Things got weird in the group, and everyone noticed this. Even those who have never talked to them before could notice that something wasn't right. It wasn't that Luna and Neville were going to the Ball together. Or that a Slytherin, Blaise, and a Gryffindor, Ron, were also going to the Ball together. Nope it was neither.

It was Percy and Draco.

They hadn't been acting the same the past couple days, and people were starting to notice. As Draco got angrier, and Percy hit even more quiet.

The rest of the golden group aren't even sure what happened. All they knew was that they were arguing over something, and it had to be pretty important for it to have lasted this long as they usually figured thing out after a moment.

But Percy was ignoring Draco, and spending less and less time with him or the group. Only around when he gave the knees of finding the spells they needed to help Harry in the next trial, and when teaching said spells to the others, or teaching Harry how to swim to save his life, literally. Harry was actually doing great now, he was swimming like any other.

Draco was another story, he seemed to be getting irritated at anything and everything that seemed to go wrong or anything that annoyed him. He was always in thought with a angry frown on his face. But most of all he seemed disappointed in himself for something they weren't entirely sure of what.

Everyone in the school wondered, what happened between the two.

*****

Hours before the ball, Severus had called Percy to his office saying Lily, his mother had sent his dress robes. Percy was dreading at What he was going to find there under the expensive looking box lid. He really would like to just find his normal tux like robe then whatever girly thing his mother picked out with Daisy.

Percy sighed as Severus raise a brow at him. "Before you open it Percy..." Snape started, said boy looking up towards him as he looked at him, looking slightly nervous but worried. Though he kept that all under his robes. "Is something wrong? You haven't exactly been yourself entirely these past couple days."

The boy looked down and to his hands before sighing. "I don't know...me and Draco fought. And, I got angry....because he was getting angry. I thought of asking him to the Ball, but he seemed so annoyed lately I didn't want to annoy him more but then when I told him about a promise I made, hoping he'd let loose or something he seemed even more annoyed. I guess it hurt me a little when he got that angry. He's never been that angry at me...and it reminded me of....just a little." He sighed.

Severus not knowing how to deal with the situation well, decided to do the most sensible thing and hugged him, making both of them tense at the action before slowly Percy relaxed into him and Severus did as well. They just....enjoyed that moment.

*****

Percy was nervous, he fixed his suit once more, even if Hermione had already helped him. Why'd he agree to that promise? He should have known that this would happen!

Percy and Hermione were standing by each other in the study, Draco was quite absent from the room at the moment, as was everyone else. Well Luna was in the room in her pale periwinkle dress that seemed just as airy as herself, the fabric floating round her, as her hair was tied up in a braided bun of sorts with little oddments in them, from snowflakes to snowmen. Her makeup done perfectly by Hermione who was ecstatic that she did it so well. It matched her dress and made her very pale blue silver eyes shimmer more then they always were.

(A/N I decided to do pictures to help form an idea, it helped me, and I thought it would be pretty cool to try out in a book. I haven't done much with the images and video things so, here ya go. I might do some music later *shrugs*)

She was stunning to say the least.

Now Hermione, she was just as stunning, her hair was unfrizziled even if it was slowly losing that as she got older and was in great curls that reminded Percy if Princess curls, sure he noticed before but now they were definitely more prominent with the proper care, her hair was pulled to a side look and was in a dark blue dress herself, purple was in the embroidery as well as gold and it shimmered beautifully, her makeup was minimalist with a shade of pink thrown in. She looked beautiful. Percy, if he hadn't already fallen for others, would have fallen for her. Not just for the looks of course, but for her absolutely amazing personality that made her one of his best friends.

Now, Percy. He was cute. Not the answer he was looking for when he asked the girls, but he got that. He was surprised by his mother's choice of dress robes and he was actually liking them.

(A/N Don't judge I did my best....)

His jacket and pants were navy blue silk, with a thin lace shirt under that was actually pretty soft and didn't irritate his skin. His buttons were gold and he buttoned up and it was him trying to get his tie to look and feel right on him, the tie was a soft gold color that looked extremely good on his skin tone, as Hermione said. His hair, was fixed, well as fixed as it could get. They just tamed it a little and said they made it look sexier. He felt well suited.

Harry was in his simple robes, and had duplicated the pair, with a few changes of color for Ron, as his pass me down was not...something he should probably wear if he wanted to be picked on.

Ron's was longer, and had a red vest with his hair actually somewhat styled, thanks to Blaise who was helping the boys out, as Neville talked with Draco. While Harry, his hair was styled as well as it could be and was merely all black with a green silk tie. No one knew exactly who he asked out, but they know he asked Cho out, but she was already taken by Cedric. He then asked the next girl he saw who happened to be Parvatti. They weren't sure if he answer, but liked to think it was a yes.

Blaise was in some simple metallic like black robes that seemed snug and fit him so well that Ron was blushing as he got his hair fixed by his own date.

While Neville was all black cotton and more, it was snug and tailored to him well. He actually allowed their mother to help him just a little and he wasn't disappointed. He just hoped Luna liked it, but that wasn't what he needed to be focusing on. Draco was omg ring of him, in one of the many couches in their own personal library with his head in his hands.

"So you agreed? Just cause you didn't want to go by yourself or...?" Neville asked as Draco groaned mussing his hair up.

"I didn't agree, I groaned and turned away and she thinks that was a yes. She's absolutely insane. Pansy Parkinson's is not who I wanted to take out to the Yule Ball." He glowered up at the ceiling as he removed his hands. "What am I supposed to do? I can't just ask Percy now...it's already to late."

"If I remember correctly, he was going to ask you as well but you were being mister grumpy because once people heard, people swarmed around Percy." Neville pointed out patting the joys shoulders. "Maybe there's still a chance. You can't expect things to happen when you don't do anything. I learned that awhile ago." He said as he remembered back to when he still lived with his grandma and his uncle, how he wished his friends would help, but he never said anything. Yet his friends who knew him so well, did. Not exactly a great point but he knew if he said something Percy would have yanked him away from heading to his old home faster then he killed the Minotaur.

"You think so?" He asked, and Neville couldn't help but frown at the way Draco seemed so...upset. Percy really meant a lot for him.

Neville nodded and they stopped talking and stood as the other boys beside Percy walked in. Draco was in a silver silk suit, his hair, slightly ruffled but it was fine as it actually looked good on him. He fixed his robes for a moment and pulled himself together as he smiled at Neville in thanks.

His smile turned softer as he stared at Percy who walked in soon after the others, Neville couldn't help but gale as Luna was with him. All the boys were surprised that they looked so well. They, hadn't really been noticing that each of them , including themselves were growing and becoming more and more amazingly beautiful by the day.

Neville turned to Draco. "You better steal him later tonight."

"Oh I definitely will." Draco replied his soft smile still in place as he caught Percy's eyes who looked away with a faint blush.