BPOV

The rest of the week flew by so fast what with all of the talk about the dance, dresses, and accessories. Everyone that I saw was buzzing with the latest news of who was taking who to the dance along with all of their own worries about whether or not their date would like their dress or if their shoes matched the color of their dress. After a while it got so annoying that I began taking different routes to my classes so that I could avoid a couple of people who would always ask me the most annoying questions.

Once all of the boys had summed up the courage to ask a girl to the dance, they started to enjoy the idea of Hogwarts hosting a dance and even began talking to some of the girls about their plans.

Our dresses arrived by owl the day before the dance. Hermione and I tried them on that night and danced around with each other, laughing and joking.

The afternoon of the dance finally arrived and Hermione and I helped each other get ready by doing each other's hair and makeup. Hermione straightened her usually curly hair and put it in a low, elegant bun. My hair was softly curled and went down to the middle of my back. Hermione wore a beautiful floor length lavender dress that I knew would have Ron drooling. My dress was a beautiful deep blue color and was also floor length. The whole time we were getting ready we teased each other, imagining the boys faces when they saw us.

Once we finished, we took pictures of ourselves in our dormitories before heading down to the Common Room. Draco was going to meet me outside of our Common Room since he was in a different house.

Hermione and I gracefully descended the stairs and had the pleasure of watching Ron's eyes pop out of his head when he spotted Hermione.

I quietly laughed and went to stand next to Harry. "You look amazing," I complimented, making him blush. "Where's Ginny?"

"She should be right down and you look stunning too Bells."

I grinned at him. I loved my big brother so much. He may be really annoying and get on my nerves sometimes, but at the end of the day he was the best brother in the world and I wouldn't trade him for anything.

A minute later I watched as Ginny emerged looking beautiful in a light green dress with her hair curled.

"You look remarkable Ginny," Harry said, once he composed himself. He had had the same reaction as Ron had to Hermione. When she had first walked down Harry's mouth had been wide open.

"Thank you," she said, turning red.

"Come on guys lets go," I said, excited to see Draco and start dancing.

I walked out of the door and saw Draco's jaw drop just like Harry's had done when he saw Ginny.

Everyone laughed at him, but he ignored them, always keeping his eyes on me.

"You look fantastic," he told me, kissing me on the cheek when I approached him.

"Thank you," I said. "You look great too."

I took his arm and we made our way to the Great Hall, which had been transformed to hold a manifold of large circular tables that bad been covered in a long white tablecloth with red roses placed in the center. There was a band in the far corner playing soothing, boring music as we walked in.

"Are you going to sing during the karaoke portion of the night?" Harry asked me once we had all sat down at our table.

"I don't think so," I said, hoping that Harry would drop it. Draco didn't know that I sang and I wanted to keep it that way.

"You should Bella, your voice is amazing. Everyone loved you in Diagon Alley."

I shook my head.

Harry narrowed his eyes. "If you don't volunteer, I'm going to have to force you onto that stage."

I rolled my eyes, choosing to ignore him. He wouldn't dare do anything like that to me. He knew what I would do to him if he did.

"I didn't know that you could sing," Draco said, curiously.

"Yes she does, and her voice is incredible," Harry added before I could say anything.

Before I could respond to his comment Dumbledore stood up and welcomed everyone to the dance, and then we all dug into the delicious food that had appeared on the tables. Dinner was so much fun. We all laughed and had a great time with one another. Ron and Ginny shared a few hilarious stories that had the rest of us gasping for air. All of them centered around Fred and George and their crazy pranks.

Once all the food had disappeared Dumbledore stood up once again. "It is time for the dance to begin," he announced. "How about the teachers have the first dance?" Dumbledore asked smiling pleasantly, while the teachers groaned. "You may pick a fellow teacher or a student."

I laughed as I saw all of the teachers desperately scouring the Great Hall for a dance partner. Who knew teachers could get so embarrassed. Snape came up to me. "Would you like to dance with me my darling daughter?"

