Hey everyone! Sorry it's been a while since I have updated. I have been crazy busy! But here is the next chapter...I'm sorry, but the focus is kind of shifted off of Kyle and Hermione in this chapter, but not for long! Hehe! Well, just to let you know this chapter is going to be in Harry's point of view, so I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 11

Can't be Hero Forever

The weeks flew by and it was now the second week of October. Harry made his way out of his dormitory still half-asleep and trudged down to the Great Hall for breakfast...

(Harry POV)

Wow, Hermione and Kyle are already here. Great...breakfast with the lovebirds again! I sit down across from the couple and my presence goes unnoticed because Hermione is absorbed deep into her favorite book, Hogwarts, A History, and Kyle was completely entranced watching her. It's sweet...but too much sweets can make a person sick...and after 4 weeks of this I am definitely sickened!

"Ahem.." I clear my throat.

Hermione acknowledges me with and nod, but Kyle was still captured in gazing at Hermione.

"So, Kyle, are you ready for our first quidditch match?"

"Oh...yeah...sure." He mumbled without breaking his stare.

"You know it's this Thursday against Ravenclaw right?"

"Yeah. Ravenclaw....uhuh!"

"Good Grief, Kyle! You can stop staring at Hermione, she is not going to change if you look away for a second."

Kyle let out a bark-like laugh and dragged his fingers through his rich black hair.

There is something about him...I can't quite put my finger on it. I have this funny feeling that maybe he is related to someone I know. Of course he can't tell me...Dumbledore's orders...but I can't seem to shake the feeling that I know him. Maybe I should talk to Hermione about it.

I feel two petite hands cover my eyes. Hmm... soft skin...smells like vanilla—that's got to be my Ginny.

I pull her down into my lap and plant a big kiss on her lips.

She giggles, "What if I would have been Ron, you didn't even check to make sure it was me!"

"Then...I guess I would have had a very shocked best friend!" I chuckle. Truthfully, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that it was her. I have memorized her touch and her smell for fear that I may one day lose it. Paranoia—I guess it comes with being the boy-who-lived. I use to wish that I hadn't lived...then I could be with my parents and with Sirius. When I was with Sirius, it was like all the pain was overthrown by happiness. I lost that the night when I went to the department of mysteries...when I lost my Godfather. Now, for some reason, I feel it again. I guess it must be Ginny. Yeah... of course...it's Ginny....it has to be.

"Ahem. Good Morning Students. If I may, I need to meet with all prefects and Head Boy and Girl immediately after breakfast." Dumbledore announced.

About 15 minutes later I head to the front table to meet with Dumbledore with Hermione and Ron at my side.

"Harry, Hermione. As Head Boy and Girl, you two will be planning this years Halloween Ball. All decorations and planning are up to you. All prefects will be at your disposal to help you in whatever way you see fit. Thank you, that is all."

Hmm... I like this, all prefects at my disposal. I can see it now, 'Malfoy, I would like all the Slytherin Males to be dressed in pink dress robes. Haha!' Too bad Hermione takes her job seriously. She would never let me get away with that.

Well, now, about this dance. I will ask Ginny of course, but I haven't really gotten to do anything romantic for her yet... maybe I will plan and evening for us tonight and ask her to the ball. Sounds like a great idea.

I sent Hedwig with a letter to Ginny,

My lovely Ginny,

I missed you so much today. I barely saw you at all. When I saw you at breakfast, you made my day worth living. I would just like to say thank you for being you. As an attempt to show my full gratitude, please meet me in the Room of Requirement tonight at 8:30.

Until I see your beautiful face,

HP

I spent the rest of the day setting up the Room of Requirement. It's quite a pain that the room will provide you with all the decorations you need, but won't actually decorate the room for you. Oh well, it will be worth it. When I'm finished, the room is clad with white candles with red glows atop. There is a table with beautiful china and goblets. The lights are dimmed romantically and there are roses everywhere. Tonight will be perfect.

(Back to 3rd person POV)

8:30 came and Ginny Weasley made her way to the Room of Requirement. When she arrived she wasn't quite sure what she required. She walked past the stretch of wall three times thinking about Harry and what he might have in store for her. Her breath caught in her throat when a large elegant door with a gold handle appeared before her. Her heartbeat quickened and she was trying not to become to giddy. 'I shouldn't be nervous, its not like we haven't known each other forever...' she reasoned.

She reached out and pulled the handle to reveal and dimly lit room with candles and roses everywhere. She glanced toward a table set up with dinner for two, but couldn't see Harry anywhere. 'Surely he isn't late...I mean he planned this.'

Just then two strong hands covered her eyes. She sighed in relief and she pulled him into a kiss.

"What if I had been Ron? You would have had a very shocked brother!" he chuckled.

The two sat down to dinner and talked for an hour like the best of friends and when the evening came to a close they shared a kiss...not quite like friends. The evening passed so quickly and both were left deliriously happy, but also sad to see the night end.

Harry led Ginny to the base of the girls dormitory stairs, and gave her one last lingering kiss.

He walked to his Head Boy dorms in a haze of happiness, and immediately fell into a content sleep.

As the night progressed, all contentment left him as he writhed and groaned in his sleep. The strangest dream haunted his sleep...

There was Ginny standing before the base of the girls dormitory like she had been a few hours before. He went to kiss her, but pulled back to find that her once vibrant and beautiful body was now lifeless and cold-- her without life. He buried his face into her neck and began to sob when he heard a girls shrill screams. His head popped back up to reveal that Ginny was no longer there, but he was completely and utterly enveloped in darkness. The shrill screams and muffled sobs continued. Then much like a muggle movie, his eyesight seemed to zoom out away from the darkness until and large black archway with a midnight black veil lay before him. He watched in horror as his Godfather's body contorted and bent backward gently falling into the veil. He reached out to grab him but his hand went straight through the illusion. Then to his astonishment, he saw Hermione Granger on the floor in front of the veil sobbing. Then so quickly that he could barely react, she threw herself into the veil after Sirius. The scene changed in a flash. There were flashes of light, but everything was blurry except for a figure in the distance. As he approached he saw that it was his best friend Ron, lying on the ground, with his face stained with tears smiling up apologetically at his close friend. A horrible high pitched laugh filled his head as images of his loved ones flashed before his eyes...first his parents, then Sirius, then Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Kyle, Dumbledore, Lupin, Dean, Seamus, Neville, Luna, and so many other faces till the laughter reached a deafening volume and an image of himself appeared. He watched in horror as his emerald eyes burned red and the laughter protruded from his own mouth. He could still see himself laughing, but all sound was silenced and he heard in a clear high pitched sneer, "I will get them Harry Potter. You can't play the Hero forever!'

Harry Potter sat up right screaming in his dorm room. He ran to the bathroom and vomited into the toilet. As he washed his face he tried to remember what dream he had had this time, but for some reason couldn't recall. He dismissed it assuming that he was having his regular dreams about the department of mysteries or a graveyard, and settled back down to sleep once again.

Alright! I hope you enjoyed that chapter! That dream sequence was very fun to write I hope you enjoyed! Please, please, please let me know how you think I'm doing. Please review. And don't forget if you have any suggestions or requests...that I am always open. Can never hurt to have a little outside help to spice up the story. It's about to start picking up...so it won't be so boring. Well, until next chapter, byebye! Review!