The Heart of the Lion Chapter 36: 35) Have Yourself A Merry Little, a Harry Potter + Chronicles of Narnia Crossover fanfic

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter, Doctor Who or the Chronicles of Narnia. I own this plot only, and any OCs. My depictions of real life characters are based on stereotypes or suppositions and no insult is intended. I have no desire to own the series this story is based on, although if anyone could give me either a wand, TARDIS or wardrobe portal into Narnia I certainly wouldn't say no.

IMPORTANT: This is a rewrite of my story, You Are Not Alone and, as such, any resemblence to that story is intentional. No offence is meant by my portrayal of the Royal Family. I have the utmost of respect for Her Majesty the Queen and her wider family.

Chapter Thirty Five: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

'Harry wished he had about eight more eyes. He turned his head in every direction as they walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once: the shops, the things outside them, the people doing their shopping.' J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Bloomsbury

Location: Transfiguration Classroom, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: December 1994 CE

Heading into the second week of December, the teachers had decided to spring a surprise on the unsuspecting Hogwarts students, as if the Tournament wasn't stressful enough for the two champions of Hogwarts. It was for this very reason that every single Gryffindor fourth year and above filed into the Transfiguration classroom and moved to sit along the rows of benches lining the sides of the classroom waiting for Professor McGonagall to start to speak. "Ladies and gentlemen, it is now December, and it is time that the Heads of Houses spring a surprise on you all. On Christmas Eve night, Hogwarts will play host to an ancient tradition which always runs concurrently with the Triwizard Tournament, the Yule Ball."

This announcement from the Deputy Headmistress created to vastly different reactions; the majority of the girls started giggling excitedly, gibbering rapidly about what they wanted to wear and who they wanted to ask them, while the majority of boys instead groaned and muttering about the injustice of it and how they now had to find a date. The exception to that rule, the old Professor noticed, was Harry and Lucy, who simply sat on opposite sides of the room, smiling at each other all the time. "Now, can I have a pair of volunteers, a boy and a girl please?" McGonagall looked around at the assembled Lions.

Mentally telling Lucy to stay seated for a moment, Harry stood up and addressed his Head of House, "I'd like to volunteer, Professor, but I'd like to do this properly."

Minerva nodded and gestured for Harry to continue, watching with an undisguised smile as he crossed to the other side of the room, walking straight to his bondmate. Just as his grandmother, aunts and uncles had instructed him, he bent down slightly, one hand behind his back, offering the other to Lucy, looking straight in her eyes as he asked, "May I have this dance, my lady?"

"You certainly may, kind sir," Lucy giggled, grinning impishly at the sighs from surrounding girls as she took his hand and followed him into the middle of the room.

"Now would you two be able to take your positions for a waltz please," McGonagall instructed and the two fourth years took their stance, Lucy's hand on Harry's shoulder and Harry's hand on her waist, their spare hands clasped together. "Very good, and could you please demonstrate for us a waltz. Slowly at first, if you please."

And so, slowly, Harry and Lucy began twirling around the classroom dancing to the music that McGonagall was playing, and after a few minutes she asked them to dance as they normally would and their movements sped up slightly, and the whole of the assembled Gryffindors looked on in awe at how well they danced while McGonagall looked on proudly at the two who had quickly become her favourite Gryffindors.

Location: Gryffindor Tower, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: December 1994 CE

All too soon, Christmas Eve came and it was time for the second Yule Ball in two years, this time, the Ball was to showcase Hogwarts and celebrate the Triwizard Tournament and Christmas with the delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.

Harry was now waiting for his bondmate, and date, to make her way down the stairs so he could give her a special gift. A few long minutes later and he heard Lucy's shoes clacking on the flagstone stairs down from the girls' dormitories and he smiled as he saw her silver dress with red cloak that matched perfectly with his silver and red robes. "Before we go down," Harry started, reaching into his robes' dimensionally transcendental pocket and pulled out a large, flat, square jewellery box, "I have a gift for you to wear tonight." He finished as he opened the box, and Lucy's breath caught in her throat and her eyes teared up as one hand went to her mouth and the other reached out tentatively to touch the perfect replica of her Narnian silver crown as if to convince herself it was real.

