A/N: You guys all seemed to like that last chapter which is awesome, I'm glad you all enjoyed it. :) Most of you liked the Luna being a stripper thing, others thought it was weird but I thought it was amusing lol. I don't know why but I imagine if any of the characters became a stripper, it would be Luna. When I think about it, It makes me imagine Evanna Lynch in a matching bra and underwear set on a pole which makes me giggle hehe. I know I told a few of you that in my review replys but I just wanted everybody to know what I was thinking lol. This chapter is the anticipated shopping trip, I hope I do it justice. :)
Chapter 7: Wedding Shopping
Hermione woke up as she had everyday since they moved in together with Draco cuddled up next to her with his head on her chest and his arms around her. He was sleeping soundly and his hair was splayed across his face. She smiled and lightly brushed his hair out of his eyes and he groaned slightly at being disturbed before waking up and giving her a lazy smile before getting up to stretch and yawn.
"Good morning Hermione," he said for the first time since they'd moved in together.
"Good morning Draco," Hermione said before getting out of bed and going to go jump in the shower. She used her tropical shampoo and conditioner and used her apricot and orange blossom bodywash enjoying the scents a bit as she relaxed in the shower thinking about last night.
When her and Draco had walked out of their flat holding hands her friends and his were all shocked to say the least. They had all dropped their jaws and then almost simultaneously started cat calling which made them all laugh. They all teased Hermione and Draco the whole way to the Great Hall, and then when they got to the Great Hall it seemed the whole hall stood still as they all stared at Draco and Hermione. Then they let go and walked to their seperate tables with their group of friends, Draco scowling at everybody and Hermione blushing lightly.
"Hermione, are you done yet?" Draco said from the other side of the door snapping her out of her muses.
"Oh yes, I'm sorry I was thinking I'll be out in a couple minutes," she said before getting out and drying off quickly, she dried her hair with a spell and went out to the bedroom in her towel since she didn't grab any clothes.
"It's not a problem, just wanted to make sure we meet people on time and everything," he said as he looked her up and down.
"Mr. Malfoy! Are you checking a Muggleborn out?" she asked pretending to be scandalized as she blushed.
"No, I mean yes but I'm sorry," he said all flustered and blushing from being caught. He cleared his throat awkwardly and then went into the bathroom as Hermione laughed at him.
She grabbed a white bra and panty set since she knew she'd need to wear white trying on dresses. Then she looked through the closet to find what she wanted to wear, she ended up deciding on a pair of light blue jeans and a baby pink colored tank top that was rather tight on her breasts and kind of flared out a little after the pink bow underneath her breasts. She threw on some pink low heeled sandles to go with her outfit and grabbed one of her few purses, it was white with light blue beaded flowers. It also had an undetectable extension charm on it just as her black beaded bag did while she was travelling with Harry and Ron. She put the potion book she was borrowing from Draco in it and walked out to the kitchen to get a cranberry orange muffin and some pumpkin juice and sat down at the table to eat and wait for Draco to get out of the shower.
When Draco got out of the shower he ran his hand through his hair and messed it up a little so it would hang in his eyes then changed into a tight black button up shirt, he left the top two buttons undone so the top of his well defined chest was showing. He put on a pair of dark blue jeans and threw on some black socks and a pair of black and green designer tennis shoes. Afterwards he walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a chocolate chip muffin and some pumpkin juice and went to join Hermione in the dining room.
As Hermione heard him walk in, she looked up and her chin dropped at how sexy Draco looked.
Draco smirked when he saw her face and said, "Careful Hermione, looking like that, people may think you have the hots for a no good Pureblood."
Hermione closed her mouth quickly and blushed before going back to what little was left of her muffin. "You clean up nice for a no good Pureblood," Hermione smirked.
"This is just how I dress on weekends when I go out, you wanna see me all cleaned up, wait 'til we have to attend a ball or something, then you may be drooling," he replied with another smirk.
"Oh I don't drool Draco, sorry to disappoint you," she told him with a small laugh.
"We'll see once you see me all dressed up and sexy," Draco said causing both of them to laugh a bit.
"If we wanna be on time you better eat Draco," Hermione said before eating the last of her muffin.
