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Trinity had decided to forget about feelings and debts until after the first challenge, for it was drawing nearer each day. Today was the day of her Defense Against the Dark Arts class, of which had become a class Trinity rather dreaded and often didn't speak in. Mad Eye watched her constantly as she worked, and called on her for every single question it seemed, and she thanked heaven for her knowledge of mythical beings for if she didn't have it she'd be made fun of mercilessly. She supposed Mad Eye was trying to suck up to her in a way, but she really didn't like the attention, so after class she went up to him to chat.

"Professor Mad Eye?" she asked sweetly, as though to ask a question on homework as everyone left the classroom.

"Yes Trinity?" he asked.

People had cleared the room and Trinity got serious. "We need to discuss the first task." She whispered, knowing he'd already put a charm on the rooms no one could over hear their conversation.

He nodded furiously and stated, "Yes my queen, I will do whatever you ask." Honestly, the fact he called her such things freaked her out but she supposed it was a sign of importance and leadership so she said nothing.

"Does he know yet?" she asked. "What the first challenge will be?"

He nodded profusely. "I've already settled it. I had the Ron boy's brother Charlie be in charge of the dragons and tell Ron himself, this way Ron will tell Harry and Hagrid will lead him into the forest to show him."

Trinity rather admired the way he worked so far back so no one would suspect his involvement, such as with the talking sweets, giving them to Fred and Gorge instead of Harry himself, it really took suspicion off him. "And how are you sure that Ron will tell him?"

"Well, they're best of friends my queen. Is it not obvious?" he stated, and Trinity sighed at his stupidity.

"They've been fighting ever since the names were called. There's no guarantee he'll tell him anything." She stated and thought of what she could do. She supposed she could tell him herself, but how would she have gotten the information?

"Oh…" he trailed off and cursed himself for not looking into it more.

"It's okay, I'll deal with this. Just… Keep working. Oh, and Barty?" she asked, as she was walking away.

He cringed at the use of his real name but turned. "Yes my queen?"

"Please stop calling on me in class. Give another child a chance for once." She stated, and then left.

Well, she supposed she'd have to deal with this on her own. She sighed and walked into potions, the only class she did have with Harry, although they never did speak, and realized that she was late. Everyone stared at her as she entered, and Snape's eyebrows lifted just a smidge and she felt utterly embarrassed.

"Miss Smith?" he asked, slowly, drawing it out and snapping his tongue.

She hated speaking publicly and felt the need to just sit down and hope things continued, but she knew there was a need for an explanation. "I, uh…"

"She was probably late from Defense against the Dark Art's because Mad Eye had to talk to her, right Trinity?" It was Miranda. Bless that girl a thousand times, she deserved it. Trinity gave her the best smile she could manage and turned to Snape and said,

"Exactly. He wanted to ask me about the Snififora potion actually, he'd heard I made a perfect batch last week and wanted me to talk to you about lending him some for next week's lesson on troll petrifying." She stated smoothly, and Snape, quick to believe anything a Slytherin said, especially Trinity so he nodded and had her sit down. She sat quickly next to Miranda and thanked her and sunk a bit in her seat for everyone was staring at her. She saw Draco out of the corner of her eye, who was staring at her with longing as though he was dying to talk to her and she buried her nose into the potion's book.

"Now then if we get back to the lesson…" Snape stated and told them all to turn to page three hundred and ninety four and get started, and excused himself, no doubt to go talk to Mad Eye. Trinity wasn't worried though, knowing he'd play along at mention of her name.

"Hey, what were you really late for Trinity?" A rather snippy girl named Pansy asked her. Draco watched his book, glowing red.

"Exactly that." She stated softly and Pansy grunted.

"Of course you were. You know, you might have been with Mad Eye but it sure wasn't because of some potion, we all see how he looks at you in class." She snapped and it took Trinity a while, but she suddenly understood the accusation.

"What? No, of course not," she started.

A girl near Pansy laughed. "Wow Trinity, we knew you thought you were better than everybody but we didn't think you'd go for as high as a teacher!"

Trinity didn't understand and was suddenly very upset, but she didn't cry, she would look much too weak. Miranda looked like she was about to slap both of them, and Draco looked between her and them sadly with his brows pointed down.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about…" Trinity stated.

Pansy rolled her eyes. "Don't play dumb. We all know you're one of the smartest people in this school; you sure like to showcase it too. What, you think just because you're a nerd you're better than us?"

Trinity had never been attacked in such a way before, and had no idea what to say. "Lay off Pansy, we all know you're just jealous." Miranda snapped.

Pansy got angry. "Shut up you filthy Mud Blood, how you got in this house I'll never know." Miranda didn't say anything and looked at the ground. "And why would I be jealous of her anyway? At least people like me."

Trinity felt a lump grow in her throat and tried as hard as she could to push back tears, but her eyes were red already. Draco didn't say anything but looked embarrassed. She sat and looked at the ground, just as Miranda did.

