The girls were excited.

Actually, excited was an understatement. They were bouncing off the walls. They tried on anything and everything.

But they had problems.

Ari couldn't find the right shoes.

Addy couldn't find the right dress.

Meg couldn't decide on her hairstyle.

Lily couldn't find any jewelry.

They had problems.

Luckily they had Mrs. Potter.

The moment they stopped out of their room to try to find her she appeared.

'Quickly get back in!' she cried.

They were ushered in and stood there looking confused.

'Why'd you do that Mrs. P?' Addy asked.

Mrs. Potter rolled her eyes. 'The boys are trying to spy on you. Just tell me what you need and I'll get it for you.'

And so, with the help of James's mum, they were finally able to get everything they needed.

And so it was time for the ball.

Mrs. Potter all dressed walked down the grand staircase to greet all the guests and started to invite them into the ballroom. The girls who were to be auctioned for the first dance were in a separate room so that no one could see them yet.

'Hello Veronica!'

'Hello, my dear, how are you?'

'I must say you are looking fabulous today?'

'Where is Charles?'

'Here I am!'

Mr. Potter appeared out of nowhere grinning.

'Please why don't you go in?'

The couple that Mrs. Potter was talking to smiled, nodded, and walked into the ballroom.

'Really, Veronica, why must you spend time talking to the Spencers. They bore me to death.'

Mrs. Potter glared at her husband.

'Sometimes I wonder what your age is. Where are James and the boys?'

Mr. Potter smirked. 'Where do you think?'

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'James Charles Potter! Get away from that staircase.'

James looked sheepishly at Mrs. Potter. 'Mum!'

'You go into that room and don't come out. You are forbidden to see the girls before the ball.'

James nodded helplessly and motioned for the guys to go in. Before he himself could go in his mom and dad motioned for him to come to them.

'We already gave Sirius his.' Charles whispered giving him a sack of galleons. 'Put them to good use.'

Veronica winked at him and James blushed. He walked away muttering about parents.

'Go tell everyone to settle down while I get the girls.' Veronica said and she hurried up the stairs.

Everyone was settled down when Veronica entered the room again.

She walked to the front of the room, went onto the stage, and walked to the podium. Her speeches were very good and people really appreciated them.

'Hello everyone, and welcome to out annual Christmas Ball! As you know, every year we have a competition of some kind and the money that's raised from it is donated to a good cause. This year we are going to have an auction. There are about 15 girls and you can "buy" them for the first dance. And when I say buy I don't mean owning because girls are not prizes. Right?' She waited for a second.

'Yea, you're right Mom!' someone yelled. (You can probably guess who ; )

'Thank you, James. This year the money raised will go to St. Mungo's so that they can continue research on diseases that do not yet have a cure. We hope you will all participate.' She smiled as everyone started to applaud.

'We are going to start and whoever is donating money whether it be one or two people for one or two times I want them to come up here and write their name down on this sheet of paper because St. Mungo's requested that all the donators be named. Now, without further ado…'

She started to call out names and one at a time women came in.

Finally, it seemed like she was nearing the end when Molly was called.

Arthur, who was sitting with the Marauders at their table, looked at his wife shocked.

Even the Marauders had to agree Molly looked gorgeous.

The bidding went up and up until finally Arthur "won" Molly. Everyone cheered. Molly graciously took her husband's hand as he came up to sign his name. They both descended and made their way to where the Marauders were sitting.

The four greeted her and told her that she looked beautiful. She thanked them and blushed as she sat.

'And now we have the last four ladies. These fine girls are in their last year of Hogwarts. Let's start the bidding with my niece, Ari Potter.'

The spotlight went to the door as Ari stepped out. She was wearing an ice blue gown that complimented her eyes perfectly. It was held up with two thick straps and went all the way to the floor. It had a sweetheart neckline. Any other girl would have looked silly in it but Ari managed to pull it off with grace. She looked great and her hair was in a chignon. She looked really good. Sean was grinning like crazy as Ari went to the stage.

