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Chapter 12: Romance, Revenge, and Revelations by Zach Dracius Frost
Kat decided to keep her promise to Zach by telling him a secret. "Do you know who Julia Rose is, Zach?", she asks. "Umm…, I think so. Really pretty girl in our class that keeps staring at me?" "Yup." "What about her?" Kat face palms, having forgotten how oblivious her uncle was when it comes to romance. "She likes you, you dork. True me, go ask her to the Halloween party and you'll see" "Sweet, think I will go do that now. Wait, I thought you said secrets?", responds Zach. "I was going to tell you more, but you'll find those out by the end of the Halloween party.", Kat replies. "Fine. Time to go find Julia." Zach concedes pouting for a few seconds but, then gets excited and turns to leave.
"Oh, and Zach," He turn back around, "One more thing before you go… Make sure you bring a camera with you when you go to the party." Kat adds while smiling mischievously. Zach shivers at the thought of what she has in mind and then simply nods.
After looking around for Julia for about an hour, Zach finally finds her sitting on a bench by the lake. He quietly sits down next to her and just enjoys the view of the lake for a few minutes. Julia finally notices that he is there and asks while blushing, "Zach! What are you doing here." "A friend of mine told me that you have a crush on me and I wanted to find out if I was true.", Zach replies shyly as he also blushes a little.
"Y-y-yes, I do. I've had a crush on you for years. I wanted to tell you, but I never had the courage to ask you, since you're always with your friends." Julia stutters out nervously. "And I always thought you were so beautiful, but never said anything either because I was afraid that I wasn't good enough for you and was too oblivious to realized that you liked me. Would you like to go to the Halloween party with me?", Zach responds just as awkwardly. Julia suddenly smiles widely and she replies happily, "Of course I will!" Just then the sun begins to sink.
"Ooh, the sun is setting. Can we stay here until and watch it, Zach? Please?", Julia asks, hoping he would say yes. "Of course darling whatever you want." , Zach replies, smiling. Julia then happily snuggles against Zach as he puts his arm around here shoulder, hugging her closer as they watch the beautiful sunset while enjoying being together at last.
Once the sun had finished setting, they get up and Zach walks Julia to her dorm while they hold hands the whole way there. "Since this weekend is a Hogmeade weekend, do you to go on a date tomorrow so we can get to know each other better?", Zach asks Julia quietly. Julia smiles and replies, "That sounds nice, let's go." Zach also smiles and pulls her into a hug. They stand there for a few minutes until they hear Faith's voice behind them, "Hey lovebirds, move it or lose it." They pull apart and turn around to see Faith, Lily, and Shelley stand there. "Oh, sorry. I guess I should go now, Zach.", Julia says while blushing from embarrassment. "Ok Julia dear, I'll pick you up at 10?", Zach asks. "Sure, that sounds alright." Julia replies before giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, then running up to her room.
"Our little boy is growing up… It's about bloody time you got with Julia, you blockhead. You've only had crushes on each other for like seven years. Who finally had enough pity on you two to tell you?", Faith teases. "Kat" replies Zach, somewhat annoyed that their hug was interrupted. "Oh, her... Goodnight dork", the girls respond before walking up the stairs to their rooms. Zach just shakes his head and head off to his own dorm to get some rest himself.
The next two weeks fly by as Zach and Julia spend as much time as they can together to make up for the lost time, getting to know each other and becoming closer. Before the gang knows it, it was the night of the party.
Everyone in the school all file into the now rearranged Great Hall, as the party gets ready to start. The headmaster makes his usual announcements and then the fun begins. Some couples head out onto the dance floor as the music starts, while others just sit at the tables to bs and eat. Kat ended up going to the party with one of the Slytherin Quidditch players and Tom reluctantly took Narissa. Everyone dances and has fun for hours while a DJ and the Twisted Sisters provide the music. Kat didn't like the Twisted Sisters, so she listened to music on her cell phone instead.
Its was almost the end of the Halloween party when the headmaster stood up, "Everyone listen, thanks to Miss Katlynn Prince giving money we had you write down who you think is the cutest couple at Hogwarts. The votes are in and when I call the winners, come get your prize and you'll get to have the floor to yourselves for the final slow dance of the night."
