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A luminous glow surrounded Alexis' body. She knew at once that the boy was doing it to make her stronger. All heads turned toward her as she approached the Death Eaters. At first they were slightly shocked at her bravery, then regained their composure and shot spells at her. Surprisingly, none of the spells hit her, as they just bounced off the light screen encircling her. She raised her wand, and stunned two of the Death Eaters. One by one Alexis knocked them down, until three were remaining. They seemed ready to flee, until one of them took of their hood and shot a strange spell at Alexis.

"It's Parkinson! Alexis, you must flee! I can no longer keep you safe! Hurry and run!" an anxious voice whispered urgently.

Alexis couldn't run. She stood frozen in place as a small wind gusted past her and into the Death Eater called Parkinson. Then Parkinson started glowing blue and Alexis eyes widened in shock and fear. She laughed and pointed her wand at Alexis.

"You think you're the only one who Potter can help? Watch this! Crucio!" she screamed.

Alexis felt extreme pain dominating her. She cried out, helpless and hurt. She began to lose consciousness and started writhing on the ground. Alexis heard a muffled shout and suddenly, the pain vanished and the blue glow was no longer surrounding the Death Eater. The Death Eater looked around and gave time for Alexis to hit her with another stunner, with the boy at her side again. Together they killed off the last of the Death Eaters and Alexis fainted.

"You did good, Alexis. I knew I had picked the right one," a voice whispered in Alexis' ear. She moaned and opened her eyes. Standing above her was the boy who had helped her. The boy who the Death Eater had called 'Potter'.

"Who are you?" she asked.

The boy chuckled. Then his face grew serious again. "I cannot tell you now. As soon as Lord Voldemort is defeated, you will know, and I will be gone forever. Trust me, and we can defeat him together." With that he faded away and Alexis was alone again.

"Oh good, you're awake," Madam Zeegar said, disturbing Alexis from her thoughts. "It was very bad of you to run away from me. You could have been dead by now!"

"I'm sorry Madam Zeegar. It will never happen again," she replied with an innocent face.

"Good. Now, you have some company," she said.

Alexis looked towards the door and her friends stood there, faces full of fear and anxiety. They ambled in, unsure of what to say until Crystal broke the silence.

"I'm so glad you're alright," she gushed. "I mean, we thought you were dead by the fifth day you were out."

Something clicked in her head. "Wait, the third day? How many days had passed since the attack?"

The girls looked at each other. "Seven," Emma finally said.

"Seven? A whole week? But tomorrow's the ball! I don't even have a date or a dress yet!" Alexis cried.

"It's alright, Lex. We asked Dumbledore to postpone the ball and now it's next week instead, but there's no Hogsmeade next weekend. You're going today instead since you're ok now," Holly said soothingly. "We got ours yesterday but we'll take you shopping today."

Alexis still didn't look satisfied. "But what if I don't have a date yet?"

"Girl, you're not supposed to tell us yet! Besides, you've got all week to find one. Plus, if you don't, then you can still wear it after you streak," Jade assured her in a mean way.

"Ok girls. You've had your time. The headmaster is here to see her, and he requires private time with her," Madam Zeegar bustled in, shooing the girls out.

"We'll see you later, ok Lexi?" Jade called over her shoulder. "Don't worry about anything, you'll get a date."

Alexis waved as Professor Dumbledore came in. He gave her a kind smile that she returned shyly. His long and aged beard glinted with the sunlight that streamed through the window.

"Miss Weasley. I see that you are awake. Now, I'd like to discuss certain matters with you," he said not unkindly. Alexis nodded to show her approval. "As soon as I had heard of the attack, I came to investigate. I got there, but you were standing there with a glow surrounding yourself. Then a Death Eater had 'stolen' your glow, and hit you with the Cruciatus Curse. Am I correct so far?"

Alexis nodded again and he continued. "Then the glow came back to you, and you stunned the Death Eaters left. Now, may I ask you how you came to possess such magic? Such magic that I have only seen two students perform in my years?" he finished.

