Disclaimer: Unless I'm getting a huge birthday present, Harry Potter isn't mine.
Chapter 6—The Ball Part 1
Saturday, October 31, 1977
The day of the Halloween Ball.
It was a day of great chaos as everybody (mainly girls) was rushing upstairs to the dorms to get ready.
Most of the girls started going up at around two o'clock to get ready.
"My god!" Sirius moaned as he saw another batch of girls go to their dorms. "How long does it take for some girls to put on a costume and make up?"
"A lot," Keegan Altlay, a fellow seventh year Gryffindor remarked glumly. "Victoria started going up at around one thirty to claim an early shower."
Sirius shook his head. "Girls—always trying to look their best for us guys."
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Upstairs, however, it was utter chaos.
Especially in Lily, Erica and Tessa's dorm.
Their roomies, Abigail Tombs, Stacey Colman and Karen Alvarez were running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
"Ohmigod! Who took my mascara?" Abigail frantically asked searching through her cosmetics, her hair dripping wet.
"I did." Stacey replied throwing it to her best friend. "Sorry."
"Has anybody seen my mask?" Karen asked throwing everything out of drawers to find her mask.
"No."
However, since Lily was Head Girl, she had her own shower and room to herself so she invited Erica and Tessa to have an entire bathroom and room to themselves.
"Thanks Lils." Erica said cheerfully, stepping out of the bathroom with a fluffy white towel around her head and body. "God, knowing Abigail, Stacey and Karen, they would have wasted all the hot water."
Tessa brushed past Erica and Lily heard the squeak of the shower going on.
There was a yelp and a shout of, "ERICA! YOU TOOK THE HOT WATER AGAIN!"
Erica giggled. "Whoops."
Lily smiled and pointed her wand at her hair. Whispering a slight incantation, her hair became dry.
"Do you always waste the hot water?" Lily asked her friend.
Erica shrugged and stepped into the closet to change. "I don't know. I just get so caught up in the shower I forget the time and I guess I waste it."
Lily rolled her eyes and hid behind her bureau to change into her dress.
As Lily slipped the dress on, she felt like a princess. This dress fit her so perfectly it felt like someone had measured her in her sleep.
Smoothing the dress down, Lily bent down and put on her green ballet flats. So they didn't really match the outfit—who cares? She would rather go with something that didn't match then dance the night away in shoes that would kill her feet. In addition, the dress was long enough to hide the shoes.
Patting her hair to be sure there wasn't any frizz, Lily went to her empty bureau and looked at her reflection in the mirror.
She took out a hair tie and began to work with her hair.
Five minutes later, Tessa appeared out of the shower—angry.
"For the last time Erica!" Tessa exploded. "You are NEVER going to take a shower first!"
Erica shrugged and copied Lily's move by muttering an incantation to speed dry her hair.
"What do you want me to say?" Erica asked, inching towards the mirror so she could do her hair and apply her make up.
Tessa groaned and took her costume.
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Back at Gryffindor Tower, Kellie Crosby, Morgan Jennings and Marissa Everhard were getting ready.
Since most people were afraid of Kellie, her roommates had cleared out, leaving the three girls.
"I am like, so nervous!" Marissa cried, applying more blush than what was needed. "What if I, like, kiss a boy that isn't Remy?"
"Then suck it up and get it over with." Kellie snapped, combing her silky hair back so that it fell over one eye.
"That's not being truthful to our boyfriends." Morgan said, sucking in her stomach as she slid on her costume.
"Screw truthfulness," Kellie replied coolly as she pulled down her dress a bit to show more cleavage.
Marissa looked up, the blush brush dangling inches away from her cheekbone. "You haven't been truthful to James?" She gasped.
"Of course I have." Kellie snapped. "I'm not like that Mary Anne girl who cheats on her boyfriend AND has terrible style. I love James and someday," she applied some lipstick. "We will get married."
