Chapter 10: New little brother!
Riley's POV:
"Who threw that? Or is spun it correct?" I questioned, glaring at Hermione slightly.
"Me" looking over I saw Harry, and Ginny's glare; not like I was going to do anything anyway, but I still had a slight idea which came from when I saw Harry staring across the hall the other day… and if this didn't work, I'd need to use plan B, meaning I might have to get the Apollo cabin to give me singing lessons and give me some tips on performing in front of in audience…
Which would happen to be a couple of hundred witches and wizards… something along those lines? I think so…
Giving him what I thought would look slightly comforting I walked into the closet first, letting him take his time, which reminds me; he's awfully shy, it's no joke!
"I saw you staring at Cho" I exclaimed in a sing song voice as soon as the door was shut properly, from what they told me they had silencing charms as a just in case precaution. I watched as Harry simply looked like a deer caught in headlights, just as a note, I'm not good with awkward situations... in fact, I'm horrid when I'm faced with them, it's always Riley how do you do this and with the little one's its sometimes; Riley, where do babies come from? Trust me on one thing, I always send them to Chiron, the dryads or one of the other cabins!
If you're laughing at me, let's reverse the situations; if you were confronted about a 3 year old asking... uncomfortable questions, how would you react?
"Don't worry Harry, our little secret" I said grinning at him. "For now anyway... so what are the rules for Quidditch again?"
Let's just say all the time spent in the closet we were talking, explaining different games that we liked and so on and so forth, until we finally were allowed to come out, though I learnt a few things in the beginning of that game, the most important being, if the bottle lands on someone of the same gender (especially if you're a girl) they'll force you to go in the closet despite any protests and then, the easiest way to be left alone is to fabricate little stories to mentally scare, or entertain the perverts!
I'd have to introduce this after the war!
Of course, in due time it was inevitable that I'd end up with Fred, George or Lee, thankfully for me it was the latter. Why am I saying that thankfully it was him? Because he's a lot quieter than his friends, and not nearly as obnoxious!
"You know some wizards die in the tri-wizard tournament" he stated looking at me, I looked back defiantly.
"Well let's see to it that I'm not the first Half-blood, because if I am I might be the last for the next couple of decades or so"
"You're determined to prove yourself"
"No kidding, it's not just that though. Honestly, after what I've been through and will go through over the next couple of years, three dangerous tasks with relatively lengthy breaks and learning about wizards will be a holiday" I replied chuckling slightly as I fingered the bead necklace around my neck, 6 beads for 6 summers... or years actually, thus meaning I arrived at camp 3 years prior to Percy! "A much needed holiday"
"Right" he responded quickly, leaving the closet in almost complete silence, not including my fidgeting, though I was completely surprised when he actually did kiss me softly... actually it was more of a peck but it was still on the lips... I was almost able to hear him grinning though when I simply stayed silent. "Just so your technically not lying this time, it will mean the girls can grill you about it"
Exactly at that point the door opened, and both of us almost immediately left the closet, looking relatively composed, though that's when they declared the game over and I was dragged into the 5th year girls dorm by Katie Bell, Angelina and Alicia would probably get me tomorrow, I was smart enough to know that much!
The next morning I woke up to a lot of fuss, it was Thursday already, the day of the selection of the champions, and although people had known that I was the camp half-blood champion for the past... well week, I was already getting congratulations and glares from a lot of people, so I tried to keep my head down and follow Katie to her classes, whilst casually talking.
Which of course was hard, considering I was wearing my armour like I always did, and though some were used to it, there were many who still weren't and still didn't like me at all, though today I was determined to do the others proud, when insulted I didn't fight back and during everything, I simply ignored the others and their protests to allowing me in the competition.
Heck, I was quietly sitting in the classroom setting ping pong and table tennis balls on fire while Katie was attempting to defend my honour while I tried to talk her out of it!
Finally the evening came though, and that's when the real excitement arose, the nerves simply lingering in the air, coursing through everyone's veins.
Sit down please. And now the moment you've all been waiting for, the champion's selection! Of course you already know about the Camp Half-Blood champion; Riley Stoll!" as my name was called there were a group of cheers, catcalls, and of course curses and boos... most of my support came from Gryffindor for relatively obvious reasons! Slowly, but proudly I walked up, attracting stares with my bright orange camp shirt paired with a pair of black jeans, but other than that, the other half bloods were wearing the same so it didn't seem so unusual!
Afterwards Dumbledore walked to the goblet, which responded by changing the flame from blue to a bright red before going back to normal.
"The Durmstrang champion is... Victor Krum" everyone from Durmstrang was cheering and urging him up as barely anyone noticed the next name come out of the goblet. "The champion from Beauxbatons... Fleur Delacour" the entire process repeated again as I looked around the room at the Hogwarts students. "The Hogwarts champion... Cedric Diggory"
Everyone cheered, and scanning the crowd I was able to see him get up from Hufflepuff table, on the bright side he'd be relatively truthful, and most likely not a lying, cheating bastard.
Excellent! We now have our four champions! But in the end only one will go down in history. Only one will hoist this chalice of champions, this vessel of victory the tri-wizard cup!" I really don't know how that could be considered an inspirational speech, but everyone in the hall started applauding, and before I knew it, I myself was grinning as well, though that was cut short when, as Dumbledore turned around to take his seat again, the cup glowed a bright red. A slight murmur rose, before dead silence.
"What?" I questioned the other champions but, by the looks on their faces, all of them were as clueless as I was.
"Harry Potter... Harry Potter?" Dumbledore spoke, and what worried me was, he looked as clueless as we all felt! Hearing Hagrid mutter, I looked up at him, shaking his head, possibly with worry for Harry.
Looking down helplessly at Harry, I tried to give him another supportive look, though it probably looked more like a grimace than anything else!
"Harry Potter" he announced clearly, watching Harry intently I saw Hermione almost shove him out of his seat, him tripping slightly at that, which would've been amusing in any other situation, but it really wasn't now. Slowly and steadily he walked to the front, shock and fear written clearly on his face, so when he was close enough I did the only thing I could by giving him a supportive hug, which trust me is embarrassing in front of a crowd.
"Don't worry Harry, you'll get through this... you've got to get through this, if you don't I'll track you down and throw you into Tartarus!"
As time passed, many insults were thrown at him while we were still in the great hall, but anyone I saw got my you really don't want to mess with me right now or I'll make Kronos look like a butterfly glare, and trust me, those glares really work wonders. Thank the gods though that they soon took us into another room, just the champions and no one else, leaving us all in silence to contemplate on what just happened!
Changing my grip on him I put my arm over his shoulder, pulling him close to me as an attempted sign of support and friendship, something that I always did at camp but of course that ended when Dumbledore burst through the doors pulling him away from me grabbing him by the robe, demanding the answers to questions, all of which Harry proclaimed innocent to, he slightly pushed Harry back when he let go, causing me to whistle.
"And I thought he was the non-violent, love defeats all proclaiming guy" I whispered to Cedric, who chuckled slightly.
"He's going through a lot at the moment and I think you all will be able to understand that, right? Well, even if you don't... I guess you could say that I'm taking him in as my little brother, and I'm extremely protective of family, so leave him alone!" I ordered the adults, putting my arms around Harry protectively to make a point, before leading him back up to Gryffindor common room; he'd be under a lot of accusations tomorrow!
A/N Sorry but because I'm partially staying true to the movie, this and a couple of later chapters will have less humour and be a bit more... serious? Something along those lines anyway, hope you still enjoyed it! = )
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