Chapter 10:

"I can't believe that the Irish won!" Ron yelled defiantly.

"Well The Bulgarians all suck besides Victor Krum so of course they lost." Ginny rolled her eyes and smiled at Harry.

"Yeah Ron…the Irish all had better players but Victor was just the better seeker." The Twins said at the exact same time.

"I can't believe you called it you two…" Hermione said as she smiled up at me and squeezed my hand. I smiled too and looked back at them. "How much money did you make anyway?" I said.

The twins grinned as they looked at us and waved a huge sack of galleons.

"Wouldn't you-" George began.

"-like to know." Fred finished.

All of us rolled our eyes at them as we continued walking back to the tent as the sounds of the Irish celebrating went off around us. I felt a tug on my jacket and I looked over and Hermione was smiling.

"You know you've been pretty quiet since before the games are you okay?"

I smiled reassuringly and nodded.

"Yeah I'm alright just a bit knackered…you?"

"Same." She hummed as she held my arm closer to her and nudged my shoulder with her temple.

I smiled softly as I watched her and then turned away to see that we had arrived at the tent.

"Would you like to stay for a bit?" I heard Hermione mumble into my arm. I looked up and everyone was looking at me and Hermione.

"Oh…um…yeah okay just for a bit though tomorrow I'm on my way back to Hogwarts."

She hugged me excitedly and then ran off into the tent. "I'll go ahead and make some tea for everyone then."

I watched her go and then looked at everyone.

They all had knowing smiles on their faces…well except Mr. Weasley and Ron.

"What's got her knickers in a bunch…I've never seen her go make tea for anyone before…" Ron said as he scratched the back of his head.

Mr. Weasley shook his head.

"Ms. Granger is a strange one that's for sure." Mr. Weasley and Ron walked into the tent.

"So…Abby…" I flinched and looked at Ginny from the corner of my eye.

"Yes?"

"You and Hermione huh?"

My eyes widened and I gave her an incredulous look as I blushed.

"Huh?"

"Don't huh me…I see the way you look at her…"

I raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms feeling my cheeks grow warmer.

"And how exactly do I look at her Gin?" I sarcastically used her nickname as my ears turned redder.

"The way anyone in love would look at a person they like Abs." we both stared at each other.

"You mean…"

She waited for me to say more.

"The way you look at Harry then?"

Her mouth fell open and so did Harry's as they began to splutter and turn a shade farthest from tomato. Honestly could have been the color of a plum.

"W-wha…what?" both of them said as they looked at each other.

I busted out laughing as I held my gut and the twins busted out laughing as well.

Ginny came up and slugged me and continued to curse me as I whole heartily laughed.

"T-This doesn't get you out of telling t-the truth Gaile!" I continued to laugh until I shed a few tears and by then we were all laughing a little.

"What are you guys talking about?"

We all whipped around as Hermione came out. My face immediately began to turn warm.

"Uh..um…er…nothing Mio…" my face flushed as I avoided her gaze and instead looked at everyone around me. They all weren't looking at her either and Ginny was whistling a tune as she looked at the twins.

"Uh-huh…" She didn't sound convinced.

I turned to her and smiled as she narrowed her eyes.

"Well the tea's ready so come get it."

We all walked inside but then there was a loud explosion.

"Merlin's balls what was that!" Ron exclaimed.

Another explosion was heard and then screams.

"EVERYONE WE HAVE TO LEAVE!" McGonagall came rushing into the tent almost knocking over the twins as she desperately looked for me.

"Gaile! Lets go!" She yelled

"W-wait professor…what about-"

"There's no need to worry Mr. Weasley will get everyone home safe now come on!"

I looked at her in horror and then I looked at everyone and then at Hermione. I rushed over to her and hugged her as tight as I could and whispered into her ear.

"Please Merlin be safe okay…"

She nodded into my shoulder as she squeezed me just as hard.

"Professor can't I-"

"No Gaile…I'm sorry but you can't go with them…it's too dangerous."

She looked straight at me and I at her.

I felt a tear leak out but nodded and then put out my hand. As soon as I did I was whisked away right into the headmaster's office back at Hogwarts. McGonagall told me to stay here and then she apparated again, probably to go help at the grounds. I slumped to the floor and held my knee's to my chest feeling completely hopeless. "Hermione…please be safe…"

I don't know how long I sat there but then I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up and McGonagall looked tired and some of her robe was singed. I stood up suddenly and rushed the Professor.

