Disclaimer: A general statement: This is not mine. The characters (except a few that I'm pretty sure you all can pick, just look for the ones that cry out Mary sue) and the setting do not belong to me, they belong to J.K. Rowling. The plot is mine and the words are mine, although I think they belong to someone called Webster or something like that. I have no idea what song I'm going to use, so what ever song I do use does not belong to me, it belongs to the artist which I'll mention at some point. Ok, I'm using "From this Moment on" by Shania Twain. I repeat, this song is not mine.

Author's Note: Wow, chapter ten! I can't believe I got past paragraph one let alone a whole chapter and here I am at chapter ten. I will be continuing this story because I love writing it and I have a bunch of ideas that I want to use. I'm trying to make this story a little different then the stuff that I have read for two reasons; 1) I've read that stuff and I know I can't come close. 2) I want to do some things and change some perceptions as well as use my theory on Arabella Figg. I want to thank everyone who gave me suggestions for songs (Samantha, Erin and Sparklingfairy) I loved them all and in fact I have them on disk! I listened to them each about ten times and paid really close attention to the lyrics and I think this fit the best. The others, if you guys say it is ok, might be used later because they really work for the future of the story and for some of the other couples. Is that ok? I have to dedicate this story to Samantha, Erin and Sparklingfairy for giving me suggestions. Thanks guys ( Now for some stuff on this chapter. I'm going to write it as a regular chapter but include the lyrics which will be playing in the background, sort of a mix between a pure song fic and a regular story. I have no idea how to change the font when I post so I'm going to put ~lyric~ ok? If you guys don't like this format please let me know so I can avoid it. I'm sorry for all of the princess and prince remarks but I just have to (

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"Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Sore Toes, and Gwen"



~ I do swear that I'll always be there. I'd give anything and everything and I

will always care. Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow, for

better, for worse, I will love you with every beat of my heart. ~

Placing the goblet on the nearby table she took his outstretched hand. It felt soft and strong, it felt right and her hand fit perfectly inside it. She looked down at their hands, it even looked right! Glancing up she spotted James staring at their hands too and a small smile spread over his lips when they made eye contact. His eyes were like chocolate and they sparkled as bright as any star in the enchanted ceiling. As she took his other hand and they walked onto the dance floor the fast song ended and a new one, a slower one began.

~ From this moment life has begun

From this moment you are the one

Right beside you is where I belong

From this moment on~

Tension passed for a moment until James placed his one hand on her small waist, Lily followed suit and they started to slowly rock back and forth to the music.

"So, how are you?" Lily began, she tried to look him in the eyes but whenever she did she sort of felt like she was melting, her stomach did flip flops and a pang of guilt sounded inside her soul.

"I'm fine, never been better." He managed to croak out. She did look stunning and it wasn't the dress or the hair, it was her and she was in his arms. It felt, he thought, it felt like noting he could describe. "How about you?"

"Do you want the truth? I mean the real truth?" Lily asked, he looked bewildered for a moment and then nodded. "Well, I feel like my feet are going to fall off. I should have never worn heels but Arabella insisted that I wear them. I mean really, I'm not this tall why should I pretend that I'm this tall when in fact I'm…Hey!" she shouted pointing over James' should. He turned and saw Arabella and Sirius, her head on his shoulder and her high heels in Sirius' hand, the other on the small of her back. Catching James' eye Sirius smiled and looked down at the shoes he held shrugging it off and then spun slowly, Arabella now facing them. In Lily's opinion Arabella looked like she was asleep, her eyes were shut and her head was on Sirius' chest as he spun her around. Sighing at the site she felt her stomach flip flop as James turned back towards her.

"I guess the heels hurt her feet after a while too. How about you take them off?" He said. Then gesturing towards a nearby chair he led her over. As she sat down he dropped to a knee and took off began to take off her shoes. Lily sat speechless. This was just like the fairytale her mother use to tell her, about Cinderella and Prince Charming. This was a fairytale. Lily was so lost in her thoughts she didn't even notice James place her shoes under the side of the table and stand up, bushing cake crumbs off his knees.

"Shall we go Cinderella?" He questioned. Lily froze, he had just said Cinderella if she wasn't mistaken. No, he hadn't merely said Cinderella, he had called her Cinderella! Shaking her head she looked confused. "Are you ok?" He asked placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I think I'm fine. What did you just call me?" She took his hand as he helped her up from the seat.

"I called you Cinderella, if you don't like it I won't do it, I promise. Trust me, after seeing what Arabella does to Sirius as far as names is concerned I know to stop." He raised his hand as if to fend her off.