"Oh right," he said and began eating his muffin quickly. After they were done with their muffins and juice Hermione grabbed her purse and they walked out of their flat as everybody else did.
"Oh good we're all ready, let's get to McGonagall's office. I hope you guys all ate something, we've got some shopping to do and you're gonna need some energy," Ginny said with a laugh. Everybody muttered their affirmative as they all began heading towards McGonagall's office.
"I can't wait to find that perfect wedding dress!" Daphne gushed excitedly.
"Oh I know, I'm gonna find the most gorgeous and regal dress I can find," Pansy said happily.
"Um look, I may have gotten a little richer since the war but it was only a little. I don't have the money for some ridiculously expensive dress," Ron said.
"Don't worry Ron, I'll pay for the dress, shoes, tiara, and veil, you pay for your tux, tie, and shoes," Pansy said.
"The groom is supposed to pay for everything though," Ron said.
"Don't worry about it, I know you don't have the money for everything, I'll pay for my stuff and you can pay me back once you start your Auror training, deal?" she replied.
"Fine," Ron grumbled.
"Let's get everybody back in better moods, shall we?" Ginny asked.
"Yes please, I want to be happy while shopping for my wedding dress," Luna said in her dreamy voice.
"You have feelings, Lovegood?" Daphne asked.
"Daphne, don't be rude!" Astoria scolded her sister.
"Oh that's alright, yes Daphne I do have feelings, plenty of them. Just because I don't show them very often doesn't mean I don't have them," Luna said simply.
"Right, sorry," Daphne muttered.
"That's alright, I know you can't help being like that, you were raised that way," Luna said.
"You tend to open mouth, insert foot quite a bit Lovegood," Daphne said.
"Did I offend you? I'm sorry Daphne," Luna said and even looked sheepish.
"It's fine Lovegood, I'll forgive you," Daphne replied.
"Anyways back to happy thoughts ladies," Hermione said getting irritated with the bickering.
"This is shopping for your wedding dress and every girl dreams about it all their lives now I'd like to make this a happy trip so stop the bickering," Ginny said seriously and all the girls agreed since they knew what Ginny said was true. They reached Professor McGonagall's office and said the password and they all went up the spiral staircase. They knocked on the door and entered at the command.
"I have arranged for you to floo from my office to The Leaky Cauldron in a few minutes, You have permission to be out until 8 PM, since I know Wedding dress shopping can take awhile as can shopping for all the accessories. I will make sure my floo is open until 8 PM then I am locking it, please be back before then," Professor McGonagall said and they all nodded their understanding and went to go to the fireplace.
Each couple grabbed hands and grabbed a little floo powder and they all went through one couple after the other to The Leaky Cauldron. When they arrived they walked out the back door into the alley way and Harry grabbed out his wand and tapped on the bricks in the right order and the archway opened up.
"Let's hit Lady Christine's dresses first, they are like the best in this whole alley," Pansy said excitedly.
"Oh I totally agree," Daphne said as she started leading the way still holding Blaise's hand.
"Exactly how long is the dress shopping going to take?" Blaise asked as he walked faster to avoid his arm being ripped off by his fiancee.
"As long as it takes Blaise, we all need to find the perfect dress and then we'll shop for your tuxedos," Daphne said.
"Ok, we know you guys are excited to get your dresses, but please slow down," Ron whined since all the girls were walking fast holding the hands of their fiances.
"We'll slow down when we get to the store," Astoria said making all the girls giggle and the guys roll their eyes and sigh.
They reached the store and went in quickly and a little bell went off in the wedding march. "That's a little creepy," Harry muttered and the guys all agreed.
"Welcome to my shop, I am Lady Christine, how may I help you all?" the woman at the back of the store said as she walked up perkily. She had long dark red hair to the middle of her back, dark brown eyes with smoky gray eyeshadow, bright red lips and wearing a figure hugging light gray dress, she was a gorgeous woman Hermione couldn't deny.
"Well as you know the Marriage law requires us all to get married by the end of the month, and we need our wedding dresses," Hermione said.
"That is not a problem, I will send your dresses to you the day of your weddings after making any adjustments you may need. All you need to do is find your dream dress, and give me your wedding date and I will make sure to owl deliver the dresses on time," Lady Christine said smiling.
