A/N: I do NOT own Harry Potter! The world of Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's wonderful work. NOT MINE!

Snow. One of mother natures wonders. It is spread on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry like a giant, cold, white blanket. Almost everywhere you look you see white. There is hardly any sight of green. All of the trees are completely covered in snow. Hagrid's hut looks like an igloo and the lake is frozen solid. I hope the Crumple-Horned Snorkack are O.K. They don't like cold weather.

"Luna! You . . . you look beautiful!"

Luna was taken out of her train of thought by the gasp of Padma Patil.

"Oh, hello Padma," I said looking away from the window.

"Didn't you hear me Luna?! I said that you look beautiful!"

Luna was wearing a black spaghetti strap dress which crisscrossed at the back. I had blue and silver flames at the bottom of the dress, which is a few inches from her ankles, and the flames rose up to her thighs. Her hair was its usual straggly self and went down to her waist. She didn't have any make-up on. She does not believe in make-up. She was wearing raddish earrings which stood out and she had silver mid heel shoes. The dumb shoe store did not have any shoes with low, low heels.

"Are you referring to outer beauty?"

"Huh?"

"Because I don't really believe that people should be judged by what's on the outside, but by what's on the inside. On the other hand, I don't think that people should be judged at all. But thank you anyway."

"Uh . . . ," said Padma who was suddenly at a lost for words, but then shook it off. "I... I came here to tell you that Hermione and Ginny are waiting for you outside the common room."

"Oh. Thanks for telling me."

"Whatever."

Luna went down the spiral staircase that lead to the dormitory that she shared with Padma and another three Ravenclaw sixth years. She went through the common room which was packed with students who were either waiting for their dates for the Christmas Ball or waiting for friends. She went out through the entrance to the common room and saw Hermione and Ginny talking and giggling.

Hermione was wearing a wavy, purple, two inch strap dress that was about three inches below her knees. Her hair was tied up in an elegant bun, just like at the Yule Ball, and she had light make-up on. Also, she was wearing white high heeled shoes. Ginny was wearing a sparkling golden spaghetti strap dress that had a slit on her right side that was a little past her knee. Any higher and Ron would have killed her. Her hair was down in soft curls and she too had light make-up on. She had red high heeled shoes on. They both saw Luna and squealed.

"Luna! You look amazing!" exclaimed Hermione.

"Yeah! You look beautiful! I love your dress!" exclaimed Ginny.

Having already given the beauty speech to Padma, I just smiled dreamily.

"Ready to go and have fun!?" asked Hermione excitedly.

"Yeah!" exclaimed Ginny.

"Where are Ronald, Harry, and Draco meeting us anyway?" I asked.

"They're meeting us in front of the doors to the Great Hall," said Ginny.

So the three girls started heading toward the Great Hall. They went down many, many steps until they reached the third the floor.

"What's that noise?" I asked.

There were some loud crashes coming from the class room on their left.

"I don't know, but I don't want to find out. It might be Peeves," said Hermione.

They hurriedly went down two more floors and when they got to the first floor, they could barely see the doors to the Great Hall. Loads of students were going in. Luna could hear the music that The Weird Sisters were playing every time that someone opened the doors. They reached the doors, but they didn't see the boys.

"I wonder where they are," said Ginny.

They looked around and craned their heads over the many students that were just arriving.

"I think I see them," said Hermione.

And sure enough, they were standing at the other end of the crowd. Ron was wearing dark-blue dress robes and his hair looked slightly brushed. Harry was wearing green dress robes and his hair was its usual untidy self. Draco was wearing pale silver dress robes and his hair was not slicked back, but naturally down. All of their dress robes brought out their eyes. They saw us and pushed through the crowd.

"You're finally here. We've been waiting for ages," said Harry.

"What takes you so long to get ready anyway? You guys left the Great Hall at Lunch three hours ago," said Ron jokingly.

"Ha. Ha," said Ginny.

"Well, I think it was worth the wait. You girls look beautiful," said Draco.

"Thanks," said Hermione and Ginny.

"Where's Luna?" asked Ron.

"I'm right here."

Luna came out from behind Ginny and Hermione. Ron's mouth dropped.

"Lu . . . Luna. Y.. You . . . " Ron stuttered, his face turning as red as his hair.

"I what Ronald?"

"Y.. You look beautiful."

Luna smiled dreamily. "Thank-you."

"So shall we go inside?" asked Draco. Offering Ginny his arm.

"We shall," said Ginny as she accepted Draco's arm.

Harry offered his arm to Hermione and Ron offered his to Luna. Together they walked toward the doors to the Great Hall, and when they opened it, they all dropped their mouths in awe.

A/N: There it is! I hope you guys liked it! I will try to make the next chapter as soon as possible. I will really try, it's just because I don't have a lot of time with all the homework that I get.