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Right my fourth...? Harry Potter fanfiction! Hope you enjoy!

This fanfiction is set when Hermione goes back to Hogwarts for her seventh year. Ron and Harry are in Australia for their Aurora training.

Extended Summary:

Hermione goes back to Hogwarts for her seventh year and enters the Twi-wizard tournament. What will the outcome be? What will happen once she leaves the safety of Hogwarts and the Death Eater Rebellion strikes all the Muggle borns? What happens when she comes across a new power which can do devastating effects, and how will Ron and Harry help?

Disclaimer:

I do not own Harry Potter *extreme sad face*

Chapter 1: Restart

Hermione stared at the piece of paper before her, her neat scrawl read her name as she folded it up and walked up to the stone goblet. The water glowed blue with wisps of smoke coming off, if she entered and was chosen there was no turning back even for Harry the chosen one. She clutched the paper and held it over the rim, squeezing her eyes shut she let the paper flutter on to the water. The smoke engulfed it and the water flashed a brilliant green before dimming back to blue. Hermione stepped out of the age detector and walked over to Ginny who was sat with Neville and Luna.

"The Head Girl has officially entered the Tri-wizard tournament!" Ginny exclaimed as her friend sat down next to her. "Yes" Hermione said simply unsure whether or not it was a good idea.

"Don't worry, if you're picked you will be fine. Besides you managed to stay out of Voldemort's way for a year" Neville said brightly as he glanced up from the Herbology book placed on his lap.

Hermione sighed wearily as she thought of Harry and Ron over in Australia training to become stronger, to prove their strength and worthiness and here she was hiding away in books and a school. If she got through this was her time to shine, her moment to show the strength she had built up over the past year.

She twisted the ringer around her index finger, the ring Ron had given her before he had left. The silver snake twirled around her finger with two small black gems as eyes, every now and then she could have sworn the snake moved but she had bookmarked it as the dodgy lighting.

"Personally I wonder where Ron even managed to find the money for that ring! I mean it looks expensive, though it could have been from one of those Muggle shops...What are they called?" Ginny asked.

"Charity shops" she said half in the conversation, she didn't care whether or not the ring was expensive or not. It was the gesture which counted and it was a lot nicer then the foul smelling perfume he used to buy her.

"Oh, yeah that was it! Oh look there is Mira Wagner Berger, that Austrian girl. Shit! Look at those muscles!" Ginny exclaimed. Hermione glanced up as the Austrian girl placed her name in the goblet, she joined the Austrian Quidditch team when she was only sixteen and Ginny was very jealous.

"Did that Holly Head Harpies manager ever get back to you?" Hermione asked trying to pry her friend's jealousy away from the girl by the goblet.

"No! I am freaking out; there has been no letter back yet. Well its only been a few weeks right?" Ginny said as she chewed on a piece of hair uncertainly.

"The manager is probably so shocked at your success that she can't think up a good enough reply for your skill" she said, Ginny nodded the look of worry in her eyes dimming slightly at the reassurance.

"You're only saying that because you're my friend" Ginny said.

"No I'm saying that because I believe you are a skilled player and you just have to be patient" she said smiling encouragingly at her friend.

Professor McGonagall entered the hall and all the students sat at their tables in hushed silence as the other two Head teachers stood on either side.

"As you all know it is the Twi-wizard tournament, three students in total one from each school, Hogwarts, St Glosow and Frughenhew" Professor McGonagall paused momentarily as the great hall filled with deafening screams and cheers. "Now the first student to enter this competition is..." she stepped up to the goblet, it turned a dazzling orange before a scorched piece of paper fluttered into her hand.

"Mira Wagner Berger, will be representing Frughenhew" the hall erupted into cheers and whoops as Mira stood up and walked down to the front where she collected her name, and headed through a door way on the left.

"The second student is Robert South, representing St Glosow" the hall yet again erupted into cheers as Robert traced the same steps as Mira.

"Here goes nothing!" Ginny whispered to her friend as they clutched hands and stared at Professor McGonagall gripped the third and last piece of paper.

"The student representing Hogwarts is Hermione Granger"

The hall erupted into whooping and cheers far louder than the others, and Hermione stayed rooted to her spot slightly dazed from being in the tournament. "Go!" Ginny whispered nudging her friend to her feet.

Hermione walked shakily to the front of the great hall, the faces blurred around her as she walked forward. Professor McGonagall gave her a slight smile as she handed over the piece of paper.

The cheers dimmed as Hermione entered the little room where Mira and Robert were sat in stony silence, she sat down on a nearby chair and waited for the three adults to enter the room and to tell them when their first task is.

"Well done you three, as you know your first task will be coming up in a month's time which will give you enough time to prepare. Here is the clue, now good luck" Professor McGonagall said handing over a piece of paper to each student.

Hermione glanced down at the neat writing as she read the words which stained the piece of parchment.

Icy cold in which we live, deep and dark no light is seen.

Find what you need to conquer it all, and hour is time no more or less.

The one you possess will be here for you.

The words buried deep in her mind as the parchment evaporated into thin air, the other two students glanced at their hands in confusion as the words chanted through their heads.

Hermione knew there was turning back, and for the first time since the rise of Lord Voldemort did she feel truly afraid.

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