"I like her." The words echoed through Trinity's head, simple as they were, and she looked to see Harry sitting in the back, looking up from his textbook.

Pansy shot him a look. "So what? One lousy Gryffindor likes you."

"Harry isn't lousy!" It was Neville Longbottom. Everyone stared at him. "He's way more of a person than you are anyways. And I think Trinity's nice." He stated, and then grew silent.

Pansy laughed. "Okay, a lousy Gryffindor and half of a wizard likes you." Some of the girls laughed. "Still not much."

"I like Trinity." Hermione. Trinity wanted to cry, but now with happiness.

"Whatever Mud Blood, as if you count. You're just as much of a wizard as that Neville kid is!" A girl near Pansy said.

"Now you better shut up!" Ron stated, suddenly very furious. "Hermione is a great wizard! And so is Trinity." The last part he stated very quietly and she remembered the Peeves incident and gave him a great thankful smile, and he looked down, blushing.

"So the poor kid likes you too! As if any of them count, all Gryffindor's too." Pansy said.

She waited for Draco. Sure, the Gryffindor kids were more courageous than Slytherin, but couldn't Draco just speak up? For her? If he ever liked her, wouldn't he stick up for her now?

But only silence filled the room, and Pansy gave her a sneer look, and she looked at Draco, whose eyes were closed and he seemed as though he was trying very hard to say something but couldn't, and finally, just as Snape walked in, he said, "I like Trinity!" Rather loud, and Snape stared at him and many people laughed.

"Well I'm sorry but you'll have to spend time away from your beloved tonight in detention." He stated and more people laughed and Trinity felt terrible. She gave him a thankful stare and he looked at his desk, absolutely mortified in humiliation. "Let's continue the lesson now shall we?"

Draco buried his face in his book along with everyone else. Miranda whispered an apology to Trinity for not speaking out more and Trinity told her there was no problem and she understood.

"So what's with you and Draco?" She asked, and Trinity pretended not to hear and started on her potion.

Finally, at the end of class, Trinity walked up to Draco and thanked him for what he said and he nodded and walked away, and she thanked Hermione and Neville and even Ron, who like Draco nodded and walked on, and finally was left with Harry, who smiled at her and she smiled back and he asked,

"Would you like to walk to class together?" And she nodded and they left.

Trinity's next class was History, so she wasn't in much of a hurry. "Thank you." She stated as they walked. "For in class today, it was really kind of you."

"No problem really. I don't see why she said such a thing, many people like you." He stated.

"Not that many… But I'm happy I have the friends I have." She stated, and before he could try to argue she asked, "What happened with you and Ron?"

He shrugged. "Still upset with me I suppose. I explained though, don't worry, nothing to get you in trouble, and he listened well enough."

"What'd you say?" She asked, anxious to make sure he had cleared things up.

Harry thought of what he had said and realized there really wasn't much. In fact, he didn't even tell him he didn't have feelings for her, just that they weren't together in such a way. It wasn't very convincing at all, but he had listened. "Just that we weren't dating." He stated, not wanting to lie.

"That's all?" She asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. "That's all I could say." Trinity gulped and repressed her first thoughts, realizing she must be mistaken. "Would you like to meet up later today?" He asked, and she looked up in surprise.

"Uh, yeah, sure." Wasn't today the day he was going with Hagrid to the dragons? Had Ron not told him after all?

"Good, there's something I'd like for you to see." He stated as they reached the doorway to her classroom. "Meet me under the larger tree in the courtyard after school. Till then." He stated, and went off to his class.

Trinity drowned off through History and the rest of her classes and went off towards the larger tree in the courtyard after school, now dressed in her robes as usual, remembering what had happened last time. She looked around and realized he wasn't there yet, so she just leaned against the tree feeling rather awkward and wondering whether she was under the right tree or not. As she waited, she saw Cedric Diggory and a bunch of his friends kidding around, and he caught her eye and smiled. She looked away quickly feeling rather flustered, for he was a very good looking boy just as people had said. She noticed people were wearing the buttons that said Harry stinks and so on and so forth, and was angry that they would put such a thing for someone of their own school.

"Trinity Smith?" She heard her name called and turned. Why was Cedric Diggory talking to her?

"Yes?" She asked, and noticed the button on his shirt and frowned.

He noticed her do so and said, "Sorry about that, are you friends with him? I was just wearing it for the guys really…" He stated, playing with it.

"Yeah, but you can wear it if you want, it's not my decision…" She trailed off and looked around for Harry.

He smiled at her. "Alright then. I am another competitor, but it feels quite silly wearing the thing anyway. Me and Harry are friends you know." He stated, taking off the button and pocketing it.

"Really?" She asked, wondering how two competitors of such a sort could be friends.

He nodded. "He went with me to the Quidditch cup." He stated, leaning against the tree.

The thought of the Quidditch cup made her nervous but she realized there was no way he could know it was her, she'd never even seen him until now. "That's nice." She stated. He nodded leaning against the tree. "Um, I'm sorry, is there something you wanted to ask me?"

