Disclaimer- I do not own the Harry Potter characters as much as I would
love to (especially Draco : ] ) But the plot is mine
A/N: I also don't know where this chapter is going to go but I hope it works :-\
The four Prefects stood in Dumbledore's office in front of the wise old man and Professor McGonagall. They all proposed their plans for the ball to the professors. The professors were thrilled with their plans but Dumbledore still had a few announcements.
"You all have done a marvelous job, I suppose we will have everyone choose their own dates?" said Dumbledore staring at the confused prefects. They obviously haven't thought about that.
"Umm. How about there are no dates. I mean no one knows who everyone else is, since we will all have masks on anyway. You could tell people who you are at the ball, but you would not have to," said Hermione unsure of her plan, although she thought it seemed interesting.
"That should work nicely Miss. Granger. Good idea," the wise old man said to Hermione with a twinkle through his moon shaped glasses.
"There is one more thing I needed to mention to you all, " Dumbledore said staring at the Prefects. "You may have been wondering why you do not have your own common room. Well that is due to the fact we have still been renovating it to make it absolutely perfect for the four of you. You will be moving into it the day after the ball you have planned. That means Wednesday the 16th. Do not worry about packing your things for the common room change, the house elves will take care of that for you."
This shocked the prefects. They expected to not have their own common room since they have not had one yet. "This should be interesting." Hermione thought to herself. "Living with Draco Malfoy. This year is going to be very interesting."
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After the meeting Hermione crawled through the portal to the Gryffindor common room and saw Harry and Ron sitting by the tall window with gold curtains extremely involved in a game of wizards chess. She strolled over to them and swung her legs over a comfy crimson armchair. Harry's queen just smashed Ron's knight into a million minuscule pieces. The trio shuddered at the thought being reminded of that same situation way back in their first year of school. That time all seemed so distant to Hermione. Since then they have gone through five Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, encounters with Voldemort, Neville constantly loosing his toad, Quidditch games upon Quidditch games and Malfoy doing whatever he could to make their time in Hogwarts unbearable. For some reason to Hermione Malfoy's evil sneer began to seem so foreign. After pondering this for a moment she finally made Harry and Ron realize she was there.
"Hey boys."
"Oh, hi Hermione," they said in unison watching Ron's bishop chuck pieces of Harry's pawn off of the board.
"Dumbledore approved of the ball," Hermione said trying to make them interested.
"That's good," said Harry non-enthusiastically.
Hermione frowned and then realized how to make them look up. "And Dumbledore is making the prefects live together. That means I'll be living with Malfoy."
Harry and Ron looked up instantly as Hermione was chuckling at her best friends.
"What!" Harry said furiously.
"If that slimy git touches you he is going to be so sorry," Ron said making a fist.
"Don't worry guys. I wouldn't let him do anything," Hermione said still laughing walking up to her dormitory.
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Hermione, Harry and Ron walked down to the Great Hall for dinner. Dumbledore was announcing the ball tonight and Hermione was excited. She kept it a secret between her and her friends even though they had been pestering her constantly. When the trio got themselves situated at the Gryffindor table Dumbledore began his announcements.
"I'm sure some have you have already heard that instead of the traditional Halloween ball the Prefects have planned for us a masquerade ball in the theme of Mardi Gras. For those of you who don't know, Mardi Gras is a large festival. The attire is dressy wizard or muggle clothing, preferably suiting the theme of the ball. You will also be given masks for the dance, hence the masquerade ball. We also do not want you to have dates because we want everyone to enjoy his or her time with everyone. You would not know if it were your best friend or worst enemies. The dance will be held on Tuesday the 15th here in the Great Hall. Now that I am done boring you all you may begin eating." Dumbledore said clapping once as the food appeared on the tables.
"So why couldn't you tell us Mione?" Ron said with fake anger.
"You know I couldn't"
"Well it sounds like it will be fun," said Harry chewing on some pork.
