Draco's Valentine's Day Party

After the morning's events with the floating Panty Banner, the school had filed out of breakfast and gone about their day in much the same way as any other day, with one major change: wherever Draco Malfoy was the banner floated around above him causing a spectacle at every turn. When the Slytherin boy tried to enter his Defense Against the Dark Art's class he was promptly thrown out after Umbridge failed to destroy the floating banner. In Transfiguration Draco was kindly asked if he would sit at the back so that the other students could see the board to take notes, while in Potions he was promptly placed in the forefront of the class by a smirking Professor Snape who enjoyed flaunting that it was a Slytherin that the girls had awarded with such honors.

By the time dinner came round, Draco was mollified with the award and just wished that the banner would quite circling his head so that he could eat in piece without glitter raining down on his food. As fast as he could through the congratulations of the other boys and the giggles of the girls, Draco gulped down his dinner and fled the Great Hall, or at least he tried to. As soon as he stood to leave, every fifth-year girl followed his lead causing confusion from the other students and a vast majority of the teachers as well.

Fleeing to the dungeons and the safety of his house's common room, Draco attempted to slam the portrait behind him as he entered with the girls in hot pursuit. However, Pansy snapped the portrait open as Draco was confronted with the pink horror that was now the Slytherins Common Room. Balloons, streamers, hearts, and little cupids were hanging from the ceiling, most of the furniture was missing, and there was a large table filled to brimming with sweets, drinks, and flowers near the entrance.

Behind him, Pansy was snorting with laughter at his frozen form as she allowed Hermione, Susan, and Padma to enter the room. Quickly the four set about finishing the final touches for the evening: Pansy grabbed Draco and dragged him to stand next to the door while Susan and Padma pulled out a large white package with a crimson ribbon and Hermione cast a sticking charm on the bottoms of Draco's shoes forcing him to stand there.

"Here you go Draco," Pansy purred as Susan and Padma handed him the large box. "This is our Valentine to you, enjoy."

"I don't want any more Valentine's," Draco growled as he began to panic.

"Trust us, you want this one," Susan said comfortingly as she patted his shoulder. With a defeated sigh, Draco pulled at the ribbon releasing the contents of the box. Yet again, he was met with fireworks and confetti before balloons were released from the box. As soon as they were free, the accursed banner zoomed to the wall above the buffet table and stuck itself there with the names of all the girls on display.

"I guess balloons are better than the banner," Draco conceded as he looked up at the simple red balloons that formed a heart above his head.

"Now, on to the next stage," Hermione said as she pulled out a tube of crimson lipstick. "Pansy, seeing as you are the Slytherin representative for this escapade, will you do the honors of delivering the first kiss to the champion?"

"With pleasure," Pansy purred as she grabbed the lipstick and quickly put it on, as Draco turned a bit green before all color drained from his face leaving him a bit grey. His first instinct was to cover his mouth, but someone had placed a full body bind jinx on him leaving him staring wide-eyed and panicked as Pansy stalked over to him. Pansy however had more class than to lip lock with the Slytherin Prince in front of so many onlookers, so she deposited her kiss on his right cheek with a smug grin. As the Slytherin girl pulled back, she watched in amazement as the crimson lipstick changed to a very Slytherin emerald green.

"Wicked," Ginny Weasley said as she peaked over Pansy's shoulder from the doorway.

"My turn," Padma giggled as she took the tube of lipstick from Pansy before putting it on with a flourish. The Ravenclaw followed Pansy's example and deposited her kiss to Draco's left cheek before passing the tube over to Susan as she watched her kiss mark turn Ravenclaw blue. Susan hesitated just a moment stealing herself for what she was doing before she placed a golden kiss mark next to Pansy's green one. Hermione was next and she enjoyed watching Draco squirm as she slowly put the lipstick on scanning his face for a good place to leave her mark. With a decidedly Slytherin smirk, Hermione grabbed the back of Draco's head forcing him to bend his neck giving her access to his forehead where she placed a proud Gryffindor scarlet red kiss.

Hermione then handed the tube of lipstick to the next girl through the door that just happened to be Ginny Weasley who grinned mischievously at the victim of their adoration for the day. Promptly dropping her valentine into the now empty box, she laid a kiss along his jawline and watched it turn a vibrant flaming red. One by one the other girls filed in dropping valentines into the box and giving charmed lipstick kisses to the slightly green fifth year boy. As Luna entered dropping her card in the box, she looked at Draco and noted that there was only one place left to kiss on his lipstick-covered face. With a dreamy smile she stood on her tiptoes and pecked him right on the tip of the nose, leaving a silvery blue addition to his patchwork kisses.

"I don't have to kiss him do I?" Blaise Zabini asked as he entered the room looking at his friend in amusement.

"No," Fed Weasley said from behind the Slytherin with a wicked smirk.

