Hello all, and welcome to the new chapter. Hopeflly not too long a wait, I've been very involved in writing my novel 'The Dawn of Dusk' so I've been quite busy with that, and planning a trip to Paris during the 11th and 13th of October. Anybody from Paris want to chill? hahaha. anyway, without further ado, presenting the new chapter, Yule Ball Part Two: Memories Anew

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Harry sat quietly talking to Fleur as they ate their meals, both of which were French, something Fleur was quite happy with. Harry had managed to get rid of Rita Skeeter with Fleur's help, by subtly hitting her with a Compulsion Charm under the table, which convinced her to leave dinner early, while Fleur excused herself for the bathroom, returning a couple minutes later, a triumphant grin on her face and a small, fat beetle in a jar, which she silently banished to her quarters, with the jar under an Unbreakable Charm.

With the nuisance of Skeeter gone, Harry began to enjoy the dance much more, as he conversed with Fleur, Cedric, Krum, Luna, Cho and the head's of both his own school, as well as Fleur's. Harry managed to vaguely make it look like he was listening to Percy, though honestly he couldn't wait to just get onto the dance floor and away from him and Bagman, who was once more trying to offer Harry advice on the tournament, his bet with the goblins obviously being rather straining on the gambling obsessed man. Thankfully, soon after finishing his risotto and duck, Dumbledore announced the opening of the ball. Taking Fleur's hand delicately in his own, Harry made his way onto the dance floor with his fellow champions. Eyes were watching Harry and Fleur mostly though, the most desired witch of the whole school year paired with the Boy Who Lived, and both school Champions no less!

"Puis-je avoir cette danse mademoiselle?" asked Harry, smiling at his date, who smiled widely back and curtsied as Harry bowed, before putting his hand on her waist, while taking her other hand in his, as the song began. Harry lead first, staring deeply into Fleur's blue eyes, and the colour of the sky. And just like that, Harry felt something stirring in his chest. At the same time, Fleur couldn't hear the whispers in the room, nor could she see the satisfied grins of Cedric and Viktor, or the serene smiles of their partners. All she would focus on were the deep green eyes of the boy – no, the man who was dancing with her. In the future she married Bill Weasley, had a couple of years of happiness, fought in a war, became dissatisfied with her marriage, been cheated on and had her heart broken by Bill and mended by Harry, and finally being brought back in time. Maybe it had taken all of that to realise that her love may lay elsewhere. The dance continued on, many of Harry's friends watching. Hermione and Neville smiled happily for their friend who, for once, looked completely happy, without any worries. Ron looked on in jealousy, wishing that he was in Harry's place. Dean and Seamus were looking on with a mix of envy and awe, secretly proud of their dorm mate for getting such a hot date. And Alicia, Angelina and Katie were all cooing quietly, proud that their little brother had gotten such a babe for his date, while Fred and George were pretending to weep for the success of their little brother, though inwardly and outwardly they were both very impressed with the boy they considered a brother.

The dance finally ended to much applause, though mostly from the girls. Fleur grinned at Harry, as they swapped dance partners, much to the confusion of the onlookers. Everybody gaped when Cedric bowed to Harry.

"May I have this dance?" asked Cedric, trying not to laugh, while Harry smirking badly curtsied to him, and allowed Cedric to take his hand and waist, while Fleur, also trying not to laugh, took Luna by the hand, who accepted graciously. Cho looked very happy dancing with the Quidditch star, while the other champions danced, to the shock of the watching crowd.

"My Cedric, you dance divinely," said Harry in a high voice.

"As do you my dear Harry," said Cedric, using a deep baritone, as they both struggled not to burst into tears of amusement. Fred and George had already done so, as had the Chasers and several of their friends. Eventually, Fred and George pulled themselves together and joined them on the dance floor, dancing with each other, which brought along more of the braver students to dance. Harry grinned at Krum, who he was currently waltzing with, who smirked back and looked across at Cedric, who was leading a four person dance with himself, Luna, Cho and Fleur, and grinned merrily at the both of them. Eventually, they broke apart and returned to dancing with their respective partners, which encouraged the rest of the students and teachers to join in. Harry had another two dances with Fleur, before he was tapped on the shoulder. Turning around, Harry was met with Alicia and George, who was at grinning at him.

"Harry mate, that was brilliant what you guys did there!" said George, clapping him on the Harry grinned back at him.

"Cheers Gred. Alicia, can I have this dance?" said Harry high fiving George, before holding his hand out to Alicia, who smiled and took it. Harry looked at Fleur, who smiled before shooing him off to dance with his sister, while she danced with George.

