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Spirit of the Wind
Chapter Six: An Interesting Proposal On One Hand And A Disappointment On The Other.
A/N: Please I need more reviews! If you are interested in becoming one of mah pre-readers you need to review. There are only 3 spots, and one is already filled, bringing your chances down to 2. So if this interests you review, and I'll make mah choice in future chapters. Ty!
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Daisy-chan
Kirone looked up at the old man. It was Dumbledore. His eyes held none of their original twinkle as he looked at her through his half-moon spectacles. Dumbledore put his finger underneath the sobbing girl's chin and tilted her head up so she was looking at him. "Chin up, dearheart. All is not lost." She looked up at him questioningly, but the old man only winked and smiled. "Now, now…" he tuttered, wiping the tears from her porcelain face, "We can't have that……there's a ball tomorrow…" Kirone mentally slapped herself. The Halloween Ball, of course! It had completely slipped her mind…she abandoned her scattered thoughts as he spoke again, "…and if I'm not mistaken there's a special boy whom you might want to go with…" "But how…?!" She had thought they had kept their relationship a secret. He winked, "Let's just say a little birdie told me." Kirone smiled. She felt so comfortable around Dumbledore. He was like a grandfather to her. She stood up and helped the man to do so as well. They walked up the worn paths to the massive castle, side by side, in comfortable silence. Then he spoke again "Now, about Divination…" Kirone turned scarlet and was about to apologize when Dumbledore raised a hand to silence her. "Seeing as how you excused yourself from class without permission you will still lose house points, but……seeing as how you have prior knowledge and acquaintances………I believe we can omit you from Divination, and instead you will have a special class, designed just for you to help you train and exercise your ::ahem:: 'powers'." The young girl's face radiated joy. "Oh thank you, Albus!" she exclaimed, unconsciously using his first name. She threw herself at him and hugged the surprised man fiercely. He patted her back gently and smiled down at her. She stepped back and gave him a lop- sided smile, "I've really enjoyed talking with you……thanks." She pecked him lightly on the forehead then turned and ran inside.
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Kirone ran right to her common room and flung the portal door open, after practically screaming the password, 'Chocolate Frogs'. She ran straight into her dorm, where all of her room mates were getting ready for dinner, "DiD aNy Of YoU kNoW tHaT tHe HaLlOwEeN BaLl Is ToMoRrOw?!" She shrieked, causing everyone down in the common room to wince. They all stared at her in surprise, and then their mouths dropped open in shock. They had forgotten as well, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The horrified screams of four teenage girls echoed through out the whole Gryffindor tower and even out into the hall, startling the Fat Lady. The sounds of chaos reached the people in the common room as the girls ran to their closets trying to find the perfect thing to wear, they even looked through each other's rejects. Even Kirone couldn't do anything with her magic, She could only make a person wear something that they already owned. [A/N: Kind of like having your clothes apparate. Though that's not what she does (just for the record) because someone KINDLY reminded me that you can't apparate of deapparate on Hogwarts grounds.] Defeated and depressed the quartet of girls sulked down to the common room. Everyone desperately scrambled to get out of their way, as the girls made their way to the center of the room. They flopped down and laid, sprawled across couches and chairs, and continue to sob hysterically and whimper. [A/N: yes even Hermoine o.O She's very girly in mah story!] Everyone else stared in silence until Ron timidly spoke up, "Well……there is a Hogsmeade trip tonight…" Surprise and pure happiness exploded on the girls' faces. They all rushed towards the bewildered redhead, showering him with hugs and kissed. "We love you Ron!" Angelina exclaimed, girlishly. Kirone and Hermoine followed suit and echoed, together, "You're our hero!" causing everyone to burst into laughter. Kirone and Angelina lifted Ron onto their shoulders and paraded him about with Katie and Hermoine cheering behind them. Hermoine screamed suddenly, "WE HAVE TO GET READY!" The girls unceremoniously dropped Ron right on his bum, and stampeded up the stairway into their room. "Bloody hell!" Ron muttered. Harry broke the awkward silence, "Woah…that was scary…"
