Disclaimer: The only character I own is Hope.

A/N: I'm sorry this took me so long. I just had to say goodbye to my boyfriend and move home for the Summer, so I haven't been in much of a mood to write. But here it is, the last chapter. I hope you all like.

ONLY HOPE by Lina Shay

Chapter Seventeen: Strive To Please You Every Day

Harry held Luna close as they swayed to the soft music. Then Harry caught sight of the full moon beginning to wane through the ceiling.

"Wait a moment, Luna," Harry said. "I have to go find a friend."

"I'll be here," Luna promised with a shy smile.

Harry touched her face, then disappeared into the crowd.

"Luna!" Hermione called.

Luna turned to her.

"We have been most abominably treated by Harry," Hermione informed.

"We have?" Luna asked in confusion.

"He is dating us both," Hermione told her.

"No!" Luna gasped.

"Come, let's make him owe up to it," Hermione insisted, taking Luna's hand and pulling her off out of the Great Hall.

"Are you sure he's this way?" Luna asked, looked back where he had left her. "I thought he went the other way."

Hermione pulled Luna to the corridor where Remus, Hope and Ron were.

"Now, admit it," Hermione shot at Hope. "You have mistreated us."

"Could everybody please stop yelling at me?" Hope cried. "I don't know what any of you are talking about."

"Harry, how did you get here when you were just in there with me?" Luna queried.

"I don't know what you mean, Luna," Hope muttered, covering her face with her hands.

"Well," Luna began, "we were in there dancing, then you left one way. Hermione came and took me a different way. And here you are. You're very gifted."

"I couldn't find you earlier," Hope insisted. "So Ron and I came out here to...er...talk, and we've been here since then."

"There must be two of you then," Luna shrugged.

Just then, someone called, "Luna, there you are."

All occupants of the corridor stared in disbelief as Harry came walking toward them. He instantly slipped his arms around Luna and kissed her. She smiled at him.

"Oh, Remus," Harry said, pulling a flask from his pocket and holding it out to his friend. Remus didn't waste time in drinking it.

"I told you there must be two Harrys," Luna said to the others.

Harry finally caught sight of Hope. His eyes widened in disbelief.

"I must get to the shrieking shack," Remus announced. "Tomorrow, someone explain this all to me."

He ran off.

"I think I'll need someone to explain it to me," Harry said, staring at Hope. "Who are you? You can't be me?"

Hope opened her mouth to answer him when Dumbledore entered the corridor.

"I believe I should answer this one," he said.

They all turned their attention to him.

"Over the Summer, it was believed that Harry lost his life," Dumbledore explained. "In fear that panic would break out at the loss of him, I had him replaced. See, I knew that there was just one person who could take his place. His twin."

Harry looked at Hope. "Twin? I have a twin?"

Hope half-smiled at him.

"Yes, Harry," Dumbledore went on, "you have a twin. Come here, my dear."

Hope walked over to Dumbledore, the others' eyes following her. Dumbledore turned her toward her friends, his hands on her shoulders. Hope looked at each face: Harry's excited expression, Luna's content, Hermione's shock, then Ron's pure confusion.

"Her name is Hope," Dumbledore said the words very slowly.

"HER?" all of them gasped in unison.

"I have a sister?" Harry said excitedly.

"I fancied a girl?" Hermione looked ill.

Ron just stared blankly.

"All this time," Hermione began, "you were a girl."

Hope nodded. "I'm sorry things got so out of hand with you, and Luna, and Ginny. I definitely did not mean to make you three fancy me."

"Oh dear!" Hermione groaned, covering her face with one hand.

"Herm-own-ninny!"

A tall boy with a slight hunch on his back and a unibrow came bounding down the corridor.

"Viktor?" Hermione gasped. "What-what are you doing here?"

"I got your letter, Herm-own-ninny," Krum breathed. "I do not vant to break up. I vant to be vith you all of the time. I vill not go back to Bulgaria."

"Really? You mean it?" Hermione asked in happy disbelief.

"I love you, Herm-own-ninny," Krum said.

"Oh, Viktor!" Hermione cried, throwing her arms around him.

"Let us all return to the ball," Dumbledore suggested.

Hermione and Viktor went first.

"We'll have to catch up later, sis," Harry said to Hope and he and Luna started off down the corridor.

Dumbledore winked at Hope, then went after them. Ron and Hope were now alone. She looked over at Ron nervously.

"This is kind of different, eh?" Hope muttered.

Ron scratched his head, saying, "It sure explains things. I thought you were gay."

"Well, I'm not," Hope told him, half-smiling.

"I thought I was gay," Ron chuckled in embarrassment.

"You did?" Hope asked.

"What else was I supposed to think?" Ron said, throwing his hands in the air. "Here I was feeling all these things for my friend Harry. Thinking how sweet Harry was, and how lovely Harry was. I thought I was going mad."

"You thought I was lovely?" Hope asked with a smile and a blush.

"Well, yes," Ron's ears went red. "I scared myself at thinking you were so lovely."

Hope smiled, saying, "Oh, Ron, I've loved you since I first laid eyes on you."

Ron smiled back. The two just looked at each other for some time. Finally, Ron asked, "Hope- right?- could you do me a favor?"

"Anything," Hope insisted.

"Put on that purple dress you had on before," Ron requested.

He didn't have to tell her twice. Hope went up to her dormitory and slipped into her dress. She put in her contact lenses and put in her mum's pearl earring. She finished by the hairstyling tips she got from Ginny and a little purple eye shadow.

When she made her way back to that corridor, it was empty. Ron must have been in the Great Hall. Hope opened the large door and entered. The moment Ginny saw her, she fainted in Neville's arms. Ron walked up, looking her over in awe.

"Wow," was all he said.

"Thank you," Hope said with a smile.

Ron took her hand and they went over to the dance floor. Harry sent Hope a smile and a wink as Ron pulled her close. Hope couldn't believe how wonderfully things worked out. Everything was so perfect she could cry, then Ron directed her lips to his and kissed her.

The End

A/N: Good ending? I thought so. Now, if you haven't looked at my website, you should. It's got loads of this fanfiction's art by me. Go to http/linashay.