"SIRIUS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I screamed, instantly regretting it; I was pretty loud.

"Shhhh! I just wanted to make sure you were okay," he whispered with a look of concern/ nervousness upon his face.

"Um, yeah I'm fine. How are you and Mum?" When I said this, he smiled but there was still a nervous setting to his face.

"Um, well, that was part of what I wanted to talk to you about. When I'm free, I would like your permission to ask your mother to marry me," Sirius glanced at me, meeting my eyes.

"What? Of course you can marry her! I didn't even know that you guys were a couple, though." I grinned and he did as well.

"Well, technically we aren't, but I don't want to ask her until I'm free. I just wanted to get permission from the most important person in Aundrea's life." I smiled, he was so considerate of my feelings on this, and it made me trust him more than I already did.

I changed the subject to something that I thought Sirius would be interested in. "So, did you hear about the Triwizard Tournament?" I asked. His smile soon changed into a frown.

"Yes I did. That was the other thing that I wanted to talk to you about. How old do you have to be to enter?" he asked, his eyebrows pulling together slightly.

"Um, seventeen. Why?" I looked a little nervous to continue, but I smiled at him which seemed to lighten him up a bit.

"Something just doesn't seem right about it to me. I just don't think that it's safe."

"What do you mean?"

He only said one word in reply. "Voldemort." I gasped.

"Y-you think that Voldemort is behind this." I started to panic. I hadn't even considered that to be an option.

"No, Vi. Please calm down. I'm only saying that it's a possibility. The last three years at Hogwarts, strange things have happened. You can attest to that, seeing as how you had a role in all three." I gave a small smile, but my insides felt like ice.

"Just be careful," Sirius whispered, pulling me out of my thoughts of the last three years and how something always seemed to go wrong.

"I will," I whispered, looking down at him and trying my best to put on a brave face.

"I'll see you soon. And not a word to your mother about what we just discussed." I nodded.

"See you later, Sirius."

"Bye, Vi." And with a slight 'pop', Sirius was gone.

I stood there for twenty minutes, just taking in my conversation with Sirius. I only moved when I heard a sound from the boys' dorms. I ran into my dorm not wanting to talk to anyone at the moment.

I crashed onto my bed and fell asleep almost instantly. The only thing that I remember before the darkness was the single tear that rolled down my cheek.

For the first time in a long time, I was the first one in our dorm to get up. I just couldn't sleep. There was too much on my mind. I decided that the only way to really make myself feel better was to wake everyone else up. ;)

I went to my trunk and took out some of the products that Fred and George had given me to test; I decided to take out the fireworks that they had been working on during the summer. This is going to be great!

I went in between Ginny and Hermione's bed and placed a firework there, I then went in between Rachel and Diana's beds (they were in the other two Gryffindor fifth years) and placed the other firework there. I put a spell on the door so that no one outside the room would hear us. "Wingardium Leviosa," I whispered toward the firework that was near Rachel's and Diana's beds. I dropped the spell and the burst up toward the ceiling, sprouting out blue, purple, and green. I didn't have time to laugh even though all four of the girls were screaming. I did the same to the firework in between Ginny and Hermione's bed. This firework was pink, yellow, and orange. This was when I started laughing because all of the girls started screaming even louder than before. Sadly, Hermione and Ginny were the only ones laughing (they were glaring, but still, they thought that it was funny.) Rachel and Diana both looked like they wanted to rip my head off. There expressions were very amusing actually. I looked over at Ginny and Hermione. They now looked just as amused as I did. I started to laugh even more.

"What is your problem Ashton? This is not funny!" Diana asked looking shocked and kind of like she wanted to hit me. Rachel had the same expression, but was too afraid to say anything.

"Really? I thought it was great. What did you think Ginny?" I asked. Ginny smiled.

"A little annoying, but I've gotta hand it to you. That was great!" She came over to me and patted my back. Hermione came over to my side to show that she agreed.

"Well, just watch yourself, Ashton." Both girls glared at me, then walked out of the room still wearing their pajamas.

"That was great!" Hermione said, beaming at me. "A little annoying, but still hilarious. Those girls really need to get over themselves." I laughed.

