A/N: Chapter 4-yay! Anyway, please forgive me if this is not the best chapter. I've been sick, so my editing may not be that great, just a warning. Again, thanks to my reviewers. The support is awesome. Hope you guys like it, and please, please, please review!
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It was not a calm and peaceful night, but a night full of excitement. The joyous shouts of the Irish were enough to wake the dead. The Bulgarian supporters weren't able to hide their contentedness with the game, try as they might. The party-like atmosphere was contagious. Oliver, Katie, Alicia and Angelina sat around the campfire at Oliver's tent discussing the match.
"Can you believe that game? It was over so quickly!" said Angelina.
"I know, it was all very exciting. The Irish Chasers were brilliant. I can't imagine what it must be like to play like that all the time." Came from Alicia.
"Yes, but Krum catching the snitch, all banged up like that- now that's dedication. He knew they didn't stand a chance against the Irish but still kept the teams honor. That's the kind of player I aim to be." Oliver puffed out his chest as he spoke, visions of himself playing in the World Cup danced in and out of his mind.
"All bloody and black-eyed? Alicia asked
"And on the loosing team?" Katie wanted to know.
Way to bring me down girls
"No, I want to be dedicated like he is. To do whatever it takes. You all know what I meant."
The girls all laughed, leaning into each other to talk amongst themselves. Oliver managed to make out the words "quidditch nazi", "5 a.m. practices" and "pre-game pep talks" out of their mumbled chatter, making him scowl a bit. He knew he might have gone a bit overboard at school, but he had taken his captains position quite seriously. I did finally lead the team to victory, didn't I?
"What's got your wand in a knot, Wood?"
"Nothing, Johnson" he responded, making sure to emphasize the use of her last name.
"Aww you don't need to be mean…" Angelina and Oliver bickered back and forth. They were both oblivious to the private conversation Alicia and Katie were having, until Katie screeched out "I was not staring!"
Katie blushed, upset with herself for speaking as loud as she had as well as the fact she had been caught staring at Oliver. Oliver just looked back at her, confusion on his face, but Angelina grinned after a moment after she caught on to what Katie and Alicia had been talking about.
"Don't deny it Katie, you know it's true!" Alicia laughed evilly.
"Deny what Katie? Are you two keeping secrets over there?" Oliver asked. Katie glared at her girlfriends. Oliver wasn't sure if her blush got deeper, or if it was just the way the firelight played on her face. Katie finally opened her mouth to retort when she was silenced by the sounds of screams and panic. They all looked at each other, wide eyed, as the sounds of partying turned into sounds of pain and fear. They stood simultaneously to look around at the sudden commotion. Oliver saw his parents running toward them with their wands drawn.
"Run kids, Run! Get yourselves out of here, head towards the woods!" Mr. Wood cried out.
The group needed no more explanation than that. They took off running towards the treeline, pushing their way through panicked crowds of people all headed in the same direction. Oliver grabbed Katie's hand, pulling her along, but they lost Alicia and Angelina in all the confusion.
Katie stopped abruptly when she realized the other two girls weren't right behind them, causing Oliver to stumble backwards into her, nearly knocking her to the ground.
"What are you doing, Katie? We can't stop here!"
"Angie and Alicia, where are they? They were right here!" Oliver looked around and saw she was right. They were gone. He could see people in black robes and silver masks walking, almost marching, up the small hill, setting fires and throwing curses every which way. Behind them he could see more masked figures torturing the muggle owners of the camp, twisting their bodies as they floated through the air. Ministry officials were herding people towards the woods, while others were going after the masked figures, their own wands drawn.
"Katie, we have to go, now! They'll be fine, let's go!"
Oliver hoped he was right as he grasped her hand and pulled a now crying Katie into a run. He had to get to the woods. He could safely apparate there. All of the protection spells and charms the Ministry had put on the camp had stopped him from even bothering to try before. He knew he couldn't and he knew that was why everyone else was racing towards the woods. It was the only chance of escape. Lot of good those spells are doing for us now he thought bitterly as he ran.
With the treeline finally just a few paces in front of them, Oliver turned his head back to shout out to Katie.
"We can apparate just inside the woods!"
"No, I can't, I don't know how!"
Damn, of course she wouldn't know how, she's underage "I'll take you along with me"
"Alright" she replied, out of breath from running.
The pair reached the woods he spun her around to face him. He saw the fear in her eyes as he said "Hold on tight!"
She grabbed his shoulders with both hands, and he threw his hands around her waist. He concentrated on where he was going, doing his best not to think about the fact he had never used side-along apparition before, and hoped to god above that they weren't splinched. He took one last glimpse at Katie before squeezing his own eyes shut. With anotherhard thought about his destination, he turned slightly on his heel and the two dissapeared with a loud pop.