Chapter Eleven; The Annoucement

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All of a sudden Hermione stood up inside the stands. Harry glanced up at her as she placed her hands in front of her mouth and started calling out to him. "Your wand Harry! Use the summoning charm!" she exclaimed when it suddenly occurred to him what she was talking about. They were just learning about that spell in Charms class. He had even written about in his journal that his father had given him when he was a kid. All of a sudden a light bulb lit up over his head. He now understood what he had needed to do.

He raised his wand and pointed it towards the sky. "Accio Firebolt!" he cried as he waited for a few moments before his broomstick soared down out of the sky towards him. He leapt on top of it just in time before the Horntail had a chance to snap at him.

"Way to go Lightning!" Kit shouted as the rest of the crowd roared with applause as Harry flew away. He quickly glanced back over his shoulder at Diamond's body and promised himself he would come back for her since she deserved a proper farewell before she would be cremated and then finally be able to rest in peace. The Horntail broke free of his chain while Harry turned his head back around and continued flying away from him.

"Go Harry!" Eve cried.

"Yeah, that's my brother!" Tobey echoed while Hermione and Ginny secretly crossed their fingers behind their back.

"C'mon Harry, you can do it." Hermione whispered. The Horntail continued flapping his mighty wings and pursued him. Just when Harry felt that he had lured the dragon far enough away he quickly turned his broomstick around.

"What the bloody hell do you think you're doing!?" Ron hollered as Harry smiled thinking this had meant that Ron was back on his side again. Hermione quickly shut her eyes tightly as Harry lowered his broom straight towards the ground before he dove down. He saw the golden egg a few feet in front of him. He was nearly there, it was just like a Qudditch game except he'd have to grab the egg instead of the Snitch. Once he would do that, it would all be over.

Harry reached out his hand and suddenly the crowd erupted with cheers and applause as he grabbed the egg and hovered back into the air and held it high above his head while a proud grin stretched a crossed his face. "Well done Harry!" Hagrid called out as Hermione and Ginny continued clapping and cheering for him along with Kit, and his mother and brothers and sisters.

Ron and Hermione met Harry back inside Gryffindor common room. "I'd reckon that you would have to be barking mad to put your own name inside the Goblet of Fire." Ron said.

"Took you long enough!" Harry spat as Ron smiled sadly at him.

"I guess that I deserved that. I'm sorry about your dragon though. Hermione told me the whole story." He said.

"Thanks, but my only concern now is making sure that all five of her children are safe." Harry told him.

"Gee Harry, you would make a great dragon trainer or keeper someday." Ron pointed out.

"Thanks, because I just realized that's exactly what I want to do with my life after I leave Hogwarts. I want to try and change the dragon's reputation because I think that they're really misunderstood for the most part." Harry said.

"Well now that you have the egg why don't you open it up and start figuring out what the clue is?" Hermione suggested before Harry pulled it out and a high pitched devilish screeching filled the air. Everyone including Ron and Hermione quickly put their hands over their ears and covered them.

"I've got a better idea, why don't you close it up again and try to wing it!?" Ron hollered as Harry quickly shut it again without hesitation before Ginny walked through the portrait hole carrying a couple of boxes. She gave one to Ron before giving the other to Harry.

"Here Harry, your mum told me to give you this. She also told me to tell you that she loves you and she's sorry that she didn't get a chance to say goodbye, but she promised to take Tobey and Eve to the movies." She explained.

"Thanks." Harry said before he lifted the lid at the exact same time as Ron did. Ron let out a horrified shriek as he removed an ugly old set of dress robes. "What are these for?" Harry asked looking at his own robes.

"Who cares!? At least you don't have a lacy collar!" Ron exclaimed.

"For the dance of course." Ginny told him.

"Dance!? What dance!?" Ron cried.

"The Yule Ball has been a tradition with the triwizard tournament for decades and of course I expect each and every one of you to be on your best behavior and put your best foot forward." Professor McGonagall told them in transfiguration class the next day. "Also, The Dragons and The Weird Sisters will be here performing the music." She added as a bunch of girls squealed at this.

"I love The Dragons! Especially Aaron Parker, he's so dreamy!" one of the other Gryffindor girls exclaimed. Harry hated to admit it but he secretly liked them too, he had liked their music ever since he was a little kid and he knew that his mother was obsessed with them.

"That's the same wizard that Ginny's completely in love with besides you Harry." Ron whispered inside his ear.

"By the way, it is tradition that the four champions are the first to dance so you better start looking for your partners." McGonagall added before she continued on with their lesson about transforming a plain and ordinary rock into a diamond. That had been the news that Harry was most dreading to hear. He could take homework and exams, and even facing the Horntail, but he didn't know if he could have the guts to ask Cho Chang to the ball.

After all, she hadn't spoken to him since the Qudditch game. "Why not just try asking Ginny?" Ron suggested at lunch after Harry had explained his dilemma to him but Harry hadn't seemed to have heard him. For he was staring over at the Ravenclaw table once again and decided that he was now or never. He took a deep breath before getting to his feet and bravely walking over to her table.