The Witches Watcher Chapter 11: Dancing, a buffy x-overs fanfic

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DON'T BLAME ME FOR WRONG LYRICS! They were copied straight off the internet!

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CHAPTER 11- DANCING

Later that evening, Harry and Dawn returned to their rooms to find that they each had a welcoming committee. Harry walked in on a game of exploding snap between his roommates and they barely let him enter the room before pounding him with questions.

"Well?"

"Did you ask her?"

"What did she say?"

"Yes and yes." Harry gave a silly grin to his roommates. "She said yes!"

"Well duh!"

"We said she would."

"It was obvious!"

"Any idiot could see it... even Ron picked up on it!"

"Hey!" Ron was indignant.

"Sorry mate."

"So then what happened?" Semus asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Harry, Harry, Harry. You guys were down there for ages." Semus said. "You don't honestly think we believed you just talked, did you?"

Harry blushed a bright red. "We just kissed." He mumbled.

"Never knew you had it in you." Dean joked. "Thought you might never get a date like Semus here!"

"Ha, ha. Remind me again, Dean. Who are you taking to the dance?" Semus retaliated.

Dean mumbled something inaudibly.

"What was that?"

"Ginny." Dean waited for the outburst from Ron, and it came.

"Ginny? My sister? I'll bloody kill you."

"Ron," Harry reasoned, "don't you think Ginny can look after herself?"

A sadistic grin slid across Ron's face. "Fine. But if you hurt her and she doesn't kill you for it, I will!"

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Dawn's roommates were also waiting to interrogate her. When she entered the dorm, Lavender stopped braiding Parvati's hair and Hermione looked up from the book she was reading. What surprised her most was that Flick, Skye and Ginny were also sitting on the floor of the dorm room.

"When did you get back?"

"A while ago. No problems." Skye assured, not wanting to make Lavender or Parvati suspicious.

"We saw you in the common room." Flick smirked.

"We would've said hi, but you were otherwise engaged!" Ginny grinned at the shade of crimson that Dawn was going.

"Spill." Flick instructed.

"Yeah we want to know everything!" Lavender said.

"Why?" Neither Lavender nor Parvati had shown much interest in Dawn's life before now.

It was Parvati who answered Dawns question. "Duh! Harry's a celebrity."

"This is big gossip!" Lavender continued.

"They're not at the deepest end of the pool, are they?" Hermione said in a low voice so that the two couldn't overhear.

"He did ask you to the dance, didn't he?"

"Yup."

"Finally! We were wondering if he'd ever ask!"

"I was wondering the same about you and Ron." Now it was Hermione's turn to blush.

"It's obvious he likes you."

"We're just friends...nothing more."

"If you say so... but somehow we're going to get the two of you together by the end of the dance."

"Who's everyone else going with?" Hermione asked, trying to distract the attention from herself. It worked.

"I'm going with Dean. We've been going out since the summer, but Ron's not making things easy for us."

"Ahh, I've been there." Dawn said with a grimace.

"You have an older brother?"

"Well, there's Spike and Xander; but Buffy was the worst. She threatened all my dates with death and/or dismemberment. It wasn't funny! Ruined a lot of potential relationships, all because of one little mistake that wasn't really my fault."

"A little mistake? What kind of mistake?" Lavender asked. They were aware of Dawn growing up on a hellmouth and had gotten used to her little anecdotes.

"My first kiss. Me and my friend, Janice, snuck out on Halloween to meet these guys. They took us to the make out point of Sunnydale and, long story short, they were vampires. Buffy and co. turned up and saved our asses and I staked my date."

Lavender blinked. "That's a little mistake?"

"Yup. A big mistake would be summoning a demon so that I nearly get made a queen of the underworld or accidentally making a wish to a vengeance demon or..." She saw the looks that she was getting from several of the people in the room. "What?"

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"Robin?"

"Hi Neville. What do you want?"

""Wouldyougotothedancewithme?"

"Pardon?"

"Would you go to the dance with me? If you're already going that's OK, I just thought..."

"I'd love to go with you!" The French slayer said, pleased that someone had asked her.

"Really? Great! I'll meet you outside your common room, if that's OK"

"That's fine, see you tomorrow."

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"How much bloody longer will it take?"

Ron and Harry were waiting in the common room for their dates for the dance. Ron was going with Hermione. Dawn had suggested that since neither of them have dates they should go together.

"Probably a lot longer." Dean called from across the room. "Ginny and Flick are getting ready with them.

Ron fiddled with the buttons on his emerald green shirt that he had borrowed off Dean. He'd never admit it, but muggle dress sense wasn't that bad! It wasn't that long before the girls arrived, all dressed it suitable muggle attire.

Flick was wearing tight navy jeans with a silver chain belt around her hips. She teamed them with a silky purple top that shimmered in the light. Although quite plain from the front, it dipped at the back showing off 2/3 of her slender figure. She had curled her hair and put glitter in it and let it hang loose.

