Disclaimer: I am not the incredible JK. Rowling, so therefore I sadly do not own Harry Potter.

A/N: Happy New Year's Eve to y'all! Hope you enjoy this chapter!

The rest of the day passed by pretty uneventful. Ava received more uneasy glances and rumors in that one day than she had in her entire life back at her old school in the future. Her classes left her overloaded with homework but not behind. Hermione made sure that Ava kept up by telling her exactly what she needed to know in order to pass unnoticed. Lucky for her, Hermione's plan worked.

Hermione's brilliant plan to keep attention off of her worked for about five days until the night before the last task. That night, almost every student, even the ones who were friendly toward Ava, stared at her in envy. She, along with Harry, were trying and failing to keep their fear in check. Hermione and Ron tried to soothe them. Of course, their efforts were wasted because Ava knew how this would end without her involved. With Ava there, she was as clueless as Harry on the future, which frightened her.

"You'll do fine Ava," Hermione soothed as if she sensed Ava wandering thoughts. "Besides," she added in a whisper, "You already know who will win and what will happen. Just go in there and have fun."

"But I still don't see how I play into it all. How am I supposed to participate without changing the outcome?" Ava whispered back nervously.

"You'll do fine, both of you," Ron interrupted as he finished eating his fill. "Now, let's get you both up and rested for your big day tomorrow." With that, Ron and Hermione led a frightened Harry and Ava up to the Gryffindor common room and to their respective dormitories. The second Ava's head hit the pillow, she fell asleep. Shockingly, for the first time since she came to Hogwarts, she had a dream. The dream took place in a room with Wormtail crouching in front of a throne-like chair. At the moment when the dream started, the thing on the chair started talking.

"Everything is going according to plan, Wormtail. Now all we need is Harry Potter to come to us. The only issue with this plan is that muggle. We need to wipe her out before she can get involved," the thing said in a raspy voice.

"Voldemort," Ava whispered to herself as Wormtail turned to look at her.

"My lord, it looks as if we have a guest," Wormtail stated calmly.

"Step aside Wormtail. Let me give our eavesdropping guest a proper welcome," Voldemort said before the dream cut off and Ava woke with a jump.

"You okay Ava?" Hermione inquired as she peered over at Ava. After Ava nodded quickly, she continued, "Good. Now get up and get ready for the last task."

After a quick shower and change, Ava made her slow way down to the Great Hall. As she sat down next to Hermione, she noticed that Harry had huge bags under his eyes, hinting that he had just as bad of a night as she.

"Good morning Ava. Sleep well?" Ron said cheerfully as he served himself a huge serving of eggs and toast.

"Alright Ron. Alright," Ava lied. Not wanting to share her horrible dream. Ava grabbed a piece of toast even though she had no appetite.

"Eat, Ava and Harry. You'll both need your strength for the task," Hermione pleaded. Ava, not seeing any alternative, took a bit of her toast that tasted as appetizing as sawdust.

Once Hermione made sure that Harry and Ava were both properly fed, she led them down to the Quidditch field that would hold the third and final task. The overgrown hedges that served as walls for the maze that had to be at least 20 feet tall. Once there, Mrs. Weasley and her son, Bill ran up to Harry to catch up.

"So this is the new contestant," Mrs. Weasley said with distain as she turned to say hi to Hermione.

"Yes. I'm Ava Crowley. Pleasure to meet you," Ava said shyly because she remembered how protective she was with Harry, Hermione, and her family.

"How old are you? Where are you from? How did you get Dumbledore to allow you to joi..." Mrs. Weasley started questioning until Harry interrupted.

"Hey Ava, why don't we go over there to where the contestants are meeting? Bye you lot," Harry said rushed as he grabbed Ava's arm and dragged her over to where Dumbledore was.

"Thanks Harry," Ava whispered gratefully once they reached Dumbledore's side.

"No problem. Sorry about Mrs. Weasley. She can be..."

"Overprotective, I know. Remember, I read all about you guys," Ava said quickly before Dumbledore started announcing the task.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the third and final task of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin! One my whistle, Harry and Cedric will enter the maze," Dumbledore said as he signaled for Harry and Cedric to enter the maze. "Victor, you may go now," he said after a few moments. Then a few moments later, "Fleur, your turn." And finally after all contestants besides Ava got in, "Now, our final contestant, Ava, may now enter the maze."

A/N: Sorry. Couldn't resist a little cliffy. Actually not really. Next chapter should be up tomorrow or the day after.