"Nice job landing such a beautiful date Harry, how did you manage that?" complimented Alicia, as they twirled about on the dance floor.

"Thanks Alicia, we actually talked about it since we both get along great, and we decided to go together and see what happens," replied Harry truthfully. "By the way, you look gorgeous tonight," he added, getting a smile from his big sister. She was wearing light pink dress robes and had a gold pendant around her neck. The dance ended shortly after and, one after the other, Harry was roped into dances with both of his other big sisters, then for a joke dance with the twins, who he told about the Champions plans for the dance. The twins were obviously ecstatic and said they were eagerly waiting when they unveiled their masterpiece. Finally, Harry found himself back in Fleur's arms for a dance.

"Are you enjoying the dance Fleur?" he asked, as they slow danced together.

"Oui Arry, I am indeed," she replied, her eyes sparkling with joy, her Yule Ball happening once more, only this time with a partner she truly wanted to be here with.

"I'm glad," said Harry truthfully, smiling at her in the way only Harry could, though both his and Fleur's smiles turned to somewhat evil identical grins.

Harry and Fleur manoeuvred there dancing over to Hermione and Neville's table, just as the song finished. Harry could see that Cedric, Cho, Krum and Luna were all making towards the table, as well as the Chasers and the twins.

"Harry, I didn't know you could dance like that," said Hermione, as Harry pulled up a chair next to her.

"Wanted to keep it a surprise," lied Harry, knowing that he couldn't tell her he learned it in the future. Neville grinned across at Harry, before nodding at Fleur in appreciation, making the pair blush. Everybody laughed at their expressions, as the rest of the Quidditch team sat down at the table.

Harry was having a wonderful time talking to Neville, Hermione, Madison and Jesse. He and Jesse were getting along famously now, as though they'd known each other for years. It helped that Harry had met him in the future before and knew what a great guy he was. Jesse was quite a comedian, though his jokes tended to make people groan as much as they laughed, and he was also quite the singer, something Harry had found out one night when he, Jesse, Hermione and Ron had been out at a karaoke bar. Ron was complaining loudly about doing muggle things, much to Hermione's chagrin, but Jesse had found the idea fascinating and had instantly jumped into it. His singing had impressed Hermione and annoyed Ron, who left soon after. Hermione had barely noticed, as she had been busy wetting herself laughing, after Harry and Jesse got up and did a duet of 'Time Warp' from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Harry excused himself, offering his hand to Madison for the next dance who, giving Neville a quick glance, who nodded his head with a smile, took Harry's hand, as he led them out to the dance floor. Harry noticed Madison's frown when another dull wizard song came on, and decided it was time to set off the fun. Motioning to Fleur, Cedric and Krum, all of whom raised their wands, Harry raised his own and shot off a silent, invisible spell at the stage, which glowed as four combined spells hit it. A magic-resistant DJ stand erupted out of the stage, the tunes of the wizard song dying down quickly, to be replaced by muggle music. Muggleborn's and Halfbloods alike cheered at the change in music, while even a few Pureblood's sighed in relief at the change, as all began dancing. The teachers were all bewildered, though several of them, Dumbledore and Flitwick chief among them, were quite pleased by the new music. Currently, 'Mambo No.5' by Lou Bega was playing, much to the amusement of Flitwick, who was very in tune with muggle music, as he firmly believed that wizard's couldn't do music as well as their non-magical counterparts.

Harry grinned at Madison, whose face had turned from shock at the change in the music, to glee as she loved muggle music much more. Madison took Harry's lead, as they began to dance to the song. The two turned many heads on the dance floor, as they danced back to back, before Harry grabbed her by the waist and lifted her into the air, twirling her, before putting her through his legs then back to her feet. Madison took it in stride, the excited smile never leaving her face. Her hair looked a bit messed up, but Harry personally thought the wavy look suited her great.

"Do you like our gift to the dancers?" asked Harry cheekily, as he spun her around, catching her in his arms.

"It's wonderful Harry!" she called, blushing slightly in his arms, though she continued to smile. The song ended, with 'Piano Man' replacing it. Madison plucked up her courage, as they walked back to the table, and gently kissed his cheek, before attempting to hurry away, though Harry caught her by the wrist and spun her back to face him.

"My turn first," he said, kissing her cheek in return, smiling at her as he did. This had the effect of turning her whole face red, though she managed a weak smile, as she tried valiantly not to faint. Neville grinned heartily at Harry, thankful that Madison had plucked up the courage. He took Madison's hand, leading her off for another dance, while Harry noticed that she was hugging herself against Neville's body, making Harry grin.

