Disclaimer: I'm getting tired of writing these disclaimers so my new disclaimer for the rest of the story goes like this: look at any of the 1st 9 chapters and there's the disclaimer info.

Chapter 11: Trapped

Five weeks passed by; the girls still under the spell and no reply from Syrena. The girls became miserable having the boys still chasing after them and the game not fun anymore. The teachers had their own problems as well, trying to keep the boys and their raging hormones at bay. Some girls, like Parvati, had strangely been excluded from the spell after a couple of days. Things were difficult for everyone. Boys were jumping at the girls in the halls; teachers were creating barriers to separate the guys and girls, everything in confusion.

Finally at dinner one Friday night, Professor Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement. "I have noticed some recent occurrences in our school. And because of these occurrences, I have a few important messages for all of you. First, there will be a change of the schedules. The boys and girls will alternate class every other day and there will be classes on Sundays. For example, boys will have their classes on Monday and the girls will have their classes on Tuesday. If the spell is not broken soon, the school year may have to extend into the summer to make sure that all of you get your full education for the year. Also, concerning next week's Hogsmeade weekend, girls will go next week Saturday and boys will go the next Saturday."

Several moans were issued from the students. Hermione slid down in her seat, feeling even guiltier of what she had done. "Second, more permanent barriers will be cast throughout the castle, in the halls, classrooms, common rooms, etc. to separate the girls and boys." More moaning echoed throughout the Great Hall.

"Last, I have the grave duty of announcing that until further notice, the Yule Ball is cancelled." Several students stood up; others gasped at the horrible news. Hermione continued to slide down in her seat. The noise in the room erupted, several students yelling and complaining. "Calm down everyone, calm down. We had to do this. This spell or curse or whatever it is that has afflicted the girls has caused several problems.

"The teachers have had great difficulty keeping the lot of you under control. As well, we have some, um, how should I say this, um, pregnancies develop. If we don't take these precautions several more pregnancies may occur and no one will be learning anything. The barriers will be put up tonight while everyone is sleeping. Now head up to bed."

The girls grumbled as they traveled up several flights of stairs, the boys followed, staring at the girls longingly, disappointed that they couldn't get to the girls after tonight. Hermione walked behind everyone, slowly, angry with herself for the plague that she had set loose on the school.

From behind, someone grabbed her arm. At first she thought it was she thought it was one of the love-crazed boys attempting to kiss her. She turned around ready to petrify him, but found that it was just Harry. "Hi, Harry," she said lazily.

"Are you okay?" Harry asked, noticing the frown on her face.

"It's just, well, this is all my fault! If I hadn't asked for Syrena to send me some of that stupid potion, none of this would have happened! And now, they're putting barriers across the school. Do you know what that means? It means that you and I won't be able to spend time together!" Hermione began to tear up. She didn't know how she would be able to be away from her boyfriend of only two months for who knows how long.

She raced up the stairs away from Harry, hurt by the thought of being separated from him. She bolted in to the common room and up to her room before any of the boys could start making moves on her. She suddenly had a major feeling of déjà vu. How many times this year had she sped up to her room to escape the pain of reality? She didn't want to do this every time she got upset. She didn't want Harry to think that he did something wrong either.

Hermione came out of her room, looking at the now empty common room and then knocking on Harry's door. The door opened, Harry standing before her wearing boxers and nothing else. She saw his many muscles, an obvious gift from quidditch. After mindlessly staring for a second, she regained her focus. "I'm sorry about running away before. I just can't stand the thought of being away from you for so long. I just got a little emotional."

"That's okay 'Mione. Come on in. We can spend at least a little more time together before the barriers are put up. Harry invited her over to his bed and they sat down next to each other. "I'm going to miss you, Herm. I don't like the idea of us being separated either." He put his arm around her and pulled her close.

