A Very Drunk Bunch of Gryffindors

Hermione and Ginny were upstairs in the girls' dormitories, getting ready for the New Years' Eve party their house was throwing downstairs in the Common Room. Ginny had had the sudden urge to make a change in her appearance.

"Hermione, do you think if I dye my hair a different colour, Harry will notice me?" Ginny asked, her big brown eyes gazing at her reflection in the mirror in the girls' bathroom.

Hermione smiled. She really wanted Harry to finally take notice of her younger friend, so she nodded. "Now, just hold still. This is a very pretty shade of dark brown. It's Muggle stuff. I'd rather do it this way than with magic. Here goes!" She began applying the hair dye to Ginny's long red hair.

Meanwhile, Harry and Seamus were in their room, donning costumes for the party. Harry was wearing a pirate costume complete with an eye patch, a fake plastic sword, and a fake parrot attached to his right shoulder. He turned around to see Seamus wearing a pink dress, a la Marilyn Monroe. He had the gloves, the jewels, even a blond curly wig on.

His jaw dropped. Actually, Seamus made a pretty cute cross dresser. Convincing too. "Seamus, you make a good woman!" he exclaimed to his friend.

Seamus glared. "I lost a bet to Dean, so he's making me wear this. I actually look okay?"

"Sure, you look... smashing," Harry assured him.

Downstairs, Ron, Parvati, Dean, and Neville were decorating the Common Room. So far, it looked pretty festive.

"Hey Ron, where are Fred and George?" came a voice from the portrait hole. It was Percy. he had decided to break one rule. He had brought his girlfriend Penelope with him. She looked excited to be invited to a Gryffindor party.

"I think they're attempting to sneak alcohol into the party from Hogsmeade. Don't tell on us,. Perce. Please," he pleaded with his older brother.

"I guess I will hold my peace for once. Anyways, I brought Penelope along. So I'd get in trouble too. Go ahead and have your party with alcohol," he said, waving his hand dismayingly.

Suddenly, a scream was heard from upstairs. They all dropped what they were doing and ran to where the sound had originated: the girls' bathroom.

Parvati opened the door to see Ginny crying and Hermione looking like she was about to cry also. Ginny's hair was bright purple.

"I thought it was brown! Honestly, Ginny, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." Hermione said, trying to comfort the poor girl.

"What's wrong?" asked Dean, from outside.

"Ginny's hair is purple," Parvati said solemnly. The boys began to laugh, which made Ginny cry harder.

Harry and Seamus heard all the commotion and came running to where the other boys had gathered. They arrived just in time to hear Ginny crying and the boys laughing at her hair. They inquired over why she was bawling her eyes out and they told them about her hair. They laughed even harder when they noticed that Seamus was dressed in drag. Harry felt bad for Ginny, and a little bad for Seamus, so he told them guys off for laughing and walked down to the Common Room.

Fred and George arrived back a little while later, carrying just insane amounts of alcohol. Everyone from the house, plus Percy and Penelope, came downstairs and everyone started to party.

Harry and Seamus weren't the only ones dressed up. Colin had dressed up in a giant banana suit, and Lavendar was dressed like Wonder Woman. No one was really sure why, since it wasn't Halloween, but it was fun the same.

Fred and George got Percy and Penelope, the beloved Head Boy and Girl, to drink some "special" firewhiskey. After drinking only a few sips each, they were completely inebriated. Percy smiled at his brothers and exclaimed, "Firewhiskey is good for the soul!" The two were caught making out in the boys' bathroom later.

Suddenly, in the middle of the party, the portrait hole opened. In walked Professor McGonagall. She looked very angry at first, but George somehow conned her into drinking some of their special firewhiskey. She became drunk so fast that she was dancing on top of a table after ten minutes.

Dean and Seamus were actually openly flirting with each other, which surprised many of the other students. Except Neville, Ron, and Harry, who had to share a room with the two. They were always covering up their liaisons late at night, with Silence charms on their curtains and such, but their roommates were not fooled.

All of the sudden, Hermione jumped up on a chair and shouted, "I'm so drunk, a Slytherin would look good!" She laughed hysterically and jumped down, barely catching herself as she stumbled to catch her footing on the floor. "Wow, the floor keeps moving. What's that about?" She said, as she fell into Ron's arms. He wasn't extremely drunk, so he pulled her over to a couch and sat her down, to calm her down a bit.

Professor McGonagall decided to leave the party around 1 in the morning. She stumbled out the portrait hole, singing the Hogwarts School Song at the top of her lungs. The Fat Lady gave her a funny look as she wove down the corridor towards her office.

Fred, being less drunk than his brother, left the party to get some more food from the kitchens. He had to enlist the help of Dobby on his way back up, because the elves wanted to give him so much food. They walked into the party and the others grabbed the food from Dobby and took it to a table, where some students were waiting to devour it as soon as they could get their hands on it. Dobby began to make his way out of the Common Room, when a very drunk Pirate!Harry insisted that he stay and have some whiskey. Dobby was so honoured that he stayed, but did not drink. Instead, he just wandered around the party, watching the wizards and witches in bewilderment. Their strange behavior amused him to no extent.

Fred and George had also conveniently left some Canary Creams and Ton Tongue Toffees around the room, so funny things were going on all over. The students were too drunk to notice they were eating some of Fred and George's, and turned into canaries and had huge tongues all over the place. At one point, George was so bored, because Fred was too busy laughing at On who had accidentally given Hermione a Canary Cream to eat, and no one was amusing him. So he ran upstairs and grabbed a huge bucket and filled it with ice. He brought it downstairs and tossed it over his twin's head. Fred laughed after the first few moments, because of being stunned from the shock of the cold.

The night finally wound down, especially after Seamus and Dean went upstairs at 3 pm, and Ginny got so wasted that she continually asked everyone, "Quiero noveciento pollos por favor?" Harry and Ron were the last to go up to their beds (or pass out on the floor like Hermione and Parvati). They looked around. The Common Room was a mess. But they'd clean it up tomorrow. Or whenever everyone's hangovers weren't making them retreat from sunlight.