A/N Thanks for all of the great reviews!! 83 and only five chapters up! I
fell so loved *Gush * When I was going through the reviews, I noticed that
some of you have reviewed me loads of time so a special thanks to (Drum
roll) The Charmed One, Amanda, and of course, Laura! Soz if I missed out on
anyone. More thanks at the end! Oh yeah, I've finally got a plot. I think
you're going to really like it *Evil grin *
Chapter 6. Couples through History.
Hermiones' first lesson was double Herboligy. It was pretty normal really. Neville over watered a sprog plant and it exploded into his face. He was rushed to the hospital wing with baby sprogs growing out of his head. It's didn't seem that bad at first, just a few green things sprouting from his nose etc, but then those green things grew spikes ½ an inch long and full of poisonous goo. You couldn't really blame the guy for running around the tables screaming at the top of his lungs. Hermione was still laughing about it when she went down to dinner that evening.
She sat down as usual between Harry and Ron. The carried on talking to each other in suppressed voices, totally ignoring her.
"Who are you going to ask?" whispered Ron.
"Umm…I was going to ask Cho but after what happened last year…"Harry trailed off.
"What are you two whispering about?" interrupted Hermione. She hated not knowing what was going on.
"Oh," said Ron, going as red as his hair, "The Halloween ball isn't that far away now so…"
Not far away, thought Hermione, it's still weeks away.
"So…" she prompted.
"So, we're gathering our Gryffindor courage early this year."
Before Hermione could reply, Dumbledore stood up and began to speak.
"Quiet please…thank you. Now, it was brought to my attention by some students that the traditional style of the Halloween Ball has become…tedious, having it year after year. Because of this, I have decided to change the style to something more adventurous. The Ball will have a theme. This year, the theme will be: 'Couples through History.' For example, Anthony and Cloepatra was a famous muggle couple. The couple doesn't have to be based on people. Hot and Cold, for example, is a famous couple. Now, to stop two couples going as the same people, you will find a slip of paper beneath your plate-"
Before he could continue, there was a rush of people lifting, or trying to lift their plates. They seemed to be stuck to the table.
"IF YOU'D LET ME CONTINUE!" boomed Dumbledore. Everyone, including the teachers nearly jumped out of their skin.
"Thank you. Now, where was I? Oh yes. The slip of paper will contain whom or what you MUST go as to the ball. Only you will be able to see what is written on the paper. You will also be given a potion that hides you identity from your partner. Everyone else will be able to see you, and you them. It will be up to yourselves to find you match. At 12 midnight, the potion will wear off. I hope this is satisfactory to those who brought this problem to my attention."
He looked at the Ravenclaw table with a smile.
"Now you may read your slip and-"
Once again he was cut off. Everyone was lifting their plates and reading the slips. Hermione took up her plate and calmly unfolded her paper.
'Day' it said in a flowing elegant script.
Hermione sat back and let all of the hustle and commotion sweep over her.
Day, she thought, Day. The more she thought of it, the more she liked it.
"You must not tell ANYONE what was written on you slip, ANYONE." Judging from the gleam in his eye, he knew that was not going to happen.
Hermione folded the slip of paper and put it into her robe pocket.
"This," she said out loud, "is going to be great!"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Two days later, it was the visit to the only wizard and which only town in the world, well, that she new of anyway. Hermione was going there with Ginny to get outfits for the Ball. Harry and Ron had been quite annoyed that the two girls wouldn't tell them what they were going to the Ball as. In return, they wouldn't tell either. Hermione and Ginny arrived and made a bee-line for 'Rag n Robes' Ginny had found it the year before. It was dark and old looking on the outside, but inside it was quite the opposite. Robes of every size and colour were everywhere, and surprisingly, every kind of muggle clothing too. And she meant every kind and every era.
Hermione was going to help Ginny pick out an outfit. They both new what the other was going as. The had 'accidentally' written down what was on the slip, they had both 'accidentally' dropped them in front of each other and they had both 'accidentally' picked up the wrong one. That's a lot of accidents, thought Hermione, grinning.
Ginny had got a very famous muggle fantasy character. Beauty, as in Beauty and the Beast. Hermione thought it was perfect for her. Ginny had fell in love with it. Hey, a chance to dress up always pleased Ginny!