The price for Ari went up to forty five.

'50 galleons!' Sean called out.

'Sold!'

Sean and Sirius walked to the podium and Sean took Ari's arm. She grinned at him. Sirius put in five galleons and Sean put in forty five. They both signed their names. Ari followed the two of them back to their table.

Meg stepped out shyly. Remus dropped his mouth in shock. She was wearing a floor length copper dress with two slits on each side so that you could see her legs. Her hair was pin straight and there was one strap going across one shoulder. She grinned when she saw the shocked look on Remus's face and walked up to the stage.

The bidding went up to fifty galleons.

'Sixty!' Remus said not wanting to lose his girlfriend to some sleazy old guy.

He didn't have enough money but he saw James smile at him encouragingly and get up after him. He smiled relieved that he had such great friends.

They both put money in and signed their named. Meg looked great. He kissed her on the forehead and led her back to her seat.

Addy came out when her name was called. She looked positively gleeful. She was bouncing with energy. Her dress was short, gray, and strapless. It showed off her killer curves and long legs perfectly. Her hair was really curly. Sirius was almost drooling. She practically bounced to the stage.

His mouth was still open when the auction started.

Remus grinned and leaned over to shut his mouth.

'You might want to start bidding Padfoot.' he whispered.

Sirius finally snapped out of it and called, 'Eighty galleons.'

He smiled and headed up. Addy smiled at him.

'M'lady.' he said offering her his arm and smirking at the same time.

She rolled her eyes. 'It's a special night, don't make me slap you.'

His smirk came off really quickly.

She kissed him on the cheek to show that she wasn't mad at him.

Lily was the last person to be auctioned off. When she came out you could here a pin drop. She looked absolutely radiant. She was wearing a green dress that matched her eyes and had a halter. Her hair was wavy and pinned back from her face very delicately. She seemed as she was gliding when she walked to the stage.

James was mesmerized. Lily always looked good no matter what but she looked absolutely wonderful today.

Not wanting anyone to even start bidding for her he called out, '100 galleons.'

Everyone looked at him. He went up without even waiting for his mom to say sold. Lily was standing up there beaming at him.

He took her hand.

'You didn't have to spend that much money on me, James'

James smiled down at her.

'Are you kidding? Have you seen the way you look tonight? Anyone would pay a lot to get you and let me tell you there are some people here that are… you know.' he winked.

She smiled. 'Whatever you say, James, whatever you say.'

Mrs. Potter concluded the auction and house elves started coming with the food.

The ten friends were sitting around the table talking and having fun.

'That was really nice of you two to lend Sean and Remus some money for the auction.' Addy said finally.

The rest of the girls nodded.

'Well... you see there wasn't really a noble reason.' Sirius said grinning.

'Oh boy.' Arthur said knowing what kind of trouble the dynamic duo could get into.

'You see,' James explained. 'We gave Remus money because he always gives us his homework to copy.' The girls all glared at him for that. The brownie points that they had gotten vanished.

James shrugged helplessly at the glares and grinned. 'And we have Sean money for what we're going to do to him tomorrow.' he finished.

'I feel sorry for you.' Remus said. 'They have highly evil minds.'

James and Sirius looked flattered by this.

'Why thank you Moony! But we all know that I am much more of a prankster than Prongs.' Sirius said proudly.

'No, you're not Padfoot. I think of almost all our pranks.' James said smirking.

'No you don't! What about the one where we turned the Slytherins pink?'

'Prongs.'

'There was the one where we turned them gold and red.'

'Prongs.'

'We turned their common room into a tropical rainforest'

'Prongs.'

'We changed their food into soap'

'Prongs.'

'The one where we-'

'Prongs.'

'No! I swear that one was mine.'

'Whatever you need to sleep at night, Pads'

Sirius glowered at them all who were now in stitches.

'I'll get you all.'

'Sure, sure'

'Time to start dancing. Grab your partners!' Mrs. Potter called.

This may sound cliché and cheesy but what can I say they danced the night away.