"Oh that'd be lovely thank you," Luna said smiling.
"Oh you're welcome dear, now let's get dress shopping," Lady Christine said excitedly.
The girls excitedly split up and began searching through the racks picking out dresses they liked and trying them on while the guys just sat on a bunch of plush armchairs watching and saying what they thought looked good even though the girls barely acknowledged the guys' presence they all just gushed and giggled together. The girls were bonding over dresses and hugging when they saw a beautiful dress on the other girls and everything slightly surprising the boys. Finally it seemed one of the girls found their perfect dress, it was Daphne who was gushing excitedly over the dress she was wearing, all the girls were oohing and ahing at how beautiful she looked.
"Oh Daphne, it's beautiful sis!" Astoria said to her sister and hugged her.
"Oh Daphne, it's perfect for you, you look amazing," Pansy said excitedly.
"It's true Daphne, you look as beautiful as a wedding dress model," Ginny said happily and hugging her which surprised everybody.
"I love it, it looks great on you Daphne," Hermione said with a smile.
"Yes Daphne, it truly does, you are like a picture," Luna said smiling.
"Thanks you guys, I'm so glad I found this dress!" Daphne said excitedly as she looked at herself in the mirror. The dress was a strapless dress with a sweetheart neckline. It had little white beads around the edge of the top of the dress and the fabric was all bunched to the left. There was a dress material rose on her hip which led to the bottom which was tiered ruffle skirt, the whole dress was beautiful and complimented Daphne's body well. "Lady Christine, I want this one," Daphne's said happily before heading to the dressing room to get changed back into her clothes.
"Marvelous choice darling, I will have it dry cleaned and perfect for your wedding date. When will it be?" Lady Christine asked.
"The 30th, just have it sent to me either bright and early that morning or the night before please," Daphne said as she came back out of the dressing room happily.
"I will have it there by 8 AM sharp on the 30th dear," Lady Christine said smiling and took the dress and hung it up behind the counter so everyone knew it was sold.
The girls again went searching through racks trying to find a dress that was perfect for them and Astoria was next to find hers.
"Oh Astoria, you look fabulous sis," Daphne gushed at her younger by a year sister.
"Oh it looks amazing on you Astoria," Hermione said happily.
"It does Astoria, you look great," Luna said smiling and gave Astoria a hug.
"It looks awesome Astoria," Ginny said happily.
"I have never seen you look more gorgeous Astoria," Pansy said excitedly.
"Oh thanks girls, I feel so beautiful in it," Astoria said. The dress was a spaghetti strap, with lace like straps and a v-neck. There was what looked like lace filigree on the dress around the top and in an almost zig zag design on the torso. It stopped at the hip where there was a dress material bunch that looked like a flower on her right hip and then started the bottom which was tiered as her sister's was but seemed more like the fabric wrapped around her beginning at her right hip. "I want this one Lady Christine and I also will be getting married on the 30th like my sister," she said before going to head to the dressing room again.
"Magnificent choice darling, I will have it sent also by 8 AM sharp on your wedding day," Lady Christine said before taking the dress and also sticking it behind the counter.
The next to find her dress was Luna and it was almost instantaneously after Astoria's dress had been put behind the counter.
"I believe this is the one," Luna said dreamily smiling.
"Oh my word Luna, you look so gorgeous!" Hermione said excitedly and hugged the younger girl tightly.
"You look phenominal in that gown Luna!" Ginny said and happily hugged her friend.
"You clean up nicely Luna, you look great," Daphne said.
"Luna you look amazing!" Astoria said sweetly and gave her a hug.
"That screams Moon Goddess to me Luna," Pansy said smiling.
"Thanks everybody, I feel like a princess in this dress," Luna sais excitedly and gazed dreamily at herself in the mirror. The strapless dress was ivory since Luna was so pale and it complimented her skin tone beautifully. It seemed like the whole dress was covered in lace but with another type of bunched material over lay that began after the waistline. Over the waistline was a large golden silk ribbon that seemed to wrap around her body and then tie into a princess bow. You could see the lace coming out the bottom of the overlay and around the train. "I would like this dress please Lady Christine," Luna gushed.
