Its the end of the 7th year of Hogwarts and a ball has taken place. When two fall in love in one night what will happen for their future? HM/DR post Hogwarts. Adult themes and content! You've been warned!

AN: So I decided to do this new story kind of different than I have yet to write. Hope you like!

READ AND REVIEW please!

It was the graduation ball and last chance for the 7th years to have fun together before going out in the real world. There was a definite buzz in the air as the students walked down the stares in the maskqureade costumes. These were not normal masks the students had on either, no, just like Dumbledore to request that all mask have a charm placed on them to make the person un-reconizable to all who saw them. A kind of last ditch effort for house unity. As the students entered the hall they were all given a number and told that for the last half of the ball they would have to stay with the person with the same number. Some took the numbers eagerly and other complained out loud for awhile.

The ball started greatly with all the students dancing with their chosen partners enjoying drinks and just hanging out with each other. Soon the time came where they had to find their matching numbers that they would have to stay with the rest of the night. Some partners hugged or kissed and said where they would meet after the ball ended. As all the people started finding their matching number except for a young women in the most beautiful white dress with golden accents stood alone waiting to find her new partner looking eagerly around. The dress she wore was a corset style on top which accented her bust and pushed it up to show it off slightly with a slightly poofed out bottom but not overly poofed so she could move. Her hair was down in curls with the top half pulled out of her face. Her Mask was white lace with gold on the outer edge and around the eyes, quiet simple compared to most of the other girls overly decorated masks. Her eyes sparkled bright as melted chocolate through the eye holes. She continued to wait holding her number so all could see until she saw him walk up to her with the matching number.

Her stomach quite literately did a flip when she saw him. It was a romance novel moment she thought as she saw him. His hair was black and pulled into a pony tail he was dressed in all black and his eyes, oh his eyes were so stunning, ice blue mixed with grey. NEVER had she seen such great eyes on any human being. He wore a cape tied Lockhart style over one shoulder but it was longer reaching down to his ankles. He wore a simply yet elegant black mask with silver around the edge and eyes kind of like Hermione's. He held the same number 13 as she did and he smirked at her. Oh yes he got the best out of the rest. Even his date could not compete with what he saw in front of him.

He came up to her and took her hand in his and kissed it gently wanting to start on the right foot with her. She blushed at this small but meaningful act.

He was the first to speak, "Hello. I 'm Dante for this evening, as we can't let our true identities know."

"Dante means lasting, hmm" She thought out loud, "Nice choice, I'm Mia for the night and it is a pleasure to meet you."

"Mia means mine, well one can only hope." He said to her with a true smile, She blushed and looked to the ground, "You are beautiful and should never look down, always keep your chin up above the rest." He said to her as he lifted her chin and looked into her eyes."Shall we dance then?" He asked her softly, she nodded and followed him her hand in his.

A slow song came on and he took hold of her waist and hand and started to lead her around the dance floor with ease. She had never dance with anyone so skilled. Victor was good but Dante was GREAT! It was like the scene from the Labyrinth at the ball scene both just simply taken with each other.

"So I suppose I can ask you some simple questions about you. I don't think that is against the rules, not that I care or anything but just for tonight's sake I will obey." He told her with a smirk. She giggled and nodded to let him know it was ok to ask her questions, "This is your 7th year right, I mean you didn't just come with a 7th year did you?"

"No I'm in the 7th year. I am 17, going to be 18 this September 17th." She replied. What about you? How old are you?"

"I'm 18. My birthday was like 3 months ago." He said, "Tell me about you, I mean as much as you can without telling me who you are anyways. I'll do the same when you finish."

Another slow song came on and they continued to dance but in a more subdued way and less elaborate.

"Well were do I start. I am an only child with brown eyes and hair. I know we were suppose to change it but I didn't look good with any other color. I love learning, and am learning to fly better with my friends help. I used to have a fear of flying but am getting over it. What else, I love books and I'm still not sure what I want to do for a career. I also have three best friends. My favorite color is gold and silver. I could never decide on just one" She concluded.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" He asked quickly not thinking about his question until after he asked it.

"Oh well yes. I just started dating him about a month ago." She answered a bit hesanitly, "Sorry." She said once more looking down to the ground.

"Well I think I might have been shocked if you said you didn't have a boyfriend, because as I said before you are beautiful and the more time I am with you the better your personality gets. Is it a serious relationship?" He asked her with longing in his eyes.

