Woah. I guess when people will do anything for an update. Thankies to all of you that reviewed! And anyway here is the next chapter, posted A.S.A.P. as prosmised. Oh and by the way I don't know much about putting on makeup so I apologize if like some of the stuff doesn't make any sense ok?
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Hermione woke up bleary eyed the next day. For some reason she felt as if she had butterflies in
her stomach. Then she remembered. Today was the day of the Christmas Ball.
"Oh boy." She checked her watch and found that she had overslept. She had to find Ginny, and
if possible avoid Harry and Ron. She went downstairs hoping not to see Harry or Ron, and
thankfully they weren't there.
"Hermione!" Ginny said coming into the common room her arms filled with huge bundles, of
makeup and hair care products.
"Ginny what is all this?" Hermione asked. Ginny smiled grimly.
"Your makeup for tonight. And we'll need all of this stuff for your hair. And we also have to get
started right away."
"How soon is right away?" asked Hermione nervously.
"Like now. The tricky part is finding a place to get you ready. We definitely can't do it up in our
dormitory."
"How about Moaning Myrtle's bathroom?" asked Hermione thinking of second year when she
brewed the Polyjuice Potion there.
"I thought of that for the Yule Ball but there were still a lot of people there."Ginny said.
Hermione thought hard trying to think of a place where they could go so she could get ready for
the ball.
"Oh, I know! How about the Room of Requirement?"
"Brilliant." Ginny said beaming at Hermione.
When the two girls got to the Room of Requirement it was transformed into a beauty parlor,
with much more hair care products then Ginny had.
"This is terrific! Alright we have to start on your hair first. That's going to take the longest."
Ginny wet Hermione's hair and then put some gooy stuff on it. Hermione saw that it was same
thing she put on hair for the last ball.
"Ok now we're going to have to leave your hair alone for awhile so I'll work on your makeup."
First she put a cleansing mask on Hermione's face. She let it sit there for about three minutes
then took it off. Ginny, then began to start applying the foundation on her face. It took awhile
because Ginny insisted that it had to spread evenly, and it was quite difficult. Once it was
applied it was time to start working on Hermione's hair again. Ginny took something that
Hermione thought looked too much like hair dye.
"Ginny, you're not going to dye my hair are you?" she asked surprised and anxious.
"Of course not I'm just going to add some highlights." Once the highlights were added they
needed some time to sit, so Ginny went back on working on the makeup. She put two types of
powder on Hermione's face. One was to make Hermione's face look smooth, the other was to
add a bit of color. Just like the foundation, this took a lot of time because Ginny wouldn't settle
for anything less then perfect. Once the powder was done it was back to the hair.
"Alright, now I'm going to curl your hair." This took the longest time ever. But once Ginny was
done Hermione had luscious, bouncy curls. Then Ginny took two sides of Hermione's hair and
twisted them in a knot.
AN: I know I'm not supposed to do AN's but just in case your having trouble visualizing her hair, its supposed to look like young Elizabeth's hair in the beginning of Pirates of the Caribbean.
"Ginny this is terrific! My hair's never looked better."
"Thank you! Let me just finish up your makeup and then we can get you in your gorgeous
gown." Ginny said. She took a particularly long time putting the makeup on Hermione's eyes.
She put on silvery white eyeshadow ("It will match with your dress). The blush was easy to
apply as was the lipstick.
"Done!" she said triumphantly.
"Oh fantastic! Can I see?" Hermione asked.
"No, not yet. I want you to see yourself once your all set, dress shoes and all."
"Oh no! My shoes and dress are still in the dormitory!"
"Accio dress!" Ginny said suddenly. Two seconds later the dress along with the dress robes
hung neatly in a clear bag came in the room.
"How did it get through the door?" Hermione asked.
"I dunno magic? Come on put it on! I'm dying to see you in it!" Ginny said impatiently.
Hermione stepped behind the changing screen (which had suddenly appeared once the dress
came) and put on the beautiful white dress with the robes. She stepped outside so Ginny could
see her.
"Hermione you look...amazing!" Ginny said wearing a huge smile. "Look at yourself in the
mirror."
Hermione turned to look at herself. She gasped. She barely recognized herself.
