*A/n: This is it! AHHHHHH! Lol. Thanks Julia for the reviews (and taking the quiz). Also to the reviews of Kat (Sorry, this won't turn out quite the way you're hoping although changing the minister may be a good idea for WT II. Thx!)
Chapter 21: Wake me up inside
*A/n: I wrote so much yesterday that I'd been procrastinating all morning and then did some idle shopping and came home...dinner...blah blah.
Main point of my ranting...I am awful! I could have finished this already! I'm ending this story tonight if I can and as quickly as possible so I can focus completely on my sequel…well actually I might start working on another story I never finished…
It had been two days since Helen woke up in the St. Mungo's. From what Harry, Kevin, Ron, and Hermione told her...Voldemort and the Death Eaters escaped. All of them...except Neil who killed himself by jumping through the veil. He did leave her one message which only Dumbledore could repeat back to her. It was. "Amin eleuva lle au' " which means..."I shall see you again."
Helen didn't care. She was too glad just to have been healed. The potions they gave her were almost unbearable. But that was then and thankfully it was over. Right now, Helen was donning her favorite green and yellow muggle shirt and muggle pants, and lying by the lake. She grinned as she saw Harry only a few feet away from her.
"Boo." she yelled.
"Helen!" Harry shouted, jumping slightly. "Wow! You're out of the hospital!"
"Surprise!"
Harry smiled for the first time in a while.
"So how are you?" He asked her.
"Forget me. What's been going on with you?"
"Same old tumtigger."
Helen sighed. She loved how her lingo had been passed on from the American world (Helen herself had gotten it from this really hot Australian/Asian guy named Vo Spader.) and into England.
"Dreading going back to the Dursley's then?"
"Definitely."
"Well look at it this way...next year is our last year...you'll get your own place...go to Auror school with me and Ron...marry Hermione..."
If Harry had been drinking it would have sprayed everywhere.
"WHAT!" He yelled.
"Puh-lease!" Helen laughed. "It's so obvious you've got a thing for her!"
"Oh really?" he blushed.
"See! Maybe you've had too hectic a year to really think about it but it's obvious you've got chemistry between the two of you."
"We're nothing alike though! I mean...yea...I guess I like her but I'm not attracted to her. I just don't see us having a romantic relationship."
"Not if I can help it."
"huh."
"After you've served your time at the Dursley's, I'm inviting everyone to my place."
"In Salem?"
"No."
"Carna?"
"Not that house."
"Florida?"
"You bet! That was my parents' and my own favorite place."
"That would be neat."
"For real! We'd go by the beach...dance...party...I'd introduce you to my Salem friends...It would be great fun before we'd have to worry about N.E.W.T.s!"
*A/n: There was something I wanted to type but I completely forgot! I'm mad too because it was really important to the story! It's 11:00 p.m. by the way.
"Helen."
"Yeah."
"Thanks for letting me talk to Sirius. It really got me to let him go. I could never forget him... I know he's not coming back...but we will reunite." Harry paused. "Luna Lovegood told me that once. Now I understand what she was saying."
"Well...we've got to talk more about this kind of thing in the future." Helen declared.
"Yes." Harry agreed. "I tell Ron and Hermione everything...but there are just some things-"
"You can only talk about with people who've gone through it." Helen finished.
"Right."
* * * * * * *
When Harry went back inside Helen was still sitting by the same place. She just had this strange feeling...
She just then noticed that Draco was sitting on the other side of the lake, staring. Helen got up and walked around the bank until she was only a few feet away from him.
"The Wonder Trio got their buddy back I see. Saw you chatting with Pot-head."
Helen wasn't even bothered by his comment. Draco was only evil because his parents were evil. Maybe with the right help he could change his ways...or maybe it was too late for him. She didn't know. Even using Legillimency she could only tell that there was a little part inside Mr. Bad Boy that was yearning to he loved and cared for and appreciated like everyone else. That yearning was very small though. Like a flicker from the light of a candle in the wind. It could easily be blown out.
"Draco...I know you can't be friends with Harry or Ron or Hermione or even Kevin for that matter because of your family. I don't blame you at all for not wanting things to change. But things did change. You tried to save me."
"No I didn't."
"You bandaged my wounds until they could get me to a hospital."
"Would have done it for anyone."
"No you wouldn't. And that's why I thank you."
Recklessly she leaned over him. What was she doing? What was she thinking?
She kissed him softly on the cheek.
She couldn't help it. It was the American thing to do! Okay maybe she should have been jumping up and down in the air, crying hysterically and thanking him a million times and kissing him all over in order to make it the American thing to do (at least what people do where AngellicHuntress lives) but there was a kiss involved just the same!
