-SEDUCTION BY THE BOOK

CHAPTER 12: Revenge!

By: Perselus

Hermione, as usual, didn't take too long getting ready for the ceremony. She was thinking about making more of that hair potion but thought better of it; she really didn't want to overdo it.

She was wearing a beautiful new robe of ivory satin and had her hair done up with small pearls woven through it. She didn't look as good as she did in their fourth year at the Yule Ball, but she did look classy and it fit the occasion.

The ring she wore on her left hand sparkled with a glow that matched her eyes. Looking at the ring she remembered Severus nervously offering it to her. She had thrown her arms around his neck and cried with joy.

He was quite startled and misunderstood her tears. He almost apologized, but she kissed him passionately and yelled 'yes' repeatedly between kisses, until he captured her lips and all verbal communication was ceased.

She made her way to the Gryffindor common room where Ginny was waiting for her to arrive. Harry and Ron had not yet come down from their dorm room.

"Wow Ginny you look great!" said Hermione, as Ginny did an over exaggerated model turn and smiled at her friend. Ginny was wearing a close fitting robe, the color of soft pale rose with gold and red embroidery of tiny Gryffindor lions lining the bottom. Her hair ran down her back in brassy waves, brushed to a blinding shine.

"Showing your true colors, are you?" asked Harry as he and Ron came down the step into the common room.

"Of course, can't let an opportunity go by, now can I?" she replied smiling up at him. "You look dashing!"

Harry blushed, matching the color of his Gryffindor robes. Harry and Ron decided to go with the Quibich look. Red and gold robes styled with a more sporty look.

"Can we go now?" Ron asked. "I want to get this over with and Lavender will meet us there."

"I thought you were going with Luna?" Harry asked as he opened the door for the girls.

"I was, but Lavender asked me at the last minute and I told Luna I had already said yes to someone else," he answered matter-of-factly.

"I can't believe you ditched Luna for Lavender!" said Hermione indignant.

Ron just shrugged sheepishly in reply.

"How can you go with Lavender even after her being with Crabbe and Goyle YUCK!" Ginny said making a horrid face.

"She said she overdid things telling you guys; she said she didn't want to sound boring," replied Ron. Hermione and Ginny exchanged glances as if to say, 'Yeah right!'

"Why isn't she coming with us now anyway?" Harry asked.

"Lavender and Parvati want to make their last grand entrance. I guess they have something planned." He shrugged and followed them out the door, missing the evilly gleeful look Ginny and Hermione shared. Harry didn't, and he could only wonder what those two were up to. He knew they wanted to get the girls back for what they did to Hermione and even he wasn't too happy with them over that incident himself.

They walked into the Great Hall and were amazed at what they saw. The room was done up in red, gold, green, silver, blue and yellow. Small tables were placed around the room with room for six people at each table or three couples. Where the teachers usually sat, it was done up with a row of chairs; some of the teachers were already sitting down, others were mulling around the room, talking to each other and a student or two.

Hermione looked around for Snape but could not see him. They sat down at one of the tables and watched everyone moving around looking for seats. Dinner had been over an hour earlier, and only the graduates and their dates were allowed in the Great Hall.

Professor McGonagall came up to their table and spoke with Hermione, "Ready for your Graduation speech, Miss Granger?"

"Yes, Professor."

"Good, now come up to the platform, we are almost ready."

Hermione left with Professor McGonagall as Ron turned to Harry. "Didn't Hermione say she had a date tonight?"

"Yes she did," said Harry looking around.

"Then where is he? I kinda wanted to know who invited her, but she wouldn't say who."

"Ginny, do you know anything about it?" Harry asked his date.

"Nope, not a thing."

"Ginny!" Ron and Harry both cried at once. They knew she wasn't telling them, and she knew!

"Don't worry guys, you will find out soon enough," she said with a secret smile.

The lights started to dim and the doors were closing when two girls came through the doors. The doors closed and a light shown over the two girls, when the light dimmed the room gasped in shock!

Hermione was standing on the platform and could see everything from were she stood. She looked in amazement at the two girls who walked with there heads held high not looking at one another but knowing they were the center of attention. Hermione looked over to where Snape was sitting; she could see he was trying not to break into a grin, but his smirk was a bit strained. All and all, he looked quite pleased at the outcome.

All around the room people stepped out of their way making a pathway for them all the way up to the platform. The two girls finally looked at each other in satisfaction, only to let out a loud and horrid scream in perfect unison.

Lavender's hair was bright neon orange, falling in greasy strands over her gray, slimy skin, while her hands looked dry and cracked. Also, her nose seemed to have grown to an alarming size.

Parvati's hair was pure white, spread around like a bushy mess of cotton, her skin was scaly green, like a lizard's. It was hard to say what looked worse on her face, the disturbingly bulging eyes or her drawn back lips.

It was too much, Hermione couldn't help it and started to laugh silently. Some of the teachers had a look of concern and outrage, but she could tell they were also trying to contain an amused laugh on the absurdity of the scene. Everyone lost it totally when a female voice busted up into hysterical laughter. Hermione could swear it was Ginny's voice.

Both Lavender and Parvati were in panic and tried to make a run for it, only to find them barded and warded, realizing they were stuck in a room full of people, laughing loudly at them. They turned around only to find Snape blocking their way.

"This is what happens to meddling little chits who dare to mess with my life," he whispered in his low and threatening voice. "You both should be grateful this 'may' be all I will do." And with that he turned quickly his robes flowing behind him, as he made his way to the platform where the other teachers were sitting.

The two girls noticed the emphasis on the word 'may' but were glad Dumbledore was there and he would never hurt them when Dumbledore was there. That's when a thought hit Lavender.

"We won't be students after this, he could really do damage to our future..." The two hideous girls looked at each other and started to cry.

'All and all,' thought Snape. 'This is becoming a rather interesting night and it hasn't even started yet!'

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