Alexis was unsure of what to say. Should she tell him that it was a boy named 'Potter' or that she didn't know? "I-I honestly don't know, Professor. It just happened," she lied.

If he didn't believe her, he didn't show it. "Very well Miss Weasley."

"Professor? May I ask two questions?" she asked politely.

He smiled at her. "Of course, my dear."

She hesitated a bit before answering. " , during the attack, I was hit with the Cruciatus Curse. Then someone shot a spell toward the Death Eater. Was that you?"

His eyes twinkled as he answered, "Yes. That was me. I had to do something somehow, though you were doing very well on your own. Your second question?"

Alexis hesitated again, "Who was that Death Eater called 'Parkinson'?"

Dumbledore sighed. "When I tell you, you must not jump to conclusions. Has Adrian Malfoy ever said anything about his mother?"

Alexis shook her head. She knew what was coming next.

"Pansy Parkinson, a former Hogwarts student, is his mother. His father is a Death Eater too. He does not need any more encouragement that he already has. We need all the people we can get to defeat Voldemort. Please do not discuss this in public nor in private. Now, I understand you would like to go to Hogsmeade today?" he asked rather lightly, changing the subject.

Alexis nodded and he continued, "Very well. I will inform Madam Zeegar to let you go in the afternoon. Until then, please stay in the Hospital Wing. Madam Zeegar was very upset with you last week."

"Oh. Ok Professor Dumbledore," Alexis agreed sheepishly. He smiled at her and left to go find the nurse.

That afternoon, Alexis and her friends trooped out to Hogsmeade with the rest of the students and headed to the recently built Madam Illiser's Muggle Dresses and Dress Robes. The bell jingled happily as they entered the beautifully designed shop.

"Welcome, my ladies. Did you get bored of your dresses already?" a lady came up to them. She looked about 30 or 40.

"Oh no Madam Illiser! Never! We came to buy one for our friend here," Jade replied with a laugh.

Madam Illiser turned her eyes on Alexis. "Ahh. A pretty one, she is. I know the perfect one for you."

She went to an old storage room and brought out a rectangular box. Opening the box, she took out a delicate midnight blue Muggle dress. It was a simple dress, yet beautiful.

"Go on, dear. Try it on," she suggested, pushing Alexis toward the dressing rooms.

Two minutes later, Alexis emerged with the exotic dress on. It went down to her ankles, and brought out her eyes, which were a dark blue. The top curved downwards, complimenting her figure well. The bottom flowed out behind her as she twirled happily. The Muggle dress was incredibly dazzling. Alexis' friends all gasped and went over to compliment her.

"Oh wow, Lex! You look awesome! Any guy your going with is gonna be so lucky!" Holly gushed excitedly.

"Oh definitely! You'll have every single male student in the school after you," Emma agreed enthusiastically.

Excellent remarks came from her friends except for Jade. Jade looked angry.

"It looks ok. I bet I would look better in it, though," she said enviously. That made Alexis start to worry again.

"Oh no! Are you positive? Maybe I should try on a couple more," she fretted.

Crystal gave Jade a questioning look before turning back to her friend. "I think you look splendid. Jade's just jealous."

It took some time, but soon enough, her friends persuaded her to buy the beautiful dress to wear to the ball. After she paid her 10 galleons, the five friends ventured out to the cool October air and went for a butterbeer. They spent a lovely afternoon drinking the warm drink and shopping for all sorts of sweets, jokes, and other Hogsmeade delights. The students returned right before dinner and freshened up in their dormitories. Everyone was extremely cheerful and nothing went wrong for the rest of the day.

Five days passed by with classes, homework, and talk about the ball. It seemed like everyone was finding out who was going with who. It turned out the Slytherins only went with people from their own house, and the rest of the houses mixed with everyone else except the Slytherins, which was no surprise. Five days also passed with Alexis having no date. She didn't really plan on asking anyone to the ball, but she soon got desperate, because of their bet. Even Eden Longbottom would've been an ok date, but he was already taken.

