Year 3: The Goblet of Fire
"Sari…" Ginny said.
"Huh?" oh right, we have to get ready." I yawned. I got changed and headed down into the kitchen. Allie and Fred were talking about all the pranks they were going to attempt in their 6th year at Hogwarts.
"Ah, Sarina, happy birthday!" Molly said as I entered the room.
I glanced at Speedy's cage. My eyes widened. "Molly? Arthur? Wheres Speedy?"I asked nervously.
Everyone looked at me. "Speedy? Sari, isn't he in the cage?" Ginny asked. Harry, Hermione and Ron entered. "Speedy? Speedy couldn't have run away, could he?" Harry asked.
"Blimey, I think he did," Ron said.
"Shut up," George whispered. "you'll make her feel bad, Ronnykins."
"Harry, can I give Hedwig a note to my Grandmother and Neville?"
"Yeah." Harry said. "Here's her cage."
I took out my quill and a piece of parchment.
Dear Grandma and Neville,
This morning has turned out to be an interesting time. Speedy was not in his cage this morning. Neville, I will talk with you more when you are sent by Grandmother. Happy birthday!
I do not know what I should do with this situation. If you happen to find Speedy, please tell me. I miss you!
Love,
Sarina
"Here you go Hedwig." I gave her the note and she flew off.
"All right now, we must be off for the world cup." Arthur said.
By the time we got to the grounds, the tournament was just about to start. We had about 20 minutes to spare, though.
"Grab onto this!" Arthur said pointing to an old boot. "It's a port key!"
The entire group held onto the boot and we let go when he told us to. He set up a tent with magic, and we all went inside. I had known all about the tents wizards used, and how it could look like a real house. But apparently, Harry didn't, so he stared at the inside with awe.
Ginny and I ran off to buy souvenirs. I bought a bunch of red balloons and got red face paint.
~Later
Irish won, but Bulgarian got the snitch. Weird. So now, we are heading off to bed.
All of a sudden, a strange shape formed in the sky.
"Oh, no…" I said.
"What?" Arthur and the others said.
"The- D-Dark Mark…" I said pointing at the sky.
Neville, who had arrived, freaked out.
"We must get out of here!" Arthur said. We'll pack the tent up, run!"
I lost track of time as most things burnt in flames. I passed out, completely separated from all others. Moments later though, I woke up.
I found the Weasley's and Hermione and Neville, but I couldn't see Harry.
I ran around, for any sign of the boy who lived, and finally found him. I called the others and they were all relieved he was alive. By the time we got out of the camp I was crying.
"What is it, Sari?" Neville asked.
I showed him my burnt arm, and he cringed.
"Can't wait until tomorrow," I said. "Maybe I can get a new pet."
"And also see Collin," Neville said under his breath.
Ginny spoke up. "Collin just so happens to be Sari's and my best friend, Neville. And again, happy birthday, you two."
Neville is exactly a year older than me, by the way.
~Next morning
I heard sniffles from Neville's room. I got out of bed and crept towards the boy's room. I opened the door and saw Neville crying with his head in his hands. Every so often he glanced at what I thought was a photograph. I looked at the picture and asked Neville who the people were.
"Mum and Dad," Neville said.
"What? You had that picture all these years and you didn't tell me?"
Just then, Molly entered. "Okay, boys, time to get up and get ready for Di-"
She stopped when she saw me and Neville glancing at the picture. "Oh, Sarina, you're awake. Now you go get ready, ok?"
So I did. I quickly changed and was ready even earlier than Neville. Once everyone had dressed and eaten, we headed off to Diagon Alley. There we bumped into Collin Creevy, Luna Lovegood, and Seamus Finnegan. Harry, Ron and Neville went with Seamus. Later on, Ginny, Collin, Luna and I ran into the most hated Slytherin in all of Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy.
"oh, Weasly and Longbottom. Idiot group number 2. You're almost as bad as Potter and his lot."
"Shut up, Malfoy," I said. "you're idiot group number 1."I kicked him in the shin and walked away. Exactly what Allie would have done.
"Sari," Luna said. "I really am sorry about Speedy. Shall we go get you another pet?"
"Already on it," I said taking out ten galleons.
Collin, Luna, Ginny and I walked into the pet store.
"Hi … um do you have any owls?" I asked.
The elderly clerk looked at me. "yes, we do…. But aren't you that girl that lost her mouse? Longbottom, isn't it?"
"Yes," I said out loud. I murmured something too. "I didn't know this would be world famous…"
"What?" the man said. "Oh well, never mind, follow me. I will show you the owls."
The man led me down a long path and into a small room with a bunch of owls flying freely.
"I'm sorry, its their daily fly time." the man started gathering the owls and putting them into cages. I stared at all of them intently, but there was this cute and tiny one, maybe smaller than my palm. She was a black and white owl. Sort of interesting, because the base is black and the spots are white ….
"Can I get this one?" I said.
"Yes, of course. 2 galleons."
I handed over the coins.
"Thanks again!" I said as I ran off with my new owl.
"Sari! Cool pet!" Collin said. He took out his box … er camera, and clicked a picture of the small owl.
"What are you naming her?" Ginny whispered in my ear.
"Dot …" I said.
The owl, Dot hooted at this name and I settled it. "Dot it is."
AN: Sry I've been so busy lately. I just finished the Goblet of Fire recently, so I really wanted to skip the prisoner of Azkaban, even though Sirius and Lupin are AWESOME… well you'll hear some of them in the later chapters. Just so you know, I think of both of them as a close relative, so just to let you know … as you people already know, Quidditch is replaced this year by the Triwizard Tournament, so Allie and Fred will probably go to the Yule ball together (well duh, DrakeFan is my sister…)…. Ginny still goes with Neville…. (My brother! You can look forward to me teasing her!) Parvati and Padma don't exist in this story, so find out who goes with Harry and Ron! Hermione still goes with Krum which makes Ron look like a total loony when he yells at Hermione about it …. Cedric (WHO DOESN'T DIE) still goes with Cho… you'll have to read to find out who else is going with who else ok? Thx! Until next time!