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The quartet of giggling girls lounged on bar stools and sipped Butterbears. "So do any of you guys have dates yet?" Hermione asked mischievously. Angelina piped up, "I'm going with Fred……AND George!" Everyone giggled. Katie blushed shyly, "Lee asked me……" Everyone grinned. "Wait a minute! Who are you going with 'Mione?!" Kirone asked incredulously. Now it was Hermione's turn to blush, "I'mgonnagowithron…………" Everyone paused to figure out what she had said. Angelina figured it out first, "You're going to the ball with RON!?" She exclaimed. Katie and Kirone gasped, and Hermione blushed even more, "Keep your voice down Angie!" She pleaded in embarrassment. "Good for you, girl!" Katie praised. They talked a few more minutes about what they were going to wear when Kirone suddenly blurted out…"Oliver hasn't asked me, yet……" The group froze. They had all assumed……I mean with the looks they gave each other………"WHAT?!" Hermoine shrieked in surprise. Angelina had her hands clenched in fists and looked ready to kill, and Kirone just stared at her hands in her lap. Katie stayed relatively calm,, and she pushed both of the crazy girls back into their seats, and then leaned towards Kirone, placing her hands on top of Kirone's. "I'm sure he's just waiting for the best opportunity…" "Like hell he is……" Angelina muttered. Katie's voice was warm and assuring, but Kirone was not to be dissuaded. She just shook her head and sighed. A figure pulled away from the shadows and moved to stand, unnoticed, beside Kirone's stool. "Hello ladies…" a lazy voice drawled. The girls looked up sharply in surprise only to come face to face with Draco Malfoy. "What are YOU doing here?!" Hermoine spat. Malfoy resisted the urge to insult the Mudblood, and kept his tone level and even. "I'm not here to talk to you, Granger. I'm here for Kiri." Kirone looked up at him and smiled indifferently, "I'm listening……" "May we go to somewhere more………private?" "No we may not, whatever you have to say you may say in front of all of us Draco." Malfoy frowned slightly, then sighed. "Will you go to the Halloween Ball with me?" Whatever Kirone had been expecting, this was not it. Her face turned to shock. He smirked slightly at her cute expression, but clamed up at the murderous glances he received from her friends. Kirone tried to regain her composure, "But…but I……I'm……Oliver………I'm going with Oliver………!" She stammered. Malfoy smirked and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "But he hasn't asked you yet has he……?" Kirone's eyes went wide as did the others'. They had heard him as well. He straightened and turned to leave. "You know where to find me…" He called back over his shoulder, then he disappeared out the door without even rustling his black cloak. Kirone let out an exasperated sigh and fell back against the bar counter in exhaustion. Just then the boys came tumbling in after a successful trip to Zonko's. Oliver's arms encircled her waist and he kissed her cheek. Kirone tensed, and looked at Hermione who was about to tell Wood about their previous encounter. Her eyes widened, catching Hermione's attention, and minutely shook her head. Hermione looked at her, puzzled, but nodded her affirmative leaning over to inform Angelina and Katie. They both nodded and gave Kirone a look that told her she was going to have to explain once they got back to their rooms. Kirone pecked Oliver lightly on the cheek and then sat down in his lap. The group talked together for awhile longer before the bartender informed them that it was almost curfew. They stood and pulled on their winter cloaks and gloves and tied their Hogwarts colored scarves around their exposed faces and necks. They chatted amiably all the way to Hogwarts, but Oliver still hadn't mentioned ANYTHING about the ball. Once inside the mighty castle, some of their group including Hannah Abbott (Dean Thomas's date for the ball) and Cho Chang (Harry's date for the ball) broke off to go to their respective dorms, leaving only the Gryffindors. Still not a word about the ball from Oliver. Kirone could feel the stares of her friends, but refused to acknowledge what they meant. Instead she buried her head into Oliver's coat, just in case it was their last time together.
It's always a good thing to plan for the worst Kirone thought grimly.
