A/N: Yay! I finished it the night before last. And last night I finished Chapter 13 and started Chapter 14. Everything just has to be typed out… I'm *finally* having knee surgery tomorrow! *There was much rejoicing… YAY!* Don't worry though… I won't be in the hospital for long. I'm going in at 7 am, and as long as everything goes right, I'll be released by around noon, and I'll be on crutches for a little while. And then when I'm recovered from this surgery I have to get the same thing done to the other knee. *rolls eyes* Me and Caytin made cupcakes with patriotic confetti. Yay! Oh and if you like this fic, you should read my others! (Yes I'm desperate.) Also, you should check out Caytin Lowe's stuff. We're going to be circus writing a fic soon under the name, The Nightingales. The theme song is "I Want You", by Savage Garden. Oh and I drew a couple of pics for this fic. One is of Rory, Lilith, Charlie, and George, and the other is of Rory and Lilith. And Caytin drew one of Rory and Lilith. If only I had a scanner… And now for my rant:
I AM SO TIRED OF EVERYONE GRIPING ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ! Do people not realize that Sadaam poses a *major* threat to our country, especially if he teams up with North Korea? Disarming Iraq, by whatever means necessary, is crucial. President Bush has been handling his position very well. Did anyone *notice* at all how efficiently he handled the WTC tragedy? And he has *tried* to be diplomatic with Iraq, but Sadaam has not cooperated. So we must use force. And our troops are out there fighting for country… let's support them! And this whole thing about boycotting the French… sure, they don't agree with us. But that does not mean we have to be all immature about it! I'm going to shut up now. I just had to get that out of my system… I'm tired of seeing all these peace rallies in *America*, where we should support this war. Which reminds me… I've started writing a WWIII fic…
Disclaimer: I have Weasley-red hair, so does that mean I can claim them?
I Want You, by Savage Garden
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh I'd die to find out
Chapter 12: Halloween Festivities
"Charlie! You *have* to go to the Halloween Masquerade with me!" Rory said, pouting.
Rory was outside with Charlie, helping him train the dragons, as they had been asked to do by Professor Dumbledore.
"Rory, I can't. You know that. I was reluctant to begin this relationship in the first place. I'm your *professor*. I could lose my job, my professional status," Charlie replied.
"I DON'T CARE!" Rory yelled and ran into the castle screaming, "DADDY!"
"Well, hell," Charlie grumbled.
Roughly five minutes later, Severus Snape was stalking towards him with a look of murder on his face. Charlie paled.
"I hear you refused to go to the Halloween Masquerade with my daughter," he growled.
"Well, sir… you know I can't do that. I'm a professor and she is my student," Charlie replied.
"Yes, but that didn't stop you from sleeping with her, now did it?" Severus yelled.
"Um, that was during the whole Gender-Switch thing. She seduced me and then stole my virginity," Charlie cried.
"There, there Charlie, don't cry. You're twenty-two. You couldn't stay a virgin forever," Severus said and pulled him into a hug,
"I suppose not… I was just waiting for the right guy… I mean girl…" Charlie replied, blowing his nose on Severus' sleeve.
"Was she the right guy?" Severus asked.
"Yes," Charlie said, looking up. "She was a very gentle and passionate lover. But I feel like now that we're back to normal, she wants nothing to do with me. She doesn't call me anymore."
"Um… Charlie, she wants to go to the Masquerade with you. And we're wizards. We don't *have* telephones," Severus said.
"Awww yeah!" Charlie replied, perking up.
"Albus is a randy old goat. He would probably encourage it if you went to the Masquerade with Rory," Severus said, giving Charlie another hug.
"Okay Daddy," Charlie said with a smile. "…Can I call you Daddy?"
"Um, no," Severus replied and very quickly backed away.
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Rory stormed into the Great Hall at breakfast the next morning.
She then stood up on the Gryffindor table and yelled, in a tone bordering on insanity, "GEORGE WEASLEY, you like Lilith Snape! LILITH SNAPE, you like George Weasley! You're going to the Masquerade together, GOT IT?!?"
"Yes ma'am," George and Lilith squeaked meekly.
Rory sat down, satisfied.
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The days passed quickly, until the Masquerade was finally upon them. Most people were going as Muggle characters, having learned al about them from Rory and Lilith, who loved Muggle concepts, such as anime and movies.
Blaise Zabini was going as Kaworu, the gay Angel from the anime series, Evangelion. Harry was going as Boy Type Ranma, was Ginny was Girl Type Ranma from Ranma ½. Also from Ranma ½, were Charlie as Moose, and Ebony as Ranma's *real* fiancée, Akane.
