Disclaimer: None of it is mine; it all belongs to J.K.R and Billy Shakespeare (I'll leave it up to you to guess which parts belong to who).

Dear Diary,

Slughorn gave us permission! I'm not going to write anything else about it because Lily always steals my diary. He thought it was hilarious, though. The dance is tonight and I'm so excited! It's my first official date with Sirius! I can't wait!

Love,

Adriyana

Dear Diary,

Time for the dance! I didn't have time to find a date, but I look pretty good in my devil costume; it's a somewhat short red dress, those horn things, and a pitchfork. It's pretty awesome. Unfortunately, Potter is also going alone and I'm sure he'll ask me to dance with him, or snog him, or worship him for all of eternity and into the beyond. Yeah, he actually asked me to do that once. Can't he take a hint? Stupid prat.

Sincerely,

Lily

P.S. - He filled the dungeons with mayonnaise today. Mayonnaise. In the dungeons. I kid you not. Gits.

Lily put down her diary and looked around the room. It was in a state of chaos. Amber was about to Adriyana do her makeup, though it didn't look like there would be any left after Alice was done with it. Adriyana loved giving people makeovers. She went light on Amber's makeup, but Remus would surely have a conniption fit when he saw her. She looked great in her Juliet costume, an old fashioned but somehow still sort of sexy dress in a pale pink. She held a bouquet of Adriyana's red roses, which had an absurdly long life. Lily assumed magic was used somehow.

Alice's costume, on the other hand, looked positively wild, and was the polar opposite of Amber's. Lily would have thought she looked ridiculous if not for the fact that she had already seen Frank's bizarre costume, and the two were a perfect match. Her hair was done up with so much hairspray you could throw rocks at her head and she wouldn't feel it (which they had done). Her makeup looked…well, it fit the costume, and overall, the whole thing was so overdone that it just screamed, "Halloween costume!" which was exactly what Alice was going for, she didn't want people to really think she was a slut.

Adriyana looked beautiful in her robes. The crystalline flowers sparkled in the light whenever she moved, and she had her hair tied up in a knot (which was hard, as there was so much of it). She had lined her unusually large eyes in a turquoise that made them pop and matched the shade of the robes perfectly. Pretty as it was, it still wasn't a Halloween costume. Lily smirked, thinking her theory might just be correct.

Lily herself looked great as well, her hair was down, her dress hugged her body but was soft so she still felt comfortable in it, and Amber had put a spell on her shoes so they felt like pillows. She felt very…Lily. She looked good and felt great. Not that her dress was too short, but it was almost borderline for someone as conservative as Lily.

"The dance is starting soon, guys!" Amber said. They were all ready. They started to head down the stairs when…

"Oops! I forgot something!" Adriyana called as she began running back up the stairs. They all looked at each other. Knowing this had to do with her costume/prank, they went to follow her, but just then the steps turned into a slide, like they always did when a boy stepped on them. They landed on their feet in the common room, and it was clear who the culprit was.

Sirius had his foot on the slide, grinning madly.

"Black! What the bloody hell!" Lily said, and then backed down when she remembered that he played an equal part in the secret prank. Not that that could be counted as a valid excuse, but she felt she had to be nicer to Sirius today, though, as he was her best friend's date. She noted that he wasn't wearing any odd or prankish costume, or anything that would do something when crystals touched, but he had cleaned up pretty good, Lily had to admit it.

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Remus' breath caught in his throat when he saw Amber. She looked absolutely gorgeous. Her loose, flowing pale pink silk dress fell to her feet, and her golden blonde hair was longer than usual, because she had magically grown it. Her eyes were shimmering with the hint of the sparkling gold makeup that they were gently brushed with.

He gasped. He had no idea how someone like him had gotten so lucky. She was absolutely perfect, every bit of her. He had a strong urge to kiss her, but he resisted, knowing how much it would embarrass her in front of her friends.

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Adriyana came tripping down the stairs/slide, the missing item in her hand.

It was her purse.

Sirius ran forward to catch her at the foot of the stairs, and then almost dropped her in surprise over how pretty she looked. "Wow…Adri-Adriyana, you look…wow," he stammered.

"Thanks. You look pretty good too, Sirius," she responded, looking him up and down. They smiled at each other.

James cut in, clearly not noticing the "moment" they were having. would you mind telling us what your big prank is NOW?" he said.

"Fine!" they said, glaring at him.

She opened her purse, pulling out two bottles full of…mud? Then Lily realized what it as, as did most of the others. "Oh my God, that's Polyjuice Potion!" Amber called out.

