A/N: So yeah…some of this chapter started out to be chapter five, but then I decided to cut chapter five short and start chapter six. I was sitting on my bed one night, writing this when an idea popped into my head. I'll tell you what it is after the chapter because it is this chapter. I don't know why I wrote that, but I did, and I liked it, so it stays. Well…not much to say here other than, have fun reading hehehehe

Oh, I was rereading chapter five a couple days ago and I realized that my myspace link didn't come up...heh…my bad…well, the link is my homepage, so just go to my profile and click my homepage if you have a myspace too


The next song had a faster beat to it then the first song. Durza grinned with mischief. Fred and George, Ron's older brothers, always had the grin plastered onto their faces. Hermione knew it all too well. It made her nervous and a little frightened.

"What are you planning?" asked Hermione.

"Spin with me," he whispered into her ear, making it as sexual as he could. He found enjoyment in teases her and watching her blush, which she did now.

"What?" asked Hermione. It sounded more sexual than it really was.

Durza chuckled and grabbed her hand. He wrapped his other arm around her waist, pulling her towards him some, but not as close as he did when she had protested against it. She stared at him, then a small smile appeared on her face. They started spinning, slowly at first, then gradually got faster and faster.

"You let go of me and you will suffer the consequences," Hermione told them as they spun around.

Durza smiled. "Threatening me now?"

"Yes, I am," teased Hermione.

"I won't let go. Ever."

Near the end of the song, Durza and Hermione fell to the ground. Hermione made sure to land so no one could see in her dress. She closed her eyes as everything was still spinning. Once they could keep their balance, they stood up and went to go get some water.

Hermione filled her cup and faced the hall. Her eyes scanned the angels and demons, trying to see if she could find Harry and Ron. She failed at that. It was impossible to find your friends unless you knew what they looked like. Hermione had no idea. 'Oh well,' she thought to herself. 'I have Durza here to talk to. I fell like I can talk to him about serious stuff that I can't talk about with Harry and Ron.' Hermione glanced at Durza. 'I'm glad I didn't get a Slytherin. This night wouldn't have been so fun.' Hermione threw her paper cup in the trash.

"I'll be right back," Durza muttered in her ear. Hermione nodded and he walked off towards the bathrooms. She leaned against the wall, closing her and waited for Durza to return.

She felt someone's body push up against hers rather forcefully. She opened her eyes and gasped. She tried to push the man off, but he was much too strong for her. His hot breath was on her neck. She was too frightened to make any noise. The man licked her neck and tears started to fall from her eyes. His hand rubbed her leg and slowly made its way up her side and over her breasts. Hermione's knees weakened, so the man wrapped an arm around her waist, forcefully pulled her as close as was possible.

Out of nowhere, just as the man lifted his head to kiss her, a fist made contact with his cheek. The man stumbled, letting go of Hermione in the process. She fell to her knees, crying in fear. "Don't you ever touch her again, you dirty bastard!" growled Durza. His voice was deadly and threatening. It made the whole hall turn to stare.

The man wiped the blood from his lip. "You'll pay for that," he growled. He charged at Durza, fist raised. Durza easily dodged it and the man ran into a professor who had seen it all. The professor took the student away, yelling at him. Durza glared at him before turned to Hermione. He walked over to her and kneeled down next to her. He barely touched her should with his fingertips when she jumped, smacking his hand away. Durza stared at her, not offended by what she did. Hermione looked up with teary eyes.

"I-I'm sorry," cried Hermione. She wrapped her arms around herself. After a few seconds, she flung herself at Durza, crying into his chest. His arms encircled her in a hug. "I-I was so scared. I really thought he was going to…"

Durza moved so he sat with his legs crossed. "I know, but he's gone now. And I'm here. I'll protect you." Hermione nodded into his chest. Her whole body shook from fear and shock. They didn't move for a while. The people slowly went back to the dance, the music playing loudly again.

Dumbledore worked his way through the students until he came to Durza and Hermione. "Are you all right?" he asked, concern filled his voice.

Hermione looked up from Durza's chest and nodded. "Yes, I'll be fine," she replied, her voice still a little shaken. "Who was it? The student?"

"Blaise Zabini," replied Dumbledore. He kneeled next to them. "No need to worry. He's being expelled and will be tried for sexual harassment." He looked at Durza. "You'll stay with her?" Durza nodded. Dumbledore got up and left them, heading for his office.

Durza moved them so he could lean against the stone wall. Hermione stopped crying, but she still shook uncontrollably. Durza stroked her hair, muttering words that would help her calm down. It took a while, but she calmed down. He shakes had stopped and her breathing returned to normal.

Hermione finally pulled away from him, slowly. "Thank you for what you did," she said softly.

"No problem," smiled Durza. He picked himself off the ground and held out his hand. "Up for dancing?"

Hermione took his hand and he pulled her up with ease. "Sure. I won't let what happened spoil the night."

The got to the dance floor just as a new song started. It was an American hip-hop song that had a slow and steady beat to it. For those who listened to American hip-hop would know that the song was called "Stickwitu" by the PussyCat Dolls. The guys danced behind the girls, moving with the music.

"We don't have to dance to this song if you don't want to," said Durza as he looked around the room and the closely dancing students.

"I thought you wanted to break my shyness?" asked Hermione, then she smiled. "Or, do you want to lose the bet?"

