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The Space Princess (Hogsmeade)

The next day Sillenna awoke with the same familiar burning going up and down her back. "Great, on today of all days," she thought. Gingerly she lifted herself and glanced around the room. She was alone. Carefully she walked over to the familiar chest and once again tapped out the familiar pattern while mumbling in Dragonnan. What she didn't know was that she wasn't alone. About half way through the unlocking ritual, Hermione had come to the cracked door and pushed it gently open so as not to disturb the sleeping Sillenna. What she saw happen confused and even scared her. Sillenna had a very familiar pained look on her face and was setting rigidly on the floor in front of that weird little chest tapping it and mumbling something. To her surprise the chest began glowing slightly then popped open. Inside she could see vials that contained a churning liquid. Sillenna reached in and brought out one and Hermione got a better look at the purple lava-like liquid. Whatever was it looked horrible and Hermione was shocked when Sillenna took a deep breath and began chugging the nasty stuff. As whatever it was went through her, she began arching her body in pain as her face contorted into the most horrible pain. Hermione covered her mouth to keep from gasping and silently closed the door and backed down the hall.

Sillenna sat on the floor for a few minutes letting the pain subside and then got up and slowly began to get ready for the day. She couldn't let this ruin her day. No she was gonna enjoy every last minute with Harry. When she headed down for breakfast Harry was standing in the common room shuffling from foot to foot nervously. At the sight of Sillenna appearing down the stairs his face broke out into a huge grin and they locked eyes for what seemed like forever. She was wearing a tie-dye sky blue and white T-shirt that hung off the shoulders and was a perfect fit. Her blue jeans were faded hip-huggers that showed off just enough curves to be tempting. Harry loved it when she wore blue; it brought out the flecks of blue in her eyes.

"May I escort you to breakfast, Mi-lady?" Harry asked offering his arm.

"That would be most delightful, Mr. Potter," she replied with a giggle while accepting his arm. "My God, she's beautiful," Harry thought as they walked toward the Great Hall, never taking his eyes off her. He had never felt this way about anyone before. Every time he saw her, heard her voice, heard her name, or even thought of her, his heart would start doing flips inside his chest. She seemed soo delicate yet soo fiery.

Sillenna could feel Harry staring at her and it sent shivers up and down her body. She lost all control when she was around him, she couldn't think straight and yet all she wanted to do was be around him, to talk with him, to have him hold her. Could this be love? NO! It couldn't be, it wasn't fair to either of them. She had secrets plus in a few months she would be gone from this planet and it just wasn't fair for him. The only problem was, she couldn't seem to stop herself.

When they entered the Great Hall, they spotted a worried and ponderous Hermione being pumped for information by a concerned Ron. When Hermione saw them approaching the table she whispered, "I'll tell you later," and motioned for Ron to continue like nothing was wrong. Sillenna noticed but decided to ask her later in private. Later, as they headed toward the carriages, they couldn't help but notice how everyone was staring at them and whispering.

"Well I think our perspective fan clubs found out about our dates," Harry said loud enough for only the four of them to hear causing them all to snicker. Suddenly a cold voice cut through their conversation.

"Really Miller, why is such a pretty thing like you stooping so low by dating Potty when you could have so much better?" Draco's icy voice came from behind them. They whipped around to face him and his gang of thugs.

"If by better you mean you, Malfoy, I'd rather date a Gigoran Slug with all it's sickening slim then ever come close to you, but if by better you mean God, seeing he's only one who could be better than Harry, then we all know that's not possible," Sillenna retorted causing Draco to hiss in anger.

"You'll pay for that Miller," Draco said through gritted teeth as he got right up in her face. Harry started to shove him off but Sillenna put a hand out to stop him.

"I'd like to see you try Malfoy," Sillenna hissed staring back with the same cold determination in her eyes. The people in the hall around them could feel the tension it was soo great. Draco finally pulled away and pushed past them.

"Just wait, Miller," he said as he stalked off.

"Oh I will, I will," she said to his retreating back. As he disappeared around the corner, everyone was quiet for what seemed like eternity until Ron broke the silence.

"I wish I knew how the bloody hell you did that," Ron said scratching his head at the mystery. They all gave Ron a questioning look

"How you got to him like that," Ron explained. "I've never seen anyone get to him the way you do." Sillenna chuckled and shook her head.

"I'd like to get to him in slightly different way," Harry said balling his hands into tight fist.

"Harry," Sillenna said softly putting her hand on his arm, immediately relaxing him. It was amazing how just one word; one touch from her could calm his deepest rage. He sighed and motioned that he would be all right.

"You're right let's not let this ruin our day," he said with a smile and they continued on their way to the carriages. When they got to Hogsmeade, the two couples went their separate ways. Ron and Hermione strolled down the row of shops, while Harry led Sillenna off toward the woods. He had postponed telling her about his past to long and now that they were dating they had to get things out in the open if their relationship was to last. He was taking her to a place were nobody would bother them, The Shrieking Shack. He had a small picnic basket in one hand and trying desperately to keep it out off Sillenna's inquiring grasp.

"Hold off! You'll see what it is soon enough," he said tickling her to get her to back off a little. When they reached the Shrieking Shack hand, Sillenna was to busy studying it to notice Harry pull out a blanket, plates, cups, sandwiches, and other snack foods. He cleared his throat to get her attention. When she turned around and her eyes landed on the blanket and small feast, her face broke out into the biggest grin.

"A picnic?" she squealed. "Oh Harry, it's wonderful!" She took his outstretched hand and squeezed it as they both sat down. They were soon talking and laughing and having the best of time. When they finished eating, Sillenna started putting everything back in the basket, but Harry stopped her from getting up to leave.

"Sillenna we need to talk," Harry said seriously. Sillenna sank back down beside him with concern in her eyes.

"I never told you about my past, about what happened with…. Voldemort," he said looking down at the blanket. "I want to thank you for not pushing it, but I think you have the right to know, especially since we're dating now." Sillenna placed a reassuring hand over his and Harry grasped it like it was his very life. He took a deep breath and began the story of Voldemort, the long, unabridged version. It took forever to tell, an hour, two hours, he didn't know, he lost track of time. During the whole story he never looked at her face; he looked at the ground, the woods, the shack, at everything but her. Sometime during the long story her slender arm had found it's way around his shoulder. Her silence was comforting and he found himself telling her about the pains and heartaches that he had never told anyone about, not even Ron and Hermione. He had always tried never to cry around his friends and here he was squalling like a baby. When he finally finished, he cautiously looked up into her eyes. Her cheeks were stained with tears and her eyes were full of pain and compassion.

"Oh Harry," she whispered through her tears. "How horrible, I had no idea." He simply shook his head, to tired to talk.

"You're much stronger than I could ever hope to be," she said quietly. "I don't know if I could have survived what you have and still be sane."

"I'm surprised I haven't gone crazy yet," he said sarcastically. She smiled weakly. They sat there for several minutes in silence with Sillenna holding him and letting him cry. He enjoyed the silence, the chance to cry, not having to talk to communicate. After a while he stopped crying and slid his arms around her so that they were holding each other. Then something dawned on him.

"You didn't apologize," he said slightly stunned. A worried look came to her face and her eyes darted to his nervously.

"For what?" she asked timidly

"Oh no, it's just most people are like "I'm soo sorry" when they find out, like it was their fault or something," he explained.

"Oooh," she said relaxing back into his warm embrace.

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