Bo sat at the table with Katie. Katie and him had been talking for a while and he was almost too nervous to dance with her. She finished her drink and gave Bo a wide smile.
"Um...do you want to dance?" Bo asked her.
"That would be great" Katie said. Bo stood up and offered a hand to Katie. Katie took it and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Did I tell you that you look rather handsome tonight?" She asked.
"No." Bo said with a smile. "You think I look handsome?"
"Yes." She said. "Come on." Bo led the way to the dance floor but tripped over something. Katie held his arm to stop him from falling over. There was a burst of laughter from a group of boys at a table. They were laughing and their dates were smirking slightly. Bo looked rather annoyed but started off to the dance floor. Katie held him back.
"Aren't you going to do anything?" She asked.
"What's the point? They'll just get worse" Bo said.
"But if you let them continue they'll just carry on annoying you." Katie said.
"Well tripping curses are better then getting beaten up." Bo said. Katie didn't look like she agreed with that and that she'd rather Bo do something about it but she let the issue slide and put her arms around Bo as they started dancing. One of Bo's roommates came past with his date.
"I didn't know you sunk to such levels Katie." He whispered. Bo closed his eyes as he tried not to cringe. Katie stopped dancing and turned to look at him.
"What's that supposed to mean Laurence?" She asked.
"Just think, you could have come with me, instead you chose fur face here." He said. Katie glared at him. Bo put his arms around Katie's shoulders to stop her from doing anything stupid.
"His name is Bo, Laurence" Katie said.
"Like I care what the half breed's name is." He sneered.
"It's not like he's anything special" His date added.
"If I'm nothing special then you must be common" Bo said. Laurence's date looked offended as Katie smiled at Bo.
"Watch your mouth fur face"
"Look, is my face covered in fur? I don't think so Lauren." Bo said. He knew he'd pressed a button there. Laurence lashed out with his fist and punched Bo. Bo tried to dodge but only managed in not getting his nose hit. Laurence's fist hit his cheek and Bo stumbled back. Laurence laughed.
"Hey!" Katie said.
"Oh what are you going to do Katie?" Laurence asked. By now quite a few people were watching, including a few teachers. Katie looked at Laurence and stamped on his foot. Laurence shouted in pain then Katie brought her knee up to Laurence's crotch. Laurence doubled over in pain and held his crotch tightly. Katie gave him a smug smile. Laurence's date went to his side fussing over him.
"Katie Bell!" McGonagall shouted over the music of the band. Katie turned to look at the deputy head mistress.
"Uh oh." Katie muttered.
"Explain the meaning of this attack on mr. Chambers." McGonagall demanded
"He attacked Bo" Katie said.
"I want to see all three of you in my office after the ball. Chambers, go to the hospital wing." McGonagall said. "Miss. Bell please take Mr. Lupin to the hospital wing to have his face looked at." A few people laughed at this but Katie looked at Bo.
"I can go on my own." He said. He walked off with Katie trailing behind him.
"Bo, I'm sorry if I did anything wrong." Katie said.
"It's fine." Bo said.
"No, I know there's something wrong." Katie said.
"Fine, I don't need a girl to fight my fights for me." Bo said.
"But you weren't doing anything to stop them" Katie said.
"Yeah, and it's worked out fine. Now they're going to plan worse things for me." He muttered angrily. Katie frowned and stopped Bo.
"I'm really sorry Bo, it just annoys me when people take advantage of you like that. You make yourself into an easy target." Katie said truthfully. Bo looked at her with a sigh.
"It's ok. Apparently my dad got it to, why should it be different for me?" Bo said tiredly.
"Because you don't deserve it." Katie said. Bo looked at her curiously. Katie smiled. "And because I like you." She said. She pushed herself up onto her toes and pressed her lips gently against Bo. Bo seemed slightly startled at first but returned the kiss slowly. As they kissed Laurence and his date walked past crouched over slightly.
"Oh, you've just killed your social standing Katie." Laurence said. Katie and Bo broke the kiss and looked at him.
"Do I look like I care?" Katie asked. Bo laughed gently at the expression on Laurence's face.