Once they reached their common room, Kirone flitted about Oliver for awhile in hopes that he would ask her, but he did not. She wanted to lay down and cry her heart out, but her friends knew that she would regret it later, so they took her by her shoulders and propelled her over to the table-tennis table, [A/N: o.O that sounded weird…] and soon Kirone was immersed in an intense game of mini-tennis. After playing a mini-tournament for min- tennis, [A/N: hehehehe] Katie, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to work on Divination homework. Kirone chuckled. At least she wouldn't have to put up with that old bat's mindless psychobabble. Angelina, Lee, Fred, and George settled down to play Exploding Snap, and Kirone found that she and Oliver were the only ones left in the common room that were not occupied. Oliver moved towards her "Hey do you wanna……" "Actually Oliver, I'm quite tired……I think I'm gonna go up to bed." Her tone was cool and crisp. She felt like hitting him for not asking her. He moved to kiss her goodnight, but Kirone ducked out of his arms and ran up the stairs. Oliver was quick on her heels, she raced into her dorm and turned. She was able to see the hurt look on his sharp features, just before she slammed the door in his face. She slid down the door and hugged her knees to her chest. She could barely hear him talking to her from the other side of the heavy oak door and his voice was very muffled. "Kitten what's wrong……?" When she did not answer, he thankfully gave up and went back down to the common room. Kirone pulled herself away from the door and flung herself down onto her bed. Soon she settled into a fitful sleep.
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Kirone had awoken many times during the night until finally settling into a blissful, dreamless slumber. She slept in well past breakfast AND lunch, and only awoke because of Hermoine shaking her. "Is it breakfast time already…" She mumbled incoherently. "Kirone!? It's almost dinner time!" "Almost dinner time?" Kirone questioned sleepily, and rolled back over. "Well……then tell me when it IS dinner time……I figure I've got about another good 20 min. before I'm actually required to be in the Great Hall…………" She trailed off, becoming sleepy. Hermoine shook her again, "Kirone! The ball starts in less than 2 hours! You have to get ready!" This brought Kirone out of Dreamland. "What's the point?" she sulked, "I have no one to go with anyway." Hermoine kicked her roughly out of bed, "If I'm going then you have to go!" Kirone untangled herself from her sheets and slumped over to the washroom. Hermoine smiled as the sounds of Kirone banging her head on the wall echoed out into the dorm. Then the sound of running water could be heard. Twenty minutes later a sopping wet pixie re- entered the room. "SQUEAKY CLEAN!" Kirone hollered to Hermione. Hermione just laughed and performed a quick drying spell on the wet girl's hair. Hermione noticed that Kirone was still wearing her partially translucent pink nighty that reached just above her knees. "Why are you still in your pajama's?" She asked her friend curiously. "Oh! So that when I put makeup on and stuff, I won't get it on my dress." "That's a good idea!" Hermione replied, and went to change into her pajamas. When she re-entered she was wearing a dark, emerald green, silky nighty, that reached to about the middle of her shins. Kirone stood up and guided her to the stool in front of her vanity. Kirone spritzed a bit of de-tangling spray into Hermione's bushy mane of sepia colored hair, and charmed a brush to constantly go through it, and repeated the same process with her own hair. After about 5 minutes, Kirone made the brushes stop and moved so she was standing behind Hermione. "So……what do you want done?" "Umm……surprise me?" Kirone smiled. "Can do. What color is your dress?" "Dark green." Rooting through her potion's bag she pulled out a few herbs, and a box full of different colors of sand. Kirone mixed little pieces of the herbs together in a vial, and then mixed together one pinch of black sand and two pinches of white sand, and added a cup of water. Taking out her cauldron spoon she stirred the mixture three times to the left, one time to the right, and then twice again to the left. The potion turned to a murky greenish blue color that Hermione didn't quite trust. "You're not going to use that on my hair are you?" Kirone scoffed "Of course!" Then she dipped the tip of her wand into the potion, and stated her spell.
[Krivala Luminous]
Placing the end of her wand on the edge of Hermione's hairline, she trailed it back along the length of her hair, leaving an emerald green streak. Kirone rolled her eyes as Hermione guffawed. When she was done there were several streaks on the top layer and some barely seen on the bottom layer. Then she tapped on the top of 'Mione's head and pulled it up in a spiraling flourish. The sleek brown hair twisted tightly and coiled like snakes, forming great spirals and coils on top of her head with beautiful streaks of emerald.
