Harry and Parvati stood in the hall waiting for the ball to begin. Everyone else was in the Great Hall waiting for the champions to come in and lead them in the first dance but Harry was dreading it.

Harry looked forward to Cedric and Cho. Cedric looked good in dress robes, Harry just felt awkward. He didn't like dancing so the very thought of dancing in front of everyone made his stomach turn. He wished he had had his invisibility cloak with him.

Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore came through the doors and announced that the ball was to begin.
"Get in line," Professor McGonagall snapped, gesturing for them all to line up behind herself and Dumbledore, "Oh, and be sure to have some fun tonight," finished McGonagall; her tone suddenly changed when she realized she had just been snappy to the best students from each school.

The doors to the Great Hall opened and Harry could see hundreds of faces staring toward them. Harry's stomach turned over.

Professor Dumbledore took McGonagall's arm and they led the champions into the Great Hall; the champions followed a short distance behind them; each was slightly nervous but it showed the most on Harry.

Viktor and Hermione were in the front of the group of champions. Krum was waving to all the girls and Hermione was blushing furiously. She seemed to be intimidated by the situation.

Next in the processional were Fleur and her date Roger Davies. Fleur, like Krum, was waving toward all the people staring and Davies just kept looking at his date, almost unable to believe his luck.

Fleur and Davies were closely followed by Cedric and Cho. Cedric seemed to be completely unaware that Cho kept staring at him. Cedric kept looking toward the crowd and smiling. He even turned once or twice to glimpse at Harry who was only a few feet behind him. Harry thought Cedric must be checking the distance between Fleur and himself.

Harry and Parvati were the last couple to enter in the opening processional and couldn't have looked more awkward. Parvati was clinging to Harry and mimicking Krum and Fleur, waving at the people standing off to the sides of the Great Hall. Harry seemed to take no notice in Parvati. Instead, he kept glancing at his feet and forward toward Dumbledore who was no more than 15 feet in front of him.

Harry also noticed that Cedric seemed, if at all possible, to look more perfect than he ever had. His hair was now slicked with gel and his dress robes seemed to be designed strictly for him. They flowed with a certain elegance when he walked. Harry felt intimidated in this overwhelming situation.

Had Harry looked around the Great Hall, he would've seen how beautiful it was and how much different it looked than usual. It looked like an ice palace fitting for all of the formal outfits everyone was wearing.

Professor Dumbledore announced that the Champions should take their place for the first dance so Harry and Parvati began to walk to their starting position. Cedric and Cho turned toward Harry and Parvati; apparently they were heading in the opposite direction.

Parvati intertwined her left arm with Harry's right and as they walked toward starting position, and this close distance caused Harry to trip on Parvati's dress and begin to fall. Parvati's grip loosened immediately; apparently she wasn't to keen on falling. Had it not been for Cedric, Harry would've embarrassed himself in front of not just his entire school and staff, but also those from the visiting schools.

Cedric happened to be right in front of Harry when he tripped. Cedric's hands caught Harry on the shoulders and pushed him back up to a full upright position.

"Had some butterbeer already, Potter?"

"No, I just tripped over Parvati's dress. Thanks," said Harry, blushing. Parvati looked slightly embarrassed for letting go of Harry.

Harry looked into Cedric's eyes and his knees buckled; Cedric grabbed him again.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, fine," said Harry; the couples all took their spots for the opening dance and the music began.

Parvati had to lead the dance since Harry wasn't paying much attention and she kept coughing to get Harry to look at her. He seemed to be fascinated with someone else but she couldn't tell who it was. She thought perhaps it was Hermione; she thought Harry must've been jealous that she went with Viktor.

She was wrong. He kept glancing up at Cedric who seemed to be looking at him just as much. Nobody in the crowd had any idea though; the dancers were moving so fast nobody could keep track of what one was doing for more than a few seconds before losing the view behind another dancer.

The two exchanged looks during most of the dance until Harry decided he should go back to the Gryffindor common room for the night. He left about twenty minutes before the dance and was quickly joined by Ron.

"You should've let me known you were coming. Do you think I wanted to stay at that stupid bloody dance?"

"I dunno," said Harry as he lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Why did he keep thinking about Cedric?

Wait, why did Cedric keep staring at him? Was there something wrong with him? Was Cedric making fun of him? What could it be?

Harry fell asleep even though he was still in his dress robes and dreamed about the Yule Ball but he imagined that he was dancing with Cedric. He woke up several times during the night due to uneasiness but every time he drifted back to sleep and the same dream ensued.

When Harry awoke he tried to think of why he might have been dreaming this; the only conclusion he could come to was that he was just grateful for Cedric saving him quite some embarrassment at the ball.

Harry quickly changed clothes and headed down to the Great Hall with Hermione to eat breakfast. Harry was surprised to see that the Great Hall was completely back to normal. There was no trace that only a few hours ago people had been dancing in this very room.

Harry slowly ate his breakfast and was paranoid that people would find out about his dream. He didn't know what to think. He seemed to be losing himself lately.

He looked up to see Cedric walk into the Hall surrounded by three other sixth year students. Two girls and a guy were with him.

Harry felt a little jealous and turned his attention back to breakfast.

-Please read and review; This is my first work (inspired by scenes from the new movie); This was written out of order and several chapters are still in development