Were Stronger Together – Year 6
Chapter 1
Confessions From the Heart
Harry
was lying on his bed wondering if this dreadful summer with the
Dursleys was ever going to end. It was July 6 and Harry was thinking
about writing to one of his friends when he heard tapping on the
window and saw an owl. He let the owl in and untied the parchment
from its leg. Harry opened it up and read it.
Dear Harry,
I hope you have had a good summer so far. You'll never believe it but
my dad got us tickets to the 4th annual World Wizards Dueling
Competition, which is being held from the 11th to the 18th! I was
hoping you could come because Hermione is and it wouldn't be as fun
without my best friend. Send us back your response and we will pick
you up on the 9th at 11:00 am if you can come and you can stay the
rest of the summer with us.
Hope to see you then
Ron
Harry was so excited about this and ran downstairs to talk
with his aunt and uncle.
"Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon,
my friend Ron wants to know if I want to go to a dueling competition
and stay the rest of the summer with him" said Harry excitedly."
He would be picking me up on the 9th at 11:00 am"
"So
you mean to tell me we wont get to see our favorite nephew for
another year" said Vernon sarcastically.
"er -
yeah" replied Harry.
"You may go boy, but I'll
tell you this your gonna have to work your ass off for the next three
days" Vernon said.
Harry didn't like the fact about
working really hard for three days but he didn't want to be stuck
here all summer so he happily said "that's fine im gonna go
owl him then."
Harry
ran upstairs so he could reply to his best friend Ron. When he got
back to his room he saw pigwidgeon, Rons owl,flying around the room
waiting impatiently for Harrys reply. So Harry wasted no time and got
out his quill and some parchment and began to write
Dear
Ron, Its nice to hear from you but unfortunatly my summer has been
the same as mormal, dreadful! My aunt and uncle have agreed to let me
go but i have to work non-stop untill you pick me up, but hey im so
excited about leaving this place that it doesnt matter to me. I have
never heard of this World Wizards Dueling Competition before but it
sounds really interesting and something i would ant to compete in. I
cant wait to see you and Hermione, my summers been real lonely so far
and i miss both of you and your whole family, well maybe not Percy.
Ill see you soon
Harry
Harry sealed it and tied
it to pidwidgeon and the owl set off with Harrys response.
It was around dinner time and Harry was starving,
even though he knew he wouldnt get much to eat. Harry heard Aunt
Petunia knocking on his door for him to come to dinner.
''Im
coming," Harry yelled to her, and he got up and went downstairs.
Harrys plate looked like usual it had a piece of bread and some
potatoes, but it was food.
Then Vernon spoke ''now boy when
were all done eating you will clear off the table and do the dishes
that you havnt done in almost a week!"
Harrys summer
before this had gone easy and they hadnt mad him do much either but
he never remembered them telling him to do the dishes. Now that hes
going somewhere though the Dursleys have got a reason to punish him.
''May i go up to my room after im done then?" he asked.
''Yes
but remember your up early tomorrow to do more work" Vernon
replied.
So everybody finished their dinner and
Harry got up and cleared the table and started the dishes. The dishes
didnt take as long as he thought they would and he was odne in about
an hours time and decided to back up to his room to feed Hedwig.
Harry would have loved to write to Sirius and tell him about wizard's
competition but after what happened in his fifth year he obviously
couldn't which saddened him thinking about it. So he crawled into
his bed and decided just to try and sleep even though it's been
hard to because he always thought about Sirius and had nightmares
about the time Sirius died.
Surprisingly
Harry fell asleep fast and didn't have a nightmare instead Ron,
Hermione and himself were dueling Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle in front
of everybody at the dueling competition and it seemed that they were
winning until Malfoy screamed ''avada kedavra" and a bright
green light was heading Hermione's way.
Harry woke up
screaming and had tears in his eyes until he realized it was just a
dream and didn't actually happen. If it did though Harry would be
devastated because he cared a lot for Hermione and lately he even is
starting care for her as more than a friend but he didn't ever want
to tell her though because he was scared to be embarrassed by it. He
thought he might tell Ron though because he was his best friend.
Harry had difficulty falling back asleep and it was only 1:30
in the morning but after half an hour he did fall back asleep but
this time unfortunately it wasn't a good dream. It was when Sirius
had died and he woke up with tears in his eyes again.