"Oh, and did I forget to tell you?" Bo asked. "The new school nurse is my Godmother." He said.
Harry glanced at the door as Bo wondered out. He always got slightly worried about people bullying him, even though Bo was quite capable of looking after himself. Rhia put her arms around Harry's neck again and put her head on his shoulder. Harry pulled her closer and smiled. The song was quiet a slow one. Harry pressed his face against the top or Rhia's head.
"I never realised you were so small." He said into her hair. He felt Rhia hit him lightly on the back.
"Shut up." She said lifting her head and looking at Harry. Harry grinned cheekily. Rhia smiled and leant up as Harry lowered his head. They kissed for a moment before Rhia pulled away. Harry gave her a smile that she returned.
"I'm finally going to hear you play." He said. Rhia buried her head in his chest in embarrassment.
"Oh Merlin. You can't laugh at me, ok!" Rhia said.
"Would I ever do that?" Harry asked.
"Yes." Rhia answered simply. Harry shrugged and smiled.
"Heya, sorry to disturb you two" Emma said with Kara behind her. Emma looked at Rhia and Harry.
"Do you mind if we steal Rhia for the rest of the evening." Kara said giving Harry a smile.
"Um, no, go ahead." Harry said. Rhia sighed and gave Harry kiss.
"See you in a little bit." Rhia said.
"Alright." Harry said, cupping Rhia's face with his hand for a moment before Emma pulled her away.
"You're looking quite good tonight by the way." Kara said before following the other two girls. Harry sighed and sat down at an empty table. He was soon joined by Hermione and Ron.
"Where's Rhia?" Ron asked.
"Getting ready" Harry said. He glanced at Hermione who was frowning slightly. "What's wrong Hermione?"
"Ron was a bit clumbsy." Hermione muttered.
"No, Malfoy pushed me." Ron said. Hermione took Ron's hand and gave him a smile.
"Ok." She said sceptically. Harry tried not to laugh at Ron's perturbed expression.
"No really he did!" Ron said. Hermione gave him a smile. Before Ron could protest any more Ginny sat down in the spare seat.
"Hi." She said a little breathlessly.
"Hey." Harry said sitting back. "Enjoying yourself?"
"Yeah, I'm having such a good time." Ginny said.
"Where's Dean?" Ron asked suspiciously.
"Getting drinks." Ginny said. Ron nodded but still looked at Ginny suspiciously. Ginny was fanning herself with her hand. Hermione scowled slightly
"Harry, you want to dance?" Hermione asked.
"Um, sure." Harry got up as Hermione stood up. Ron suddenly looked to Hermione.
"But you're my girlfriend!" He said.
"Oh don't worry Ron, we're only dancing as friends, besides you can have a nice chat with Dean." Hermione said.
"I do anyway, he's in my dorm." Ron said. Hermione shrugged and followed Harry to the dance floor. Hermione put her arms around Harry's neck but they kept their distance.
"Thank god someone who can dance" Hermione almost sighed in relief. Harry chuckled.
"Is Ron that bad?" He asked.
"Yes-I mean no." Hermione said. Harry shook his head. "Oh leave me alone." Hermione said.
"Alright." Harry said trying to keep the smile off his face. "Hermione, I was wondering. Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Harry asked curiously. Hermione looked at him.
"Why?" Hermione asked.
"Well, Ron and I were talking the other day and we realised that we don't know about your family but you know a lot about ours. I was just curious." Harry said shrugging.
"I have a sister called Helena. She's nine." Hermione said.
"Cool." Harry said with a smirk.
"She only lives a few miles north of here. She's been living with my grandparents since I joined the school. Don't ask me why." Hermione said shaking her head. "I've never understood my sister." She said. Harry laughed. The song finished and they broke apart. The Weird Sisters left the stage and the lead singer waved her wand at the stage and it cleared before a few amps, guitars, a drum kit and a keyboard appeared on the stage.
"Oh, this should be good." Hermione said. She felt an arm around her and turned to see Ron appearing on her left.
