Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns everything except the plot. That belongs to Lady Idhril. The words I believe are mine.
"Hey Hermione have I missed it?" Ginny asked as she sat down between Hermione Granger and Colin Creevy.
"Where have you been?" Ron hissed
"No you came just in time, here are the first years now." Hermione responded ignoring Ron.
The first years entered the Great Hall with frantic looks on their faces. Once the shuffling of students died down to questioning whispers, Professor McGonagall sat the Sorting Hat on its rightful stool and everyone turned to listen.
"Ah, here we gather once again,
To another year of learning,
However this day brings a new,
A time we all been yearning…
Said Slytherin to Gryffindor
'And we'll dance the night away'
Said Hufflepuff to Ravenclaw
So the houses got together,
Dressed from head to toe.
No one knew who the other,
As they danced with friend and foe…
Nothing is as timeless,
As this Hogwarts extensive contest,
Now I'll get inside your head,
To find which house will suit you best.
The bold and the daring,
Belong in Gryffindor.
Where the smart and the witty,
Surely go to Ravenclaw.
For the shrewd and the cunning,
Slytherin is the purest,
Hufflepuff she takes the lot,
Whose hardworking is surest
Place me on your head
By no means be afraid
Let the sorting now begin
Not the least bit delayed."
Applause took over the hall. One by one the first years got sorted into their houses. "What do you think the Sorting Hat meant when he said 'as they danced with friend and foe?" Colin asked Ginny, who was applauding for a new Gryffindor. "He is talking about the Halloween Ball, can you believe how lucky we are! It only occurs every ten years!" Hermione jumped as Ginny turned to her. "Oh it sounds so exciting! What happens?"
"Well we have to choose a partner and get dressed up, sort of like muggle Halloween. The contest is held in the Great Hall, where we literary dance the night away. It is all explained in Hogwarts A History."
"She seriously needs to get a new book." Ron murmured to Harry.
"Who are you two going to go with," asked Hermione staring at Ron and Harry across from her. "Only one of you will be lucky enough to dance with me." Hermione and Ginny laughed watching their scared facial expressions.
"I think I have some one else in mind," answered Ron nervously.
Before Hermione could answer back Dumbledore stood up from his seat, raised his arms in the air and said, "eat" before sitting back down again. Food appeared on the tables while the first years looked bug eyed and amazed. Until Nearly Headless Nick swooped by the table to scare them, also startling everyone else at the table that wasn't paying attention.
Harry turned to Ron who was stuffing his mouth with food. "Who else did you have in mind?" He asked.
"Num ion." Ron replied with a mouth full of food before he swallowed. "There is no way Hermione's going to get me to dance!"
"And why not!" Hermione bellowed making the whole table silent. When the clattering of forks and knives risen back up again she continued "Why wouldn't you go to the dance with me?"
"It's not that I don't want to go with you, Hermione. I just don't know how to dance."
"Well then, that settles it."
"Good." Ron said happily.
"I will just have to teach you how to dance." Hermione said smiling.
Harry couldn't help but laugh at his two best friends. He watched as Ron's face turned from hopeful to miserable. "Why don't you just give in and ask her." Harry whispered to Ron. Who by now, was just staring at his plate.
At the same time Colin poked Ginny on the shoulder getting her to turn back around. "Who are you going to go with?" he asked.
"Um, I uh haven't thought about it. I guess I'll ask Dean if he hasn't found some one else yet." Ginny said shrugging off the idea. She didn't really think about it but was now wondering why he asked. With a puzzled look on her face she watched Colin sink into the chair. "Why do you ask?"
"I guess… I thought… since you have a big crush on Harry Potter you would… uh ask him to go with you." Colin said now worried by the look on Ginny's Face.
Her face now turning a beat red similar to Ron's looked Colin dead in the eye, "I do not like Harry Potter no more then just a friend," she said through gritting teeth so only he could hear.
This scared him. He knew all too well what a red faced Weasley could do. "Oh well, I guess Harry wouldn't go with you anyway." Now looking back, this was the wrong thing to say for the goal he was trying to achieve.
"What do you mean by that?" He has no right to say something like that! What does he know! I could go with Harry to the ball, we're friends and I could ask him to go with me as my friend. She was sure of it. "I bet I could get Harry to go with me before you could get anyone to go with you!" She said matter-of-factly.
"Your on!" There was no way she would get the Harry Potter to go with her, she is just Ron's little sister to him. Harry is only nice to her so he doesn't make Ron feel bad that she is tagging around. Colin now feeling a bit ahead of him self smiled "when I win you have to go to the dance with me!"
"And when I win you have to go to the dance in a dress!" Ginny watch as the smile on Colin's face now turned to a slight frown. She had this in the bag. No one would go to the dance with Colin Creevy and his silly little camera. But just in some slight case there is some one out there she turned back to Hermione.
"Hermione, I'm going to need your help."
A/N: I want to thank Lady Idhril for letting me use her "plot bunny." For helping me with my silly grammar mistakes and Harry Potter history, I couldn't of done it with out you! If any one else happens to notice any grammatical errors please feel free to tell me, I also ask you to show me where this mistake is then just replying that I have one. Thank you.