As soon as Avery, Jessica , and Albus split up to go to their separate tables, Avery sat next to her dorm mate, Lily Potter. Lily was the sweetest, most adorable person you would ever meet who rarely showed her fiery temper and was loved by everyone who knew her. She was a close friend of Avery, despite the differences in age and had been rooming with Avery since her first year. However, Lily was heavily guarded by both of her older brothers which gave James an excuse to be around Avery. As usual. So it was only natural for him to find the two Gryffindors within minutes.

"Potter, take it off before I break it off..." Avery said, referring to the arm that found its way around her shoulders.

James made no move to remove his arm, but he scooted closer to her until his face was only inches from hers. "You know, no matter how much you threaten my well being, I know you know we are meant to be together." He said in an uncharacteristically serious voice while staring intently into her eyes with his deep blue ones.

Avery sputtered, nearly choking on air,"W-what?" Lily giggled as she saw the shocked look on Avery's face, resembling that of a goldfish.

"To put it simply, you must be a horcrux, because you hold a piece of my soul." He said cheekily, using that lopsided smile of his. A collection of awwws could be heard from the girls nearby who were swooning at James while simultaneously glaring at Avery.

Avery cursed her hair as it turned a bright shade of crimson. She said, "Oh please, like you have a soul."

"Hey, it's my sister who's the ginger!" Avery actually laughed when she saw Lily's face morph into one of indignation.

"So how about a date?" James asked,"Just one and I'll leave you alone for a week. Probably. "

"How about you walk off the dock into the Black Lake while I count to one thousand?"

He was about to respond, but then a high pitched voice called his name. As expected, it was another one of his worshippers, one who appeared to have an atrociously amount of makeup and was somehow managing to walk in high heels.

"Gotta go, my fans need me. Think about it, Ree!" He winked before returning to his seat.

"You know, there is one thing I will never figure out."

Avery turned around, looking quizzically at Lily. "And that would be?.."

"You are so... Different from the girls he usually takes an interest in." She said with a thoughtful look on her face," I thought he would've given up on you ages ago, when you first turned him down, but he didn't. It's almost like he-" she was interrupted as Headmaster Neville stood in the golden podium in front of the Great Hall, silently commanding the attention of everyone.

"Welcome back and I hope you will enjoy another year at Hogwarts. Before we eat, I have a few announcements to make. I have finally selected the Quidditch Captains for this year. The Slytherin team captain will be Liam Abott; the Hufflepuff team Captain will be Makenzie Finnegan; Ravenclaw's captain shall be Jessica Wood; and lastly, for Gryffindor, James Potter.'' Oh my merlin. Avery's mouth just about hit the floor. No, no no nope this was not happening. Looking around, she saw several people patting James on the back and congratulating him. Well damn, so she wasn't hallucinating. Of course he would be the team captain. Now she had to try out with him as her judge and even if she did make it, she would have to deal with him during practice and do what he says without question. That thought is too horrifying to even fathom.

The Headmaster cleared his throat loudly to regain get the students' attention. "Also, students, some of you may be familiar about an event that took place a few years ago at Hogwarts. We hosted a very distinguished competition here at Hogwarts many years ago. A quest for eternal glory and fame, only to be achieved by those who are deemed worthy. It was canceled, unfortunately, by the death of one of the former champions. After further consideration over the past few years, the Ministry of Magic has decided to attempt to host the this event in hopes of making it an annual event."

Murmuring broke out amongst the crowd of students. The Headmaster raised his voice in order to regain all attention. "Hogwarts will have the honor of hosting the Triwizard Tournament and our friends from Durmstrang and Salem's Institute for Witches to participate. We will start accepting competitors the day of the other schools arrival and you will have three days before we will chose our Champions. However, only students above the age of 17 will be allowed to enter," This was met with a series of groans and protest. ''and due to past experiences, we will have a guard posted by the Goblet of Fire at all times. However, before those who are eligible enter, heed this warning: this tournament has a series of very dangerous tasks for each competitor, designed to test each Champion to the best of their abilities. Once you are entered, there is no turning back, you must be prepared to stand alone to the end; due to the level of difficulty of these tasks, students have been injured, and have even died trying to gain eternal glory through finding the Cup and no one has come out of the tournament the same." He said gravely.

All was silent in the Great Hall by now. " Well...Let's eat." Headmaster Longbottom said awkwardly.