"Is this...um, Thriller?" He asked, trying to remember the name of the band.
"Yeah." Harry said. Orion jumped on the stage and sat behind the drums. He wasn't wearing his dress robes but just his usual out of school clothes. Emma and Kara joined him. Both dressed rather casually though Emma had a few rips in her jeans. Harry shook his head in amusement. Rhia joined them on stage and settled behind the keyboard. Her hair was loose and fell in curls around her face. She wore a khaki coloured shirt with a logo on it as well as some really nice baggy jeans. She looked up and looked at Harry. He gave her a smile and she smiled almost shyly. Kara handed Rhia the microphone. Rhia looked briefly alarmed but Kara and Emma nodded as they got their instruments ready. All the students watched curiously. The Slytherins waiting for them to screw up, the rest of the school waiting to see whether they were good or not. Rhia took a deep breath and pulled the mic stand slightly closer so she could sing while playing the keyboard. She looked at Orion and nodded slightly. He grinned and started playing while the rest of them started singing. A few people nodded their heads in approval while they played the introduction. Suddenly the drumming got quieter and the keyboard playing was rather obvious.
"Let talk this over,
It's not like we're dead.
Was it something I did?
Was it something you said?" Rhia sang. She didn't sound nervous but Harry could hear her voice getting gradually more confident. "Don't leave me hanging in a city so dead, held up so high on such a breakable thread." She shifted slightly as she played.
"You were all the things I thought I knew, and I thought we could be" Emma and Kara suddenly joined in on their guitars. Harry grinned as he watched his sister.
"You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
All of the memories so close to me just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending" Ron leant slightly in front of Hermione to talk to Harry.
"Isn't this the song she wrote about you?" He asked. Harry shrugged. He didn't really care, he was busy feeling pleased that their songs were going well.
"You got your dumb friends
I know what they say,
They tell you I'm difficult
But so are they" Rhia sang with a slight shrug. Kara looked like she was about to laugh.
"But they don't know me
Do they even know you?
All the things that you hide from me
All the Shi-nt that you do" Rhia frowned slightly and glanced at the teachers as she sang the lyric. Harry looked over as well. McGonagall was giving Rhia a warning look while Dumbledore was twiddling his thumbs. Harry laughed as Rhia continued though Hermione and Ron looked vaguely confused or offended, depending on who you looked at.
"You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be-" Rhia sang into the microphone
April feinted to the left and the spell just missed her shoulder. She threw a few curses at the two to try and get them off balance. She turned quickly.
"You two, stay close to me. Try and make your way to Honeydukes." She said quickly. She pulled the twins closer and crouched slightly as a curse flew over where her head would be. She turned and put a hand on the floor for balance.
"Impedimenta!" She shouted towards Wormtail. He moved out of the way and tripped over his cloak. Kaylee and Jessie started sniggering silently. April smiled and threw a few curses at Lucius Malfoy. "Go now." She said. Jessie started running for Honeydukes. Kaylee was a bit more reluctant but April pushed Kaylee towards in the direction that Jessie had run. Kaylee stumbled forwards.
"Crucio!" Lucius said. Kaylee stopped to see her mum pressing herself against a wall, the spell just missing her.
"Confundus." April said back. The spell hit Lucius and he stumbled backwards. Wormtail looked between April and Lucius uncertainly. "Go to your new friends wormtail." April said. She ran towards Kaylee and made her move forwards.
"No!" Wormtail said. He said a tripping spell, making April fall into the mud. Kaylee stopped.
"Mum." She said. She ran back to April as April sat up and pointed her wand at Wormtail.
"Incendio!" She shouted. The fire poured out of her wand. Wormtail squeaked in fear but jumped over the area that was on fire and slipped to the floor, pulling Kaylee with him. Kaylee at him in fear.
"MUM!" She screamed. April pointed her wand straight at Wormtail. He got to his feet and pointed his wand at Kaylee's head.
