Hello! I am continuing this one just because of Arwen-Evenstar-Elf who has motivated me to continue with just this one. Thanks! (:

So of course, here's the recap!

The night went on very successfully, and the pair finished all of the things needed for the ball that night.

"So since we can no longer have Hogsmeade trips, let's ask Carla's Costume Cravings and Harold's Halloween Hut to come to Hogwarts and sell costumes!" Crystal said.

"Good idea!" Harry replied.

"Ok, I'll turn this into McGonagall tomorrow, and contact Carla and Harold. Night then Harry!" Crystal said.

"Night."

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"How weird is it that these people are coming today?" Ron questioned.

"It's not that weird." Hermione replied.

Ron rolled his eyes.

The group of four sat in the Gryffindor Common room waiting until Carla and Harold were scheduled to come.

Harry had asked Crystal to go to the Halloween Costume Ball with him, since they would have to be the ones in charge of the dance anyways, while Ron asked Hermione to go with him, since he had no guts to ask any other girl. This time, he was smarter and didn't ask her as a last resort. (A/N: sorry this paragraph is totally random! But I had to let you know who's going with whom as quickly as possible! Sorry!)

When 3 o'clock came, Crystal, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went off to the Great Hall to discover that it had turned into a gigantic costume store, with one side of Harold's Halloween Hut, and Carla's Costume Cravings.

The group had decided to split up, and Crystal and Harry went off to the Harold's Halloween Hut side, and Hermione and Ron went to Carla's Costume Cravings side.

"Wow! Everything here is so amazing!" Crystal said as she was mesmerized by all of the unique costumes.

"There is so many! How are we going to choose?" Harry responded, in awe that there were so many possibilities.

"This one is beautiful! What do you think?" Crystal asked Harry while holding up a midnight blue gown that was hexed to sparkle.

"Wow." Harry said. "That's ju-"

Harry was interrupted by a portly man. "Hello folks! My name is Harold! How may I help you today?"

"Well I was thinking about this gown." Crystal responded.

"Well young lady, I have a mask that matches that certain gown!" Harold said, and held up a matching mask that only covered the eyes. (A/N: For anyone that saw 'A Cinderella Story' with Hilary Duff, just think of her mask.)

"And for you young man, I have a certain costume that goes with this lady's gown!" He exclaimed and went off to find Harry's costume.

"Hmm. isn't that lucky?" Crystal commented excitedly.

Harold came back with an entirely black dress robes with a midnight blue tie.

"That's lovely!" Crystal exclaimed, "Let's get these!"

"Sure." Harry responded, and got out the money to pay for the costumes.

Meanwhile…

"Hello! My name is Carla!" said a brightly colored lady, "How can I assist this lovely couple?"

Ron's ears turned bright red and said, "We're not a couple!"

Carla chuckled and said, "Well then, I presume you are shopping for your ball?"

"Yes, do you have anything?" Hermione asked shyly.

"Do we have anything!? Of course! Carla's Costume Craving has every costume that your little heart could ever desire! We even had a special technique to see your true heart's craving for your costume needs!" Carla said enthusiastically.

"Oh that's wonderful!" Hermione said.

Ron and Hermione went with Carla so they could be tested to she what costume that they wanted.

Carla pointed her wand at their hearts and muttered and incantation that wasn't comprehensible.

"Ah! Lovely choice! Your hearts tell me that you wish to be a princess and you a prince!" Carla exclaimed and went to go find the correct costume.

Hermione and Ron glanced each other and started laughing as Carla returned with their costumes.

"For you, we have a tiara with this floor-lengthed sparkling gown, with matching glass slippers." Carla said, while giving Hermione her costume. "And for you, we have this lovely black top hat, with black dress robes."

"Er, how much is this all?" Ron asked uneasily.

"All this is only 2 galleons with our special one day only sale!" Carla replied reassuringly.

"That's great! We'll take it!" Hermione said while smiling at Carla.

When they were all done, they retired to the Gryffindor common room and chatted.

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Almost too soon, a week had passed and all the girls were frantically running around to get ready for the ball that night.

Harry and Crystal had to start decorating early in the morning to make sure that they both had enough time to change into their costumes.

Finally with all the decorating done, Crystal rushed into her room and began preparing for the Ball.

Harry got his costume on rather quickly and waited for Crystal in the Gryffindor common room, with Ron, who was also waiting for Hermione.

"Hi Harry! Hi Ron!" said a cheerful voice from the top of the Girl's stairway.

Hermione had finished preparing and was descending from the stairs.

Ron and Harry both looked at her and were shocked.

"Whoa." Ron said, with his jaw dropping. "Y- You look pretty." He said in his squeaky voice.

"Thanks, you look nice as well." Hermione said with a smile.

When Crystal was finished, the group of four went off the Great Hall for the Halloween costume ball.

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Yes I know, this chapter was pretty fruity. Haha. And I didn't really get into the details of Halloween Ball, unless you really want me to, because then I will.

But the reason that this chapter was just about the Halloween Ball, was because I'm just getting back to the "writing world" and wanted to start with something easy!

I promise more interesting things are coming! Please Review! (: