A/N:

Last and final installment… aren't you all jumping for joy? ^-^

* - lone astronomer - *: I thought ghouls were solid since in Book 2, Ron told Harry that the ghoul in attic would make so much noise, banging stuff on the pipes. My memory is horrible, so I might be wrong. If I'm wrong, then sorry! But, for the sake of this fic, let's all just think of a solid ghoul ^_- And since it's solid, the three dancing devils could then have slipped some loose part of it in the Polyjuice Potion.

Leaf: Hermione got 'un-ghouled' because the Polyjuice Potion wore off. It took them an hour to find the last ingredient (since they didn't want to use what they originally found… hehe… even though they couldn't find anything else and had to use what they originally found anyways J)

Usual disclaimers apply.

Dancing Devils- Part 4

By Iris Marie

"I'm telling you Arthur!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed blocking her husband from entering the house. "Our son is a prodigy! Danced… oh, should have seen him dance!"

"Ron?" Mr. Weasley asked. "Are you sure you're talking about our Ronald Weasley?"

Molly nodded her head vigorously. "It might be this one day gift, so I invited all our friends to watch him dance!"

"Molly…"

"Arthur, our son can dance! Waltzed me away in the living room, he did!"

"Does it have to be today?" Arthur asked. "I just came home from work – this huge problem with this Muggle lady who found a bewitched vacuum…"

Mrs. Weasley nodded her head vigorously. "Yes, I already invited all of our friends and relatives over."

"When are they coming?"

"Well… I told them as soon as they can come!" Mrs. Weasley said excitedly. Arthur sighed, knowing he wasn't going to get any rest. "Now, with the preparations."

A loud poof came from the fireplace and upon turning around, Molly saw her mother. "Oh, mum! You're here already?"

"Damn right I am," the old woman said, walking happily over. "Where's Ronniekins? Dancer, eh? Came from our side of the family, Molly dear."
More 'Poofs' came from the fireplace. "Molly… how many people did you invite?" Arthur asked as the living room was starting to get crowded.

Molly grinned nervously as now people began to apparate. "Well… I thought that since it was such a short notice that not a lot of people would show up…"

"How many?"

"Uhh… well… from your job, from the village, from…"

"Molly!" Arthur said, but his voice was lost in the flock of people who were already talking.

"Ron? Ronald? Dancer?" Were flying everywhere. "Always knew that boy would be good at something!" Others said. "Ron the Dancer, Molly says."

"What's all that noise coming from downstairs?" Hermione asked, looking up from her book.

Ron, shrugging, stood up to go see. "Only one way to find out. C'mon." They exited the room and began walking down the staircase. When they stepped two steps down, two red heads ran their way up to stop them. Fred and George were staring at Ron with large eyes. "Everybody is HERE!" George whispered urgently.

"Wha-?"

"Mum wanted to show everybody that you became this gifted dancer. Even Bill, Charlie, and Percy are here." George was cut off as Fred began to tell Ron the big problem. "They want to see you dance."
"Dance?" Ron asked, feeling his face pale. "B-B-But… the devils… they aren't here yet!"

"And they won't be till tomorrow!" George exclaimed. "It usually takes them a day to recuperate!"
"W-What am I-I going to d-do?" Ron asked, his back to the staircase wall. Then, Percy came bounding up the steps, his eyes flashing towards Ron with amusement.

"Ah… there's the dancing extraordinaire! Mums gushing about you outside. Are you ready to dance in front of all of those people?" Fred was about to comment, but then Percy continued. "And where is Ginny?" All of them turned red and Hermione looked at her clock.

"Oh shots! There's only 10 minutes left!"

"Ten…?"
"Nothing, Percy," George said, motioning for all of them to follow him down the stairs. "Go back and finish writing that letter to Penny." Percy flushed and walked the rest of his way up the steps.

"Hey, call me when you begin to dance, all right Ron?" Percy said.

"Won't have to wait," Charlie, at the bottom of the steps, said. Ron looked at him and his brother grinned. "Hey, Ron, mum said she wants you to dance now. Dad wants to get some rest afterwards."
"B-B-But…" But, Charlie had him by the arm and Percy was now rushing down the steps to follow.

"You're going to marry that gnome?" Tylens asked, staring from Ginny to Harry. "You're choosing that thing over me!?"
Ginny nodded her head, going to Harry and wrapping both her arms around him. She, by then was already very, very small. "Yes, I choose Harry."

"Harry?" Jalkeena, the Gnome Princess, said. "And you say your some Gnome Prince?"

"Yes…" Harry said, wanting to smack himself. "A lost, lost, lost heir…"

"Your parents must have dropped you when you were a babe," the King of Gnome's muttered. "The thought of a lost heir is mad!"
Harry nodded his head along. "Yes… I am mad… I am madly in love with this Princess!" He said, hugging Ginny right back. He looked down and saw that Ginny was blushing furiously.

"Prince Tylens," the King of Gnomes began, "aren't you going to fight for your Princess?"

Tylens looked at the King of Gnomes and then to Harry. Seeing the expectant eyes, he nodded nervously, bringing out his sword. "Yes," he said. "Harry, I challenge you to a duel!"

"Duel!?!" Harry yelled as a Gnome guard came over and handed him a sword. Harry looked at his wand. "Wait… I use this-"

"Magic is not allowed," the King of Gnomes said. "Whoever wins this, wins the Princess."

Harry looked desperately towards Ginny, trying to keep himself from yelling that in about 10-15 minutes he'd be transforming back into a human. He bit it back, staring at them and then taking the sword.

"On guard!" The faerie Prince said, closing his eyes and making a swipe. The sword missed Harry by five feet. He stared around at all of them and back to the Prince who had his eyes closed and was swinging the sword in front of him like crazy.

"This shouldn't take that long…"

Ron peeked through the window to the backyard and then pressed his back against the wall. Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and Hermione were staring at him. "I can't! Look at ALL those people!"
"Mum did go a bit overboard," Charlie agreed, "but, she did say that you became this expert dancer!"
"I-I-I…" Ron was shaking his head furiously, walking away from them with his hands held up. "But I can't dance! I really can't!"
"But Mum-" Percy was cut off.

"Fred and George made me use these Dancing Devils," Ron said. Charlie and Percy stared at their twin brothers.

"Don't even start," George said at their accusing looks. "We all know that you two used them, too." That caused Percy and Charlie to blush scarlet.

"Hermione, can't you dance?" Percy asked, staring as Hermione now turned red. "I remember overhearing my mum and yours talking about it…"

"I can't dance dance," Hermione said, her face going redder. "I had a few ballroom dancing lessons and I have read up on it…"
"Better then nothing," Fred said, pushing her gently into Ron's arms. "Waltz, you two! And Hermione," he said, coming over and casting a spell on her feet. "That's to keep your feet safe."

"You will pay for your evil ways!" The faerie prince screamed, his sword flailing crazily in front of him. "Take that – and that – and that!" His eyes were still closed and Harry was still four feet in front of him. Harry glanced towards the King of Gnomes and then to the standing Gnome guards. All of them had their head shaking in their hands. "You evil thing – suffer – feel my wrath!"

Harry, unable to take it anymore, brought forth his sword and hit the faerie prince's as hard as he could. Tylens screamed, a high pitched one, as his sword was knocked aside. Harry now has his sword pointing directly towards him. "Oh no… please don't touch the face…" Tylens yelled, cowering.

Harry shook his head and the King of Gnomes nodded towards him. "Finish him off."

"What!?"
"Finish him off," the King of the Gnomes said again. "That's the rule. Beat an opponent in a duel and the loser is killed."
"I will not kill anybody!" Harry yelled. He paused as he looked down and felt his feet begin to expand. "Oh no…"

"But the rules-!" the King of Gnomes was cut off as the faerie prince ran forward to Harry to engulf him in a hug.

"Oh THANK YOU!" he screamed as his body collided to Harry's. Faerie Dust sprinkled from his wings and that went all over Ginny. She sneezed and then screeched. Her hand was getting bigger!

"HARRY!" she yelled watching as he, too, was beginning to turn back. "You're changing, too!"

The King of Gnomes and the Faerie Prince stood back in horror as Harry and Ginny grabbed onto each other, both of their forms growing fast. Ginny, seeing the wall coming closer, grabbed around Harry's waist as tight as she could. Harry instantly tried to cover her as the ceiling now hit them. The ground above was beginning to crack to let them through…

"C'mon, Hermione," Ron said, holding onto her hands.

Hermi nodded, the door to the backyard in their view. "Just look into my eyes, okay Ron? And try to follow!" Ron nodded and Fred and George opened the door.

"Aww!" they heard people mutter, followed by "Oh, I remember when he was so little!"

"1, 2, 3… there… move to your right… step back," Hermione whispered, Ron's eyes directly on hers. "There, you're getting it. Now, move… yes, repeat it. 1, 2, 3… Ron, you're getting it!"
Ron flushed, watching as they now danced in front of the crowd. "With a teacher as smart and great as you, hard not to," he whispered to her.

"Stop getting corny and dance," Hermione laughed, twirling. The ground then began to rumble and they paused momentarily to watch as everyone's attention directed to a spot in the gardens.

"What's happening-?" Ron was cut off as two people, one looking like a brown-haired Harry and a brown-haired Ginny, erupted from the ground like a flower in bloom. Everyone gasped watching as Ginny still had her arms hugged tightly around him.

"Ginny?" They heard Mrs. Weasley ask. "GINNY!??!?!"
Ginny looked up, staring around her. She then shook off all the dirt from her hair. They all saw the gnomes that emerged… well, gnomes that emerged till Crookshanks began chasing them all back down.

Ginny was screaming with joy, her hands touching her face and then feeling for her back. Seeing that there were no faerie wings and that she wasn't shrinking anymore, she engulfed Harry in a hug and kissed him as passionately as she could. Harry, still covered in dirt, stood there in a daze as Ginny blushed.

"Ah… fifth years… finally fifth years!" Ron said happily holding his letter from Hogwarts. Harry, Hermione, and Ginny sat around him.

"Yeah, rub it in my face why don't you?" Ginny said, herself only going to fourth. She smiled as Harry took her hand in his.

"Can we come, can we come, can we come?" Three dancing devils asked, their eyes glinting happily towards them all. Ron made a face, thinking of what mischief they might cause.

"Over my dead body!" Ron said. Their once innocent expressions once more turned into sinister smiles. Ron felt a tremble go through him.

"Your wish is our command, master!" They yelled, zooming towards him. Ron yelled, grabbing the amulet and shoving it in front of him. The three dancing devils paused in midair. "Back into the box!" He yelled.

The End

Ah wells, that's how I'm ending it. I like my others a lot better then this one, don't you agree? Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! Please review! ^_-