Even more interesting was Sirius, as Slim Jim. He kept running around yelling, "EAT ME!" at random people. And as long as we're on Muggle advertising campaigns, there was Lee Jordan as the 7up guy. Of course, he was yelling, "Make 7 UP YOURS!" to everyone in sight.
But the most interesting characters of the night were portrayed by Rory, Lilith, and Draco.
The girls walked in on either side of Draco, arms linked through his. Lilith, dressed as Velma Kelly from Chicago, had charmed her hair so that it was shortened considerably and was wearing an extremely short and stringy white 20's style flapper dress. And three-inch heels… Rory was dressed identically and had also charmed her hair so that it was much shorter. It was obvious that she was portraying Roxie Hart.
Draco, on the other hand, was wearing a gray suit with a green silk tie and a gray fedora. He completed the trio as Billy Flynn.
As they walked in, the walls started playing music, and Draco announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is proud to announce a first. The first time, anywhere there's been an act of this nature. Not only one little lady, but two! You've read about them in the papers and now here they are! Hogwart's own killer dillers, those scintillating sinners, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly!"
"Roxie" and "Velma" stepped up and began singing, with their heads down.
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good, isn't it?
Grand, isn't it?
Great, isn't it?
Swell, isn't it?
Fun, isn't it?
But nothing stays
In fifty years or so
It's gonna change, you know
But, oh, it's heaven
Nowadays
At this, Draco stepped to the middle of the two and said, "Okay, you babes of jazz. Let's pick up the pace. Let's make the parties longer. Let's make the skirts shorter. Let's all go to hell on a fast broom and KEEP IT HOT!"
The music got faster and the girls began swing dancing, Rory with Charlie, and Lilith with George. When Charlie and George started to break a sweat, Lilith and Rory broke apart from them and sang the last line.
And aaaaaaaaaall thaaaaaaaaat jaaaaaaaaaazz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once done with the performance, the trio joined their dates. Ron and Draco were now officially a couple, as were Rory and Charlie, as Dumbledore had insisted.
George and Lilith were grooving out on the dance floor.
George confused Lilith. Sometimes he was all flirty and it seemed as if he might possibly harbor the same feelings for her that she had for him. But at other times it was as if he were just another one of her guy friends.
That's how it was Halloween night. Sure, she was having a great time, but she felt like she was on a date with her best friend. Plus, she wasn't even sure if he *wanted* to go to the Masquerade with her. He knew that if he hadn't agreed to, he would have suffered the murderous wrath of Rory.
She sighed as a slow song came on and George immediately volunteered to go get a Butterbeer for each of them. It seemed like everyone else was on the floor with their dates… Rory and Charlie, Mum and Daddy, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Harry and Ebony…
George made sure that he stayed away until the song was over.
By the end of the night, Lilith was extremely depressed… and pissed off.
//At least he's walking me back to my room…// she thought as they got closer to her door.
They stopped in front of her door and George said, "Okay, well, goodnight."
"Ugh! George no baka!!!!" Lilith yelled as he started to walk off.
He spun around immediately and asked, "Huh?"
Lilith was tired of stupid mind games, so she grabbed his head, pulled him down, and kissed him.
She then ran into her room, leaving George staring at the door, clueless.
"Huh?" he asked again, waiting for some brain activity.
A/N: This chapter kind sucked… sorry. I guess the Muses went to McDonald's. Plus, I have a headache from eating *way* too much sugar and being extremely tired at the same time. Plus I took three Vicodins, trying to get rid of the pain in my knee. I saw Agent Cody Banks! And Boat Trip! They were good. I never realized that Frankie Muniz had such a hot body… Now I feel like a pedophile… How old is he anyway? Reviewer cookies!
Elfmoon87: Surprisingly, most of the scenarios actually come out from me and Caytin just sitting around saying "What if?", or from actual real-life experiences. Yes, we lead a crazy life. And thanks! Unfortunately, starting with the next chapter, the humor is going bye bye for a little while. I hadn't planned on it, but I when I wrote Chapter 13 and the first part of Chapter 14 last night, the Muses had completely different ideas than I did…
Dark Queen of Roses: LOL Thanks. ^_^
kippinator: Appointing Arthur as Minister is a common thing with me when I'm writing Dream Team era war with Voldie fics. Fudge is just an idiot, in my opinion, and for the war to progress at all, I needed someone with some kind of brain in that position. Very important to the plot. ^_^
To all of you: Thank you so much for being such faithful readers and reviewers. You don't know how much it means to me. The other day I updated *three* different fics, with what I thought were some damn good chapters. Out of it I got like one review and I was so upset. But every time I post a chapter for this story, all of you are reviewing again, and that really means a lot to me. *BIG HUG FOR EVERYONE!*