The weeks went by in a flurry of classes, pranks, and fun for the group of friends. On October 15, a notice went up in all the common rooms. This notice was what the whole school would soon be talking about. It said that there would be a Halloween Ball on the 31st.
"So, what are you going to wear?" Emily asked the girls on day after classes.
"I'm goin to wear that spaghetti-strap black dress. What about you?" Lily decided. Jen had decided on wearing an off-the-shoulder black top and black mini-skirt.
"I need help, you guys. Really. I want to look good, but I have nothing to wear." Emily pouted.
"Don't worry. We'll make you look stunning. Is this for any special guy?" Lily asked with a grin.
Emily smiled, "Noo…"
"You are such a bad liar. Come on, who is it for?" Jen asked.
"I don't wanna tell."
"Come on! We. Are. Your. Best. Friends!" Lily said, hitting Emily with her pillow to emphasize her point.
"Fine! I'll tell you." Emily screamed between giggles. As soon as Lily had stopped pummeling her with the pillow, she continued. "But you have to promise not to tell anyone."
Lily acted outraged, "Me? Tell anyone your secret? Never!"
Emily giggled. "Alright, I trust you. Fine, I wanna look good cause… I think Remus is kinda cute."
"OO!" all of the girls squealed. Emily blushed.
"Stop it!"
"Don't worry; you will look so good that Remus's mouth will drop to his feet, and stay there." Jen declared, grabbing a magazine. All the girls laughed as Jen began again. "Okay, so is it just clothes, or hair and makeup too?"
"I don't know. What do you think I should do?" Emily asked, twirling her hair around a finger.
"I think that we'll find you something to wear, then on Halloween, do your makeup and everything. I can't wait!" Lily cried.
All the girls looked at her strangely. "Can't wait for what?"
"The dance. Food, dancing, good music, boys, dressing up." Lily said.
"But you already have a boyfriend. A cute one at that." Bridget piped up.
Lily shrugged. "I know, but it's fun to dance with other guys. It's not much fun if you only dance with one guy."
Lily got up to get a brush and when she turned around, she slipped and fell. "Ow!" she cried, grabbing her foot.
"Wow! Look what you found, Lils." Her friends said in amazement.
"What? Ooo. A secret room." Lily said, getting to her knees.
"How did it get here?" Emily wondered.
"It was probably built here and forgotten. When I fell, I hit my foot against the wall. It must have been a secret brick. And I guess it made the door appear." Lily replied, looking at the room inside. It was very small; none of the girls could get in there while standing up.
"You guys wanna explore it?" Bridget asked.
"Well, duh. Who wouldn't?" Emily asked, grabbing their wands. She gave each girl her own wand.
"Samira wouldn't. She's too afraid of getting dirty." Bridget retorted.
"Yea, well. You don't have to put up with her in cheerleading." Jen grumbled.
"Oh. I forgot. Ha-ha!" Bridget laughed. She lit her wand and the three girls followed suit. They all crawled in to find what they thought to be a room. It was, in fact, a hallway to a larger room. They crawled down to the doorway. It opened to a larger room.
"Wow. This is great. I don't think anyone has been here since, like, forever." Emily said, looking around the dust-covered room.
"Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Lily asked.
"What's that?"
"Since no one knows about this place, we can use it as our own secret room."
"It's so dirty." Jen complained.
"Come one, Barbie. We'll clean it. Don't worry." Bridget replied, heading out the door.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Lily asked.
"We better come back some other time; we gotta find Emily something to wear." Bridget said.
"Oh, yea. I forgot."
"Alright. So, we're going in Halloween colors. Either orange or black." Lily said once they had settled back into the dorm, this time on the floor.
"Not orange. I don't wanna look like I just came from prison." Emily protested.
"Exactly what I was thinking. So, black it is. I have a long black dress. It's strapless. Wanna wear it?" Lily asked.
"Sure." Emily went to go try it on. It fit her perfectly.
"Hm… We need… Something. I got it! How about like a black cape and maybe get some glitter on the dress?"
"And what's that supposed to be?" Emily asked.
"A vampire. I think I've got a charm to elongate your teeth. And if you don't wanna go as a vamp, you can take off the cape and it'll be like a normal dress." Jen explained.
"Sounds great, but will I be able to talk?" Emily asked.
"I don't know. Wanna try now?" Lily asked her.
"Sure. What's the spell?"
"Er… Hold up while I check it." Lily said, rummaging through her trunk. Finally she came up with an old Charms book. She flipped through the pages until she found the right one. "Got it. Here goes. Canis Elongato!" she said and Emily's teeth canine teeth grew.
"So, can you talk?" Bridget asked.
"Kinda. It's hard." Emily replied.
"Well, you can just take it off if you say 'Prior Canis'." Lily told her and Emily's teeth shrunk back to normal.
"Thanks guys. I couldn't have done it without you. So, who are you going with, Jen?"
"Um, Tom Jeglie. He's in Hufflepuff." Jen replied.
"Oh! He's a 4th year! Jen's got an older man. She's scored a 4th year!" Emily sang.
"Yea. So, what about you, Bee?"
"No one. It's more fun that way. I get to dance with all the guys." Bridget replied. There was silence for a minute, until Lily broke it.
"Hey, how come no one asked me?"
"Cuz we all know who you are going with." Jen pointed out.
"Really? How?"
"Duh. Ross is your boyfriend. We all know that you'll go with him." Emily added.
Lily grinned sheepishly. "Oh yea. I forgot."
"And I'm the blonde one? I seriously think that you dye your hair red." Jen teased.
"I do not! This is my natural hair color and I love it! It's mine, all mine!" she cackled, grabbing her hair. The rest of the girls were used to it and ignored it.
"Well, I guess we better all go to sleep. And lil Lily better take her medications." Bridget said.
"You're right." Lily said and popped something in her mouth. She made a weird face and grabbed the whole bottle. She dumped it in her mouth and swallowed.
"What did you just do?" all of the girls asked. Lily clutched her stomach and fell to the floor. She lay still for a minute before jumping up.
"Got ya!" she screamed. "That was just candy. Fooled ya. You guys are so gullible. Hey I used a big word." She exclaimed before jumping down the stairs to the Common Room.
Hey, I finally posted. Guys, I'm sooo sorry that I didn't before. I've been grounded so much these last 2 months. But don't worry; already began the new chappie and I'm in Summer break!!! Yes! Well, shout-outs go to:
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