Saturday passed for Alexis with no date yet again. Instead of asking almost every male out, she spent most of her time brooding and cooking up a plan to get her out of streaking. Luckily for her, Crystal didn't have a date either, so the two of them worked hard on trying to get dates and getting out of streaking. Almost too coincidentally, Alexis met her date in the library. He was the worst choice possible, but Alexis was too frantic to think about it. Plus, Dumbledore requested it.

"There has to be a charm in here could cover me what will Jade say?" Alexis muttered to herself, flipping through a book of charms. " this complicated."

"Trying to find a spell to make yourself less ugly?" a voice sneered. "Oh wait, that's not possible."

Alexis looked up and found herself looking into a pair of entrancing blue eyes. Unfortunately for her, they were Malfoy's.

"Shove off Malfoy. I'm busy," she snapped.

He looked angry yet amused. "Tsk tsk. I wouldn't bother but the headmaster has requested our presence."

Alexis snapped her book shut and glared at him as hard as she could. "And of all people he sent you to come and get me?"

Adrian just glared right back and left, leaving Alexis to hurry after him. They walked to the fourth floor, each a good distance away from the other. Adrian mumbled the password() and the gargoyle sprang aside. The two of them sauntered up the stairs and knocked on the door.

"Come in," a voice from the other side answered.

Alexis and Adrian walked into the circular room, glancing around. Neither of them had been in Dumbledore's office before, and were enthralled by the beauty and magnificence of it.

"You wanted to see us, headmaster?" Alexis inquired.

His eyes seemed to sparkle more than usual as he beckoned them to sit down. "Now, as you know, the ball is coming up. Since neither of you have dates, I will ask you two to go together. We need the houses to cooperate as the war is becoming more and more important. Therefore I must ask both of you to set an example to other students," he explained.

Alexis and Adrian protested in shock.

"But I can't go with her!"

"He's a Slytherin, headmaster!"

"She's a Weasley!"

"Gryffindor will be shamed!"

Dumbledore silenced them both and his face turned suddenly stern like Alexis had never seen before. "You will go together. I am not asking you to dance together, just to act civil. Your parents could never do that, so I am trusting you to act more mature than your parents. Now, please do as I ask or I will have to be forced to give you a month's worth of detentions."

The rivals nodded, not wanting to anger him. They rose without a word and left, each with questions and silent protests swimming in their heads.

Great. Now I have to go with Mr. Oh-I'm-so-great-look-at-me-everyone-I'm-going-to-be-a-death-eater-when-I-grow-up-like-my-dad, Alexis though warily. She glanced at Malfoy to see him shaking with fury.

"Geez Malfoy. It's not that awful going with me," she said.

He looked at her with a pure look of hatred. "It's not that. Kaelyn Lynch was going to ask me. Now she's probably going with that big oaf Markovious or whatever."

"Oh" was all Alexis could say. She was getting sort of a good deal out of this. Now she didn't have to carry out the bet and streak. But Adrian had to go with her and lose the chance of having Kaelyn as a girlfriend. Kaelyn was very pretty and popular, and if you were her boyfriend, you would be the most popular male student in school, even if you were unknown before! It just didn't seem very fair.

"I know! Why don't you ask her anyway? We'll go together and act all civil to each other but just not spend time with each other," Alexis said brightly. It was the perfect plan. Except now when her friends danced with their partners, she would be all lonely.

Adrian gave her a strange look, but his face slowly changed from confused to happy. "I guess the little Weasel finally thought of something good."

Alexis blushed. Sure he called her 'Weasel', but he also said she thought of a good idea. Unfortunately, he saw the tinge of red and sneered.

"Don't think I'll be any nicer to you after the ball," he smirked.

Alexis' tone changed from nice to full of rage. "Don't worry, Malfoy. I'm not expecting anything," she snapped. The two glared at each other and marched off in opposite directions.

