Disclaimer-I own nothing but my plot and my piece of crap computer. Do not ask my anything about where I got the name they belong to J.K. Rowling and always will or I would be rich, famous, and live in England. Which none of the above are true. (Dang I really want to live in london).
It was the Yule Ball of 6th year when it all started. If only Hermione would have not went she never would have met her soul mate in a different light. Hermione's soul mate was not like everyone else's. Hermione knew hers as ferret. He knew her as mudblood. Yet they both ended up falling for each other and ruining each other's perfectly planned life.
Hermione's looks might have changed over the years turning her wavy hair strait and her buckteeth back to normal but her personality was still the same. She loved her books and hated being late almost more than anything. Almost. The only other thing she hated worst than being late was Malfoy. He made her life hell every day on purpose. Yet she never let him get the best of her. That would be giving in and Hermione Granger would never do that. Especially to him.
"Hermione you ready to leave yet" Ginny said coming up the stairs "Hermi-wow".
"Do I look that bad?" Hermione said while looking in the mirror.
Hermione had decided that since she was going with Terry Boot from Ravenclaw she might as well take a risk. She had decided to wear a semi revealing dress. It was a halter dress that hugged her curves rather nicely. It was red with a little black lace at the top and bottom. She had decided to put her hair up in a bun and left a couple of curly strands hanging down to frame her face. She wore a pair of black open toe kitty heels, and a tad bit of gloss.
"No you look amazing, its just I've never seen you like this, wow" Ginny said still looking Hermione up and down.
"I just know this night is going to end bad can we please go to Ball for a couple minutes then come back?" Hermione said pouting a little.
"No" Ginny said.
"How do I look?" Ginny asked while looking herself up and down.
Hermione looked over at her best friend. She was wearing a shinny blue dress that hugged her hips and showed off a lot of cleavage. Her hair was strait and curved around her face. She had on a lot of make up but yet it still looked so good and the shoes just topped it off. Ginny was wearing clear flip-flops.
"Great" Hermione said looking at Ginny "Stunning".
Both girls started to laugh as they made their way to the door. Ginny was going with Blaise Zambini of Slytherin. It made Ron so mad that he swore to never talk to Ginny again. That had been dropped but Ron still did not go to the Ball. As the girls made there way down the stairs they put on their masks. It was all Harry's idea that the ball be a masquerade. Hermione's mask was red with black lace around the edges. Ginny's was blue with glitter around the edges. Ginny cleared her throat, which made both Harry and Ron turn around.
"Wow, you girls sure do look stunning" Ron said while looking Hermione up and down a little hungrily.
"Yeah I must agree, you do" Harry said mainly looking at Ginny.
"Thanks", Ginny said giggling a little.
Hermione had always thought that Harry and Ginny should be together but since the chamber or secrets issue Ginny had never looked at Harry the same she went for the bad boy type.
"Yeah Thanks" Hermione said.
When they both made their way to the portrait door they walked out. Once out of the door Hermione and Ginny separated. Even though they had promised Ron and Harry they would stick together they didn't want to be with the other one how fun would that be. Hermione found Terry in no time at all. He was wearing a white suit with a blue tie. It was easy to pick him out because he had taken off his mask about a minute or two before hand.
Hermione and Terry danced a couple of dances and then out of nowhere Hannah Abbot came up. She was wearing a blue dress with white ribbon and her and Terry sure did match well. She looked at Hermione trying to figure out who was behind the mask. But after a while gave up and asked Terry to dance he said yes without a second thought and left Hermione all alone.
Hermione had always known that Terry and Hannah were a future idem so it did not hurt her. She just sat alone at a table in the back of the room. Suddenly she saw someone she matched but she did not know who he was. He still had his mask on and he was walking towards her. His hair was slicked back and the lights were dim so she could not see the color. He was wearing a black suit with a red tie. They matched perfectly. Even better than Terry and Hannah. He was tall and she was medium height so it just worked.
"Would you like to dance?" the boy said with a drawl that she had heard before but could not recognize.
"Sure" she said politely and took his out stretched hand.
After dancing with the masked stranger for about 3 dances he began to lead her outside. It was cold outside but not enough to bother Hermione. They walked over to a bench and took a seat. She was so entranced by his eyes as was he by hers.They both sat there for the longest time staring into each others eyes.
"So I bet your wondering who I am, and I know I want to know who you are so I'll take off my mask, but only if you promise to yours" he said in a nice sultry voice.
She nodded her head. He moved his hands up to his face and pulled off his mask to reveal none other than Draco Malfoy. The one person she hated the most. Just like Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Her only love sprung from her only hate. She just sat there.
"Well, its your turn now" he said looking at her.
She could not do it. He would tease her for the rest of her natural life. So she did the only thing she could think of. She got up and ran towards the lake. She was fast but he was faster. The only thing that helped her was that he was frozen on the bench for about a minute and by that time she had a head start. She hid quickly behind an oak tree until he had gone back to the castle.
Hermione hid for a couple more minutes to make sure he was not waiting but figured he wasn't so she walked towards the castle. She made her way back up to the gryffindor common room and sat down on her bed to find her bird sitting on it.
"Hey you" Hermione said, "how was your night".
The bird just looked at her then down to her hand. It was hungry and Hermione knew it. She quickly fed her bird and changed into a pair of blue flannel pants and a white tank top. After reading a couple more pages of Hogwarts: A History she went to bed only to find her dreams filled with a certain masked figure.