AN: Welcome back! Watching this movie as I speak. Man the scene with Snape and pushing their heads into their books? Epic! I don't really have much to say this chapter, well because you'll want to smack me for the first part. Fair warning. Alright, so not much more, but sit back, relax, and enjoy to the best of your abilities!
Disclaimer: I only own Paige!
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"Alastor Moody" Mad-Eye said as he wrote Moody on the board. "Ministry malcontent. And your new defence against the dark arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me, end of story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?" There was a pause. Paige frowned. This wasn't the same Mad-Eye that Dora always complained about and came round every so often. "When it comes to the dark arts, I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you can tell me how many unforgivable curses there are?" Paige shuddered.
"Three sir" Hermione answered. Moody nodded and wrote that fact on the bored. Paige didn't like where this was headed. Obviously Neville didn't either, proven when he grabbed her hand under the desk.
"And they are so named?" Mad-Eye asked. Once again, Hermione answered.
"Because they are unforgivable. Use of any one of them will..."
"Will earn you a one way ticket to Azkaban. Correct. Now the ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do. I say different! You need to know what you're up against, you need to be prepared, you need to find somewhere else to put your chewing gum other than the underside of your desk Mr. Finnigan!" Mad-Eye turned and glared at the boy.
"Aw no way, the old codger can see out the back of his head." Mad-Eye chucked the chalk at Finnigan's head.
"So which curse shall we see first?" He looked around the room and Paige's mouth went dry. No, he wasn't serious, was he? "Weasley!" Ron gulped.
"Well my dad did tell me about one, the Imperious curse." Mad-Eye nodded as he limped towards a jar containing a spider. "Ahhh yes, your father would know all about that. Gave the ministry quite a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why." He used his wand to enlarge the spider in his hand. "Imperio!" Suddenly he used his wand to move the spider around the room, landing on students' heads and desks. The class roared in laughter. "Talented isn't she? What shall I have her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?" The laughter died as Moody held the spider over a bucket of water. As he brought her back to his hand, he said, "Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only did you-know-whose bidding under the influence of the imperious curse. But here's the rub, how do we sort out the liars? Another… another… Come on come on. Longbottom is it? Up." Paige squeezed Neville's hand.
"Don't" she muttered. Moody had completely lost it. Neville ignored her and stood in front of Moody.
"There's the um... The cruciatus curse." Moody nodded as he pointed the wand at the spider. Flashes of Bellatrix ran through her head.
"Correct! Correct! Particularly nasty. The torture curse. Crucio!" Paige screamed as the spider squealed. Moody continued, ignoring Paige and the sick look on Neville's face. Paige pushed her chair back and ran out of the room, tears flowing.
"Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering them? Stop it!" Hermione screamed at Moody. Mad-Eye set the spider before Hermione.
"Perhaps you could give us the last Unforgivable curse, Miss Granger" Moody said. Hermione shook her head. "Avada Kedavra!" The spider stopped moving. "The killing curse. Only two people are known to have survived it. And they're sitting in this room." Moody looked pointedly at Harry.
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Paige sat curled up outside the castle walls. She didn't want to be bothered. Someone sat down next to her, not touching or saying a word to her, just letting her cry.
"What he did was cruel, Remus" Paige muttered. Remus nodded and looked at her.
"I don't know what's gotten into Moody lately, but it's almost like he isn't the same person." Paige shook her head.
"He was, vicious. Something's going on and I don't like it" Paige mumbled. Remus wrapped an arm around her shoulders. They stayed silent as Paige got her memories under control. "How's Neville?" Remus smiled.
"Moody is apologizing to him and showing him something right now" he said. He tugged her shoulders. "Come on, Harry's worried about you." Paige let Remus guide her into the castle, back towards the Goblet room.
"What are you doing here?" Remus grinned.
"Sirius can't ignore a good competition." Paige laughed as she stepped in the room and sat next to Hermione.
"Why are we here?" Hermione laughed and pointed at Ron and Harry, who were watching Cedric putting his name in the cup. As he turned, he smiled at Paige, who blushed and looked away. The same happened with Krum and Hermione. "Oi, what are dumb and dumber up to?"
"Age potion" Hermione said. Paige raised an eyebrow. "No, it won't work." Paige nodded.
"That's what I thought." They watched as the twins took the potion and jumped inside the circle. The girls raised their eyebrows at them. They threw a paper with their names on it in the flame and high fived each other. Suddenly the flame fired up and they were flung across the room, their papers spit out. Hermione and Paige laughed as they sat up, both with grey hair and beards.
"You said…" they said at the same time. The room cheered as they flung themselves at each other, rolling around fighting as two old men. Paige and Hermione smirked and went back to talking about boys.
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"Sit down please. And now the moment you've all been waiting for, the champions selection!" The students were seated in the Great Hall, Fleur sitting across from Paige. Dumbledore approached the goblet and the blue flame turned red, spitting out a piece of paper. "The Durmstrang champion is ... Viktor Krum!" The men cheered and Hermione smiled. Another name flew out. "The champion from Beauxbatons... Fleur Delacour." Paige clapped as Fleur grinned and moved forward swiftly. He grabbed the next name. "The Hogwarts champion... Cedric Diggory." Paige grinned as he stepped forward.
