by DrT - Sahits

earrings, although we can enchant them to stay attached, a necklace, and a bracelet. I have
numerous options, if you would care to come into the display room. The room can be enchanted for
natural light or any other lighting."
"We need lots of facets," Harry said. "The ambient light will be very indirect as we make our
entrance, and if she doesn't mind, I want Hermione to sparkle, and I want the jewels to as well, and
without magical enhancement."
Hermione flushed slightly, and followed the little man into the display room.
"Do you want contrast or compliments?" the little man asked. "Diamonds will give you the most
sparkle, of course." He looked at Hermione. "What sort of neckline will you be wearing, my dear?"
Hermione shyly traced the discrete scooped neckline, and described the shoulders and sleeves,
which left most of her arms bare.
Gerrymander nodded and said, "If you agree with Mister Potter that you want to make an
impression, may I suggest one of these two necklaces?" He pulled a box from under a table and
opened in atop the display counter.
Hermione and Harry drew in great breaths. The centerpiece of the first necklace was a star sapphire,
about three quarters of an inch across. Except for the clasp, the rest of the necklace appeared to be
all stones -- blue diamond, blue quartz, blue topaz, clear diamond, sapphire, repeated in sequence.
The second's centerpiece was a ruby-cut blue topaz, slightly larger than the star sapphire, and the
rest of the wide necklace was made up of over two hundred small blue and white diamonds. Harry
and Hermione both pointed to the second to try first.
For the bracelet, Hermione selected one with three large baguette-cut and three smaller brilliant-cut
blue topazes, and three dozen small diamonds. Hermione retreated to a washroom to transfigure her
blouse into the approximate shape of her gown. That done, she decided to take the second necklace
and the bracelet, and on matching blue topaz earrings, which each had a small diamond chip accent.
"You are leasing these," Hermione hissed.
Harry whispered back that he could buy them if she wanted them.
"I don't care! I shudder to thing what these must cost!" she whispered back.
"Is there a problem?" Gerrymander asked.
"None at all," Harry said.
"The security goblins from Gringotts will be delivering a number of family jewels for the Ball,"
Gerrymander said. "From the bank, private vaults, and from here. These should arrive at Hogwarts
at between One-thirty and Three o'clock Christmas Day. A house elf will collect them after the Ball
and return them to the goblins. Is this satisfactory?"
Harry and Hermione nodded, and left. "Do I want to know how much this is costing?" Hermione
asked.
"If they are lost or stolen, a whole lot," Harry said. "If not, one percent of the full retail price, which
is about a third of what he would normally charge, but I agreed he could display a small copy of my
coat of arms." Harry pointed, and Hermione saw that one large window was actually partially made
up of small stain glass panels, all representing coats of arms.
"There's my family's," Harry said, pointing. "I agreed he could keep showing that, as it's been on
display for three hundred years, and he'll be putting my personal one up today or tomorrow, I bet."
"Thank you, Harry," Hermione said, kissing his cheek.
"You're very welcome," Harry replied. "Let's get some warm butterbeer."
The next day, Harry took Hermione to the Room of Requirement. They sat on a sofa for a few