Just then Katie and Angelina came in, and were instructed to change into their pajamas. After 'ooing' and 'aahing' at Hermione's fab hair-do Kirone agreed to repeat the process on them as well. The final masterpieces matched their owner's dresses as well. Kat's blonde hair was streaked with a deep, rich, violet. The front part of her hair was braided into two French-braids, and the back part was pulled up into a ponytail comprised of many smaller braids. Angie's dark brown hair was streaked with bright red highlights. The front part of her hair was pulled back into a loose braid that formed around her head like a crown and was left down, and curled in waves. Lastly Kirone's own silvery tresses were streaked with a deep navy blue. The front part was pulled into small, tight, rows of braids, and held in place with small black flower clips. The rest was left down and was crimped. The result was breathtaking. Everyone thought that, Kirone's hair-do was by far the best, and Katie jokingly whined that she had saved the best hair-do for herself.
Before they knew it an hour had passed and they scrambled to get into their dresses. Hermione was wearing a long flowing emerald gown with golden trim. It had a modest box-cut neckline and full-length sleeves. [A/N: Think Fiona's dress form Shrek ^_~] It was decorated with small golden balls and emeralds. Angelina's dress was a bright red, and made of a silky material. The dress had thin spaghetti straps that crossed in the front and back. It reached to mid-calf and had a slit in the back the reached to just above her knees. It was unadorned except for a medium-sized ruby that held the straps of her dress together. Katie was wearing a short cocktail dress of dark violet that was decorated with spirals of small rectangular beads that clicked and rustled with her every movement. Finally Kirone finished changing and turned shyly to face the expectant faces of her friends. Her dress was a silky, metallic, navy color that clung to her every curve with a slit on each side that reached mid-thigh. It was strapless and unadorned, but beautiful none the less. Katie gasped, startling everyone "We have to go, we only have 10 minutes left to get to the Great Hall!" "LET'S GO!"
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Thanks for reading! I 'm gonna have the whole ball in the next chapter. I'm hoping to get it up tomorrow. [Crosses fingers]
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Also read my other story 'Black Moon: Another Ending. I'm so-writing it with my school buddy Pluto_Time, and the story is on her file as well.
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Daisy-chan
[ ] = spell
" "= talking
Disclaimer: Yes I own everything, Mwahahahahahahahaha.
Note: If you believe me than you're fruitier than Hawaiian Punch!
Spirit of the Wind
Chapter Six: An Interesting Proposal On One Hand And A Disappointment On The Other.
A/N: Please I need more reviews! If you are interested in becoming one of mah pre-readers you need to review. There are only 3 spots, and one is already filled, bringing your chances down to 2. So if this interests you review, and I'll make mah choice in future chapters. Ty!
(^ ^)
Daisy-chan
Kirone looked up at the old man. It was Dumbledore. His eyes held none of their original twinkle as he looked at her through his half-moon spectacles. Dumbledore put his finger underneath the sobbing girl's chin and tilted her head up so she was looking at him. "Chin up, dearheart. All is not lost." She looked up at him questioningly, but the old man only winked and smiled. "Now, now…" he tuttered, wiping the tears from her porcelain face, "We can't have that……there's a ball tomorrow…" Kirone mentally slapped herself. The Halloween Ball, of course! It had completely slipped her mind…she abandoned her scattered thoughts as he spoke again, "…and if I'm not mistaken there's a special boy whom you might want to go with…" "But how…?!" She had thought they had kept their relationship a secret. He winked, "Let's just say a little birdie told me." Kirone smiled. She felt so comfortable around Dumbledore. He was like a grandfather to her. She stood up and helped the man to do so as well. They walked up the worn paths to the massive castle, side by side, in comfortable silence. Then he spoke again "Now, about Divination…" Kirone turned scarlet and was about to apologize when Dumbledore raised a hand to silence her. "Seeing as how you excused yourself from class without permission you will still lose house points, but……seeing as how you have prior knowledge and acquaintances………I believe we can omit you from Divination, and instead you will have a special class, designed just for you to help you train and exercise your ::ahem:: 'powers'." The young girl's face radiated joy. "Oh thank you, Albus!" she exclaimed, unconsciously using his first name. She threw herself at him and hugged the surprised man fiercely. He patted her back gently and smiled down at her. She stepped back and gave him a lop- sided smile, "I've really enjoyed talking with you……thanks." She pecked him lightly on the forehead then turned and ran inside.
