It was the big night. The common room was bustling with Gryffindors in dresses and robes of different colours excited by the fact that they weren't in uniform. Lilly and Ally spent hours locked in their dorm stressing over their hair and their dresses. Eleanor had taken her things to a girls bathroom somehwere else in the school to get ready. Standing in front of the mirror, Lilly gave one last sigh. "You're sure it's perfect?" She asked, running her hands over the form fitting, emrald green silk. Her dark red hair was pulled up in a tight twist and her make-up was simple, but gorgeous. "Positive." Ally grinned, looking over Lilly's shoulder. Ally wore a long, baby pink strapless dress with her hair up in a twist, a few strands hanging down to frame her face. They hugged quickly before turning and heading down to the common room. People were already headed out through the portrait hole. James, Sirius, and Peter stood by the fireplace talking. When they caught sight of Ally and Lilly, their jaws dropped and their eyes widened. "Wow..." Sirius voiced. "You girls look.....absolutely stunning." James whispered. "Well, thank you." Lilly started, bowing slightly. "You boys look great too." "Come on....we'll be late." Ally linked arms with Sirius and headed out through the portrait hole. James smiled and kissed Lilly's cheek before taking her hand and leading her out. When they reached the Entrance Hall, they joined the huge mass of students waiting for the doors to the Great Hall to open. They were all talking excitedly and exclaiming over how wonderful their friends looked. "I wonder where Nell is." Lilly stood on her tip-toes to see above everyone. "Just look for the grease monkey and you'll find her." Sirius muttered. Ally elbowed him with a smile. "Now, now. That's not very nice." He laughed and kissed her cheek, before pointing toward the doors. They were finally open. Students hurried forward, filing through and sitting down at the small round, candle-lit tables that took the place of the house tables. Sirius, Ally, James, Lilly, and Peter got their own table near the stage. The stage was set up with fiddles, guitars, and drums. "Oh, there's a band?" Ally asked, looking around for some rockers. "Supposedly the Weird Sisters are playing." Peter said, looking around also. Dumbledore stood and the room grew quiet. All eyes fell upon him. He wore perriwinkle blue dress robes and his long silver beard was braided at the ends. On his head was a matching pointy blue hat. His eyes twinkled with excitement as he smiled and looked over every student in the room. "I must say..." He began. "You all look positively stunning. I won't take too much time away from your night...all I want to say is...Have fun, enjoy the music, and dance!" The room cheered as five women in black robes climbed onto the stage and picked up an instrument. Almost instantly an upbeat song began to play. Couples flooded the dance floor along with some teachers. "Oh, come on, James!" Lilly pleaded, grabbing his hand. "Already? It's the first song!" He sighed, waving goodbye to Sirius and Ally as Lilly dragged him onto the floor. Ally laughed, sipping her butterbeer. "Ugh...don't they have anything else?" "Well..." Sirius reached inside his robes to pull out a silver flask. He gave a devilish grin and poured some into her glass. "Try that." Ally hesitantly brought the glass under her nose, sniffing it. It was horrible! Her nose burned and she slammed the glass down on the table. "Ugh! What is that?" "Firewhiskey." "Firewhiskey?!" Sirius nodded smugly, drinking down half of the flask. Ally wasn't even going to ask how he'd gotten it. She knew Sirius was a clever lad. She took a deep breath, then lifted the glass and swallowed its contents. She placed the empty glass down, nearly choking. Sirius only looked at her with a smile. "Care to dance?" Ally laughed a little, taking his hand and making her way out to the dance floor.