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The night had come for me to meet Charlie in the forest. I had missed my very close friend. I had also been very worried about him. Studying dragons isn't exactly a safe profession. As I searched for a traveling cloak, I picked up the coat that Lucius had bought for me. I felt disgusted while holding it. I took out my wand and pointed it at the fireplace

"Incendio." As the fire began, I threw the coat in there. I didn't want to look at it again. The memories of Lucius had to go, if they didn't, I would probably go insane. I walked over to my jewelry box and took out the necklace that Lucius had given me. I went back to the fireplace and threw the necklace in there. All that was left to remind me of Lucius now was Draco...and I couldn't ever get rid of him. I left the fire to burn the items. I found my traveling cloak and checked the clock. It was time to go.

I walked down to the forest by myself. I felt a little scared, as it wasn't a pleasant place to be.

"Lumos" I whispered, holding out my wand. I continued walking, and I could hear noises. Loud noises. This made me even more jumpy than before.

"Oi, watch where you're putting that wand" came a voice from in front of me. The person held up a light to his face and grinned. My face lit up as I put my wand away and threw myself into Charlie's waiting arms. He was warm, and he was as welcoming as ever. Charlie let go and smiled at me.

"How are you, my dear Isabel?" He asked.

"I'm better now that you've arrived. Why are you here? It's a little weird for you to be visiting Hogwarts in the school year." I saw Charlie's face and slowly regretted saying that, "no, not that I have a problem with you being here. You're one of my closest friends!" All of a sudden, Charlie just laughed.

"What's so funny, Charlie?"

"You are. You instantly thought I was upset with you! I'm just joking around. You getting all professor on us?"

"No, don't be stupid. Tonks and Bill have already told me that already." Charlie laughed and shook his head.

"I've missed you, Isabel."

"I've missed you, too. Now, will you tell me what we are doing in the forest at this time of night? Not another one of Molly's matchmaking scheme's I hope." Charlie laughed. Yes, it had happened before. Molly would send letters to Bill, Charlie and Percy, telling them to work out between the three of them which one would date me. I wouldn't be surprised if she got Fred and George in on the act sooner or later. Molly was sweet...I knew that she wanted me to be apart of the family, but at the same time it was a little creepy.

"No, mum isn't trying to set us up. I have something rather important to show you."

"And what would that be?"

"You'll just have to follow me and see, won't you?" I half smiled at Charlie, but at the same time I didn't trust him. It was very suspicious.

Charlie was leading me deeper into the forest, and both of us froze when we heard what sounded like a very big creature. A smile crept up Charlie's lips as he looked over to me. All of a sudden, he lead me around a corner to reveal dragons. Freaking dragons.

"What the bloody hell is this?" I asked.

"Tri Wizard Tournament, first task."

"Dragons? What? No! Charlie, Harry can't go up against a dragon." Charlie sighed and placed his hands on both of my shoulders, trying desperately to calm me down. I was losing it by the second, but I had a good reason to! There was no freaking way Harry was going to be able to battle a dragon. Fleur, too. What did Fleur know about dragons and how to combat them?

"It's not your decision, Isabel. These dragons may be dangerous, but they are supposed to be able to battle things like this. As for Harry, he's defeated You-Know-Who, if he doesn't beat a dragon I won't know what to think." My mouth hung open. Did Charlie seriously just say that?

"Charlie, that was very insensitive of you."

"Oh, Isabel, he'll be fine!"

"They are dragons, Charlie. Dragons."

"I work with them everyday."

"Harry doesn't!"

"Isabel, I can't do anything about it." My eyes widened as I scanned the area around me. All I could see was fire. There were mighty roars coming from the dragons. Charlie looked amazed by the creatures, but I was scared. They were huge and breathing out fire and one of them had a horn that was so sharp I nearly fell backwards. Charlie grabbed my hand and pulled me further towards them.

"Charlie," I said uncomfortably, "I don't want to go closer."