"Try anything and she dies." Wormtail said. He held Kaylee in his silver hand that glowed gold in the fire light and the dim lights of Hogsmeade. Kaylee struggled but she was going slightly red in the face. "Put your wand down on the floor." He said. April was very reluctant to let go of her wand. She crouched to the floor and put her hand on the floor. Wormtail smirked and looked like he was about to laugh. April saw Jessie running up behind him. Jessie scooped some mud off the floor and jumped on Wormtail's back. She pressed the mud in his eyes and he let go of Kaylee with a shout of anger. April got to her feet and sent a curse at Wormtail. As he tried to retaliate he aimed towards Jessie, unable to see his target.
"No!" April shouted.
"Silarus" He said. Three silver arrows shot out of the end of Wormtail's wand.
"Jessie!" April shouted as she started at a run for Jessie. Jessie seemed a bit confused and turned to see the arrows. She was about to scream when Kaylee knocked her over. Wormtail freed his eyes of mud and looked at the twins. April kept running.
"Kaylee!" Jessie gasped. She pushed over her twin who was lying in the mud with two silver arrows stuck in her. April turned angrily to Wormtail but he'd disapparated. "She's bleeding mum!" Jessie said to catch April's attention. April's anger melted away instantly and she ran to Kaylee's side.
"Oh crap." April said, looking at Kaylee. She frowned and bit her lip as she took hold of an arrow. "Jessie, when I pull this out I want you to press on Kaylee's wound ok." Jessie nodded. April closed her eyes and pulled the first arrow out of Kaylee with a slight squelch. Jessie looked like she was going to be sick. She stared in horror as the arrow melted in April's hands and the blood seeped out.
"Jessie!" April said. Jessie started in surprise and pressed her hands against the bleeding hole in Kaylee's side. Jessie closed her eyes and looked away. April scowled and realised probably it wasn't the best of ideas to remove the arrows from Kaylee's body, she'd just bleed more.
"Oh crap" She muttered, beyond caring that her daughters were there to hear her. April picked Kaylee up and pressed her hand against Kaylee's wound, relieving Jessie of the job.
"School?" Jessie asked. April nodded. Jessie ran towards Hogwarts with April following closely behind.
"-When will my reflection show, who I am inside." Kara finished their penultimate song. She looked at Emma with a grin. Everyone seemed to like them, except possibly the Slytherins, but that didn't really bother them much. Emma took the microphone when they finished.
"Ok, to finish the night off Rhia Black will sing the last song." Kara said. Rhia closed her eyes, she really didn't want to sing it. "It's called, Dirrty!" Kara said. Rhia forced a smile. There were a few wolf whistles from a group of seventh year Ravenclaws as Rhia got up from the piano and stood up. She took her place in front of the others. She wasn't going to play the piano this time, though she really should.
"Ok, well, I hope everyone has had a good night." Rhia said, "This is our last song."
"Go Rhia!" Shouted Erika from the mass of students. A few people laughed including Rhia. Orion started on his drums, then came the guitars.
"Dirty, Filthy, Nasty, too dirty to clean my act up
If you aint dirty...you aint here to PARTY!" Orion shouted over the drumming. Rhia turned and saw Emma trying not to burst out in hysterics. She looked away from Rhia with a smirk on her face.
"Ladies move, gentlemen move
Somebody ring the alarm, a fire on the roof
Ring the alarm"
"I'm throwing elbows" Kara said, this was something they hadn't rehearsed, what was going on? Rhia looked at Kara
"I said ring the alarm." Rhia said as danced very very slightly to the music. She was grinning as she sang, people seemed to like it.
"I'm throwing elbows" Kara added
"Ring the alarm" Rhia sang.
"I'm throwing elbows" Kara added again. Rhia rolled her eyes as Kara stuck her tongue out at her
"Ooh, I'm overdue
Gimme some room, I'm comin' through
Paid my dues, I'm in the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room
DJ's spinnin (show your hands)
And let's get dirrty (that's my jam)
I need that ... to get me off
Sweatin' till my clothes come off" Rhia said with a grin. She loved this, yes she had some very big stage fright but it was fun. The song was highly embarrassing for her but she couldn't actually control her body she was enjoying herself as she did a little dancing on the stage as she sang. She glanced towards the door and saw her sister running into the hall. She was muddy and her hands were covered in red. She went straight up to Dumbledore and pulled him to her level to talk to him. He frowned and left the hall with Jessie.