"So you want it, so it shall be love. I'll have it sent by when?" Lady Christine asked.
"I'm getting married on the 16th," Luna said and then went to go take the dress off before handing it to Lady Christine and changing back into her clothes.
"Who else needs a dress?" Draco sighed as he and the boys came up to them.
"Pansy, Ginny, and I do," Hermione said as she began looking through the dresses but nothing screamed out to her. She was beginning to lose a little hope when she found one kind of buried in between two very poofy dresses. "I take that back I think I found mine," Hermione said as she pulled it out and went to go try it on. "Oh yes, I definitely found it," Hermione gushed excitedly.
"You boys go back and sit down, you guys shouldn't see our dresses on us until the wedding days," Ginny said and shooed the guys away. "Their gone 'Mione, come on out and show us."
Hermione stepped out and there was a collective gasp. "Oh 'Mione, it's gorgeous," Ginny said in aw and hugged the older girl tightly.
"Damn Hermione, you work that dress beautifully," Pansy said happily and actually gave her a hug.
"You look so pretty Hermione," Daphne said smiling.
"You look Divine Hermione, I hardly recognize you," Astoria said excitedly.
"Oh Hermione, you look astounding," Luna said and hugged her.
"I feel amazing," Hermione said happily, she couldn't tear her face away from the mirror. The dress was definitely the most modest of the ones found so far, it actually had actual short sleeves but they were of a kind of lace material as was most the decoration on the dress. The lace reached down all the way to her hips where it became more like lace tendrils going down the dress even to the bottom of the train. It was simple but elegant and Hermione was in love with the gown. "Oh I'm definitely taking this dress Lady Christine."
"Oh spectacular choice dear, you look fabulous. When shall I have it at Hogwarts?" Lady Christine asked.
"The 22nd and please have it there by 8 AM like you will have Astoria's and Daphne's dresses there on their wedding dates," Hermione said and then went to go change.
"I will have all 6 of your dresses sent to you by 8 AM sharp on your wedding dates, don't worry my darlings," Lady Christine said before Hermione came out in her clothes and handed her gown to her carefully.
"Thank you," all the girls said with smiles.
"Now we have Ginny and Pansy to find dresses," Hermione said happily.
"Well I'm looking in the most expensive section now to try to find my dream dress," Pansy said and they all followed while she looked.
"I think my dream dress is in either the most expensive section or the second most Ginny said uneasily since she had already gone through the least expensive dresses thoroughly.
"Ginny, you shouldn't worry about price. You are marrying the famous and need I say fabulously wealthy Harry Potter, I'm sure price isn't a problem," Daphne said as she ran her fingers reassuringly through the red head's hair.
"You're right of course Daphne, I guess old habits die hard," Ginny said quietly.
"Don't worry Ginny, your fiance is rich you won't have to worry about money for the rest of your lives," Pansy said with a laugh,
"I suppose I won't, especially since I plan on playing Quidditch professionally after school," Ginny said smiling.
"Ooh what team?" Astoria asked.
"Only the best female team ever, the Hollyhead Harpies," Ginny said smiling.
"Oh I love them!" Pansy said excitedly.
"Yeah, they've been my favorite team since I was a little girl, I like the idea of a female only team," Ginny said smiling.
"Yeah, it just proves us girls can do anything boys can do, but better," Daphne said making all the girls laugh.
"How very true," Luna said with a smile.
"Oh I think I found it girls," Pansy said excitedly grabbing out a dress and hurrying to the dressing room. "You're damn right I found it, I look hot!" Pansy said laughing before coming out to show them.
"Oh Pansy, it's gorgeous," Daphne squeeled happily hugging her friend.
"It really is Pansy, you look so stunning!" Astoria said excitedly.
"Oh damn Pansy, my brother might need to be careful, I may steal you myself," Ginny joked making all the girls laugh.
"You look like a beautiful queen Pansy," Luna said smiling.
"I have to agree with Luna, you look like a queen a very amazing looking queen," Hermione said smiling.
