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A few days later, I awoke to the smell of spices and sugar and smiled softly at the thought of what Mrs. Weasley was making now.

Sliding from the makeshift bed I had helped put in Ginny's room, I padded quietly upstairs until I reached Charlie's bedroom.

"I'm coming in." I announced softly through the closed door. "Hope you're decent." I myself wasn't perfectly decent, being dressed in pajama pants, a tight(slightly too small) tank top and light sweater, but whatever.

I opened his door and smiled at the dragon posters, plethora of moving photographs and stacks of books in every corner. Charlie was sitting on his bed in nothing but a pair of pajama pants, reading a dragon magazine.

"So I suppose that's decent then?" I smirked, nodding at his half-naked form. Not that I minded...he was...well-formed to say the least.

He shrugged. "What you're wearing is decent?" I blushed and wrapped my sweater around me tighter.

"Shove it." I snapped, sitting down beside him and resting my head on his broad shoulder.

He glanced at me from the corner of his eye and grinned. "Where?"

I smacked his freckled chest lightly and snorted as he laughed quietly. "Idiot."

"Mhm." he hummed deeply, wrapping an arm around me and smiling.

I pulled a blanket up over us and leaned in closer. I loved the Burrow, but it got damn cold in the winter. "Are you going to the Yule Ball?" I asked after a moment.

He paused his reading and put the magazine down. "Who have I got to go with?"

I shrugged, refusing to look at him. My father would be proud..."Me." I mumbled.

He lifted my head up with his finger and lifted an eyebrow. "You're going with Asmund Colby, Evelyn."

"Yeah...but I don't even know him. And I don't really want to." I stuck out my bottom lip. "You're my best friend, Charlie. Please?"

Charlie's P.O.V.

As soon as Eve had come into my room with her too-small tank top, my heart started pounding faster than the Hogwarts train. When she sat down beside me and rested her smooth cheek on my shoulder, I thought I might explode.

Her silky, curly, dark hair smelled like summer and her bright blue, crystalline eyes made me want to melt into a puddle. I'd never cared so much about anyone and it scared me to death.

I wanted nothing more than to kiss her right then. When she stuck out her bottom lip as if pleading with me to go to the ball with her. I couldn't though. She's my best friend. I don't want to ruin anything.

"Yeah. Of course I'll go with you, Eve." I sighed, shaking my head and going back to my magazine.

Coward.

Evelyn's .

I smiled brightly and pushed Charlie back into the bed. The look of shock on his face made me want to burst out laughing, but I was too tired for that. "I'm using you as a pillow." I stated simply, resting my cheek on his warm chest and falling asleep quickly.


When I woke up, Charlie had fallen asleep as well and was snoring softly with his mouth open. I grinned and picked up my wand from the night stand, waving it carefully and dropping several small snakes on him.

I smiled and picked one up, holding it between my fingers gently as the others hissed quietly from Charlie's chest. I giggled when he twitched slightly at the slithering of the snakes and dropped a couple more on him.

After a second, one of the snakes bit down on his collarbone and he leapt up with a short, girlish scream. I collapsed back on the bed and laughed as he swatted the snakes off of him.

They turned to dust as they hit the floor and all that was left was Charlie's scowling, freckled face. "Evelyn. This is why you're not allowed to sleep in my room."

"No," I giggled. "I'm not allowed to sleep in your room cuz your mum would have a fit."

Sighing, I smiled up at Charlie and twirled my wand delicately in my fingers. "Shall we get some breakfast?"

His dark blue eyes flickered down to my lips for a second and he nodded quickly but I'd already seen it and a smirk formed on my face almost immediately. "Or we could..." I bit my lip and grinned. "Do something else."

"Seriously?!" he asked with wide eyes.

I leaned closer to him and nodded. "Seriously." just as he was about to press his lips to mine, I pulled my head back and laughed, shoving his shoulder.

"Come off it, Char." I giggled, standing up and holding out a shirt for him to put on.