"What happened to the guy your not sure of?" replied Durza with a question of his own.

"It'd be a one-sided thing anyway."

"It sounds to me like you want to lose this bet."

"No, just my shyness," replied Hermione with a smile.

"It seems to me like you're getting over it already," smiled Durza. "You want to dance to this song, then we dance." Durza chuckled and moved behind her, placing his hands on her stomach. They swayed with the beat of the song. They both closed their eyes, letting the song take a hold of them. Hermione placed her hands on his. She could feel his warm breath trickle down her neck, but it didn't bother her like Blaise's did. She felt that absolutely nothing could harm her when she was in Durza's arms.

Nobody gonna love me better

I must stickwithu forever.
Nobody gonna take me high
I must stickwitu.
You know how to appreciate me
I must stickwitu, my baby.
Nobody ever made me feel this way
I must stickwitu.

The sound ended and another slow song started. Hermione turned around and stared at Durza. He stared back and wrapped his arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her head on his chest and closed her eyes. He rested his head on hers and closed his eyes too. Once again, they let the music take them.

When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of mine

I look at you, lookin' at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
I'm gonna love you boy you are so fine
Angel of mine

How you changed my world you'll never know
I'm different now, you helped me grow
You came into my life sent from above
When I lost all hope you showed me love
I'm checkin' for ya boy you're right on time
Angel of mine

Nothing means more to me than what we share
No one in this world can ever compare
Last night the way you moved is still on my mind
Angel of mine

What you mean to me you'll never know
Deep inside I need to show
You came into my life sent from above (Sent from above)
When I lost all hope, you showed me love (Boy you showed me love)
I'm checkin' for ya, boy you're right on time (Right on Time)
Angel of mine (Angel of mine)

I never knew I could feel each moment
As if it were new,
Every breath that I take, the love that we make
I only share it with you (you, you, you, you)
When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of mine

Durza and Hermione swayed slowly to the music. Durza's black eyes had gone soft as he looked at the angel in his arms. He closed his eyes and rested his head against hers again.

Hermione opened her eyes, they flickered in thought. 'This is right? I don't even know who this person is. It shouldn't feel right. I shouldn't be doing this, but I can't help that my heart is in tune with his. I can't help these feelings…I told to promise not to fall in love with me…he did and told me the same…but I think…I might be slowly breaking that promise…' Hermione closed her eyes. 'He doesn't have to know these feelings. What he doesn't know can't hurt him right?'

You came into my life sent from above (Came into my life, yeah yeah yeah)
When I lost all hope you should me love (Boy you showed me love, uh huh)
I'm checkin for ya, boy you're right on time (But boy you're right on time)
Angel of mine (Angel of mine, oh mine)

How you changed my world you'll never know
I'm different now, you helped me grow

I look at you lookin' at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
I'm checkin' for ya, boy you're right on time
Angel of mine

As the song ended, Durza grabbed Hermione's shoulder and pushed her back some so he could look into her eyes. Hermione looked at him and frowned. His eyes showed her something she wished wasn't there. His eyes showed her love, care, and a hint of sadness. "I…I'm sorry," said Durza, "but…I broke your promise." He looked down.

Hermione took a step back. "Y-You promised," she whispered. "You promised that this wouldn't happen." Her shoulders dropped and she looked away. "You don't even know who I am." She ignored her feelings toward him.

"I know I promised," whispered Durza. "I don't even know when I started to feel like this." He looked up at her. "I can't help how I feel Mitsuko." Durza closed his eyes, emotionally getting ready for her rejection.

Hermione stared at him for a moment. Her hand slowly made its way to his mask. Durza felt her fingers touch his face, then felt her thumb underneath his mask. He kept his eyes closed.


A/N: MEGA CLIFFY! (laughs evilly) okay…you guys are really going to hate me now. (sweat drop) I was going to have this chapter longer than this…but when I got to this point in my notebook, an evil thought entered my head. I never really had a MEGA CLIFFY before, so I thought, this is the greatest MEGA CLIFFY I have ever wrote. So I decided to take this MEGA CLIFFY and end the chapter. And what's bad is that I don't even know who Durza is going to be yet. Heh…that's a little bad, isn't it? This MEGA CLIFFY did make the chapter shorter than I was going to have it at the beginning, but I just couldn't resist. Gomen (sorry in Japanese)

Well…I don't have anything else to say…(thinks) oh! I'm still thinking of changing the name to something else. I have one name in mind: Masquerade Ball: The Night That Changed Everything…but I'm not so crazy about that name…well, I do think it fits…but I'm not sure…what do you guys think?

Guys...I think I have a problem...heh (sweat drop) I think my obsession with Harry Potter and music are rubbing together. I was looking through my stories the other day and just about all of them (save the one-shots, except one) have a song in them...this is bad that I love music this much? I mean, I can't write, read, sleep, and get up or anything without listening to music, unless I'm watching TV...heh...

Oh, before I had made up the costumes for Durza and Hermione, I was looking for pictures first. I found two that I liked, and used them for what they looked like once they put on their masks and gowns/tux. The link is on my profile if anyone wants a better view on what Hermione and Durza look like. I just remembered that I had this hehe

Well that's all for now so
Until Next Time
This is Kiwi-san
Over and Out