Ron found Erin in the halls. "Come on! Charlie's here, do you want to see him?"

"Sure." She said smiling. She liked Ron's older brother.

They went down to the forest to see him. The tall red-haired man smiled jovially when he saw Ron and Erin. "Hey, you two…wow, Erin, you're looking great."

"Thank you." She said smiling, "So, dragons?"

"Yep, for the first task," Charlie said. "Real nice creatures…except the Horn-tail."

Ron stared at the crate with the sleeping dragon in it gaping. They thought he was going to faint. They set him down away from the dragons and got him something to drink. "I sure pity whichever one of them gets that dragon." Erin said.

Charlie nodded. "As do I. You must be proud Harry's one of the Champions though, eh?"

"Oh…" She said biting her lip.

"Harry broke up with her." Ron said getting his voice back.

"He did? Oh that's a shame." Charlie said looking sympathetic. "Don't worry though. Pretty girl like you ought to find someone."

When Ron had gone to get a look at the other dragons Charlie pulled Erin aside. "Listen…I'm going to be staying to watch the tasks…all year. And I was wondering if maybe we could see each other…maybe in Hogsmeade? There's a Hogsmeade weekend coming up, right?"

"Yes, and I would, but George already asked me…and Cedric too…I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings…"

He smiled a bit, just like Erin. "Well, how about after the first task? We can take a walk…perhaps a run?"

"A run?" she blinked surprised.

"Yes, I uh know…" He said with emphasis. "It's all right…you know I am too."

"What are you?" She asked carefully.

"I'm a fox, registered…but I won't tell. You can trust me." Charlie's word was his bond. Erin knew she could. He wouldn't tell that she was a wolf animagi.

Harry was coming into the common room. "Do you know what Ron did?" He asked Erin as she was working on her homework.

"I already know." She told him. "Really stupid if you ask me…especially making Hermione do it for him."

"Yeah…what are you working on?"

"Oh, a runes essay that I have to do entirely in runes. Luckily, I'm almost done. It's due next week, but I want to turn it in early."

"Yeah, you usually do don't you?"

"Better than waiting until the last minute with everyone else, and the professors like it too."

"Because they can grade yours without the mounds of others?"

"Very true."

"I'm seeing Hagrid tonight…he wants to see me."

"When will you be back?"

"I don't know, but will you wait up to make sure I get back?"

"Sure."

He was back after midnight, but true to her word Erin was waiting up. "Dragons," He moaned. "It's dragons!"

"Oh, yeah…" Erin said. "I wasn't supposed to tell you, you know…or I would have."

"You knew it was dragons???"

"Well, yes, Ron and I went down to see Charlie, so we saw the dragons."

He sighed. "I'm going to bed."

"Probably a good idea," When he was gone Erin used her time-turner to turn back time to 8 o'clock. No one had been in there but her at the time, so it was all right. She waved to herself on her way up to bed. She was going to get a good night's sleep.