Neither a Mudblood nor lonely anymore
A/N: I'm actually fed up of saying this thousand of times but I'll make this very short. Till hell freezes, I am not the owner of Harry Potter and co.
I'm thankful those who've reviewed previously. Thanks a lot! Thanks for waiting for this long. I know that you all have been really angry and cursing that I've not updated for a long time. I'd also like to thank Margaritalimes without whom; this story wouldn't be updated today.
Yeah, now with the story….
Chapter3. Getting ready for the ball and the Ball- part 1.
Blaise showed Hermione and Harry their rooms. Ron stayed in Harry's room while Ginny stayed with Hermione.
Hermione's room was a beautiful one. It was decorated in her favorite color combination-scarlet with silver. The walls were deep red with touches of silver, here and there. The bed was queen sized, silver with red and white bed covers. The floor was of deep red carpet.
They entered the bathroom and gasped at the sight. The bathroom was huge and the color scheme here was gold with white. The marble was Italian.
Hermione and Ginny loved this room.
Then, they decided to get ready quickly. They opened the cupboard and saw a variety of ball gowns of different colors. They practically swooned at the sight of it.
Hermione selected a scarlet gown, while Ginny on the other hand picked its contrast, a forest green one. They wore their dresses and soon started applying make-up and arranging their hair.
After an hour, there was a knock on the door. "Who's that?" called out Hermione.
"It is I, Blaise, Herms," was the reply.
Hermione opened the door and saw her brother with Draco.
"We're here to pick you up," said Blaise, looking for Ginny.
"We are your escorts for today's ball. My escort is Ginevra and yours is well-"said Blaise.
"Ok, ok, I got it," snapped Hermione.
Blaise continued, "Well, Harry's is Pansy and Ron's is Luna Lovegood. Are you ready?"
"Yes, we are," this time it was Ginny.
Blaise then saw Ginny and turned tomato red on seeing her. "You look…er…beautiful," he said.
Ginny blushed. She was wearing a green halter neck gown which had a gold belt and the gown went right up to her ankles. It was made of velvet. She wore black gloves that came right up to the top of her elbows. She had left her hair loose and put a golden flower clip on one side of it. She wore stilettos with criss-cross straps. Her eyes were smoky, lips were pale pink and cheeks had a slight pink blush which had turned deeper after Blaise's comment.
"Well, well, well…C'mon Granger, we'll leave these two, lovebirds, alone," said Draco, smirking.
"What about me?" pouted Hermione.
"Oh yes, Granger, you look," blushes, "dynamic and lavish like a Gryffindor Princess," said Draco.
"Why thank you, Malfoy," replied Hermione.
She was wearing a red full sleeved silk gown. The sleeves were transparent. The gown had silver ribbons on the waist. It came right up to her calf. She was wearing silver ballet shoes that were glowing brightly. She had put on a silver necklace which had rubies in it. Her hair was let loose and given a French twist. Her lips had pink lip gloss and eyes were given a shiny look.
They left the room and went ahead.
"You don't look bad, Malfoy, neither do you, Blaise," Hermione told the boys. Draco was wearing a black tuxedo that had a silver tie while Blaise wore a dark blue tuxedo that had a gold tie. Blaise had applied gel to his hair while Draco left his messy to give himself a handsome prince charming look.
"Thank Merlin she didn't call us monsters. I'd have strangled her if she had said so," said Draco.
"Oh shut up, and be quiet, Draco," said the other three.
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When they came down to the ballroom, they saw that there were magnificent decorations. The ballroom looked similar to the Great Hall at Hogwarts when the Yule Ball had taken place during the Triwizard Tournament. One wall was charmed so that 'Happy Birthday, Harry, Hermione and Blaise' were glittering in three different colors; red for Harry, gold for Hermione and green for Blaise, while 'Happy Birthday' was in silver.
They met Harry, who was wearing a dark grey tuxedo with a red tie. He was with Pansy, who was wearing a black full length gown with spaghetti straps and fine silver lines on it. They greeted them and waited for Ron and Luna.
Ron and Luna had not yet arrived. Then the six of them went to the garden to check for them and saw Ron kissing the pale hands of a beautiful blonde-haired girl. She was wearing a full sleeved silvery blue gown while Ron wore a black Armani suit that Harry had once gifted him. The girl turned around to see the six of them.
"I had a feeling that the Nargles had told me that you would be coming here now," said Luna Lovegood, in her soft misty voice, "you must be Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson. Ronald, here, told me about you, Hermione. I always thought that you and Blaise looked similar."
Draco was about to ask Luna what Nargles were but received a nudge from Hermione, who gave him a 'later' look.
"C'mon guys, let's all go inside. They're all waiting for us in there," said an impatient Blaise.
They all hurried inside the manor.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you something, Hermione," said Blaise, "I wanted to tell you that since we're both fraternal twins, we won't look alike. Only your hair's color will darken and eyes will turn green."
"Good," replied Hermione, "I've been worried about that."
"No need to worry, Hermione," said Harry, "I'll always be able to recognize you with your favorite book, Hogwarts: A History." And he received a friendly punch on his ribs from Hermione.
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They entered the ballroom, where they saw many familiar faces.
"Wotcher, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny," said a very familiar voice.
They turned behind and saw Nymphadora Tonks, who preferred to be called 'Tonks', her hair blonde instead of her favorite color, bubblegum pink, with Remus Lupin who was holding hands with her and a brown haired, pale faced lady with kind eyes. "This is my mother, Andromeda. Welcome to our family," said Tonks.
"Evening, Mrs. Tonks," said Harry, Hermione and the rest except Draco who said, "Good evening, Aunt Andromeda."
"Good evening to you all, dears, we'll see you later at the party," said Andromeda, "we've got to meet 'Cissy." Saying this they left.
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A/N: That's all for now, friends. I got to go out now. The next one will be more interesting, I promise.
I hoped you liked this chapter. Either way, please leave a comment. I want to know if I'm going well. Watch out for the interesting things in the next chapter which I'll try to publish sooner. I'll be actually going away for a week, so you'll get to read the next chapters, after that. I hope your wait didn't go in vain.
Thanks,
Athena Black Malfoy