He rolled his eyes and stood, grabbing the shirt from me. "Very funny, Eve." his sigh was that of a beaten dog and I'd never felt so wretched in my life.

What if I'd just ruined the future? "Char, I was only joking." I grabbed his hands and smiled sweetly up at him.

"Yeah, I know...but Eve..don't you feel sort of...I dunno, connected?" he asked, sitting on the edge of his bed, still holding onto my hands.

Oh god..."Erm...yeah a bit." don't do this Charlie...we've still got our lives ahead of us. You can choose later.

"Well then?"

"Well then what?" I shrugged, lifting an eyebrow.

He broke eye contact and sighed. "I don't know...I just figured...well, Eve..you're my best friend and..."

"And you think we're meant to be together?" I scoffed, attempting to sound as though I knew nothing about our future.

A smirk slid on his face. "Don't try that with me, Evelyn Woodall. I can tell when you're faking. You think it too...unless." a look of shock came across his face. "Your mum's a seer...she told you something..."

I swallowed roughly and shook my head. "Evelyn. You tell me right now." Charlie growled, tugging me closer to him.

My face flushed as he pulled me in between his open legs. "It's nothing. She didn't tell me anything."

"That day we met, at the Leaky Cauldron, your mum saw something as you came down the stairs." he smirked and held me tightly, keeping me trapped between his legs. "I'm right. I know I am."

Well...there was no point now. "Yeah." I nodded, sitting down lightly on his right leg.

The smile slid off his face. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"What was I supposed to say, Char?" I shrugged, looking him in the eye. "Oh, hey, you're my best friend and by the way, we're soul mates. I don't think so."

"Yeah," he chuckled. "I suppose you're right."

My heart pounded and I tried my best to contain the blush I was sure showed on my face. "So, um-"

Charlie cut me off quickly and pressed his pink lips to mine sweetly. "I think we should be together, Eve."

"Oh." I had never been so shocked and paralyzed by a kiss before. "Um..yeah, sure. Sounds good." I laughed, wrapping my arms around his neck.

He grinned, showing slightly sharp canines and pressed his mouth to mine again. "Brilliant."


We were on the train back to Hogwarts and I wanted to cry. I was more nervous than I'd ever been and nothing helped. Even the adorable, miniature dragon Charlie had gotten me couldn't cheer me up.

"Hey, you'll do great. I know you will." he smiled encouragingly, hitting my shoulder lightly.

What a dork. Doesn't have a clue how to act with a girlfriend. It felt odd to even think about the word girlfriend...I didn't mind.

I let the tiny, black dragon crawl up my arm to perch on my shoulder and smiled at Charlie, taking his hand in mine. "Yeah, I'll be fine."

Nope. I'm gonna die.


"Welcome students! To the second task of the Triwizard Tournament!" Dumbledore shouted to the roaring crowds. They had built stands outside of the castle and made sure that there was no one inside the school. It felt like I'd been standing outside for hours, when in reality it had only been a few minutes.

"In just a few moments, your champions will enter Hogwarts and search for the ghost of their item. Be warned, there are creatures worse than your darkest nightmare and the school, while usually warm and inviting, will have no lights, no direct paths and has been enchanted to change every turn you make."

What? He didn't tell me that part! The lying prick..."Begin!"

I lurched forward and sprinted into the school, pausing in the doorway and looking back as the enormous doors swung shut, blocking out all the light of day.

Footsteps sounded as the other two champions rushed off to find their ghosts. I breathed in deeply and held out my wand. "Lumos." I whispered, padding carefully down the halls.

I gasped as something crawled up my arm and stopped at my shoulder. I glanced out of the corner of my eye and let out a choked sigh of relief. My gift from Charlie was perched on my shoulder. Somehow he'd managed to attach himself to me before the task started.

"Well...just you and me bud." I stopped and pressed myself against the wall as something scraped against the stone floor ahead of me. "Nox." I breathed.

Holding my breath, I listened as the creature made its way down the hall, ragged breathing and scratching on the stones made it seem large and most definitely dangerous. After a moment, the sounds faded and I breathed out, taking in gasps of air as quietly as I could.

