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Masks & Mischief
Chapter One
The ball was set to be on a Wednesday. Wednesday the 31st, Halloween. Nobody had had any good ideas for a theme this year, so it was going to be the usual, a masked ball. As it was currently a Hogsmaede weekend, Ginny and Luna were out looking for their dresses and masks.
Ginny Weasley had changed over the summer, before coming to Hogwarts for her sixth year. No longer was she the shy fangirl of the 'Boy Who Lived'. She had grown up and was becoming her own person, making a name for herself on her own, instead of just being the 'Girl-Weasley'. She was confident and she was beautiful.
She had been working in her twin brothers joke shop over the summer, which she very much enjoyed. As a perk of this, she could now buy herself new clothes, such as her ball gown. No longer was she wearing unshapely hand-me-down boys clothes, but skirts and blouses and other such things that showed off her hourglass figure. Though she still had the classic Weasley hair and freckles, they suited her more now, even adding to her personality.
The dress that she had chosen definately showed off her curvy figure. It was a strapless dress, olive green, with a simple, lacey bodice and flowing skirt, embroidered delicately with silver thread. The mask that she had picked out to match was the same shade of green, with green feathers attached at one side, coming up at an angle. Magic kept it attached to the face.
"Eee!" squealed Luna, when Ginny showed her the dress. "You'll look divine!"
Luna's dress was a deep red, also strapless, with a plunging neckline. Luna Lovegood had changed over the summer too. But unfortunately, neither of them had received any appealing offers, so they were going dateless, together.
"Great!" exclaimed Ginny, paying for her dress. "Just one thing left on our shopping list to get." She threw Luna a wink and the blond giggled in response. The balls at Hogwarts were all the same. The girls spent the night just standing around the edge of the dance floor, while the majority of the guys were either too nervous to make the first move or too scared to embarrass themselves dancing. Faced with the prospect of another boring ball like this, the girls had decided to liven things up a bit with a sneaked bottle of firewhisky and a few dares.
Both would come in handy when she tried to seduce Draco Malfoy. She did not know when he stopped being 'Ferret Boy Prince of Slytherin' and started to be, well, drop-dead-gorgeous. She just knew that once she had come back to school, she could not wait to see his platinum blond hair and Quidditch-toned body every time she turned a corner. And the night of the ball, she would be his.
Oh yes, Ginny Weasley had definately changed.
"Are you sure about this?" asked Luna as they walked into a small, dingy looking shop just off from the main street. Though her appearance was still the same, along with her kooky nature, gone was her nickname "Loony" and in its place a sort of admiration, for there was no doubt that the girl was pretty and clever. She just needed to take more risks.
"Luna, Luna, Luna. Whatever am I going to do with you?" Ginny chuckled, handing over the last of her money for the bottle of firewhisky.
