I walked silently next to Hermione who looked furious with a bit of fear in her face.
"Are you positive Violet? Surely a boy his age won't be able to survive long. He's barely a 4rth year!" I heard the portrait of the Fat Lady say to someone else sitting next to her in the portrait.
This annoyed me a bit, even if Harry was just a 4th year, that doesn't mean he won't be able to survive. Hermione and I ignored them.
"Fairy Lights" said Hermione to the portrait of the Fat Lady. She stopped talking and gave Hermione a look.
I looked back at the portrait with a confused expression. It seemed irritated by the fact that Hermione had interrupted her conversation. I looked back at Hermione as she just stood there waiting for the portrait to open.
*sigh* "Oh, very well then" said the portrait. I suppose she was waiting for an apology. Hermione then stepped inside the hole and I followed. When we entered the common room was filled with many Gryffindor's from every grade scattered throughout the room. I looked around and there were banners. I looked closely and I saw a figure moving on the banners, it looked like Harry riding on his broom. Dean must've made the banners, he is a good artist.
"Oi! Where's Harry?" asked Fred.
"He's with the other champions" replied Hermione.
"What's all this?" I asked.
"We're celebrating because Harry got to be one of the champions! What else?" said George.
Hermione grew a bit furious. "Why would you celebrate something like this? Forget it." she said calming down. "I'm going to be in the dormitory, excuse me" she said as she started walking upstairs.
"Her-" I called out behind her and tried to follow.
"She'll be okay, mate" said Fred with his hand on my shoulder. I stopped walking and turned around towards the crowd. "Why don't you stay for a while and try to enjoy?"
"I guess I could stay for a while..."
"Excellent! Why don't you try some Canary Creams?" he said shoving one to me.
I laughed. "No thank you, I'm not hungry." I said pushing it away.
"Suit yourself." He said and walked away. "Hey Neville!" I heard him yell.
I was tired and looked for a place to sit. I walked to the couch in front of the fireplace.
"Oh, hey Ron." I said as I sat next to him on the couch.
"Hey…" he said sounding a bit upset.
"…Are you alright?"
"I'm fine" he replied not looking at me.
"Hmm…that doesn't sound convincing."
"I'm fine" he turned and smiled towards me. "Don't worry about me."
Just then the portrait swung open. Everyone turned their heads and saw Harry coming in. Everybody began cheering and confetti was being thrown everywhere. However, Harry did not seem surprised, yet everyone didn't notice, or they were too busy having fun themselves. A frown formed on my face as he approached the stairs heading to the boy's dormitories.
"I'll see you tomorrow" said Ron as he stood up and walked away.
"Alright."
"Harry? Why didn't you tell us you entered your name in the Goblet?"
"How'd you do it Harry?"
All these questions were being thrown at him and Fred and George wouldn't let him go anywhere. Harry seemed irritated and scared.
"I didn't enter my name in the Goblet!"
"Aw come on mate, you can tell me" said George shoving Fred away.
"I didn't do anything! If you would all excuse me, I'm tired and would like to get some sleep."
Harry began to walk away and everyone else just ignored him and continued to celebrate. A few minutes after Harry left so did I. I headed to the girl's dormitories as some other girls older than me headed downstairs. I continued to walk and turned to my left. I opened the door and stepped inside. It was quite and the bathroom lights could be seen through the cracks below the door. I looked around for Hermione and she wasn't in her bed, except for a sleeping Crookshanks. She must've been taking a shower and the others girls were downstairs. It was nearly 11:58 and I wanted to wake up early tomorrow since it would be Saturday. So I changed into my pajamas and removed the covers from my bed. Just as I was about to braid my hair into two tails Hermione walked out of the bathroom. She looked around the room from her bed to the door. She saw me getting ready to sleep and smiled.
"Sorry for being rude Daphne."
"It's alright Hermione, I understand. I tried following you but Fred stopped me." I said sounding guilty.
"Oh, its okay. So what happened when Harry arrived?" she said heading to her bed and finished drying her hair.
"He…he didn't seem too surprised. He seemed more of upset and annoyed. No one would try to listen to him."
"I can imagine…" she said as she sat down.
"Oh and Ron, he didn't seem so happy either."
"Boys" she said as she rolled her eyes. I laughed.
"So, what are you going to wear tomorrow?"
I finished braiding my hair. I looked towards the window and said "Well it looks like it'll be a bit chilly tomorrow so I guess something warm would do."
"Fair enough."
"Well goodnight Hermione."
"Goodnight Daphne."