It was the end of the day and everyone knew what that meant. Getting ready for the Ball. At least the women were. The men still didn't understand why they were getting ready early. Ginny, Hermione, and Ophelia retrieved their outfits from Hagrids and then started making their way back up to the castle. Hermione and Ginny were apprehensive when it came to asking Ophelia about what happened the night before. The couple had seemed perfectly fine at dinner, and even this morning. Ginny cleared her throat and spoke up.

"So, Ophelia, is everything alright between you and Draco?" Ophelia smiled and blushed.

"Yeah, we're fine. I changed my mind on the question, figuring it would hurt me more knowing the answer rather than not knowing. And then Draco asked me to be his girlfriend and we kissed." Hermione and Ginny stopped in their tracks with their mouths wide open. Ophelia turned to them and gave them a confused look. She didn't understand why they were looking at her like that.

"Why are you guys staring at me like that?" Hermione let out an airy chuckle.

"Ophelia, Draco hasn't had a single girlfriend since he's been here. You are the first girl to actually snag him! And Pansy has been trying to do that for ages now. She never succeeded, but now you need to be careful. She will try anything to ruin yours and Draco's relationship." Hermione finished and Ophelia couldn't believe it. She was the first one to actually date Draco? This made Ophelia think about just how many girls Draco has actually only slept with. This thought upset her, but she pushed it aside. Ophelia decided that she still did not want to know that kind of information. Ophelia then thought about Pansy. Ophelia knew that Hermione was right about her. She even knew herself that Pansy would try something. Hell, she's trying something tonight. Ophelia sighed but gave a small smile to the two.

"That's a risk I'm willing to take." Hermione and Ginny smiled at Ophelia. They knew from there on out, it would be difficult to get rid of Ophelia. The girls walked up to the Gryffindor tapestry and Hermione whispered the password. Ophelia stood outside the tapestry and just stared inside. Hermione, Ginny, and the fat lady all stared at her.

"Guys, I don't think I'm allowed in here." Ophelia was worried people would be mad at her if they found her in there.

"Well, it is up to the fat lady if you are allowed in or not," Ginny stated as she went inside to greet Harry. Hermione stood by the portrait hole, waiting on the Fat lady's response. The Fat lady thought about it. She knew Ophelia was a good person and knew she wouldn't cause harm to her Gryffindors. The fat lady smiled at Ophelia and spoke.

"You are allowed in, Ophelia." The girls smiled and thanked the fat lady as they ran into the common room. Ophelia looked around in awe. She never expected the Gryffindor common room to be filled with so much light, and red. Everyone turned to see it was Ophelia, and they all greeted her with warm smiles and hoots. Ophelia smiled and waved toward them. Hermione, Ginny, and Ophelia then went upstairs to get ready. Ronald, Harry, and Draco all agreed to get changed before they go and to leave to the great hall before they come out, not wanting to risk seeing their girlfriends and soon-to-be girlfriends dress.

Hermione, Ginny, and Ophelia helped each other with hair and make-up. Ophelia went with a dark green smokey eye with silver on top. Ginny went with a red smokey eye and some red glitter on top. Hermione went with a red smokey eye with gold glitter on top. They all curled their hair and put it up into fancy buns, with some strands hanging out. After that, Both Hermione and Ginny put on some dark red lipstick, with a gold glitter lipgloss on top. As for Ophelia, she wore a dark green lipstick with a silver lipgloss on top. They were officially ready to go to the Ball and started making their way down the stairs to the common room. Ginny went first, followed by Hermione and then Ophelia. Everyone hooted and hollered at the girls, telling them how beautiful they were. They all smiled and thanked everyone as they left.

"Come on, the boys should be outside the Great Hall ready for us," Ginny said and they all started on their way to the Great Hall. Ophelia was excited. She couldn't wait to see the look on Draco's face. Her boyfriend's face. Ophelia was beyond ecstatic that Draco was her boyfriend. She had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and she couldn't believe it was happening. Ginny had butterflies. She knew Harry would love her outfit, but more importantly, her. She loved Harry since the day they met and Ginny is so glad to have Harry as her boyfriend. She is also lucky that no other girl has tried to interfere with their relationship, like Hermione's and Ophelia's. Ginny truly felt bad for her best friends, but there was nothing she could physically do except for hexing Lavender and Pansy. Hermione was beyond nervous. She hoped Ronald likes her outfit and make-up. She also hopes Ronald doesn't actually change his mind and leave to be with Lavender. Hermione sighs. They reach the stairs of the Great Hall and the trio stops right before them.

