I woke up surprisingly early this morning for once and got dressed in black skinnies, black tank top, yellow flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up and red converse with a black beanie. Once dressed I went down to the common room and for once had to wait for Ryan and it wasn't Sunday! As I was waiting I thought about poor Harry having to go up against a dragon then another thought hit me: Cedric he didn't know he had to face dragons I'd have to tell him when he came down. Speaking of the devil he just came down the step from the boys' dormitories and looked baffled as I never bet them down ever I bet Ryan on Sundays because he's a lazybones on Sunday.
"Okay what happened did the Drumstrang students shoot a cannonball in your dormitory? Because you are never ever early" Cedric joked
"Ha-ha. Listen Ced there's something you need to know it's about the Tournament-"I started to say but he interrupted me.
"Tay don't worry I'll be fine"
"So I take that you already know what the first task is?"
"No what are you going on about?"
"Dragons that's the first task you have to get past a dragon"
"WHAT? How- How do you know?"
"Harry told me to tell you"
"How did he know?"
"I don't know! Maybe he overheard the teachers talking about it!"
Just then Ryan made an appearance coming down the step yawning Quibbler in hand to read whilst waiting for me. He stopped as soon as he saw me blinking a few times then shrugged and slipped the Quibbler in his bag and we walked to breakfast with Cedric still freaking out about the dragons and me and Ryan ignored him we walked down the Gryffindor table to my favourite redhead. I kissed Fred's cheek as I sat down and helped myself to some cereal. The first task was in a few days so Cedric and Harry had a few to figure out how to get past a dragon. I suggested a sleeping charm but Harry said he didn't know it and Cedric was ignoring me today for telling him about the dragons. Hey better to know it's coming then to go in blind.
I started talking with Ryan in low voices to what else Harry could do to get past the dragon. Ryan said Harry was a good flyer as he was seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team and owned a firebolt which Sirius had given him last year. Zac and Mike seconded this as he had never failed to win them a match except last year when the Demeter's attacked and Harry had fainted. It's probably why Gryffindor's didn't like Cedric.
Lessons went by at break I was walking round with my band mates: Ryan, Zac, Mike and Cameron. When Harry came running up to Ryan and me.
"Ryan! I need to learn how to do a summoning charm can you teach me it please?" He asked panting. Ryan looked nervous.
"Well Harry I'm not really a teacher in fact I'm terrible at it. Couldn't even help Tay with her care of magical creature's homework and that's my best subject" He answered honestly. It's true he was terrible he knew what I had to do knew it backwards actually but he just couldn't explain it to me. He was fine writing it down but having to explain aloud he was beyond dreadful at. Harry looked disappointed. "But Cameron can help you out with it you didn't do too badly with Zac."
"Zac barely passed!" Cameron protested
"Yeah but to be fair mate I probably would've failed miserably without your help" Zac reasoned
"Okay I'll teach you the summoning charm but first we need to find somebody to lend their classroom to us McGonagall let me use hers when I was helping Zac. What do you need a summoning charm for anyway?"
"Well the first task" he stopped and looked at me and Ryan asking if he could be trusted we nodded in response. "Its dragons you've got to get past a dragon. And Professor Moody told me he overheard Tay and Ryan say what a good flyer I was and gave me a hint that I could use a spell to get what I need"
"Yep that would work and you'd still be following the rules. Alright c'mon let's find Minnie"
Minnie agreed to lend Cameron her classroom so he could teach him the summoning charm.
And so they practised they didn't have lunch they were in Minnie's classroom where Harry tried with all his might to make objects fly towards him. Me Zac and Mike brought up sandwiches after we'd finished our lunch which they would eat on the five minute break that Cam allowed according to Zac Harry was lucky he got half of that and he foretold he'd get even less when come the OWLs as Cameron was helping him study. As we all knew Zac hadn't got of prayer of even achieving Acceptable in anything except DADA his best subject without Cameron's help. But Harry was having problems. The books and quills that Cam had him try and make fly towards him were falling on the floor halfway dropping like stones.
"You just need to concentrate Harry, concentrate" Cameron told him.
What'd you think I'm trying to do?!" Harry snapped at him "A great filthy dragon keeps popping in my head for some reason. Okay let's try again"
Harry was all for skipping his lesson to carry on practising determined to get the charm right but Cameron wouldn't hear of it. Zac agreed with him and was surprised Harry wasn't dying to escape Cam saying he'd take Trewlaway over Cam any day which earned him a glare but he did admit that his tutoring helped him pass his exams and said thanks. So we went to lessons only to have Cameron frogmarch Harry back to Minnie's classroom after dinner to practise again. At least he let him have dinner before dragging him off again. Me, Ryan, Zac and Mike followed and watched for something to do. They practised until past midnight when Peeves thought that we wanted things thrown at us and started throwing chairs. So we left before the noise bought Filch. At two o'clock in the morning we were all tired Harry was surrounded by different objects: books, quills, chairs, a set of gob stones and Cameron's sliver tabby cat Merlin. Only in the last hour had Harry gotten the hang of the charm.
"That's better Harry! Loads better" Said Cameron looking exhausted but pleased with Harry's progress
"Least now we know what to do if I can't do a spell" said Harry in a joking tone as he passed Cameron his Rune Dictionary. "Threaten me with a dragon. Right…" He raised his wand. "Accio dictionary"
The heavy book soared out of Cameron's hands flew across the room towards Harry and he caught it.
