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Well - it's gonna start rolling from here on out - hold on you're your seat, the ride is leaving the station!

It was the night of the Winter Ball and Ginny was astonishingly nervous. The last week the entire school was abuzz with the combined excitement of the dance and the break that started the day afterwards. But Ginny was running around the school like a crazy woman looking up potions and spells. Only Harry knew the real reason.

In the Gryffindor sixth year girls' room, Ginny was getting dressed. The theme of the night was "A Snowfall in December" and everyone was encouraged to dress semi-formally. This meant that anyone could wear their dress robe; suits or dresses were also acceptable. Ginny decided that she would be wearing a beautiful blue dress that Hermione had given her when she outgrew it. Ginny was average height and thin, and Hermione had grown to be rather tall and somewhat curvy, so Ginny was lucky enough to have a number of pretty dresses inherited from Hermione.

This night she knew that a simple muggle dress would not be sufficient. Ginny had placed many charms on the dress and as she stood in front of her mirror she knew that Draco and her brother would be shocked. She had severely altered the dress… it was now strapless with a plunging back. The skirt had many layers of cloud-like chiffon around it, and it was a magnificent shade of dark blue. The color made the pale shade of her skin and her red hair stand out beautifully. Ginny stared at herself as she attempted to get her hair to do something. Much unlike Hermione's hair, which was large and difficult to manage, Ginny's hair was thin and straight. She decided that she needed Hermione's help, so she opened the door to leave her room when she heard a knock at the window.

As Ginny opened the window, a large regal-looking black owl swooped into her room, dropped off a small package, screeched loudly, and immediately left through the window it entered. "Well, that was certainly a mean bird! I can guess pretty well who its owner is."

Once again her stomach did a nauseating flip. While she was certainly excited to shock her brother (there's no harm in a little prank right?) and get back at Malfoy, she was still very nervous. This was defiantly not something Ginny would normally do. As Ginny opened the box, a wonderfully intoxicating smell perfumed the room… it was a mixture of vanilla and exotic flowers. Ginny felt her head spin and looked inside the box, there was a beautiful corsage inside. It had amazingly large red roses in the middle with dark blue roses surrounding them. Inside the box the was a note that read, "I am so glad you accepted my invitation. Tonight will certainly be a memorable one. I have bewitched the corsage to match your dress, I hope you like it. - Draco"

Ginny certainly did like it, but she didn't have much time to think about it if she wanted to get her hair done. She grabbed a pair of gloves, cast a spell to make them opera length and match her dress, slipped the corsage over her wrist and ran to Hermione's room.

"Hermione, you look great!" said Lavender.
"Thanks, so do you!"
"Ron's sure going be impressed tonight!"
"Listen for the last time, I am not gong to the Ball with Ron. Harry, Ron and I are all going together - as a group - as friends!"
Lavender laughed, "That's what you're saying now, but you wait… it'll change!"
Pavarti butted in "Just so long as you don't hog both Ron and Harry! How about this, I'll take Harry off your hands for you, and you can enjoy Ron all by yourself!" The girls all laughed. "Seriously, though," said Hermione, "I really don't fancy either of them." "Your loss" said both Lavender and Pavarti.


There was a knock on the door and a beautiful redhead burst in…
"Hermione you need to help me with my hair!" said Ginny.
All of the fifth year girls surrounded Ginny "oohing" and "aahing".
"Ginny you look wonderful! You must have put a lot of work into this dress… you must really like Mr. E.!"
Ginny had never told anyone, besides Harry, who her date was, so they had taken to calling her date Mr. E. (mystery… get it…ha ha) "Thanks for the compliment, but my hair!" said Ginny pointing to her styleless hair.


"Oh, well… hmmm…." Hermione took out her wand and pointed it at Ginny's head. Ginny closed her eyes as Hermione said, "Ventsu!" Ginny felt her hair move, and when she looked at herself in Hermione's mirror she saw that her hair was lengthened and in tight spiral curls cascading down her back. "Ohh, one last thing, "said Hermione. "Flora aparum!" At that tiny dark blue flower buds appeared within her curls.

"Wow, Hermione, thank you so much. I'm amazed!"
"No, problem, but why are you even caring? It's just the same guys we've seen day in and day out!"
"Hermione, after tonight, nothing will be the same!"

Ginny was right, more than she knew.