Now it
was at least 6:30 so he decided to get up and start work for his Aunt
and Uncle. He got up took a shower than got dressed. He went
downstairs to eat the little breakfast he got and then Aunt Petunia
had given him a list of things to do. Mainly he had to clean the
house and do some yard work, which wasn't to bad he thought.
Cleaning the whole house was disastrous
because it was a complete mess and took him all the way until
lunchtime. Harry's
lunch was rather very small he had half a bologna sandwich. After he
finished that he started on yard work, which took him until 3:00, and
he was allowed to take a 15-minute break. Then he started on more
work until dinner, which wasn't much food either, but he ate it
than cleared the table and did dishes.
It was 7:00 and Harry
was bored now that he was done working for the Dursleys. He read a
book about quidditch for a bit than tried going to sleep.
Harry
had the same dream as last night were he was dueling with Malfoy who
screamed ''avada kedavra" and a green flash hit Hermione in the
chest, but this time he saw more and he went over to Hermione and
started crying and took her hand and went on about how he never got
to tell her how he felt about her. How he cared for her more than
just a friend and Ron was looking at him with a puzzled look on his
face but Ron reacted and cursed Malfoy so much that he knocked Malfoy
unconscious. Ron also knocked Crabbe and Goyle unconscious and many
ministry wizards came rushing over and took Malfoy off. Harry assumed
to Azkaban. Dumbledore came over to Harry and they talked for quite
awhile and Dumbledore told Harry ''its over now Voldemort will
now triumph."' Why" asked Harry?
''Because Harry,
without Hermione around you will not be strong enough battle with him
now"
''Why wont I be strong enough" Harry asked very
confused, his eyes were still wet and red with tears.
''Harry I
never told you this but if you and Hermione were together you could
easily take down Voldemort and his army."
Still confused
Harry asked' but why together will we be able to take him down"
''Because Harry, Im not quite sure how but together you share a
bond that would of made you both the strongest witch and wizard alive
but now it wont happen and Voldemort will win"
All of a
sudden Harry lost his dream and awoke. Slowly opening his eyes
adjusting to the light he wondered if the dream were true, if so he
would have to tell Hermione how he felt so they could be strong and
defeat Voldemort.
Harry
got dressed and got to work. The day had been going quite fast and
Harry found himself already eating lunch, which was a bowl of tomato
soup, which Harry thought was quite gross but he ate it because he
was hungry.
The rest of the day went fast as well but Harry
was thinking about his dream from the previous night and wasn't
paying attention to time. And soon enough he found himself at the
dinner table eating dinner, which happened to be baked beans, and
cabbage, which was even worse than lunch, but once again he ate it
because he was still hungry from lunch. As he ate his beans he
noticed that the rest of the Dursleys were eating tacos, which he had
never had because the Dursleys never let him eat any of the good food
they ate. So Harry finished eating and cleared the table and got
started on dishes.
Harry spent the rest of the night packing
for tomorrow because he knew he wouldn't have time tomorrow because
the Dursleys would work him until The Weasleys got here. By the time
he had finished packing it was almost 9:00 and Harry decided getting
sleep would be a good thing.
Harry had the exact same dream
again and the same things happened and it ended at the same point, he
thought it definitely what Dumbledore said to be true and believed
it. But the thing was he thought that he would have to kill Voldemort
himself not with someone else. But he thought about it more and
Dumbledore did say being with her would make him stronger it didn't
mean Hermione had to kill him he just needed her by his side.
Harry definitely couldn't wait to see his
friends now it was 7:30 in the morning and they would be there in 3-4
hours, he was so excited. He went to eat breakfast, one whole piece
of toast and then had to get to work but all they made him do was
dust the living room and clean the bathroom. Time was really going
slow though and what felt like a whole day was really one hour and he
finally finished his work at 10:00 leaving him an hour of freedom
before the Weasleys came to pick him up. He wondered how they would
come though because last time Uncle Vernon wasn't to happy when
they used floo powder and Dudley ate a ton tongue toffee back in year
four. Harry still remembers how funny that was.
Harry was
waiting with the Dursleys in the living room at quarter to eleven
awaiting the Weasleys arrival.