"Hey, Romeo, forgetting someone?" said Hermione amusedly, turning Harry to face her. Harry looked over at Jesse, who smiled and nodded. Harry smiled at them, leading Hermione onto the dance floor, in time for the next song, which most conveniently was 'Jessie's Girl'. Somewhat embarrassed at the song title and Harry's smug grin, Hermione gave him a half-hearted punch to the shoulder, as they took to the dance floor.

"I'm really glad you and Jesse get along Harry," said Hermione gratefully, as they danced together.

"He's a really good bloke, and he seems to really like you, why wouldn't i like him," said Harry lightly. "Seriously though, he breaks your heart, I break his face," said Harry seriously all of a sudden.

"You didn't actually say that to him did you?" asked Hermione in a deadpan voice.

"Nah, but I was certainly thinking it loudly," said Harry, snickering at the look on her face.

"You know I love you like a brother right Harry. Please don't make me commit fratricide," she said, smiling at him as he shivered.

"Don't do that Mione, that's spooky," he said, making her giggle.

"So Harry, how did you all do that to the music," she asked, gesturing to the people now dancing comfortably with the muggle tunes.

"Trade secret young lady," said Harry cryptically, making Hermione pout. Suddenly, the song stopped and 'Turning Japanese' came on. Instantly, Harry shot a look at Jesse and they both started laughing uncontrollably.

""What?" asked the puzzled Hermione.

"I think Harry and I are the only ones here who know what this song is actually about," said Jesse, coming to Harry's rescue, though he was still snickering. Seeing the puzzled look on her face, Jesse leant down and whispered something in her ear. Instantly Hermione's face turned bright red, which made Harry snicker.

"I don't think I can ever listen to the Buggles again now," said Hermione, looking slightly put off. Harry and Jesse laughed together, as they walked back to the table together.

Harry spent more time talking with his date and the rest of the friends, while also taking the girls for dances, dancing the Macarena with the Chasers and Fleur, while everybody else tried to copy them and, much to the amusement of many onlookers, Harry, Cedric, Krum and the twins got up and sang karaoke with 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Everything suddenly came to an abrupt halt as a wolf howl was heard. The twins' eyes widened, knowing what this was from something Harry had shown them, but when they looked around, they couldn't find Harry. Cedric and Krum also appeared to be gone. Suddenly Harry danced through the doors, as a jazzy music filled the hall, though it had an underlying spooky feel to it. Harry began to speak in a dark creepy voice, which chilled many to the bone.

"Darkness falls across the land.
The midnight hour is close at hand.
Creatures crawl in search of blood,
to terrorize y'alls neighbourhood.

And who so ever should be found,

Without the soul for getting down,

must stand and face face the hounds of Hell.

And rot inside a corpses shell."

At this, people began to shuffle into the hall. Cedric, Krum and a host of others, though all looked like some sort of undead horror. They looked like zombies, or perhaps Inferi. The twins grinned, before applying Glamour Charms that made them look like the other zombies.

"The foulest stench is in the air,
the funk of forty thousand years.
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
are closing in to seal your doom.
And though you fight to stay alive,
your body starts to shiver.
For no mere mortal can resist...
The evil of the thriller."

At this, the zombies began closing in on Harry, who made it look as though he was as frightened as most of the other dancers and teachers alike, with the exception of his friends, Dumbledore and Flitwick. The zombies had almost closed in on Harry, when he suddenly stood up, looking like a zombie himself. Then, surprisingly for most people, the zombies began to follow Harry's movements, beginning some sort of dance. The zombies were completely in sync with Harry's movements. The music continued with a jazzy sound, intermixed with a spooky undertone. Suddenly various braver muggleborns and Harry's group ran into the middle of it all, finding that a Compulsion Charm had been woven into the floor, to make everybody follow the strange dance. Suddenly, Harry made all the zombies, and the students in the area do some strange movements, before he span around shouting "Cause this is Thriller!"

"Thriller night!" shouted Cedric, as he un-zombified and Harry zombified. "And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike!" The rest of the school relaxed as it was revealed to be a dance, before they began clapping in appreciation. The song finally ended several minutes later, with Harry, Cedric and Krum bowing to the audience, who all applauded the spectacular performance. The boys walked back with the twins, Neville, Dean, Seamus, Michael Corner, Anthony Goldstein, Terry Boot, Ernie Macmillan and Jesse, all of whom were still zombified and laughing as they chattered excitedly about the last dance, clapping the three male Champions on the backs in appreciation.