"I told you girls, I was going to find an expensive and regal looking dress, did I not? I definitely found one," Pansy said laughing. The dress was quite regal looking, it was a mermaid tail, spaghetti strap dress that was very form fitting. There was quite a bit of intricate beading beginning after her breasts and reached all the way to her hips. There were little bits of beading spotted throughout the rest of the dress even all the way down the pretty long train. "This is my dress Lady Christine and it is to be sent on the 23rd please," Pansy said and went to go get dressed.
After she was done she gave it to Lady Christine where she put it with the others. "Exquisite choice love, you will look fantastic," Lady Christine said excitedly.
"Ok Ginny start looking, we all have ours," Hermione said with a laugh.
"I'm marrying the guy of my dreams, I've loved him since I met him when I was 10. There's no way I can choose just any dress, I have to have the most perfect dress I could dream of," Ginny said blushing lightly.
"You will find it here dear, there is no one better," Lady Christine said smiling and squeezing her hand reassuringly.
"I don't doubt that, these gowns are all so lovely," Ginny said and began looking through the second most expensive section. She looked through a few rows before she halted at a dress speechless. "This is it, no doubt about it," Ginny said and all but ran to the dressing rooms. She let out a little excited scream after she put it on and walked out to show the girls.
There was another collective gasp as she stepped out wearing the veil as well.
"Oh my Merlin Gin, you look oh what word am I looking for? I guess stunning will have to work because I can't think of a better word right now," Hermione said in aw and hugged the younger girl.
"Oh Ginny you look marvelous," Luna said excitedly and also hugged her.
"I would say wonderful describes how you look right now Ginny," Astoria said smiling.
"Harry is one lucky guy Ginny, you look fantastic," Daphne gushed.
"You look exquisite Ginny," Pansy squealed excitedly and hugged her.
"I do look pretty good in this dress, huh?" Ginny said with a laugh.
"Pretty good? Darling you look exceptional," Lady Christine told her.
"I do, this is definitely my dream dress," Ginny said happily. The dress was a halter top and the neck strap was ribbon. There was a little ribbon belt right underneath her breasts with a pretty beaded design on it. There was also intricate lace work from the top of the gown to her waist where it started being spotted with little lace designs everywhere. The dress even had lace all the way around the bottom and down the long train. The veil she had went all the way to her feet and had lace all around the bottom as well. The dress was extremely flattering to her lithe body, Ginny couldn't help but be struck speechless with how gorgeous she looked. Daphne is right, Harry is one lucky guy to see me coming down the aisle in this dress she thought as she teared up a little with happy tears. "Lady Christine please have this sent to me on the 15th," she said a little teary eyed and went into the dressing room to change.
After she was finished changing she handed her dress to Lady Christine who put it behind the counter like the others and called the boys over.
"Finally it only took 4 hours!" they all grumbled as they got up to stretch their legs and pay for the dresses. They all paid for the dresses except Ron who looked embarassed that his fiancee had to buy her own dress though he was kind of glad with how expensive it was, he definitely didn't have enough money.
"I'm hungry, we should get a snack before continuing shopping," Blaise said as they walked up to Fortesque's ice cream parlor. They all went and got some ice cream and ate it happily as they chatted about the upcoming weddings.
"Alright time for the tuxes" Daphne said happily after they finished and led them to a store called Lord Reginald's and entered.
"Welcome children to Lord Reginald's, I am of course Lord Reginald the great," he said cheerfully in his boisterous voice.
"We're here to get our tuxes for our weddings," Theo said smiling.
"Well very good chaps have fun, you ladies can either join them or sit in our fabulous waiting area," Lord Reginald said.
"I don't trust Ron choosing his own tux, so I'm following him around," Pansy said walking over to him.
"Hey!" Ron said insulted but all the girls decided to follow their guys around to put their says in the matter.
"Now remember Blaise, we wanted you wearing a dark blue tux," Daphne said as she pointed out a group of them.
"Yes I remember Daphne," he said smiling and following her over to the blue tuxes.
"Where are your teal tuxes?" Draco asked Lord Reginald.
"My dear boy they are towards the back," was the reply and Draco and Hermione found the section.
