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Final – I'm defiantly trying to write faster, I have loads of ideas in my head but sometimes I get writers block 'cause I don't know which one to use. Well, I've got the main events of the story all planned out in order so I should be writing more at a time. Hope you're enjoying my fan fiction and PLEASE continue to read and review! Lolz.

"Harry? Harry? Where are you?" Terady asked playfully as she shot curses in every direction. "I won't hurt you...too much." She laughed and continued her search.

Harry stood stock still under his invisibility cloak. 'Why is she doing this? She can't possibly want to hurt me' Harry thought nervously as Terady came dangerously close to where he was standing. Terady looked in his direction but frowned and continue to walk around the common room

"I know you're still here, don't ask me how I know...on second thought do ask me how I know. That only requires to speak!" Terady laughed wickedly and sat down. "Come on I'm waiting."

Harry slowly started to tip-toe forward, towards the portrait. 'Just a little further and I'm out of here.'

"Trying to escape are we?" Terady pulled off Harry's invisibility cloak. She smirked and stood in front of the portrait. "I don't think so."

"How did you know I was leaving?" Harry asked in confusion.

"I'll answer your question with a question. Why do all boys walk so noisily?"

Harry sighed and looked around. He put his hand in his pocket and found his wand. Starring at Terady, he slowly backed away towards the open window behind him.

"Going somewhere, Mr. Potter?" Terady mimicked professor Snape. She stepped forward and aimed her wand at Harry. "This is just too easy. Aren't you going to try and disarm me?"

Harry mentally slapped himself for not think of that before. He kept a strait face as he reached for the window sill. Once finding it he sat down on it. 'Accio broom!' He shouted inside his head.

"Is poor little Harry out of ideas? Do you want to just jump and hope someone is down there to catch you?" Terady laughed at her joke abut her eyes never left Harry.

They both heard a fait whooshing sound that got closer and closer. 'It worked! I guess that extra studying helped over the summer!' Harry thought proudly.

The broom stopped behind Harry and stayed there. Harry climbed on. "I guess you won't get me this time."

Terady panicked and aimed. "This is for my parents. Avada Kedavra!"

Harry groaned as he got up at the sound of everyone getting up. For once after a nightmare he didn't wake up by himself. 'That was too real. I better not tell anyone about this nightmare.' Harry drew back to curtain around his bed and stood up.

"Mornin', Harry!" Ron said cheerfully.

Harry waved and put on his glasses. Everyone except for Ron and Harry was downstairs having breakfast.

"I'm going to go wait for Hermione and Terady in the common room. I'll see you when you're finished." Ron walked out of the dorm and towards the common room.

Harry nodded and looked through his trunk for clothing. He got dressed and made his way to the common room.

"Good morning, Harry! How did you sleep?" Terady asked and smiled sweetly when Harry showed up.

"It was okay. Where are Ron and Hermione?"

"Oh, they went downstairs to have breakfast and I offered to wait here for you." Terady sounded a little disappointed.

'She can't possibly be evil. Like I said before, it's just a nightmare.' Harry thought then said, "Shall we go down then?" Harry took hold of Terady's hand and blushed slightly when she flinched.

Terady smiled when she realized what had happened. She relaxed and nodded.

They walked in silence with smiles on their faces. Other students gave them odd looks and whispered franticly to the person next to them when Harry and Terady passed by.

Once they reached the Great Hall they were greeted by more frantic whispers when the students saw them holding hands.

At the Gryffindor table they broke off and sat down. They noticed Hermione and Ron nearly dieing from laughter.

"What's so funny?" Harry asked in an annoyed tone.

"Sorry, Harry. We just think its hilarious that you'd actually hold hands in public," Hermione explained after claming herself down.

"So? You two hold hands in public and it's not funny," Harry shot back.

"That's 'cause we're dating. Everyone's gonna think you two are together now," Ron said seriously.

Harry once again slapped himself mentally for not thinking about that. 'How could I not think of that?' Harry looked over at Terady who was blushing like mad and trying not to look as Harry.
The four of them ate silently for the rest of breakfast. Once all the plates were cleared and all the students were dismissed, they stood up.

"Let's go back to the common room and start getting ready for the dance!" Hermione suggested and started walking.

In the hall Harry stopped Terady. "You two go ahead I have to talk to Terady for a minute," Harry said to Ron and Hermione.

Once they had left Harry guided Terady to a spot where they wouldn't be over heard. "I'm sorry for doing that. I guess I wasn't really thinking." Harry apologized.

"It's okay. I'm sure the rumors will die down quickly. At least we haven't heard any yet," Terady said in an almost sad voice.

"Yeah. I'm glad we're okay on that. I...um...was wondering if you would...uh...mindbeingmygirlfriend," Harry blushed and avoided eye contact.

Terady's eyes widened in shock. 'Oh my god. What do I do? Am I going to get in trouble if I accept or will I get rewarded for breaking down his defenses? Do I even want to date him? Heck yeah! Alright, I know the answer.' Terady smiled and moved so that she was making eye contact with Harry. She kissed him lightly and laughed lightly.

