"Morning Sev!" Snape blearily opened his eyes to see a red head in his room. His eyes shot open when he realized that it was Cherry.

"Cherry!" he cried "What are you doing here? How did you get in my room?" Cherry grinned.

"I have my ways. Just thought I'd tell you. Tonight for the Ball, I want you to wash your hair" Snape stared at her and stared and stared.

"Are you going to stare at me or are you going to get in the shower and wash your hair?" Cherry questioned, raising an eyebrow. Snape blushed bright red and muttered something.

"What? Oh, get out of bed, lazy ass, it's not like you're naked!" Snape blushed if possible even redder and Cherry let out a small gasp.

"Oh right. Well, it's not like it's something I've never seen before" Snape's head snapped up.

"Get out!" he yelled at her. Cherry shook her head and smirked.

"No. You're going in that shower and you're going to wash your hair!"

"Make me!" Snape shouted. Cherry grinned.

"Glad to. Wingardium Leviosa!" Snape was levitated off of the ground, still clutching his duvet. He'd gone extremely pale as he neared the shower, which was gushing out water.

"NOOO!" He screamed as his head was mere inches from the cold water.

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That morning, Harry and Jay awoke to squeals. They quickly changed into his robes and opened the door to find a group of girls standing outside the boys' dormitories.

"It's them! Harry! Jay! We love you!" Thoroughly bewildered as to what was going on, Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Uh . . . hi?" All the girls screamed girlishly and tried to grab hold of them. Harry, who was completely terrified as to what was going on, ran from the boys' dormitories and out of the Gryffindor tower. Jay following him.

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Harry ran into a classroom and slammed the door shut. Jay was trying with all of his might to get his breath back.

"What's-going-on?" he gasped. Harry was peeking through the hole to see if the girls were nearby.

"I've no idea. This has never happened before" Harry told him.

"Could it be a love potion?" Jay questioned. Harry shook his head.

"They're illegal, so that means . . ." Harry trailed off, looking shocked. Those girls out there really liked him for him. He'd been so stupid as to think that Cho was the only girl who liked him. Jay looked just as shocked, but then he broke off into a grin.

"Looks like we've turned into our dads, don't you think?" Harry laughed nervously.

"I don't like this sort of attention. It's unnerving" Jay shrugged.

"This should make Ems jealous" he said, grinning mischievously.

"Aren't you going with her to the Ball tonight?" Jay nodded, then gasped when the door burst open to reveal a flock of girls. Utterly terrified and with no other option, Harry and Jay did the only thing they could think of: Run.

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Lupin ran as fast as he could. The fifth, sixth and seventh year girls were extremely fast. He couldn't believe it. He knew that he was popular with the students, but he didn't realize that he was *this* popular with the females! He rounded a corner, only to collide with two other bodies. He groaned as he clutched his head. If James and Sirius were responsible for this, he was so going to kill them!

"Moony! Watch where you're going! We've got half of the female population after us!" Jay cried. Lupin's head snapped up to see Harry and Jay.

"Follow me!" Lupin instructed. They quickly made their way into a spare classroom and locked the door so no one could get in. He turned back to the two teenage boys.

"I want you to hex me" he told them.

"What?!"

"Hex me. Then I can go to the hospital wing and stay there for the rest of the day, I'd rather spend the day in the hospital wing than be chased by a fan club" Harry laughed.

"Alright, but only if you do the same to me" Lupin nodded.

At the same time, they pointed their wands and hexed each other. Lupin grunted as he clutched his leg.

"Nice one Harry! Ah! That hurt!" Harry grinned weakly as he clutched his arm, which was bleeding really badly. He'd turned a tinge of green, while Jay on the other hand, was laughing.

"I can't believe you two! You're acting like wimps! Where's your Gryffindor courage?" he questioned them both, looking amused.

"I don't have any when it comes to girls" Harry told him, then cried out when his arm let out a resounding CLICK!

"O-Okay, I'm off to the Hospital Wing" Lupin said weakly, limping to the door.

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"You two! Get out of here!" Madam Pomfrey cried, when she saw Harry and Lupin.

"But we're injured!" Lupin protested.

"I'm especially surprised at you Mr. Lupin! You're a teacher; you should be able to handle your students! As for you Mr. Potter, I thought you were braver than this!" she scolded them both. They both hung their heads in shame. "Now, I want you to get out of here! The both of you! Trying to pretend you're injured just because you can't handle girls" she shrieked. They both left, feeling worried.

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James and Sirius were sitting down discussing Quidditch over breakfast, when Harry ran into the Great Hall, looking, what could only be described as, horror. James raised an eyebrow at his son.

"What's up?"

"Girls . . . everywhere . . . chasing me, Lupin and Jay!" He gasped. Sirius' eyes widened.