''Boy I swear this will be the
last time you ever go anywhere if those people of yours shows up in
that fireplace again and they better look like normal people this
time too because I don't want our neighbors getting suspicious"
Vernon had strictly told him.
Just after Vernon had said that
there was a knock on the door and it appeared that they arrived by
car but Harry thought they lost their car in year two when him and
Ron used it to get to Hogwarts. The car is still in the forest as far
as I know, unless they got a new one. When Uncle Vernon opened the
door he saw Mr Weasley, Ron, Hermione, Fred & George who were all
wearing normal clothes even Mr Weasley. Harry couldn't believe how
beautiful Hermione looked, she had definitely changed a bit since the
last time he saw her which wasnt even that long ago.
''Harry"
he heard both Ron and Hermione scream.''We have missed you so much"
they both said as they squashed him with a huge bear hug.
''Yeah
ive missed both of you alot too"he said.
"Hey,
Harry" Harry heard the twins say.
"Hey Fred, George
how are you doing?" Harry asked
"Great Harry, we
have succesfully opened up our own joke shop now in Diagon Alley, and
business is going great!" Fred replied.
"Yeah and
mom didnt like it at first and begged us not to and told us to get
real jobs but now that shes realizing were making more than dad shes
become really proud of us" George added.
"Thats
great you two, ill have to come visit you there sometime" Harry
said.
"Well we better get going then its a long ride
home and we wouldnt want to miss dinner" interrupted Mr Weasley.
"Ok bye Uncle Vernon,Aunt Petunia and Dudley" said
Harry "see you next summer.
"Yeah unfortunatly"
responded Vernon "see ya boy."
When Harry stepped out the door he the most
amazing thing ever, The Weasleys had a Mitsubishi Spider Eclipse for
a car."Whose car"Harry asked.
"Oh, its ours,
we bought it with all of the money we have been making" replied
George.
"Awesome" said Harry.
"Isnt
it?" said Ron.
"Extromio" said Mr Weasley
pointing his wand at the car and the car made more roon so it was
more like a van and had front,middle and back seats. Harry got in the
back with Ron and Hermione who was in the middle.
"So
what exactly is this dueling thingy about" Harry asked loudly so
everyone could hear.
"Its an event that happens every
hundred years and consists of 16 people who all are representing a
country, George and Fred tried out for England but didnt make it"
Ron told him.
"Hey we came close but that girl named
Lesley McKenna from England beat me in the final and Fred in the
semis she was just awesome i wouldnt be surprised if she does good in
the competition" answered George.
"Wow so who do u
think will win then?" asked Harry.
"Well either the
English girl, Crystal Netra from Sweden or the Bulgarian Alexsander
Dackaroff but who knows anyone could win!" said fred.
"Sounds
good" said Harry.
All the way there they talked alot
about the competition and there summers and arrived at the burrow
around 4:00. As soon as they walked in the door Mrs Weasley came over
and gave Harry a big hug and said "Harry dear how have you
been?"
"Fine" he replied.
"Thats
good"said Mrs Weasley.
"Hey Harry" he heard
and turned around and saw Ginny.
"Hi Ginny" he
replied.
"Harry dear go put your things up in Rons room
and do what you want, we wont be eating for another hour and a half"
Mrs Weasley told him.
"Ok" he said.
As they
were walking up the stairs to Rons room, Ron asked him if he wanted
to play some quidditch."Sure Ron but I want to talk to Hermione
first so give me 10 minutes" he told Ron.
Ron gave him a
really puzzling look but said "ok, but i dont know whats so
important to tell her."
"I just need to talk to her
thats all its about a dream that i dont quite understand and she
might be able to help me, ill explain it to you later" he
explained to him.
"Ok Harry" Ron said.
He
unpacked some of his things and grabbed his firebolt and sat it at
the door and went to find Hermione. When he saw her he went up to her
and said "Hermione can we go for a short walk maybe because i
need to talk to you"
"Sure" she said.
So they set off for a small walk and Hermione
asked "so Harry what did you wanna talk about?"
"Well
i wanna talk to you about a dream i had it made me realize some
things" Harry told her.
"Like what?" She said.