"That's mainly why I did it. I just needed to make myself feel better," I said as I walked over to my trunk to fish out some clean clothes.

"Why?" Ginny asked, her eyebrows pulling together.

I'll tell you guys in a minute. I'm just gonna go get dressed," I said leaving them behind and heading to the bathroom.

I took a quick shower and brushed my teeth. After drying my hair, I decided to add a slight wave to it to mix things up a little. I put on my robes, so I wouldn't get in trouble, but put on a cute outfit under them.

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When I got out, both girls looked slightly annoyed. "How long was I in there?" I wasn't even thinking about that, but I had a feeling that I took forever getting ready.

"About forty-five minutes." Hermione answered looking at the clock on the wall.

"Oh. Sorry, but I look cute right?" I did a little spin, but they both just gave me a look that simply said, Stop.

"So what was so important that you had to tell us?" Hermione and Ginny both had their arms crossed. They were both already dressed, and had brushed their hair out here. I felt kind of bad.

"Well, last night after everyone went to bed, I was sitting in the common room, and I talked to Sirius and—

"Wait. You talked to Sirius? How?" Ginny was practically screaming when she said this. Her voice is just one that carries. She also looked a little frightened. She knew that Sirius was innocent, but she was still somewhat scared of him.

"Shhhh! Yes, I talked to Sirius. I don't know how, really. His face appeared in the fire." They both looked at me like I was crazy. "Well, it did!" I could understand Ginny not knowing what I was talking about, but Hermione? I hoped that he wouldn't get into even more trouble…

"Is that all that happened?" Ginny asked, looking a little annoyed. "I want to go to breakfast." She started to walk toward the door.

"No, actually it isn't. He is going to ask my Mum to marry him." At this, Ginny turned around and started jumping up and down, grinning so hard that I thought her might split in half.

"Really?" Ginny asked, her voice getting really squeaky. Hermione and I both stifled a laugh. "That's great, I'm so happy for her!" Ginny loved my mum. After I met Ginny, she came over all the time when we weren't at school. Mum loved Ginny too. She was like her second daughter.

"Yeah, it is. But there was something else he said as well." At this, both Hermione's and Ginny's grins turned into frowns. Was it really that obvious that this was a bad thing?

"Are you okay, Vi? You look like you're about to cry," Hermione said, coming up and putting an arm around my shoulder. Ginny did the same.

"What I'm about to say can be shared with no one. Not until it's time." They both nodded. "Sirius told me that he thinks that V-Voldemort might be behind the tournament. Or is at least planning on doing something." They both cringed when I said his name. "Oh, chill. He won't come and get you just for saying his name!" Well, that made them listen. "He said that since something has gone wrong the last three years here, it's only likely that something will happen this year. All we have to do it keep on the lookout for anything suspicious." They both nodded, and we got up and walked out of the common room without another word. We tried to make it look like we had just been laughing so that no one would suspect us of anything.

Of course, both Fred and George were waiting for me. Ready to drag me down to breakfast.

"Finally! Come on, woman!" George said, but before he could pick me up, he saw my face. "Hey, what's so funny?"

"Vi pulled a prank on us this morning. It was quite good actually." Hermione answered, saving the day. I hadn't even thought about why we might have been laughing.

"What did you do?" Fred asked coming up to me, grinning. He put his arm around my waist.

"I shot off some of those fireworks that you gave me to try. They work," I confirmed. He put his arm even tighter around me.

"That's my girl!" He said this really loudly. A couple people gave us funny looks. I was just glad that Rachel and Diana were gone. They probably would have made an even bigger scene. I had to admit it though, I was pretty proud of myself.

"Why, thank you Sir. Now let's go to breakfast before George starves to death," I said, looking over at George who had a frown on his face. Everyone laughed.

"What? I'm a growing boy! I need to eat!" Everyone laughed a little harder at the look on his face. We all walked toward the door.

I didn't even realize how hungry I was! I had my favorite Hogwarts breakfast; hash browns with bacon. YUMMY!

After breakfast, Dumbledore got up and went to his podium to speak. "Students, today is the day that our guest schools arrive!" Ugh. I had forgotten about that with everything else that had gone on since last night. I slammed my head down on the table.

