Harry Potter and the Average Asian

As the students filed into the Great Hall for the pre-Masquerade banquet, Harry felt very unnerved. He felt it was a mixture of his reaction to April, Cho wearing a barely-there bunny costume, and the sinister, beady eyes staring at him from a bush outside one of the open doors. Sinister, beady eyes! Harry quickly turned his head back to the particular open doorway he had seen them; nothing. He rubbed his now wrenched neck..he just needed a nice, cold pumpkin juice..

Sitting down besides April and Hermione, he pulled a plate towards him. He looked around, and noticed that it was mostly treats on platters that were serving as the Masquerade meal; he had no complaints, he had a feeling he couldn't stomach heavy food tonight. Looking around, he tried to recognize people, failing miserably. Wondering if that was Colin Creevy who had painted a lightning bolt on his forehead and was parading around with a camera, Harry was distracted as Dumbledore stood up at the usual head table.

"Evening students, and Happy Halloween!" Said Dumbledore, dressed up as..a faerie..?

"Happy Halloween!" The students called back merrily.

"My only words this evening are to have a good time, enjoy the delicious Halloween snackies, and be sure to be on the lookout if you turn to snogging in the courtyard!" Dumbledore, and with that, the students began eating and dancing.

"What did he mean 'be on the lookout..?'" Harry asked to no one in particular, but shot a look at Hermione. She was busy trying to chew threw a wedge of cheese with her beaver teeth.

"Harry, let's go out and look around the courtyards!" April said, giggling.

"Um..sure..it's a bit..stuffy in here, anyway.." Harry shot a nervous look at a heavily flirting Cho and scurried off with April. At the head table, Professor Snape shot a look at Harry as he left with April. He was not wearing a costume.

The courtyards were littered with giddy Jack o'Lanterns and ghosts playing tag through the bushes. Harry noted that Roger Davies was already snogging Lavender Brown much to the glee of Peeves the poltergeist, who was holding a pumpkin above their intertwined heads. Harry continued walking the path with April, grimly satisfied. As he heard their screams as pumpkin juice splattered them and the walkway where Harry had been seconds earlier, he noted it was not Cho who was being snogged. Maybe she didn't actually have a date tonight..

"Harry, look!" April said, giggling and running forward. Harry followed.

"Ouch!" April said, stopping and rubbing her head. She had tried to go under a hedge, but wasn't so short that she hadn't hit her head on the brambles. She began giggling again. "I'm fine! Let's go." And with that, Harry ducked under the hedge and followed her. Not far behind, a pair of sinister, beady eyes trailed after them, closely followed by a swooping figure.

"April..where are we going?" Harry questioned, noting they were going past the point of "snogging" in the courtyards to the points of "shagging" in the courtyards.

"Um..I actually don't know, I just thought we'd walk around." She replied.

"Right.." Harry said, about to drag her back to the Great Hall when he heard a sinister twig breaking.

"Break." Said the twig.

"Are we being followed?" Harry said, quickly turning around. When had they passed the last Jack o'Lantern lighting the paths?

"Harry..I'm sorry..! I feel so bad..we went to far off the path, didn't we?" April said, sounding worried.

"Don't worry..let's just..make our way back." Harry said, feeling a jolt in his stomach as he grabbed April's arm to keep them together. He heard another twig break.

"Who's there?" He called out.

All of a sudden, something jumped from nearby, lunging at Harry. He was knocked to the ground, his glasses going flying. Expecting April to scream, she was instead giggling hysterically. Only then did he realize he had been jumped by none other then a werewolf.

"ARGH. APRIL, RUN." Harry called, struggling to push the werewolf off of him, reaching for his wand at the same time. The werewolf was tearing as his robes, growling and roaring.

"Lupin! Is that you! It's me, HARRY. PLEASE, STOP." Harry said..and then realized something. April stated it before he had a chance to.

"Uh, Harry, don't werewolves come out during full moons?" April said, giggling.

"Yeah..there's no full moon tonight.." Harry said. Apparently, this caught the "werewolf" off guard, and he managed to push them off somewhat.

"Who are you!" Harry said, brushing off his robes, and still trying to push the werewolf off of him.

"Dammit." Said the werewolf. A girl's voice?

"GET THE HELL OFF ME, GINNY." Harry said, clearly frustrated.

"Heehee!" Giggled April nearby.

"What were you THINKING?" Harry said, standing up.

"Well..I thought it was a good idea at the time..besides..you look really cute dressed as a dog, and as I was dressed sort of like a dog…"

"Ginny?" Harry said.

"Yes?" She replied.

"I don't care if you're Ron's sister. Sod off." He said, fuming. Did she know how serious the prank she just pulled was? Obviously not.

"Well..I..never!" Ginny said, clearly offended. She stalked off.

"Wow, you were kind of mean..I feel bad for her." April said, although still giggling.

"Don't worry about it..let's head back." Harry said, his heart still recovering from shock. But the moment he reached for April again, he caught the reflection of the barely visible crescent moon in a pair of sinister, beady eyes. Before he could move, the form behind the eyes lunged at him. The figure wrapped their arms around Harry, and put their mouth to his neck. "Finally.." the figure whispered. Harry would have recognized that voice anywhere.

April gasped, as the figure looked to take a bite out of Harry's neck.

"PROFESSOR SNAPE..!"

….To be continued?

Note: Yeah, I'm continuing this story..woo! Anyway..credit to Kristin, otherwise known as bonkythedinosaur on here for the "beaver on the head" in Part I of the Halloween Masquerade..and..well..thanks for reading this story, if any of you are keeping up. Please review, as they are always welcome. I'd love to know what any of you think, if you read this. 3 to you all, as I was full of mocha and not thinking at all when I wrote this, hence my incoherent ness. Anyway, thanks for reading!