"Well for one it made me realize that i have to tell you
something and dont laugh at me, but i care for you Hermione but not
as a friend, i want us to be more than just friends because i like
you Hermione, alot but ive never had the guts to tell you for about 2
years now and i hope you feel the same way" he explained, now
that he was completely red in the face.
Hermione was
completely shocked at what he said and never thought he felt that way
about her but she was happy that he did because she felt the same
way. She hugged Harry and said "Oh Harry I never knew you felt
that way about me, but i feel the same way and agree we should be
more than just friends. Than she let him go and looked into his
emerald green eyes and there lips met in what happened to be a long
kiss until someone else spoke.
"Ahem, i was just checkin
to see if you two were comin to play quidditch or not but i guess i
came at the wrong time" they heard Fred say.
Oh
No!thought Harry, Fred just caught Hermione and I kissing. "Well
be there in like 2 minutes Fred" harry said blushing "and
dont tell Ron well tell him ourselves."
"Ok you 2
lovebirds" yelled Fred.
"When
do you think we should tell people Harry?" Hermione asked him.
"After quidditch"he replied.
"Ok".
So they walked back to the burrow and Harry picked up his
Firebolt and headed to where everyone else was. "Did you get
your dream sorted out Harry?" he heard Ron ask him.
"Yeah,
I did, I'll tell you about it later" he said.
"Ok
Harry, your playing seeker against Ginny" Ron said.
So
the teams were Ron-keeper Fred-beater Harry-seeker and
Hermione-chaser against Charlie-keeper George-beater Ginny-seeker and
Bill-chaser. Harry was surprised that Hermione played and she was
doing pretty good, she was beating Bill 40-30 and Harry was keeping
an eye open for the snitch. 20 minutes later after it was 90-70 for
Hermione, Harry had seen it, it was hovering just above the ground
and was close to him. In about the quickest time ever he sped towards
the ground and at the last time he pulled up and pulled off a wonski
faint (spelling?). He had done it he had gotten the snitch in about
record time for chasing it. Ginny wasnt to happy though but she got
over it.
"Nice move you pulled off their Harry" he
ehard Fred say as he shook his hand.
"Thanks" he
replied
"Nice game Harry" Hermione had said.
"Thanks, you played good to you outplayed Bill!"
Harry commented.
"Ya well it was luck" she said.
"I doubt that, you should seriously try out for chaser
on the school team now that Angelinas gone, and im most likely gonna
be captain too" he told her.
"I'll think about it"
Hermione replied.
"Ok" said Harry.
So they headed
back to the burrow to eat dinner. Mrs Weasley had cooked a fantastic
meal and Harry had eaten more than he had all summer in just one
night. It was pretty silent and Harry thought it was the right time
time to announce what he had to say. "Everyone I have something
important to say" Harry said breaking the silence.
"What
is it Harry dear?" Mrs Weasley asked him.
"As of
today, Hermione and I are going out together" Harry had told
them.
Smiles appeared on pretty much everyones face except
for Ginny's and everyone had said congratulations except for Ginny.
"Mom, may I be excused?" Ginny said.
"Yes
dear" replied Mrs Weasley, and Ginny ran up to her room.
"Whats her problem?" asked Ron.
"Well
she has really liked Harry ever since his second year but I thought
she had gotten over him" Hermione answered.
"Maybe
she hasnt and shes just been lying and hiding it" Ron said.
"Well ill go and talk to her then" Hermione said
and she got up and went upstairs after Ginny. Harry sat there
thinking of how sexy and gorgeous she looked but was soon brought to
life when he heard Rons voice.
"I always knew you two
would end up together" he said."Hermione told me last year
how she liked you but said she would be to embarassed to tell you and
told me not to but i knew you liked her i could see it."
"I
cant belive that, well i guess i was the same way though but i never
told you" Harry responded. By now everyone had left the table
except for Harry, Ron and the twins who were talking about their Joke
Shop.
Hermione walked up the stairs towards Ginny's room
and knocked on her door."Go away!" Ginny had screamed.
"Ginny its Hermione let me in and we will talk" she
told her.
Ginny opened the door her eyes red and wet and said
coldly "what do you want now?""Are you and Harry gonna
start kissing in front of me now to make me more jealous?"
