A/N: Well, the responses to last chapter were quite varied. It wasn't vital to the plot, but it was a little idea that wouldn't leave me alone so I had to write it out. Clearly, it wasn't an essential part of the story, but as I've said before, it's my story! Thanks to all the birthday wishes, I had a great day.
NOTE: I was reviewing the story, and I realized I am an idiot. I completely messed up Tonks' real form. In one chapter, she was a brunette with blue eyes, and another she had black hair. The final decision is Black hair, with blue eyes. I apologize!!
The room was quiet and would inevitably stay that way. Madam Pince controlled her library with an iron fist. No noise above a whisper was tolerated and offenders would be punished with a wicked glare. Harry sighed to himself as he pushed his books away and leaned back in his chair. They sat at a small table as far away from Madam Pince as possible, which meant that they were pushed up flush against the stacks of shelves. The small candles on their table gave off a flickering light which added to the slightly spooky feeling that had fallen upon them. Harry, Ginny, Tonks and Neville were all buried in their books, or at least had been until Harry had pushed his away in frustration.
Harry pinched the bridge of his nose wearily. He sighed, and a slight whisper came out. "Let's go guys, it's almost curfew and we have been in here all day." Two grumbles from Tonks and Ginny quickly silenced him and he glanced at Neville who had stopped studying as well. He caught the wizard's eyes, glanced at the girls and rolled his eyes dramatically. A loud snort escaped Neville's lips and both boys could feel the eyes of Madam Pince from across the room. Both ducked their heads back in to their books, holding back their laughter.
"Guys I am done. I'm heading back to the common room." The girls waved him away quickly before turning back to their books. Neville motioned to Harry that he was coming too and Harry waited silently for Neville to exit the library. Harry fell in to step beside Neville and they began the walk back to Gryffindor Tower.
"When's the next DA meeting Nev?" Neville reached in to his bag and pulled out the crinkled parchment holding the DA schedule. Harry had managed to talk to Hermione alone and had outlined what he needed for the DA and she quickly produced a highlighted, color-coded chart schedule that told Harry exactly when he was teaching and what years and houses would be there. Harry shook his head slightly at the girl's enthusiasm; her eyes had been shining brightly as she had handed him her finished work. She blushed slightly at his thanks but had quickly walked back to her room. Something had changed with her in his year absence and he intended to find out what happened.
"Today's Wednesday?" At Harry's nod, Neville glanced back at the schedule. "Tomorrow evening at seven, with the 4th and 5th year Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs." Harry nodded and scratched his chin in thought. They had just finished the review so Harry could see at what level the students were at.
"Maybe the Patronus? I haven't taught it yet, but it's quite a useful spell." Neville nodded as they turned the corner and approached the Fat Lady. "Ares." Harry said distractedly and stepped in to the room followed by Neville. Professor McGonagall had clearly not given up on using Harry's friends as passwords.
Both goys collapsed on the couch, letting the warmth of the fire hang over them. The common was full, with students lounging around on the various chairs and tables doing homework or studying. The flickering fire cast shadows around the room and the warmth quickly lulled Harry in to a doze.
He was woken quickly by the cushion of couch sinking under an extra weight. He wiped his eyes sleepily as he looked around. Athena had perched behind his head on the back of the couch and was watching him intently. He sleepily stroked her feathers as he continued his survey of the room. The common room was emptier though a fair number of students were struggling to study and finish filling up their parchments. Neville was nowhere to be found and Harry figured he had gone up to bed already. Finally his gaze returned to the couch. Ginny and Tonks had collapsed on either side of him, bags sliding to the floor in front of them. Both girls had closed their eyes and unconsciously leaned in to Harry's shoulder. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) for Harry, the sliding on the couch caused Ginny's jumper and Tonks' blouse to slid up their respective torsos, revealing both girls' lean stomach. Harry gulped; face reddening as he glanced to see if anyone was near them. Thankfully no one was, and he reached to help the girls return to their more respectable positions.