"Really?" Harry nodded furiously, then gasped when the girls entered the Great Hall, running after him. Harry fled from the Great Hall, leaving James and Sirius looking amused.

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Harry ran as fast as he could. There was nowhere to run! Nowhere to hide! He almost cried with happiness when he saw Ginny. Ginny was walking to the Great Hall on her own. Harry ran over to her.

"Gin?" he asked her.

"Yeah"

"Please forgive me for what I'm about to do. But you're the only person that can help me!" Ginny looked at him, confused.

"What-?"

Ginny's sentence was immediately cut off when Harry pressed his lips against hers. Ginny felt limp in his arms and put her arms around his neck. The crowd of girls, who were chasing Harry, stopped and gasped when they saw whom he was kissing. Most girls burst into tears, others screamed, while some just looked murderous.

Harry broke the kiss and grinned, then he put his arm around Ginny's waist. Ginny blushed bright red.

"Girls, I want you to meet my girlfriend. Ginny Weasley" He said out loud so that everyone could hear. As soon as this was said, all the girls dispersed, feeling dejected and upset. Harry bit his lip as he turned to Ginny.

"I'm sorry, I-"

"It's alright. I owed you one for helping me out with Sam Gregory anyway. I guess you could say we're even now, right?" Ginny questioned with a smile. Harry nodded. Ginny held out her hand and Harry shook it.

"We're even"

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As Harry got ready that night, he tried desperately to flatten his hair, but to no avail, his hair was just stubbornly untidy.

"Damn it" he whispered under his breath. Jay walked in, looking smug.

"Emily's looking jealous from all the attention I got from those girls today" Harry rolled his eyes and muttered something else under his breath.

"Oi Harry!" Ron called out from the toilets.

"Yeah?"

"Did you kiss Ginny earlier?" Harry dropped his wand and stared at the bathroom in shock.

"How'd you find out?"

"Well, half the female population is talking about it. So, you're going out with her?" he said with a grin as he poked his head around the door. Harry blushed scarlet.

"No, she owed me one, and I needed to get those girls away from me" Ron grinned.

"Uh-huh, whatever you say mate"

"It's true!" Ron didn't seem convinced though as he carried on grinning.

"Wait till mum hears about this!" Harry's jaw dropped.

"Don't you dare! I told you the truth!"

"Alright, alright mate, keep your hair on"

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Harry waited nervously outside of the Great Hall for Ginny to arrive. He was five minutes early. Yet, why was he nervous? Ginny was just a friend that he was taking to the dance. With that thought in mind, he calmed down a bit. He smiled genuinely when he saw his mum and dad.

"Alright there Harry? Heard about what happened with you and Ginny? You two an item then?" James questioned with a grin. Harry felt annoyed. Everyone had been asking him this.

"No. Ginny and I are just friends! She owed me a favour and now we're even, alright?" James backed off, looking slightly alarmed.

"Alright son, calm down, I was just joking"

"It's not funny! I've had almost everyone in school ask me that" he growled.

Lily nudged James in the stomach, who messed his hair up and smiled weakly.

"I'm sorry, it was very insensitive of me" Harry smiled weakly back.

"Sorry, I snapped"

"It's alright sweetie" Lily smiled kindly at him "We'll see you inside, okay?" Harry nodded and watched as his parents entered the Great Hall.

"Hiya Harry! Am I late?" Harry whirled around and grinned when he saw Ginny. She was wearing a spaghetti strap deep red dress with a thin black shawl around her shoulders. Harry took her hand and kissed it. Ginny giggled.

"Such the gentleman" Harry smirked.

"Shall we?" Ginny nodded and they both entered the Great Hall.

It was a most amazing sight that greeted them. There were red and black balloons all over the place! Logan was standing on the stage, already singing. Lupin was trying desperately to get Sally to dance with him so that the female students would leave him alone. Rose was doing the waltz with Sirius, who was laughing. Harry grinned as he watched his mum and dad do the tango, then a gasp to his side made him look.

"What is it?"

"Look who Cherry's dancing with!" Ginny pointed over to where Cherry was laughing, whilst being twirled by a man, Harry gasped. It was Snape! What surprised him most of all was that he'd hardly recognized him because his hair wasn't greasy! It had been washed!

"My god! Snape's her date?! I thought she had better taste than that!" Harry exclaimed. Ginny giggled.

"Come on, let's dance!" She hauled him onto the dance floor. Harry clumsily trod on her foot a few times, then got the hang of waltzing.

"This is kinda fun" Harry said with a small smile. Ginny laughed.

After about ten dances, Ginny broke away from Harry to go and dance with Dean Thomas. It was obvious to only Harry that Ginny fancied him. He grinned as their noses touched while in a slow dance. He glanced around to see if there was anyone who wasn't dancing and his eyes landed on Hermione. He walked over to her and extended his hand to her.