"No,Ginny i would never do that I wanted to see what was
bothering you but i guess i see what it is now"Hermione had
answered.
"How could you go out with Harry? I wanted him
but you stole him from me!" Ginny yelled and slapped Hermione in
the face.
"Im sorry Ginny but we both have feelings for
each other, im sorry Harry doesnt feel that way about you and i
thought you had gotten over him?" Hermione said.
"I
hadnt i just pretended I did but your right he doesnt feel that way
about me and i should move on, im sorry Hermione but I was just
jealous at first and acted wrong can you forgive me?" Ginny aked
Hermione.
"Yes Ginny I understand" Hermione said.
"Thanks" said Ginny."Lets go back downstairs
and Hermione promise me one thing that you and Harry dont show to
much affection in front of me?"
"Dont worry Ginny
we wont, lets go" Hermione responded.
Hermione and Ginny walked downstairs to find Harry
and Ron talking about quidditch."Is that all you two ever talk
about?" Hermione said.
"Well all you ever want to
talk about is homework and how we should study like you do for the
upcoming year" Ron answered back.
"Oh please I just
thought if you studied you could be ahead of everyone and get good
marks but I never said you had to" replied Hermione.
"And
i dont plan on it either"said Ron.
"Well I will
abit but not till after the dueling competition tomorrow, which
reminds me, Ron how are we getting there?"Harry asked.
"Same
as the Quidditch World Cup, by portkey" Ron answered.
"Oh
ok, and how long is it" Harry asked again.
"Its
predicted to be a week long, so we will be camping again"
"Cool" said Harry."Who all is going?"
"Everyone except Mom and Percy obviously who still wants
nothing to do for the family" Ron told him.
"How
did your dad afford tickets for like 10 people?" Harrys asked.
"He didnt, Fred & George did with there new jobs,
they were given them for free for running the best joke shop in the
wizarding world for ages" Ron answered.
"Wow"
said Harry.
"Umm..Harry I brought Ginny down for a
reason you know I think you should listen to her" Hermione
interupted.
Ginny explained to Harry why she was angry and
everything and Harry forgave her for it.
"Well im going
to bed Harry see you in the morning, by the way were up at 6:00 am"
Ron told him.
"Ok good night Ron" Harry said to
him.
"Im going up to" said Ginny.
So it was
just Harry and Hermione left alone everyone by now was in bed except
for Fred & George who were in private conversation in the living
room.
"You wanna go for another walk Harry?"
Hermione asked him.
"Sure" he replied.
Once
they were outside holding hands in the night it was so beautiful with
the stars and everything.
"Oh Harry its so beautiful out
here" Hermione had said.
"Ya but not as beautiful
as you" Harry told her. Hermione went red and started kissing
him on the lips and Harry did the same back. After about 5 minutes
they continued their night stroll and found a bench and decided to
sit on it.
"Harry, when I was talking to Ginny she told
me to not show to much affection towards each other because she was
still jealous and didnt wnat to see it because it might upset her
again" Hermione explained to him.
"Ok but Ginnys
not here right now is she" said Harry as he leaned into kissing
Hermione who returned it back. It was starting to get late and Harry
took Hermiones hand and said "Come on Hermione its getting late
I think we should head back and get some sleep its like 10:30."
"Ya ok Harry, Im tired too" Hermione replied. They
walked back holding hands and gave each other a small kiss before
going into different rooms.
When Harry walked into Ron's room
he surprisingly heard "Have fun out there Harry, I didn't think
you two were that crazy for each other" which he recognized as
Rons voice.
"What, are you telling me you watched us?"
Harry asked him.
"Well ya i could see you clearly out of
my room" Ron told him.
Harry went completely red and
told him "Well im going to bed and please don't spy on our
private sessions anymore."
"Oh dont worry i wont"
said Ron in a non believable kind of voice. Harry fell asleep easily
again because he was so tired.
Chapter 12
The World Wizards Dueling Competition
Harry saw Voldemort and Wormtail talking and he
heard Voldemort say "Wormtail we must capture the girl at the
competition or we may just be doomed."
"But lord
what can a little girl do to you the greatest sorcerer in the world"
he heard Wormtail say.