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Kirone ran right to her common room and flung the portal door open, after practically screaming the password, 'Chocolate Frogs'. She ran straight into her dorm, where all of her room mates were getting ready for dinner, "DiD aNy Of YoU kNoW tHaT tHe HaLlOwEeN BaLl Is ToMoRrOw?!" She shrieked, causing everyone down in the common room to wince. They all stared at her in surprise, and then their mouths dropped open in shock. They had forgotten as well, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The horrified screams of four teenage girls echoed through out the whole Gryffindor tower and even out into the hall, startling the Fat Lady. The sounds of chaos reached the people in the common room as the girls ran to their closets trying to find the perfect thing to wear, they even looked through each other's rejects. Even Kirone couldn't do anything with her magic, She could only make a person wear something that they already owned. [A/N: Kind of like having your clothes apparate. Though that's not what she does (just for the record) because someone KINDLY reminded me that you can't apparate of deapparate on Hogwarts grounds.] Defeated and depressed the quartet of girls sulked down to the common room. Everyone desperately scrambled to get out of their way, as the girls made their way to the center of the room. They flopped down and laid, sprawled across couches and chairs, and continue to sob hysterically and whimper. [A/N: yes even Hermoine o.O She's very girly in mah story!] Everyone else stared in silence until Ron timidly spoke up, "Well……there is a Hogsmeade trip tonight…" Surprise and pure happiness exploded on the girls' faces. They all rushed towards the bewildered redhead, showering him with hugs and kissed. "We love you Ron!" Angelina exclaimed, girlishly. Kirone and Hermoine followed suit and echoed, together, "You're our hero!" causing everyone to burst into laughter. Kirone and Angelina lifted Ron onto their shoulders and paraded him about with Katie and Hermoine cheering behind them. Hermoine screamed suddenly, "WE HAVE TO GET READY!" The girls unceremoniously dropped Ron right on his bum, and stampeded up the stairway into their room. "Bloody hell!" Ron muttered. Harry broke the awkward silence, "Woah…that was scary…"
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The quartet of giggling girls lounged on bar stools and sipped Butterbears. "So do any of you guys have dates yet?" Hermione asked mischievously. Angelina piped up, "I'm going with Fred……AND George!" Everyone giggled. Katie blushed shyly, "Lee asked me……" Everyone grinned. "Wait a minute! Who are you going with 'Mione?!" Kirone asked incredulously. Now it was Hermione's turn to blush, "I'mgonnagowithron…………" Everyone paused to figure out what she had said. Angelina figured it out first, "You're going to the ball with RON!?" She exclaimed. Katie and Kirone gasped, and Hermione blushed even more, "Keep your voice down Angie!" She pleaded in embarrassment. "Good for you, girl!" Katie praised. They talked a few more minutes about what they were going to wear when Kirone suddenly blurted out…"Oliver hasn't asked me, yet……" The group froze. They had all assumed……I mean with the looks they gave each other………"WHAT?!" Hermoine shrieked in surprise. Angelina had her hands clenched in fists and looked ready to kill, and Kirone just stared at her hands in her lap. Katie stayed relatively calm,, and she pushed both of the crazy girls back into their seats, and then leaned towards Kirone, placing her hands on top of Kirone's. "I'm sure he's just waiting for the best opportunity…" "Like hell he is……" Angelina muttered. Katie's voice was warm and assuring, but Kirone was not to be dissuaded. She just shook her head and sighed. A figure pulled away from the shadows and moved to stand, unnoticed, beside Kirone's stool. "Hello ladies…" a lazy voice drawled. The girls looked up sharply in surprise only to come face to face with Draco Malfoy. "What are YOU doing here?!" Hermoine spat. Malfoy resisted the urge to insult the Mudblood, and kept his tone level and even. "I'm not here to talk to