"How did..." Lucy started but couldn't finish her question, she was so touched by Harry's gift.

"Caspian showed me a picture in a history book while we were on the Dawn Treader. I was able to sketch it from memory and had a jeweller make it up for me. May I?" Harry explained before gently picking the crown up off the velvet cushion and gestured to her head.

After her nod, he carefully placed the crown on Lucy's head, kissing her on the forehead tenderly, before offering her his arm, and leading her out of the common room.

Location: The Great Hall, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: December 1994 CE

Just before the champions had entered the Great Hall, Professor McGonagall had pulled Harry and Lucy aside and wished them luck, complementing Lucy on the crown on her head.

After this, the champions entered the Hall and took their positions at the High Table for dinner, and Lucy and Harry soon fell into an easy pattern of conversation and companionable silence.

After the meal, the champions made their way out onto the dancefloor, and after the time they had spent in Narnia, however much or little it may have been, the youngest champion and his date quickly outshone the other champions in the dancing stakes. As the official waltz wound down, Dumbledore quickly got the attention of all the students, "Ladies and Gentleman, back for her second year in a row, please give a warm welcome to Celestina Warbeck."

The crowd cheered as Celestina walked forward and started speaking to the students using her own wand like a microphone, "Hello Hogwarts! It's great to be back here again for another year. I thought I might get this started by getting some of our couples out on the dancefloor, 'cause this one is for them."

Harry pulled Lucy close, his hands resting on her hips as her arms interlaced around his neck as the music started;

"It's amazing
How you can speak
Right to my heart
Without saying a word,
You can light up the dark."

Both Harry and Lucy smiled as they recognised the song, sharing a knowing smirk at just how true the lyrics were for them.

"Try as I may
I could never explain
What I hear when
You don't say a thing.

"The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all."

The bondmates continued to sway on the spot, oblivious to anyone and anything that didn't have anything to do with the dance.

"All day long
I can hear people
Talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd."

As Lucy smiled at Harry, he could, just as the song said, feel everything being drowned out.

"Try as they may
They could never define
What's been said
Between your
Heart and mine.

"The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me.

"The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me.

"You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all

By the end of the song, Lucy was resting her head on Harry's shoulder and as the song came to its end, they slowly stopped swaying and Lucy smiled up at Harry as they moved off the dancefloor to take a break.

Location: The Viaduct Courtyard, Hogwarts School, near Aviemore, Scotland, Earth
Time: December 1994 CE

Harry led Lucy out into the viaduct courtyard, where Lucy, as she so often had at balls in Narnia, soon found herself gazing at the stars. "It's so beautiful," Lucy said in awe.

Harry in a total corny cliché moment, caught himself watching the moonlight fall on Lucy's face and he whispered in reply, "Yes you are...um...I mean yes it is!" Harry tried to catch himself, but it was too late, Lucy was now watching him curiously.

"I'm not that beautiful, Harry. I'm pretty, I know. But Susan was always the beautiful one, I came to terms with that on the Dawn Treader," Lucy said shyly, looking down at the ground.

Harry was having none of it though, and Harry gently tilted her chin up so she could see the moon. "See the moon up there? Sure Susan is beautiful, in a way. But it's a cold beauty, like the moon, there is no warmth. Susan has beauty but her personality is too analytical, too disbelieving. You have a warm beauty. Your smile lights up your face and you have the most amazing personality. You care for others, you are brave, and not afraid to fight for what is right. If Susan is beautiful like the moon, than you my dear Lu, are beautiful like the sun. And no matter what, you are most beautiful to me."

By the end of Harry's impassioned speech, Lucy's face had turned bright pink, and she ducked her head again, only for Harry to tilt her chin up once more and press his lips to hers in just their second kiss.

Author's Note: I apologise for the completely cliched and corny end to the chapter, and would like to note that inspiration was drawn from eternallystarcrossed2010's It Only Grows Stronger in Time and kelseyelizabethxo's Voyage of the Dawn Treader: My Version.