Disclaimer: I'm in Kentucky right now, babysitting and being spoiled (and gaining weight-aren't relatives lovely?). Firstly, JK Rowling doesn't live anywhere REMOTELY close to Kentucky. Secondly, if someone asked her to babysit for them, she would just go hire a nanny for them (or at least she has enough money to). Thirdly, I see JK as the person spoiling, and making a relative gain weight, not the person who is being spoiled and gaining weight.. ^_^

AN: If you read the disclaimer, you'll see why exactly I haven't been posting. (and no, it's not because I didn't want to torture ya'll with southern slang!). But I've been writing! Just ask my dear friend and helper, darkmarkgirl, because I ask her for help about every day. ^_^ THANK YOOOOOOOOU!!! Oh, and I was even gonna wait until I got back home to post, but then my return date got changed, so I decided not to be mean!

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Hermione laughed as Ginny yanked her Jack-o-Lantern earrings off. Fred and George had made them for her, which should have forewarned her.
They were specially charmed to that whenever someone said the word "Halloween," they cackled evilly.
It had been cute the first few times. Then, as the excitement grew, the earrings got louder and louder. Ginny swore they could probably hear them downstairs.
So, amid the hysterical laughter, Ginny banished the earrings up to her dorm room.
Hermione stood up and stretched.
"Well, I have to go get ready. I'll see you guys in a couple of hours."
"It takes you two hours to put on a costume?!" Ron said incredulously.
Hermione glared at him. "As a matter of fact, yes it does."
And with that, she spun around and walked up the steps to her dormitory.

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Hermione opened her trunk when she entered her room. Under a stack of clean robes, there was a plastic shopping bag with "Disguise Drawer" printed on the front.
She opened it and took out three separate articles of a gauzy, pink costume.
"Oh, God.. Why did I pick out THIS costume," she lamented as she gazed at her costume.
She sighed. There was nothing she could do about it now.
She put the two body pieces on and looked in the mirror. She scrutinized her appearance and shrugged to herself. "It's not so bad, I suppose."
At first glance, it seemed quite revealing, but under further study (and after she'd pulled the neckline up quite a bit), she came to the conclusion that it wasn't so terrible. Besides, it wasn't as if anyone would know who she was until the unmasking. And she'd figure that out when she needed to.
She picked her wand up and performed the proper spells. When she looked in the mirror this time, she saw herself with much less bushy, much lighter hair and soft looking, barely noticeable makeup.
Her hair had a slight curl and was pulled back in a fluffy, slightly curled pony-tail.
She pulled the mask part of her costume out of her bag. It fastened onto the front of her pony-tail and draped down like a veil. It, like the rest of the costume, was pink.
Stepping back to survey herself in the mirror, she thought critically, "I look like I just stepped out of 'I Dream of Jeannie,' "
She shrugged. "It looks OK, though. I guess."
She took some pink satin slippers out form under her bed and slid them on. She then opened her old oak jewelry box and took out a pair of pearl earrings to put on.
She stepped back so that she could see her whole body.
She groaned. She could still see her face plainly. This wasn't going to work! They'd be able to tell who she was immediately!
She needed something to cover most of her face; she needed to be unrecognizable.
She picked up her wand and conjured up a plain white mask that covered the area around her eyes and most of her nose. She charmed it so that it floated right in front of her face.
She looked in the mirror and grinned. That was more like it! The only visible face feature was her mouth, and who really knew what her mouth looked like from memory?!
She heard a knocking at her door. She glanced in the mirror one last time, then said quietly, "One moment."
She grabbed her wand, concealed it in one of the long, draping pieces of cloth from her costume, and opened the door to a beaming Scott.
Hermione grinned. "Great costume," she commented.
He was wearing the whole Scottish attire. He had on the kilt, hat, spats, and drape that were once worn regularly in Scotland.
Scott winked. "Cool, isn't it? The plaid is my mum's clan's plaid." "Wow. That's awesome!" said Hermione, and she meant it.
"Well?" Scott prompted. "Shall we escape?"
Hermione laughed. "Of course. Is the Common Room empty?"
Scott winked again. "Not quite. But I have an idea. Stand still!"
Hermione didn't have time to ask why. Scott had taken out his wand, pointed it at her, and said a spell.
When she looked down, she was in an almost matching, more feminine version of Scott's costume. "Oh. my God."
"Don't worry, little lass," chuckled Scott. "This is just to get through the Common Room. Once we're away from speculation, I'll change you back to your mystic self."
"You've thought this through!"
"Why, of course!" Scott offered her his arm. "Shall we?"
They walked down the stairs and through the Common Room amid choruses of, "Awww. How cute." (Lavender, of course!), "Lemme take a picture!" (Colin, of course!), and "Why the Hell are you leaving so early?" (Ron. of course)
They answered to no one, just walking through the room, looking straight in front of them.
As soon as they exited the Common Room, Hermione had a fit of the giggles.
Scott grinned. "Sshh. Come on. Let's try to get there without anyone noticing us."
Hermione quieted down and suppressed her giggles. "Where are we meeting him, anyway?"
"An empty classroom on the 4th floor," Scott answered.
"OK. Let's go!"
"Hyper, aren't you?" Scott asked cynically. "Save your energy. You'll probably have to fight off guys wanting to dance with you."
Hermione blushed and grinned. "Thanks."
They went up a few sets of staircases and headed down a hallway with medieval kings, knights, and queens.
Hermione and Scott traded polite words with them, until Scott stopped abruptly in front of a door.
"Is this it?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah. Hold on while I change you back." Scott waved his wand and she was back in her genie costume.
Scott carefully opened the door, peeked in and smiled. He opened the door wider and motioned for Hermione to enter.
She stepped in and saw Draco leaning against the chalkboard.
He looked up as they entered and his mouth fell open. "Wow." Hermione commented.

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R/R Thank you everyone! I'm trying to type, but I'm supposed to be babysitting, so yeah.. ^_^

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Slytherinangel922: It wasn't that bad, was it?? ^_^

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