Hermione has always been a point of interest for joker, Fred, after being invited to the party of the year by none other than Fred and his twin brother George, and eagerly accepting, things come tumbling down for Hermione and Fred as the events of a drunken night could change their lives forever (missing out the deathly hallows, Voldemort is dead.. ron and hermione don't get together, fred doesn't die etc)
I have always been a book worm, I admit I liked nothing more than sitting down by myself and getting lost in a fictional world, but hearing it coming from other peoples mouths made me feel a bit embarrassed about the little amount of social life that I have.
Even Harry and Ron have started to get annoyed by the fact that I don't do anything with them anymore. Although even if I did hang around with Harry and Ron again, Ginny - Harry's girlfriend and Ron's sister - would make every moment a living hell for me, I don't know what I ever did to her but she seems to hate me.
It was drawing close to halloween, everyone was discussing parties and costumes, others were planning on going home to spend time with family and some just wanted to play pranks on everyone they could
Fred and George (the Weasley twins) are holding a big party, as they do at every given opportunity. This time however, will be the biggest as the twins are dropping out of school to start their own business after halloween.
Obviously everyone is going to miss them after all, they are the life of the school, without them it is probably going to be almost as boring as a muggle school. So in order to celebrate their times at Hogwarts everyone has agreed to turn up in costumes, which was hard considering the majority of students hate dressing up.
I overheard the twins discussing how much alcohol they have and how they still need more so that everyone has their fair share. As I go to ask them what they were dressing up as I noticed that they were perched next to me.
"Evening Granger" said the first red-headed boy.
"Hello Fred" I watched as shock ran over the both of the twins faces, I raised my eyebrow in question.
"What makes you think that I'm Fred? I could be George" I shook my head
"Unlike some people I can tell you two apart" Freds mouth turned up into a dazzling smile
"Smart girl this one, hey Georgie?" he turned to his twin who was staring off into the distance but obviously paying attention as he replied as soon as the words left Fred's mouth
"Oh yes, we'll never be able to sneak anything past you will we Hermione?" I shook my head and went back to reading my book
I could feel the twins looking at me and my suspicions were proven correct when I glanced up to see both of them staring at me obviously deep in thought. I decided now would be the best time to ask my previous question.
"So what are you two going to be dressing up as for your party?" the twins seemed to snap out of it when they heard me speak.
"Well I'm going as dracula, the girls swoon over vampires and of course I am the good looking twin.." Fred grinned as his brother rolled his eyes.
"I am going as a clown!" My eyes widened and confusion crossed George's face.
"But clowns are scary!" I spat out in a hushed voice
"Oh is little 'Mione afraid of clowns?" George teased causing me to blush
"It's okay, I'll protect you" Fred winked at me, making my cheeks burn even more.
George whispered into Fred's ear and then nodded
"Well Granger we must love you and leave you as our party needs planning" with that, both of the twins sandwiched me in a hug before running off, I smiled and picked up my stuff before wandering outside.
I was greeted outside by Luna running up to me and almost tackling me to the ground.
"Hermione! I've finished the costumes! You have to come and see them!" she gasped for breath then proceeded to drag me up to the Gryffindor common room which happened to be empty for a change. Luna took off her bag and began to pull out several outfits, she had obviously placed an undetectable extension charm on it in order to fit everything in it.
As she laid out the costumes I automatically knew from the length of the skirts that Luna was intent on me looking indecent. She obviously saw the look on my face as she rolled her eyes and told me that if I absolutely needed it, the length could be changed.
The first costumes were common among both the wizard and muggle world, angel and devil. The second were bright but more appealing, a ladybug and a bumble bee. In all honesty I liked both and I had to take into consideration what Luna wanted to wear.
"I think you should wear red, I have to wear lighter colours otherwise I look too crazy!" I raised an eyebrow at her, how does one look too crazy?
She held up the 2 red costumes for me to look at. The devil costume was lovely but I wouldn't be able to pull it off, especially with the huge heels that she had chosen to go with it. The ladybug costume overall was more winsome. Compared to the previous, it was demure and I would most likely be able to wear it without looking like a total fool.
"That settles that then" Luna smiled as she laid out the ladybug costume without me having to say a thing. She put the bee costume next to mine while putting the other two back into her bag.
"Okay, next... Are you aiming to catch the eye of any particular person at the party?" she nudged me with her elbow.
"Not really, nobody is interested in me in that way" I looked at the floor, twiddling my thumbs.
"Well maybe that will change" she smiled and patted me on the arm in a caring way. Luna had been fond of Neville Longbottom for a long while but had never done anything about it , but she had been planning this for weeks, at the party when everyone was merry she would try and woo Neville and then they would live happily ever after.
'If only it was that easy for others' I thought to myself, I admit I've always liked Fred, just more so now than ever before. I suppose it could do with the amount of time I spend with the twins lately, maybe I'm just going through a phase.
As the day drew to a close and I climbed into bed, my mind began racing. What would everyone think when they saw me in my costume? It's certainly nothing like the normal things I wear, but then again who dresses normal at halloween? What would Fred look like all dressed up as Dracula? Just imagining him all dark with fangs made me giddy.
The next thing that popped into my head brought me back down to earth, what if Fred had a date for the party? I mentally scolded myself and rolled over, willing myself to sleep.
So I realised after starting a new story that I had already written a few chapters for this so I've decided to upload them all and then try and continue to write my other story. Reviews welcome.