"May I have the honor of this dance?" he questioned in a deep voice. Hermione giggled.

"Oh yes, kind gentleman" As they made their way onto the dance floor, Harry was aware of whispers. He didn't care. He came here to dance and that was what he was going to do. As they slow-danced, Harry realized for the first time that Hermione looked really beautiful. He smiled as she leaned her head against his chest. He sighed. Hermione was an amazing witch.

The dance ended and Harry's head jerked up in surprise. It was over so soon? It had only just started! He blushed when Hermione kissed him on the cheek.

"Wait, Mione" Hermione turned to look at Harry in surprise "Uh . . . do you wanna dance some more?" he asked. Hermione's face broke into a big smile as she nodded.

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Cherry sighed as she rested her head on Snape's chest. They'd danced most of the night and Cherry found it amusing that Snape refused to smile in the presence of the students. Suddenly, the music stopped and everyone looked to Logan.

"I'd like to dedicate this song to my girlfriend. She requested me to write a poem for her, but I've turned it into a song" Cherry bit her lip as people stared at her. Logan winked at her and sung "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" (He made it up by the way!)

By the end of it, Cherry was in tears. It was such a beautiful song. It had really gotten to her. She ran up to Logan and hugged him, then she kissed him. Wolf whistles and clapping could be heard from everyone in the room. Even Snape nodded in approval, but only so that Cherry could see.

"Thank you and I hope you enjoyed tonight!" Logan shouted. Everyone burst into applause and whistled.

"Cherry, come with me" Logan whispered to her. Cherry complied as she was led out of the Great Hall. Snape smiled as he watched her leave. Cherry winked back at him.

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Emily wandered back to the Gryffindor common room. She hated to admit it to herself, but she had formed a crush on Jay. Jay had asked her out and she said that she would think about it. Tomorrow, she was going to say yes for definite. She smiled as she thought of how Jay would look when she would tell him. Stunned, probably. Suddenly, a noise from the broom closet caught her attention. She looked worried, should she open it? Apprehensively, she opened the door and gasped. It was Jay, with none other than Lavender Brown! Tears welled up in her eyes. Jay had his shirt half undone and lipstick smeared all over his face. Jay's eyes widened when he realized who it was. Without looking back, Emily ran.

"EMILY!" Jay shouted, but Emily refused to look back. She was stupid! She knew that this was what Jay was like, yet she ignored it. Jay hurriedly did his shirt up, while running after her.

"EMILY! WAIT, PLEASE!" Jay screamed. An arm grabbed hold of her and swung her round. Emily backed away from Jay, her bottom lip trembling, yet her eyes were full of hatred.

"Ems-"

"Get away from me! Stay away from me!" Emily whispered dangerously.

"Ems, I-"

"STAY AWAY FROM ME BLACK!" Emily bellowed, then she ran to the Gryffindor common room, crying. Jay looked after her with a sinking heart. He'd lost Emily for good this time.

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Logan glanced around nervously. Cherry bit her lip, Logan appeared nervous.

"Logan?"

"C-Cherry, there's something I've been wanting to ask you for a while now, but, I've never had the guts to say it" Logan said, his voice shaky. Cherry's eyes widened. Was Logan trying to say what she thought he was going to say?

"Cherry, I-I love you. I love you more than life itself and I, well, I want to spend the rest of my life with you" Logan added lamely. He pulled out a black velvet box and opened it. Nestled inside of it was a diamond ring. Cherry's eyes welled up.

"Will you marry me?" he asked her. Cherry took a step backwards. Tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I c-can't!" She cried out. Logan blinked a few times, before her rejection hit him. He looked hurt.

"W-Why?" he asked.

"I-I just *can't*!"

"Is it because of what I am?" Logan asked quietly. Cherry shook her head.

"It's nothing to do with you" she whispered, the tears continuing to fall. Logan stood up and looked her right in the eyes.

"I'm sorry" Cherry's bottom lip trembled dangerously.

"So am I" she whispered as she watched him walk up to the castle, looking defeated "I guess it's time"

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Voldemort paced up and down, waiting for his Death Eaters to arrive. He'd summoned them and none of them had arrived yet. He hated waiting. Suddenly, several Death Eaters apparated at the same time.

"Master, please forgive our lateness" one begged pleadingly.

"You shall be punished later" Voldemort replied in a cold voice "Where is my daughter?"

"I'm here father" the female voice called out. Voldemort smirked.

"Good. Now come forward. I wish to give you an assignment" The female moved out of the line of the Death Eaters and faced the Dark Lord.

"Now, remove your hood. I wish to see you properly" The female nodded and removed her head. A female with red hair and hazel eyes. It was Cherry!