They wandered about the shop, each looking for the perfect dress. It was early and no-body else had bothered to go shopping yet. They had the whole shop to themselves. Suddenly, Ginny let out a squeal.
"Herm, look at this!" she cried.
Hermione looked at the dress Ginny was holding up and immediately felt jealous. It was a long, gold satin. The sleeves were long and shiny. That was about all she could make out because Ginny had ran off to the changing rooms. Five minutes later she emerged. Hermione gasped.
The dress fell down to the floor. The bodice fit snugly to her slim waist and formed a 'V' just below her stomach. The sleeves were as tight as Hermione had thought, but they widened out near her wrists to cover her hands half way. The lover half of the dress was beautiful. It was wide and glittered when she moved. All in all, she was beauty.
"It's gorgeous." said Hermione truthfully.
"It's mine." said Ginny and went back into the changing room to take it off.
Hermione went off to look for something for herself. She was looking for perhaps two minutes when the shopkeeper appeared.
"Hello there, how may I help you?" she asked cheerfully. She was a plump woman with frizzy hair. Her robes were plain black but twinkled when she moved.
"Day. I need to be Day." blurted Hermione without thinking.
The shopkeeper gave her a curious look. You know, that head-cocked-to-one- side-what-are-you-talking-about look. Hermione was sure she must think her mad.
"Hmm…yes…I think I've got the perfect thing for you Dearie. Follow me." she said with a sparkle in her eye.
She led Hermione into the very back of the shop. It was darker their, and so were the clothes; black, navy, dark green. Hermione was just about to tell her that she'd find something on her own when something caught her eye. It was behind a rack of old black robes. The shopkeeper went straight for it, taking the dress down and holding it out to Hermione.
"Try it on before you have a look at it Dearie. It works better that way."
Hermione was led back to the changing rooms. Ginny was just coming out when Hermione went in.
"What you got?" asked Ginny.
"I'm not sure." replied Hermione.
She went into a cubicle and put on the dress. It was a perfect fit.
"Don't look in the mirror yet!" shouted the shopkeeper. "Show us first."
Hermione pulled back the curtain and stood in front of the two other women. The shopkeeper smiled and nodded her head. Ginny, on the other hand looked like a fish out of water. Her eyes were bulged and her mouth kept opening and closing.
"Well?" asked Hermione, "What's it like?"
"It's…it's…" stammered Ginny.
The shopkeeper let out a joyous laugh. "You can look at yourself now."
She took out her wand, gave it a wave and produced a full-length mirror on the wall beside her.
Hermione turned and nearly collapsed.
The dress was a golden yellow, long and flowing down her body. It had a high collar and long sleeves that came to a point at her middle finger. There was a piece of material going from her back down to her sleeves on either arm. When she lifted them, they billowed out, as if blown by a wind. When she moved, the light caught the dress and seemed to… reflect off of it. She positively glowed. The light from the dress highlighted her hair. It was gold one minute, then blonde, light brown, light red.
What caught her attention most of all though, was her eyes. They weren't her usual brown, but a gold so bright that she could see her reflection in them.
She turned to face Ginny and the shopkeeper.
"I'll take it."
A/N So, that's it, the 6th chapter. Like it? Please review!!
Acknowledgements: Starting with my first reviewer.
*HarryPotterCC1 * Thanks & I did what you said! *Amanda * Thanks, you're great! *Captain Kemp * I never said Draco was going to be a good boy. * Roxy * Thanks *Mighty Me * You'd really review me every night?! Thanx *Ruby Moon and Christine * Poor you! You'll do better next time! Study with Ruby. *Princess Darkness * Laura is a girl from my school. She's really like that! *Draco's Silver Tabby Cat Girl * Oh thank you x 10 *Fe * To the end huh? I've got a dedicated reader Yay!! *Kristina * I'm hurrying! *Tanya * Soz about the confusion! LOL *Jamilyn * That's a lot of wows! *Krum- Luver * I'm not making Hermione into a Britany Spears. She, like most other girls, is discovering her feminine style. Just a little later then most! *Mariella * she is pretty isn't she? *Ricky * The dorm is following the Hogwarts crest. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Hope that clears it up for ya! *Jade * Your fave Draco/Hermione fic!? I'm so honoured! *Me4draco * Golden, that's given me an idea! *Shirazuki * I'm writing more as you read this! LOL *Aphrael * Ah…thanks! *Annie * Thanks for the review (at last!!)