Alexis told her friends the news right when she got to the common room. She was so mad at Adrian that tears came pouring out after she told her story. Her friends were shocked that out of all people, Dumbledore would do such a thing. He knew they were enemies, and he wasn't the one to play matchmaker. There had to be another reason. Alexis thought of telling her friends about the dreams and apparitions of the boy and maybe those were one of the reasons Dumbledore made them go to the ball together, but she knew they wouldn't believe her.

Later that night, a fire blazed in the common room as Alexis hurried to finish her charms homework. Everyone else was gone, and there was a deadly silence in the room. The flames from the fireplace seemed to be throwing themselves at her, and the room was spinning. The heat in the room overthrew Alexis, and she dozed off.

"We meet again, young one," a deep voice said from behind Alexis. She turned around to find her 'guide'.

"Oh, it's you. What's going to happen? Are you warning me? Are you going to help me this time too?" the questions came pouring out of her mouth and the boy laughed.

"Calm down, Alexis. I am here just to thank you properly," he said before fading away again.

Alexis shot up straight in her chair. The dreams would not stop. They came whenever he had a message for her. It was scaring Alexis a little, so she quickly scribbled the last of the 10-inch essay and hastily put her things away. She rushed up to her dorm, and practically threw herself onto the four-poster bed. Right when she was about to fall asleep, there came muffled sobs from a bed not too far away.

"Crystal?" Alexis wondered aloud. "Are you ok?"

The sobs stopped for a second, then a head peeked out from under a nearby bed's covers. Crystal's face was stained with tears, and her eyes puffy like clouds. It looked like she had been crying for some time now.

"Crystal what's wrong?" Alexis asked, extremely worried about her friend. "Why are you crying?"

Crystal sat up in bed as Alexis approached her. She looked at Alexis with such sad eyes and a deep, melancholy frown. "Idonhaveaparner," she mumbled.

Alexis didn't hear her and leaned in. "What?"

"I don't have a date," Crystal said a little louder and more aggressively. As soon as she said that she got under the covers again. "What can I do?" she wailed softly.

Alexis felt so sorry for Crystal. Her friend didn't deserve to streak in front of the school. Crystal was the nicest and most caring person ever, and she didn't deserve anything like that.

"Don't worry Crystal. I'll find someone for you by tomorrow night's ball. Trust me. I won't let you down," she comforted her friend. Little did she know that these words would mean nothing in less than 24 hours. "Now, let's get some sleep. You don't want to look all tired tomorrow."

Crystal nodded and hugged her friend. Alexis is the best friend anyone can have, she thought tearfully. The two of them went to bed and went out like a light as soon as their heads hit the pillow.

Everyone got up bright and early the next morning, all of them incredibly thrilled for the ball. After lunch, the girls had to make sure their hair was perfect, and their dresses looked great and had no defects. The boys just played around laughing and joking. While her friends were busy chatting about the ball, Alexis had to go on her 'mission'. Her 'mission' was to find a guy, any decent and respectable guy, for Crystal.

Three hours later, she slumped on a common room armchair, defeated. She had no luck in finding anyone for her desperate friend. There would, of course, be more choices if the third, second, and first years were allowed to go, but Dumbledore said nobody under fourth years could attend. Suddenly the common room door swung open and Crystal came in. Right after seeing the look on Alexis' face, she knew that her friend could not find anybody for her. Tears sprang to her eyes as she slumped down next to Alexis.

"It's ok, Lex. I know you tried," she said tearfully after a moment of silence.

Alexis didn't answer. She couldn't talk. She had let her best friend since they were two down. "Crystal. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry I let you down," she whispered.

"It's ok Lexi. We'll just have to convince Jade to change her mind. Or maybe she'll forget. I won't come to the ball today, I guess," Crystal whispered back sadly, her big brown eyes shone with sadness.

Alexis got up and gave her friend a hug. "Don't be afraid. You're a Gryffindor, remember? Don't worry. We'll face Jade together. Plus, you got that really expensive gown for this ball, and you're going to wear it," she said soothingly. Crystal kept protesting but Alexis' bickering skills won her over.

