Disclaimer: Man! I wish I owned this stuff. But sadly no. I do however own the plot.
Chapter 16 Hogsmead
"Come on! We really need to get to the dress shop before everyone else takes all the good costumes." Ginny called to Harry and Hermione as she raced for a carriage.
The new couple hurried up and jumped in.
"Blimey! … You guys are the slowest people ever!" Ginny stated.
Hermione and Harry looked at each other as if they could read minds and cast knowing looks at each other because they were most certainly not the slowest. They had practically been running to keep up with Ginny. They both knew that Ginny was the most determined person they knew when it came to shopping.
"Ginny you weren't even this excited when I got my makeover." Hermione was scared. She had no idea what Ginny was planning.
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"Welcome to Madam Courtney's Costume and Dress shop. I am Madam Courtney. Have you ever been here before?" Someone greeted.
"Yes, Hello. I have been here before so I know how it works but they haven't. It would be wonderful if you could explain it to them and then lead Harry to the Guy's section and Hermione to the girl's. I'm going to start now." Ginny took charge just like her mother. (Just don't tell her that.)
"Ok you head on back while I chat with them."
They were in the entryway to the shop it was decorated in an antique French style. Ginny went through the doorway in the back. The front windows had curtains that were pulled back so that the warm sunlight could come in.
"Wow this room is lovely Madam Courtney." Hermione commented.
"Thank you, dear. When you go back, the left side is for the girls and the right is for the boys. You may grab a rack to hang all the things you with to try on. In the middle are the dressing rooms. On each wall of your respected walls are pictures of costumes. If you wish to try one on just tap it with your wand and say your size. It is very simple and I hope you find exactly what you need." She escorted them to the door and opened it.
Hermione gasped. She had entered the room and saw it all as the woman had described. The room was long and looked narrow but had plenty of space.
"Hermione was that you?" Ginny called.
"Hermione is still awestruck. But it was her." Harry responded and gently nudged her to the left.
Harry headed off to his side and looked at the pictures. Ginny had already grabbed two racks one of them had five things hanging on it, while the other had only two.
"Hermione you're a size 6. Right?" Ginny asked.
"Uh… yeah."
"Ok I wasn't going to pick stuff for you but they were just so wonderful that I had to. Let's start at this side and then work our way down."
"O….K"
"Hermione go try these on since you can't seem to focus." Ginny handed her the rack.
Hermione pulled it over the nearest dressing room. When she opened the door she found that the room was huge. The rack easily fit in the room with her. In one corner was a chair to sit on. One whole wall was a mirror. It didn't say anything to her so she assumed that it was a muggle mirror. She closed the door and started to remove her shirt when…
"IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE.
SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES!" the mirror burst into song.
"AHHHHHH" Hermione stopped what she was doing and screamed.
"Hermione are you ok?" Harry and Ginny both called.
"Ginny get in here. NOW!"
"Ok coming"
"What the heck just happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"The mirror… just… sang… It's getting hot in here!"
Ginny burst into laughter.
"Oh my gosh I can't believe you didn't figure it out. Sorry I didn't tell you about the mirrors. I just assumed that she would have told you." She paused to laugh, "These mirrors play different songs based on what you are wearing. Just think of it like in movies when people are trying things on there is always music and they dance around."
"Ok but it was so creepy."
"You will get used to it. Watch. If I start to undress it plays Hot in Here because one of the lines says 'take off all your clothes'. If you don't want people to hear what you are doing then put up a silencing charm."
"Ok that sounds good. SILENCIO! Ok well I'm going to try these on now. Thanks Ginny"
"Ok" Ginny walked out.
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After a few hours the girls had tried on almost everything on the wall. Hermione was tired but Ginny convinced her to keep going. Neither had found anything perfect but they each found a few good things.
"Hermione are you ready?"
"Yeah" she opened the door.
Both of them entered complete shock and lost control of their jaws, which promptly fell open the moment they laid eyes on each other.
A/N
Why are they in shock? Find out next chapter.
Sorry it took me so long to update. I would like to thank Katie (or Radcliffe'sgirl4ever) for getting me to update.
Ttyl,
Malena