"Its not what she can do its what
she can do to Potter that im worried about we need to capture her
before they figure out there strengths" Voldemort was saying.
"Ok sir i will arrange for Lucius Malfoy to get her for
he will be there with his son Draco" Wormtail said.
"Excellent
thinking Wormtail now go send message to him" Voldemort said.
Then his dream ended with Ron overtop of him. "Whats
wrong Harry you look worried."
"My scar is hurting
bad and I just had a dream about Volde-" but he was cut out by
Ron saying"Dont say his name"
"Ok
he-who-must-not-be-named is planning on Hermione being captured by
Lucius Malfoy at the competition" Harry told Ron.
"What
but that was just a dream" said Ron.
"Ron when my
scar hurts it is not a dream" said Harry."Im gonna be
keeping an eye on Hermione while were there I am not gonna let that
happen."
Mr Weasley came in and said very excitedly "You
two boys ready for the competition?"
"Yes dad we
just need to get dressed" Ron said.
"Ok boys but
hurry up" said Mr Weasley.
Harry and Ron quickly got
dressed and grabbed there things and met up with everyone else
downstairs.
"What time is the first match?" Harry
asked.
"At 11:30 which gives us enough time to set up
camp and everything" answered Mr Weasley.
"Were getting there the same way as the
Quidditch World Cup and Fred,George,Bill and Charlie will be
apparating so lets go" Mr Weasley told Hermione,Ron,Harry and
Ginny.
So they set off for the portkey and when they got
there Mr Weasley said "Now look for anything trashy."
They looked around for anything that looked like a
portkey. Finally Harry and Hermione saw it, it was an old and flat
soccer ball so they picked it up and the five of them gathered around
it and Mr Weasley looked at his watch and said "perfect
timing..five..four..three..two..one."
Harry felt a
slight tug around his navel and was swept off his feet and ended up
in the same place where the Quidditch World Cup was held.
"Seven
past five from Stoatshead Hill," said a voice.
This time
their site manager was a Mr. Sleeman and he was a friendly fellow who
showed them everything and they arrived at their campsite. Mr Weasley
wasnt that bad this time setting up the two tents but he still took
awhile.
"Mr Weasley, who is staying in each tent?"
asked Harry.
"Hermione,Ginny along with Bill in that one
and the rest of us in this one" said Mr Weasley.
"Umm
after the dream I had last night I think me and Ron should stay with
Hermione and Ginny" said Harry.
"Why what dream did
you have last night Harry?" Mr Weasley asked him.
Harry
explained the whole dream to Mr Weasley without Hermione hearing.
"Why that Lucius better not touch Hermione" Mr
Weasley said."Ya you two may stay with them."
"Thanks"
said Harry.
Harry actually thought it would be cool sharing a
tent with Ron, Hermione and Ginny. Harry had a seperate room with Ron
and Ginny and Hermione had one and there was a small living room type
thing.
"This is gonna be awesome but it would be better
if I could share my room with Hermione but im not arguing" said
Harry.
"Maybe we could convince them to switching with
us one night" whispered Hermione. Harry smiled after that.
"Hey everybody lets go for a walk and see whos here"
said Ron.
"Alright" said Harry,Hermione and Ginny.
They walked down their street and saw lots of people they
didnt know but saw a girl about their age who said "Hey your
Harry Potter."
"er, ya I am what is your name?"
"Ash Magna, im going to Hogwarts this year I just
switched schools because I moved" the girl told them.
"Hi
im Ron Weasley and this is my sister Ginny" Ron said.
"And
im Hermione Granger, Harrys girlfriend" she said.
"Nice
to meet you all I will see you at Hogwarts then?" Ash said.
"Ya we hope to see you there too" said Ron.
As
they were walking away Ron said "Bloody Hell shes beautiful."
"Looks like Ron might get himself a girlfriend"
said Harry.
"That would be awesome" said Ron.
They kept walking and Ron said "Hey thats
Lesley Mckenna the girl who beat Fred & George in qualifying that
must mean others from the competition are here."
They
went over and Ron said "hey Lesley its Ron im fred & Georges
brother remember you beat them in qualifyng?"
"Yes
i remember you and Fred & George they were funny people"
Lesley said. She was in about her early 20's and was a medium size
person, she had brown hair that went past her shoulders and green
eyes.
