"No news is good news I suppose" Hermione sighed as she read the Daily Prophet. Harry sighed looking at Ron whom once again was stuffing his face with food.

Silence filled in between the three of them. Harry's thoughts then turned to Luna, he had felt bad about how he had treated her that night, she already had enough ridicule to put up with. Hermione snapped out of his thoughts with a gasp "What?" he said frantically.

"I broke my fingernail and it's brand new!" she frowned. Harry looked at Hermione as if she went mad. "Are you alright, are you getting ill" he asked worriedly.

Hermione rolled her eyes, "No I'm just preparing for the conference, you have to have intellegence and beauty, but don't worry it's just an act, I don't really have a care for cosmetics" she said smugly. Suddenly the owls filled the air, though something was different, the Great Hall was filled with hundreds of owls all carrying silver envelopes, one dropped right on Hermione lap.

"What's that?" Ron looked at the letter interested. Hermione opened it quickly and then after reading it, read it aloud. "Miss Granger, we are very please you are interested in being the witch who will represent Hogwarts at the international conference.

You will need an escort for the first event and a knowledge some difficult transfigurations". "Please dress in your fanciest attire." Ron snorted in laughed "You entered!" he stopped as soon as he saw her icy glare. "I thought you said it was just a "rubbish contest" Harry said.

Hermione then flipped it over "Remember that trust is the key" she looked puzzled. Harry frowned thinking of the Triwizard Tournament "Are you sure you want to do this Hermione?" he asked. "Yes Harry" she said stubbornly. Luna Loovegood then walked over dreamily as if she hadn't had a confrontation with Harry the other night "Morning Gyffindors" she smiled.

Harry turned his neck so fast he strained it. "L...Luna" he said sweating slightly as he slid down more into his seat. Ron smiled barely noticing Harry's reactions, which surprised Hermione. "Say Luna do you have an escort?" Ron asked rather demandingly. "Oh...well umm no" Luna replied a slight blush on her cheeks. Hermione looked simply outraged. Ron cringed at her stare but continued.

"Well...I was wondering..maybe if you wanted...to go with...a bloke like me." he gulped feeling nervous. Luna was shocked but obliged quickly "That would be great Ronald" she smiled dreamily. Harry and Hermione exchanged looks of confusion and anger.

Harry got up from his seat rushing out of the Great Hall with Hermione using the excuse of going to the library. "Any word on how Ginny and Harry are doing?" he asked immediately "No, Harry's furiated with me" she sighed. "Don't worry your doing a great job" he encouraged.

"Which is why I want to escort you Friday night" he said smugly. "Oh ...and that's your only reason" she sighed. "No for the food of course also" he added with a grin. "I'd better go, Hermione might come back in here." he said fearfully. "See you Luna" he then briskly walked out of the Great Hall, leaving Luna alone with her thoughts.

Luna glanced at herself in the mirror shocked by what she saw, she had agreed to let a few of her fellow Ravenclaws help her prepare for the evenings events. Her face was full of make- up and her blonde hair was full of soft curls.

Surprisingly she hated it, it didn't fit her personality one bit, and the make up felt heavy upon her face and her butterbeer necklace had been replaced by a diamond one. Her dress was a sparkling silver, that made her eccentric blue eyes look illuminating. She took a deep breath before starting her way down stairs, ignoring the shocked stares. She spotted Ron waiting for him dressed in a surprisingly nice dress robe.

"A nice change from the Yule Ball" she spoke aloud. Ron turned and gapsed. "Luna!" he said amazed. Luna blushed deeply. "Yes it's really me and no your not seeing things" she smirked. Ron blushed as he took her arm still unable to function right, as he couldn't seem to take his eyes off of her. "Well shall we Ronald" she asked dreamily.

"Oh right" Ron said breaking out of his stupor. They walked into the Great Hall, shocked at what they saw. It had been transformed into a beautiful and sophistacated room, with roses outlining the walls and a silver gleaming floor, it had a small table set up with punch a food, and then there was a long line of hopeful girls whom were now all staring at Ron and Luna.

Luna felt a hint of nervousness as she saw their jealous faces. "Look there's Harry, Ginny and Hermione" she pointed out. Harry to her surprise was staring at her intently, while Hermione whom was with Neville to Ron's amusement was to busy looking through a huge textbook.

Ginny looked at Luna an expression of shock and resentment on her face. Ron calmly brought them over to his friends. "Hey guys...big turnout" Luna said dreamily to them. "Umm yeah...wow Luna..you look...great" Ginny said painfully slow.

Luna noticed that Ron was slightly drooling from looking at Hermione, she indeed looked beautiful her bushy locks now straight and wore royal blue dressed that fit her to perfection. Luna then realized Hermione was way to overdetermined to win the competition. She sighed wondering what she'd gotten herself into.

sorry it took sooo long to update, I've been so busy since the beggining of the year, it's great to be back writing for you guys. Thanks so much for any reviews! Tresa