If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it's taken without permission from the author. Report it.

"Alright, are you guys ready?" Ophelia asked and the two girls nod and smile.

"Who wants to go first?" Ginny asked and they all thought. Hermione raised her hand first.

"I can go first." Hermione volunteered and the girls stepped aside as Hermione took a deep breath and made her way down the stairs.

"Bloody hell," Ronald said as he couldn't keep his eyes off the stairs. Hermione was beautiful, and he was glad she was his.

"What?" Harry asked and turned around and was also taken away by how Hermione cleaned up. Harry smiled at his friends when Hermione had made her way towards them.

"Hey," Hermione smiled at Ronald and Ronald pulled her in close and hugged her.

"You look magnificent Hermione. Purely beautiful." Ronald kissed her cheek and Hermione blushed furiously.

Ginny started making her way down the stairs. Harry was the first to see her and his mouth opened. Harry was taken away by his girlfriend's beauty, and he also knew she looked wonderful for the evening. Ginny smiled at Harry, and when she was right in front of him, he kissed her slowly and passionately. Everyone around them 'awed' and let the couple be in peace. Draco was looking around, sort of in a panicky way. He had no idea where Ophelia was and wandered to his new friends.

"Hey, was Ophelia not with you?" Draco's friends all saw the panic on his face and before they could answer, Hermione spoke up.

"Turn around." Draco turned around confused but felt everything around him stop as he saw the love of his life, looking even more beautiful. She looked stunning and even guys around her were cat-calling her. Draco glared at them and they ran away into the Ballroom. Draco turned his attention back on Ophelia and was ecstatic when she got closer to him. Ophelia smiled and blushed furiously. Ophelia was actually a little nervous he wouldn't like her outfit.

"So, did you choose green and silver because of Slytherin colors, or you knew I would love it?" Draco asked and pulled her closer to him. Ophelia smiled and answered.

"Both." Draco smiled and kissed Ophelia softly. Everyone stared in shock, but also 'awed' at the couple. A lot of people were thankful for Ophelia, as she had completely changed Draco and made his bullying come to an end. They also figured out that Draco does have a nice side to him, and Ophelia has that side come out a lot more. Everyone realized that Draco has problems with his parents and that he couldn't help the way he was raised. Draco and Ophelia pulled away from their kiss and mumbled a few words toward one another.

"I love you," Draco said and Ophelia couldn't have been happier that he said it first.

"I love you too." Ophelia and Draco looked towards their friends and saw Professor McGonagall coming towards them.

"Well, don't you all look wonderful." McGonagall took a look at Ronald and smiled.

"Well, you've definitely cleaned up a lot more since the Yule ball, I can tell you that." Everyone laughed at the memory. Ronald got pissy but after Hermione kissed his cheek he was back to blushing.

"All right, let's get in there." The group laughed and started talking about random things as they waited on the outside of the ballroom, making a large empty circle that will be the starting place, just like during the Yule Ball.

Angrily waiting near the stairs was Lavender and Pansy. Lavender was wearing a plain lavender-colored dress and Pansy was wearing a blue dress. They both thought that Draco and Ronald would like their outfits, but they were wrong.

"I thought he would love my dress." Lavender was on the verge of tears when Pansy hushed her.

"Pull yourself together. Soon we will take the potion and then ruin everything for them." Pansy was beyond pissed now. Draco truly didn't care about Pansy one bit. Lavender was thinking the same thing about Ronald. The two girls knew that they would never love them. They sighed as they entered the ballroom. No one acknowledged them. No one told them they were beautiful. No one said a single thing to them. Nothing. They went straight to a table in the corner and sat down, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with their Polyjuice Potion.