Draco entered the Gryffindor common room in the early hours of the evening to find it deserted but for two first years and several fourth years he didn't know. They looked at him strangely as they realised someone non-Gryffindor had entered their common room, before smiling as they realised who he was and that he was going to the Halloween Ball for 6th and 7th years only.
He bound up the stairs to his left to find Harry and Ron putting the finishing touches to themselves.
"Alright guys, listen I need your advice. For her birthday, should I take her to Africa or America? I think Africa but Blaise keeps saying America!"
"Definitely Africa".
"Yeah I agree. More animals for you to protect her from". The two snickered.
"Alright, alright, very funny."
"Ready Harry? Right lets go then!"
They walked down the stairs at the same time the twins walked down the stairs from their dorm with Lee and Neville trailing after them. Lee was trying to persuade Neville to eat a sweet that looked suspiciously like a Puking Pastille but it seemed that Neville had eaten one too many already and he wasn't buying it this time.
"Alright boys, don't you look smashing!" said Fred in a posh voice.
Lavender came bounding down the stairs, ready, but looking for something. She didn't notice any of them till she turned around, her shoes clutched triumphantly in her hand. She looked at them all and grinned. She was going with Justin Finch-Fletchley so it didn't matter if any of them saw her in her dress before she got to the entrance hall.
"Lav!"Came a voice from upstairs. "Have you seen my dress? I thought I took it up last night but- Merlin I haven't even finished my make-up yet, I'm being so slow tonight I-" Amy stopped as she walked round the corner. She was looking down at the steps so she didn't notice the room full of boys until she reached the bottom and looked up.
Her mouth dropped open and she looked around at the faces gawking at her. Taking in everyone there, even the first and fourth years who were craning around everybody to look at her.
She looked down at herself and saw she was wearing a pink pair of lace knickers and a matching lace bra that were very scanty, only covering the necessary places as she didn't want them to show through her dress.
"I'm just going to go umm, get dressed" she said slowly, pointing upstairs and turning around to go back up when she turned around again and, hurrying over to Ron and Harry edged between them to get to her dress hanging up behind them before rushing back upstairs.
"Wow, Draco you're going to have some serious competition when she's got a body like that!" came Fred's voice as everyone laughed.