14

Goodbye to You

It was at the end of year feast where Dumbledore shocked everybody. He always gave out last minute points, but this was just weird.

"With Gryffindor once again in the lead, I think its time to give out last minutes points. Slytherin is… 200 points behind so here we go. 100 points go to Draco Malfoy for caring about someone other than himself for the first time in his whole life. 50 to Avi- or should I say Erin Shipton for finally making Mr. Malfoy look like a human. And another 50 to whoever can tell me exactly how many points Slytherin has."

"2,677!" Erin yelled out.

"50 points to Slytherin! Slytherin and Gryffindor are tied! Oh well. 10 points from Gryffindor." (My fic- my Dumbledore)

Surprisingly nobody protested over such bizarre behavior from Dumbledore. "How about a little show? Erin, if you wouldn't mind."

Erin shook her head and got up. "What are you gonna sing?" Draco asked her.

"You'll see."

Dumbledore had asked the students to please go back to their dormitories and change into regular clothes when they were finished eating. No one was to come back until asked. When the students finally got to come back, the Great Hall was beautiful. Streamers and balloons had been put up and colorful lights were everywhere.

Everyone quickly found dates and dance partners as Erin walked out on the stage. "Hello random strangers, how are you today?" she toyed with the crowd. "This may be different but I'm not too bad."

Music started to play and people started to dance. "You think that I come home at night, take off my clothes turn out the light. But I burn letters that I write. To you, to make you love me." Erin sang. Draco sat in the back, thinking and watching Erin. As the chorus kicked in, he watched and stared as something amazing happened.

"I am extraordinary, if you'd ever get to know me. I am extraordinary- I am just your ordinary, average everyday sane/psycho super-goddess. Average every sane/psycho." As she sang, her appearance changed. Her hair grew an inch or two and became curly and wavy. It reclaimed it's sheen that had been take away when Avi had turned back into Erin. A tattoo of a snake around her upper left arm appeared. Her braces were gone. Her shirt changed to one that was more revealing around the stomach, which would have been gross if her body had not tanned and toned like it did just then.

She looked a lot more like Avi now, but a lot less evil looking. He smiled as she ran her tongue over her teeth and looked at her arm. She smiled.

The song finished and was followed by many others, the whole time Draco sat in the back and declined offers from even the prettiest of girls, for Erin was all he could see now. A slow song started as she walked off the stage.

"I'm gonna let my friend take over now, Melissa if you wouldn't mind," another girl came out onto the stage and started to sing "Goodbye To You" by Michelle Branch. Twas a slow song, so Draco and Erin were dancing close. Over the past three months, they had gotten to know each other and Draco had decided that having someone that was perfect was nice, but it was the faults that made a girl real and good. He loved Erin so much, and had helped her loose weight and overcome a lot of the fears that she had. She loved him in return just as much as he loved her, and didn't want to ever leave each other's arms. The song sang as Draco and Erin's eye's met. They held each other closer as Erin started to cry.

"I just got here. How can I leave?" She sobbed. Draco couldn't answer; he didn't want her to leave either. And he didn't want to let her go. Their eyes met yet again as the song really kicked in. "Goodbye to you. Good bye to everything that I knew. You were the one I trust, the one thing that I tried to hold on to." Erin knew it was right. She put her hand on the back of his neck and pulled his head down to hers and kissed him.