"He's cute, if only he was in Slytherin" Pansy sighed. Paige rolled her eyes as she listened to Dumbledore.
"Excellent! We now have our three champions! But in the end only one will go down in history. Only one will hoist this chalice of champions, this vessel of victory the tri-wizard cup!" The fire grew red once more and spit out another name. Dumbledore, awestruck, took the name and read it. "Harry Potter? Harry Potter?" Paige's heart fell to her stomach. No. Harry stood, reluctantly, as Hermione pushed him. Paige stood up, without realizing it as Dumbledore held out the paper. Harry took it and read it. His eyes met Paige's and she gulped. Her brother was in the tri-wizard tournament. Sirius looked like he had just died, he was that pale.
"Paige" Dora said. Paige rushed after her aunt and uncles into Dumbledore's chamber.
"Harry, did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" Harry shook his head at Dumbledore.
"No sir."
"Did you ask one of the older students to do it for you?" Harry looked at Sirius.
"No." Dumbledore sighed, losing steam.
"You're absolutely sure?" Harry nodded.
"Yes sir." Dumbledore sighed and let go of Harry, Paige running to her brother. "I'm fine, Paige" he muttered to her. Paige snorted. He shot her a look and she looked at Sirius. He sighed, understanding the meaning.
"I'm leaving this to you, Barty." Barty stepped forward.
"The rules are absolute, the goblet of fire constitutes a binding magical contract. Mr. Potter has no choice, he is as of tonight... a tri-wizards champion." Paige and Harry deflated. Crap.
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Paige sat curled up on the couch in the Gryffindor common room with Neville. Professor McGonagall was understanding and as long as they both got into their dorms by curfew, she allowed Paige to stay.
"I don't want eternal glory!" they heard Harry yell from upstairs.
"Piss off" Ron muttered a few minutes later. Neville looked down at Paige.
"He doesn't want to do this and neither do Tonks and Sirius. I'm scared Neville. He's the only biological family I have left. I don't want to lose him." Neville nodded.
"I know, Paige. I know."
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Sirius paced the common room late Saturday night. Everyone else had gone to bed. Paige leaned against Remus' side as they talked about the tri-wizard tournament. Paige was reading Rita Skeeter's article. She doubled over in laughter.
"According to this, Harry is 12 and his eyes are swimming with the ghosts of his past. Gee Harry, I didn't know I was the older child." Harry rolled his eyes while Remus and Tonks chuckled. Sirius was still pacing.
"Between this dream of his and the tournament, Hogwarts isn't safe anymore. There are Death Eaters all over the place, Igor, Crouch's son, Snape" Sirius ranted.
"You think one of them put my name in the Goblet?" Harry asked. Sirius stopped and looked at Harry.
"I don't know who put your name in the goblet, but whoever did it is no friend to you. People die in this tournament Harry." Paige closed her eyes and leaned farther into Remus' side.
"Sirius" Tonks admonished gently.
"I'm not ready for this" Harry admitted. Sirius shook his head.
"You don't have a choice."
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Neville stood in the water, Paige laughing as he tried to teach her various plants. Harry sat on land with his back against a tree trunk.
"Magical water plants of the Highland Lochs?" Neville shrugged.
"Moody gave it to me, the day we had tea." Harry nodded and watched Paige wave. He turned to see Ginny, Hermione, and Ron walking towards them. Harry stood up and Paige watched as Hermione told him something about Dean and Seamus, Paige got lost half way through.
"What?" Harry asked. Hermione shifted her weight and sighed.
"Please don't ask me to say it again. Hagrid's looking for you." Paige held her breath. Just say thank you, don't be a…
"Well tell Ronald…"
"I'm NOT an owl!" Hermione screeched before she turned and left. Paige sighed.
"Git" she muttered.
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"Paige!" Harry called as she walked through the corridors. She stopped and waited for him, ignoring the people around her booing Harry. "Thank god I found you, dragons." Paige waited for more.
"Dragons?" Harry nodded, pulling her towards the courtyard, where he had spotted Cedric.
"Cedric, can I have a word?" Cedric nodded, smiling at Paige.
"Alright." He followed the Potter children off a small ways away. Harry turned to face him.
"Dragons are the first task." Now why couldn't Harry have just said that? Cedric looked like he was going to be sick.
"Are you serious? And Fleur and Krum, do they…?" Harry nodded.
"Yes." Cedric nodded.
"Right." He turned to leave, when he paused. "Hey, about the badges. I've asked them not to wear them." Harry waved it away.
"Don't worry about it." Harry pulled Paige along. He opened his mouth to speak when he spotted Ron. Paige rolled her eyes as they acted like children.
"Grow up" Paige growled at the two of them as she pushed by.
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AN: *grins*Paige thinks they're morons, cause they are. It's a stupid fight. If Ron used his brains… *holds breath* Not going there, cause some of you like Ron! So I'll just end this now! Thanks for reading now please review!