"Oh no... not on your shoulders!" Adrianna dramatized, winking at him. After he kissed her she put on a thoughtful expression. "Wait, its coming to me... maybe you'll have to do that again so I'll remember," she said, grinning at him. "Oh... mystery is good, but no more clues... I think I'm good on clues for a long time," she said with a laugh. She stopped and faced Gabe, looking straight into his deep blue eyes that she could see clearly even in the tunnel's darkness. "Darling, you will always be my knight and my prince," she told him, her voice soft, but serious. "Just with different color hair," she said, smiling as she gently tugged the end of his colored hair.

Gabe chuckled and leaned in kissing her again bringing his free hand up and softly rubbing the back of her neck. "Come to you yet?" He said softly mumbling against her lips. He looked down into her green eyes smiling lovingly and nodded solemnly. "I'll be that for as long as you want me to.'' Tilting his head into her hand, he closed his eyes, then turned his head kissing her palm.

Adrianna sighed in comfort as he rubbed her neck, but that was interrupted by his kiss. "Wait... its coming... I think I have the first two letters..." she said, grinning. "Oh no, I'm losing it," she told him. She leaned against him loving the feeling of his supporting body against her's. "As long as you want me, I will be there- until the stars themselves rain down from the heavens and Father time is called to close our world," she said, smiling up at him.

Ooc: Hehe! Snuck in some Narnia: The Last Battle in there...

Gabe continued rubbing her neck and sighed as she leaned against him. "Princess, I would love to witness the stars falling from teh heavens with you. I bet it's more beautiful than a meteor shower." He kissed the top of her head and as he rubbed her neck, let his fingers gently play in her hair as well.

"Hmmm," Adrianna agreed, her eyes beginning to close. "We're never going to get separated this way," she said softly, relaxing into Gabe's warm and supportive chest. His gentle playing with her hair caused an occasional tug on her scalp, which was a strange sensation, but not a bad one- it actually felt good. "You know what, we don't need to be separated... we can just stay here..." she sighed, her eyes closing all the way.

Gabe chucked softly and sighed enjoying knowing that she was completely relaxed. "Sweetheart, you know we can't stay attached..." He gently stopped rubbing her neck and smiled kissing her forehead. "Don't worry. I'll continue this during my surprise. I promise..." He whispered softly in her ear.

Adrianna's eyes opened instantly at the mention of that night. "Okay, let's go!" she said, quickly kissing him on the cheek. "And maybe we'll be the first ones there!" she said with a grin. "We can too stay attached," she said, looking back at him. "Or do you want to end our relationship already?" she pouted, although a smile was beginning to form.

"of course we will be the first ones there. Sit what's-his-face said we were the first ones he's seen." Gabe smiled and watched her pouting sure this time that she was joking. Leaning in, he gently kissed her lower lip giving it the littlest nip just for fun then smiled. "I hope to never end our relationship if I have anything to say about the matter."

Adrianna nodded in agreement. "Well, I guess we should get a move on, otherwise we may have others on our tail... granted, our friends are taking longer than I thought they would," she said with a sigh. "But they don't have the amazing combination of a Prince and Princess, a Hufflepuff and a Ravenclaw," she said, grinning at him. Suddenly, Gabe kissed her, once again biting on her lower lip. Her lower lip tingled and she looked up at him, raising an eyebrow. "What exactly do you hope to achieve by doing that?" she asked him, raising an eyebrow as a smile played on her lips.

"perfect team..." Gabe murmured against her lips. Leaning back, he grinned watchign her reaction and shrugged. "well I wasn't really trying to accomplish anything. Just a spur of the moment reaction only this time I actually meant to do it. As opposed to my spontaneous act before." He smiled innocently and began to walk further down teh tunnel giving her hand a squeeze. 'Did it bother you?"

Adrianna frowned. "Honestly... I don't think so, I'm not sure what my exact reaction is," she said, not liking the sensation of being confused. She walked along beside him, her thoughts wandering toward what Gabe was thinking of doing that night. She knew that it would be wonderful, and they would have a blast, but what exactly she didn't know. "I can't wait," she said softly, leaning her head against Gabe's shoulder once again.

Gabe laughed. "Oh believe me. I can't wait either princess. It will be so perfect." He turned his head kissing the top of hers. "I relaly hope you love it. But if we take much longer. I'm going to forget everything I had planned."

"Well," Adrianna said, looking up and along the tunnel. "It looks like we're reaching the end of our journey," she said, indicating the blank wall in front of them. However, it had patterns and Adrianna was willing to bet that it was a tapestry. "Now time to see where this leads us," she said with a smile up at Gabe. "And then, on to the real even for the night," she said, giving his hand a gently squeeze.

