Hey- this is just something to get you guys into the Christmas Spirit. This idea was originally going to be a one-shot but I made it into a short story instead! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Neither the characters, the setting, nor the mistletoe are mine. But this silly story that combines all three is!
Someone, or, rather, two identical red haired someones, had stupidly hung mistletoe above the oak doors of the great hall of Hogwarts. It was exactly a week before the holidays were to begin, and a Monday morning no less, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined the queue- yes- the queue to get into the great hall for breakfast.
"Whasss-goin-on" Ron yawned
"We usually don't have to queue for breakfast" Hermione said huffily, trying to peer around the shoulders of some older students in front of them.
"Dunno" Harry shrugged.
Harry bumped into Neville who looked extremely flustered and out of breath.
"Hey Neville what's going on?"
"Oh, hey Harry, Someone's stuck mistletoe on top of the doors to the great hall."
"So?" Ron said, "I'm sure Dumbledore could get it down"
"That's just it" Neville added in a frightened sort of voice
"Dumbledore isn't here and whoevers done it has used a wicked sticking charm."
At this point there was a surge in the crowd as more people came up from their house dormitories.
Harry heard Hermione sniff and return to her book.
"Hermione, how can read in a queue, and at a time like this?" Ron asked, exasperatingly as he stretched his neck to see what was going on by the doors.
"This may surprise you, Ronald, but a twig with some leaves and berries on isn't half as interesting as Reverse Incantos so if you don't mind…." she trailed off- propping the book up on her elbows.
"But, 'Mione, this is magical mistletoe we're talking about. If two people walk under it at the same time they are forced- through magic- to you know…" Ron suddenly turned red as Hermione looked up from her book
"Snog." a voice finished. Ginny had just siddled up next to them.
"I saw Lavender and Michael Cromer get caught under it together a few moments before you lot arrived. So now everyone's being extra careful not to walk in at the same time as anyone else."
Harry couldn't help noticing the amusement twinkling in Ginny's eyes.
He had to admit the situation was pretty funny- although it would be funnier on a full stomach. As if to prove his point Ron's stomach just grumbled loudly.
The group had reached the area in front of the doors where students had formed an almost perfect semicircle around the doors, everyone watching and waiting to see who would walk in next.
Just then a very pale and nervous looking Neville Longbottom emerged from the crowd, or was pushed forward, from the looks of it, by Seamus Finnigan and approached the doors trepidatiously.
Neville was directly below the mistletoe and had just breathed an audible sigh of relief and looked smugly over his shoulder at everyone when Luna Lovegood wandered dreamily out fo the great hall and in an instant….
SMACK
The two had been pulled almost magnetically towards each other as though controlled by imaginary strings.
When they had kissed the force pulling them together broke and they fell apart.
The crowd laughed and some of the boys cat-called.
If possible, Neville looked even paler than before, Luna on the other hand stood up and wiped the creases from her robes as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
Smiling, Harry caught Ron's eye and began to laugh.
Oh, if only they knew what harm a little mistletoe can do.
I hope you liked it. I have the whole story so if you leave me a review I will post the next chapter really soon (like tomorrow).
xxx-Bexie1217