Theo and Harry ended up being the only two with black tuxedos but Harry had a crimson red vest and tie to go with while Theo was wearing a emerald green vest and tie. Draco of course had his teal tux with light forest green vest and tie. Blaise was wearing a navy blue tux with a black vest and navy blue tie. Neville was wearing a white tux with a golden vest and tie and last but not least Ron was wearing a gray tuxedo with a burnt orange vest and tie. The boys all looked smashing and they paid for their tuxes and said good bye to Lord Reginald.
"See that only took an hour at most, why can't you girls be quicker?" Ron asked.
"Wedding dresses are a much bigger deal," Pansy said with a smirk.
"Now where to?" Draco asked.
"Accessory shopping," Ginny said mischievously and lead them to a place called Sheryl's Accessories.
"Welcome to Sheryl's Accessories, I am Sheryl obviously," the woman giggled.
"We're here for our wedding accessories," Astoria said with a smile.
"Of course you are my loves, be free have fun I'll be here if you need me," she said and walked over to the counter to sit down.
The boys walked over to the dress shoes and each grabbed a pair that would match their tuxes and then sat down to wait for the girls.
"Oh which tiara do you think would hold my long veil up the best?" Ginny asked,
"I think this one will go with it perfectly," Hermione said pointing out a rather tall tiara which she knew would keep Ginny's veil from touching the ground too much.
"Oh it is perfect Hermione, thank you," Ginny said smiling as she imagined the tiara with her dress.
"Nice taste Hermione," Daphne said as she looked at the one Hermione was holding, again it was very simple but elegant and would match her dress beautifully.
"Oh thanks I'm more of the simple but elegant style kind of girl," Hermione said smiling.
"I noticed but you do well," Daphne said as she picked out a tiara that was rather flashy, "Me I like the flashier things in life," she said smiling.
"I like to think of myself as a princess which is why I'm picking this tiara," Pansy said and grabbed a very princessy looking tiara. "It'll go great with my dress too," Pansy said winking and smiling.
"Very much so, I think I'll go with this one. The designs kind of look like crescent moons and stars which will go wonderfully with my dress," Luna said dreamily.
"I like this one, the designs are flowers which I like a lot," Astoria said with a smile.
"Great we all have our tiara's now onto jewlery," Daphne said happily.
"I like these crystal moon shaped earrings and this silver chained necklace with a moon pendent on it," Luna said smiling.
"You really like the moon don't you?" Astoria asked.
"Oh yes, I was named after it and my favorite time of the day is when the moon is out, I'm very in tune with it," she replied.
"Well I think it's nice you have something like that," Astoria said as she picked out a matching earring and necklace set. They were silver with a crystal flower on them, "I guess you could say that's me and flowers, they're so pretty. I have my own garden at home and I'm best in Herbology class," Astoria said with a smile.
"So is Neville, that's his best subject," Luna explained.
"Yes, Professor Sprout talks most highly of him," Astoria said.
"I like these," Hermione said as she grabbed a matching earring and necklace set off the shelf. They were silver with a teal tear drop on them, "They'll match the wedding theme too," Hermione said smiling.
"Yes they will, and again simple but elegant," Daphne said with a giggle.
"Well I want these ones," Ginny said smiling as she pulled out a earring and necklace set. They were also silver with red ruby roses on them, "They'll definitely match our theme."
"These earrings and necklace kind of match my tiara," Pansy said as she grabbed the set. They also were silver with a princess cut diamond the size of a dime on them.
"I again like flashy," Daphne said as she grabbed a necklace and earring set that had very large diamonds in them, also silver.
"Now for shoes," Pansy said smirking.
They walked over to the shoes and each went through the rows looking at the shoes after about 10 minutes they all seemed to have found a pair, and walked over to the veils for everyone but Ginny to find one since hers had come with the dress. Afterwards they headed to the counter to pay for everything and the guys, except Ron all paid and then they left the store happily.
"Today has been so fun!" Pansy said happily.
"The most fun I've had in awhile," Hermione admitted even though she generally didn't like shopping.
"Us girls should do shopping trips more often, this has been great and we are all already closer because of it," Ginny said smiling.
"Oh I agree, this has been lovely," Luna said.
"You guys can all go without us next time," Theo said since the guys had been bored most of the day.
"Don't worry we will, next time should be us baby clothes shopping for when we are all pregnant," Daphne said excitedly.
