Chapter 13 : Good Ol' Hogsmeade

"Its great to be back here!" Harry and Ron were walking together, trying to find costumes (and dates) for the Halloween Ball. "Yeah, I love this place. It brings back ... uh ... memories." Ron had trouble finding words with the whole "Hermione and Draco" thing going on. Harry was still in shock at Hermione and his conversation the day before. "Harry!" He turned around to see Lavendar Brown looking at him. "Oh, hey Lavendar." Harry asked. "Well, I was wondering, if you would maybe like to go with me to the ball?" Lavendar asked quietly. "Sure! I'd love to!" Harry replied shocked at himself. He didn't exactly like her but they were friends. "Oh and Ron? Will you go with Parvati (sp)?" Lavendar asked turning to Ron with a big smile on her face. "Okay." Ron replied in an emotionless voice. Lavendar turned and ran over to Parvati where they both started giggling and looking over at the two boys. "Women." Ron muttered. Harry laughed.

"Hey girls, what shall we go as for the ball?" Ron asked walking up behind Parvati, whispering in her ear and grabbing her around the waist. She giggled and replied, "Well, I was thinking that you and I could go as Aeriel and Eric from The Little Mermaid. But only if that's ok with you." "Sounds great. Well, we better go find you a nice shell-bra!" Ron laughed and they walked off together. "What should we go as?" Harry asked in a low whisper. "How about ... um ... Snow White and Prince Charming?" she replied smiling widely. "That sounds great." They turned and walked off hand -in - hand.

"Well now, Cinderella. We need to find you a ball gown." Draco whispered in her ear as he drew her closer towards him. "And we need to find you, Prince Charming, a nie tuxedo and black hair dye." Hermione replied with a devilish grin on her face. Draco couldn't help laughing. Neither of them could picture him with black hair.

By the end of the day Harry had found a white tuxedo and black hair day. He had bought contacts for his emerald green eyes. Lavendar also bought black hair dye, a yellow, red, blue, and white dress, makeup to make her face pale, and charcoal black eyeliner.

Ron found black hair dye. He also bought a white button down (he would rip it to give it the "I'm not poor, just denying who I really am" look) and brown khaki's (he'd cut the bottoms off to make them capri-ish). Parvati bought red hair dye, purple "shell" bra, and a green mer-fin.

As for our Cinderella and her Prince Charming, he bought black hair dye and a tuxedo. Cinderella bought an elegant white ballroom gown. She also bought "pearls".