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~Chapter 10~

It was now the day of the ball and everyone was ecstatic. Girls made little groups in the corridors talking in hushed excited voices about their costumes. While the guys pretended not to care.

Lily, Hermione, Ginny, and Alex had made up their own little group. They all had their costumes and were quite happy with them, except maybe Alex who was still unsure about hers, but was happy none the less.

"So we all are going to meet up at Lily's room to get ready, right?" Hermione confirmed with the other 3 girls, who each gave a nod.

"Right," Lily said excitedly, "One thing good about being head girl," the red head gave a happy sigh.

"Yeah and the bad thing is Malfoy," Alex grumbled.

"Yeah, but he doesn't hang out in our common room that much," Lily told the dark haired witch, "The only time I really see him there is before I go to bed and when I go down to breakfast, even those a rare. So don't worry."

"Right, now that Alex's worries are sorted out, we shall meet up at four thirty. We should have plenty of time to prepare." Ginny chimed in, looking at each of her friends, who nodded in agreement. "Now that that's settled, who are you going with, Lily?" The red head turned to the green eyed witch, who was blushing slightly.

"Me? I'm not going with anyone," she told them, with a definite nod of her head. "There is no point, my first dance is has to be with Malfoy, as is tradition. The head boy and girl have to start the dancing, and then usually followed by the Headmaster and who he chooses. Dumbledore usually dances with McGonagall." She explained to them.

"That doesn't mean you couldn't go with anyone," Hermione pointed out.

"Just make sure you have everything you need in my dorm before our last class." Lily said blushing, completely ignoring Hermione's last comment. The three witches dropped it and nodded.

"The bells going to ring, we have to get to Charms!" Alex said realizing that the corridor was empting. The four of them rushed to charms, making it just before the bell rang.

All throughout the day the boys (Sirius) kept bugging the girls about their costumes. It was really starting to bug them and he didn't stop until he had all four of the girls glaring at him and Ginny threatening him with her bat-boogey hex. Even in the past they knew not to mess with Ginny and that hex. The rest of the day went by slowly but uneventful besides the decorations throughout the castle and the usual of Lucius bothering Alex.

At the last bell, Ginny and Lily all but ran out of the classroom, rushing to Lily's room. Alex and Hermione just shook their heads at the excited red-heads and followed at a slower pace. When they reached the Head's Portrait they gently knocked and were hurriedly pulled in.

~An hour later, down at the Great Hall~

"Where are they?" Sirius asked for the one hundredth time in the last ten minutes. The black shaggy haired boy paced back in forth, he was dressed in tight black leather pants, boots, black arm warmers, and a deep red color. On top of his head was a pair of floppy dog ears and behind him was a dog tail, both which were charmed to move with his emotions.

"Calm down, Padfoot," Remus said trying to calm down his friend. "They'll be down soon." Remus's costume consisted of a tight shirt with fur around his neck, a pair of tight pair of paints and boots. He also had fur around his ankles and wrists. On top of his head was a pair of wolf ears and he had a wolf tail too, and just like Sirius's his were also charmed. His entire costume matched the color of his hair.

"Sorry Mooney," Sirius stopped pacing.

"Don't worry, Padfoot," James said coming up and patting his best friends back. "I'm sure Alex isn't going to ditch you." Sirius looked at his dark haired friend and sighed, he knew his friends were right. James costume was quite literally a Quidditch uniform, it was unoriginal, but completely James.

"Sorry mate," Sirius said shaking his head. He turned to his friends who were not paying attention to him, but behind him with wide eyes.

"Bloody hell…" James whispered, Remus just nodded in agreement. Sirius quickly turned to see the four girls on the stairs, making their way down. Sirius didn't notice the other three; his eyes were glued on to Alex. Alex's costume consisted of a short black strapless leather dress, and thigh high fishnet stockings. She had ankle high boots with black legwarmers; she also had matching arm warmers. And to finish it up she had a deep red collar on her neck to match Sirius's. But unlike Sirius she had cat ears on her head and a long cat tail behind her, both of course charmed. The makeup around her eyes was done dark and shadowy and she had simple gloss on her lips. Sirius wasn't sure if he remembered to breathe or not, which was weird mostly because it usually was the opposite with him, the girl couldn't remember to breathe when seeing him. To say he was shocked would be an understatement.