She put up her hand before I even said a word and nodded. I was relieved.

"Everyone's fine as much as I know…they got out of there…it was a complete disaster…death eaters everywhere."

I felt a chill go down my spine as she sat heavily on a chair.

"I'm going to have to talk to Albus…"

"W-What should I do…"

"You…you should go back to your dorm for now. Go get some rest we have a few days before everyone gets back so it would do you some good."

I clenched my hand as I felt myself bristle.

"Yes Professor."

I walked back to the Ravenclaw dorms in thought about what it would mean for death eaters being at the cup. I felt my stomach turn in discomfort. I looked up to the stars that were coming through and thought about the coming year.

"This is going to be a big one isn't it?"

I didn't get an answer that night but I wouldn't need it because come the first day of school it would have come flying down from the skies and coming out from the water.

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"Gaile!" I looked up from the book I was reading. It was one of my fellow Ravenclaw classmates, Cho Chang.

I nodded in her direction. "Oh hey Cho…"

I watched as she furrowed her eyebrows and crossed her arms.

"What…that wasn't very enthusiastic Gaile…"

I smiled and hid it behind my book.

"Sorry Cho I'm kind of distracted at the moment…"

She scoffed and sat down next to me as more people filed in from the Hogwarts express. I watched the doors waiting for Hermione to show up.

"You know…you could have just come to meet her at the station instead of pretending to read a book till she notices you…"

I flinched in surprise and looked up into Cho's brown eyes.

"You know…" I began to scowl as my face turned an extreme red.

"I'm starting to get very annoyed that all of a sudden people think they can go around talking about my personal love life like they know what they're talking about…it's getting kind of annoying…"

"Hey Gaile…I didn't- hey where are you going?"

I got up abruptly and went to go sit at the end of the table away from everyone, throwing down my book, I scoffed in annoyance.

"Everyone needs to stay out of my business…sheesh…" I flipped open my book and continued where I left off, ignoring everyone around me that tried to get my attention.

Soon enough though I felt eyes on me and I looked up and Hermione was smiling at me from across the room. I smiled too and she waved at me, I waved back.

Then there was a loud noise from the front of the room which we turned to. There stood the headmaster in all his glory.

"Greeting students…welcome back to another year of exciting adventures and learning with your friends. I just wanted to start with telling you that this year will not be like any you have seen before. This year…we will be hosting the Triwizard Tournament!"

I gaped as did most of the students as there were talking around the tables.

"And as such we will be having the Durmstrang Institute as well as Beauxbaton participate in the upcoming tournament. It would be my great honor to introduce these students."

As he said this, the doors to the great hall opened, in came boys or should I say men in all shapes and sizes they wielded staffs of a type of wood I've only read about and they were covered in blood red uniforms and coats. They began slamming their staffs on the ground as they walked in a style you would only consider planned. I rolled my eyes as all the girls drooled and returned to reading my book.

When they were done everyone applauded as they sat down at the Slytherin table. I watched as the girls that like to beat me up began to fawn over the one they called Victor Krum. You could basically know who he was just from all the Bulgarian Quiddich posters they were throwing at him to sign. I blanched in disgust and turned back to the pages that were hardly keeping my attention. I looked up and realized the half of the table I was sitting at was empty. I gave a puzzled look but then shrugged as Cho tried to get my attention again which I ignored.

Then all was quiet. I pushed up my glasses and glanced up.

I noticed then the Girl's or Women I should say walk through the door with such grace my eyes widened. They were all wearing blue. Blue skirts, blue vests, blue blouses…hell even their heels and hat were blue. I stared for what felt like hours but then their graceful dance was over and I realized…oh god their coming my way…SHIT.

I went back to looking at my book like I was supposed to be sitting here. It's not like I had known that they were supposed to fill up the part of our table I was sitting at. I just happened to like the end of the table away from everyone…yeah lets go with that. I felt them all pass me and sit down around me gracefully. I didn't dare looked up from my book.

My usual stone face was fully in affect and I hoped I could live without embarrassing myself in front of these beautiful people. I felt completely self-conscious as I felt them staring at me wondering why I was the only student out of place. They all began to whisper in French around me and I caught a few sentences.

"what is she doing here?"

