FINALLY! I FINALLY AM UPDATING!

Sorry about the wait, I was very busy! But I promise a VERY interesting chapters to come!

Disclamer- I. Do. Not. Own. Phantom. Or. Harry. Or. Pirates.

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I twirled around on the dance floor we had transfigured the stage into. Draco was over talking to

Harry, so I was just dancing by myself. I had danced a few times with Jack, though I refused to

dance with him when he started hitting on me. I had watched POTC too many times to fall for

Jack. I had also danced with Ron, Blaise, Flint, Harry, and Draco. I idly twirled again when

someone grabbed me by my waist and started dancing with me. I looked up into the eyes of my

boyfriend. "Hey love." Draco said, smirking. I kissed him quickly and we continued dancing.

Then I noticed Harry walking over. "Rach guess what?!" he almost shouted. "What?" "Since

Sirius Black has been sighted close to Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore announced that a

masquerade ball will be held tomorrow to distract the students!" I exclaimed, very excited,

"WICKED!" Draco, Harry, and me walked over to a table to plan outfits. "Any theme?" "Nope." I

called Mione and Ginny over so we could do their outfits too. I brought out a blank paper and a

pencil. "Mione, what are you gonna be?" "Um... I always liked the way Meg was dressed in the

movie." I quickly sketched out Meg's dress, but adding a V-neck, more glitter, changing the color

to blue, making the dress form fitting, and bringing it to the knees instead of the floor. Mione

exlaimed, "Rach! Thats awsome!" I smiled distractedly, working on the mask. It was a half mask,

sort of like Erik's but girlier. It was blue, with sparkles and feathers. I handed that paper to Mione

and pulled out another. "Gin?" "I wanna design mine. You can draw it, but I want to tell you what I

want it to be." I nodded, and she went on. "You know Tinkerbell? I want the dress to be like

her's, wings and all." I sketched the basic design, and waited for her to continue. "I want it to

remain sleeveless, and with the pixie skirt. But make the wings a bit pointier, and make the dress

to my knees. I want it to be form-fitting, a bit glittery, and with a strip of lace coming down from

each point. I want lace around the neckline." I sketched what she said and waited for her color.

"I want the dress to be emerald green, with the lace at the neckline black, along with the strips of

lace at the bottom." I made the note in the corner. "I want my mask to be sort of Duan Juan, but it

covers my forehead, is green, and has a green wedding style veil." I sketched it and handed it to

her. I pulled out sheets of paper for the rest of us. I looked at Draco and he simply said, "Erik's

Red Death." I sketched it and tossed it to him. Harry paused, then said "I want a vampire type

thing. With plain black pants, a blood red poet's shirt, a cloak with a hood, and my mask to be the

Red Death mask." I sketched it very quickly, and tossed it to him. I gave the paper and pencil to

Mione and Gin. "Design mine. The only thing I really want it to be is sort of Christine when she

meets Erik/ Lizzy's wedding dress/ Death Eater." They glanced at me and began drawing. About

3 minutes later they handed the paper to me. I looked at it and cried "Guys! This is the most

beautiful dress I have ever seen!" It truly was. The skirt part was basically Lizzy's wedding dress,

but flowing like a Death Eater's robes, with a slit up to my mid-thigh. The top part was like

Christine's, but no lace or sleeves, and glitter. My mask was a half mask, with feathers. The

whole thing was a dark purple. I hugged my friends and tucked the paper into my pocket. "When

we get back to school, we can go down to Hogsmeade and get Madame Malkin to make our

clothes." Around 6-ish the party ended. We said good-bye and headed up to school. I told Erik

that I would be back in an hour, and not to be worried. As soon as we got to school, we joined the

group of students waiting to go and get costumes made. Professor Snape guided us to

Hogsmeade and to Madame Malkin's shop. Ginny, Mione, Draco, Harry, and me went over to the

line for Madame Malkin. Madame Malkin was using magic to make the costumes, so it was our

turn very quickly. We held out our papers, and she took them from us. She glanced at Draco's

and made it in less than a minute. She handed it off to him and looked at Ginny's. She glanced

approvingly at her and started her dress. She handed the finished dress to her, and looked at

Harry's. She made that one the quickest and handed it off. Next was Mione's, which looked

spectacular. Then was mine. Madame Malkin gave a long look at the sketch and started on it.

She handed it off to when it was done, and I gaped at it. It was beautiful. We went back up to

Hogwarts, and I said good-bye to everyone. I hurried to Erik's lair again and slipped into my room.

I slipped into the dress and admired myself in the mirror. I walked out of my room and knocked

on Erik's bedroom door. He opened it, and I said "How do I look?" very cautiously. He just gaped

at me.

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MASQUERADE! PAPER FACES ON PARADE! MASQUERADE! HIDE YOUR FACE SO THE WORLD WILL NEVER FIND YOU!

This will be intresting, wont it?