Draco Potter?

Chapter 13: Just Like A Fairytale part 2

Hermione twirled around in front of the mirror in her dorm. The ball was starting soon. The others had just left, after gawking at her dress and just her whole look. She had used Sleekeazy's hair potion again to make her hair all sleek and pretty. She was wearing make-up too: red lipstick, black eyeliner and a lot of mascara for that dramatic effect. She didn't look like her usual nerdy self at all. Which was exactly what she wanted of course. She liked dressing up and looking gorgeous every once in a while. The reactions were priceless. And it felt nice to feel pretty. But all of it was too much work and kind of pointless for ordinary schooldays.

Finally, Hermione went downstairs. The Common Room was empty. Everyone else was already at the ball. Now she could make her dramatic entrance. Draco was waiting outside the Common Room. His reaction was similar to Ginny's. His jaw dropped, kept staring and couldn't think of anything to say. Hermione smiled.

"You look amazing", he managed to choke out. What did I do to deserve someone like her? he wondered. Then he decided that he didn't care. They were together and that was al that mattered. He loved her so much.

"Thanks", she replied "You don't look that bad yourself". He was wearing dark green dress robes, kind of like Harry's, only cooler. He really did look a lot like Harry now. But there was something undescribable about him that totally set him apart from Harry. '" Let's go".

Draco smiled and formally took her arm. They went downstairs. Everyone was already in the Great Hall. They smiled at each other and went in.

It was awesome. The music stopped. Every single eye was on Hermione. Jaws dropped, gasps were uttered, people were choking in their drinks. No one moved. They just stared. Hermione and Draco slowly and dramatically walked over to Harry and Ginny. Ron was there too. With a girl. Hermione had seen her a few times before, she was in Ravenclaw. When they reached them, everyone started talking and moving and the band started playing again. People did keep glancing at Hermione and her date though. She giggled at all the attention. Draco kept smiling at her, happy that she was his date and no one else's.

"Hi", Hermione smiled at her friends. Draco muttered a hello.

Harry and Ron were too dumbfounded to speak. "Hi!" Ginny said back, "you guys look awesome!"

"So do you", Hermione replied. Draco nodded in agreement.

"I don't know who you are, but you really do", Ron's date said and smiled shyly.

"Oh, sorry. I'm Hermione and this is my boyfriend Draco", Hermione introduced them.

"I'm Emily", she said. She was a little taller than Hermione, blonde and had light brown eyes. She was wearing a cute pink dress. She was actually quite pretty. Hermione wondered how Ron could find someone like her and that fast after the thing. She was almost insulted that he got over her so quickly, but then mentally laughed at her own thought.

"I like your dress", Hermione said. Emily smiled.

"You look gorgeous", Harry finally said to Hermione.

"Yeah.." Ron agreed.

"Thank you", Hermione smiled at their late reaction.

"Let's dance!" Ginny said and pulled Harry towards the dance floor.

"But I can't--" Harry looked at the others helplessly as Ginny dragged him away. They laughed at Harry's face.

"Let's go too", Hermione said. Draco's smile faded, but followed her to the dance floor anyway. Ron and Emily shrugged and followed too.

They danced for what felt like hours. The band was really good. They kept switching between ballads and rock songs. Draco regretted not asking who they were later. He really liked a lot of their songs. When he got tired, he asked Hermione if they could go outside and get some fresh air. It was so crowded in here. Hermione nodded and they went outside.

The night was as beautiful as the day had been. There was a full moon and it was a clear night. Snow was still lying over everything. The lake was frozen. The trees were decorated. Fairies were fluttering about in the bushes and trees. A huge fountain had been conjured in the middle of it all. The grounds looked like the perfect holiday picture.

Draco and Hermione were just walking around, hand in hand. Draco kept staring at Hermione. She's so beautiful, he thought. She looked so perfect against the background. He stopped. She stopped too and looked at him.

"You're so beautiful", he said.

Hermione blushed. He kissed her. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed back. It was just like a fairytale. Hermione had always wished that she'd find her Prince Charming and that just like in a fairytale they lived happily ever after. Now she believed that they actually would.

Then their perfect fairytale moment was ruined by Ginny. She threw a snowball at Hermione's head. And didn't miss. She and Draco froze for a moment. Then Hermione abruptly let go and started walking towards Ginny who was accompanied by Harry, Ron and Emily. "You're so going to pay for that", she said, sounding amused.

Ginny stuck her tongue out and ran away. Hermione picked up a handful of snow and chased after Ginny. In a few minutes it had turned into an all-out snowball fight between Hermione, Draco, Ginny, Harry, Ron and Emily. They were running around everywhere, laughing and screaming. And of course throwing snow at each other. Eventually more people came outside and joined them. It was the best and biggest snowball fight ever.

"Watch out!" Harry yelled as Draco threw a snowball at Ginny. It narrowly missed her. She scoffed and threw one back at him. Her aim wasn't as good this time and hit Luna instead of Draco. She almost fell over, laughed, and threw one back at her.

Lavender was staring at a cute guy from Ravenclaw and didn't notice Dean throwing a snowball at her. She really fell over flat faced into the snow. The others paused the fight to laugh at her. "Okay, now who threw that?" she yelled, fake angry. Everyone pointed at Dean.

"Uh oh," he said and ran away. She chased after him. Parvati helped her. The others continued their fights and didn't pay much attention to Lavender and Dean anymore. Everyone was randomly throwing snowballs at each other. They had the time of their lives.

When the ball was almost over, they went back inside, laughing. The band was playing a ballad.

"May I have this dance?" Draco asked Hermione.

"Of course," she replied and wrapped her arms around him. And they danced. Suddenly the band switched to a rock song and they broke apart. They jumped around and totally let go. Some people in the front had started a freaking moshpit. A moshpit. In Hogwarts. At a ball. Hermione laughed. She pulled Draco with her and joined them. It was the best and longest song the band had played.

Then it was over. The band thanked the audience for listening and left. "Before you all go, I'm going to say some last words. Good and night," Dumbledore said and left also. The students followed their examples.

Hermione and Draco didn't go to their Common Rooms though. They snuck to the room of Requirement, which they now simply called: Draco's room. Draco had practically moved in there, now that he was a social outcast in Slytherin.

"Ugh, I'm soaked," Hermione complained. That was the one thing she hated about snow: it melted. She started taking off her dress. "Will you help me with this corset? I really can't take it off by myself," she asked.

"Sure," Draco said smiling. So he did. After that he took off his robes, since he was soaked too. (FYI: Hermione is wearing an underdress and Draco is wearing something under his robes too). They crawled under a blanket in the armchair in front of the fireplace.

"That was the best night ever," Hermione said softly.

"Yeah," Draco agreed. "I know I already said this a million times, but you looked really amazing."

Hermione smiled. "I love you."

"I love you too." Draco replied and kissed her yet again.

And they lived happily ever after.

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A/N: You thought that was the end right? Well, it's not. There are too many loose ends for this to be the end. I could just make a sequel, but then this fic would be too short. For me. Anyway, I'll probably change my pen name with the next update. Brave New Girl makes me want to stick a fork in my right hand. If I do, I'll probably change it to Your Best Kept Secret, Malice In Wonderland, Teenage Death Girl, Amariel or Elarinya. Just so you know.