The two of them headed upstairs to get ready. The ball was in less than two hours, and they hadn't even taken a shower yet! Luckily the two teens were very quick at getting ready, and by 4:30, they were showered, dressed, and set.

Jade had on a rather short and skimpy deep green Muggle dress. It brought out her eyes and complimented her curves well. Her dark hair was up in a neat bun, tendrils curling around the edge of her slender face. Holly looked stunning in a shimmering pink strapless Muggle dress, similar to Jade's. Her lips matched her dress, and her light blond hair hung carelessly down her back. Emma also looked very pretty in pale blue dress robes. Her eyes shone with excitement, and the soft brown waves tumbled down her slender body. Crystal stood shyly, looking at her feet. She was dressed in a sparkly white Muggle dress that went down to her ankles. Her thick auburn hair was pulled back with two white clips that glimmered in the light. Alexis was dressed in her gorgeous midnight blue Muggle dress. The fiery red waves were put up and held there by a large Muggle clip, making the tip spout like a fountain.

The five girls went down the dorm stairs together and Emma, Holly, and Jade met their dates in the common room. The boys seemed nervous at first, but then the tension was broken as soon as everyone started talking. Soon they left the Gryffindor Tower, with Alexis and Crystal leading the way. Alexis met Draco and Kaelyn at the bottom of the stairs. When the five girls and two guys got down there as well, they gaped at Kaelyn. She was the most beautiful sight anyone had every seen. Her black strapless Muggle dress showed off her slender shoulders, and accented her figure well. It went all the way down to her knees, and hugged her hips perfectly. Adrian, who was standing next to her with his famous smirk looked handsome as well. His platinum-blond hair was combed back, his eyes still a piercing ice blue. His dress robes were navy blue that made him look more good-looking than usual.

Adrian slid one of his arms around Kaelyn's waist and said, "Come on, Weas- I mean, Alexis. You look amazing."

Alexis sauntered down to his side and he slid the other arm around her waist. She glanced at Kaelyn, but only received a glare. Kaelyn's eyes seemed to be saying 'don't you dare go near him, he's mine'. Alexis glared right back and a plan formed in her mind. They met Professor Dumbledore at the entrance to the Great Hall and Alexis stopped them.

"Adrian, darling, will you at least dance one dance with me?" she said, her voice dripping with honey and her big chocolate brown eyes staring at his innocently.

Adrian glared at her but didn't dare to say no in front of the Headmaster. "Yes. Of course I will," he said, tone as hard as steel.

Alexis just smiled blamelessly and led them inside. Behind them Jade had met her date and the three couples and Crystal followed them in. Once they were seated comfortably at the bar, Adrian turned to Kaelyn and invited her on a nighttime stroll. More like snogging somewhere in the castle, Alexis thought and turned to her own friends, who were cornering Crystal.

"So where's your date?" Jade said, a triumphant glint in her eye.

Crystal's cheeks reddened and she looked down. Alexis, knowing that her friend was speechless, spoke up. "She doesn't have one. You can't make her streak, Jade."

Jade advanced on Alexis. "What do you mean I can't make her do it? I'm not making her do it! I cast a charm on us so that every person keeps to their promise," Jade growled. "Now Crystal, would you be so kind as to follow me so that you can get ready?"

Alexis tried to stop Crystal from going, but her friend shook her off. "Just let me get it over with, Lex. I'm a Gryffindor, and I will be brave."

"Crystal! This isn't about being brave! She can't make you do anything!" Alexis cried. Crystal shot a glare at her over her shoulder and followed Jade out of the Great Hall.

Alexis' face paled and she sat down, ready to brace herself for the laughter and whistling of the crowd. Not one minute later, someone whistles and yells, "Nice Crystal!"

A/N: Well that's it for I've written a lot! Oh yeah, and my friend Kinsey wanted a cameo so she's Kaelyn. Sorry I forgot to put that before so it's like revised. Anyway, review and tell me what you think!