CHAPTER 1
Rebel In Disguise
"Please 'Mione, oh please please please!" Ginny pleaded hermione with her eyes wide giving hermione her best puppy dog face. Hermione sighed in defeat as she said,"If I must." ginny let out a squeal of joy and said,"So its a costume party by the gryffindors in the room of requirement. We have one hour to get into our costumes." she rolled her eyes at ginny who went to her closet to pull out their costumes. once she found them she hid them behind her back and said in a sly tone,"Now, 'Mione your my best friend you already agreed to going and you cant back out now. You must wear this costume." hermione scowled at her suspisiously not liking the tone of her voice. As ginny pulled the costumes out from behind her back hermione almost shrieked with horror. she said,"Oh, absolutely not! I agreed to go not to shagging the whole bloody school!" ginny made a whining noise and said,"You dont have to shag anyone! But it couldnt hurt if you got a good snogging!" hermione retaliated,"How would it look if hermione granger school perfect went to a party in that snogging random guys? You dont think Gin!" she laughed,"No one will know its you under this! Only me and you have to admitt part of you wants to try and be rebellious, dangerous, you want to prove to youself your not some know-it-all prude that everybody thinks you are! Im giving you the chance to prove it to yourself and keep your image!" hermione grew silent. She had to admitt there was part of her drawn to the idea. She staired at ginny for a moment who was eagerily holding the costumes. She rolled her eyes and took one and stormed into the bathroom to change. When she came out she stood next to ginny in the full lengthed mirror. ginny was a ladybug. a very short red dress that was sort of a tutu with black polka dots. she had tiny wings on her back and a red mask covered her face that had black antennas. her hair was up in a tight bun so the famous weasley red hair was less noticiable with her costume. hermiones was identical to hers in shape only she was a bumblebee. Her hair also in a bun. Hermione tugged on her dress as she said,"Gin, this bareley covers my arse. what would your brothers do if they knew that you were..." she laughed and said,"Not sure but thats not our concern right now hurry up we better go before we're late!" as they aproached the room ginny said,"Can you at least try and have some real fun?" Hermione who was rather offended by her best friend insulting her and said,"I suppose," and they walked in the door that magically appeared. Hermione barely had the time to take in the scenery of flashing lights and dancing people in all diferent sorts of costumes some shorter then hers when Ginny pulled her over to a group of people in a circle. There was a boy in the middle holding an empty butterbeer bottle he said,"This game is what they play at muggle parties. You see one person spins this bottle and the person it lands on goes in this closet here." he gestured toward a woodden door behind him then continued,"for about seven minutes. They call it seven minutes in heaven." he looked at everyone for a moent before asking,"who wants to start it off?" when nobody volenteered hermione felt this rush pf courage over flow her along with anger for people saying everything about her being a know it all book worm. this was her chance. She took the bottle wordlessly and left ginny gaping in shock of hermiones actions. She spun the bottle. As it slowed down. she watched it her temper still fuming. the urge to prove herself becoming greater by the seccond. It landed on a tall muscular well built boy. Dressed up as a pirate. She couldnt see his face for he wore and eye patch and his hat was rather low covering ,most of his face
As the pirate stood up she walked strait into the closet waiting for him. Once he came and shut the door. It was dark. She could barely make out the figure of him but could see no details at all. She stood there for a few secconds and he tenderly touched her cheek and hip lips brushed against hers. She hadn't expected this. He was being gentle and caring. He kissed her once more only this time a more intensifying kiss. He parted his mouth slightly and she responded as well by pushing her tongue through into his mouth. He wrapped his arms around her waist and hers around his neck. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around him making her taller. He kissed her neck repeatively. Noticing the hat had fallen off she ran her fingers through his hair. He kissed her lips once more. And lowered her down to the ground and she whispered," time is just about up unless you want them all seeing who you are I'd put your hat back on." sure enough not even a minute after he put the hat back on the door opened and hermione blinked rapidly at the lights. Adjusting her eyes and walked to Ginny. Who had a wide grin spread across her face. Only then did She realize what she had just done and said in a very frantic scared tone, "oh god, oh god, What did I just do?Oh my god! What the bloody hell did. I just do? How could you let me?" Ginny laughed at her and she became annoyed with her