"Well I thought it would be more clear to me as we continued to date but honestly I don't know. I love him in a way yet I don't think it's the kind of love to last a life time." She explained with sadness in her voice. "Well what about you? Do you have a girlfriend?" She asked in return.

He sighed and then said, "Unfortunately, yes. It's not the best relationship and and she is betrothed to me so whether I like her or not I have to marry her or be an outcast with my family." He explained with sadness in his voice.

"You know Dante, I think that if I was forced to marry without love or be disowned I would choose to be disowned. I could never marry without love." She said proudly.

"You sure do have a motivating way of putting things out with so much passion behind it." He said really close to her ear, "I wish I would have gotten to know you in school. You seem like you would be a great friend to have. Your friends must really love to talk about things with you." He paused for a moment and led her off the dance floor to the refreshments table. "Thirsty?" He asked handing her a butterbeer which she took gratefully. "So I guess it is my turn to tell you about me eh?"

"Yeah that was part of the agreement." She nodded as they started to walk around they room.

"Well I too am an only child. I love to fly and play Quidditch. Umm, my mother is my world and I would do anything for her. I only have one true best friend, and these here that my dear mother gave me," He said pointing to see eyes, "Are my true color. I can't tell you about my hair color cause lets face it, it would be a total giveaway. My favorite color is green and as for a job after school I would love to play Quidditch proffesionaly." He finished.

"Well you are pretty interesting yourself. I would like to ask you something that can show me whether we both are wasting our time or not, is that ok?" She questioned quickly not looking him in the eye.

"Yeah go ahead, I like to be straight forward anyways." He replied as they arrived on the terrace of the gardens. It was a warm summer night and the moon was extra bright because it was full.

"Well its more like two questions I suppose. What house are you in and does it matter to you that we might not be in the same house?" She asked quickly.

"Well earlier in my school life yes it would have mattered but since the war with Voldemort has started petty things like that don't bother me as much. I still have my ticks about certain people from certain houses but thats about it." He explained while she nodded in acceptance. He continued, "As for My house I'm in Slytherin hence my favorite color is Green, a true Slytherin to the end." He ended proudly. He watched her for a moment as her face went sorata dark after hearing the last bit.

"Well before I tell you my house I want to thank you for being so kind to me and that I now know I would have loved to be in your house just to be friends with you." She said truthfully after she said that he bent down and kissed her softly and pulled away to look at her in the eye. She quietly said, "I'm in Gryfandor."

He looked slightly taken aback but didn't turn away but instead bent down and with much more passion kissed her like they had never kissed another before. As they did this a shock of power ripped through their bodies like electricity which only made the both of them deepen the kiss more. As the ended the kiss they looked in each others eyes and smiled knowing that the power shock was the true sign of Magical love.

"Come and dance with me again please." He said taking her hand and leading her to the dance floor once more. She nodded and the walked to them middle as the rest of the school cleared after a fast song. As the music started they realized it was a tango and smirked at each other. "You know how to dance the Tango?" He asked hopefully as she nodded happily, "My parents put me through 2 years of ball room dance lessons for nothing. They began to dance as all the students had stopped to watch Dante and Mia dance the tango so elegantly. It was true romance in each step as the girls looked on in awe and the boys looking on in amazement.

The song ended and the whole room clapped loudly for the two who politely bowed to the crowd. They left the dance floor for some seats on the outer edge of the room.

"Listen, I know tonight is the first time we have met and we barely know each other but I feel like we have know each other forever. This is the last night of our school lives and I want to share every moment I can with you tonight. Can I take you some where where I have never taken any one else?" Dante asked Mia.

She looked slightly startled by this admission from him but mostly excited about the prospect of being with him for awhile tonight. "Let's go." She said standing up with him and following him out the doors of the great hall. She followed him down the halls to a corridor she had never known existed. At the end was an elaborately carved wooden door that stood at least ten feet high. They walked up it and Dante said, "Mia I would love for you to come in and spend the night with me you can leave whenever you want and I want you to know that I am not expecting anything to happen and that no matter what happens I'll never regret what we do. Do you still want to come in?" He asked her.

"Yes." Was all she said as he unlocked the door with a flick of his wand and the door slowly opened to a room fit for royalty.