"Yeah, me and Siri are going to get married soon." Morgan replied dreamily. "Most likely in May."
"Did Sirius tell you this?" Marissa asked checking her stomach in the mirror.
Morgan shook her head as she tried to wrestle her titian hair into an up do that wouldn't stay.
"Then how do you know he's gonna marry you?" Marissa asked again.
"I just know," Morgan, replied, touching her hair lightly to be sure it was staying in place. "Okay, how does it look?"
"It looks great!" Marissa chirped.
"Kellie?" Morgan asked timidly. Everybody knew that whatever Kellie Crosby said was law. Nobody else's mattered.
Kellie scruntchized her. "Looks like you have a bee's nest on your head."
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"Okay, you guys ready?" Tessa asked.
All three girls were poised at different angles of the bedroom. They were going to jump out at the count of three to show each other how they looked.
"One..." Lily said.
"Two..." Erica chirped.
"TWA!" A/N: three in French)
The three girls jumped out.
There was a sudden intake of breath as the three friends looked at each other.
There was only one thing to say.
"Wow."
They looked gorgeous too.
Erica was wearing her 'princess' dress and it looked more like a wedding gown. Pristine white cinched in at the middle and then flew out to reveal a huge skirt. It was slightly low cut with ruffled sleeves that went a bit down her shoulder.
The dress was covered in slight sparkles and sequins. A tiara topped Erica's mop of lion colored wavy hair that was pinned up and a white mask with sequins completed the look.
Tessa, on the other hand, looked completely different from her sister. She wore the black dress that reached her knees (A/N: As I said previously. It's the dress Helena wore in the My Chemical Romance music video.) She didn't wear a hat or anything but she wore a red and black mask. Her hair hung straight down to mid back.
Lily, on the other hand, had to look the most beautiful of all. She wore the stunning green dress that reached the ground and wore the white gloves that reached her elbows. She wore a narrow necklace of pearls and her hair had been put up in curls with pieces framing the green mask that fitted to every contour of her face.
All of a sudden, Lily did not feel like the Clue character. She felt like someone else.
Like a Cinderella.
She knew that she would be the beautiful swan tonight, but when the ball ended at midnight, she would be back to quiet, shy Lily Evans.
"Wow." Erica breathed, looking at her sister and best friend. "We look—"
"Amazing?" Tessa asked.
Erica nodded slowly, not wanting to mess up her hair. "We look gorgeous."
"We could probably be even prettier than the Barbies." Tessa remarked, trying to keep a straight face.
Erica snickered while Lily crossed her arms.
"Tess..." Lily began but Tessa cut her off.
"Well, well, well—look who blossomed into a beautiful woman!"
Lily blushed slightly and looked at the clock. It was six forty five. They had at least another hour and fifteen minutes.
"Soo," Tessa replied, rubbing her hands together. "Anybody up for a game of Chess?"
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"I hate this, I hate this, I hate this, I hate this." James groaned as he struggled to do the tie.
"So do I mate." Sirius replied looking disgruntled as he slid on the costume. "I feel like a pansy."
"Well, it's because you are." Remus remarked dryly as he struggled to zip up the costume of 'Superman.'
Sirius gave Remus a nasty look. "I can't believe Morgan talked me into wearing a dog costume!"
"Well," James said slyly, "You ARE Padfoot."
Sirius whipped a pillow at him. "Well I mean—as Padfoot, I am lovable and the best looking hound around,"
James and Remus resisted the urge to roll their eyes.
"But when I'm dressed in this retarded dog costume I lose my handsomeness and become a pansy."
"But you have to admit Padfoot," James said cheekily. "The look does suit you."
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Eight o'clock finally arrived.
Erica, looking at the clock, squealed suddenly, making Tessa and Lily jump in the air in shock.
"Erica!" Tessa snapped. "Don't squeal!"
Erica pointed to the clock.
"It's time."
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Okay, Chapter 6—check!
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