The rest of the weeks of september had went by a bit more smoothly; now they found themselves in the middle of October. People at this point were more surprised that the now ex-rivals were even talking. The Gryffindors weren't bothered by their new found friendship, but the Slytherins however weren't too keen on it, especially Pansy Pakinson.

But the two of them mostly just ignored any negativity that was thrown their way and kept on going with their friendship; which was becoming stronger and stronger as the days went by. At this moment however, Harry was waiting for Draco to meet him outside of the great hall. They had agreed to go to Hogsmeade together the previous week this Saturday.

Draco walked up to the boy, making a note to wrap his scarf up around his neck, almost hiding the small smile that graced his lips when he spotted Harry. "Ready to go?"

"Yes!" Harry smiled and nodded to him, "I need to pick out a costume for the dance on Halloween."

"I already have mine picked out," Draco smirked sticking his nose up, "Do you have any ideas for yours?"

"I figured I would keep my mind open. I will know it when I see it," Harry shrugged and smiled up at him, "So what did you chose to be?"

Draco grinned widely, "It's a surprise, you're not even going to get a hint," he teased the other boy.

"That's not fair!" Harry poked him, "You get to see mine today, I should at least get a hint!"

"It involves a lot of feathers." Draco offered only this much as they entered Hogsmeade.

"Feathers?" Harry tilted his head at the boy and all that kept coming to mind was, "Showgirl?"

Draco flushed and punched his arm, "You git! I would never! It's regal and sophisticated!"

Harry laughed and tried to dodge the punch, "I trust you, I was just thinking out loud I promise."

Draco huffed and crossed his arms, "I bet you like thinking about me that way- wait! I don't want to know!" Before Harry could speak, he had grabbed the sleeve of Harry's coat and pulled him along into a shop.

"Whoa!" Harry followed Draco into the shop without much choice and was surprised by the racks upon racks of costumes. "Hmm… Draco what do you think?" There were too many great costumes to chose from.

"Well are you looking for something comical or serious?" He looked along some of the racks, looking at reds and greens for him.

"I guess something that I can pull off," he said as he passed through some aisles browsing.

"Mmm, maybe something green? You know to show off your eyes," Draco suggested as he narrowed in on anything that had the same emerald color.

"They have some pirate costumes and some vampire costumes, but I'm not really sure," he showed some of the green vampire and pirate costumes, but they still didn't seem right.

"Maybe a knight?" He held up an emerald and gold outfit.

"That seems oddly fitting…" Harry smiled and looking it over.

"Try it on!" Draco shoved the heavy outfit into his arms and pushed him towards a changing room.

"Alright, I'll be right out," he went in and was scared about how horribly heavy it would be, but when he checked out the tag it mentioned a charm to make it lighter. He then managed to get into the costume and came out awkwardly, trying to see, "I feel a bit silly, what do you think?"

Draco looked him over, "Hmm," he walked over to him, "I think you look bulky and awkward."

Harry nodded in agreement, "Maybe we should find something with less metal. I'll go change quick," he then walked back in and changed into his normal clothes.

Draco had went back to browsing around the racks, he was determined to find something perfect for Harry. He found himself really enjoying himself, it was nice to get away from school and forget about the worries that game with it.

Harry walked back over to Draco after hanging the costume back on the rack. "Find anything else?"

"I don't know, it's hard to find something that suits you. I'm realizing I don't really know much about you," he admitted shyly, looking through some more racks.

"It's okay," Harry smiled at him, "I'm really not that exciting." He then proceeded to look through some more racks as well.

Draco gave him a dry look, "Not exciting?" He shook his head, "Says the guy that fought dragons and is a Quidditch King."

"The dragon wasn't by choice, and the Quidditch thing, at least its better then football and square-dancing," Harry shuddered, recalling his days in muggle school, awkwardly dancing with other boys since none of the girls wanted to be his partner, or being tackled to the ground in football when it was only tag football.

"I think you don't give yourself enough credit. The whole bloody wizarding world is bowing at your feet," Draco knew it was true.

"Eh...I don't know about the whole wizarding world…," his smile faltered a bit, "I'm just going to keep it simple this year. No more dragons, no more sneaking around Hogwarts, unless its for shenanigans, of course," he smiled brightly at this thought.