"But we do," George said as he picked up the lipstick, put it on, then handed it to Fred. Draco lost all color in his face with the exception of the lipstick kisses as the twins descended on him. Amidst gales of laughter from the other occupants of the room, Draco Malfoy received identical maroon kisses to his platinum blond hair.

"Well then," Lavender Brown said as she entered with a sultry smirk, or at least she thought it was sultry. "I guess I'm the last one."

With that said the Gryffindor girl put on the lipstick before walking right up to the Slytherin boy and wrapped her arms around his neck. To the amazement and horror of the rooms' occupants, Lavender proceeded to efficiently snog the poor Slytherin boy as everybody proceeded to make either catcalls or gagging noises at the spectacle. When she pulled away, Draco was left with hot pink lipstick smeared on his mouth.

Once Lavender pulled away, so too did the binding spells that had held Draco causing him to push the Gryffindor girl away and simultaneously scrub at his lips with the back of his free hand.

"Let the PARTY begin!" Fred and George shouted as they flicked their wands over to the corner where they had the elves bring in a magically altered muggle music player. The Weird Sister started blaring loudly in the background as the Butterbeer started flowing.

Around nine that night, the music was blaring enough that it began to irritate Professor Snape who was trying to finish grading essays. With a growl of annoyance, he stood up and stormed over to his house slamming open the door. Inside the Common Room, the four houses froze in shock as all eyes landed on the growling overgrown-dungeon bat.

Professor Snape looked around, noted that there were members of all four houses, and rolled his eyes before promptly slamming the door on his way back to his office. With a final glance at the door, he cast a silencing shield so that he could finish his work in peace.

At two in the morning, Professor Snape tossed aside the last essay before looking up at the clock and decided that he should more than likely check to make sure all of the students were still breathing. As he opened the door, the blare from the music nearly sent him to the ground as he retreated beyond the silencing shield in shock. Quickly he flicked his wand and he knew he had stopped the music when the student froze in confusion.

"Time to wrap this up ladies and gentlemen, it is no longer Valentine's Day," Snape sneered as he entered the room with a billow of his robes. "Seeing as it is two in the morning, way beyond curfew, I will personally escort those that do not belong in this dorm back to their houses."

"Awwww!" many of the students moaned as they started shuffling towards the door. Snape was witness to an amazing development as Gryffindors, Slytherins, Hufflepuff's, and Ravenclaw's alike hugged students from other houses promising to meet up in the near future for tea, or studying. As they started walking down the hall, the students in the front of the group were quickly confronted by the forms of Filch and Mrs. Norris the former of which started screeching about students out of bed.

"Silencio!" Snape growled as he strode past the shocked students with a feral snarl for the caretaker and his infernal feline. As Filch continued to shriek silently, the students burst into a robust cheer for the potions master that was quickly silenced with a sharp glare and a command to "March." The first to be dropped off in their dorms were the Hufflepuff girls who threw murmured goodnights over their shoulders at the Ravenclaw and Gryffindors in the hallway.

"And where do you two think you are going?" Snape growled as he caught the Weasley twins trying to sneak off in the direction of the kitchen. With cheeky grins, they shrugged their shoulders before falling into line with the girls.

Finally, though, Snape dropped off the last of the students in Gryffindor Tower at two thirty in the morning before stopping the Weasley twins with a pinning glare. "And how exactly did the two of you get invitations to the party?"

"Well sir, so glad you asked?" Fed beamed as he and George shared mischievous smiles.

"It was quite simple really; all anyone had to do to gain access to the party was to wear a dress," George said as he modeled his kilt with a feminine wave of his hands.

"Bring Draco a Valentine," Fred continued, "We bought him a large box of chocolates and some experimental Weasley Wizarding Wheezes."

"And give him a smooch with enchanted lipstick." George finished pointing at the faded lipstick that still clung to their mouths.

Without a word, Snape raised an eyebrow, pointed to the door, and motioned for them to head to bed before he changed his mind about handing out detention. As soon as the portrait of the Fat Lady swung close behind the twins, Severus cracked a smile before laughing his way back down to his dungeon as he thought of what Draco's face looked like when the twins had planted kisses on him.

Meanwhile inside the Gryffindor Common Room, the girls were faced with the imposing faces of the rest of the Gryffindor house. For several tense moments, not a word was spoken until finally, Ron broke the silence with shout.

"Where, the bloody hell, have you all been?" He shouted his face red.

"Out Ron," Ginny grinned as she crossed her arms causing some confetti to float to the floor.

"You were at a party," Seamus said as he looked at the offending pieces of paper.

"Yes we were," Parvati said with a smug look on her face, "An all-girls party."

"Then how did they get invited?" Lee Jordan cried indignantly as the twins stumbled through the portrait hole.

