Hermione Granger and the Sixth Year Makeover

Harmony awoke with the fervid hope that the previous two days had all been a dream, but when she opened her eyes to the black walls and moving Green Day posters of her new room, she knew that she had to come to terms with her new life.

The violet charm she had cast the previous day had worn off, so today she charmed her eyes to be golden. Her golden eyes and purple-streaked hair set each other off nicely. Instead of her uniform, she decided to wear black low-rise jeans and a midriff top to show of her navel piercing.

She waited until she heard Draco leave before slipping out of her room and down to the Great Hall. Because she still wanted to lose weight, she ate only a pot of marmalade while she listened to Harry and Ron going on about Quidditch practice.

Everyone kept turning to look at her, but no one mentioned her being out of uniform. Probably the dress code just didn't apply to the Head Girl. She hated the stares but decided that if she was going to be the school hottie, she should get used to it.

During breakfast, Dumbledore had an announcement. "Because the Yule ball two years ago was such a success, we have decided have an annual ball. This year it will be held on Halloween. Dress is formal, but Muggle clothes will be allowed." And there was much rejoicing.

"We have also decided," the headmaster continued, "to have a talent show. Please see the head of your house to register." This was greeted with murmurs of puzzlement, but Dumbledore, instead of elaborating, sat down to eat his breakfast.

Ginny tapped Harmony's arm. "Hey Harm, we should do a number?"

"What do you mean, 'a number'?" asked Harmony, dreading the answer.

"You know, a song-and dance number!"

"I don't sing," said Harmony. "In fact, neither do you."

"We can use spells to make us sound better!"

"Well, then it's not much of a talent show, is it?"

"I think it will be fun," said Luna, including herself in the plan. "But what would we do?"

Ginny looked around the table, and her eyes lit on Harmony's breakfast. "I know, we'll do 'Lady Marmalade'!"

"Absolutely not," said Harmony.

"Oh, yes!" said Luna. "We'll do that arrangement by Christina Aguilera and - "

"That won't even be recorded for five years yet!" Harmony protested, but they ignored her. Ginny was singing:

"Voolay-voo-cooshay-avec-mwah, se-swah..."

"Do you even know what that means?" demanded Harmony.

"No," said Ginny, "but no one else will either."

"Of course they will; it's French - not exactly the most obscure language in the world! Listen, I'm not having any part of this!"

Luna started singing along with Ginny. Harmony looked to Harry and Ron for help, but they were doubled over laughing. Suddenly she felt a presence behind her and turned. It was Draco.

"Come on, we have to talk about Head stuff," he said.

Harmony followed him out of the Great Hall, and he stopped right outside the entrance.

"So, what do we have to talk about?" she asked.

"Nothing; it just looked like you could use a rescue."

"Oh. Um... thanks." She had to admit she was impressed that he'd even picked up on that.

"So now you owe me one," he said, and with that, he leaned over and tried to kiss her.

"Hey! What's gotten into you? What's gotten into everyone?" she exclaimed, pushing him away.

Draco just shrugged. "Dunno. Seemed like the thing to do."

Harmony whirled away and stalked off towards her Defense Against the Dark Arts class. But as she reached the classroom...