"Thank you," Hermione said. She felt as if someone were watching her again, just like the first day of school. She looked through the students and noticed Michael's eyes on her. He turned away instantly when he noticed she caught him. She could still see his cheeks reddening though. Hermione figured it was him staring at her but she did not notice that there was someone else still admiring her from afar.
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Hermione sat in her room alone contemplating over what she would wear to the ball. She had only two days left to decide. She was struggling over wearing wizard clothes or muggle attire. Her thoughts were drifting through different things. "Why is Malfoy acting so different?" "Does Michael like me?" "Why was he staring at me?" "Will the ball turn out good?" During these thoughts Hermione fell asleep in her clothes.
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At the same time Draco lay in his bed with his arms folded behind his head resting on his headboard. He was thinking about the ball as well. His thoughts drifted to a new passion of his. It was all he could think about lately. Suddenly Pansy walked into his room.
"Hi Draky." Pansy said in an annoying voice. Draco could not stand the girl anymore. Since they went to the Yule Ball together she was still convinced they were a couple.
"When are you going to ask me to the masquerade ball?" Pansy said sitting next to Draco on his bed.
"We are not supposed to have dates you twit!" Draco said getting up from his bed and leaving the room.
Pansy was angry. She had noticed Draco had a passion. (No wonder since she stared at him all of the time.) She was so jealous and walked out of his room fuming and slamming the door.
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Michael was also in his room but he was only thinking about Hermione. As soon as he came to Hogwarts he noticed her during their classes, Transfiguration especially, he would study everything about her. He loved the way her hair just lay over her shoulders and when light hit her hair she had very faint red highlights mixed in the brown. How could he get her to like him? He realized she saw him staring at him during dinner and he felt so embarrassed. He spent the remainder of the night thinking about Hermione.
A/N- did this chapter turn out okay? Review and tell me
Thanks to my reviewers! I wouldn't keep doing this if it weren't for you!
TheLost1- thank you
Jen Drake- thank you. His cauldron said Hermione because her match was him so his match would be her too. Sorry I didn't say it in the story :- \ whoops
A/N: I also don't know where this chapter is going to go but I hope it works :-\
The four Prefects stood in Dumbledore's office in front of the wise old man and Professor McGonagall. They all proposed their plans for the ball to the professors. The professors were thrilled with their plans but Dumbledore still had a few announcements.
"You all have done a marvelous job, I suppose we will have everyone choose their own dates?" said Dumbledore staring at the confused prefects. They obviously haven't thought about that.
"Umm. How about there are no dates. I mean no one knows who everyone else is, since we will all have masks on anyway. You could tell people who you are at the ball, but you would not have to," said Hermione unsure of her plan, although she thought it seemed interesting.
"That should work nicely Miss. Granger. Good idea," the wise old man said to Hermione with a twinkle through his moon shaped glasses.
"There is one more thing I needed to mention to you all, " Dumbledore said staring at the Prefects. "You may have been wondering why you do not have your own common room. Well that is due to the fact we have still been renovating it to make it absolutely perfect for the four of you. You will be moving into it the day after the ball you have planned. That means Wednesday the 16th. Do not worry about packing your things for the common room change, the house elves will take care of that for you."
This shocked the prefects. They expected to not have their own common room since they have not had one yet. "This should be interesting." Hermione thought to herself. "Living with Draco Malfoy. This year is going to be very interesting."
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After the meeting Hermione crawled through the portal to the Gryffindor common room and saw Harry and Ron sitting by the tall window with gold curtains extremely involved in a game of wizards chess. She strolled over to them and swung her legs over a comfy crimson armchair. Harry's queen just smashed Ron's knight into a million minuscule pieces. The trio shuddered at the thought being reminded of that same situation way back in their first year of school. That time all seemed so distant to Hermione. Since then they have gone through five Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, encounters with Voldemort, Neville constantly loosing his toad, Quidditch games upon Quidditch games and Malfoy doing whatever he could to make their time in Hogwarts unbearable. For some reason to Hermione Malfoy's evil sneer began to seem so foreign. After pondering this for a moment she finally made Harry and Ron realize she was there.
