Chapter Four; The Qudditch World Cup

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Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were full of excitement to see all the wonderful sights and smell all the wonderful smells that was taking place outside of the arena. There were a bunch of tents nearby with little children outside playing with their toy brooms and gobstones. Harry could smell barbeque chicken cooking inside a nearby tent (since they were magical and incredibly large) along with roast beef and pork.

That's when all of a sudden they passed one of the Irish tents. Some Irish wizards were playing the bagpipes as a group of leprechauns did a jig in front of them. "Well Weasleys, Grangers, and Snapes," Mr. Weasley began. "We better set up our camp. We have a several hours before the game starts." He told them.

"And I better find Bunny some food, hopefully I can find some carrots around here." Eve said as she looked back down at Bunny who continued wrinkling her nose.

"Oh no you don't!" Harry exclaimed. "I'm in charge and Mum and Dad would ground us both if I let you go walking off by yourself." He told her.

"Well then fine, come with me then!" she cried before she darted away and Harry groaned loudly.

"Don't worry Harry, I'll watch her for you." Ginny said before she ran after her as Harry grinned.

"Thanks Ginny." He began before he turned over to look at Ron. "I wish my sister was more like yours. I mean it's not that I don't love her, but she can be such a spoiled little brat sometimes." He said.

"Welcome to my world." Tobey told him.

"Come on Harry, let's go help Mr. Weasley." Hermione said as they turned around and walked away. A little while later Ginny returned to them breathing frantically as she rushed over to their tent.

"Harry, please forgive me I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed.

"What happened? Where's Eve?" he asked her.

"That's what I wanted to tell you. She said that she had to go use the bathroom, so I told her that I would wait for her outside the latrines but she never came back!" she cried.

"That's because you shouldn't have believed her!" Ron cried. "You know that she's mad at Harry, that probably means that she decided to run away!" he told her as Harry remembered the time when he was about her age that he himself had ran away from his family and that's when he had met his dragon friend Diamond, and she had transported him back in time where he met a group of pirates.

"Oh great now I'm really going to get it, Mum and Dad will kill me if anything happens to her." Harry said.

"Don't worry Harry, we'll go look for her." Hermione assured him before he turned around to look back at Tobey.

"Alright, Tobey stay here with the rest of the Weasleys. I'm going with them to look for Eve. I'll be back with her as soon as I can." He told him before running away with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny leading the way.

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Meanwhile Eve was busy walking by herself through the forest. "Who needs them when we've got each other? Right Bunny?" she questioned her little furry friend. That's when all of a sudden she heard a twig snap behind her and she turned around to see a shaggy black bear cub standing behind her. "Oh hullo there, where's your mummy and the rest of your brothers and sisters?" she asked it as it let out a rather large cry before standing up on its hind legs.

"Or are you sick of them too?" she asked it before it placed its paws together and then leapt back down on all fours. "C'mon then, you can come with me and Bunny. I think I'll name you Bear, since that's what you are." She told him as he started following her further into the woods. "C'mon Bear, this way." She told him as he let out another cry before continuing to follow her. She hadn't gotten very far when all of a sudden she heard another loud cry, but this time it belonged to the cub's mother.

She saw the gigantic ferocious animal emerging out of the shadows and walking straight towards her before she stood up on her hind legs and tilted her head back and let out a gigantic roar. That's when suddenly Eve began to scream. That's when out of nowhere Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny appeared behind her.

"Eve look out!" Ginny cried when all of a sudden Harry withdrew his wand. He knew that technically he was not allowed to do magic outside of school, but this was an emergency. He pointed it at the bear and waved it in a great big circle.

"Somaltum!" he cried as the mother bear's eyes began to droop and then she let out a great big yawn before falling down onto the ground inside a deep sleep.

"Good thinking." Ginny told him before he put his wand away again and looked back over at Eve.

"Are you alright?" he asked her as she nodded.

"Yeah, I think so." She replied.

"Good, because I'm going to kill you. Now c'mon." he told her as all of them started turning around again and walked out of the woods.

"Is the bear going to be alright?" she questioned.

"You're worried about the bear!? That thing could have killed you!" Ron cried.

"And it would have if we hadn't of showed up." Harry began. "I thought I told you not to go running away by yourself." He told her.

"I know, I'm sorry." She apologized guilty as tears started running down her cheeks.

"I'm only telling you this because whether or not you want to believe it, I love you and I don't want you to get hurt." Harry told her as she sniffed again and wiped her nose on the back of her hand before he took a deep breath and sighed heavily. "Come on, let's get back to the camp. Ron's family is probably getting worried sick about us by now." He said.

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Everybody walked into the stadium with the rest of the crowd. Harry grabbed ahold of his little brother's and sister's hand so he wouldn't lose track of them. Especially with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley telling them to stay together. Eve was kind of nervous when it came to climbing up the stairs due to the fact that she was afraid of heights, but Harry believed that she had learned her lesson and that's why she was a lot more behaved now.

"Harry, can I have some chocolate dragon eggs?" she asked him once they had set down.

"I really don't think I should be buying you anything, but alright. I'll get you and Tobey each some dragon eggs and butterbeer." He said before he stood up and looked over at Ron and Hermione. "Keep an eye on them for me please." He told them before he got up and walked away. A little while later he returned and the game begun. All of the Bulgarian players and Irish players soared out onto the field.

Most of the people in the crowd were rooting for the Irishmen as well as Harry and his group except for Ron. Ginny even had on a green top hat on the top of her head with a shamrock painted on her left cheek while Hermione had sprayed a little bit of green inside her hair. Eve had begged Harry to let her do that but he wouldn't allow it no matter how much she protested about it.

Ron's eyes widened with amazement and pure astonishment as Viktor Krum took his place onto the field. "Ron fancies him." Ginny whispered into Harry before grinning over at him.

"I do not!" he exclaimed indignantly. "I just think he's a great player that's all!" he cried as the crowd roared with cheers and applause.

"Welcome to the Qudditch World Cup," Ludo Bagman from the ministry of magic began. "let the match begin!"