"Oh that would be so fun," Astoria said giddily and the girls all agreed.
"Ok to the owl shop?" Neville asked.
"What for?" Astoria asked.
"So those of us who don't have owls can buy one," Harry replied.
"Oh that sounds like a good idea, so we can all keep in touch after Hogwarts, right?" Astoria asked.
"Yes, that was the idea," Ron said.
"Well can't we just apparate or something, if we wanna see each other?" Daphne asked.
"Yes, but if we are too busy at the time we can owl to make plans and stuff," Ron replied.
"Good point Ron, to Eeylops Owlery we go then," she said with a smile.
"Ok well Blaise, Theo, and I already have owls so we'll come with and pay for our fiancees' owls," Draco said.
"Sounds good, so what kind of owls do you have and what are their names?" Hermione asked.
"Ares is my Eagle owl," Draco said.
"Hades is my Great Sooty owl, that's why he's black," Blaise said.
"Hermes is my Screech owl, I thought naming him Hermes was pretty clever since Hermes was the messenger of the Gods and my owl is my messenger," Theo said laughing a little.
"Oh that is clever," Hermione smiled.
"So you guys all got a Greek God interest?" Daphne asked.
"Yes, we all had to take Greek mythology as kids," Draco said.
When they reached Eeylops they all went to look at all the different owls. "We should all get a different kind of owl and name them after the 12 main Greek Gods and Goddesses," Luna said and everybody thought it was a good idea and agreed.
"Hey Artemis, I can finally take you home," Luna said to the beautiful snowy owl in the window and she hooted happily and went to land on Luna's shoulder.
"I'm going to take this owl, she looks cute and smart. I'll call her Athena," Hermione said happily and grabbed the Little Owl in the middle of the store.
"I like this big guy," Harry said and grabbed the largest owl there.
"Oh we call him Zeus, he's a Eurasian Eagle Owl, one of the largest breeds of owls out there, you can rename him if you like though," the shop keeper said smiling.
"No Zeus is perfect," Harry said and rubbed the chest of Zeus.
"I want this Spotted Owl then and name her Hera," Daphne said.
"Since Luna named her owl Artemis, I'll name my new Barn owl Apollo," Neville said happily.
"I want to name this pretty reddish brown Tawny owl Hestia then," Astoria said smiling.
"I want to name this gorgeous Laughing Owl Aphrodite, because she's the prettiest bird here," Ginny said mostly to her owl as the others rolled their eyes.
"Psh I know Demeter is the last main Goddess but I wanna call this Burrowing owl Persephone instead," Pansy said as she stroked her owl.
"Which leaves this handsome Great Horned owl to be named Poseidon, it's kind of cool because he has blue eyes instead of the normal yellow or orange," Ron said happily. They all went and bought the owls, the cages for them, and lots of owl treats before walking outside.
"We should go out to dinner before returning to Hogwarts," Harry suggested.
"That's a great idea," Ginny said and they all went to the Leaky Cauldron for an early dinner.
"What happened to all your girls' shopping bags from the jewlery store," Blaise asked when he realized none of the girls had them.
"Oh I have an undetectable extension charm on my bag and everybody's bags are in here," Hermione said holding up her small white bag.
"That's amazing Hermione," Blaise said obviously impressed.
"Yeah, we all thought it was an awesome idea, so now she's going to put the charm on all of our purses later since she's the best at spells," Daphne said smiling.
"Oh it's fairly easy really, I'm sure you guys could all do it easily," Hermione said smiling.
The group continued chatting as they ate and after they finished each man paid for their and their fiancee's food and they all flooed back to Hogwarts to relax after a long day of shopping.
A/N: I know this is a little later then I usually update but I was a bit distracted all yesterday and didn't get past Hermione and Draco in the kitchen so I finished it today and since I haven't slept yet and it is now 6:20 AM where I am, I am exhausted but I hope all my time spent typing wasn't a waste. Please review and let me know what you think, btw I'm posting the pictures of the girls' dresses on my profile so please go look at them. I don't think my descriptions of them did them justice but go check them out and let me know how you like them and who's dress is your favorite. I gotta say my favorites are Ginny's and Hermione's lol. :)