"It's explosive, speakers are thumpin'
Still jumpin', 6 in the morning
Table dancin', glasses are crashin'
No question, time for some action!
Temperature's up (Can you feel it?)
'Bout to erupt (so get)
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise..." She sang. She turned to Emma who wasn't at all paying attention in anything but a boy that was eyeing her up in the crowd. Rhia tried to get the song finished with quickly. She wanted to see what was happening.
"Gonna get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Wanna get dirty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty
Wanna get dirty
It's about time for my arrival" The song slowly came to a close. Rhia immediately got off the stage and went to the doors. Orion joined her.
"You saw Jessie as well then." He said. Rhia nodded. She heard her name being called. She turned to see Harry looking at her confused. She waved her hand. Rhia and Orion ran out of the hall and up the stairs.
"Hospital wing." Rhia said as she listened carefully for voices.
"How do you know?" Orion said as he followed his sister up the stairs.
"I have good hearing, even after your drumming." Rhia said. They burst into the Hospital wing. There were curtains drawn around one bed. Jessie was hopping one foot to the other anxiously. She saw Rhia and Orion and ran to them. Rhia put her arms around Jessie.
"What happened?" Rhia asked Jessie, brushing away some of her muddy hair. Jessie's eyes began to water and Jessie looked at the hidden bed. Dumbledore emerged from the area with Lily.
"Will she be ok?" Dumbledore asked.
"She should be." Lily said. The adults stopped when they saw Rhia and Orion.
"What happened?" Orion asked.
"Jessie and Kaylee were attacked in Hogsmeade" Dumbledore said.
"What were they doing in Hogsmeade!" Rhia asked, she looked at Jessie, who held to Rhia tighter.
"Don't worry Rhia, they had the right and proper proctection, unfortunately, Kaylee was very badly injured." Dumbledore said.
"What happened?" Orion asked dryly.
"Well, she got hit by some arrows. One very narrowly missed her heart." Lily said. "It didn't help that April pulled one out." Rhia and Orion looked at each other.
"Mum?" Orion asked. He turned back to Lily. "Aunt Lily, I know that you really loved my mum but I think you're beginning to become delusional." He said.
"Is she?" Came a familiar voice from behind. Orion broke into a grin while Rhia turned pale. They both turned at the same time. Rhia forcing Jessie to let go of her as she did. April stood in the doorway, covered in mud, blood and alive.
"Mum!" Rhia and Orion both shouted at the same time. They both ran to April, who held them tightly. Rhia pressed her face against her mum's neck while Orion just held onto her as tightly as he could. April put a hand to Orion's head and kissed Rhia's forehead. Rhia started sobbing with happiness.
"It's ok. I'm here." April whispered to them.
"We thought you were dead." Orion said, his voice rather tight. Behind them Lily put her arms around Jessie and Dumbledore dabbed his eyes.
"It's ok Rhia," April said trying to comfort Rhia.
"I thought you were dead." She cried.
"I'm here and alive and well." April said. The two teenagers slowly broke away but didn't let go of April. She wiped Rhia's face and ruffled Orion's hair. "You've grown up so much." She said to Orion. Orion grinned. She turned to Rhia and kissed her forehead. "It's ok, I'm back now." She said. She blinked back some tears and ran a hand over Rhia's hair. "You look beautiful." She said. Rhia grinned and hugged April again. April looked at Lily.
"How's Kaylee?" She asked.
"She'll survive. I've given her a blood replenishing potion and patched her up as well as I can." Lily said. "We'll only have to wait for her to heal up properly. There was something about those arrows."
"They were silver." April said.
"May I enquire as to who shot them?" Dumbledore asked.
"The rat man." Jessie said bitterly. She had a glare on her face and looked generally angry.
"Wormtail?" Lily asked seriously. April nodded. Dumbledore took a deep breath.
