Hermione and Ron were in the girls bathroom. "You have to wear it Ron." Hermione said as she pushed the blood red dress into Ron's arms. "Why?" He whined. Hermione crossed her arms and Ron started to dress he will not admit he was intimidated by the petite brunet. "You know that if anyone knew you and Blaise were both guy's then we would have a riot." She told the grumbling red head. "Yeah yeah. But why am I the one wearing the dress?" He asked as he straightened it out.

"Blaise refused." Hermione said as she applied makeup on Ron's face. In Ron's hand was a blood red mask that matches the dress. Ron and Blaise decided that they would wear the 'girls' house color.

Hermione went to work on fluffing Ron's hair. When she was done she stepped back so Ron could stand.

"Why aren't you getting ready?" Ron asked Hermione as he slipped the mask on. Hermione huffed. "I will in a minute." She told him. Ron nodded. Hermione was getting second thoughts on going to the ball with Draco. "Hermione! No second thoughts. If I'm going through with this then you are going through with this." Ron told her.

Hermione grinned, then she went over to the emerald green dress Draco gave her and put it on. "You look beautiful Hermione, If I wasn't gay then I so would be jealous of Draco." He told her as he watched her apply her makeup. She did her hair in a half up half down hairdo. She put on a silver mask and stood next to Ron in the mirror. "We are some sexy ladies don't you think." Ron said. Hermione's shoulders relaxed when he said that and she even cracked a smile. "Yes we are, aren't we Ronnie?" She said before bursting into laughter when Ron turned red.

Draco, Harry and Blaise stood shoulder to shoulder as they waited for their dates. Harry wore a white shirt under his dress robes and a black bow tie. Blaise wore a red shirt under his black dress robes and had a black tie. Draco wore a green shirt under black dress robes with a silver tie.

They all looked stunning. Ron and Hermione came down right behind Ginny. The three Slytherin's were speechless. Ginny stepped in front of Harry in a predatory stance, well that's how Harry would describe it, it was more a relaxed touch him and die stance. She turned just in time to see Hermione and another red head step off the stairs. The two girls walked toward them and Ginny tensed. She was slightly relieved when she recognized Hermione, but the other girl wasn't one she knew, if she was any one else then she would have said that she looked like herself just older and with shorted hair.

Hermione giggled when Ginny asked who 'the other girl' was. She couldn't help it, it was funny. Hermione had found a spell that makes a voice higher in pitch so that Ron didn't have to work on keeping his voice girly. So when he answered all the friends either smirked or giggled.

Ron sent a glare to his friends and answered. "My name is Veronica. Ronnie for short." Ginny stared at him with suspicion then it seemed something dawned on her. "Ron?" She asked in a whisper. Hermione was now laughing loudly along with Harry and Blaise.

Before anyone could do anything more, the ball started.

All throughout the night, both Hermione and Ron could feel glares directed at them. Pansy Parkinson was furious. Out of all the people at the school, Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini were the two hottest followed by Harry Potter. And here at the ball all three of them had dates. When she asked them all three said that they already had dates. Pansy hated it when she was tossed aside. Especially when it is for three sluts in colorful dresses. Pansy had come to the ball by herself, she didn't except any invitations hoping that one of the three guys she wanted would take her.

First on her list was finding out who the third bimbo was. She knew that Granger was with her Draco and Weasley was with Harry, but she had no idea who the third girl was. But she would find out at the end of the ball. Dumbledore has requested that all students must take their masks off at midnight.

Hermione was having the time of her life. She and Draco had been dancing all night and had decided to sit the next few song out. she grinned as Blaise and Ron danced. "Hay can you wait for the big revealing?" a random girl asked her friend. "No. I want to know who is with who. I think I have most figured out, the only one I'm having trouble with is Blaise's date." Hermione froze. The Big Revealing? She looked at Draco who had also heard the girls. "What big revealing?" Draco asked them. The girls looked at them and broke into smiles. "Dumbledore asked us to take our masks off at midnight." The blonde said. "When did he say that?" Hermione said in a panic. "This morning at breakfast." The black haired girl told them, before both girls left to find their dates.

"This is bad." Hermione said. "Tell me about it. We are going to have to get Ronnie out of here before then." Draco whispered to her. They nodded at each other before going to find Harry and Ginny so they could help. They only had five minutes! "Harry." Hissed Hermione as she pulled both of them off the floor. "We need to get Ronnie out of here now!" She said in an urgent sounding whisper. Harry raised his eyebrow. Ginny then gasped. "The Big Reveal." She said, remembering the talk that that had generated. "I forgot about that." She said as she pulled Harry with her. "We'll meet at the door with Ronnie, make sure no one sees you." She told Hermione.

Ron was dancing with Blaise he looked up and saw his sister and Harry. "Hey guys. Whoa." He exclaimed as Ginny grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room. Blaise followed with Harry. "What are you doing?" He asked her. Ginny rolled her eyes. "Dumbledore has enchanted the masks to be removed at midnight. That is in one minute." She said as they neared the door. They got there just as the clock struck midnight.

All their masks were magically removed. Ron was glad that they were out of the ball room. No one had seen him without the mask. Well no one that they knew of. At the back of the hall there was a lone figure watching them. Pansy watched as the masks disappear from the group of six. She was pissed when she saw that the 'girl' that went with Blaise was actually Ron Weasley. She grinned as she plotted how to get rid of them.