Displacer: I do not own Harry Potter
The Masquerade Ball
Chapter One
The Great hall of hogwarts school for whitch craft and wizardry was bustling with excitement, but there was a certain witch who was the most excited out of them all. Her name was Hermione Granger! She was absolutely estatic about the news she had just received from the headmaster, there was to be a Ball and not just any plain old ball, a Masquerade ball. All the girls surrounding Hermione at the Gryffindor table were just as excited as she was, but the other girls were excited for a different reason.
"It's going to be a wonderful night at the ball. Who knows I might meet the prince of my dreams." Lavender Brown sighed dreamily to the girl with bright red hair sitting next to her.
"Who may I ask Lavender, would want to be your Prince Charming?" Ginny Weasley asked with a slight air of disgust.
"Who would know? It could be anyone, as long as they are handsome and act like a gentleman." Lavender replied.
As Ginny and Lavender continued to talk about their (Well mainly Lavender's) Prince Carming, Hermione was growing more excited as the seconds passed. Hermione Granger's mind had been thinking hard after Proffeser Dumbledoor had announced the ball. She had hatched a plan in the few seconds after the Proffeser finished his announcement. She decided that she would tell everyone that she wouldn't go, but she secretly would and at the Ball she would dance with peopl from different houses to show house unity. This was why she was so excited, she just loved an opportunity to try to unite the four houses as one!
It was the weekend before the ball was to be held on Friday evening and Hermione was trying to figure out a way to find a dress and mask to wear to the ball, because she had told her friend she wasn't going, even though she secretly was. Harry and Ron had been very disappointed at there best friends choice to not go to the ball, but had understood that a Ball wasn't a very Hermione thing. Hermione was on the very edge of giving up on her plan before she heard a noice coming from the window of her dormitory. As she walked towards the window she was greeted with the sight of a creamish brown barn owl carrying a rather large package, pecking at her window. The owl dropped the passel on Hermione's bed as soon as she opened the window and after giving the owl a few treats and a pet it was back off to the owlery.
Hermione finally then go the chance to look at the package the owl had given her. Inside was a beautiful white creamish pink, sleeveless, floor length dress, that felt as if it wear made out of Silk. It's many fabricated layered skirt bellowed out softly and the waist line as well as the bottom of the skirt was lined with soft pink lace. Underneath the dress in the package was also a pair of dainty high heals (not so high that you'd break your ankle if you'd roll in them, but just the right hight) that matched the colour of the lace. A pretty simple mask was also lying there covered with the same lace on the dress but decorated with a few fake diamonds. Hermione was stoked she loved every little element about the dress and the accessories that came with it. She quickly opened the letter that had accompanied the passel to find that the gift had been from her mother for the Ball (her mother was the only one that knew about her plans), before she could write a reply she heard chatter floating its way up the stairs into her bedroom. Quickly and delicately she placed the outfit and accessories in the back of her closet jumped on her bed and opened a book just before Lavender walked into the dormitory.