"Lily, please call for an Order meeting. Rhia, Orion and Jessie, you are welcome to stay bye your sister's side but I recommend that Jessie gets cleaned off. It's never good to have the blood of a loved one on your hands." Dumbledore said, looked at Jessie over his half moon glasses. Jessie muttered to her self and Lily pointed her in the direction of her rooms. Rhia looked vaguely confused, Jessie had never said so much before. Lily went back to Kaylee's side. Dumbledore started to leave the hospital wing when he stopped by April.
"I would like to see you in my office after your reunion." He said seriously. April nodded and watched him leave.
"Oh Merlin, what are you going to tell dad?" Orion asked.
"He's been drunk off his face since...since...you...died" Rhia said with a frown then grinned. "You're not dead!" April smiled slightly then looked at her children.
"I've missed you so much." She said pulling them in for another hug. Rhia smiled and Orion grinned widely. Their mum was back. She wasn't dead.
"Did you hear us playing just now?" Orion said.
"Yes I did." April said. She looked at Rhia seriously. "I never knew you could sing so well." Rhia blushed slightly.
"I'm not that good." She muttered.
"Whatever." Orion said. "Rhia has a wicked set of pipes. You did well mum." April laughed and Rhia went an even brighter shade of red.
Jenny folded up the letter that Bo had sent her late that previous night. There was a crash from the other room followed by some screaming. Curiously Jenny went down the hall and pushed the door slowly open. Voldemort stood in the middle of the room pointing his wand at Wormtail and Lucius Malfoy. Wormtail was breathing heavily.
"You let the girls go!" Voldemort snapped at them.
"It wasn't our fault. She's alive." Wormtail squealed.
"Who's alive?" Voldemort demanded.
"She is alive." Lucius said.
"Define She." Voldemort said.
"You know...A-" Lucius seemed incredibly reluctant to say her name. "April Black" He said quickly. Jenny felt her knees go weak and she held onto the wall for support. She wasn't hearing right. "She just won't die! The number of times we've tried to kill her, she's invincible." Lucius said.
"She's not invincible, she's just a mortal."
"But she's too powerful. Much more powerful then any Potter" Wormtail said. "You won't win with her on their side."
"Crucio!" Voldemort said. Wormtail collapsed in a series of screams. "What is wrong with you! She's just a blond haired girl compared to the rest of us, she's just as easy to kill as the rest of you and say her name, April Black. She's nothing to be scared of." Voldemort shouted at them. Jenny closed the door and the screams were dulled. She leant against the wall. April was alive! She was actually alive. Jenny slid to the floor as her legs failed to work in shock.
"She's alive." Jenny whispered to herself. She grinned, "She's alive." She said happily. The good were going to win. The Death Eaters were scared to say her name, April had supposedly come back from the dead more times then anyone could count. The side of good had a new hero. Jenny chuckled to herself and apparated to Grimmauld place. She didn't know whether to tell Sirius, he probably knew. She stood in the kitchen and screamed with happiness.
A/N:-Hey, guess what? I found out that i can update more then twice a week, it turns out i'm at chapter 30 and I still haven't got to chrsitmas, i think it'll be at chapter 33 or summink, cause i have aLOT to write about still before christmas. I know most of you willl probably kill me for it but it's payback for making me change my storyline...hehe. Anyway, Thanks everyone for your songs and reviews but i stuck with Dirrty cause a) the songs you sent me just didn't really fit or b) i'd never even heard of the song that you sent me. So I stuck to one i knew and liked. And now i'm sitting here translating songs that i like that aren't in English cause i think they're soooooo cool. I gotta get Thriller back into rock. They're turning too poppy....eek. oh well. Oh, and you know what? I don't get flamers. What's the point of reading a story all teh way through then leaving a review saying "Complete waste of my time. I can't beleive you wrote such shite" I don't understand? why don't you jsut stop reading the damn story? lol. I love flamers, they make such little sense. And then there's this one person who told me that they could write so much better then me....well at least i take the time to write. hehe, i love flamers. They're soooooo funny. Anyway, going back to my korean music and getting ORion to do some shite. hehe. bye