He slid Ginny's jumper down to her waist, but couldn't ignore the fact that her stomach and sides were unbelievably smooth and warm to his touch. When he touched her, her stomach contracted and Harry's copied it. He blushed deeper before turning to Tonks. He grasped the hem of her blouse and began to slide it down when he noticed something shining on her stomach. Harry paused and looked closer. A thin ring went through her belly button and caught the firelight quite nicely. Harry's mind flipped as he unconsciously considered thinking about leaning over and sucking on the small ring. He blanched as he felt Tonks moved slightly and open her eyes.
"Wow Harry, bit forward tonight aren't ya?" He blushed even deeper and withdrew his hands. Tonks leaned forward and she fixed her shirt, and Harry almost thought she was doing it slower than needed.
"Uh, your shirt…it was riding up when you sat down. I was just fixing it. It happened to Ginny too." Tonks arched an eyebrow and grinned over Harry's shoulder.
"Really Mr. Potter? Was that what I was feeling? Here I thought it was something else… And I noticed that you seemed to take an extra second contemplating 'Dora's little addition down there." Ginny adopted an innocent look and fluttered her eyelashes at Harry. Tonks threw a questioning glance at Ginny, who nodded to her belly button, still glinting in the firelight.
"Mr. Potter, were you admiring my belly button ring?" Harry blushed and tried to form an answer, but just hung his head, trying to hide his shame. Both girls laughed and Tonks playfully smacked Harry's arm.
"Oh grow up Harry. Yes I have a belly button ring." Without further ado, she lifted her blouse to just above the ring and held it lightly. "You like it?"
Harry again tried to answer but could only nod as he looked at her exposed stomach. His mind was a bit too caught up looking at her smooth skin, and the top of her underwear poking out from under her pants. From what he could see, it was quite lacy. Her stomach was very flat, and she had a hint of abs from all the auror training.
Ginny giggled, which drew Harry's attention from Tonks. Before he could question her, she lifted her jumper to just above her belly button and asked Harry in a very normal tone. "Should I get one too Harry?"
For the third consecutive time, Harry found he didn't seem to have to capacity for speech. He had two girls lifting their shirts and allowing him to look, and he could only babble soundlessly. He just nodded slightly, at which Ginny and Tonks both laughed and fell over, dropping their shirts in the process. Neither girl noticed Harry's blush, which had just disappeared, come roaring back with a vengeance or the slightly disappointed look on his face.
A stern voice broke his thoughts. "Mr. Potter, a moment?" Harry whirled around to see Professor McGonagall and the Headmaster standing behind him, no indication on their faces to show if they saw the little display. A bright twinkle in the older wizard's eyes caused Harry to bury his face in his hands before chuckling.
"More than a moment Professor, I beg of you." Harry got up and sprung over the back of the couch, leaving the girls laughing on the couch, watching him with mirthful tears in their eyes. The Headmaster chuckled and the normally stone-faced Transfiguration teacher seemed to lose her resolve and a slight grin broke through before it returned to its normal pose. The Headmaster led them over to an unoccupied table, and all three sat down, noticing that the room was quite quiet as all eyes were on the teachers and Harry.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and began. "Mr. Potter, I have an idea that I believe would interest you. As you know, the Halloween feast is just over two weeks away." Harry nodded, confusion evident in his expression. "I was wondering if you would like to organize it. Minerva of course would check everything, making sure it is up to snuff, and Filius and herself would provide any charms needed. I only ask you to think of a theme and do the general organization."
All heads in the room swiveled to look at Harry, who wore a thoughtful expression on his face, before a smirk replaced. "I would love to Headmaster. Can it also be a dance?" All the boys in the room gasped, as the Headmaster nodded. The girls squealed and began whispering quietly about dresses, makeup, hair and of course, dates.
