Hermione's POV
Today, Ginny and I are going shopping for the clothes we will wear during the ball. The ball is next week.
I'm not as excited as the other girls but Ginny is eagerly awaiting the day to arrive.
Every clothing store in Diagon Alley was filled with people buying their own items. The least crowded store we found was almost at the end of the street.
We entered the door under the sign that says "Violet's Boutique" on it.
Inside were tons of racks with dresses hanging on the metal bars. The dresses were sorted by their color.
Ginny and I approached the woman sitting on the counter , she looked up, smiled, and said, "Welcome, ladies, the name's Violet, how may I help you?"
"Oh, hi, we're here to buy our dresses for the upcoming ball that's gonna happen in school next Saturday," Ginny said.
"Do both of you go to Hogwarts?" Violet asked, peering at us closely.
"Yeah, how did you know?"
She shrugged and said, "Some customer came in and rambled about the ball in Hogwarts. The person said that she was in 7th year."
"Did she tell you her name?"
"No, but I remember she's in Gryffindor and has a twin."
"It must be Parvati," I told Ginny. She nodded.
"Who's Parvati?" Violet asked.
"She's our friend, and my roommate," Ginny replied.
"What's your name?"
"I'm Ginny Weasley."
Violet smiled at her before turning to me, "And you must be Hermione Granger."
"Yup," I said, "That's me."
"What an honor to meet you," she said, shaking my hand.
"Um...thanks...?" I looked over at Ginny. Violet just laughed.
"Let's get back to business. By the color of your gowns, I could say it's an odd match."
"So, what color will look good on me?" Ginny asked.
"I suggest a pale lavender color for you," she said to Ginny. "As for you," she turned to me, "this is weird but I think emerald green will match you."
Ginny looked at me with shock, but I could feel she's also happy with what she got.
"Well,do you want to try on some dresses?"
"Sure,you go first, Gin."
"Alright, Hermione," she said excitedly.
We went to the purple section of the store, there were different shades, Ginny's dress was somewhere in the lighter shades.
"Pick a dress you like and try it on."
Ginny looked around and chose dress by dress. On the 5th try, I immediately knew it was the perfect one for her.
The top of the dress was light and looked almost white. Going down, it becomes darker, but still on the right shade of lavender. It was strapless, sequins making a pattern on the hem, and it has 3 layers.
"I like it!" She examined herself on the floor length mirror, "Don't you think, Mione?"
I nodded, "It matches quite well with you hair."
"I know," she giggled.
"It's your turn now, Hermione."
"OK," was all I said as we walked towards the green section of the store this time.
I picked dresses that were simple yet elegant. On the 3rd try, Ginny gasped when she saw me, "Wow, Mione, you really look good wearing that. I bet every boy will fall for you on that night," she winked.
I studied myself with the dress on. It really did look good.
My dress was the darkest shade of emerald green you could imagine of. It was, as I said, quite simple yet elegant. It was strapless.
I took of the dress and handed it to Violet.
She rang our purchases and put them in a bag each then handed them to us.
We said goodbye to her and headed back to Hogwarts. On the way, we met Harry and Ron.
"Over here, Harry, Ron," Ginny shouted.
"Hey, Mione, Ginny, what did you buy?" Harry asked.
"It's a secret," Ginny replied with a sly grin.
"We were hoping you could show us so we could recognize you at the ball."
"Oh, alright, we'll show you when we get to Hogwarts."
We went to Ginny's dorm room as soon as we arrived and took off the protection spell to let the boys in.
The door was locked and we showed them the dresses.
"Why is yours dark green, Mione?" Ron commented.
"Why, can't I buy anything green?" I shot back.
"Obviously not, that's the Slytherins' color," he sneered.
I huffed in frustration. Ginny saw this and snapped at Ron, "The war is over, Ron. Unless you still haven't moved on, we're not enemies with the Slytherins, anymore."
"But they are still horrible to us."
"That doesn't make them our enemies."
Ron finally ran out of things to say and glared at us.
"I like your dress, Mione, don't worry about the color," Harry said, trying to pacify the fight Ron made.
"Thanks, Harry. Don't worry, I won't take Ron's words to heart."
Harry grinned, "That's good, Mione."
"Oh, just because the war is over and all, that means the Slytherins are our buddies already?"
"RONALD WEASLEY" Ginny screamed, "get out of here before I could hex your head off!"
"You're threatening me?" Ron challenged.
"Or worse yet, I'll tell Mom and I'll make sure you get another howler that the whole school would hear."
Ron gulped and ran out of the room as we were putting our dresses back inside the bags.
"That was amazing, Gin," Harry beamed.
Ginny laughed, "Well, what could I say, everyone in the family is scared of Mom, even Fred and George."
"Thanks for defending me, Gin," I said.
"Don't worry, Mione. You didn't do anything wrong," Ginny reassured me.
"Thank you, too, Harry," I smiled at him.
"No problem," Harry smiled back, "Well, I better be going now, to calm Ron down."
"Ron's an idiot, he doesn't respect fashion," Ginny giggled just as Harry walked out.
"Can't he ever agree with us just even once?" I sighed loudly.