Summary: Harry Potter is at the Malfoy Christmas ball looking for his soulmate. There he reunites with his childhood nemesis and things get a little embarrassing.
But what could you expect from a family like the Potters with their love luck?
days of no surrender (ao3) - peachyaslans
Draco/Harry
T, 12k
Summary: When Harry Potter swims into the Great Lake for his second task of the Triwizard Tournament, everyone expects him to emerge with Hermione Granger or even Ron Weasley. What no one expects is for Harry to emerge carrying none other than Draco Malfoy, his sworn enemy.
Green Eyes, Red Face (ao3) - crumbledcastle28
Hermione/Draco
G, 30k
Summary: On the night of the Yule Ball, Hermione finds herself in the arms of the last wizard she would have ever expected.
Summary: Pansy hates the holidays. So why in Merlin’s name did she let Draco talk her into attending this holiday party with him?
It just takes some time (ao3) - SilverShroud
Cho/Cedric
T, 3k
Summary: A misstep at the Yule Ball uncovers a secret that Cedric has long sought to hide.
Mo Ghille Mear (ao3) - FrostedGemstones22
Seamus/Hermione
E, 224k (WIP)
Summary: Seamus thought that the Yule Ball would be a breeze; he and Lavender have always been a pair, so why should this be any different?
Just one problem...Lavender is going with someone else.
Ron might not have noticed that Hermione was a girl, but Seamus did.
He never thought that his path, and the fate of everything he knew about magic and the Wizarding World, could change by simply asking Hermione Granger to be his date.
One of the Two Is Not Like the Other (ao3) - prettyoddmoon
Cedric/Fred
T, 9k (WIP)
Summary: Now that his longtime crush Cedric Diggory has been selected as one of the Triwizard Tournament champions and the oh-so-anticipated Yule Ball is right around the corner, Fred Weasley is bound to overcome his painfully out-of-character fear and hesitation at last and... finally bloody commit.
“I was wondering if you'd do me the honour of accompanying me to the Yule Ball. Rumour has it: I'm a magnificent dancer. Why not find out for yourself?”
“Why, I thought you'd already asked Angelina Johnson.”
Slipping Through My Fingers (ao3) - StrixXinXiang
T, 1k
Summary: When the Weasleys receive an invitation to the Yule Ball, Molly faces the dilemma every mother does at one point or another:
Let them grow up or hang on just a little bit longer?
The First of a Thousand Kisses (ao3) - Beccax95
Hermione/Fred
T, 2k
Summary: A hoofed Redhead finds the Woman he fancies crying at the Yule Ball and asks her to dance, which leads to so much more.
The Girl Who Burned (ao3) - Mad_Iron_Karl
Luna/Harry, Pansy/Harry
T, 156k
Summary: Hazel Potter's fourth year at Hogwarts and the preceding summer, bringing even more bullshit right from the start. So much bullshit, you don't even know.
Yule Ball(s) (ao3) - MaisieBee
Viktor/Ron
E, 3k
Summary: Ron Weasley is stuck taking his little sister as his Yule Ball date. Meanwhile, Quidditch has taught Viktor Krum how to handle more than one set of balls.
After The Yule Ball (ao3) - centreoftheselightsO
Angelina/George
T, 1k
Summary: The morning after the Yule Ball, gossip is beginning to spread about what happened, but two students are still asleep and Fred Weasley wants to know what happened to them after the party ended.
All I want for Yule is you (ao3) - Mushroom_grey_scale
Fluer/Hermione
T, 10k
Summary: Of all the improbable things that could happen to her, Hermione hadn't expected to end up literally stuck with the self-proclaimed Princess of Beauxbatons. Well, no one said being Harry Potter's friend, the trouble magnet of Hogwarts would be easy. With Yule ball knocking on the door, Hermione will have to put up with Fleur and the blonde's weird behavior until the effect of this cursed hex wears off.
Brawl And Consequences (a03) - kcstories
Cedric/Hermione
T, 879
Summary: A different ending to the Yule Ball.
Can I Have This Dance? (ao3) - K_booklover98
Draco/Harry, Cho/Cedric
G, 3k
Summary: Draco offered Harry a real smile, reaching out his hand. “May I have this dance, Potter?”