"Yeah, that does sound like a nice change. I'm not fearing for my life anymore," he gave Harry a small smile.

"I don't think anyone is anymore, which is a great change indeed," he agreed and was about to say more but his face turned into pure excitement, "I didn't know they had ninja costumes!" He pulled it out and showed it to him.

Draco just looked at him with his eyebrows raised, "… Ninja?...Really? You want to be a ninja?" Draco then laughed and shook his head.

"Why not?" Harry looked it over, "Alright, I am going to try it on. You'll see it will be amazing," Harry then made his way to the changing room. He came out quickly and smiled, "I like it."

"You look ridiculous," Draco laughed more at the boy, "But if you really like it, I suppose it works."

"What do you mean ridiculous? Ninjas are awesome!" Harry crossed his arms.

"It's just… not an outfit you see often in the wizarding world." Draco shook his head still chuckling at the boy.

"Yeah, this doesn't usually show up a lot in the muggle world either," Harry then smirked, an idea crossing his mind. "But if you think you can do better, then find something else for me," he challenged the blond.

Draco narrowed his eyes and huffed, "Of course I could! I have more style than you could ever wish for!"
Harry laughed at the other's determination, "Alright make me change my mind from this to what you choose."

Draco gave a thoughtful look, "Well… do you want to match me?"

Harry hummed thoughtfully, "Let's see what it looks like on me," he smiled.

Draco then ran around the store, gathering whatever he could find that was red, gold, and Victorian styled; they were decorated with feathers to look like a phoenix. The last thing he grabbed was an elegant gold mask to go with the costume. "There. Try it on then."

Harry was surprised by how easily he had put together this costume, "O-Okay," he then went back into the changing room and came out in a Victorian phoenix costume, "W-Wow! This is amazing! It reminds me of Fawkes!"

"That's the whole point. You look actually quite dashing." Draco walked closer to him to straighten out the coat and feathers, looking him up and down.

"Alright," Harry smiled at the boy, "I'll go with this one then, thanks for the help," he then turned around to go into the changing room to change back.

Harry made it to the door just before Draco spoke up, "You're very welcome. I told you I had more style," he smirked.

"Yeah, next year I'll be a ninja for Halloween" Harry stuck out his tongue, he then slipped back into the changing room and changed back into his normal attire.

Draco stood outside of the changing room, he let out a small snort, "You would." He waited for the boy to change and open the door, "Are you hungry? Perhaps we can grab something to eat."

"That sounds pretty fantastic," Harry nodded, "I'll just pay for this quick." He then walked over and paid the cashier and smiled looking at his costume, as he walked over back to Draco, "So where did you want to go?"

"We could go to the pub, or the little tea shop, they have good sandwiches," Draco walked with him out into the cool air and looked around the area.

"The little tea shop sounds good, I have some bad memories at that place," Harry admitted shuddering, "So I would really like to make some good ones there."

Draco let out another snort, "I'm guessing that awful blubbering mess of a Ravenclaw?"

"Ooooh yeah," Harry shook his head remembering it well, "I said 'Hey, let's not talk about Cedric, I'm not ready' and suddenly I'm a horrible person. I wasn't the one staring at other guys!... well girls… though, I suppose if it were me staring at guys, it would be a bit on the creeper side." He stopped himself before he went on a rant about it. "The point is, she was a terrible date, and she ruined my only Valentine's Day that involved a female companion."

Draco shrugged, "She was always so annoying, I would glare at her all the time in class."

"Ugh," Harry facepalmed, "Was she crying in there too?"

"She was always blubbering and sniffling," Draco shook his head, "Snape actually gave her a detention for crying into a potion."

This time Harry was the one to let out a snort, "Th-that's not funny," despite what he had said, he still let out a few chuckles.

Draco smirked and walked next to him as they made their way to the tea shop, "It was extremely funny. I actually cursed her once."

"You did? What for?" Harry looked over at the blond.

Draco looked away quickly, his pale cheeks turning a slight pink. "J-Just… for being annoying, here we are." Draco grabbed him by the elbow and drug Harry inside, successfully changing the subject.