Harry Potter: Raised By Roses

Chapter Sixty-Seven: An Epic Ask

Normally, the idea of dating anyone would not make the trio nervous. But they were currently only fourteen, so they did not have any experience dating at all. So, Harry knowing that he now had to have a date to the Yule Ball as well as have the first dance with his date was something that made him very nervous.

He knew how to dance, plus a lot of the animals he could channel were very graceful as well, so the dance itself did not make him nervous at all. It was the idea that he had to have a date.

"Harry, you really need to relax," Krinos tells him.

"Says the Gardna that does not require a date for this ball," Harry groaned as he laid back on his bed.

The three of them were in Harry and Krinos's room in the Crystal Rose tree. The Yule Ball was approaching in a few weeks and none of them had any dates yet. But Harry was really the only nervous one since he had to have a date. And for someone that had never been on a date before, it was a daunting task.

"This is probably the only time that you would ever consider asking Eros or Aphrodite for help," Melody giggled.

"Okay, as nervous as I am for having to have a date, I will never be desperate enough to go to the god and goddess of love," Harry stated.

"Not that anyone ever even gets what they want when they pray to them," Krinos says. "Psyche comes the closest, but that's only because Eros fell in love with her."

"The Olympians are strange beings," Melody shook her head.

There was sudden thunder overhead.

"Oh, you know it's true, Zeus," Krinos yelled out. "Drama Queen!"

Harry and Melody only laughed even more as more thunder was the response to Krinos's yelling.

"Harry, I know that you are nervous, but for the love of all the gods, just ask out the twins already," Melody tells their brother.

Harry blushed bright red. Pretty much the color of the hair of both of his crushes.

"You like them, they like you, will all three of you just stop dancing around each other and date already," Krinos said.

"If you think it's so simple, how about you go and ask out Cedric, then," Harry smirked as he saw his brother blush.

"This... This is about you and not me," Krinos crossed his arms and huffed, making Harry and Melody laugh at him.

"Are you guys still hiding in here," Hawk asked as he walked into the room.

"We are not hiding," all three said at once.

"I guess since you had the door open, you probably aren't," Hawk chuckled. "But I guess the best place to hide from that creepy stalker girl would be in a tree that she can not get into."

"We have not been interacting much with other Hogwarts students that were not the twins, Cedric, Luna, and Neville," Melody says. "What has that selfish creep been doing now?"

Most of Crystal Rose knew about what had happened in their second year. None of them would ever be friends, or even acquaintances, with Ginny because of what she had done. She almost killed four people and a cat just because she was being selfish about not wanting to be expelled over a cursed diary. And they were sure that if ghosts had any type of government that could punish living people, they also would have gone after her for what she did to Sir Nickolas.

All of the trio were very popular at Crystal Rose, but Krinos was always able to find a place in the hearts of others because of his kind and caring nature. Not to mention that he also has saved many of them from demons because of his strong powers. He was generous, helpful, and kind and that was how he usually made places for himself in the hearts of others. He did not mean to, but it was just in his nature to be like that.