Harry’s eyes went wide. “Oh no, no I can’t dance,”
“You mean those lessons with McGonagall didn’t help?”
“Hardly,”
“Well...come on, I’ll teach you. It’s simple enough, even for you,”
Harry shook his head. “I don’t know…”
Draco smirked down at him. “What’s the matter? Scared, Potter?”
Harry looked up at Draco, then down at his offered hand. Suddenly, he got this determined look in his eyes as he grasped it firmly in his own. “You wish,”
Summary: “You’d better hurry up, mate, or all the good ones will have gone.” Fred leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest, clearly thinking that he’d now exceeded his allowance of brotherly wisdom for the day.
“Who are you going with then?” Harry asked suddenly. He looked between Fred and George, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Harry asks George to the Yule Ball because it’ll be a laugh and he’s in dire need of one of those. If George can continue to keep his crush under wraps it should all go swimmingly.
Summary: Everyone is talking about Viktor Krum's obvious crush on Hermione Granger. Harry, as usual, doesn't know how he feels about it until it hits him like a bludger.
free and young (and we can feel none of it) (ao3) - DinoRoar
Daphne/Blaise
G, 1k
Summary: "Would you do me the honour of allowing us to share a dance, Heiress Greengrass?" Daphne had been asked that very question so many times she had lost count, and yet, there was something different about it when asked by Heir Blaise Zabini. It was just to enticing to refuse such an invitation.
Secrets at the Yule Ball (ao3) - AFA929
Draco/Harry
M, 21k
Summary: The Yule Ball is supposed to be a glorious night of fun and happiness. What happens when it involves tears this year? What happens afterwards?
The "Lost" Bet (ao3) - WarriorDragonRider
Sirius/Remus, James/Lily, Marlene/Dorcas
N/R, 2k
Summary: The only reason Sirius asked Remus to the ball was because he had a bet with James and then everything goes right
Summary: The untold story behind Ron's desire to take Hermione to the Yule Ball, his plan, how he waited too long, and the fight that ensued afterwards.
Another Dance (ao3) - AngellTheNinth
Cedric/Harry
T, 2k
Summary: "I was thinking that maybe I could ask Cedric."
Asked to the Ball (ao3) - happyturtles16
Hermione/Draco
N/R, 607
Summary: An awkward invitation to the Yule Ball by Durmstrang's mumbling Draco, and a spontaneous answer from Hogwart's resident swot Hermione.
A Waltz in Three Parts (ao3) - jemima_moon
Seamus/Dean
T, 3k
Summary: ‘Seamus knows there is more to talk about, knows they have left too much unsaid. But they’ve never been very good at discussing their feelings. Is it fair to tell Dean now, to reveal that his feelings are bigger and scarier than he ever realised, at the exact moment Dean needs to go?'
Three times Seamus Finnigan danced with Dean Thomas.
Summary: Drarry, the Yule Ball, and just a lil bit of conflict
Her Admirer (ao3) - mcplestreet
Hermione/Draco
G, 12k
Summary: It's a week before the Yule Ball when Hermione Granger starts receiving anonymous notes. Notes about how beautiful she is and how they want to take her to the Ball. Try as she might to figure out the writers identity they continuously evade her.
Summary: The Yule Ball is drawing nearer and nearer every second. Harry decides to ask Cho to the ball to get to know her and the experience was more than worth it.
Summary: Neville and Draco dance at the Yule Ball once Luna sets them up together.
There’s No Such Thing As Normal (ao3) - Brockster550
Luna/Harry
T, 3k
Summary: After his friendship with Ron and Hermione ruptured because of their bickering and tendency in pressuring him to take sides at the Yule Ball, Harry leaves the Great Hall and crosses paths with Luna Lovegood, a third-year Ravenclaw girl, who was let down by Ron. What could possibly happen between the newly-acquired friendship?
The Yule Ball (ao3) - EdgeShip
Harry/Hermione
G, 2k
Summary: When Cho already has a date to the Yule ball Harry will ask his best friend Hermione instead.
Summary: When Viktor Krum asks Hermione to the Yule Ball, she feels seen for the first time. Seen as a girl. But is it the first time?
The Yule Ball was supposed to be a fun experience for her but it was a rollercoaster and a half. But through everything there was always this one person who made Hermione feel a strange warmth inside she couldn't explain.