"I think you've got it Harry." Cam said happily.
"I hope it works tomorrow the fire bolt will be further away than the stuff in here" Harry said "It's going to be in the castle and I'll be in the grounds"
"That doesn't matter" Cameron told him "Just as long as your concentrating really, really hard on it, then it'll come. Now I think it's time we got to bed see you in the morning"
Me, Cam and Ryan had to then sneak off to our common rooms and up to bed.
Next morning I had breakfast with everyone wished Harry good luck and went to sit in the stands. Fred was off with George taking bets. Idiots. First up was Cedric he had transfigured a rock into a dog to distract the dragon but halfway through the dragon decided Cedric looked better to eat then the dog and went after him and he got burnt but he still got the egg. Fleur had used what I had suggested in the beginning a sleeping charm but it snored and shot out flames and her dress caught fire. Why she was wearing a dress was beyond me. But she put it out using Agumenti. She got her egg too. Then it was Krum's turn he used a conjunctivitis curse but the dragon smashed the eggs howling in pain whilst Ryan shouted at Krum for hurting the dragon. I can see why poor thing. But never the less he still retrieved his egg.
The finally it was Harrys turn he performed the charm spot on and I could tell Cameron was very pleased with him for doing so. He flew amazingly! Ryan had told him before to just picture it as another Quidditch match: the dragon the opposing team, the egg as the snitch and flames coming his way as bludgers. He must have followed Ryan's advice as he looked very relaxed on his broom. At first the dragon was set on staying on the ground and protecting her eggs but eventually Harry lured her off the ground then dived towards the golden egg and was the quickest to get his egg. We went to the medical tent set up to congratulate him and he thanked Cameron yet again for teaching him the summoning charm. Then Fred came and fetched me and introduced me to his brother Charlie who he'd me told was in Romania studying dragons I guess he came to help with the Tournament.
Afterwards there was a party in the Gryffindor common room and we stayed up late again but this time it was for fun rather than helping Harry not that I saw him much. Me and the rest of We Are The In Crowd (that's the name of the band) performed the new song me and Ryan had written Rumour Mill:
Me: There you go again it's like you're calling all the shots before I shoot them and I hate that every time I turn my back I wonder what you'll say to make me sound like someone different.
Ryan: It's not worth it anymore
Me: We've been picking up the pieces leaving all the dust behind sick of all the pressure your just wasting time. And I don't wanna ever know what'd be like to be a shadow of myself and I don't wanna ever comeback down from the ceiling want makes you think that you know what's better for me and I don't think you wanna see what's underneath your made up version of me
Ryan: There you go again, believing that the truth is what your reading talk some shit I haven't heard before. If you've got something to say-
Me: Don't wanna talk about it.
Ryan: if you need someone to blame
Me: Don't wanna cry about it
Ryan: I measure life in minutes but these critics think they've got me figured out
Me: We've been picking up the pieces leaving all the dust behind sick of all the pressure your just wasting time. And I don't wanna ever know what'd be like to be a shadow of myself and I don't wanna ever comeback down from the ceiling want makes you think that you know what's better for me and I don't think you wanna see what's underneath your made up version of me
I lost the strength to keep my grip on the reality that every thought from day to day was fading from my memory but I will never let this grow out of my control and watch your step so you don't fall into this hole you dug alone. This hole you dug alone.
I don't wanna ever know what'd be like to be a shadow of myself and I don't wanna ever comeback down from the ceiling want makes you think that you know what's better for me and I don't think you wanna see what's underneath your made up version of me
Then we played a song we wrote in fourth year (third year for Zac) called Both Sides Of The Story:
Me: If this what you think is honest honestly I think I'm gonna freak out
Ryan: This isn't where I wanna be wanna be I think I'll let myself out
Me: Show me the door oh coz I'm leaving the way I came in with the mess I made tonight will be the one to set it off. We had our night on the town-
Ryan: Your eyes your smiling then-
Me: You left me hanging around with all your whack friends
Ryan: You don't take me serious
Me: Boy you make me furious
Ryan: Its guaranteed we'll disagree
Me: I found out finding out isn't the worst part, don't believe it's just me yeah I found out
Ryan: Do you really even have a clue?
Me: You're not quite Satan but I really think I hate you
Me: We had our place in time this is now that was then.
Ryan: You left me hanging dry with all your stuck up friends
Me: You don't take me serious
Ryan: Girl your just delirious its guaranteed we'll disagree
Me: I found out finding out isn't the worst part, don't believe it's just me yeah I found out
Ryan: Do you really even have a clue?
Me: You're not quite Satan but I really think I hate you
Both: Whoa oh
Me: I hate you whoa
Ryan: If this is what you think is honest honestly I think I'm gonna freak out
Me: This isn't where I wanna be wanna be I think I'll let myself out. Sh-Sh-Sh-show the door oh coz I'm leaving the way I came in with the mess I made tonight will be the one to set it off
Ryan: yeah this will be the one
Me: I found out finding out isn't the worst part, don't believe it's just me yeah I found out
Ryan: Do you really even have a clue?
Me: You're not quite Satan but I-I-I I found out finding out isn't the worst part, don't believe it's just me yeah I found out
Ryan: Do you even fucking have a clue?
Me: You're not quite Satan but I you're not quite Satan but I really think I hate you
The party ended and everyone not in Gryffindor snuck off back to their common rooms and went straight to bed when they got there I speak from experience.