Chapter 6. Couples through History.
Hermiones' first lesson was double Herboligy. It was pretty normal really. Neville over watered a sprog plant and it exploded into his face. He was rushed to the hospital wing with baby sprogs growing out of his head. It's didn't seem that bad at first, just a few green things sprouting from his nose etc, but then those green things grew spikes ½ an inch long and full of poisonous goo. You couldn't really blame the guy for running around the tables screaming at the top of his lungs. Hermione was still laughing about it when she went down to dinner that evening.
She sat down as usual between Harry and Ron. The carried on talking to each other in suppressed voices, totally ignoring her.
"Who are you going to ask?" whispered Ron.
"Umm…I was going to ask Cho but after what happened last year…"Harry trailed off.
"What are you two whispering about?" interrupted Hermione. She hated not knowing what was going on.
"Oh," said Ron, going as red as his hair, "The Halloween ball isn't that far away now so…"
Not far away, thought Hermione, it's still weeks away.
"So…" she prompted.
"So, we're gathering our Gryffindor courage early this year."
Before Hermione could reply, Dumbledore stood up and began to speak.
"Quiet please…thank you. Now, it was brought to my attention by some students that the traditional style of the Halloween Ball has become…tedious, having it year after year. Because of this, I have decided to change the style to something more adventurous. The Ball will have a theme. This year, the theme will be: 'Couples through History.' For example, Anthony and Cloepatra was a famous muggle couple. The couple doesn't have to be based on people. Hot and Cold, for example, is a famous couple. Now, to stop two couples going as the same people, you will find a slip of paper beneath your plate-"
Before he could continue, there was a rush of people lifting, or trying to lift their plates. They seemed to be stuck to the table.
"IF YOU'D LET ME CONTINUE!" boomed Dumbledore. Everyone, including the teachers nearly jumped out of their skin.
"Thank you. Now, where was I? Oh yes. The slip of paper will contain whom or what you MUST go as to the ball. Only you will be able to see what is written on the paper. You will also be given a potion that hides you identity from your partner. Everyone else will be able to see you, and you them. It will be up to yourselves to find you match. At 12 midnight, the potion will wear off. I hope this is satisfactory to those who brought this problem to my attention."
He looked at the Ravenclaw table with a smile.
"Now you may read your slip and-"
Once again he was cut off. Everyone was lifting their plates and reading the slips. Hermione took up her plate and calmly unfolded her paper.
'Day' it said in a flowing elegant script.
Hermione sat back and let all of the hustle and commotion sweep over her.
Day, she thought, Day. The more she thought of it, the more she liked it.
"You must not tell ANYONE what was written on you slip, ANYONE." Judging from the gleam in his eye, he knew that was not going to happen.
Hermione folded the slip of paper and put it into her robe pocket.
"This," she said out loud, "is going to be great!"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Two days later, it was the visit to the only wizard and which only town in the world, well, that she new of anyway. Hermione was going there with Ginny to get outfits for the Ball. Harry and Ron had been quite annoyed that the two girls wouldn't tell them what they were going to the Ball as. In return, they wouldn't tell either. Hermione and Ginny arrived and made a bee-line for 'Rag n Robes' Ginny had found it the year before. It was dark and old looking on the outside, but inside it was quite the opposite. Robes of every size and colour were everywhere, and surprisingly, every kind of muggle clothing too. And she meant every kind and every era.
Hermione was going to help Ginny pick out an outfit. They both new what the other was going as. The had 'accidentally' written down what was on the slip, they had both 'accidentally' dropped them in front of each other and they had both 'accidentally' picked up the wrong one. That's a lot of accidents, thought Hermione, grinning.
Ginny had got a very famous muggle fantasy character. Beauty, as in Beauty and the Beast. Hermione thought it was perfect for her. Ginny had fell in love with it. Hey, a chance to dress up always pleased Ginny!
They wandered about the shop, each looking for the perfect dress. It was early and no-body else had bothered to go shopping yet. They had the whole shop to themselves. Suddenly, Ginny let out a squeal.