Dumbledore arched an eyebrow at him. "Are you sure about that? The male student population tends to… avoid that sort of celebration." Harry only smiled and nodded slyly.
Dumbledore and McGonagall rose to leave before Harry's voice called them back. "It will be a costume party, and I believe I will politely refuse any magical help from our esteemed teachers here." McGonagall raised her eyebrows and the Headmaster nearly blinded Harry with the twinkle in his eyes. Harry beckoned them forward and whispered in their ears softly before sitting back and smiling.
"Done and done. I will announce it tomorrow morning. Thank you Mr. Potter." Harry inclined his heads towards his teachers and both left quickly. The common room broke out in to talk and Ginny and Tonks rushed over to Harry and sat in the seats left unoccupied by McGonagall and Dumbledore.
"Oh my god Harry this is so cool. What are you going to dress up as?" Harry arched an eyebrow at Ginny's question before responding.
"Vampire. What else? I would do a werewolf but my costume would be much hairier and I wouldn't want to give Filch more work than necessary. Or maybe I do." All three laughed to themselves and Harry couldn't help but admire both girls' laugh.
Tonks shook him out of his revelry. Her voice was steady but her down turned eyes gave her away. "Who are you going to ask to the dance?" Ginny's face quickly fell as Harry watched them.
"Who said I would have to ask anyone?" Both girls snapped their heads up, but Harry winked at them before he walked quickly to his room. With a soft whistle and a snap, his bag and Athena both sailed through the air, following him up.
The next morning, Harry remained adamantly silent about his question last night, only indicating that they should wait until breakfast as all will be revealed then. He would say nothing more on the topic and quickly frustrated both girls.
They sat down in silence at the Gryffindor table as the last of the students filed in and took their seats. The hall was beginning to get noisy but the Headmaster tapped his goblet and stood up and the hall quieted.
"In two Fridays from this week, we will hold our annual Halloween feast. As to not become stale, I have asked Mr. Harry Potter organize it and he has informed me of some changes." The hall fell silent and eyes swiveled between the Headmaster and a grinning Harry. "It will now be a very informal dance, though dress robes are not required, and will probably not be worn. It will be a costume dance." Groans and squeals echoed through the room and the Gryffindor boys glared at Harry who winked at them before motioning to Dumbledore who smiled before holding his hands up for silence. "However, Mr. Potter has come up with the quite ingenious idea of changing something. In lieu of tradition, for this dance, the young ladies among us will ask their male counterparts to accompany them." Stone silence accompanied his announcement and soon the boys broke out in to smiles and laughs as the girls stopped in the midst of their whispers and glared at Harry from across the room.
Ginny and Tonks stared slack jawed at Harry as he calmly began his meal. "Harry!" Tonks voice brought his head up. Harry looked up questioningly, and met Tonks' eyes. Both girls opened their mouths to speak, but fell in to silence and ate. They ate in silence and finished quickly and the mood was slightly awkward as they left the hall. Suddenly Ginny yelped and dragged Tonks in to a nearby classroom, motioning for Harry to wait for them there. Harry leaned against the wall and waited patiently. He knew that both girls were currently single, as Ginny had broken up with Michael a few weeks ago.
Soon both girls emerged grinning. They stood in front of him smirking madly. Ginny cleared her throat. "Harry. Dora and I would be honored-"
Tonks followed. "-if you would like to accompany us-"
"-to the ball on Halloween,-"
"-and we could all go together since-"
"-we can all admit that we both only want-"
"-to really hang out with you. And we don't want any girl to spend anymore time with you than necessary." Tonks finished with a flourish and both girls extended their hands out to Harry, bowing slightly.
For a moment, both girls were worried he would refuse. But a great smile lit his face and he took both girls hands, and spun them to his chest dramatically. "I would be honored, my fair ladies." All three broke in to laughter and walked down the hall, Harry tangoing with both of them, much to their amusement.