"Is anyone else from the competition in this
area?" asked Ron.
"Yes everyone is, hey your Harry
Potter arent you?"
"Ya I am" said Harry.
"Nice to meet you Harry" Lesley said.
"You
to and good luck today we wil all be rooting for you" said
Harry.
"Ya were gonna go talk to some of the other
competitors and good luck" said Ron.
"Thanks but be
careful there not all friendly and not all awake" Lesley told
them.
"Hey that guy looks sort of like Krum" said
Ron.
"Ya but he looks like a person you dont want to
talk to" said Hermione.
"Ya i agree" Ginny
added.
"Hey i didnt know Canada and the United States
were connected with the wizarding world" said Harry.
"Oh
yeah every country is" said Ron.
"Yeah theres a
school near Toronto for North Americans, I think its called Starlings
or something" said Hermione.
"Hermione you are very
smart its nice to have someone like you around when were to stupid to
know things ourselves" said Harry.
Harry thought about kissing Hermione but he
remembered Ginny was with them so he took her hand instead. Hermione
smiled at him as they continued walking seeing who the competitiors
were. They saw a girl with short blue hair and purple eyes who had a
swedish flag on her site. They kept walking and someone else was
passing them and said "hey your Harry Potter!"
"Yes
i am" said Harry.
The woman was young and had long
russet hair in a french braid and she had moacha eyes. She was a bit
small and had a daisy tattoo on her shoulder. "I'm Ginger Brown
from Germany, I can't belive Im meeting Harry Potter, who are these
other people with you?"
"Umm, this is my girlfriend
Hermione and Ron and his sister Ginny" said Harry.
"Nice
to meet you all" she said.
"Ya you too and good
luck today" said Harry. They also met people from Romania and
Japan, and once they were out of the competitiors area they talked to
Dean and Seamus for a bit. They saw Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle far away
and decided it was a good time to head back and it was already 9:00
and would take them 30 minutes to walk back and they were hungry.
Once they were back Mr Weasley had cooked some food over the fire and
it was ready to eat. Harry saw that there was a girl sitting with
George "Whose that with George?" said Harry.
"Oh
thats his new girlfriend, Julie Dougherty she is actually perfect for
George they get along so well" said Ron.
"Thats
nice to see" said Hermione. The girl had brown shoulder length
hair, light skin and blue eyes and seemed to be laughing as she
talked to George.
Their breakfast was good and Harry ate lots
of it. After that played they played some exploding snaps with Fred
because he was lonely now that his brother had a girlfriend and at
like 10:30 they finished playing. The competition would be starting
in 1 hour and Harry was getting excited and he could tell the others
were too. 15 minuted later Mr Weasley said "alright everyone
lets head there it will take awhile just to get seated and
everything."
They ended up going through the same forest
and you would swear it was the Quidditch World Cup again except for
there were no quidditch hoops and the middle of the stadium was set
up like it would be for a wrestling ring in the olympics there were
three big circular rings which meant three games would be going on at
once. They had there very own row with noone in it right up front so
they didnt need omnioculars this time. He saw a brochure in front of
him that read:
Welcome to the World Wizards Dueling Competition
Today the preliminary round of 16 wll be competing and will
be knocked down to 8 by the end of the day. Here are is the
tournament ladder:
Spain [Alejandra Campos]
vs
Today at 11:30
Brazil [Maximillian Jameson]
United States
[Tabba]
vs Today at 11:30
Mexico [Nina Mitra]
Canada
[Sport Walker]
vs Today at 11:30
China [Myles Diffenbache]
Australia [Starshine]
vs Today at 1:30
Peru [Carolina
Agama]
Sweden [Crystal Netra]
vs Today at 1:30
Japan
[Shoraku Ryusaki]
Italy [Fiorenza Erdely]
vs Today at
1:30
Romania [Ivan Haremza]
Germany [Ginger Brown]
vs
Today at 3:30
Bulgaria [Alexsander Dackaroff]
France
[Cygnus White]
vs Today at 1:30
England [Lesley McKenna]
"Ah that sucks Englands match isnt til the end
of the day" said Harry.
"Because there saving the
best for last" said Hermione and placed her head on Harry's
shoulder.
