Amera woke up at nine the next morning with a headache. It must've been thinking about Draco before she went to sleep that gave her this headache. She went downstairs, where Tashia was already sitting at the table, eating breakfast. There were pancakes, eggs, sausages and toast set on the table, and Aurora was making blueberry crumpets.

"You're up. I was just about to come wake you." Aurora said loudly over the banging in the kitchen.

Amera held her head, and closed her eyes as she sat down at the table.

"What's" wrong?" Aurora asked.

"Got a massive headache."

Aurora went back to the counter, and fumbled around till she found her wand. She got a glass and tapped it, handing the glass of fizzing liquid to her. With the first sip her headache was gone.

"Thanks mom." She yawned.

"No problem. Now have some breakfast. You'll have to wait about another five minutes for the crumpets, but you can start off on some eggs and toast."

Amera dished herself up some eggs, toast and bacon, then had three blueberry crumpets put on her plate.

"You two better hurry up. Twilfitt won't be open long today. Narcissa arranged especially for them to be open today."

Amera was never amazed what Narcissa could do with the name of Malfoy behind her. Amera went upstairs, and put on self-heating jeans, polo neck jersey, sneakers and a thick jacket that Narcissa had gotten her from Italy. Then she went back down stairs, and waited for Tashia to join her and Aurora. Tashia ran downstairs, and stood in front of the fireplace.

"Ok let's go." She said.

But before Aurora threw the Floo powder in the fireplace, she laughed at them.

"Narcissa told me you still don't know how to Floo without falling out of the fireplace."

Amera and Tashia blushed and nodded.

"Ok now listen. Keep your weight on one foot and keep the other ready to step out of the other fireplace as soon as you touch the hearth."

Amera and Tashia nodded, and stepped in behind Aurora. Aurora dropped the handful of Floo powder and shouted "Twilfitt and Tatting's."

There was a swirling of green fire around them, and they stepped out into a brightly lit shop, with dark wood flooring and wall panelling. Amera and Tashia had never been here, but it seemed that Aurora had been. The front door was not open, and had no open sign. The windows were snowed shut by the continuing snow from the night before.

"Girls, the gowns are over there by the back." Aurora pointed to a rack with curtains hanging over them.

Amera and Tashia went over to them, and pulled back the curtains.

"Going to Mrs Malfoy's ball are you?" Came a voice from behind them.

They both span around and saw a little old lady standing behind them. She had definitely appeared from thin air, because they didn't hear the pop from Apparition. The old lady smiled, but she still looked formidable.

"Uhm yes. We're looking for gowns that will go with her theme." said Amera.

"Ahh yes, these ones here are perfect." She walked a little way down the rack and pointed out silver, white and light blue dresses.

"This one would look perfect on you…" She said, taking out her wand, and pointing it to a silver dress, which then appeared on Tashia.

Tashia looked in the mirror, while marvelling her strapless, curvaceous dress. Amera went through the rest of the dresses, and took down a white dress.

"Oh yes. That one for you. Will bring out your beautiful eyes." The old lady said, and with a flick of her wand it was on Amera.

Amera looked down at her white dress, which seemed to look the right length now that it was on her. She stood next to Tashia, and looked in the mirror. She fixed the bodice, and straightened the long skirt with a mid-thigh slit. She turned around and looked how open her back was, which wasn't much.

"Tashia…" said Amera softly, as to not alarm the old lady.

"Mmm…" Tashia replied, still looking in the mirror.

"Can you see…my birthmark?"

Tashia looked around, and looked at the back of Amera's dress. She shook her head, and turned around to show her back to Amera.

"And me? I didn't even think…"

Amera shook her head, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"We'll take these dresses. Did Mrs Malfoy budget for shoes?" Amera asked the old lady.

"Oh yes. Here here." She waved her wand and the two dresses were in bags, and Amera and Tashia had their other clothes back on, then the old lady pointed at a rack full of shoes, and took two pairs down.

"These ones for the white dress, and these for the silver." The old lady said.

Amera smiled at the lady, and gave her the two vouchers for her and Tashia. Aurora appeared round the shelf, carrying a blue dress and matching shoes.

"Well if that's all. We should be going." She handed the old lady her voucher, who wrote down all three purchases on a piece of parchment, and gave it to and owl.

The owl flew out a high window, and disappeared with the purchase list.

"Goodbye Mrs Tatting. See you again." said Aurora, and stepped into the fireplace with a handful of Floo powder.

"Five Privet drive, Surrey." With a flash of green flames, they were gone.