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Dress occurs in Goblet of Fire
Dress…
Pansy is clingy, almost annoyingly so. Draco regrets coming, but then he is a Malfoy and is therefore obliged to come to these sorts of things to keep up his image of wealth and power. Couples are arriving, Draco spots Longbottom and the Weasley girl coming through the door with one of the twins – Fred, he believes – coming in behind with Johnson, the Gryffindor catcher. Several girls from Beauxbatons have snagged dates from both Durmstrang and Hogwarts, while others appear to be going with boys from their own school.
Draco sneers when he sees Weasley dressed in his ridiculous set of dress robes, with a Ravenclaw girl that he recognizes from one of his classes. The poor girl is obviously embarrassed to be there, but not as much as Weasley himself, who's face is so red that it looks like the boy is about to spontaneously combust any second now.
Just then, the musicians pick up their instruments and begin to play a slightly upbeat song as the Triwizard Champions start to come in.
And Draco's mouth goes absolutely dry at the sight of Hariah Potter.
Dressed in a green and silver gown ("Slytherin colours," his mind whispers to him), Potter's hair has finally been tamed and is held back by a golden clasp showing off her long neck. Her glasses are gone, revealing her eyes – had they always been that green? – accented by just a hint of make up. Leading her by the arm is the other Weasley twin, George, who flashes a grin at both of his brothers, whose jaws drop.
Instantly, Draco is reminded of what he muttered to her sleeping form in the hospital wing during their first year.
"You're not pretty," he had said. And he was right.
Potter isn't pretty. Pretty was for things like butterflies and children's crayon artwork.
Potter isn't pretty. Potter is beautiful.
And that is when Draco realizes that it is going to take a very, very long time for him to get the image of the youngest Triwizard Champion in that dress out of his mind.