"Why?"

"They're...they're scary" I replied, feeling idiotic and slightly like a five year old that had just woken from a nightmare.

"Oh, Isabel, you're with me. They can't hurt you." He pulled me closer towards the dragons, and my heart began to beat rapidly. As I took in the beats surrounding me, I closed my eyes. I heard the roar's coming from the dragons and the shouts coming from the wizards that brought them over here. This is what fear sounded like to me. I opened my eyes and glanced at Charlie, who was still looking at the dragon's in amazement.

"I'd like to go...if that's alright" I said softly. Charlie half smiled and squeezed my hand.

"I understand." As we walked further and further from the dragons, the sound of fear became silent.

Charlie and I stood at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. The moon was out tonight...it was getting closer to a full moon. My head went back to Remus, but I tried to block him out quickly. I had to remember to move on. Charlie pulled me into a tight hug and held me there. We had not seen each other for a while, but it was good to know that we still could share these moments. Like an older brother protecting his younger sister. Charlie pulled back and grinned.

"I guess I'll see you around. I hope it's sooner rather than later. I've missed you" Charlie said.

"I've missed you too, Charlie" I replied. I began taking steps backwards, and Charlie waved his hands at me.

"Go, before I begin to cry in front of you" he said. I laughed and turned my back to Charlie. It was good to see him again.

It was the night before the first task. I was increasingly nervous for both Harry and Fleur. How were they supposed to do battle a dragon? I wondered if Harry and Fleur knew about the dragons. Fleur still wasn't talking to me. I guess it was a mix of the way I talked to Madame Maxime and the way I told her off for using Gabrielle as an object. I didn't care for fighting with her. She was only going to run back home at the end of the year. There was a knock at my door, so I flicked my wand for it to open. Standing there was a pale looking Harry.

"Harry" I sighed. The poor kid must be feeling terrible. Harry walked in slowly and sat on the other side of my desk.

"I guess it would be stupid to ask how your feeling" I said softly. Harry nodded and his eyes lowered.

"What is it, Harry?" I asked. It was obvious he knew something and that he wasn't comfortable in revealing what he knew. Harry looked around the room, worry in his eyes. Everyone took Harry as this person who could conquer everything...who could take on the world without any fear. They were completely wrong. Harry was a boy. A boy who was frightened. Harry was incredibly brave, there was no doubt about it. If I could ever be as brave as anyone, it would be Harry.

"It's dragons" Harry said softly. Merlin's beard, Harry knew.

"How did you find out?" I asked.

"Hagrid...Hagrid told me. Wait, you knew?"

"What?"

"You knew about the dragons and you didn't tell me? I thought if anyone was going to tell me it would be you, Isabel." This is what I didn't need. Not at the moment.

"Harry, I am not allowed to tell anyone anything. Charlie Weasley showed me and I swore I wouldn't tell anyone. I didn't even tell Fleur! Harry, you must know that if I was allowed to tell you that I would have" I said, hoping that he would believe me. Harry looked down and nodded slowly. I understood why Harry was so on edge. He had to battle a dragon tomorrow.

"Do you have a plan, Harry?" I asked. He better have a plan, because if he didn't I would have to sit here until the early hours of tomorrow and help him. Harry nodded, thankfully.

"Yeah, I do." There was another knock at my door and Harry jumped.

"Come in" I called out. Harry turned towards the door to see Fleur walking in. He stood up and half smiled at me.

"I probably won't see you tomorrow before...before it happens" Harry said. I nodded.

"Goodnight, Harry" I said softly. Harry walked past Fleur and left my office. Fleur had a sour look on her face. She stomped up to my desk and sat down into the seat behind my desk. Her eyes were more dull than I've ever seen them. I could see it on her too...the fear. I didn't know if she knew about the dragons. If she didn't know, I would have to try so hard not to tell her.

"What was 'Arry Potter doing 'ere?" Fleur asked in a bitter tone.

