Life is a Masquerade- Chapter 3- Dancing the Night Away
It was the day before the masquerade ball and still Hermione and Ron had not talked. To keep the feud from rising, Harry stayed with Ron, only talking to Hermione privately. Harry had found a date to the ball, one he would not reveal. Ron had yet to find one, though he could have almost any girl. He had grown to be a handsome young bloke but was hung up on Hermione it seemed. Finally, the day of the dance, a fairly new student from America caught his eye. Bearing quite a resemblance to Hermione, Natalee accepted Ron's invitation to go with him and didn't seem to mind at all the angry stares she got from other girls.
Hermione was in the girls' dorm getting ready for the ball. She already wore her beautiful cream colored dress, cut in the Greek toga style. She was currently lacing up her gold sandals that matched the edge of the cloth making up her dress. She did her hair in the Greek style with a wave of her wand, her wavy hair going extremely curly and arranging itself in a high and extremely curly ponytail so it looked like a bun. Side ringlets and gossamer curls tumbled down her neck and framed her face. She did her eye make up like that of an Egyptian queen, turned up at the end. She fastened her golden mask into place with her wand and moved to the mirror the check herself. Being satisfied, she hid her wand somewhere in her dress and made her way down to the Great Hall.
When Hermione arrived at the grand staircase, she made sure to make a grand entrance. Heads turned to look at her. She thought back to the last letter from her mystery date and remembered to meet him on the dance floor at 8 o'clock. It was 7:45, so she made her way into the Great Hall. Billowy fabric hung from every where and live ivy climbed the railing and walls. Flowers bloomed and birds sang. It looked like a beautiful fairy world, to be frank. Hermione made her way through the crowd. She spotted Harry dancing with a mysterious girl. Hermione went to say hello and met Lili, Harry's date. Lili, it turned out, was a friend of Natalee's and had also transferred to Hogwarts recently. Hermione checked the time and made her way to the middle of the floor. As the next song started up, she felt hands around her, guiding her through a dance. She turned around and looked into the bright eyes of her admirer. Her wore a gold tunic and wrap-around sandals. Atop his brunette head was a golden wreathe of laurel leaves and his mask was gold and simple. Hermione asked him how he knew what to wear, for his tunic was the same tone as hers.
He only replied "Destiny."
Hermione and the stranger danced the night away until there was only a little over an hour left. He started to lead her to the garden made just for this night. As they made their way, Hermione spied Ron and Natalee dancing and realized Ron was actually enjoying himself. And then it struck her that she was too. She and her admirer broke free of the Hall and walked out into the night air. They walked silently for some time when the brunette stopped and gathered her into his arms.
"Time for you to find out who I am." He pulled out his wand and with a wave the mask disappeared.