Summary: My first kiss was with an admirer. I had no clue who he was...until the clock struck and i removed his mask. Masquerade for 7th years. HG/? Read the full story to find out the male lead.

Disclaimer: Well, the last time I saw me in mirror, I'm still me….JKR is still JKR….So I don't own Harry Potter…*Unfortunately*

Things to clarify before going to the story:

Everyone after the war were requested to continue their education by Headmistress McGonagall

Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger are the head students.

Draco and Hermione are civil towards each other.

*EDITED march 2017*

Masquerade

Hermione was sleeping peacefully until she heard a big yell. "Hermione! Hermione! Get UP" yelled Ginny. Hermione invited Ginny, Padma and Luna to her Head Girl Dorm for a girl's night yesterday. Padma and Luna left in the morning and Ginny stayed.

Luna was nice when you avoid the things concerning 'Wrackspurts' , 'Nargles' stuff. Ginny is Hermione's first best girlfriend. Padma was very nice unlike her twin who is always about boys and gossiping. She was polite and friendly and intelligent. So, all in all she liked her girlfriends.

"Not now Gin." mumbled Hermione.

"HERMIONE JEAN GRANGER, GET UP THIS INSTANT! You have some explanation to do!" yelled Ginny.

"Okay! Okay. I'm up! No need to yell, my ears hurt Gin!" replied Granger to the red head who alarmingly looked like . It's Saturday for god's sake!

Hermione looked around the room, found Ginny and finally her eyes rested on the letter she was holding. "What's that?" Hermione said pointing to the parchment. If this is another letter about Masquerade Ball I'll just burn it! Stupid McGonagall! This ball is totally not needed! Aaahh!I'm definetly not going to it! Thought Hermione remembering the way headmistress let the 7th year students know about the ball through letters.

Or maybe Theodore Nott is reminding me that we have our Potions homework session today. She started blushing when a particular memory came to her mind. She caught him staring at her one time. When questioning it he just told that he was thinking about something. She always has a crush on him.

He was intelligent, charming and of course, Handsome. He looked like a Greek God with his dashing black hair in contrast to his fair skin, blue-grey eyes. He is every girl's dream boy next to Draco Malfoy. She snapped into reality when Ginny replied her question.

"I was hoping that you would tell me what this is. Take a look." Ginny gave the parchment.

"Even though I know French, I need an explanation" sheadded.

Belle Fille,

I heard that you are not attending the Masquerade Ball on Monday. I was hoping that you would change your mind. Ce serait une honte si une belle fille comme toi ne va pas. I'll be waiting for you, my Bella Ragazza.

Forever Yours,

Tuo Principe.

Hermione's mouth formed a small 'o' after reading it and started blushing furiously.

"Well….!" asked the red head who was waiting for an explanation.

"Eh…er….it's from an admirer I think…He wants me to come to the ball" replied Hermione shyly.

"Sooo...are you coming?"

"Errrr...No Gin. I don't have a date."

"What are you talking about? You don't need to have a date! It's Masquerade for God's sake! Come on 'Mione….we need to find out who this Prince Charming is!"

"Will try, Gin."

"You WILL come or I'll DRAG you to the Ball myself Hermione Granger! I don't want to handle alone the girl Ron is bringing this time!"…..'They are all horrible', Ginny added later.

"Fine Ginny...I'll come to the Ball." Hermione sighed in defeat.

"Get ready fast 'Mione. We are going shopping today! Thank Merlin McGonagall gave us one week for shopping .Who knows how many shops it will take to find the perfect dress…" started rambling Ginny.

'Thank Merlin my parents are dentists. They got lots of money from the profession. Wouldn't be a wonder if I got money nearly the Malfoy's got. Before going shopping I need to get some money from my Gringotts vault'

thought Hermione.

Hermione got bathed and got into her blue jean and white shirt. She exited her dorm and Draco was nowhere to be found. He must have gone to the great hall. Anyway, have to meet Gin in the Hall. I will talk to him about the Ball's decorations later. Hermione thought on her way to the Great Hall.

