Ginderella

Poor Ginny Snape. Quite apart from having the daftest name in the history of the world, she's got a cruel step-father, two evil stepsisters and a bad case of unrequited love for Harry Potter, The Prince Who Lived. Even worse, she's still got her Potions essay to write, and it's already twenty-five past thirty-two in the Hogwarts kitchens. Oh, yeah, and she's just been assigned the two most incompetent fairy godmothers in the history of the profession, at least one of whom is more concerned with political correctness than actually getting the job done and bringing about the bliss that is Twue Wuv. Killer high heels! The curse of the toad! A thousand elephants! All this and much, much more, once upon a time...

Harry and Ginny are both at the ball, and all they have to do is kiss by the stroke of midnight to ensure everlasting happiness. With elephants, octopuses, step-sisters and anti-male dormitory charms standing in the way of twue wuv, though, even the extraordinary Hogwarts kitchen clocks can't guarantee this story will be wrapped up by twelve p.m.