"Try not to give yourself a concussion, Love," Fred said, rubbing my back. AWWW! He called me Love! I have the best boyfriend ever!

"I would like to take this time to welcome the lovely ladies of Beauxbaton!" Dumbledore said, gesturing to the doors leading into the Entrance Hall. All of a sudden, all these girls stared coming through the doors. They were all wearing these horrid blue outfits, and were prancing as they walked. I gagged, and Fred pulled me tighter into his arms. He laughed quietly. You could tell that most of these girls were at least part Veela, and that they used that as a way to get boys to like them. I had always refused to do that. One of them winked at George who raised an eyebrow. Ron and Harry were both in shock. Ron was giving George a murderous look. Disgusting.

When they were done with their little… dance, Dumbledore began to speak again. "I would now like to welcome the men from Durmstrang Academy!" He again gestured toward the doors where the 'Veela Princesses' had come in through. This time, most of the girls in the room (and Ron) were in shock. There were lots of 'cute' boys, but everyone was really excited because among them was none other than Viktor Krum. I yawned. Fred laughed. I was sitting next to Hermione, who was among the girls like me, who looked as though they couldn't care less about this whole thing.

All of a sudden, Viktor Krum was standing by our table. He saw Hermione and I, and came up to us. Despite the fact that Fred had his arms around me, he winked at me. I just glared back, and did Fred. Knowing that he wasn't going to get what he wanted, he looked on to Hermione. She was glaring at him. That was until he kissed her hand. She then went over to the dark side. I looked over at her as he left and she gave me an apologetic smile. I just shook my head as she started giggling.

Dumbledore began to speak once again after Durmstrangs little performance was done. "May I have your attention please?" Dumbledore yelled, causing the whole world to be quiet. "Welcome! You all know why you're here. I'm sure that we are all excited. Eternal glory. That is what awaits those who are seventeen or older." He looked at the twins, making me laugh. "Those who wish to submit their names into the Triwizard Cup!" With that, he pointed his wand at a lump with a cloth on it (I hadn't noticed it before). Beneath it laid the Triwizard cup. I was beautiful and part looked like it was made of crystal. Everyone opened their mouth in awe. Fred and George looked like they were about to cry. I patted their shoulders. They had really wanted to enter. I turned my attention back to Dumbledore, who was talking again.

"Anyone wishing to enter the tournament merely writes their name upon a piece of parchment by this time on Thursday night. As of this moment, the Triwizard Tournament has begun."

It was Thursday night, and we had just been ushered into the Great Hall to find out who the champions were. I laughed recalling the week in my mind. Fred and George had ended up trying to enter. I had helped them make an age potion as I had promised I would. I mainly did it for amusement. Let me just say that it was very amusing.

Dumbledore began to speak. "I would like to take this moment to announce the champions and thank everyone who was willing to go through this." Just then, a small piece of parchment came out of the fire from the goblet that had just turned blue. Dumbledore caught it, and then turned back to all of us.

"The Beauxbatons champion is Fleur Delacour." Everyone clapped as the girl who had winked at George on the night everyone arrived, stood up. Dumbledore shook the girl—who was definitely a Veela—and gestured her toward a room just off behind the teachers table.

Another piece of parchment then flew out of the fire, which had again turned blue. "The Durmstrang champion… Viktor Krum." Ron clapped harder than most of the girls in the room. I laughed at him, as did everyone else. Krum shook Dumbledore's hand, and he too entered the room behind the teachers table.

Another piece of parchment came out of the fire and I looked over at the Hufflepuff table. Everyone knew that Cedric Diggory was going to become the Hogwarts champion. I was in the room when he entered. He was so confident. "The Hogwarts champion… Cedric Diggory!" Everyone except the Slytherine table clapped. The Hufflepuff table was ecstatic.

"That's it! Thank you to e—" Dumbledore had stopped talking and was looking back at the goblet. I looked over at it and noticed that it had turned blue once more. Dumbledore grabbed the parchment and looked at it. I could tell that he was trying to be quiet, but everyone could hear it when he whispered.

"Harry Potter… HARRY POTTER!"

Oh, crap.

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