Rea: heh...i'll warn you right now...this was supposed to be the last chapter...if anyone disagrees with it...i'll try to make a new one, okay? let me know.

Chapter V

The day of the Halloween Dance. Lily had forgiven Selena for nearly being drowned by a Red Cap at last and was now trying to persuade Selena to go to the dance with her, Keiko, Jamie, and Sandy. However, they all had dates. Selena was, as always, dateless. It didn't quite bother her as much as it first did in fourth year at the first dance, but it bothered her more than usual. Even the guys-gone-girls had managed to snag a date! What did that make her!

Lily begged throughout all of first and second period and was soon joined by Sandy, Jamie, and Keiko. Selena was about to throw a book at them when Remus snatched her away towards the Library. She thanked him over and over again before he threatened to throw her back at them. She laughed and started looking for a book that would help her with the Charms test coming up.

She was halfway through a bookshelf when Lily suddenly popped up out of nowhere. Selena nearly screamed and fell backwards into a pile of books lying on the ground ((Rea: THOSE POOR BOOKS! Oh, here! I'm put you back! starts organizing books on shelves while Lily and Selena stare What? Oh…sorry. Carry on!)). Lily smiled and offered Selena a hand. She took it and stood up, dusting herself off.

"Why won't you go to the dance?" Lily pouted, her bottom lip trembling and her green eyes wide and begging.

Selena looked at her with a bored expression. "You know that doesn't work on me, Lil. I grew up with Keiko, remember?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "Just come, won't you? It'll be fun!"

Selena's turn to roll her eyes. "Oh yeah! Sitting alone at an empty table drowning myself in Butterbeer! Oh my, how could I not want to go? That sounds like such a bloody blast!"

"You won't be alone, Selie. We'll all be there!" Lily said, putting a hand on Selena's shoulder. Selena shook off Lily's hand.

"No you won't. You'll all be dancing with your dates. I'm dateless, Lily. You know: without a date? I'm telling you, I'll be sitting at a table, alone, and getting drunk if they serve wine. Not exactly my idea of fun."

"You're coming." Lily grabbed Selena's arm and dragged her out the door.

"Wha—Lily! Let go of me! I am not going to that stupid dance! No—Lily!"

Lily dragged her all the way to the girl's dormitory and threw her onto her bed. Selena made for the door but Lily locked it with a spell. Selena sent a seething glare at Lily and sat down at the foot of her bed while Lily looked triumphant.

Lily went over to Selena's wardrobe and went through it, throwing different dress robes all over the place until she reached the very bottom. She smiled as she pulled out a beautiful grey dress.

Fifteen minutes later, Selena nearly tripped coming out of the bathroom. The dress fit her perfectly and the heels only hurt a little bit. She looked at herself in the mirror for a second before smiling at Lily. Lily already had a forest green velvet dress on and her red hair was tied into a tight bun held back by a band that was ruby studded. Selena gasped when she saw Lily and hugged her tightly, saying how beautiful she looked. Lily laughed.

"Me? Look at you! You're a regular princess! All we have to do is fix up your hair and maybe put on a dab of make-up. You'll look like you stepped out of a fairy tail," Lily smiled, trying Selena's hair in different styles. She finally settled on a half bun, leaving half of Selena's black hair flowing down her back in a cascading waterfall. The bun was held back by a grey ribbon that was at first plain, but put against the raven hair was beautiful. A little lip gloss was administered to Selena and they walked down the stairs together. Sandy and Jamie were waiting down there and there eyes went wide.

"Hey, Lily, who's your friend?" Sandy said jokingly. Sandy had been dressed in a deep blue dress that reached her ((Rea: it seems kinda wrong for me to call Sirius/Sandy "him, he, his" now that he's wearing a dress…same for James/Jamie…just so you know.)) ankles and her hair was hanging straight down. Jamie was wearing a royal red dress that went down to her knees with her hair hanging down as well. They all joined arms and walked down to the dance early so as to see the decorations before they were all vandalized by the recently self-named "Marauders II" who were in fourth year and taking the place of the real Marauders whose pranks had subsided for the past week.

The decorations rivaled those of all past years. There were bats flying everywhere, huge pumpkins, piles of pumpkin pie, and everything else there could be. A large table was set up in a corner that had snacks all over it and several other circular tables with about eight chairs set up around them. Sandy and Jamie immediately headed for the food. That part of the male personality had not worn off. Lily and Selena headed for the entrance to look for Keiko who was supposed to meet them here.

"Hey, guys!" Keiko's voice yelled from behind them. Lily and Selena jumped nearly a foot into the air and were panting a bit. "Look! I brought Harlequin!" She proudly held up the baby duck that they had found only a few days ago. He was already changing into many different happy colors, which was probably the reason for his name which meant 'clown'. "Wow, Selie! You look pretty tonight! Not that you don't usually, but you look really pretty tonight!"

"Thanks, I guess," Selena said, thinking it over. Suddenly, the doors burst open and hundreds of students flowed in from the hallway. Selena, Lily, and Keiko were pushed into a wall while Keiko frantically hid Harlequin back in her purse. They pushed their way through the crowd until the got back to where Sandy and Jamie had been but found them with their dates already. Selena rolled her eyes as Keiko's and Lily's dates came up and asked them to dance. They, of course, accepted and Selena was stuck babysitting Harlequin. She sighed and sat down at the first empty table she found and took Harlequin out. He started quacking and jumping around on the table, making Selena laugh.

"I don't need them," she said to Harlequin. "I've got you to keep me company, right?"

"Of course. It's not like I have anywhere else to go."

Selena's eyes grew very, very wide.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" he asked.

"LILY!" Selena screamed, keeping her eyes on the baby duck. Lily came running over and stopped in her tracks as she heard Harlequin talking.

"Oh, yes. Lily. I've heard about her from Keiko. She says that Lily's very nice," Harlequin continued, hopping up and down once more. Keiko had heard Lily's name being called and had come over, curious as to what her sister might be screaming about considering that she almost never screamed. She started laughing at the sight of Lily and Selena's faces and calmed them down.

"I taught him to talk. He's very sweet." ((Rea: he was sweet…now he's a regular pain in the butt))

Selena and Lily nodded numbly as they heard their names being yelled. They scooped Harlequin up and ran towards the voices which led them into the hall. They looked around for a bit before noticing someone motioning them in the corner. The girls cautiously walked towards the corner and nearly broke down laughing when they saw the original Sirius Black and James Potter standing in heels, dresses and make-up.

Sirius nearly killed the girls before they stopped laughing and led them up to the boy's dorms so that they could get dressed. They were about to head back to the dance when Lily stopped them.

"Nuh-uh. I still need to interview you guys and there's no time like the present." She was standing in the way of the only exit out and so she obviously got her way. Sirius and James sat down on James' bed and waited for her to begin.

She interviewed for two hours before letting them go. Lily sent Selena and Keiko back down to the dance saying that she had to get started on her article. Selena had been a bit reluctant but had eventually gone through the persuasion of the dashing Sirius Black. Lily laughed a bit as she sat on her bed, quill ready above a blank piece of parchment. She thought for a second before writing.

The Gryffindor Times

Playing Quidditch on Someone Else's Broom

By Lily Evans

Hey, boys: ever wonder what it's like to be a girl in seventh year Hogwarts? Well, our own Sirius Black and James Potter decided to do something about it. They bravely drank a bit of Gender-Switching potion and became girls for a bit less than a week. At the beginning, as can be imagined, it was a living nightmare. They acted exactly as they had when they were guys but it was much worse considering they were girls now. Many rules had to be placed…

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