"I would love to daddy," I said, a huge grin plastered across my face. "I'll be right back," I said to Draco as Snape led me to the dance floor.

"You look beautiful Isabella," Snape complimented me.

"Thank you."

We reached the dance floor and started twirling elegantly around once the music had begun. "I'm really glad you're okay," Snape murmured. "I don't know what I would do without you."

"Thanks, but you're worries are far from gone," I said.

Snape sighed morosely. "I'm trying not to dwell on that."

"Me too, but it just keeps popping back into my mind when I least expect it," I admitted.

"Don't worry everything will work out," Snape said as soothingly as he could. He tried his best to calm my fears, but he couldn't do much to help because his worries were the same as mine. I knew that he wanted to tell me that everything would be okay, but he couldn't, because he didn't know how things would turn out.

We danced in peaceful silence together until the song ended and then he led me over to Draco. "Have a nice time tonight."

I smiled. "You too daddy."

He walked away and I turned to face Draco. "Would you like to dance?" He asked, smiling.

"I would love to," I said, taking his outstretched hand.

He led me to the dance floor and we danced to the fast beats that had started up once the teachers had cleared the floor. We danced until we were ready to collapse from exhaustion. Draco got us drinks and we sat down at an empty table and talked for the longest time. We talked about our likes and dislikes and what we were planning on doing over the Christmas holiday that was coming up soon. A slow song came on and Draco once again led me to the dance floor. He put his hands on my waist while mind rested on his shoulders.

"I've had a great time tonight," I murmured.

"Me too, I'm so glad that I met you Bella. I honestly don't know what I would do without you. I love you so much."

"I love you too Draco."

He smiled and pressed his lips softly to mine, giving me a sweet kiss.

"It's time for karaoke!" Dumbledore shouted into the microphone, ruining our moment. "Who's first?"

Everyone looked around expectantly, but nobody made any move to join Dumbledore up on the stage and sing in front of the entire school.

"I nominate Isabella Snape!"

My head whipped around and I saw Harry smiling like an idiot and giving me a smug grin. He was so dead. I know he was joking about making me sing, but I didn't think he would actually follow through with his devious plans.

"Alright Miss Snape, please come up here," Dumbledore said, trying to hide his amusement without much success.

"I'm going to kill Harry," I muttered and Draco laughed.

"Go on, I'm sure you'll do great, and I'm really anxious to hear you sing."

I rolled my eyes and made my way up to the stage, trying to ignore all of the eyes staring straight at me. I never really had stage fright before, but I had never sang for an audience this huge before. The music started and I began singing.

BECAUSE OF YOU LYRICS

BY: KELLY CLARKSON

Applause broke out everywhere once I stopped singing.

"Thank you," I said into the microphone. I smiled as an idea came to me. Harry was going to regret volunteering me. "I nominate Harry Potter to sing the next song."

I looked over at Harry's horrified face and laughed out loud. It looked like Ginny was trying to comfort him, but it didn't seem that he could hear her.

He ran up to the stage and whispered in my ear. "Please Bella, you know I can't sing."

"Actually, I don't know that. I haven't heard you sing since you were five, and you should have thought about that before you called me up here to sing in front of everyone."

"Yeah, but you're a good singer. Can you at least sing with me?" He asked, desperately. I honestly didn't know what the big deal was. He couldn't be that bad, could he?

I thought it through quickly and then said, "I will, only if you agree to be my servant for a whole week."

"Fine," he snapped angrily.

I laughed and turned to face the crowd again. "I have graciously agreed to sing with Harry because he cannot carry a tune to save his life." Harry threw me a dark look my way and I chuckled along with everyone else.

EVERYDAY LYRICS

FROM HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2

Everyone went wild once we finished. Harry and I bowed and made our way off of the stage and to our dates.