Adriyana winked at her. Sirius handed her a medium length black hair, and she gave him a longer, glistening hair. "Are you guys going to change into each other?" Lily asked.

"Of course not. That would be stupid. I mean, who would know? There would always be one of me and one of Agie at the dance…not very funny," Sirius said.

Adriyana added her hair to the potion. It sizzled and turned gold. Sirius' potion turned the fiery red-orange color of Adriyana's phoenix, appropriately named Ash. They both looked at each other and then poured the potions down their throats. Looks of pain spread across their faces. Adriyana doubled over and toppled onto the couch, as Sirius fell behind it.

A minute later, Professor McGonagall got up from the couch Adriyana had fallen on. She looked ready for the dance, wearing…..

Dark turquoise satin robes. Adriyana's robes.

"OH MY GOD! ADRIYANA?" Alice screamed. Adriyana/McGonagall nodded. Then her face broke into a wide smile. Nope, definitely not McGonagall.

Shock was written on every one of their faces. They went up to Adriyana and started laughing. Even Lily was happy her friend had come up with such a good, harmless prank. It i would /i be pretty funny to have two McGonagalls at the dance, and to see the real one's face. But where was Sirius? They were all busy ooh-ing and aah-ing when they were interrupted someone behind them clearing their throat. They all turned and saw Albus Dumbledore standing there.

i Uh-oh, they're busted… /i Lily thought. Then she noticed Albus was wearing Sirius' navy blue dress robes and his mischievous grin. It was Sirius!

Sirius/Dumbledore grabbed Adriyana's hand. She apparently didn't care that her date was the exact likeness of her Grandfather. "Lets go, then…we only have an hour to do this," she said with a mysterious smile. It looked so strange on McGonagall.

"Wait. What else are you guys going to do?" Amber asked.

"You'll see…" said Sirius, with a wink.

They walked down to the great hall together, the Marauders raving about how they couldn't wait to see everyone's reaction to the prank. Adriyana and Sirius still wouldn't tell the rest of it, though. When they got to the doors, Sirius snuck in first, quietly.

Adriyana told them, "You guys go next. You won't want to miss this," they eagerly obliged. Lily saw Sirius hidden in the corner and the real Dumbledore seated at the staff table, and the real McGonagall pulling dancing couples farther apart on the dance floor. Nothing out of the ordinary was happening, but Lily noticed that Peter, Remus, and James were trying not to stand under the floating pumpkins.

BANG.

The doors to the hall flew open, and Adriyana barged into the room and stormed up to the dance floor. She got really close to McGonagall. It was so bizarre, seeing two clones face to face, one furious and one flabbergasted. "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Adriyana screamed at the real McGonagall, who was, for once, at a loss for words. It was almost as weird seeing McGonagall scream as it was to see her grin.

"Wha…how….PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE!" she finally managed to say, calling to him across the hall.

"Yeess?" said both Dumbledores, appearing at either side of the two McGonagalls at the same time, one wearing a sly grin, one just looking amused. McGonagall's face morphed from a look of shock to one of horror. She didn't even notice Slughorn's booming laugh echoing from across the room.

"Professor, it seems as if we have an impersonator," Adriyana told Dumbledore, in a very official, McGonagall-like tone.

"YOU'RE THE IMPERSONATOR!" McGonagall yelled, losing her composure for what may be the first time in her life (none of them had seen her yell before), and pointing an accusatory and trembling finger in Adriyana's direction.

"I see. How very strange…" Dumbledore said, whimsically. He walked up to Sirius and began examining him up and down. McGonagall was flabbergasted at the nonchalant attitude Dumbledore had.

He knew. Adriyana knew that he knew. She could see it in his glittering blue eyes. It was hilarious how he let it go on for so long. The rest of her friends were in stitches, even Lily had to grab onto James' shoulder for support. She let go rather quickly when she noticed what she had done.

Two minutes left until the potion wore off. Poor McGonagall was about to have a heart attack. Or faint. "Why I never…in all my years…have I seen…," was all she could say. Adriyana looked at Sirius. Maybe this prank had gone on long enough. She missed the real Sirius already. Just when she was about to say something, Albus spoke up.

"Minerva, please. Adriyana, if you will…" he motioned towards her. The huge crowd around them fell silent and the giggling ceased.

Wow, he was good.

"Albus, what are you saying?" McGonagall said.

"Minerva, I recognize my own granddaughter. She pulled one of my hairs out last night. I was rather curious as to why….and those are her dress robes. This fine looking gentleman must be her date," he said as he motioned toward his likeness. Sirius grinned.

