Twin Power

Chapter Fourteen: Valentines Day

Harry woke up three weeks later in the Hospital Wing to find that his friends and family were all safe. He looked beside himself and smiled as he saw Ginny with her head on the bedside sleeping while waiting for him to wake up. "Wake up sleepy head, how long have I been out?"

Ginny awoke with a start when she heard Harry's voice. She started yelling for Madame Pomfrey. "Madame, he's finally awake." There was rushing of feet coming from all over to see that Harry was really awake. "Harry, you have been out for three weeks, we thought that we had lost you for a second there. Thank god your awake." Ginny gave him a big hug and a kiss, and then let the matron look him over to make sure that he was ok.

"Did we win? Did I get Malfoy? Is everyone ok? How are Tonks and Kingsley?" Harry had quite a few questions that he wanted to ask, but knew that his answers were going to go unanswered until he was checked completely out.

"Yes we won Harry, and yes you did get Malfoy. Everyone is fine, and Tonks and Kingsley are doing ok, they each broke a leg, but recovering fine. You have a visitor when you feel like accepting her. She wanted to thank you herself."

"Let Narcissa come in anytime she wants, I want to thank her also for the information. Now I am hungry, can I go Poppy?" Harry looked at her with pleading eyes.

"Yes Headmaster, you may go. Just take it easy for a while." She gave him one last potion before he took off with his family.

Harry and his friends and family made their way down to the great hall for dinner that night, and were greeted by a loud ovation. The whole school were shouting and cheering for them. The standing ovation lasted for another 10 minutes after he sat down. He cast the Sonorus charm on himself and addressed the students and everyone that was there. "Thank you all for your thoughts and your prayers for the last three weeks. Me and my family appreciate all that you have done and said. I am proud to announce that Lucious Malfoy was taken out and is no longer a threat to the wizardring world. Let us have a moment of silence for the three hit wizards and for Mad Eyed Moody whom we lost in the battle." There was a minute of pure silence throughout the whole hall. After that, Harry said a few more words. "I have been informed that they will all receive the order of merlin 1st class posthumously. Now let's dig in and enjoy the meal that was prepared for us this evening." As he said this, the tables were laden down with food and drink.

After everyone had their fill of food and drinks, Harry stood once more to make one last announcement. "Since Valentine's day is coming up in a couple of weeks, we will be having a dance that is open to all students. 1st through 3rd years will be allowed to attend til 9:00 p.m., then the rest of the dance will be going on til midnight. Of course the 1st through 3rd years can stay longer if they are a date of someone older. Thank you and that is all." Harry sat down and listened to what was going on among the students.

The last of the days between that time and the dance went by rather quickly. All the students ended up getting partners, and made sure that the 1st through 3rd years were paired up 1st with 4th, 2nd with 5th and 3rd with 6th years so that they could stay for the whole dance. The student body did this without any encouragement from the teachers or staff so that everyone could enjoy the full dance. The only ones that weren't taking part in this were the 7th years, because they were going to go to this as their last dance before they graduated.

The dance came with a flourish, all the girls were getting ready pretty much from the time that breakfast was over, and the boys were helping with the decorations. All the boys made sure that their dates had a rose for their dance, and there was roses all over the Great Hall for the dance. They got the Weird Sisters to play for the Dance, and they all had a great time.

Some of the highlights of the dance and dinner were when the head boy got down on his knee to ask his girlfriend the head girl to marry him after they graduated this year, and of course she said yes. The professors Weasley announced that they were having twins over the summer months, and were acting all excited. Harry and Ginny announced that they were going to be setting up a orphans fund to help students that weren't able to afford to come to school here, to do so. Lily and James announced that they were going to have another baby in about six months. This of course shocked Harry and Bryce, but they were excited for their parents. Draco and Pansy won the dance contest with James and Lily coming in a close second. The first through third years enjoyed themselves immensely, and were glad that they were able to stay for the whole thing.