once more and walked to the table filled with refreshments. The pirate came over and spoke for the first time in a deep yet familiar voice,"judging by your little episode with your friend I am guessing that's not something you do on a regular basis?" he chuckled and she couldn't help but laugh she had forgotten the whole group was there but seeing ginny there with that sky evil grin on her face just through her overboard. She replied embarrassed,"no actually it was only my second snog ever..." she paused a moment then added hastily,"and actually I did it more to prove to myself I'm not some know-it-all ,bookworm, prude that everyone thinks of me as." she looked up at him and laughed slightly,"guess that's a lot of personal information to admit to a stranger isn't it?" he shrugged and asked,"so what year are you in?" she thought in her head if she should answer truthfully and if she did would it by any way give away her identity. She decided the truth couldn't hurt and to admitt it to herself she was desperate for another snog from this pirate and this was the only time she could ever get that. She replied,"5th and you?" he said,"7th year." she couldve guessed this though the way he was so tall and well built. As she finnished the last of her glass he said in a commanding voice,"dance with me." she looked at him and scowled but to her surprised she agreed to and they were off dancing vigorously to the music. There was something about him that was so comforting that she just couldnt say no. She wanted to be around him. She wanted to kiss him. As a slower song played he bowed to her and offered his hand and said," 'mlady" she laughed as she took it and they twirled amungst the people and talked the time about their schooling their teachers their view points on certain things their interests." as the music stopped they went to walk back to gryffindor tower together. She laughed a little as they walked out and he said,"what is it?" and she replied,"I never knew so little about someone but liked them so much and I never realised how much a mask would let me reveal." he stopped and said,"before we leave and never see each other again could you..." before he could Finnish she through her arms around his neck and kissed him as before her tongue requesting entrence in his mouth and after he was over the jolt of surprise he responded the same wrapping his arms pulling her close to his body. So all that was left between the were their costumes his hands reached up to her face and his fingered curled around the edge of her mask. She held her hand in top of his and said,"no, not yet." he gave her a pleading look and said,"please I need to see you again." she whispered,"I know but I can't have people knowing who I really am trust me if you knew you wouldn't nearly like me as much." he said,"I like you for what's on the inside what you told me tonite. I like you for everything we shared tonite that's the real you. And I have to see you again." she replied,"and you will. Tuesday, in common room at midnight. No one will be in there and we can talk,but no faces" he nodded and gave the password to the fat lady who swung open the only person in there were a few third years studying and on the couch sitting was Ginny without. Her mask talking to George and Ron and Harry she was telling them about the party. They saw her and obviously couldn't tell who she was for george gave a sly smile the pirate disappeared up the staircase without a word. She walked to Ginny and said,"when did you get back?" the boys stared at her in a weird way that made hermione wish her costume was longer. George said,"hey gin, whose your friend?" Ginny suppressed a laugh and they walked up the dormitories . Once up the stairs Ginny let out her laugh and said,"so how'd it go did you find out who he was?" she smiled and blushed slightly as she said,"well no I was sorta scared to you know? I mean, what If he found out I was hermione granger know-it-all prat?" Ginny laughed even harder as she said," I think you've proven yourself 'Mione" hermione felt a wave of confidence and pride in herself but any emotion quickly faded when she admitt with a deep red blush on her cheeks,"well I sorta told him we would meet up on Tuesday at midnight." Ginny laughed again and said,"Why? I thought you didnt want anyone to know?" she laughed with Ginny and said,"well he kept trying to take my mask off and saying he wanted to see me. I kinda told him where to find me,but no faces. Not yet anyways." Ginny laughed even more as she walked into her dorm,"hermione granger, you may be brilliant but you sure are confusing sometimes. If I didnt know any better I would think you wanted him to find out." she blushed again and though she wouldnt admitt it to anyone not even ginny she did want him to know who she was. She wanted everyone to know what she did. She wanted the name calling to stop. She wanted people to see her differently. She wanted people to see her as he saw her today... Whoever he might be he was the only person right now that knew the real hermione granger and he didn't even know who she was.
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