"Herm, look at this!" she cried.
Hermione looked at the dress Ginny was holding up and immediately felt jealous. It was a long, gold satin. The sleeves were long and shiny. That was about all she could make out because Ginny had ran off to the changing rooms. Five minutes later she emerged. Hermione gasped.
The dress fell down to the floor. The bodice fit snugly to her slim waist and formed a 'V' just below her stomach. The sleeves were as tight as Hermione had thought, but they widened out near her wrists to cover her hands half way. The lover half of the dress was beautiful. It was wide and glittered when she moved. All in all, she was beauty.
"It's gorgeous." said Hermione truthfully.
"It's mine." said Ginny and went back into the changing room to take it off.
Hermione went off to look for something for herself. She was looking for perhaps two minutes when the shopkeeper appeared.
"Hello there, how may I help you?" she asked cheerfully. She was a plump woman with frizzy hair. Her robes were plain black but twinkled when she moved.
"Day. I need to be Day." blurted Hermione without thinking.
The shopkeeper gave her a curious look. You know, that head-cocked-to-one- side-what-are-you-talking-about look. Hermione was sure she must think her mad.
"Hmm…yes…I think I've got the perfect thing for you Dearie. Follow me." she said with a sparkle in her eye.
She led Hermione into the very back of the shop. It was darker their, and so were the clothes; black, navy, dark green. Hermione was just about to tell her that she'd find something on her own when something caught her eye. It was behind a rack of old black robes. The shopkeeper went straight for it, taking the dress down and holding it out to Hermione.
"Try it on before you have a look at it Dearie. It works better that way."
Hermione was led back to the changing rooms. Ginny was just coming out when Hermione went in.
"What you got?" asked Ginny.
"I'm not sure." replied Hermione.
She went into a cubicle and put on the dress. It was a perfect fit.
"Don't look in the mirror yet!" shouted the shopkeeper. "Show us first."
Hermione pulled back the curtain and stood in front of the two other women. The shopkeeper smiled and nodded her head. Ginny, on the other hand looked like a fish out of water. Her eyes were bulged and her mouth kept opening and closing.
"Well?" asked Hermione, "What's it like?"
"It's…it's…" stammered Ginny.
The shopkeeper let out a joyous laugh. "You can look at yourself now."
She took out her wand, gave it a wave and produced a full-length mirror on the wall beside her.
Hermione turned and nearly collapsed.
The dress was a golden yellow, long and flowing down her body. It had a high collar and long sleeves that came to a point at her middle finger. There was a piece of material going from her back down to her sleeves on either arm. When she lifted them, they billowed out, as if blown by a wind. When she moved, the light caught the dress and seemed to… reflect off of it. She positively glowed. The light from the dress highlighted her hair. It was gold one minute, then blonde, light brown, light red.
What caught her attention most of all though, was her eyes. They weren't her usual brown, but a gold so bright that she could see her reflection in them.
She turned to face Ginny and the shopkeeper.
"I'll take it."
A/N So, that's it, the 6th chapter. Like it? Please review!!
Acknowledgements: Starting with my first reviewer.
*HarryPotterCC1 * Thanks & I did what you said! *Amanda * Thanks, you're great! *Captain Kemp * I never said Draco was going to be a good boy. * Roxy * Thanks *Mighty Me * You'd really review me every night?! Thanx *Ruby Moon and Christine * Poor you! You'll do better next time! Study with Ruby. *Princess Darkness * Laura is a girl from my school. She's really like that! *Draco's Silver Tabby Cat Girl * Oh thank you x 10 *Fe * To the end huh? I've got a dedicated reader Yay!! *Kristina * I'm hurrying! *Tanya * Soz about the confusion! LOL *Jamilyn * That's a lot of wows! *Krum- Luver * I'm not making Hermione into a Britany Spears. She, like most other girls, is discovering her feminine style. Just a little later then most! *Mariella * she is pretty isn't she? *Ricky * The dorm is following the Hogwarts crest. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Hope that clears it up for ya! *Jade * Your fave Draco/Hermione fic!? I'm so honoured! *Me4draco * Golden, that's given me an idea! *Shirazuki * I'm writing more as you read this! LOL *Aphrael * Ah…thanks! *Annie * Thanks for the review (at last!!)