"Lumos Maxima." I swung my wand and a big, bright light shone from the tip, illuminating the gray hall creepily. Checking behind me to make sure the...whatever it was, wasn't there.

Satisfied, I continued on, constantly waving my silver wand about to check every corner of every hall. "Alright..." I gulped. "Down to the dungeons we go." the small dragon hissed in agreement and I started taking slow steps down.

Every stair got colder and when I got halfway down, a bloodcurdling scream came from somewhere above me in the castle.

Spinning around to check, I shrugged. "Someone must've run into the thing from before."

"Okay...no need to be scared. I can do this." I spoke solidly despite the uncomfortable tightness in my chest and stomach. I hurried down the rest of the staircase and shuddered. "How can the Slytherines stand this?"

I walked towards the common rooms and glanced around. In my mind, I imagined Inferi suddenly leaping out of every door I passed. Swarms of them would drown me and I wouldn't stand a chance. Shaking my head, I continued down the hall, my footsteps echoing off the slightly dripping walls.

I gasped as a flash of white slid through a door to my right and for a minute I held up my wand in front of me, frozen with my chest heaving rapidly.

A soft hiss from my shoulder snapped me out of it. "The ghost." I mumbled, stepping forward and jiggling the iron handle. Locked.

"Alohomora!" I murmured. The door swung open obediently, not making a sound as it did. I paused, looking across the room at the ghost. It was a young girl dressed in a Victorian era dress with long, tumbling hair. She watched me quietly, pointing to where I stood.

Furrowing my brow, I pointed my wand down at what sounded like the lapping of water. "Lumos Maxima!"

Sure enough, the entire room was filled with an artificial lake except for where I stood and where the ghost girl floated.

I looked back up at the girl and she still watched me calmly. Walking towards the water, I watched for a change of expression, but she did nothing.

"Maybe I can just...swim across." I whispered to the dragon. His response was an unhappy hiss and he clambered on top of my head quickly.

Just as my foot touched the water, there was a ripple from the middle of the lake. "Shit."

For a moment, nothing happened. Then the surface burst to life as dozens of sickly, pale creatures rushed towards me. I gasped, leaping back from the water and ran from the room, slamming the door behind me. "Colloportus!" I screamed, locking the door and pressing my back into the opposite wall, watching the door with my wand at the ready.

The pictures I was showed in books were nothing like the actual Inferi. I could only assume that's what they were. The pictures led me to believe that they were very human-like, pale-skinned and hairless except for some strings on their heads.

The actual Inferi looked nothing like a human. They were bones with gray skin hanging off of them, empty eye sockets, sharp teeth and long fingers. The way they had tumbled over each other to get a chance at killing me...their disfigured bodies, dripping with the slime of the lake.

Just as I was about to shiver, there was a loud bang from the other side of the door. They were trying to break through.

I couldn't fight them here...they'd kill me in a second. "The staircase!" I sprinted for the wide stairway and scrambled to the top, falling twice and smacking my shins into the hard stone.

Shaking, I stood on the top stair and waited with my heart pounding so hard it hurt and my blood rushing at such high speeds, I though my veins might burst open.

With an ear-splitting screech, the door was torn from its hinges and the sounds of scratching nails and moans of the dead echoed up to me.

Within seconds, piles of Inferi smashed into each other and started clambering up the stairs at me.

Taking a deep breath, I screamed and forced as much magic as I could into the spell, "INCENDIO!"

Bright flames shot from my wand and twisted down towards the masses of crawling, white flesh. I swung my wand around my head and aimed more of the wicked flames at the creatures. The scent of burning flesh made me choke, but I kept going.

"Flagrante!" I pointed at the stairs. They shimmered for a moment and then the Inferi standing on top of them burst into flames.

I gasped for breath and coughed through the stench, falling on my butt as the last of the Inferi smoldered.

Swallowing harshly to keep down the bile, I rose on shaky legs and stared down at the chaos that I had managed to tame. All that was left was ashes and singed, gray globs of flesh.