"Who are we going with Gin?" asked Hermione as soon as she reached her redhead friend.

"Luna and Padma are coming with us 'Mione. I'm going call them now and then we'll go, okay?"

"Perfect " smiled Hermione.

Then Luna, Padma, Ginny and Hermione went to the grounds and apparated to Diagon Alley. All the four best girlfriends headed to Gringotts, got sufficient galleons while Hermione got the muggle money too, just in case and went to Madam Malkin's shop.

"Good morning ladies. My name is Alicia, Madame Malkin's Assistant. How can I help you?" asked the assistant with a tone of haste.

"We need dresses for the upcoming Ball - for all of us" replied Padma.

"Follow me" told Alicia."So, who is trying first?" Luna volunteered coming out of her usual dreaminess.

Alicia sized and measured up Luna for full two minutes and pushed her into the dressing room hastily with a couple of robes. Hermione felt sorry for the woman as she would have hectic work the whole week because of the Ball. Not only for her, but all the people who work in the robe and jeweler shops.

"How do I look?" asked Luna coming out of the room.

It was an Empire dress, fully made of white lace, but the short sleeves were transparent. Just below her breasts was white satin material making the bottom rest of the dress flow. It had a big bow and buttons on the back.

"It looks okay….Try the next one" Hermione said. Ginny and Padma nodded in agreement. Ginny and Padma were going through the dress for them too all the while.

The second one was baby pink, strapless floor length dress. The material on her chest crossed overlapping the other and held by two rose flowers on her right ribcage. The color complemented her skin nicely.

The third one was Magenta, strapless floor length form fitting silk dress .Above and below her breasts was a sequence of white beadings. It looked wonderful on her. But the other three insisted trying out the last dress. The last one was fabulous on her. Strapless baby pink silk dress, a design in the middle of the chest defining the breasts and below it was stone work of a flower around. It also had a Necklace-like accessory covering her shoulder. Luna loved it.

Ginny tried almost ten dresses before finding a sexy red dress with slit in both her hip side. It was revealing her leg much but she loved that dress, so she decided to charm the dress' inner layer to extend.

Padma and Hermione did not find any dress there. So the other two paid the galleons and went to the near-by shop. It was an Indian dress shop. Padma was confused between choosing a saree and the modern Indian dress. Soon she chose the latter.

Padma wore about eight dresses and finally chose a red 'Anarkali' which had a small collar and a small opening in the front just till her middle of her breasts which was fastened by a hook in the front of the collar. It had long sleeves and the backside of the gown was decorated with embellishments. The dress was flowing and hugged her curves. It had a small 'shawl' and pant too.

Meanwhile for Hermione, none of the dress was eye-catching. The other three girls were helping Hermione to choose her dress for more than two hours. She promised the others that she would try for her dress outside the wizarding world. The others bought matching masks for their dresses and happily chatted their way to Hogwarts thinking about the Masquerade and how stunning it would be. Of course they knew it would be fabulous because Miss-Know-It-all was the decorator and incharge.

That's all for now! And i have their final dresses in my profile (If it's not, it will be soon there). Check it out! I love them! Especially Hermione's and Padma's dress. You will not see Hermione's dress till she decides to show it. :) Evil right? It will be fabulous! I promise that.

If you dono what Anarkali or shawl is just google it. :) I'm looking for a beta and a banner for my story. If you are interested just PM me.

And I dono whether you have to have a date in Masquerade Ball. I dono anything about it. I just guessed it.

I think the ratings will be 'Mature' in the later chapters. So it is rated for safety.

And now the translations... (Excuse me if i got it wrong. I used the Google translator)

Belle Fille - Beautiful girl

Ce serait une honte si une belle fille comme toi ne va pas - It would be a shame if a beautiful girl like you does not go.

Tuo Principe - Your Prince (in Italian)

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~ Kathrine Zabini ~