A/N – I do not own Harry Potter but some of the spells in this chapter are some of my own. Enjoy everybody :)
Chapter 7:
Lily wasn't the kind of girl that got dressed up, she was always happy to wear daggy shirts and jeans, but she knew this was a special event and it had to be more formal. She had no such clothes in her suitcase so she had to take the trip into Hogsmeade. The day came for when they were allowed to go to Hogsmeade, Lily noticed that James, Sirius and Remus were coming also.
"Oh no," she sighed as she only had to think what them three might get up to.
Once they got there Lily went straight to Gillian's Formal Wear. It was a huge shop; there were clothes and costumes everywhere. Clothes were piled up to the roof and others were spread over the floor.
"May I help you?" asked a little old witch who had a hump on her back.
"Yes I am looking for a dress to wear to a formal occasion," replied Lily as she looked at an exotic red dress.
"Oh yes, the Masked Ball at Hogwarts," smiled the witch as she looked dreamily out the window.
"I should have known, well now, I don't think that is very suitable" she replied as she saw Lily looking at the red dress.
"No" agreed Lily.
"Well dear, let us find you a dress then," the witch yelled with enthusiasm, before she ran off to the back of the store, she came back bringing with her 7 dresses.
Lily tried on dress after dress, but none really caught her attention.
"To floppy"
"To revealing"
"To plain"
There was always an answer to object to the dresses the witch threw at her, but when Lily looked out of the change room to grab a light blue dress she saw a sparkle of green coming from the back of the store. She left the little witch to scuttle around finding other dresses and walked slowly through the doorway that led to the back. Right in the corner of the room was a closet, which had hanging in it some old mothball eaten dresses. The green sparkle caught her eye once again, showing her that it was squashed right at the back. She stretched out her hand and grabbed the dress.
"Wow" was all Lily could say when she touched it.
It was a brilliant light green, the same green that showed in her eyes. It was knee length, and had strings at the back to tie it up It was silk and had a pretty bead pattern that went around the waist, it was only a small pattern but it matched the dress perfectly, one word could describe this dress, "beautiful".
Lily was interrupted of her thoughts by a squeal.
"What are you doing back here missy?" lectured the little witch.
"I saw this dress and…" but Lily never got to finish.
"Dear, you must try on that dress, please try it on". Lily was pushed into the change rooms; she had no choice but to try it on. She looked into the mirror as she tied the string around her neck, it fitted her perfectly, the curves on her body showed in the right places and it didn't reveal too much, it was just right.
"Come out dear".
Lily walked out and looked at the witch. The little witches eyes widened. She had never seen anyone look so beautiful in one of her dresses. Lily twirled around and felt the tip of the dress gently sway at her knees, it fitted her perfectly, it felt perfect and it moved gracefully. She had never felt this beautiful in her whole life.
"My dear you look beautiful," the little witch cried out to Lily.
"Hold on for just a second," said the witch just before running off to the back of the shop. She soon came back with a small silver box in her hands.
"My great grandmother passed this down to her daughter, her daughter then passed it down to my mother, then my mother passed it down to me" she whispered to Lily.
"It is very ancient and sacred to my family," whispered the witch as she blew the dust off the lid. She opened the box slowly, Lily moved in to look at it and saw rapped in red silk the most beautiful looking jeweled mask; it had small green and silver jewels all over it. It was simply magnificent.
"I would like you too have it" the little which suddenly whispered as she placed the box in Lily's hands.
"I can't accept this" Lily replied as she pushed the box away, without taking her eyes off the jeweled possession.
"My dear I have no children to pass this onto, I would like you to have it" said the witch as she took the mask out of the box and handed it to Lily.
Lily looked at the beautiful mask in her hands, stroking it with her fingers, as she had never touched anything so precious. She moved it towards her face, fitting her perfectly, the little witch squealed with delight.
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"GET OUT OF MY STORE NOW! " yelled the bar maiden from The Three Broomsticks.
James and Sirius ran as fast as they could out of the store.
"My, she's a bit angry," puffed Sirius as he and James slowed down to a walk.
"Well of course she'd be angry, we just put multi-coloured ink in peoples drinks so their teeth turned different colours. Then we set off fireworks in the barrels of butter beer so I think she is a bit angry" laughed James.
"That was a great explosion" admired Sirius.
"Yeah the peoples faces were priceless," laughed James as he laughed hysterically.
"Shame Remus wasn't there," sighed Sirius.
"Yeah do you know where he went?" asked James.
"Nope" shrugged Sirius.
They walked in silence for a while until…
"James, come look at this," cried out Sirius as he stopped in the middle of the street to look through a window.
James walked over to where Sirius was and looked through the window to see what Sirius was looking at. James's jaw dropped.
"Oh my god…. "gulped a devastated James.
He had never seen so much beauty in his entire life. She was twirling around catching every inch of light, making her look like a goddess.
"Who…is…that?" James stuttered.
"I don't know," replied Sirius as he gawked at the beauty.
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Lily twisted and turned, it amazed her just to see the dress shine as she moved. She laughed at herself in the mirror, as she never could picture herself to look this beautiful in her whole life. She was so happy nothing could destroy this moment, absolutely nothing.
"I'll take them" she smiled to the witch.
The witch jumped up and down clapping her hands, she grabbed Lily's hands and twirled her around admiringly.
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"Wow, I wonder who she is?" James asked, as they gawked at her like a couple of owls through the window.
"Lets go in and find out" Sirius replied, but before they got through the door.
"POTTER, BLACK!" yelled out a certain Professor.
"Now we're in for it," sighed Sirius.
"Yes, Professor" James replied as Professor McGonagall walked out of The Three Broomsticks.
"COME HERE AT ONCE!" she yelled at them.
"Does she think we are deaf or something?" whispered Sirius to James.
James grinned at Sirius's remark as he and Sirius walked up to McGonagall. As they came closer to her their eyes started to water, as the smell had not yet faded, they stepped a few paces away from her but she didn't seem to notice.
"Now, you two haven't forgotten about your detention today, have we?" asked McGonagall.
"No Professor" James and Sirius spluttered as they craved for air.
"Good, just checking" McGonagall smiled.
"Run along now"
They both turned around getting ready to run away into the fresh air.
"Just before you do though, I was just talking to the Three Broomsticks bar maiden, she was horribly distressed as she has been cleaning butter beer off the walls. You two have no idea what happened in there do you?" asked McGonagall with a certain sweetness to her voice.
"No Professor, we have no idea," replied James in a serious voice.
"Yes, sure you do, so in that case I'm sure you two won't mind helping her clean it up as she said a certain two names that I happen to know, POTTER and BLACK, so in that case run along now too The Three Broomsticks then when you have finished there you will come to my office to do your detention." laughed McGonagall.
"Have fun boys" she waved before she left.
"She's really evil sometimes," Sirius whispered as he looked at James.
"Yeah, she's evil with her stench" laughed James
James and Sirius then looked at each other and ran back to the store, but she was gone, the store was closed, and the beauty had disappeared.
"Damn McGonagall" James yelled out in frustration before they turned and walked to The Three Broomsticks with a smiling bar maiden looking at them.
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