"Harry mate that was wicked!" shouted Dean and Seamus in unison, while Neville nodded fervently, grinning like a madman, which quite spooky indeed while he was still zombified.

"I see you had fun," said an amused voice. Harry turned to see Fleur, grinning ear to ear at the scene, while Hermione was admiring the looks on everybody's faces and Luna was talking excitedly to her partner. The Chasers all hugged Harry, giggling loudly at how funny it all looked.

Harry started dancing with Fleur again, having several jazz and swing songs with her, and even enjoying some Jersey Boys songs with her, before Fleur announced that she wanted to take a breather, and that she knew what song was on next. Harry counted over the songs in his head, before his eyes widened when he realised what song would be next.

"Ced! Viktor! It's almost show time!" shouted Harry, making both their eyes widen when they realised what was next. Harry and Fleur got a drink, as they prepared for the next song, something they had all decided to do together. The four Champions left the Hall for a minute, to get ready, as Cho, Luna, Hermione and the rest of the group wondered what they were up to.

"Cedric said that they were all going to do a dance together later on, but he didn't say what," said Cho, who looked curious as to what they were planning. Suddenly, the lights dimmed considerably, until a light appeared on the stage. The entirety of the Hall stared in disbelief, while Cho looked halfway between wanting to laugh and wanting to hide under the table. For on the stage, was none other than Cedric, dressed in some sort of bright green robe and matching pants. The shocking thing was the giant black moustache that he had suddenly grown, which had also made his hair black, giving him the appearance of a stereotypical Russian of some sort. Suddenly a second light lit up on the other end of the stage, causing more dropped jaws. If Cedric's appearance had shocked people, then it was nothing compared to their expressions at Krum's new look. He was wearing a similar outfit to Cedric, though completely electric blue in colour, and his hair was now completely gone, leaving him looking completely different. A third light came up, causing more shock, as they looked at a woman with wavy, strawberry blonde hair and some sort of long, form-fitting red dress. Having seen the other two, they assumed this to be the Beauxbatons Champion, though she looked nothing like Fleur. Finally, another light came on in the centre of the stage next to Fleur, shocking everybody once more, as a man with a long scraggly beard and moustache appeared, wearing a Russian Cossack and a long red and gold cape, which he flung behind him. Nobody needed to be told that this was Harry Potter, albeit with some serious, serious renovations.

"Hello Hogwarts!" Shouted the man with the cape. "Tonight, Dschinghis Khan shall perform Moskau for you. Prepare to be amazed!" he shouted, to complete silence, as music filled the air, and the dance floor transformed into a disco stage.

"Is this really happening?" asked Hermione vaguely, as Jesse whooped and clapped with it, as it was one of his favourite songs. Everybody listened to the catchy song, as the four Champions sang together in their deeper voices, before breaking out into a sort of Russian kick-dance, with Harry leading as the moustached man with the cape. Eventually others joined them, some embarrassedly, others like the twins quite cheerfully, and as they all began the dance. Hilarity ensued when several people fell over backwards trying the dance, though they laughed as well and kept going.

The song finally ended with cheering as the four champions began dancing even more complexly, before they finally finished amidst a roar of cheering from the entire hall. The Champions stepped off the stage, quite exhausted from all the dancing and singing, and were escorted back to their table by all of their cheering friends. Harry and Jesse went to get drinks for Fleur and Hermione, talking excitedly about the dance, as Jesse had also joined in the dancing.

"Uh, Harry I think yours and Hermione's redhead friend is walking this way, and he looks none too happy," whispered Jesse. Harry looked up, to see a glaring Ron Weasley heading his way. Harry sighed, as Fleur, Hermione and Ginny joined them, having also seen him heading towards Harry.

"I think this is where the suffering and misery part of our night kicks off," said Harry, bracing himself for the incoming verbal assault.

And finally, another chapter gone by! I'll work for the other chapters to be done soon, but I am also concurrently working on my own novel, which I'm pleased to announce is well underway. I am having some difficulties with translations however, and would like to ask for help from my fellow authors and readers. If anybody speaks German, Spanish, Italian, Lithuanian or any other European languages or any Asian languages that can be written in an English alphabet, translation help would be very much appreciated. I know a while ago i was offered translation for French which would be exceptionally helpful, though i cannot for the life of me find that particular review, so I ask for anybody from these countries for translation help, if at all possible.

Hope you all enjoyed part two of the Yule Ball Retake, next chapter: Confrontations and Confessions. See you all soon

P.S has anybody review ever heard of review subliminal review messaging? I review thought i'd give review it a review try, to see review if anybody might review review. xD