Harry couldn't believe that she accepted. "So is that a yes?" Harry asked involuntarily.

Terady laughed and nodded. She took Harry's hand and they walked to the Gryffindor tower. On the way they talked about what they thought the Great Hall would look like for the ball.

When they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady they entered found Ron and Hermione in front of the fire.

"Why are you two so happy?" Hermione asked curiously.

Terady giggled and whispered in Hermione's ear what was going on. Hermione shriek very un-Hermione like and both Harry and Terady burst out laughing.
"What' so funny? Come on tell me!" Ron said confused.

"I'll tell you later, mate," Harry managed to say as he caught his breath.

Terady gasped and slapped her forehead. "Oh no! I forgot my uniform! The shop said that if I don't pick it up on the day that I was supposed to then they'll charge me! I can't pay them. I spent all my money on the dress and the necklace. I cant get to Gringotts till the next Hogsmead weekend." Terady sat down and tried to calm down. "They also said that they'll charge me more money everyday that I don't pick it up! I think it's 50 galleons everyday." Terady looked like she was about to cry but she continued, "I only have 1000 galleons and 50 of those are for my uniform!"

Hermione made Terady stand up. She lifted Terady's head so that they were face to face. "Let's go to our dorm and get ready for the ball. After all we want to get out make up and hair perfect. While we are doing that we can try to figure something out."

Terady sighed and nodded. "Alright, but I bet that I'm going to have to get a job like you suggested."

The two girls went up to their dorm to get ready.

"Poor Terady, I hope she figures somethin' out. It'd really but a shame if she had to get job," said Ron.

Harry nodded and sighed. "Anyways, I'll tell you what was so funny." Harry explained every detail of what happened and how it happened.

"No way, mate! I can't believe it! Well, it's 'bout time that you two got together. No offense, but you were wicked obvious and Terady kept it hidden so it was hard to tell," Ron explained.

Harry nodded and looked up at the clock above the fireplace. It read 9:00 pm. "We've been talking for an hour. We should get ready now. I know we've still got an hour but I don't want to rush last minute."

Ron and Harry stood up and went to the boys' dorm to start getting ready for the ball.
At 9:45 pm, Harry and Ron were back in the common room playing a quick game of wizard chess. They waited patiently for their dates but grew more impatient as the time drew closer to 10 pm.

Ron once again looked up at the clock over the fireplace only to find out that one minute had passed since the last time he look at the clock. "Where are they? The ball is going to start in 10 minutes."

Harry was about to answer until he heard the girls' dorm door open and close. The two boys stared at Terady and Hermione as they walked down the steps to the common room.

Ron mumbled something inaudible about Hermione and quickly turned his attention to Terady once he saw his best friend's mouth wide open in awe.

Terady was wearing a Dominica green dress that matched her eyes and the dove one her necklace, perfectly. The dress was strapless and it hugged Terady's small frame tightly. It reached to just above her knees and had a black lace finish at the bottom and a black lace ribbon around her waist, and her shoes were gold strapies. Her hair was tied up in a tight bun and two strands of curled hair famed her face. Her make up consisted of a light amount of gold eye shadow, a few gold sparkles on her cheeks, and clear glossy lip-gloss. The only jewelry she had on was the necklace that she had bought.

Hermione was wearing the dress and necklace she purchased along with her hair that hung down in loose curls down to her shoulders. Her shoes were silver slip-ons with a bit of a heel. For make-up, she had very light pink lipstick on and a tiny bit of red blush.

"Wow 'Mione! You look bloody amazing!" Ron said excitedly. She giggled then linked arms with him and they started towards the portrait.

Once Ron and Hermione left, Harry said, "Tera, you look absolutely stunning! No wonder you wanted me to wait till the dance to see you in your dress!"

Terady smiled happily as Harry took her hand and lead her out the portrait. "You don't look too bad yourself, Mr. Potter."

Harry blushed and they walked in silence to the Great Hall.

When the four Gryffindors arrived at the Great Hall, they discovered that the doors had not yet been opened so they made small talk and waited excitedly.

Five minutes later, the doors to the Great Hall opened slowly. The students started to enter and stand off to the side.

Once all the students were in, the doors once again closed and Professor Dumbledore stood up to make a small speak.

"I would like to welcome all the students to this magnificent ball that has been organized by the teachers. Now, we have a little surprise for all of you." Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat then continued, "We have placed all the names of the couples in the sorting hat and one shall be drawn to see who will start off the ball by having the first dance."

Most of the girls at Hogwarts shriek happily while the boys groaned. The Headmaster reached into the sorting hat and pulled out a piece of folded parchment.

"The couple that shall have the first dance is." He paused for dramatic affect then unfolded the parchment. "The couple is...Mr. Harry Potter and Ms. Terady Quierdo.