A few nights later, the entire castle was gathered on the front steps on the castle looking at a giant shape by the Forbidden Forest. Harry stood in the front of the group, standing just behind the teachers, both swords drawn and held in front of him. Everyone had been woken during the night by a giant BOOM and had rushed down to the front steps. The teachers were gathered there, conferring quietly.
Dumbledore turned and addressed the students. "I have news. It appears that Hogwarts will have a visitor for the rest of the year. I believe someone is coming to explain." He stepped aside as a familiar redhead stepped through the crowd.
"CHARLIE!" Ginny's' voice echoed out and Charlie grinned, though the exhaustion was visible on his face.
"Hello everyone. I am Charlie Weasley, as my sister made no doubt of you knowing." Laughter rippled through the students as Gunny blushed and hid behind Harry. "I work at a dragon reserve in Romania and approximately three weeks ago, the Hungarian Horntail behind me escaped from her pen and took off and flew north. She has a badly injured wing, and the long distance flying has severely injured it. We needed a temporary place to hold her while she heals and Hogwarts was our best option. She is dangerous, and do not enter her enclosure. Thank you." He nodded to the assembled teachers and taking Hagrid, he went back to the heap of a dragon. Harry released his sigh and quickly sheathed his two swords and whistled, calling back all of his familiars who immediately responded and headed back inside the castle.
Dumbledore stepped forward. "Students, this is a unique opportunity we have here. From now on, all Care of Magical Creatures classes are cancelled. Once a week, the entire school will come out and view the dragon and that will be considered your Care of Magical Creatures class. I warn you, this magnificent dragon behind me is NOT tame, and will harm anyone who enters her enclosure besides Mr. Weasley and Professor Hagrid, both of who she has become accustomed to. Anyone else who enters, to echo my statements from years ago, will suffer a most painful death. Everyone back to bed now." With that, the students were ushered in to the castle and back to their beds. As Harry, Ginny and Tonks were walking through the entrance hall, a voice called them back.
"Mr. and Miss Weasley, Ms. Granger, Mr. Potter and Ms. Tonks, can all of you wait a moment?" The five students in question turned around and went back to the headmaster, who was waiting with McGonagall.
Ginny grinned as Charlie came jogging up to them. "Alright Headmaster, she is down for the night, thanks." Dumbledore nodded and swept out of the room. Ginny grinned wider and jumped in to her older brothers arms.
Ron smacked Charlie on the shoulder and the other three students nodded smiling at the dragon keeper. "Hey guys. Just wanted to say hi before I headed back to the dragon."
"Charlie, what's wrong with her?" Ron voiced the question that the other four students were thinking.
Charlie sighed heavily and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Ugh. She really messed up her wing, and she keeps trying to fly away, and it keeps getting re-injured. This is the third stop we have had to make before we settled here. We are trying to find a way to make her settle down for a coupe months." Ginny, Tonks and Hermione allawwed as Ron voiced a quiet damn. Charlie quickly bid the girls goodnight and nodded to Ron, who all turned away. Harry turned to follow them but a hand on his shoulder brought him to a stop.
"Harry, can I talk with you a second?" Harry scrutinized Charlie with a raised eyebrow, before turning back to Tonks and Ginny, both of whom were waiting for him. He motioned for them to go on ahead and Charlie led Harry in to a classroom.
Charlie leaned against the front of the desk and Harry stood straight, looking at him. Charlie motioned for him to sit, but he refused, not wanting this to seem like a student-teacher conference. "What's up Charlie?"
"Well, I don't think we have ever had the chance to properly introduce ourselves and I have heard quite a bit about you." Harry nodded. Harry had also quite a bit of stories from Ron and Ginny about Charlie growing up, constantly telling stories of dragons and their history.
Harry remained silent, sensing some sort of animosity coming from Charlie. Charlie paused before continuing. "Yes well, Ginny has been sending me owls every once in a while. Is it true that you are…what you are? My recollection of the night two years ago is a bit hazy."
