He grabbed hold of me to stop me flying back and was smiling down at me with an amused expression when I looked up.
"So I'm guessing you don't get on with the Malfoy's."
"I swear down if I see Lucius again today he is going to get what's been coming to him since the bastard became a death eater before the first wizarding war." I thought he would roll his eyes at my antics but he smirked.
"I'll help." I blushed, for some reason, I hadn't blushed since him.
"I wont need it but your more than welcome to throw a few punches." We were laughing and discussing loads of way to make the Malfoy's pay when the Irish flew right over our head.
"Hurry up take your seats. I told you these seats would be worth waiting for." Arthur was right we did have to duck under a sort of metal thing but the view was awesome. We were at the very top of the stadium.
"Come on!" Fred and George were already over the Malfoy fiasco and enjoying themselves. I was determined to do the same. They were with the Irish wearing green and white scarves and leprechaun hats. They even had there face painted white with a four leaf clover.
"It's the Irish. There's Troy." Cedric whispered to me.
"And Merlit." He looked shocked that I actually knew the teams' names' well I was the Gryffindor Quidditch captain, with Harry as my second in command.
"And Murlan." The twins shouted, so much for our whispers. The Irish all cast a spell that shot green and white sparks created a firework Leprechaun that started dancing. I was laughing and so was Cedric, it felt as though it was just us. Amos and Arthur were talking, Hermione and Ginny, The twins and Harry and Ron me and Cedric had each other. Coincidence? Probably not, Hermione is in so much trouble when we get back to the tent, but for now, I'm going to enjoy my time with the school stud. Wink. The crowd started chanting Ireland and I went along with it, I was quarter Irish so I figured I might as well cheer for my blood. Cedric looked at me strange and I was about to question him when the twins shouted.
"Here come the Bulgarians!" They flew straight through the firework leprechaun, destroying it, the sparks separated and turned red and I stood there pouting. Cedric took one look at my face and started chuckling. They flew right in front of us and I stuck my tongue out causing the seeker to raise an eyebrow at me. My friends responded with a chorus of whoa. Cedric stopped laughing abruptly and I looked up to see him glaring at the guy. I couldn't help but let a giggle escape, thankfully he never noticed. The same guy that Cedric was glaring at started doing a bunch of tricks like flipping on his broom etc. and it was shown on the big screen which is when I noticed who the seeker was, Hermione however didn't.
"Who's that?" Fred answered her without even a hint of blasphemy.
"That is the best seeker in the world!" The crowd started chanting Krum including Harry and the twins, Cedric was unusually quiet and I glanced up to see him looking down at me, I smiled up at him causing him to turn and face the pitch, I did the same, and then the Minister started to speak and introduce the game.
"Good evening! As minister for magic it gives me great pleasure to welcome each and every one of you to the final of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup! Let the match begin!" And it did. I was so enraptured with the game and the techniques they used it took me ages to notice that Cedric was stood behind me with his arms around my waist, chin resting on my head, I wouldn't have noticed if Hermione didn't slyly elbow me, no one else apart from Ginny, Hermione and Amos had even realized. The girls were grinning and Amos had a strange look on his face, a look of knowing but what he knew I couldn't tell.
Ludovic Bagman provided the match commentary. Ireland wore green robes with each player's name embroidered in silver on their back. They all flew Firebolt broomsticks and Leprechauns served as the team's mascots. Veela were Bulgaria's mascots and they played in robes of scarlet. Irish Chaser, Troy scored the first goal of the match. After another two Irish goals, Ivanova registered Bulgaria's opening score. Then Ireland's Seeker Aidan Lynch was fooled by Viktor Krum's Wronski Feint, but managed to continue play after the aid of some mediwizards. Fifteen minutes later Ireland had stretched their lead to 130-10, when their Chaser Mullet was fouled by the Bulgarian Keeper, Zograf, and was awarded a penalty. This led to anarchy, with another penalty being awarded to Ireland and referee Hassan Mostafa being distracted by the Veela . Quigley sent a Bludger towards Krum which broke his nose. Lynch then spotted the Snitch, but was beaten in the race for it by Krum. Despite this, Ireland still ran out the victors. The final score was 170-160. The Irish team performed a lap of honour before being presented with the Quidditch World Cup in the stadium's Top Box
The game ended and I had learnt loads more techniques for Gryffindor, the Irish won which Ron was really pissed about, me however, I was ecstatic and so were the twins. As we walked back down the steps Cedric kept his arm around my shoulders and I tried not to let him notice how my heart skipped a beat every few seconds. I was just wondering what would happen if anyone from Hogwarts saw us when who should show up but Keri Forster, a friend of mine from Hufflepuff, the same house as Cedric, gulp.
"Bella! Cedric! OMG! How are you? Are you like together or..?" Cedric quickly removed his arm.
"No! Erm… I mean… we're just friends. Hello Keri, nice to see you."
"Same here. Sorry can I steal Bella a moment?" She had grabbed me and we were stood a few feet away so no one could hear us but they could still see us."
"Okay. Spill."