Immediately, heaps of food appeared on all the tables and everyone started piling things onto their golden plates as chatter filled up the hall. Aver looked around to meet Jessica's eyes and she could tell they both were thinking the same thing. Every guy in Hogwarts was going to try to figure out a way to put his name in the goblet. Even the age restriction wasn't going to stop them, not after the last Triwizard Tournament. Once the Goblet of Fire chose you, you were in it until the end. And sadly, every guy probably included Albus, despite how rational he usually was. Avery wasn't worried though, she was sure no one would be able to get past the age restriction this time, not with all the precautions they were taking. But there was one person she was worried about though; one person old enough and reckless enough to enter the tournament despite the obvious danger and odds for certain death. Hell, it probably intrigued him, if anything. Avery looked down the Gryffindor table at James Potter. Like she predicted, there he was, sitting in absolute silence, unusually sober and oblivious to the conversations around him. She could practically see the gears turning in his head, dreaming about him in the Triwizard Tournament and calculating his chances of being picked. Either way, she knew he was going to sign up. Lovely, now to think of a way to get both Potters to not enter the competition. This is going to be the highlight of her week. Maybe if-

"Avery, aren't you going to eat?" Lily Potter asked from the seat next to her. She examined Avery closely, noting the blue and green streaks. "Is everything alright?" She asked tentatively. Thankfully, most people didn't know what the colors of her hair represented, except the obvious ones.

"Oh yeah, just guess I'm a bit out of it today." Avery lied. A thought hit her. "Hey, you aren't thinking about trying to enter this competition, are you?.."

"Of course not, only a complete fool would try to enter when they are underage." Lily said ludicrously.

"At least you have some sense." Avery said, relieved. "Well, one Potter down, two to go." Avery thought to herself as she started eating.

* Le time skip*

Avery started heading over to the Ravenclaw common room after dinner. You see, since Albus, Jessica, and her are all in different houses we meet up in each other's common rooms at the beginning of each year. Both of them have said they like the Gryffindor Common Room the best, but agreed to meet up in Jessica's house this year. Anyway, as she entered the common room after giving the secret password, she came across Jessica faceplaming herself and Albus sitting on the couch across from her.

" Albus, there is no way on God's green earth you can get past the age barrier. It is specifically designed to keep hormone crazed boys seeking to go on a joy ride from entering the competition." Jessica said slowly, as if she was trying to explain it to a toddler.

"I may not be able to get past the age barrier, but the two most brilliant witches at Hogwarts and a pretty brilliant wizard might." Albus said suggestively, making his puppy dog face at the two girls.

" No, no no no. I'm sorry Albus, but there is absolutely no way we are going to purposely break countless school rules to illegally enter that competition." She insisted, the stubborn set of her jaw indicating she wasn't budging on this.

"Says the girl who has "bended'' school rules probably a record amount of times and somehow managed to get away with all of them. Avery, tell her she is being overdramatic about this whole thing." Albus said, exasperatedly.

Avery paused before answering, " I'm sorry, Albus, but I think Jessica has a point. There is a reason there is an age restriction. The seventh years know spells we haven't even begun to learn, much less mastered."

"Don't give me that rubbish, us three know more spells than all the seventh years combined. Together, I really think we have a shot at winning this, I mean, ETERNAL FAME guys. We really can leave our mark on this school."

" For the last time, I am not going to help you break countless rules and defy the Headmaster's DIRECT ORDERS to enter a tournament that you are going to get yourself killed in or worse expelled!" Jessica said firmly.

"So that's it, isn't it? You think I can't handle myself out there? You think I don't have a shot a winning? Do I not seem worthy enough to you?" Albus accused angrily, standing up from the couch.

"Well this took a turn for the awkward." Avery thought as she tried to steer the conversation in another direction. "So, Jessica is the Ravenclaw team captain, how awesome is that?"

Jessica didn't seem to hear her as she stood up, still barely reaching Albus's shoulder," I do think you have a shot, Albus, a shot of being worthy enough to be picked and hurt, which is why I'm not letting you put your name in the Goblet."

Avery tried again, "How about that weather were having? It's been so rainy."

They both completely ignored her once again. "I thought you were my friend and you were supposed to support me, and yet you are assuming I'm going to die in a competition meant FOR STUDENTS. Some friend you are!" Albums accused angrily.

"I am your friend, I just don't want to be the friend who has to explain to her mom why her son has returned home in a body bag!"

"Fine, then you don't have to be my friend, then!" Albus stormed out of the room. Jessica flinched as the sound of the door slamming shut rang out through the common room. Avery and Jessica sighed in unison as Jessica sat down and put her head in her arms.

"Well that went swimmingly." Avery said, sarcastically.

"I'll say." Jessica said, her voice muffled by her arms.

"I don't think I have ever seen him that mad before. You know, he would've probably been more open to the idea of following the rules if you weren't so adamant he was going to die. Not the best approach."

Jessica groaned incoherently. "What? Seriously, Jessie, you need to stop moping and tell me what's up."

Jessica snapped, "Well, excuse me if I don't want to watch one of my best friends get hurt and know that I did NOTHING to stop him and that it's my fault he was entered in the first place. If anything were to happen to him I would never forgive my self, I would never-" Jessica broke off, her voice cracking and tears coming to her eyes. Avery ran over to Jessica and embraced her quivering form.

"Girly, I'm sure he'll get over it soon, his ego just has been injured because you are worried about him getting hurt."

"But that's idiotic." Jessica mumbled.

"Boys are idiotic. But usually they can't hold a grudge for long, I promise, he'll come to his senses and let it drop in a week."