Harry's eyes narrowed and his shoulders tensed up, bringing the sword settled on his back in to the moonlight, causing Charlie to whiten just a bit. "Yes Charlie. I am a vampire, and a werewolf. If it disturbs you that I am a half-breed, or two-thirds-breed, than I would suggest you let me return to my room."
"No, I have nothing against that. I just… Look, Ginny is a part of the family, but she is the only girl and the youngest in the family. I just wanted to make sure she is safe with you." Charlie's voice got stronger as he went on and finished as he stepped towards the smaller Harry, his dragon-tooth earring gleaming in the moonlight. Charlie knew that he sometimes looked intimidating and could use it to his advantage.
Far from being intimidated, Harry smirked and stepped up to Charlie raising himself to his full height. His green eyes gleamed in the low light in the room, and Charlie's eyes flitted between Harry's face and the two large swords strapped to his back. "Charlie, due to the two bites I received, I only gained some of the attributes from each bite. I cannot turn anyone with a vampire bite, and I do not transform in the full moon. I have acquired somewhat of a taste for blood, but I only know that from experience with less than savory acquaintances. Even if I could turn Ginny with a bite, I would go naked to Voldemort and kiss his toes before I did. Your sister has nothing to worry about, as she has been a true friend and I would protect her with my life." Charlie blanched at Harry's original statement but smiled warmly at him as he finished.
"Than we have no problem." Charlie held out his hand and Harry grinned and shook it.
As they left the room, Harry continued. "As for your prat of a brother Ron…" He winked at Charlie, who laughed in the empty corridor.
"Believe me, there are some times I wish I could feed him to my dragons." Harry laughed at that and smacked Charlie on the shoulder before turning down the corridor. He was almost at the corner, before Charlie's voice stopped him
"Thanks Harry, after what happened her first year, none of us want her to go through anything again." Harry paused, and turned around back to Charlie. A shaft of moonlight came through the window and gave him quite an impressive appearance. The black of his hair was dark as coal, but the white streak down the middle glowed bright silver, while the alternate red streaks burned a bright orange. His green eyes held a knowledge and power that awed Charlie. Harry looked at him pointedly for a moment. "With my life Charlie, I'll protect her with my life." Charlie nodded slowly and Harry inclined his head before turning and sliding down the corridor silently.
Charlie stood there, his mind replaying the scene in his head. He turned sharply and headed down the corridor, firmly believing that Ginny had nothing to worry about.
The night of the Halloween Ball was finally upon the school and classes for the day had been cancelled. Ginny and Tonks had spent the day without Harry, as he had requested a private room in which he spent over six hours. When he finally came out, he explained that it was a memorial to his parents, who had died 15 years before. Both girls immediately understood and no more questions were asked about it.
Since they were going with Harry, both girls decided to be his vampire brides, and had dressed accordingly. Ginny was in a blood-red dress while Tonks wore a night-black dress and both girls had whitened their face with makeup, while wearing some muggle fang add-ons. The dresses were quite glamorous without being overtly revealing. Harry had insisted on paying for them. Harry's eyes lit up as he saw them and he complimented them on how beautiful they looked. Harry himself cut quite the figure. He had a new long black cloak, and an expensive suit underneath it. His fangs were out in full force and his face was an unnatural white. His hair was standing up more on his head, and the streaks stood out harshly against his black hair and white skin.
As they walked down the hallways, each girl had hooked themselves to an arm of Harry's. "Hey Harry, are your teeth add-ons? Or are they your actual teeth?" Ginny asked him cautiously.
Harry grinned, making him look even more sinister. "They're real. Don't worry; I won't bite you…unless you want me to…" Harry smiled wider and both girls yelped at his expression, as he looked exactly like the mythical Count Dracula. The crowds of students whispered as they walked past as the three friends looked quite realistic and scared more than a handful of students.