As the girls left their room, they looked down into the common room and caught a glimpse of Harry and Ron. At that moment both girls thought, "No, I need to stop thinking of him like that!"

Coming down the stairs, the loud click of the girls' heels alerted Harry and Ron of their approach. "Whoa," said Harry. Ron did a double take. Both girls looked absolutely ravishing, but he had to admit he was astounded with his sister. When did she grow up so much? He didn't like the way some of the other guys in the common room were looking at her.

Harry went up to Ginny and offered his arm. "Can I escort you to the Great Hall?" "Sure!" giggled Ginny. Ron and Hermione followed suit.
"So, are you ready?" whispered Harry to Ginny.
Ginny gulped. "Ready as I'll every be, I guess."
"You can always back out and just go with me. You don't have to go through with it."
"Harry, I don't have to but I need to! Besides, it'll be fun. Just imagine the look on his face!"
"Okay… well here we go!"

They entered the Great Hall and everyone looked to see who the beautiful girl entering with Harry was … there were whispers of "That's couldn't be Ginny Weasley" and "I thought she had given up on that!"
Ginny didn't even let the words phase her. She had a mission. She sat down at the table Harry had led her to, when she felt someone standing behind her.
"I'll take her from here, Potter."
Ginny gave a quick wink to Harry before turning around to see none other than Draco Malfoy.
"Hello, Draco. Thank you for your invitation and the lovely corsage." Draco stepped back and paused a second before saying anything. He was obviously expecting some sort of insult, and most certainly not thanks! "Uh, don't mention it."

As Ron went to find Harry and his sister, he stood shocked in belief. "Hermione, please tell me I am not seeing what I think I am." Hermione turned around to see Draco sweeping Ginny away and onto the dance floor. "Wh-what?" The two ran over to Harry and started hitting him with questions "Why -why didn't you stop her? What is he doing with MY sister?" said Ron. "She said she wanted to, there was nothing I could do!" "Harry, you have got to be joking! He's evil! He must be up to something!"
Harry just turned away to hide his smile. No doubt Malfoy was up to something, but he was sure that Ginny would beat him to it!





For most of the night, Ginny found herself dodging Malfoy's multiple come-ons by flinging cute sayings back at him. She was slightly shocked… Malfoy was certainly no gentleman, but he wasn't his usual horrid self. And he could really dance!
"So, Ginny, wanna find a nice little corner and get to know each other a little better?" Malfoy joked. Or at least, Ginny HOPED Malfoy was joking.
"In your dreams, Draco."
"Oh, you better believe it."
Yuck-yuck-yuck!!! Ginny didn't even want to think about what might be going on in Malfoy's dreams, but she held her revulsion in, smiled and laughed. She was definitely flirting with him, and he was loving it.

As the last song ended and a new slower song came on Ron muttered several curse words under his breath.
"I'm going to kill him." Ginny's appearance with Malfoy was obviously ruining Ron's night. "I can't believe it, he must have put a spell on her or something." said Ron angrily. It didn't help that Draco kept sneering at Harry, Ron, and Hermione while getting a little closer to Ginny.
Several times Ron jumped up in an attempt to get Malfoy's slimy hands off his little sister, but each time Harry pulled him and Hermione scolded him.
"Ron, she's 17 years old, she can do what she wants." said Harry. "Oh no she can't! Especially not if it involves HIM!" Harry sat back and looked away from Ron, trying to suppress a laugh. This was exactly what Ginny wanted.
Hermione caught the end of a laugh from Harry, which he abruptly tried to turn into a cough.

"Ron, can we trust you alone for 2 minutes?" said Hermione. "Harry want to dance?"
"Uh… okay." He said and looked at Ron, who was obviously not any happier being left alone while his best friends danced. "Ron, have fun…go find someone to dance with instead of just sitting here and brooding." Harry said while getting up. Ron obviously didn't like that idea much, because he just sat there and waited.

"Harry, what is she up to?" Well, Hermione certainly got to the point.




Well, it's getting more interesting… I have a pretty neat plan worked out for what Ginny's going to do to Draco (and maybe what Draco might try to do to Ginny.) Nothing sexual involved, really… it just sounds that way! If you have any suggestions, hit the little button to the lower left-hand part of the page that says "Submit review!" I'd love to hear from anyone and everyone!