"You know Cinderella?" Lily asked, still in disbelief.

"Well no, I don't know her personally but I am well acquainted with Prince Charming and the fairy godmother thought." He laughed.

"You're read Cinderella?" She was shocked, James had really read Cinderella.

"Yes, now I was just thinking. If I step on your foot I could break a toe and how could Cinderella dance at a ball like that, so allow me to just take my shoes off too." He bent down and untied the laces. From Lily's point of view he looked just like Prince Charming.

~ From this moment I have been blessed

I live only for your happiness

And for your love I'd give my last breath

From this moment on~

Sirius watched as he spun Arabella around. James and Lily looked great together and it Lily Potter did sound pretty good, so did Arabella Black. They sounded great as a matter of fact. He looked down at Arabella, her eyes were shut and her head rested on his shoulder but she wasn't asleep.

"Sleeping Beauty, you okay down there?" He asked, no sarcastic was in his voice and he gently brushed a bang away from her face before placing it back on her hip.

"Yes I'm great; you haven't stepped on my toes all night." She smiled and opened her eyes. Even though Sirius had seen them a million times before he still got lost in their sparking blue seas.

"I would but seeing as you have no shoes on it might hurt a bit more than usual, remind me to pound on them at the end of the year ball." He jokingly replied, returning her smile.

"Who says I'm going with you? Maybe I can send an owl to Ewan, perhaps that Ravenclaw beater even. I mean, who knows? It's not like I have been asked yet but I do have my eye on this one guy. Tall, hair light the night, and bright baby blues." Sirius pretended to look hurt, and Arabella only had to laugh at his puppy dog face.

"Have you forgotten my strong, muscular quidditch body or my charm?" He asked.

"Who said I was talking about you? I happened to be talking about Snape. Look at him." Arabella began but before she could finish she burst into laughter, even she couldn't say that with a straight face.

"Well who said I was taking you? Narcissa looked cute tonight. Did you see those puffy cheeks and that coast of fur! Don't forget the fluffy tail." He sighed and looked up, knowing that if he looked at Arabella he would crack up. Somehow he managed to keep a straight face and Arabella playfully hit him.

"Narcissa can't have you, your mine. Besides, I don't want to have to hit her again. Her face is kind of hard." She laid he head back on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Don't worry about it Arabella. You have me and I have you. Always." He spun her slowly to the music.

"Always." She softly responded and then began to hum softly to the music.

~I give my hand to you with all my heart

Can't wait to live my life with you

Can't wait to start

You and I will never be apart

My dreams came true because of you~

"Okay Peter." Mel began, she had been doing this forever and if he stepped on her feet on more time she was going to punch him. "Peter, it's the box step okay, it's that hard. One, two three, ouch!" He had done it again. "Peter!"

"I'm sorry Mel, I just have heavy feet." He said with a small forced smile, hopping she would cool down. He had heard the redheads had tempers but no one could match this brunette. He gulped as her expression failed to soften.

"Alright, let's try this one more time." She said slowly. In Mel's opinion she couldn't believe he was a Marauder. She couldn't even believe that he knew James, Sirius, and Remus. They were so different, Remus was shy and sweet. James was an adorable prankster with a heart of gold and Sirius was a menace. He was a great looking menace and from the way he spun and twirled Arabella it was obvious that he was a sweet and romantic menace. Why did she have to get Peter? He was short, a bit on the heavy side, and not just his feet. In fact, the only place he was light was in the head. "Peter!" He had crushed her feet again, signing and looking exasperated she cringed as her small toes recuperated from the pressure. "How about we go and sit down." Mel said more than asked as she began to drag him off the floor, the music softly playing in the background.

~From this moment as long as I live

I will love you, I promise you this

There is nothing I wouldn't give

From this moment on~

Who knew music could travel that far, thought Remus Lupin. He could hear it in the common room, the dorms, the secret library room, and even the real library, it was everywhere. Upon hearing a particularly loud note he gave up. Fine I'll go outside! Grabbing his thick over coat he bustled out the door. There was a chill in the air, it felt pleasant, the cool breeze swept his hair back and he felt refreshed. The snow from the other night crushed beneath his shoes. Deciding to see of the lake he froze over yet he walked in that direction, the only sound was the breeze rustling against trees and the snow as he crept across it. The stars shone overhead and reflected over the whit frost cover.