"I thought this was where we were supposed to sit"

"Maybe she's an outcast?"

I felt my ears begin to burn as I continued to pretend to ignore the new foreigners around me as I read my charms book.

I felt a soft tug on my robes which made me look to my left and then down.

There sitting next to me was a young girl that I hadn't noticed was with these beautiful women till now. She was small and delicate with big blue eyes and an innocent demeanor. She had golden almost white blond hair and she was looking at me in awe.

"E'cuse me…um…why are you sitting 'ere? I zought zis part of ze table was for my school? You are wearing ze robes for zis house but I do not understand why you aren't sitting wiz your friends." Everyone stopped whispering around us as they too wanted to know why I was here. I saw that she wasn't asking me out of annoyance but just childlike curiosity. She was so young, I loved the fact that she was able to voice herself like that so I felt myself smile.

I leant down and whispered into here ear.

"Est-ce mal pour moi d'admettre que c'est par accident, mais que si je m'étais levé lorsque vous tous venus de cette façon, j'aurais été regardé comme un idiot complet? il aurait été embarrassant! Je ne voudrais pas ressembler à un imbécile en face de ces belles dames et une si belle fille tels que vous hmm? "

Her eyes widened in wonder and then her cheeks became a rosy pink and she giggled she turned drastically to the person sitting next to her which then I noticed. My eyes widened because she was as beautiful, if not more than the younger girl next to me. They were a spitting image. I looked up to the older girls eyes and was caught instantly by her gaze. She was leaning over to hear what, who I assume is her little sister, had to say about me.

Then I saw her smile grow beautifully as a twinkle came into her eyes as she continued to stare into mine while she listened to her sister tell her about what I said….in French no less.. I was shocked. I turned away from them feeling my face burn and buried my face back into my book as Dumbledore was still droning on about the competition up at the teachers stand. I dared a glance up and all the rest of the foreign french students were looking at me with smiles. I blushed more and looked back down. God…could this get any more embarrassing….they obviously heard what I said…..geez…that's what I get…having a soft spot for small kids…good job Abs…good job…

I was pulled out of my own thoughts by the younger girl again. She pulled my robe again and I leant down so she could whisper in my ear for a second time.

"You are very good wiz my mother tongue…it iz a pleasure to meet you…my name iz Gabrielle and zis is my older sister Fleur. I looked up right back into those beautiful deeper blue then her younger sisters and I blushed badly. What the hell is wrong with me…get a grip Gaile….sheesh it's like you've never seen a pretty woman before….

I gulped and then smiled and both of them.

"Hi…uh…my names Gaile…I mean…well Abigaile…but…everyone calls me Gaile for short…or Abby or…oh geez um…I hit my face with my book to hide my embarrassment and I heard them giggling as I tried to regain my senses. I pulled the book away till I could see them and then stuck out my hand to Fleur.

"It's a pleasure to make your and your sisters acquaintance."

The beautiful woman took my hand and gave me the most dazzling smile I have ever seen.

"No Gaile…please…it iz MY pleasure to meet you."

I looked from Gabrielle to Fleur and then back to Gabrielle.

She was smiling from ear to ear looking from her sister to me happy that we were all becoming friends.

I put my book down on the table and scratched the back of my head, nervously chuckling.

"Yes….of course…"

Little did I know that a few tables away…there was a very jealous Hermione Granger staring at my interaction with Fleur. Harry and Ginny could feel it radiating off of her and when they looked over at me they both sighed and looked at each other.

"Gaile is going to have a very hard year isn't she?" Harry said.

"This is going to be worse than the times I heard Hermione saying she was beat half to death at home." Ginny said shivering. "She'll be in for it this time…"

Ron just looked on between his sibling and his best friend completely oblivious to what was happening with the death glares coming from Hermione.

As Dumbledore came to the end of his speech he called for food to be brought out.

Everyone began to eat.

AN: Soooooo O: what'd you guys think xD its an uh oh moment for Abby ain't it gassspppppp lmfao okay guys see you next time and don't forget to review ya stinkerssss 3 love you all. Bye bye for now!

Artemis out!

Translation: "Is it wrong for me to admit that it was by accident but that if I had gotten up when you all came this way I would have been looked at like a complete idiot? it would have been embarrassing! I wouldn't want to look like a fool in front of such beautiful ladies and such a beautiful girl such as you hmm?"