Finally they reached the doors of the hall, around which over half the school was gathered. The costumes were quite mixed, as most went with some sort of typical Halloween monster, ranging from Frankenstein (completely muggle), to ghosts to werewolves. Harry and his two brides reached the edge of the crowd when they were intercepted.
Malfoy stood in their way, dressed also as a vampire, with Pansy Parkinson and Daphne Greengrass on an arm. Both girls were dressed in short skirts that were intended less as a costume and more as an excuse to wear next to nothing. Malfoy sneered before loudly exclaiming. "Wow Potter, still trying to outdo me?" A few of the surrounding Slytherins laughed.
Harry smirked. "Except Malfoy, that for me it isn't a costume. Nice teeth, how much did they cost daddy?" Malfoy sneered again before responding.
"Didn't buy them Potter. Got them off a real Vampire, of course, we had to kill him first! Where'd you get yours?" Potter raised an eyebrow at his response. With a glance at Ginny and Tonks, he realized that Malfoy hadn't heard about his exhibition with Ron earlier in the year.
"Mine are from a real vampire too. Though, he isn't dead." Malfoy's sneer dropped a bit. Harry stepped closer to Malfoy and continued. "He's standing right in front of you." With that, Harry retracted his fangs, before letting them grow out again. Malfoy whitened but quickly recovered.
"Freak." With that, Malfoy grabbed Pansy and Daphne and dragged them out of the way. Harry sighed and turned to Ginny and Tonks.
"Please excuse me a minute ladies. I have to set up inside, I will meet you in there." The girls nodded and Harry slipped to the front of the doors, and opened them and slid inside.
After a few moments, the teachers gathered in front of the crowd. Dumbledore turned to McGonagall who appeared beside him. "Is Harry ready?" Dumbledore was dressed as a goblin, which didn't work as he was quite too tall.
McGonagall was dressed as witch from the muggle world, green skin and pimply nose. She smiled and nodded. "It will be quite the show." With that, the doors opened and the crowd headed inside.
The inside of the Great Hall was unrecognizable. A white mist was on the floor, rising to knee-height and entirely obscuring the view. The tables were all gone and the hall was dark besides a single light in the center, which was flickering dimly. The gathered crowd grew silent and instinctively gathered around the light.
A creaking door was heard and footsteps echoed softly throughout the hall. Howling wolves echoed throughout the hall. Music slowly came on and rose to a loud crescendo. Figures started walking to the Hall, walking in beat to music, and spread around the gathered crowd, pinning them in and trapping them. Yelps and screams could be heard, as more than one student looked around nervously. One figure stepped forward and began to sing.
It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killerer, thriller tonight
The figure was dancing quite expertly, though his face was hid by a down turned fedora hat. His long black cloak swished around him. The cloaked figures trapping the students and staff were dancing as well, though many students were still scared. The muggleborn students weren't, recognizing the energetic song and sung along.
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
Girl, But all the while you hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Dumbledore looked around carefully, and realized that McGonagall had disappeared from next to him. Ginny and Tonks were laughing at the dancing figures, which looked remarkably like Dementors but had none of the unpleasant side-effects, and were much funnier as they danced in the typical Thriller fashion.
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time (they're open wide)
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen,
I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller,
Thriller here tonight
As the singer kept singing, he took off his hat and threw it across the room. Everyone recognized him as Harry and Ginny and Tonks quickest of all. As he sang, he moved to them and danced with them for a moment, eyes bright green with mirth. As he concluded the chorus for the last time, he snapped his fingers, and disappeared in a flash of black smoke. At the door, a tall thin figure appeared next to a hunched figure covered in a large cloth, effectively shielding him from view. The taller figure slowly spoke in a menacing voice, making all those gathered think of zombies and necromancers.
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize yawl's neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The taller figure strode towards the gathered crowd, while the smaller figure shuffled along behind the first. The crowd was herded by the still-dancing guards back against the wall, where they were pressed together and the fear had been slowly reawakened in the majority of them, despite the dancing and the music. The thin figure finished the song with a flourish, pulling the cloth off of the smaller figure.
