Hermione, Lavender and Hannah were in Hermione's room getting ready for the ball that was due to start in two hours.

"Your dress is sooooo beautiful!" Lavender cooed.

It was a strapless, pale blue, ankle length dress that fitted tightly and emphasised Hermione's perfect figure. She and Hannah and decided on a muggle theme and theyw ere not going to the ball in dress robes.

"Thank you." Hermione said, straightening the curves in her dress carefully before placing matching blue and white flowers in her shoulder - length wavy hair.

Lavender was also looking strikingly pretty in her dark red, romantic dress, which brushed the floor when she walked. Her hair was tied up into a pretty bun with strands of her dark blonde hair framing her face.

"Do you know who Draco's going with?" Hannah asked as she fitted on her elbow length gloves that matched her elegant silver dress.

"No one apparently." Lavender answered putting on mascara. "Then at least I can grab his attention at the ball and hopefully be his partner. Seamus asked me, but I refused."

Hermione frowned slightly while lightly tinting her eyes with blue eyeshadow. "Why do you want to go with him anyway? I'd rather Seamus that Malfoy."

Hannah and Lavender both turned to look at Hermione funny.

"What's Pansy going to do then?" Hermione continued oblivious to the stares she was receiving.

"I reckon he actually refused her offer." Hannah giggled. "I can't imagine the racket she caused."

"I haven't asked you who you're going with yet." Lavender said, putting finishing touches onto her lips and looking at Hannah.

"Oh me." Hannah sighed. "I'm going with Justin."

"What's wrong with that?" Hermione asked.

"Nothing. Only if I knew Draco was going single then I would have gone single as well."

"Hey!" Lavender exclaimed. "That's my man! Lay off!"

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Stop being so pathetic. He's Pansy's."

"He's not though." Lavender said again. "That's the whole point!"

Hermione disappeared into the hallway.

*

Draco sighed. Only half an hour until the ball. He looked at himself in the mirror. Since the theme was 'Muggle', he was forced into muggle clothing; wearing a black suit and shirt but a white tie he had to admit he looked pretty stunning. His hair was gelled and spiked - making sure it looked as natural as possible. When Goyle sometimes tried it, he looked as if his whole hair was having an electric shock. Draco knew his hair looked great.

*

Hermione and Goyle met Harry and Ginny in the Entrance hall where people had gathered waiting to go into the Great Hall. Ginny looked adorable in her orange dress that matched her hair and harry looked gorgeous in a navy blue suit and a lighter blue shirt.

"Hello Hermione, Goyle." Harry smiled. Hermione thought his green eyes looked more alive today than ever.

Hermione smiled prettily back at him and Goyle nodded his head in greeting. Goyle had tried to spike his hair again making his whole head stand up and looked more unusual in his pale purple suit and dark green shirt.

The door to the Great Hall opened and Ginny and Harry walked through while Hermione and Goyle made their way towards the small room where they had entered when they came to Hogwarts first and where the prefects were going to enter tonight.

Professor McGonagall waited with them in the room reminding them all strongly of their first year sorting ceremony. Hermione could see the lights blazing from the hall and some wizard music. For their theme however, Hermione and Hannah decided to do a music video thing with Sk8ter Boi by Avril Lavigne.

They heard Professor Dumbledore stand up and introduce the ball to the students and the crowd cheering. The prefects then started to go out with their partners, their head boy and girl - Angelina Johnson and Terence Higgs first then the 6th year prefects and lastly the 5th year prefects. Lavender went out first by herself to loud amounts of cheering, Hnnah and Justin next and finally Hermione and Goyle.

Hermione could see Harry grinning at her from the crowd, Ginny clapping politely and she was also surprised to hear many wolf-whistlers in the crowd as well as goggling guys.

She looked pretty and she knew it.