"Hey boys."
"Oh, hi Hermione," they said in unison watching Ron's bishop chuck pieces of Harry's pawn off of the board.
"Dumbledore approved of the ball," Hermione said trying to make them interested.
"That's good," said Harry non-enthusiastically.
Hermione frowned and then realized how to make them look up. "And Dumbledore is making the prefects live together. That means I'll be living with Malfoy."
Harry and Ron looked up instantly as Hermione was chuckling at her best friends.
"What!" Harry said furiously.
"If that slimy git touches you he is going to be so sorry," Ron said making a fist.
"Don't worry guys. I wouldn't let him do anything," Hermione said still laughing walking up to her dormitory.
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Hermione, Harry and Ron walked down to the Great Hall for dinner. Dumbledore was announcing the ball tonight and Hermione was excited. She kept it a secret between her and her friends even though they had been pestering her constantly. When the trio got themselves situated at the Gryffindor table Dumbledore began his announcements.
"I'm sure some have you have already heard that instead of the traditional Halloween ball the Prefects have planned for us a masquerade ball in the theme of Mardi Gras. For those of you who don't know, Mardi Gras is a large festival. The attire is dressy wizard or muggle clothing, preferably suiting the theme of the ball. You will also be given masks for the dance, hence the masquerade ball. We also do not want you to have dates because we want everyone to enjoy his or her time with everyone. You would not know if it were your best friend or worst enemies. The dance will be held on Tuesday the 15th here in the Great Hall. Now that I am done boring you all you may begin eating." Dumbledore said clapping once as the food appeared on the tables.
"So why couldn't you tell us Mione?" Ron said with fake anger.
"You know I couldn't"
"Well it sounds like it will be fun," said Harry chewing on some pork.
"Thank you," Hermione said. She felt as if someone were watching her again, just like the first day of school. She looked through the students and noticed Michael's eyes on her. He turned away instantly when he noticed she caught him. She could still see his cheeks reddening though. Hermione figured it was him staring at her but she did not notice that there was someone else still admiring her from afar.
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Hermione sat in her room alone contemplating over what she would wear to the ball. She had only two days left to decide. She was struggling over wearing wizard clothes or muggle attire. Her thoughts were drifting through different things. "Why is Malfoy acting so different?" "Does Michael like me?" "Why was he staring at me?" "Will the ball turn out good?" During these thoughts Hermione fell asleep in her clothes.
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At the same time Draco lay in his bed with his arms folded behind his head resting on his headboard. He was thinking about the ball as well. His thoughts drifted to a new passion of his. It was all he could think about lately. Suddenly Pansy walked into his room.
"Hi Draky." Pansy said in an annoying voice. Draco could not stand the girl anymore. Since they went to the Yule Ball together she was still convinced they were a couple.
"When are you going to ask me to the masquerade ball?" Pansy said sitting next to Draco on his bed.
"We are not supposed to have dates you twit!" Draco said getting up from his bed and leaving the room.
Pansy was angry. She had noticed Draco had a passion. (No wonder since she stared at him all of the time.) She was so jealous and walked out of his room fuming and slamming the door.
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Michael was also in his room but he was only thinking about Hermione. As soon as he came to Hogwarts he noticed her during their classes, Transfiguration especially, he would study everything about her. He loved the way her hair just lay over her shoulders and when light hit her hair she had very faint red highlights mixed in the brown. How could he get her to like him? He realized she saw him staring at him during dinner and he felt so embarrassed. He spent the remainder of the night thinking about Hermione.
A/N- did this chapter turn out okay? Review and tell me
Thanks to my reviewers! I wouldn't keep doing this if it weren't for you!
TheLost1- thank you
Jen Drake- thank you. His cauldron said Hermione because her match was him so his match would be her too. Sorry I didn't say it in the story :- \ whoops