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
As the word "thriller" echoed, everyone gasped and saw the hunched figure slowly rise to his feet. Harry grinned as he looked at them, and McGonagall laughed menacingly and threw back her hood. The crowd froze in silence. Harry stepped forward.
"Welcome, to the First Annual, Hogwarts Halloween Dance." He snapped his fingers and tables of food appeared along the side of the hall, a dance floor appeared in the center and a music table appeared, manned by two wizard DJs, who stood waiting for the command to start. "A giant thank you to Professor McGonagall for helping me carry out my plan." Scattered applause followed, as most of the crowd was still unsure. Harry waved his hand and the still guards disappeared in to thin air. "Let the feast begin." The crowd finally shook out of its funk and clapped loudly, and most of the people rushed to get tables and food.
Ginny and Tonks ran to Harry and he hugged both of them. "Wow Harry that was amazing." Tonks nodded her agreement and they began a wonderful evening. Harry danced with quite a few girls, as he was asked by more than a handful. But the majority of his dances went to Ginny and Tonks, including all of the slow ones.
Harry had a wonderful night, highlighted by his dual dance with Ginny and Tonks. It was quite a fast song and Harry had been led out to the floor by the girls. Each had faced Harry and danced quite close to him. After a moment of hesitation, he got in to it, and wrapped an arm around both girls' waist. He had pulled them closer and soon all three were swept in to the dance, both girls ended up straddling one of Harry's thighs and grinding against him. All three had needed nourishment after than that, but the night was completely a success.
Harry had led Ginny and Tonks up to the common room. After a few minutes of quiet talk, Harry had led them to the girls' staircase.
"Harry, this was one of the best nights of my life. Thank you." Ginny smiled at him, making him weak in the knees.
"Definitely. I have never enjoyed myself more than tonight. Thank you." Harry smiled and kissed both girls on the cheek. The girls linked eyes and turned to Harry smiling shyly. Ginny caught his eyes and glanced at Tonks. As Harry turned, he felt Tonks take his head lightly and as he faced her, she kissed him softly on the lips. Harry stood there dazed as Ginny took his head and kissed him on the lips as well, though she lingered a moment longer and slid her tongue across his lips before moving away. Harry was left in a daze, mouth opened in response to Ginny's ministrations. Both girls smiled shyly before whispering goodnight and heading up the stairs.
Harry stood there for the next twenty minutes. He didn't notice anyone else come in, he didn't notice the returning girls giving him strange looks as they went up the staircase, and he didn't notice Hermione talking to him, before she too went upstairs. Finally, alone in the common room, he slowly shook himself and raised a hand to his lips. He somehow got himself to the couch and sat down carefully, hand still on his lips. Artemis and Apollo came down from his room and climbed next to him on the couch, lying next to him. Ares slithered along and settled in his lap. Ares and Prometheus landed on the backrest behind him and Prometheus quietly chirped a lullaby. The animals recognized the shock that Harry had seemed to have fallen in to. They settled around him. Harry slowly dropped to sleep, his familiars gathered around him. The fire died and the common room fell in to darkness, except for the ten points of green light. The two wolves, snake, phoenix and falcon all knew they had to stay up all night to be there for their friend, as he clearly was deep in his thoughts.
He didn't know where this put the three of them in terms of their relationship, and upstairs, neither did the girls upstairs. They had agreed beforehand, deciding that if it felt right, they would both do it, and see where it took them. His hand remained on his lips, which burned from Tonks' kiss and Ginny's tongue.
A/N: I didn't originally plan it with Harry getting a kiss, but it sets up the next chapter really well and was a nice point to end it with. Let me know how you guys like my romance scenes (which will increase later on). In case someone didn't know, the song from the dance was Thriller by Michael Jackson, which I was listening to and thought fit really well with Harry's new persona. REVIEW!