"You were amazing big bro," I congratulated. It was true, Harry was really done a spectacular job singing tonight. I didn't see why he had worried so much when I called him up onto the stage.

"You were too," he said. "You're really good at singing Bella and I can tell that you love doing it. So keep up the good work.''

I grinned at him. "I'll see you later slave," I said, making my way over to Draco and laughing at the expression on Harry's face as he remembered the deal that we had made up on stage.

"You were spectacular!" Draco praised, wrapping his arms around me when I reached him.

"Thank you," I replied.

Draco and I listened to all of the other singers until someone called me back up again. There were a few people who had good voices, but Draco assured me that they sounded horrible compared to my voice, which caused me to blush.

Once the audience started to leave Draco and I decided to walk around before going back to our common room's.

"You did a great job tonight. I never knew you could sing, why didn't you tell me?" Draco asked me.

I shrugged and took his hand in mine. We went up to the Astronomy Tower and gazed up at the beautiful starry night. I shivered and Draco offered me his jacket which I immediately accepted. It was so warm and smelled exactly like him. I was so lucky to have him, he always treated me respectfully and was always kind and considerate.

"I had a lot of fun tonight," I said, turning to look at him.

"I did too," he said. "And I wanted to give you something."

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

"Close your eyes," Draco commanded, reaching into his pocket.

I silently obeyed and he put a necklace around my neck. I opened my eyes and saw a little golden heart.

Smiling, I looked up at Draco.

"Open it," he murmured.

I carefully unlocked it and read what was engraved on the inside.

My heart will always belong to you.

Love Always,

Draco

Tears welled up in my eyes and I threw myself at him. "I love it. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome," he said.

"I just wish I could have gotten you something," I said sadly. As much as I loved the gift, I just wished that I had something to give him in return.

"I don't need anything, so don't worry about it."

I pulled back a little and kissed him softly on the lips. "Thank you so much for the gift. I love it, and I love you."

"I'm glad you like it," he said, happily returning the kiss.

"Should we get back?" I asked unwillingly as I looked up at the sky again and saw how dark it was getting.

"I suppose so."

We walked hand in hand toward the Gryffindor Common Room, walking as slowly as we possibly could. Neither one of us wanted to say goodbye. We wanted to stay here, frozen in this beautiful moment.

"I'll see you tomorrow," I said.

"Okay," he said, leaning in for one last kiss of the night.

I smiled when we broke apart. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight," he whispered and silently walked away.

I sighed happily and stepped into the Common Room. Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione were sitting down together, talking about their evening.

"Hello everyone," I greeted.

"Hi," Harry said. "Did you have a good time?"

"Yes," I said. "You?"

He glanced at Ginny and grinned. "It was excellent."

Hermione and Ron were holding hands and a broad grin was on each of their faces.

"I take it that you two had fun?"

They smiled wider and nodded.

I talked to them for a few more minutes until I realized that I was still wearing my dress. "I'm going to go change," I said, walking up the stairs and up to the dormitories.

When I reached my dormitory, I leaped up in shock. A masked figure was standing by my bed, pointing his wand at me. "Come with me or else your friends downstairs won't live to see another day."

I thought about it real fast. I didn't want to go, but I couldn't just let my friends die because of me. I had escaped them once, maybe I could do it a second time.

"Can I please change first?" I asked.

The death eater glanced at my long blue dress and said, "Three minutes."

I grabbed some clothes and ran to the bathroom to change. I changed quickly and scrawled out a quick note to Hermione.

Hermione,

A death eater is taking me to Voldemort, but I will be okay. Please tell Dumbledore, Snape, Draco, and Harry what happened and tell them I'll be alright and will try my best to get out.

Love, Bella

I ran out of the bathroom and went back to my room.

"Grab my arm," the death eater ordered.

I obeyed and we apparated to a dark house.

"Follow me," he commanded.

I followed him up the stone pathway and into the house where I came face to face with Bellatrix Lestrange once again.

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