Definetly better then the way I looked with it on at Madam Liazza's.
"Wait Ginny, what about my mask?" she asked suddenly.
"Oh, that here." Ginny handed her a thin box. Hermione opened it and saw a white mask that
covered her eyes, but not her face. She put it on. This time she didn't recognize her.
"Wow. Is that me? Where did you get the mask anyway?"
"Fred and George. They know about our little plan but don't worry. They won't tell anyone and
won't interfere. Their just there to make sure the teachers don't interrupt anything."
"Wait, what about you? You're not ready! The ball starts in half an hour!"
"Don't worry." and Ginny took her wand muttered something and pointed it at herself and then
she appeared in a green dress with her hair done in a fancy updo and her makeup already
applied.
"How on earth did you do that?" Hermione asked amazed.
"Well see I was actually all ready before you even woke up, I just a little disguising charm so
that I looked like I wasn't." Ginny said laughing.
"Oh. So shall we go to the ball then? I have to meet Dean at the entrance."
"What shall I do until it starts?" Hermione asked starting to get a little nervous.
"I'm sure you'll find something to entertain yourself. Or other people to entertain for that matter,
'cause you look gorgeous!" she said slyly. Hermione hit her. The two girls exited the Room of
Requirement and went down to the entrance. As they were walking an odd stench suddenly
came. Hermione and Ginny sniffed the air. "What is that smell, is that you Ginny?" Hermione
asked. "No, it can't be me because I already put the...OH NO!" she said suddenly slapping
her hand to her forehead just like Ron did when he forgot something.
"Crap, we forgot to put the perfume on! The makeup develops an awful stench after awhile. Oh
my gosh and so does the brand of Sleekeasys I bought!"
"Oh perfect I should have remembered! I put on Sleekeasys at the last ball and I knew it
developed an awful smell, so I bought some perfume to cover it up! But I used it all up! Great
now I'll smell like a pig!" Hermione said getting frustrated at her dilemma.
"Don't you have any perfume?" Ginny asked desperately.
"No, I...wait I do! Oh great I have to run and put some on!"
"I'd go with you but I promised Dean I'd meet him and—"
"Go on I'll meet you at the ball."
"If you're late, just remember the ball's at the Quidditch field, everyone's just meeting at the
entrance hall ok?"
"Ok see you later!" Hermione ran frantically back to her dormitory. Thankfully she saw that it
was empty. She rushed over to her trunk.
"Lets see oh brother where did I put it?" she said digging frantically through her trunk. At last
she found what she was looking for: a little clear bottle of perfume, the same perfume that Ron
got her last year for Christmas. She checked the label.
"Perfect it only lasts for 4 hours! Great that means I'll be leaving an hour later. Or...where did I
put it?" she dug through her trunk and found what she was looking for this time: a necklace. It
had a little bottle that Hermione put perfume in for the Yule Ball. Sleekeasys was just as rotten
smelling back then and her perfume only lasted or a little while the last time too.
"How ironic." she said laughing. She opened the bottle of perfume.
"Not exactly a bed of roses...more like daisies and lemonade. Oh well at least it doesn't stink."
She sprayed some on and put a little bit of the perfume in the little bottle that was on her
necklace, and she put the necklace on.
"Alright I'm good." She rushed back to the entrance hall and saw that there were still five
minutes left to seven. She saw Ginny and Dean talking, and Parvati mooning over her date. And
then she saw Ron looking sulky but talking to Harry and Luna. They all looked different. Luna
was wearing a very odd mask with peacock feathers coming out but both Harry's and Ron's
were both simple black eye masks. Hermione also noticed that this time Ron was wearing dark
green robes that thankfully didn't look like a dress.
"Excuse me." came a voice. Hermione whisked around and saw Lavender in (ironically)
lavender robes.
"Do you go to Hogwarts? Because I know just about everyone and I've never noticed you."
she said, in a slightly smug tone. Hermione was a bit surprised at the question. Her disguise must
have been better then she thought. "Do you?" Hermione questioned right back. "Yes."
Lavender replied. "Then good thing I don't." and with that Hermione left Lavender looking
speechless. Hermione smiled smugly. She noticed that Ron glanced at her, but then he glanced
away quickly.
Well here goes nothing.