Ginny was wearing a typical little black dress. It reached half way down her thigh and was held up by two thin straps. Her hair was split in two. The bottom half hung down her back, whilst the other half had been arranged on top in a way that made her look like the young woman she was becoming. A pair of black sandals and a touch of make up completed the look.

Dawn was wearing the baby blue dress that Buffy had got her for her birthday. She teamed it with the necklace that Harry got her and a pair of sandals. She had used a spell to straighten her hair so that it hung exactly the way she wanted it to.

Hermione was wearing (after much persuasion) Dawn's leather trousers and a halter top with an intricate pattern on the front that was a slightly lighter shade to Ron's shirt. Her hair was the same as it was for the Yule Ball during the Triwizard tournament and she was wearing smoky eye make-up that highlighted her features.

Ron's reaction summed up what all the boys were feeling. "Bloody Hell!"

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As the group entered the hall, a magical banner flashed above their heads welcoming them to the dance. Flick went off to find her date, a Ravenclaw named Alexei and Ginny and Dean went over to the buffet. Dawn pulled a protesting Harry onto the dance floor where cheesy eighties music was playing leaving Ron and Hermione standing silently in the entrance.

Finally Ron spoke: "Hey, Hermione, do you know how much a polar bear weighs?"

"Err, no, I don't."

"Me neither, but it breaks the ice!"

Hermione giggled a little, and then turned serious. "I'm glad we came."

"Me too. I'm just sorry that you couldn't go with someone you really wanted."

"Same for you... but thanks, anyway. You're a good friend." Hermione leaned forward and kissed Ron lightly on the cheek.

"It's my pleasure. How 'bout we check out the food?"

"Sure." Ron surprised and pleased Hermione by taking her hand and leading her over to the long tables set against one side of the hall.

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"They're not talking." Dawn was spying on her friends who still hadn't moved from the doorway.

"It's none of our business."

"She's smiling."

"It's none of our business." Harry repeated.

"Uh oh, smiles gone...looking serious."

"Dawn, It's none of our business."

"Ohmigod! She kissed him, she kissed him!"

"It's none of- What? Where?"

"I thought it was 'none of our business.'"

"It is now!"

"You're too late, anyway. They're over by the buffet. Ow!" Dawn winced as Harry stepped on her foot.

"Sorry. I warned you that I was a bad dancer."

"Don't worry about it. Here," a slower song came on; "put your hands on my waist. Now just move to the music."

Dawn placed her hands around Harry's neck, pulling him closer to her. By the end of the song, it would've taken a crowbar to separate them, much to the amusement of several of the witches and wizards dancing around them in the more traditional way of the school.

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At nine 'o' clock, the first, second and third years went back to their dorms, along with the Slytherin prefects who had been forced to come for that long to 'set an example'. A few younger Slytherin's had shown up, even a couple of fourth years, but they were dragged out, literally, by their prefects.

Not long after they left, Skye and Flick ran over to Dawn with big smiles on their faces. They whispered something in her ear to which she nodded also grinning.

"Cool; I'm in. How about Ginny and Robs?"

"Yea, they're doing it too."

With that the two slayers ran off and Dawn offered no further explanation until...

"Now we are going to continue the muggle festivities with karaoke! First up are Ginny, Skylar, Robinette, Felicity and Dawn!"

Applause greeted them as they climbed onto the stage and began to sing.

Dawn started the song. Harry was surprised at how strong her voice was.

"Now there was a time when they used to say That behind every - "great man. There had to be a - great woman."

Flick joined in, shooting a big smile at her watcher. "But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true. So we're comin' out of the kitchen 'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you"

They all joined in for the chorus. Ron, and a lot of the students were surprised as they heard Ginny's voice around them sounding clear and confident.

"Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Standin' on their own two feet. And ringin' on their own bells. Sisters are doin' it for themselves."

"Now this is a song to celebrate the conscious liberation of the female state! Mothers - daughters and their daughters too. Woman to woman we're singin' with you. The "inferior sex" got a new exterior we got doctors, lawyers, politicians too. Everybody - take a look around. Can you see - can you see - can you see there's a woman right next to you."

"Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Standin' on their own two feet. And ringin' on their own bells. Sisters are doin' it for themselves."

"Now we ain't makin' stories And we ain't layin' plans 'Cause a man still loves a woman And a woman still loves a man. Sisters are doin' it for themselves."

"Now there was a time when they used to say that behind every great man. There had to be a great woman. But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true. So we're comin' out of the kitchen 'Cause there's something we forgot to say to you."

"Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Standin' on their own two feet. And ringin' on their own bells. Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Sisters are doin' it for themselves."

The girls went back to their respective partners. Harry surprised Dawn with a quick kiss and Hermione gave her a big hug.

"You were great!"

"Thanks, Hermione! What do you say to you, me and the guys going up there."

"Sure!"