Holding my arm over my nose, I hurried down the stairs, avoiding the remains as best I could.

As I rushed to the room, I realized that the water had disappeared. "Well isn't that just...stupendous." I snarled, stomping across the slick stones to the ghost on the other side.

"I am glad to see you still alive." she smiled softly at me.

I narrowed my eyes at her and yanked the locket off my neck, dangling it in front of her. "How do I free you and give this back?"

"Follow me." she murmured, slipping through the wall.

A growl of frustration escaped my throat and I shouted, "Shocking as it may seem, I can't go through walls!"

"So make a door." her voice came from the other side of the wall.

"Oh I'll make a door." I grumbled, standing back and lifting my wand. "Bombarda Maxima!"

Instantly, half of the wall was blown in and the small ghost on the other side stared at me with wide eyes as I kicked through the debris angrily. "That seemed unnecessary."

"You're unnecessary." I mumbled, following her as she glided down a hall. As we rounded a corner, I gasped and stumbled backwards. My wand light showed what appeared to be the black lake forming a wall at the end of the hall.

She smiled back at me and waved me forward. We kept getting closer until I could reach out and touch the dark ripples of magically suspended water.

"Open the locket." she hummed. I obeyed. "Set it on the ground." Again, I obeyed. "Repeat after me: Jane Alice Silversmith, I banish you from the world of the living."

"Jane Alice Silversmith, I banish you from the world of the living."

The locket started to glow softly. "Return to your family, go to the other side. Pass through the veil."

"Return to your family, go to the other side. Pass through the veil."

Tears began dripping down her face and she became more solid, "Thank you, Evelyn. The last thing you must do is put my locket in the water of the lake. Then I will finally be free."

I picked up the locket which had become warm and emitted a golden light. Slowly, I pressed my knuckles into the freezing water and forced the rest of my fist through, letting go of the locket into the depths.

I felt something press into my palm and couldn't help but shriek, tugging my fist back in horror.

"Your clue, Evelyn." a whisper floated through the air and I turned to thank the ghost, but she had already vanished.

I opened my fist slowly and found what looked like a silvery fish scale.


As I hurried back down the main hall, I tripped over something and went flying, landing on my stomach and getting the air knocked out of me.

"What..." flashing my wand over, I held back a scream. The girl from Beauxbatons was laying on the ground, eyes wide open and her chest barely moving.

Scrambling onto my knees, I checked her over. There was what looked like a giant bite mark on her neck and I jumped as she started convulsing before me.

Turning her on her side, I attempted to make her still, but had no idea what to do. She was much taller than me and I knew I wouldn't be able to lift her.

The only thing I could think to do was..."Levicorpus!" hurrying towards the door, I levitated her as carefully as I could while she twitched in mid-air.

The doors opened easily from a slight push and I rushed out to Dumbledore and Madame Pomphrey. "Help!" I cried. "Something bit her!"

There were gasps and cheers from the stands as several teachers sped towards us. "Aresto Momentum." I lowered her to the ground and let the adults take care of her.

"Our last two champions have returned." Dumbledore spoke gravely over the crowd. "We will now discuss the scores." I managed to stumble over to the champions benches and collapsed onto one of them.

"Evelyn! Are you alright?!" Tessa fussed over me as Anna sat down beside me and checked my wounds.

I hadn't noticed, but I was covered in burns and scratches from fighting the Inferi...and the wall.

"Eve! Merlin..." Charlie whispered, crouching down in front of me. "What in the bloody hell were you fighting? A dragon?"

"I wish." I scoffed as the miniature lizard, crept up to perch on my shoulder once more...I wasn't entirely sure how he managed to cling to me through all that.

Anna frowned. "What do you mean? It wasn't worse than the Wendigo was it?"

"Depends on your point of view, but I think it was. Yeah." I muttered, trying hard to not remember the mangled bodies scratching up the stairs and burning into lumps of flesh.

All three of them gave me pointed looks as if asking what I fought.

"Have you ever heard of Inferi?"