"Is there something you wanted me to ask you?" He asked and she shook her head, confused. "Well, I just heard some things about you and I wanted to know if they were true."

She gave him a bit of a smile, unsure of what to say. "Alright."

"Well, you're new here right?" he asked. She nodded. "Where is it that you came from again?"

Trinity didn't know how to respond, or why it was relevant, so she said, "I used to live with a tutor but he got ill."

"Oh, alright. And you and Krum don't have anything going on, do you?" He asked.

She was very confused by this and she shook her head. "I don't believe I've ever met him."

"Oh… Of course not. What about you and Harry?" He asked, still propped up next to the tree with his hand.

This question made her hesitate, and I suppose that's why he raised his eyebrows and she said, "No, we're friends."

"You sure?" he asked.

"Completely." She stated, still confused why all this was necessary.

"So you're totally single then, right?" he asked.

She suddenly didn't like where this was going, she had enough boys for a long time, and she said, "Yes…" very slowly.

"Oh, alright. You see, a lot of people were saying you were with both of them and I just wanted to make sure… I mean you'd never do anything like that, right?" he asked, and she almost wondered if maybe he wanted her to say yes, and she said,

"No, I don't think I would. That's wrong, right?" She asked, and he nodded.

He slapped the tree a bit as he stood back up right. "I just wanted to make sure, because you know, they're both my friends and competitors."

"Well, I'm not with either of them." She stated.

"Alright." He stated, and then turned around at the last second. "And how old are you again?"

"I'm fourteen." She stated, and he nodded and walked off.

"What was that about?" Harry asked from behind her, and she quickly turned and they were so close she almost fell backwards but he caught her.

"Thank you." She stated. "And I'm not sure."

Harry looked over at him from at the tree. "What was he saying?"

"He asked me if I was single and how old I was, or if I was with you or Krum." She told him. "How weird is that?"

"Oh… You don't suppose he was hitting on you, do you?" Harry asked.

"Uh… What does that mean?" Trinity asked, unfamiliar with the term, and he shook his head.

"Never mind, uh, sorry I was late Hermione had a bit of a catastrophe with Crookshanks and asked me to help…" he stated.

"Who's 'Crookshanks'?" Trinity asked.

"Her cat." He stated.

"Hermione has a cat? I didn't even know they allowed pets here…" She trailed off.

"Well, of course. I have an owl, and Ron has one too. What did you think of all the owls in the owlery?" he asked.

"I thought they were the teachers, or had just come for a home, I never would've assumed…"

"Well do you have an owl you can bring in?" Harry asked.

Trinity shook her head. "No, it's quite alright, I don't have anyone to send letters to anyway."

Harry felt his heart grow heavy and he said, "Well, they make great company. Hedwig is the best owl anyone can have, I got her in first year."

"She sounds wonderful." Trinity stated. She'd never had an owl, who could she write letters too? She didn't exist.

"Want to meet her?" He asked. "We could go now if you'd like."

"Maybe another time, what is it you wanted to show me?" Trinity asked.

"It's more like I wanted to ask you something." Harry stated.

"Anything." She told him.

"Well, remember how you said you wanted to help out with the tasks?" he stated.

"Yes, of course." She stated.

"Well, I have some talking sweets and I'd like it if you were to take the other and help me through the first task." He showed her the sweets in his pocket.

"Is that allowed?" She played, knowing they were already since she had got them herself.

"Yes, Fred and George checked the rule book for me." He stated.

"Well, I'd love too. I just hope I can help." She said, taking one of the sweets.

"I know you will; you're one of the smartest people I know. I mean, I'd ask Hermione, but she would still think of it as cheating and refuse."

She smiled at him. "I'll do anything I can, as long as it helps keep you safe." She said, and he smiled at her.

"Thank you, it means a lot. I know I can trust you too, so I don't think I could give it to anyone else." He stated and she gulped a bit.

"Is that all?" She asked.

He hesitated. "Well, there is this other thing, but I don't know if I should ask you."

"Why?" She asked.

"I don't want to see you get in trouble." He stated.

"Harry, you're always looking out for me, I want to look out for you too. Just tell me what I need to do, I'll do it, like I said, anything to keep you safe." She stated giving him a smile.

Harry grew a bit flustered and said, "I just want to keep you safe too." Trinity's heart raced a bit but she ignored it. "And I hate to ask you, but I suppose it'd be stupid of me not to. Hagrid is taking me out tonight, he says it has to do with the first task, would you like to come with me? I'll make sure nothing happens to you."

She nodded. "I'd love to go with you."

Harry felt much better with this reassurance that she'd be there to watch his back, but at the same time much more nervous that she might get hurt in anyway. "At Hagrids, twelve o' clock? I'll have the invisibility cloak, so we should be fine, it fits two people…"

"I'll be there." She stated and laughed and said, "Is it silly that I want to see Hagrid again?"

"Not in the least." He stated, and they left off toward the castle.

NOTICE!

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