"We dressed in drag and did the Hula," the twins beamed causing the girls to burst into laughter before dashing up to their rooms leaving the boys to wonder what they had missed.

The next morning at breakfast, Snape walked down the aisle between the tables on his way to his own seat, when he spotted Draco trying to stay awake. In fact, most of his Slytherins seemed to be suspiciously missing, but the fifth year girls and most of the fifth year boys were huddled together trying to suppress their laughter at Draco and his hovering balloons.

"Mr. Malfoy, did you wash your face this morning?" Snape asked as he paused next to the unfortunate boy.

"I did," Draco said reaching up to feel if there was something on his face.

"Then tell me," Snape drawled with a raised eyebrow. "Which girls were tall enough to kiss you on the top of your head?"

"WHAT?" Draco shrieked reaching up to touch his hair in horror.

"Two ugly Gryffindor girls, sir." Pansy snorted between giggles as the rest of the Slytherin table collapsed into gales of laughter. Just at that moment, Fred and George walked by the Slytherin table.

"Morning Draky-Poo," the twins said as they wiggled their fingers at the boy in a poor rendition of two girls. With a horrified moan Draco let his head connect with the table as Pansy clutched her sides as she began to full out laugh causing her to tilt over backwards falling off the bench. This only made everybody else laugh harder.

"Hey Malfoy," Ron shouted from the Gryffindor table, still a bit miffed about the girls keeping their whereabouts a secret last night. "Ever heard of soap?"

"Shut it Weasel," Draco shouted back as he again reached up to check his face.

"Enough!" Umbridge shouted from the Head Table as she glared at the students. "Mr. Malfoy, wash your face immediately!"

"Malfoy," Harry shouted with a sympathetic look, "you might want to ask Hermione to undo the enchantment on the lipstick."

"WHAT!?" Draco screeched as he picked up his place to stare at his reflection. "GRANGER!"

As Umbridge continued to shout at the students, McGonagall turned to Snape as several teacher watched the two.

"What happened?" McGonagall asked with a raised brow as Snape sat down.

"Inner house cooperation," Snape smirked as he watched his Snakes trying to help Draco wash the lipstick off to no avail.

"And what exactly does that mean?" McGonagall snapped in irritation at her friend.

"It would seem that the four leaders of this event created a new aspect to the tradition for Valentin's Day," Snape said as he motioned towards Pansy who had moved over to the Gryffindor table to sit between Ginny and Hermione to stay out of Draco's way. "Last night, the Slytherin Common's Room housed a very loud, very obnoxious party in honor of Draco receiving his panty-award as the best looking male student in the fifth year. It would seem the new tradition involved enchanted lipstick."

"That still doesn't explain what you mean by inner house cooperation," McGonagall growled narrowing her eyes.

"Simple, when I say Slytherin common room house a party, I mean it housed all four houses fifth year girls, a fourth year Ravenclaw girl, a fourth year Gryffindor girl, and two seventh year Gryffindor boys who arrived dressed in drag." At his casual commentary, all of the teachers head swiveled to the two head of houses in horror.

As Umbridge let loose yet another shriek of furry, she pulled her wand and leveled it at the heart shaped balloons over Draco's head. Letting loose a reducto spell at the balloons only to have it bounce off of a highly advanced protego shield that forced the spell back at its caster. In disbelief, the school watched as their Defense teacher was leveled by her own spell leaving her knocked out on the stone floor. The shocked silence was broken by none other than Hermione Granger as she stood up to get a better look at the fallen teacher.

"Brilliant job Padma, bloody brilliant jonb." Hermione praised as she looked at her new friend.

"I agree with that sentiment Miss Granger, fifteen points to Ravenclaw for Miss Patil, and her use of an outstanding shield." Snape said causing the whole room to fall silent before bursting into a vigorous cheer. Amidst the cheering Draco made his way to the Gryffindor table dropping himself in the seat across from Hermione, Pansy, and Ginny. As the noise died down, Draco took a deep breath before addressing the girls.

"Miss Granger," He began causing yet again a pregnant silence to fall over the Great Hall. "Would you kindly remove the enchantment from the lipstick so that I can wash my face please?"

"Of course," Hermione beamed as she pulled out her wand and pointed it at the Slytherin boy reversing her incantation on the lipstick.

"Well done Mr. Malfoy," Professor McGonagall beamed as she watched the exchange. "Five points to Slytherin for being cordial with a Gryffindor."

McGonagall's points were greeted with yet again another booming cheer, this time from the Slytherin table.

"And ten points for a highly advanced charm well done by Miss Granger," Professor Flitwick beamed as he watched the colors leave the lipstick so that Draco's face was completely red.

"To Valentine traditions, both old and new, and inner house cooperation," Professor Sprout said above the cheering students as she raised her glass in a toast looking down at Professor Umbridge who was still out cold on the ground.