After that night Hermione and Draco began to get closer and closer and eventually started dating officially.
Pansy and Hermione hadn't found dresses the night they went shopping and now the ball was rapidly approaching.
It was now two weeks until the Holly Ball (similar to the Yule ball). During the week Hermione spent her days with Blaise, when she wasn't in classes, to finish last minute details, after dinner she spent the time up until curfew with Draco, and she spent weekends with Pansy trying to find the right outfit for the ball.
The weekdays had flown by too quickly for Hermione and it was now Friday a week before the dance. She and Blaise had finished all their preparation and all they had left to do was get the supplies next week. Pansy and Draco were spending the night in the head's rooms like they do every Friday night. Hermione and Pansy had plans to get up early in the morning and floo to Paris to find the things they needed.
The four Slytherins decided to have a game night. They played all kinds of games like twister, cards, and some video games on the Wii that Dumbledore had placed in the common room. The night seemed to fly by and before they knew it, it was nearing two in the morning when they decided to call it a night.
The two Slytherin princesses went to sleep soundly after receiving a good night kiss from their Slytherin princes.
Unfortunately for the girls seven in the morning came too quickly for their liking but they forced themselves out of bed anyway.
The girls flooed to the magical city in Paris and set out for the dress shops.
They saw many different dresses, designers, and colors, but they just weren't finding what they were looking for.
They were on their seventh dress shop when Pansy found her dress. It was a floor length Kelly green dress with a sweet heart neckline. The left side of the dress was embellished with a sun burst of crystals from the top of the left side down to the left upper, mid-thigh. A few inches from the end of the crystals is where the slit started.
The dress looked absolutely stunning on Pansy and luckily the store carried all the matching accessories and shoes she needed to go with the dress.
Now all that was left was for Hermione to find a dress fit for the princess that she is.
A few shops later Hermione found the perfect dress. It was a sweet heart neckline and the entire bodice was embellished with crystals, the skirt part of the dress was an asymmetrical cut (where the front is shorter than the back) made out of black ruffled organza that reached the floor. And fortunately for her the store also had shoes and accessories to go along with the dress.
By the time the girls had gotten back to Hogwarts dinner had just started, since they ate in Paris they decided to run up to Hermione's room to hide their dresses form the guys.
After dinner they guys came back to the common room not expecting the girls to be there, but they were thoroughly surprised when they walked in to hear laughter coming from the kitchen and to see decorated Christmas cookies sitting on the dining room table.
The boys chose the worst time to open the kitchen door, for as they did they were pelted with a misaimed blast of flour from where the girls had unintentionally started a flour fight. Once the girls realized who they had hit with flour they couldn't stop laughing at the looks on Draco's and Blaise's face. Once the boys got over their shock they joined in on the fight. They fought until the curfew bell rang; the bell brought them back to where they were and decided to clean up the mess.
After a few quick spells the kitchen was back to normal and the four were sitting on the couches with mugs of hot chocolate and Christmas cookies. They all talked about their days, the girls learned that Ginny had come by the common room to look for Hermione to apologize for everything and that Harry and Ron were being complete douche bags and acting like the kings of the universe.
They made plans to play quidditch the next day and decided to go to bed.
The next day the four Slytherins and some friends headed down to the pitch to have a friendly game of quidditch. They ended up playing girls vs. boys game. The girls' team was Hermione was the seeker, Millicent and Pansy as beaters, Astoria, Tracey, and Ariel as chasers, and Daphne as keeper. The boys' team was Draco as seeker, Crabbe and Goyal as beaters, Malcolm Baddock, Blaise and Theo as chasers, and Adrian Pucey as keeper.
The game had been a fairly matched game and the boys were leading by five points. Hermione and Draco were still soaring high in the sky looking for the snitch when their game was interrupted by some unwelcomed company.
Harry, Ron and a few other members of the Gryffindor quidditch team had just stepped onto the pitch for a little practice.
The Slytherins immediately abandoned their game to deal with Potter and Weasley.
"We didn't want to interrupt your goofing off but we have skills to actually work with" said Harry as Draco landed in front of him.
"We have the pitch today; find somewhere else to show off Pothead"
"I see that the tramp is still hanging out with you, tell me how did you get her on a broom…you didn't seduce her did you… that's a shame dirtying yourself with that filth" Harry said motioning to Hermione.
"No we did not seduce her or bribe her. She willingly got on her broom just as she has done the entire year" Blaise said coming to help shield the girls who were shielding Hermione from Harry's view.
"I don't believe you she can't fly, hell she can't even command a broom" Ron said mockingly.
Hermione then pushed through the shield her friends made.
"Care to put your money where your mouth is" Hermione said with an icy tone while the Slytherins tried not to laugh as Ron took her bet.
"Yeah, I bet you a hundred galleons that I can beat you in a race"
"How many laps" Hermione asked with a faint smirk on her face.
"Weasel do you even have a hundred galleons" one of the Slytherins asked and a chuckle erupted from the rest of the Slytherins.
"Ten laps around the pitch"
"Deal" Hermione said with her game face on.
Hermione and Ron mounted their brooms at the makeshift start/finish line, one of the Ravenclaws that were neutral yelled go and Hermione and Ron began their race.
By lap five you could see who the clear winner of this race was going to be. Hermione was about to lap Ron for the second time when she was hit with something leaving her to fall from the top of the pitch to the ground rapidly.
Hermione was able to quickly shake off whatever fuzz was left from being hit and realized that her broom was within arm's length from her. She grabbed her broom and guided her broom underneath her, performing another free fall for her peers to see. She then flew up to where Ron was still racing but stopped to see if his eyes were playing a trick on him.
Needless to say Ron lost the race, and his dignity, and a hundred galleons. And Hermione gained the respect of everyone that was watching except for Harry and Ron.
After the galleons were exchanged the students all cleared out from the pitch all going with their separate groups of friends and to spread the news of the bet and Hermione's free fall. By dinner that night everyone would know the tale of how Ron bet the one person he should've known not to cross and how Hermione was not to be underestimated.