Terady and Harry just stood there in shock. Everyone turned their attention to them and waited for the couple to get onto the dance area.

"Well, it's now or never," Harry said nervously as he took Terady's hand and lead her into the middle of the circle created by the students.

Terady nodded and placed her hands on Harry's shoulders. Following suit, Harry placed his hand apprehensively on Terady's waist.

Without any signal, the band started to play a slow song. The two nervous students started dancing while trying to hide the fact that they were scared out of their wits and pretty embarrassed at the fact that everyone was watching them.

About half way through the song, the couple started to relax and enjoy themselves. Terady laid her head on Harry's chest and gave a small smile. Harry placed his chin on top of Terady's head and they continued to dance.

"Hey, uh, guys?" They heard a voice say. They stopped dancing and turned to see who it was. Ron was standing there and looked like he was about to laugh.

Harry and Terady looked around and everyone was dancing quickly to a faster song.

"Oh, the song must have ended and we didn't notice," Terady said.

Harry nodded and shrugged. "Yeah, well, thanks Ron."

Ron smiled and walked off to go find Hermione.

Oh crap. I seriously hope no one other than Ron noticed. I'm as good as dead if word gets out that I dance with Harry. Terady sighed and waited out the awkward silence.

"Hey, um, do you want to go for a walk? It's getting kind of hot in here," Harry suggested.

"Sure, that would be lovely."

They both exited the the Great Hall without anyone noticing and headed for the Hogwarts gardens. The stars in the sky seemed to glow brighter than any other night. The moon bathed them in light as they walked silently through Hogwarts' beautiful garden.

They both stopped at the very center of the garden and stared at each other as Harry tried to remember what he asked her here for. Oh no! I've forgotten what I want to say! Uh, don't panic. Wait, now I remember! Harry thought in relief.

"Terady, I just wanted to tell you that I really think you look extremely beautiful tonight. Um, well, I guess that's it. I'm not really sure why I asked you to come out here. I guess it's kinda noisy with the music playing," Harry blurted out quickly.

Terady stood there smiling as thoughts went through her head. 'What was the point of this? Did he really get me to come out here for this? Gosh, maybe I should try and start a conversation before he says something stupid or I decide that maybe this is the right time to kill him.' Terady chuckled silently to herself.

Terady smiled and sighed. She frowned as she heard the announcement that this would be the last song. "We should get back or we might not get to dance again."

Harry shook his head and wrapped his arms around Terady's waist. "Let's dance here."

Terady nearly melted when he suggested that they dance here. She composed herself once again and wrapped her arms around his neck. The couple swayed softly to the song that was being played. The Weird Sisters had decided to play a muggle song for the end of the dance.

Both Harry and Terady closed their eyes and listened carefully to the words of the song being played.

Mandy Ninety miles outside Chicago
Can't stop driving I don't know why
So many questions, I need an answer
Two years later you're still on my mind

Jonathan Whatever happened to Amelia Earheart?
Who holds the stars up in the sky?
Is true love just once in a lifetime?

Both Did the captain of the Titanic cry?

Oh, Someday we'll know
Mandy If love can move a mountain
Both Someday we'll know
Jonathan Why the sky is blue
Both Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...

Mandy Does anybody know the way to Atlantis?
Jonathan Or what the wind says when she cries?
Mandy I'm speeding by the place that I met you

Both For the ninety-seventh time...Tonight

Someday we'll know
Mandy If love can move a mountain
Both Someday we'll know
Jonathan Why the sky is blue
Both Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Someday we'll know
Jonathan Why Samson loved Dalilah?
Both One day I'll go
Mandy Dancing on the moon
Both Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you...

Both Open up the world

Mandy I bought a ticket to the end of the rainbow

Jonathan Watched the stars crash in the sea

Mandy If I can ask God just one question

Both Why aren't you here with me tonight?

Oh, Someday we'll know
Jonathan If love can move a mountain
Both Someday we'll know
Mandy Why the sky is blue
Both Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you...
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Someday we'll know
Jonathan Why Samson loved Dalilah
Both One day I'll go
Mandy Dancing on the moon
Both Someday you'll know
That I was the one for you...

Once the song ended, Harry smiled down at Terady who still had her head on his chest. She lifted her head slowly and looked over Harry's shoulder. A look of pure fear made it's way onto her face.

Harry turned around but before he could get a good look at who it was, he was stunned and he slowly slipped out of consciousness.

-End of Chapter-

Author's note: My, my, Harry is getting quite full of himself, isn't he? –laughs- Is anyone confused yet as to what is going on? No? Okay, if you say so. Anyways, I have no excuse other then laziness as to why this chapter took so long. Well, I guess it's partly because I had to shorten my list of ideas because other wise this fic would never be finished. I hope this chapter has met to your approval. I really hope you were mature enough to NOT cringe when they kissed. I really had to put that in there because I thought it would be a good way for her to answer his question. As soon as I get a break in homework I shall start on the next chapter. YAY! –harrypotterfan1247 XDD