They reached the wall and Gabe stopped walking turning to Adrianna. "It was a pleasure being attached to you all evening." He brought her hand up to his mouth and kissed it softly. "It was an honor just to be dancing with you. I'm glad that it turned out well for the both of us." He brought his free hand up and softly brshed his fingers across her face. "Are you ready m'lady?" He said reaching out and wrapping his fingers around the edge of the tapestry to pull it aside.

Adrianna couldn't stop smiling. The night had just been too perfect, and she had found her Prince Charming. She felt her face warm slightly as his lips gently kissed the top of her hand, but his cool fingers on her cheek soon cooled her blush. "As am I, good prince," she said with a curtsy. She grinned at him as he asked his next question. "Let us break this spell," she said, and stepped through. On the other side of the tapestry was the Great Hall, still decorated in its Halloween glory. Adrianna looked around, feeling like it had been ages ago since they had last danced. Suddenly, something seemed to click and she looked down to see her own and Gabe's hands separated. "We did it," she said, smiling broadly as she looked up at him.

Gabe followed her through to the other side and found that their hands were free. His smile couldn't have been wider and before doing anything else he swept her up in his arms and spun her around. Laughing, he finally set her down and reached up to his face slowly pulling down his mask, finally, revealing his whole face. "Adrianna..." He said without a stutter and let out a sigh of relief.

Adrianna laughed as Gabe followed through, spinning her around high above him. She watched as he took of his mask, seeing his full face for the first time that they had discovered each others' identities, and each others' feelings. She reached up with the hand that had once been connected, and gently outlined where his mask had been. Then, she reached up and gently lifted her own mask, smiling at Gabe brightly. "Gabriel," she breathed, looking deep into his blue eyes.

"You are even prettier without the mask..." Gabe breathed staring at her in amazement then heard her say his full name. "I love you princess." He said smiling as if it were Christmas. Lenaing forward, he kissed her gently letting his fingers run through her hair, then pulled away. "ready for your surprise?"

Other students began to file in, and Dumbledore watched them all with a fond smile. The faint toll of the clock could be heard in the distance as it stuck the last tone for midnight. All of the spells were broken now, as he had planned, so they could say names, remove their masks, and even their hands were free. He had noticed that Gabe and Adrianna had been the first back, and they would get their reward in due time. But for now... he stood and raised his hands to applaud. "Welcome back everyone! The night is coming to a close, but as a special treat, there will be one last dance," he said, raising a hand to the orchestra.

Adrianna smiled brightly at Gabe, no longer the prince that had accompanied her tonight in appearence, but still containing the prince within. Her Gabe. Her smile broadened at that thought. "And you, sir prince, are even more handsome than ever. As he said that he loved her, everything seemed to have that peaceful feeling about it. "And I love you Gabe," she said softly just before he kissed her. She was just about to answer when Dumbledore made his announcements. She turned and looked at Gabe. "Shall we?" she asked, dipping into a deep curtsy.

Gabe looked towards Dumbledore as his plan got interupted for hopefully the last time. He looked back to Adrianna and bowed taking her hand in his. "Of course. I wouldn't want to miss the last dance, especially with you as my partner." He looked deeply into her green eyes and smiled. "And this time I will be able to put my arms around you."

Adrianna grinned and gently squeeze their connected hands. "And I am sure, this will be the best dance of all," she said softly, smiling broadly at him. She took her position, their hands clasped together as if they were made for each other and her hand on his shoulder, resting there comfortably. "I am just glad that it was you who found the shoe for this Cinderella," she said to him with a smile.

Gabe nodded. "I'm sure it will be." He led her out to the dance floor gently sliding his hand around her waist and pulling her close. As his fingers folded around hers, he leaned forward softly kissing her nose. "I'm glad the slipper fit, because I didn't want another Cinderella. I just hope I can fill Prince Charming's shoes. Cinderella's were filled perfectly.""

"Didn't you say something about not being able to dance earlier?" Adrianna asked Gabe as he led her out. Her smile broadened as he brought her close and she pulled herself slightly closer so that they were scant inches apart. "Well, I for sure wouldn't want any other Prince Charming," she told him with a grin. "In my opinion, you fill Prince Charming's shoes and then some... because I never had to go back to the evil step mother," she said with a laugh.

"Did I?" Gabe said jokingly. "I don't remember that at all, besides...with you...I would dance forever." He brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it again before resting his forehead against hers. "well if that evil stepmother ever shows up...I'll protect you..."

"And I feel the same... I would dance until the end of time, as long as it was with you," she said softly. Then she laughed. "Sorry! I'm supposed to leave the corny stuff to you!" she said, giggling. "And as for the evil stepmother, you've banished her and any other darkness in my life far beyond where they will be able to reach us," she said, closing her eyes as Gabe lead the dance, her movements following perfectly, almost instinctually with his.