As he neared the lack he saw what he thought was a figure, a person. Quickening his pace he watched as it went back and forth on the lake; it must have frozen over he thought. If it wasn't and this person fell in he wasn't going to enjoy the swim to fetch him out. Suddenly the figure jumped and twirled before landing and continuing to soar over the ice. He had heard of this before, in Muggle studies. What was it called again? Ice skiing? What ever it was this person was really good at it! Remus, as hard as he could, couldn't see who it was, not with the grand cloak he was wearing anyway. Just as Remus was considering taking a seat and watching the show the figure fell in mid jump, clutching his ankle. Remus ran onto the lake and leaned over him.

"Are you okay?" He asked in a panic. The figure pulled back their hood and short flax colored hair, much like his own in color, bobbed out and settled into tiny curls. Brown eyes looked up at him and all the memories of the past few hours melted away.

"Not really, I haven't made that landing yet," she replied, "but I will." She smiled at Remus as he offered her a hand to get up.

"What about your ankle? Are you sure it's alr..." Halfway through his sentence she fell, her ankle was too weak. "Here, let me." With that placed one arm on her waist and used the other to help her walk off the ice. "I'm Remus by the way, Remus Lupin.

"I'm Gwen Peters, pleasure to meet you." Together they hobbled back up to the castle.

~You're the reason I believe in love

And you're the answer to my prayers from up above

All we need is just the two of us

My dreams came true because of you~

The dance was coming to a close as Dumbledore stood up, he donned a midnight blue robe that was bewitched to have small snowflakes travel up and down on it, his cheeks red from eggnog.

"Now students, if you would please direct your attention to the ceiling overhead we have a special treat for you all." With that he clapped his hands and fireworks began to go off above. Sparkling spirals of green and bright red lit the sky some were even enchanted to take the form of Christmas trees and birds.

"Wow, they are beautiful." Lily said in awe, still wrapped in James' arms.

"I've seen better." James replied, looking into her eyes, "I've seen much better." Lily blushed a pale crimson before they looked back up.

Meanwhile Mel and Peter were still seated at the table. Mel rubbing her sore feet and Peter finishing up a new piece of cake. The glimmering fireworks caught Mel's attention.

"Look at that Peter!" She said, shaking his shoulder.

"What?" He replied, some crumbs spitting out of his mouth as he spoke. Mel rolled her eyes.

"Just forget it Peter, just forget it." He voice was exasperated.

"Forget what?" He murmured through a sip of pumpkin juice.

Outside at this time Gwen and Remus were nearly at the entrance, neither one remembering the levitation spell Remus had to carry her. Truth be known, Remus had forgotten the spell and all about Lily, while Gwen had conveniently forgotten the spell as well and she accidentally misplaced her wand within the folds of her robes. The first boom of the fireworks had frightened Gwen and she held on tighter to Remus.

"Don't worry, I've got you." He softly replied as he motioned her gaze to the fireworks. Boy were they beautiful he thought, the fireworks weren't that bad either.

Arabella and Sirius stood in the middle of the room; Sirius took the box out of his pocket. He had thought about this every moment for the past month and a half. He loved her; he would die for her and she for him. He had dated nearly everyone else and she was the only one for him. He remembered last year when he had almost killed Ewan all because of a dance. He loved her.

"Arabella?" He whispered softly into her ear.

"Yes Sirius?" She whispered back, her eyes on the ceiling above prevented her from seeing Sirius get down on a knee but James and Lily caught it as did everyone else in the great hall. It went completely silent; the only sounds were the fireworks above and the music in the background.

"I love you; I would die for you Arabella Figg." He said, the words almost catching in his throat. He felt his heart beat faster. "Arabella, will you marry me?" She turned and looked at him for a moment.

"Sirius, is this a joke?" He eyes were full of tears of joy when the box came into view.

"Only if you say no. Will you Arabella?" He looked at her and saw his future in her eyes.

"YES! Of course I will Sirius, I love you!" She jumped into his arms and he spun her around, her skirt fanning out behind her as she cried, Sirius' eyes became misty as well. He gently brought her down and they kissed. A kiss full of passion and love as the crowd around them clapped, a few of the girls even crying.

"I won that bet." Lily said as she clapped.

~From this moment as long as I live

I will love you, I promise you this

There is nothing I wouldn't give

From this moment-

I will love you as long as I live

From this moment on~

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That was so much fun to write! I was going to leave off with Sirius taking a knee but Erin threatened me so I wrapped that up for you. What do you guys think? Gwen is new and you will learn about her in the next chapter or so. Did you guys like the format? You know what I mean, threw song with the going back and forth between couples. This was a long one too. I'm going to keep this part short so I'm getting right to the thank yous. Everyone, please review. It only takes a moment and it helps me fill in gaps as well as sparks ides. Please it only takes a moment and I thank everyone... So please review after you read! ( If I miss you let me know, it was a mistake

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