you, Granger. I'm here for Kiri." Kirone looked up at him and smiled indifferently, "I'm listening……" "May we go to somewhere more………private?" "No we may not, whatever you have to say you may say in front of all of us Draco." Malfoy frowned slightly, then sighed. "Will you go to the Halloween Ball with me?" Whatever Kirone had been expecting, this was not it. Her face turned to shock. He smirked slightly at her cute expression, but clamed up at the murderous glances he received from her friends. Kirone tried to regain her composure, "But…but I……I'm……Oliver………I'm going with Oliver………!" She stammered. Malfoy smirked and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "But he hasn't asked you yet has he……?" Kirone's eyes went wide as did the others'. They had heard him as well. He straightened and turned to leave. "You know where to find me…" He called back over his shoulder, then he disappeared out the door without even rustling his black cloak. Kirone let out an exasperated sigh and fell back against the bar counter in exhaustion. Just then the boys came tumbling in after a successful trip to Zonko's. Oliver's arms encircled her waist and he kissed her cheek. Kirone tensed, and looked at Hermione who was about to tell Wood about their previous encounter. Her eyes widened, catching Hermione's attention, and minutely shook her head. Hermione looked at her, puzzled, but nodded her affirmative leaning over to inform Angelina and Katie. They both nodded and gave Kirone a look that told her she was going to have to explain once they got back to their rooms. Kirone pecked Oliver lightly on the cheek and then sat down in his lap. The group talked together for awhile longer before the bartender informed them that it was almost curfew. They stood and pulled on their winter cloaks and gloves and tied their Hogwarts colored scarves around their exposed faces and necks. They chatted amiably all the way to Hogwarts, but Oliver still hadn't mentioned ANYTHING about the ball. Once inside the mighty castle, some of their group including Hannah Abbott (Dean Thomas's date for the ball) and Cho Chang (Harry's date for the ball) broke off to go to their respective dorms, leaving only the Gryffindors. Still not a word about the ball from Oliver. Kirone could feel the stares of her friends, but refused to acknowledge what they meant. Instead she buried her head into Oliver's coat, just in case it was their last time together.
It's always a good thing to plan for the worst Kirone thought grimly.
Once they reached their common room, Kirone flitted about Oliver for awhile in hopes that he would ask her, but he did not. She wanted to lay down and cry her heart out, but her friends knew that she would regret it later, so they took her by her shoulders and propelled her over to the table-tennis table, [A/N: o.O that sounded weird…] and soon Kirone was immersed in an intense game of mini-tennis. After playing a mini-tournament for min- tennis, [A/N: hehehehe] Katie, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to work on Divination homework. Kirone chuckled. At least she wouldn't have to put up with that old bat's mindless psychobabble. Angelina, Lee, Fred, and George settled down to play Exploding Snap, and Kirone found that she and Oliver were the only ones left in the common room that were not occupied. Oliver moved towards her "Hey do you wanna……" "Actually Oliver, I'm quite tired……I think I'm gonna go up to bed." Her tone was cool and crisp. She felt like hitting him for not asking her. He moved to kiss her goodnight, but Kirone ducked out of his arms and ran up the stairs. Oliver was quick on her heels, she raced into her dorm and turned. She was able to see the hurt look on his sharp features, just before she slammed the door in his face. She slid down the door and hugged her knees to her chest. She could barely hear him talking to her from the other side of the heavy oak door and his voice was very muffled. "Kitten what's wrong……?" When she did not answer, he thankfully gave up and went back down to the common room. Kirone pulled herself away from the door and flung herself down onto her bed. Soon she settled into a fitful sleep.