Helen moved back and bit her lip. Was she crazy? Draco would be disgusted at what she just did! Obviously she was wrong. At least he wasn't saying anything bad...actually he wasn't saying anything at all so she excused herself and went to go have a little talk with Kevin.
She found Kevin sleeping on the couch in the deserted common room. She smiled and sat down on the edge and absently stroked his well defined jaw and smoothed back the hair from his face. He blinked a few times and then suddenly enveloped her in his arms.
"You're back!"
Then he let go of her quickly.
"Did I hurt you?"
"No, no, I'm fine!" she said quickly. "Honest."
He sighed with relief.
"Good."
"Bianca visited me in Mungo's before going back to Salem." Helen said.
"What did she say?"
"Well she wanted me to go with her."
"What did you say?"
"I'm staying at Hogwarts."
"You are?" Kevin said in surprise.
"Yup. I go where I'm needed and not to sound conceited but Hogwarts is the place."
"What did Mrs. Baker have to say about it?"
"Well actually...you'd think she'd be even firmer on insisting I go back but she's actually supporting me. She realizes that when Voldemort wants something done...it'll be done. No matter where."
"Abolutely right."
"Hey Kevin...." Helen started. Kevin knew what that voice meant.
"Cho."
"Did you really break up with her?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"It came down to a decision between you and her. Naturally I chose you."
"Naturally?"
Kevin reached out for her hand.
"Helen...you know it and I know it...we've gone through an odd and rough patch this year...but I never stopped having feelings for you and I know you're thinking the exact same thing."
"Kevin...summer will be our last time together. I've got another year here and then three more years in Auror school."
"I've got Healing school."
"Aurors work alot."
"You get long vacations."
"Kevin..."
"Helen..."
She stared into his eyes and felt all her worries melting away. This was Kevin. In first year he'd been the one who'd finally gotten her to open up. In second year he defended her in front of the entire school. Third year he'd thrown her a surprise birthday party and even gotten around to inviting Alby. Fourth year he'd shielded her from a bludger that had had the Dopplebeater Defense used on it. In fifth year he'd taken a knife that had been aimed for her. That year he'd tried to save her from her kidnappers at Salem, got stunned, broke up with his girlfriend, cut his arm to get blood to lure the thestrals to them, and went to Nott's house to try and rescue her. He'd stuck by her through good times and bad. If they were meant to be together they would be no matter what odds were against them.
"We belong together." he whispered. The only thing Helen could do was nod. She'd begun to fall back into the 'Kevin is always right because his beautiful misty blue eyes don't lie' phase.
"It'll just take some time."
*A/n: He cupped her face in his hands...and for the sake of the beauty of it...I won't say what happened next, except that they shared a pure, perfect, and blissful moment.
No it wasn't sex. Lol.
Chapter 22: Begin and End
Helen had to admit...all the bad things that happened at Hogwarts had been worth it for all the good things that also happened there. Hogwarts had this odd aura about it that made you miss being away from it. She'd said goodbye to her friends (she did not go with them on the Hogwarts Express) and stayed with Dumbledore for a week. One more week was spent at Mrs. Baker's house. Then she finally went home and thought about things. What new devilry would be in store for her next? What new blessings would be bestowed upon her? Would Harry and Hermione get together? Would Ron find someone? Would Draco ever be happy? Could she and Kevin last? She wasn't sure but whatever happened in the future...she could handle it. With her friends at her side...nothing could stand in her way.
*A/n: Yes Helen got with Kevin BUT you never know what will happen in WT II. Muahaha. Lol. Seriously, Helen and Kevin won't last. Oops! Shouldn't have said that!
Chapter 23: Sneak Preview for Wild Tension II
*a/n: Anyway right now I'd like to thank all my friends who've supported me and my writing. Thanks Paige for getting me to start on the sequel. Thanks also to the AWESOME reviewers. It makes me sooooo happy to get feedback and ideas from everyone. Thanks so much!
Okay...."Wild Tension II" is starting off during the summer. It's basically your HP characters experiencing not only muggle things but AMERICAN muggle TEENAGE things. Oh boy this is going to be fun! Oh and umm...you know how in "WT I" the main thing was Helen learning about herself and how she had what Voldemort wanted...the amulet. Well...there's one last thing Voldemort wants. It's a source of power that can be harnessed that would make him very very very very powerful! Beyond Grindelwald powerful. Beyond even Dumbledore powerful! However there are certain things needed in order to get that power. Wanna know what it is? Guess what? I mentioned it once in Chapter 16. No one will guess it but anyway I finished my story! YAY!
97 pages long! Record took a year to beat and a month to write! YEAH!!!
END OF WILD TENSION I
