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Chapter 24- Pink Hair and Other Things

It was a sunny Saturday morning in early February. Hermione and Ron had just come back from a prefect's meeting about a Valentine's Day dance.

"A Valentine's Day dance? That's so cool!" squealed Ginny.

"We have two problems," stated Hermione.

"I think you've gone crazy Hermione," replied Draco. "Why would there be problems with a dance?"

"First of all, I'm dating a professor. Do I go with Fred and let the whole school know, or do I go with a friend so no one figures out that I'm dating him? And if I do go with Fred, would Dumbledore allow it? The other problem is that if there's death eaters in the school, they could get that information to Voldemort and attack the whole school then, since we'll all be in one area."

"'Mione, let's deal with one problem at a time, okay? Why don't we work on your so-called date problem first. The school will find out at one point or another that you're dating Fred, especially when the school gets attacked and you're all freaking out about something that could happen to him," said Ginny.

"Besides, all the death eaters here probably know and are waiting for the best time to, um, expose it," Draco added.

"I guess you guys are right about that. I'll ask Dumbledore at lunch. But what about death eaters attacking the school on Valentine's Day?"

"That's way to obvious Hermione," replied Harry. "Voldemort probably knows that Dumbledore knows the school will be attacked. I don't think Voldemort's stupid enough to attack the school when it's completely obvious to Dumbledore."

"I guess you're right Harry. I'm just so scared something else will happen."

"It's okay to be scared 'Mione," said Ginny.

"I know," Hermione sighed.

"I know something too!" exclaimed Ron. "It's time for food!"

"You'd better ask Dumbledore if you and Fred can go with each other Hermione," Draco reminded her.

"I will, don't worry," Hermione said as she walked to the Great Hall with her friends. Hermione walked to Dumbledore while her friends were sitting at Gryffindor table.

"Hello Hermione. What brings you up here this afternoon?" asked Dumbledore.

"Well, I was wondering about my date for the dance. Would it be alright if I went with Fred?" Hermione asked nervously.

"Of course Hermione. I was going to suggest it to him later," Dumbledore replied.

"Thank you so much Professor," Hermione said before going back to her friends.

It was after lunch and Dumbledore still hadn't announced the dance.

"How does he think the rest of the school is going to find out?" complained Ron.

"Ron, it's simple. Either he's going to announce it at dinner, or there will be fliers made up and posted around the school. Or maybe the teachers will say something about it," Hermione said thoughtfully.

Ginny skipped into the common room and sat down next to Ron.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Ron.

"I have a date for the dance," she said in a sing-song voice. "But it's a surprise."

"Forget it Ron, I'm going with Fred," Hermione said. "And you need a date. All prefects do, but thank goodness it doesn't have to be with another prefect."

"Where'd you get that idea 'Mione?" Ron demanded.

"It was in the letter that said we were prefects," Hermione explained. "You can look at mine."

"Who should I go with?" asked Ron.

"Why don't you go with Lavender?" suggested Ginny. "If that doesn't work out, you could always ask Luna."

"Too late. I already did," said Harry. "But you could ask Susan Bones or Lisa Turpin."

"Hey Lavender, could you come over here?" called Hermione.

"What is it 'Mione?" asked Lavender when she came over.

"Ron has something to ask you," Hermione said sweetly.

"There's a Valentine's Day Dance. Will you go with me?" Ron mumbled.

"I guess I could go with you," said Lavender. "But you have to dance this time."

Ron agreed to this and tried asking Hermione who Ginny's date was.

"Ron, if Ginny hasn't told me who she's going with, how am I supposed to know? She didn't even tell me who she planned on asking, so I can't answer your question. If you don't leave me alone, I will not help you with potions," Hermione told him, which seemed to work, since Ron started working on his potions essay.

"Harry, what's wrong?" asked Ron 5 minutes later. Everyone around them looked to see where Harry pointing and saw Percy with pink hair. Hermione started giggling.

"Hermione, did you do that?" gasped Lavender.

"Nope. But Snape and Fred told me not to tell. I guess Percy was being a prat about something, so they decided to get revenge on him," Hermione said. "Ron, we don't know anything at all about this, okay?"

"Hermione, who made my hair pink?" Percy asked when he got over to their table.

"I don't know. I didn't see anything," Hermione replied. "I've been in here almost the whole day and no one said anything about it to me. They probably thought I would tell you or something."

"Thanks anyway Hermione. Do you know where Fred is?" Percy wondered.

"Last time I saw him was 2 hours ago. And you're welcome Percy."

Percy left the common room to try to find Fred. They went back to their homework, and waited to see if Percy would come back before dinner, but he didn't.