"Really Keri, nothing is going on we've only started speaking properly today since first year on the train, that really is it." She looked disappointed until she saw someone over my shoulder and a high pitched squeal left her lips.
"Seamus! Over here!" Oh no. "Bella, meet my boyfriend, well I mean I know you already know each other since you're in the same house and all but… anyway we're going out, how great is that, I've been crushing on him for ages and then sent him an owl when I was drunk and voila." How she spoke so much and quickly without taking a breath I'll never know.
"That's great Keri. Good to see you Seamus." Harry could see how uncomfortable I was at the moment and so, like a good cousin, decided to rescue me.
"Bells! Come on we have to get going!" I smiled a thank you at him.
"Whoops. Sorry guys got to go, I'll speak to you soon, I'll see you on the train. Bye y'all." I left quickly and when I got there I saw that Amos and Cedric had gone. I tried not to be disappointed but a small minute part still was.
"Thankyou, that was really awkward, and it's really hard to talk in the middle of a huge crowd when everyone is shouting for each other."
"Don't worry cuz, that's what I'm here for."
We finally got back to the tent and I collapsed on one of the sofas. It didn't take long for me to get my strength back and then I was dancing an Irish jig with the twins whilst Ron defended the Bulgarians as Mr Weasley lit the lantern with a splint. Me and the twins were singing and dancing whilst Harry and the girls laughed at us, used to our antics, we were mainly doing it to annoy Ron. There was a lot of commotion outside but I assumed it was angry Bulgarian fans or overly happy Irish fans. Arthur went to check it out whilst we carried on having a laugh. Ron had, had enough and got on the table making an announcement of how amazing Krum was. Yup, that is why he lost haha.
"There's no one like Krum!" I burst out laughing as the twins harassed him.
"Krum! Dumb Krum!" They said it with a deep moronic voice. Making me laugh harder. Ron paid them no attention and carried on.
"It's like a bird the way he rides the wind. He's more than an athlete. He's an artist!" The twins were flappin there arms and making stupid sounds whilst circling him. Ginny squeezed Ron's arm and laughed.
"I think you're in love Ron." He looked down and glared.
"Shut up." He was starting to sulk and me and the twins burst into song, Harry joining in half way through.
"Victor I love you, Victor I do, when we're apart my heart beats only for you." Ron glared at us all, there was a huge bang outside and Fred turned to look at the doorway.
"Sounds like the Irish have got there pride on." He laughed whilst George started hitting Ron with his Irish banner. Arthur burst in and broke George and Ron apart.
"Stop! Stop it! It's not the Irish! We've got to get out of here. Now!" We all grabbed our backpacks that we hadn't unpacked yet and walked out. It was like a bomb site. Everyone was running in one direction or another panic all over there faces. This couldn't be good. What was going on? I grabbed Harry and shoved him towards Hermione and Ron, I wouldn't let him get left behind. I heard someone scream.
"Get Out! The death eaters are coming." I looked around in horror.
"No." A whisper escaped my lips. Fire was burning further away. We were all stood outside the tent taking in the havoc.
"Get back to the Portkey everyone and stay together! Fred! George! Ginny is your responsibility. Go!" Arthur yelled at us and we took off. I caught the site of death eaters in the distance holding torches, I shoved Harry forward and made sure they stayed together, I wouldn't allow them to get separated. If anything happened to anyone, Harry had to be kept safe, he was the important one. We were all getting pushed about by the crowds and I got separated from them.
"Bella! Bella!" I couldn't get to them and so I ran in the other direction hoping to stumble across the Portkey or a familiar face. I tripped over and fell to the ground, something hit me hard in the face and then it went dark.
When I came too, the place was desolate and I was starting to panic, but I was alive, that's what mattered. Not one tent left standing; all of them had been burnt to ashes and the smoke hung in the air like fog. I caught a glimpse of someone and went to go to them when they said some words I had never heard before. That's when the smoke came together forming a shape that bought fear to the bravest of hearts. The dark mark. A skull that had a snake slithering out of its mouth. I must of made some sound because the figure started stalking towards me and I clutched my wand ready to fight, I couldn't stand up as my legs were still weak but my arms were fine so I was desperately hoping luck was on my side, please let it be Lucius cause I honestly would love to hurt that guy.
"Bella! Where are you?" A voice shouted I recognized the voice but couldn't place whose it was or which direction it was coming from.
"Bella!" Cedric? The figure looked around and stalked off in the opposite direction, I breathed a sigh of relief and stood up shakily.
"I've been looking for you for ages, ever since I got to the portkey to see everyone there but you. They wanted to come get you but wouldn't let Harry go in and couldn't leave him without back up just in case, I ran to find you whilst they were arguing it out." Cedric said as he hugged me, he had me and I could do nothing but stare in the direction the figure had left.
"I thought we'd lost you." He was a bit frantic but then he looked up and was confused.
"What is that?" How Cedric wasn't aware of what it was surprised me but I guess Amos never thought it to be a detail he'd need. Nor did I for that matter.
"The dark mark it's…" I started explaining when I felt the need to duck I grabbed Cedric's arms and forced him down too as a chorus of Stupify sounded and red sparks hit over my head.