As if on cue, the potion started wearing off. Adriyana's eyes grew larger, morphing back into bright purple. Her hair became lighter and longer until it returned to its original long honey brown. The painful feeling of having all her bones change shape returned.

Then as suddenly as it started, it stopped. She was Adriyana again. She looked into the familiar grey eyes of Sirius, who smiled at her. The crowd around them burst into hysterical laughter and cheers. In fact, the only one not about to fall to the ground laughing was McGonagall, who was staring incredulously at Sirius, as he smiled heart-meltingly in Adriyana's direction, and Dumbledore, who was chuckling, apparently having no problems at all with being the victim of a prank.

McGonagall seemed to think differently. "But you can both get expelled for this! How could you-" she began, still shaking, but was cut off by Slughorn, who stepped through the crowd.

"Actually, Minerva, they had my permission to do this," he said, and she looked shocked, so he continued. "Adriyana asked me after class yesterday if she could have some Polyjuice potion. After she explained this idea they had to me, I gave it to her. It was perfect, a harmless prank that was also very amusing, as opposed to something…destructive."

Peter, Remus, and James sported very guilty grins and looked up at the pumpkins. i Too late /i . McGonagall was still in shock. Everyone began to clap again, and people started coming up to the two teenagers to congratulate them, Sirius' fan club (of course he has a fan club. Are you really surprised?) in the lead. Seeing them approaching, Adriyana called out, "Hit it, Guys!" and pointed to the stage. The Weird Sisters, a band comprised of a few members of last year's graduating class, gave her the thumbs up and started to play one of its new hit songs and the entire hall broke into an insane fit of dance fever.

Adriyana looked up. Sirius was coming up to her. As much fun as the prank was, she was excited to see his smiling, handsome face again. "May I have this dance?" he asked her, bowing exaggeratedly.

"Of course you may," she responded with a laugh and took his hand.

Remus and Amber were slowly dancing in the corner, even though the band was playing a fast, upbeat song, and staring deeply into each other's eyes. "Did I tell you what a beautiful Juliet you make?" he asked her.

She smiled. "Yes, I believe you did, Romeo, in fact, you told me that I had beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear," when he had said it, the rest of the girls had marveled at the fact that he had actually known something about the person his costume portrayed. Amber thought that the fact that he had read her favorite book, for i her /i , was worth more than anything. She was so lucky to have Remus. She closed her deep blue eyes for a minute and smiled. Suddenly, she felt his soft lips on hers. She opened her eyes in shock, but didn't pull away. She wasn't often a fan of PDA, and it disgusted her to see people snogging in the halls. This kiss, however, was different, and the gesture was so sweet, light, and romantic, she really didn't care if the whole world saw it. She brushed her hand gently through his hair. They stayed that way for a while, just happy to have each other. Finally, they pulled out of the kiss.

"I love you, Juliet," he whispered, breathlessly.

"I love you too, Romeo," she whispered back.

Later that night, the band was actually playing a slow song. Sirius and Adriyana were dancing closer together than a couple on their first date should, but instead of pulling away they just kept getting closer, to the complete envy of almost every boy and girl in the room. Girls kept bumping into Adriyana, knocking her out of Sirius' arms, proud of the brief moment of separation they had caused between the couple. Boys kept walking by, muttering rather rude comments to the couple. It wasn't until one of them walked away with his face covered with purple boils that they were finally left alone.

Sirius looked at his date. She was gazing back at him and smiling. When his eyes locked with hers he felt an electric jolt run through his body. Something about her eyes drove him crazy. It wasn't that they were purple, though he loved that. They were always laughing. Even now, they had a mysterious sparkle, making him wonder what was on her mind. His eyes traveled to her lips. They were soft and shining, coated in a sweet smelling gloss. She was such a tease. He knew he shouldn't kiss her now, on their first date, but the urge was almost overwhelming, and the shiny gloss wasn't making things any better.

Little did he know, she was thinking along the same line, but she tried as hard as she could to stop thinking about what a good kisser Sirius must be. "Having fun?" she asked.

"You know I am," he smiled.

"I know, I mean, just look at your date," she laughed. She said it in a joking way, but he couldn't help thinking she was right. So far, their date had been almost perfect. She had been willing to help with a prank, she was fun, a great dancer, and they had so much in common. Not to mention, she looked beautiful tonight. Her dress robes fit her perfectly. He was amazed that she and McGonagall were the same size, but since McGonagall wasn't exactly large for her age and Adriyana was, well, really curvy, he supposed it evened out, but he tried not to let his mind (or eyes) wander. Even though this was only their first date, he could tell that this was the first relationship he was actually going to take seriously. He didn't want to mess this one up like he had with every other date he had ever been on.