Remus on the other hand was bright red while looking at Hermione, the only though that when through his mind was, 'how appropriate'. Hermione was wearing a simple light blue dress that went to mid-thigh and came off her shoulders. Over the dress she had a dark blue corset, which brought out her curves more. On her legs she hand thigh high white stockings and continuing down she had high heeled mary janes on. But it wasn't that part that Remus thought was 'appropriate' it was the deep red cloak she was wearing. She had the hood up covering most of her hair, only a few curls were framing her face. 'Sweet Merlin, she's Little Red Riding hood,' Remus inwardly groaned and the wolf in him did a little happy dance.

And of course, even though she wasn't his date, James's eyes were glued onto Lily. Lily's costume was simple but beautiful. She wore a simple pure white dress, held up by a gold clip over her right shoulder. The dress was scrunched up from right under her breasts down to her waist, which it then lightly flowed down to her feet, so as she walked sometimes you could catch a glimpse of her legs. She had gold Grecian sandals on her feet completely her costume. She had simple make up that brought out her green eyes more, and her hair was curled and pulled out of her face in a elegant messy bun with curls escaping and a few framed her face delicately. When James finally found his voice, "Wow." was all he could get out, his head completely jumbled.

Severus slowly moved out of the shadows as he noticed the four girls come down the stairs. Like Lily, Ginny also had a white dress, but hers was tea length. The dress had a corset like top to it and the skirt was ruffled. She had nude stockings on and white lace-up stilettos that went up to her knees. From her wrist to her elbows she had white ribbons wrapped around and around her neck was a simple silver choker, which, to Severus's amusement, had an emerald drop hanging from it. Ginny's hair was kept straight and fell elegantly down and sparkled from the glitter in it. Her costume was completed with a glittery halo that floated above her head and a small pair of angel wings attached to her back. Severus smiled to himself, and so did Ginny when she saw him.

Severus had decided to dress up as a Grim Reaper. He wore a long black cloak that was torn up slightly and flowed to the ground in pieces. He had his hood down at the moment, but he had his mask in place, which was a simple skull mask that covered the top part of his face. Underneath he had a long black trench coat, black t-shirt, black jeans, and boots. Severus and Ginny were perfectly opposite in their costumes.

"Hey boys," Lily said, breaking the boys trance of sorts. They all blushed slightly, coughing to cover it up.

"You ladies look great," Sirius chimed in first smirking happily. Alex rolled her eyes, but returned the smile. It was then that Sirius noticed Severus standing there, "What are you here for, Snivellus?" he asked rudely, earing himself a smack from Alex. "Ow! What was that for?" he whined.

"I'm here for my date, mutt," Severus replied cooly, then walked up to Ginny taking her hand and gracefully bowed over it, placing a small kiss upon it, making Ginny blush. Sirius opened his mouth to make a comment, but snapped it shut when he received three glares from the girls. Ginny gave a small wave before she disappeared into the crowd with Severus.

"That's so cute that their costumes are perfectly opposite," Lily sighed happily. She was indeed happy that Severus was able to find someone who could make him happy. She then groaned, "I have to go and find Malfoy, see you guys later. Save me a dance, Mione, Alex?"

"Of course," Alex smiled at the redhead while Hermione gave a nod. With a hug to each, Lily also disappeared into the crowd.

"Well then, shall we?" Remus spoke up, offering his arm to Hermione, who in turn took it gracefully. "Interesting choice of costume, Mione," He told her, his face slightly pink, Hermione blushed too.

"Really?" the brunette said, "I just saw it in the store and it was really cute, also once Lily saw it she said I had to get it." Her fingers gently twisted the fabric of the red cloak, "Do you like it?" she asked unsure.

"Yes, very much," Remus said, blushing more slightly, "It also works nicely with my costume too." He gave Hermione a smile, which she returned, and with that they drifted off into a conversation about classes and books.

Alex smiled at the two of them, they were so cute together. She then turned to her date, who was once again checking out her costume once more. Alex rolled her eyes at the dark haired wizard, "You know it's rude to stare?" she giggled.

Sirius smirked, "Sorry, love. Just can't keep my eyes off you. May I ask, what happened to you doggy pedigree?" He joked, as he snaked an arm around her waist.

"Come on, mutt. They are letting students in," Alex said ignoring the question. She looped on finger in his collar and 'pulled' him along gently.

A.N. so yeah this chapter was mostly describing their costumes. I think I might draw each couple in their costumes. Or anyone can! Just pm me the link I'd be happy to see any pics!
Also… when Sirius asked what happened to her 'doggy pedigree' its kind referring to chapt.6 when Sirius was trying to figure out why Alex kept calling him a mutt. Just to clear that up, just in case.

So I have lots of free time inbetween classes so I decided to use the computers at the college and type up my fiction so I'll be doing my best to get chapters up quicker. Thank you for reading and continuing to read! Don't forget to review, they make me very happy 3