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Kirone had awoken many times during the night until finally settling into a blissful, dreamless slumber. She slept in well past breakfast AND lunch, and only awoke because of Hermoine shaking her. "Is it breakfast time already…" She mumbled incoherently. "Kirone!? It's almost dinner time!" "Almost dinner time?" Kirone questioned sleepily, and rolled back over. "Well……then tell me when it IS dinner time……I figure I've got about another good 20 min. before I'm actually required to be in the Great Hall…………" She trailed off, becoming sleepy. Hermoine shook her again, "Kirone! The ball starts in less than 2 hours! You have to get ready!" This brought Kirone out of Dreamland. "What's the point?" she sulked, "I have no one to go with anyway." Hermoine kicked her roughly out of bed, "If I'm going then you have to go!" Kirone untangled herself from her sheets and slumped over to the washroom. Hermoine smiled as the sounds of Kirone banging her head on the wall echoed out into the dorm. Then the sound of running water could be heard. Twenty minutes later a sopping wet pixie re- entered the room. "SQUEAKY CLEAN!" Kirone hollered to Hermione. Hermione just laughed and performed a quick drying spell on the wet girl's hair. Hermione noticed that Kirone was still wearing her partially translucent pink nighty that reached just above her knees. "Why are you still in your pajama's?" She asked her friend curiously. "Oh! So that when I put makeup on and stuff, I won't get it on my dress." "That's a good idea!" Hermione replied, and went to change into her pajamas. When she re-entered she was wearing a dark, emerald green, silky nighty, that reached to about the middle of her shins. Kirone stood up and guided her to the stool in front of her vanity. Kirone spritzed a bit of de-tangling spray into Hermione's bushy mane of sepia colored hair, and charmed a brush to constantly go through it, and repeated the same process with her own hair. After about 5 minutes, Kirone made the brushes stop and moved so she was standing behind Hermione. "So……what do you want done?" "Umm……surprise me?" Kirone smiled. "Can do. What color is your dress?" "Dark green." Rooting through her potion's bag she pulled out a few herbs, and a box full of different colors of sand. Kirone mixed little pieces of the herbs together in a vial, and then mixed together one pinch of black sand and two pinches of white sand, and added a cup of water. Taking out her cauldron spoon she stirred the mixture three times to the left, one time to the right, and then twice again to the left. The potion turned to a murky greenish blue color that Hermione didn't quite trust. "You're not going to use that on my hair are you?" Kirone scoffed "Of course!" Then she dipped the tip of her wand into the potion, and stated her spell.
[Krivala Luminous]
Placing the end of her wand on the edge of Hermione's hairline, she trailed it back along the length of her hair, leaving an emerald green streak. Kirone rolled her eyes as Hermione guffawed. When she was done there were several streaks on the top layer and some barely seen on the bottom layer. Then she tapped on the top of 'Mione's head and pulled it up in a spiraling flourish. The sleek brown hair twisted tightly and coiled like snakes, forming great spirals and coils on top of her head with beautiful streaks of emerald.
Just then Katie and Angelina came in, and were instructed to change into their pajamas. After 'ooing' and 'aahing' at Hermione's fab hair-do Kirone agreed to repeat the process on them as well. The final masterpieces matched their owner's dresses as well. Kat's blonde hair was streaked with a deep, rich, violet. The front part of her hair was braided into two French-braids, and the back part was pulled up into a ponytail comprised of many smaller braids. Angie's dark brown hair was streaked with bright red highlights. The front part of her hair was pulled back into a loose braid that formed around her head like a crown and was left down, and curled in waves. Lastly Kirone's own silvery tresses were streaked with a deep navy blue. The front part was pulled into small, tight, rows of braids, and held in place with small black flower clips. The rest was left down and was crimped. The result was breathtaking. Everyone thought that, Kirone's hair-do was by far the best, and Katie jokingly whined that she had saved the best hair-do for herself.
Before they knew it an hour had passed and they scrambled to get into their dresses. Hermione was wearing a long flowing emerald gown with golden trim. It had a modest box-cut neckline and full-length sleeves. [A/N: Think Fiona's dress form Shrek ^_~] It was decorated with small golden balls and emeralds. Angelina's dress was a bright red, and made of a silky material. The dress had thin spaghetti straps that crossed in the front and back. It reached to mid-calf and had a slit in the back the reached to just above her knees. It was unadorned except for a medium-sized ruby that held the straps of her dress together. Katie was wearing a short cocktail dress of dark violet that was decorated with spirals of small rectangular beads that clicked and rustled with her every movement. Finally Kirone finished changing and turned shyly to face the expectant faces of her friends. Her dress was a silky, metallic, navy color that clung to her every curve with a slit on each side that reached mid-thigh. It was strapless and unadorned, but beautiful none the less. Katie gasped, startling everyone "We have to go, we only have 10 minutes left to get to the Great Hall!" "LET'S GO!"
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Thanks for reading! I 'm gonna have the whole ball in the next chapter. I'm hoping to get it up tomorrow. [Crosses fingers]
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Also read my other story 'Black Moon: Another Ending. I'm so-writing it with my school buddy Pluto_Time, and the story is on her file as well.
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