"Hopefully we'll hear from Syrena soon." Hermione said. She looked up at Harry, his green eyes hypnotizing her. "Harry, in case we can't even speak to each other for a while, I just want to say that I love you."

"I love you too, Hermione." Harry leaned over to kiss her. The kiss was warm and passionate, probably one of their last for a while, making it all the more special and painful as the same time.

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Thunder rumbled in the distance, the clouds dark and ominous. It was a miserable Saturday morning. The morning still seemed to be night. Hermione rolled over, opening her eyes to the sound of breathing. Her eyesight remained foggy at first. A blurry form lay in front of her.

Hermione rubbed her eyes fiercely, and as her vision became clear, she began to panic. Harry was next to her, sound asleep with his arms around her. Oh no! What did we do last night? Hermione sat up, and took Harry's sheets off of her. She sighed with relief as she saw she was fully dressed, her robes from yesterday still on, and Harry still with his boxers on. We must've fallen asleep. I'd better wake him up. Hermione began to shake Harry, moans coming from Harry as he slowly opened his eyes.

He sat up quickly, the same thoughts that Hermione had before running through his mind. "We didn't, I mean did we, um, I hope I didn't, we didn't, um-,"

"Don't worry, Harry. Nothing happened last night. We just fell asleep."

"Oh! Thank Merlin, I thought we might've, well you know. It wouldn't surprise me though. You were snogging me like crazy for a while last night." Hermione began to blush.

"Yeah well that's because I didn't want to leave you because of those… oh my gosh the barriers! Harry, the barriers are up by now! If I'm in your room then I'm on the boys' side. Harry, what am I going to do? I don't want to be stuck over here! The boys will tear me apart if I leave this room. I have to get back over to the girls' side!"

"Don't panic. We'll figure out something. There has to be away around the barriers."

"But the purpose of barriers is for you not to get by! Don't you think that the teachers have made sure that no one can get past the barriers?"

"We can at least try to look for a spell or charm or something." Harry walked over to his desk and dropped all of his books on the bed. "Maybe we can find something in these."

"Well, I guess we can try." They spent several hours looking through the books. They had found a few possible spells, but they wouldn't use them. They were too advanced, even for the likes of Hermione.

"It's three in the afternoon, Harry. We're never going to find a spell that we can use."

"It doesn't seem likely does it. It reminds me of last year when I had to figure out ways to get the task done, like getting past the dragon. If only we could find a simple way of…" Harry's voice faded away. His eyes slowly drifted to his trunk.

"What is it? What were you going to say?" Harry stayed quiet for another second before he spoke again.

"Why didn't I think of this earlier? I was so stupid. I have your ticket to the girls' side!" Harry leaped off of his bed, opened his trunk and began to search through it.

"Harry, how do you expect to get us past the barriers? If you're thinking of your invisibility cloak then I think you should know that it probably won't work."

"No, 'Mione. Not the cloak. The dragon gave me an idea." Harry pulled out his most prized possession from his truck: his Firebolt. "I figure that we could fly out my window and to your room through your window. Dumbledore didn't say that there were barriers outside the school!" Hermione sat on his bed, contemplating his plan in her head before rushing over and kissing him fiercely.

"Merlin, Harry! You're a genius. I feel so stupid that I didn't think of that." She kissed him some more, making him fall back on to his bed. Hermione pulled away for a second to catch her breath before leaning in again.

"I guess I should be a genius more often," said Harry during another brief breathing break. The snogfest lasted another ten minutes. Hermione decided to stop before they really did do something that they might regret.

"I'll go get dressed," stated Harry.

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Cliffy: Will they get past the barrier? When will the antidote come? Will there be another snogfest? Tune in next week, same time, same website for the exciting new chapter…

Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out… it'll probably be the same with the next chapter… and sorry but I don't have time to write the my thank you list for this chapter since there are thunderstorms on the way and possible tornadoes (and I live in New York!) so all I can really say is thanks to everyone who has read my story and has reviewed.