, shall we? Ask someone you didn't come to at this ball with to dance with you. Because why not?"

People then started to scatter, and Fred took a glance at Y/N, before looking at Draco, and motioning to Hermione, "may i?"

The blonde looked at Hermione and nodded with a light smile, "go ahead"

Hermione took Fred's hand, and the two of them walked away, and towards the dancd floor, leaving Y/N with Draco, standing awkwardly

Clearing his throat, Malfoy offered a hand, "would you like to dance?"

The girl smiled, and took the man's hand. Draco guided her towards the dance floor, and once they were there, he wrapped his arms around her waist, and she put her hands around his neck

Music started to play softly, and Y/N just looked into Draco's eyes, getting lost in them. The Malfoy smiled, "do you remember the married couple that's getting a divorce?"

Y/N frowned at the memory of Pheobe and Hank, "what about them? Are.. Are they not together anymore?"

Draco smiled, "they decided to not get a divorce.", at that, the girl's face lit up, "they went to my office earlier, they said they realized that they still love each other"

"i told you, happily ever afters are true", the girl said, smiling

The blonde swallowed his saliva, his smile starting to fade, "maybe. But probably not for everyone"

At that, Y/N just smiled sadly. He was right, as much as she believed in happily ever afters, she doesn't think she'll have one now. Because a happily ever after for her is wuth him. With Draco.

The blonde pulled her closer, so close that they were hugging as they danced. He leaned his head on Y/N's, savoring this moment. This'll be the last time he would be able to hold her this close.

They stayed like that, eyes closed, and just being in each others' arms. This felt so right, yet so wrong.

Someone cleared their throat, making Y/N and Draco pull away from each other

Behind the girl stood Fred, "may i cut in?"

The blonde swallowed the lump in his throat, "of course.", he said, and took Hermione's hand once again.

Y/N went with Fred, and they danced, but it didn't feel as right as she did with Draco.

"you're sad"

At that, the girl looked up at the ginger, and smiled. Shaking her head, she said, "i'm not."

Fred smiled and stopped dancing, "do you want to go?"

Y/N took anothed glance at Draco and Hermione, they were still dancing. Nodding slightly, the girl held onto Fred's arms, and the both of them walked up the stairs

Once they were up the stairs, Fred left Y/N to get her coat, leaving her with her thoughts.

From on top of the stairs, she had the perfect view of Draco and Hermione. Something inside her chest clenched when she saw them kiss once the song was over.

They looked good together. They were meant for each other. Draco's right. Happily ever afters are not for everyone.

"excuse me"

At the voice, Y/N looked behind her, and as soon as she did, her eyes widen, "you! You sent me here!", she said to the same witch she met by the fountain in the castle

"i'm very glad to see you, dear. I was very worried!", the old witch said, ignoring her words

Y/N's eyebrows furrowed, "what are you doing here?", she asked

The witch smiled, "to save you, of course", she said

"I don't need saving. Fred's here."

"oh, i wasn't talking about that", the witch crackled, "i was talking about emotional pain."

At that, Y/N looked away, once again, her eyes found Draco. He wasn't hard to find, with that platinum blonde hair of his', you'll find him anywhere

"i don't know what you're talking about", Y/N said, looking down

The witch grinned, "i can stop all the hurt, my dear", she said, once again ignoring the girl's words, "you just need to take one bite of this apple"

Y/N furrowed her eyebrows, she looked at the witch, who now held a shiny red apple. It was so shiny she could see her sad expression on her own reflection

"i.. I don't know-"

"come on, my dear. All of these will go away, even the people you met, will vanish like it didn't happen..", the witch said, "and you'll have.. Your happily ever after"

At that, Y/N looked at the apple. Sighing, she took the apple from the witch's hands. Looking one last time at the crowd, she took a bite of the apple

The witch's grin grew wider.

Y/N furrowed her eyebrows, her eyes becoming droopy. A small gasp left her lips as she fell on the floor, the apple falling off her hands, and down the stairs.

The apple made its way through the crowd, and finally stopping when it hit someone's shoes

Hermione looked down with furrowed eyebrows. She picked the apple up, making Draco furrow his own eyebrows

The two looked up the stairs in sync, and they saw Y/N, laying on tge ground.

Lifeless