Suddenly, the band broke into an extremely fast-paced hit song. She grinned at him, and, ignoring the fluttering in his stomach caused by the smile, he spun her wildly, and their dancing changed with the beat of the music.

Lily was having a fantastic time at the dance. She was only a little upset that she didn't have a date, but she was having fun alone as well. Not really alone, actually, as her friends (and admirers) kept popping in and out. She and Adriyana had a game where they looked for the best reaction to Alice's costume. So far it was a tie between Zach White, who had fallen off his chair and stared at her for a full five minutes, completely ignoring his date, and Frank, who was literally drooling when he saw her and hadn't taken his eyes off of her all night. He had a lot of bruises from tripping over stuff and hitting the floor.

As for James Potter, he had only asked her to dance a few times. Adriyana and Sirius were with her during one of the times that he did and after he had walked away, hanging his head in rejection, Adriyana turned to her and asked her if she had Prongs on her mind, then pointed at her devil horns and broke down laughing, perhaps harder than she should have. It really wasn't that funny, but Lily was just thankful she hadn't said it when Potter was still there.

She saw Sirius and Adriyana sit down next to Remus and Amber at their table when the dance ended. She told Liz, a seventh year girl she was dancing with (they were friends), that she was going to join them. Liz nodded Lily headed over to the table all three of her friends (and their dates) were sitting at. Adriyana and Sirius looked really tired; they had just been doing an extremely complicated dance that had caused a crowd to form around them again. Adriyana looked like she was having the time of her life. Thick ropes of her light brown hair had fallen out of the knot that had once been neatly tied up at the back of her head.

"What's going on, Lily?" Adriyana asked as she approached.

"I'm having fun…you?"

"Oh, yeah, this is great!" she responded. She brushed a piece of fallen hair away from her eyes.

"Where are Peter and James?" Amber asked.

"Uh-oh," Remus said.

At that moment, Peter and James came running up. "You… guys… might… want to… duck," James gasped, catching his breath. Knowing what was coming, and all of them climbed under the table just in time.

There was a loud BOOM followed by a splattering noise and cries of, "EEW!" from all of the girls in the hall. An orange gooey mess coated the ground. All four of the Marauders cracked up. Adriyana and Amber even smiled. Lily, however, looked upset, as did a lot of people in the hall. They would probably lighten up when they found out that the Marauders had done it, like they always did.

A hollow pumpkin rolled under their table. Lily picked it up and examined it. "You know," she mused, "boys are a lot like pumpkins."

Adriyana and Amber grinned, knowing what was coming next. "How so?" Amber said.

"Well, their heads are empty, their brains are mush, and after a few days, they start to smell funny," Lily said and grinned.

The joke caused all the girls to laugh, and from the corner of her eye Lily saw a very offended looking James. Amber motioned with her arms to the staff table, where Dumbledore was calling for quiet, and the group of them turned their attention back to the pumpkin-splattered hall.

"Who is responsible for this?" Dumbledore said.

James stood up proudly and saluted. As if he didn't already know.

After the dance, Adriyana and Sirius were saying goodnight in the common room. "I had…wow, I think the most fun in a long time tonight," Sirius told her.

"Me too, I'm so glad you asked me to be your date," she said.

"Well, I'm really glad you liked it. Do you want to come on another one with me?"

"Another date?"

"Yeah," he said with a grin.

"When?" she asked.

"Hogsmeade tomorrow, remember?" he said, pointing to the bulletin board on the wall and grinned wider.

"I'd love to!" she wondered vaguely how he had the power to make her act so stupid. She smiled nervously.

"Goodnight, Sirius," she said.

"Goodnight, Professor," he responded. Laughing, she returned to her rose-filled dormitory. Lily was the only one there, sitting on her bed and pulling off her red shoes.

"So, how'd it go?" she asked.

"Brilliantly. He asked me to Hogsmeade tomorrow."

She smiled. "I knew he would. Plus Potter has detention. Life is good!"

Adriyana laughed, then ran over to her bed and collapsed on it, picking up her diary.

i Dear Diary,

OHMERLIN'SBEARDITWASAMAZING! He asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him tomorrow, and I said yes in a heartbeat. After I acted like a spaz, of course. Let me tell you though, it was hard enough keeping my "no kissing until the third date" rule tonight, but tomorrow? Good thing I've got that Dumbledore family optimism.

Love ya,

Adriyana /i

A/N- This chapter isn't my best, but the next chapter is my FAVORITE so far, so don't worry, dear readers, I'll redeem myself. Review and tell me everything!

i Romeo and Juliet /i , Act 1, Sc. 5.