Once the clapping died down, he starts to speak again, "The winners of the cutest couple contest is…" He pauses for a few moment for added suspense even though most of the students knew. "Sirius Black and James Potter!"
If looks could kill, Kat would be dead from the death glares she was getting from James and Sirius. She just shrugs and smiles evilly, "The Slytherins were will to do it for free and money is quite persuasive if you know what I mean. Enjoy your slow dance boys. I hope you guys don't mind that I hired some photographers to capture you big, romantic dance." Kat then laughs vengefully and shoves them towards where they had to go to receive their prizes.
They reluctantly walked towards where the headmaster and the DJ were at, grumbling angrily. "Here are your prizes", the headmaster states as he hands them each an envelope. "You must wait until after the dance is over to open them though," they take the envelopes and mumble out a thanks. The two are then ushered to the middle of the dance floor as a spotlight is suddenly on them and a ring of her hired cameramen surround them, standing about twenty feet away from them.
James and Sirius grimace as the DJ starts the music and clumsily start to dance while trying not to get any closer than they have to. Kat starts to chuckle as she watches the boys suffer for their prank with the rest of the crowd joining her. Just as the song ends, Kat decides to have a little more fun with the two by using her wand to hurl a mug at the back of James' head. The mug hits its mark and causes James' head to suddenly move forward which results in his lips crashing into Sirius'."
There is a sudden silence other than that to snapping of the cameras and the giggling of Kat. James and Sirius fling themselves away from each other and start to gag at having been forced to kiss. "PRINCE!", James and Sirius both scream in fury. Kat then smiles and boldly struts over to the boys, "Have fun boys? Maybe now you'll learn to never mess with the daughter of a Marauder." She then turns and walks away, all while laughing darkly.
James, Sirius, and the rest of the gang all just stand there wide-eyed with their jaws on the floor. "What did she just say?", asks Sirius. "I think she said that she is the daughter of a Marauder, but how is that possible when she is the same age as us?" Suddenly Faith feels the baby in her womb kick painfully and her eyes widen even more in understanding, "Katlynn Prince is Remus and mine's daughter!" "But how? You're pregnant right now, yet Katlynn was standing right there!" The memory seals they had put on themselves years ago suddenly cracks, returning some of their memories. Looks of both confusion and understanding appear on the gang's faces. Zach quietly tells Faith to use the Muffliato spell that they had learned from Harry so long ago. She nods and casts it as the gang walk over to an empty corner of the great hall.
Faith talks first stating, "Kat and Tom must have used a similar spell to the one that Shelley, Zach, and I used after Harry, Hermione, and Ron died." "Wait, that would mean that this Tom is the same Tom that you turned into a baby a while back," comments Remus. "I guess so, at least we know he isn't completely evil and murderous anymore. Well, at least as nothing happens to Kat that is…," Zach adds. The whole gang shivers at that thought, remembering what he had been like before Faith used that spell on him.
They were so caught up in their conversation that they hadn't noticed that Kat and Tom had snuck over to them and were eavesdropping on them while smiling and chuckling. Nor did any of them, even Tom and Kat, notice an obviously pissed off Severus Snape storming over to them.
"Keith!" Snape roars startling the gang, " How the fuck do you all know MY spell? I have never told anyone about the Muffliato spell that I created, not even Malfoy! Well? Are you bloody deaf? Answer me!"
Faith sums up the situation with two words, "Oh Fuck."
Zach: Well, that ends another chapter.
Severus: Are you kidding me! I have to wait for Xena to update to get my answer?
Zach: Yep.
Severus: Fine! (mumbles about pain in the ass authors and Gryffindors)
James and Sirius: Hey! What about Kat making us kiss?
Kat: (Giggles) I couldn't resist. What are you guys going to do now that you know who Tom and I are?
The gang: Not quite sure yet, other than feeling like assholes.
Zach: That can be decided next chapter by Xena.
All: Like usual please review but NO FLAMES!
Severus: Or you will face my wrath!