"No way!" "Absolutely not!"

"Aww, come on guys!" Dawn pouted.

"No! Ixnay, notta, nein, no way, not a chance, nyet, defiantly not!" Ron's voice replied. "I ain't bloody doing it!"

"I can't sing." Harry said.

"You said you couldn't dance, and you could."

"Yeah, we all saw you two!" Ron commented slyly.

"Shut up Ron! We're doing this, it'll be fun!" Hermione put her hands on Ron's shoulders, pushing herself against him.

"OK Hermione." He would have agreed to anything she said.

"Come on Harry," Dawn murmured seductively, pausing to nibble on his ear lobe; "Ron's doing it."

"Urg, OK."

"Great! Come on Hermione, let's go choose a song." They went off leaving the two aroused boys behind them.

"Bloody women!"

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Robin was having the time of her life. Neville was actually a pretty good dancer and when he wasn't nervous was good fun to talk to. The night was passing too quickly for her liking.

Skye wasn't having such a good time. Her date was NOT a good dancer and kept on disappearing. So she borrowed Neville for a dance.

Robin stood by the punch bowl watching Neville twirl Skye around the dance floor.

"So, are you really here with that fat idiot?" Robin looked round at the person who had asked the question. She recognised him as Scott; a Ravenclaw a year older than her.

"Who?"

"That Gryffindor, Neville or something."

"Yes I'm his date."

"Why? You could do so much better."

"Like you?"

"Yeah babe." He grabbed her hand and started pulling her onto the dance floor despite her protests.

"I said I don't want to dance with you! Let go of me, or you'll regret it!" Robin wrenched her hand out of Andy's grasp and punched him in the face.

"I 'fink 'ou broke ma bose" He said, one hand gripping at his nose.

"I did warn you."

"Bitch!" Any hurried out the hall, no doubt to get his nose seen to. Robin turned back with a satisfied smile on her face, only for it to fade when she saw Dawn standing there looking stern.

"Was he bothering you?"

Robin looked down ashamed; they weren't meant to hit humans no matter what the provocation. "Yes. I kept telling him, but he wouldn't take no for an answer."

Dawn smiled. "Good shot!"

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It was Dawn and Harry who chose the song, but they chose it for Ron and Hermione; it suited them perfectly. Ron was worried about how he would sing a muggle song, but he found once he stepped on the stage he knew the words and the tune. Also he knew information such as it was from the film 'Grease' and that Hermione and Ron were going to sing the first verse, Dawn and Harry the second and they would all sing the choruses. The wonders of magic.

"I got chills. They're multiplying'. And I'm losing' control. 'Cause the power you're supplying', It's electrifying!" Ron breathed a sigh of relief, his main bit was over.

"You better shape up, 'cause I need a man and my heart is set on you. You better shape up; you better understand to my heart I must be true." 'Wow.' Ron thought. 'Hermione has a great voice.'

"You're the one that I want. (you are the one I want), o,o, oo, honey. The one that I want. (you are the one I want), o,o,oo, honey. The one that I want (you are the one I want), o,o, ooooo The one I need. Oh, yes indeed."

"If you're filled with affection You're too shy to convey, Meditate in my direction. Feel your way." Dawn swayed with the music and pushed herself up against Harry as many of the other singers that evening had. It seemed the few professors that were still present were turning a blind eye to the displays.

Harry nervously began to sing, but he was surprisingly good. "I better shape up, 'cause you need a man who can keep you satisfied. I better shape up if I'm gonna prove that your faith is justified."

"Are you sure? Yes, I'm sure down deep inside."

"You're the one that I want. (you are the one I want), o, o, oo, honey. The one that I want. (you are the one I want), o,o,oo, honey. The one that I want (you are the one I want),o, o, oo The one I need. Oh, yes indeed. The one that I want!"

They left the stage, each couple going in a different direction. Ron and Hermione went over to the chairs around the edge of the hall and Dawn and Harry went onto the balcony outside.

"This is so much fun! It's like Bronzing again!"

"Bronzing?"

"It was this club everyone went to in Sunnydale."

"You're not allowed to go to clubs until you're 18 in England."

"Really? That sucks! But I guess if you're at school all term and have other-"

Harry cut her off with a kiss. He slid his tongue over her lips and she opened her mouth in response. They only stopped when the need for oxygen forced them to. They were about to go in for another kiss when screams erupted from the main hall. Dawn rushed back inside and Harry followed close behind. They both stopped when they saw what was happening.

Students were frantically trying to get out the hall, but the main entrance was blocked off. An uncountable number of death eaters and vampires stood in the doorway, waiting for permission to attack from their leader. Voldemort had begun his attack on the school.

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Dum, dum, dum! Don't you love cliffies? Next chapter, character death, not sure who yet though... What is Hogwarts matron called? I'm having a mental block. Please Review. Pretty please with cherries on top! I write faster when I have reviews!