"Harry is my friend and he was here because he is scared about the tournament. Don't even think about using that tone with me again, Fleur." Fleur rolled her eyes and sat back in the chair, as if I told her to get comfortable and make herself at home.

"You are only two years older than me, you are not Mother" Fleur snapped. Bloody hell, she was like one of my annoying students.

"You are younger than me, therefore you will respect me. What has gotten into you? Harry is not your enemy and neither am I. What is Maxime putting into your head, Fleur?" Fleur looked as if someone just shot her with a stunning spell. She went silent and I went silent. She seemed as if she were contemplating something, something that had been on her mind for a while. Fleur had always been so compassionate when we were children. What had changed?

"Headmistress Maxime used to be nice. Before we came to Hogwarts. We got 'ere and she changed. She wanted us to not make any friends. She wants us to win the Tri Wizard Tournament so badly that she thought about entering someone of age under our school...a twenty three year old working as staff. She eez now greedy. She told me that Gabrielle eez a distraction, and that you are too." Merlin's bloody beard. Was Fleur serious? What kind of school was Maxime running? Gabrielle would have to suffer with that woman for the next few years.

"Are you serious?" I asked. Fleur nodded sadly.

"She's been keeping me up for the past new nights, making a strategy" Fleur said. So, Maxime was doing this all because she wanted one of her students to win the Tri Wizard Tournament. She makes Dumbledore look like an angel.

"She keeps telling me about ze dragons, too."

"So you know about the dragons for the first task?" I asked. Fleur nodded and sighed.

"I do not wish to do this. I only wanted to come and make friends. I should be allowed, oui?"

"Oui" I replied sadly.

"I would never use Gabrielle as an...an..." Fleur started to say.

"Accessory?"

"Oui. That's eet. I am sorry. You and Gabrielle mean more to me than a tournament." Fleur's eyes were sad, but I didn't know why. There was something happening that I didn't know about. It was obvious. All I wanted was for my sister to know she wasn't alone and that I would always be there to help her. However, I was scared that I wouldn't be able to back up my words one day.

"Fleur, you have a big day tomorrow. You...you should go" I told her. Fleur nodded, stood up and left my office slowly. Tomorrow was going to be a long day.

Father and I arrived at the arena in which the First Task would be held. We made our way to the stand that the staff, the ministry officials and the journalists were sitting in. We felt the glares coming from both Karkaroff and Maxime. Father told me to ignore it, but he didn't tell me why. I knew why Maxime was upset...but Karkaroff was a different story. I had no idea what was going on with the guy. Father and I sat in the front row of the stand. Minerva also joined us and sat to my right.

"How are you feeling?" Minerva asked.

"What? Nothing, of course. Its not me competing"

"What you are saying is that your fine, even though your younger sister and one of your close friends is to battle a dragon." Minerva raised her eyebrows. She had caught me.

"Fine, I'm terrified. How is Fleur supposed to beat a dragon, let alone Harry?"

"They'll find a way, dear." I heard a scoff come from the person sitting beside my father.

"The Potter boy will not be able to defeat a dragon! 'E eez only a small boy!" Maxime said, almost laughing.

"Maxime, I swear..." I began to say before I felt a strong grip on my arm. I looked to see Father's hand on my arm.

"Don't say anything you will end up regretting" Father said sternly.

"Did you just hear her?"

"Yes, I did. I am not a deaf dunderhead. Let it go. You will only make it worse" he told me. I gave in, nodding. My father was correct, once again. It had come to my attention that I hadn't been spending a whole heap of time with my father the past few days. It was a little sad. I felt as if we were drifting further and further apart. It was disappointing, because I thought we had made so much of an effort to become close. Suddenly, there was a sound of a cannon, and Cedric Diggory walked out of the tent.

Cedric impressed me. Although, it wasn't hard to be impressed when someone battles a dragon successfully. He transfigured a rock into a dog to distract his dragon. Minerva seemed very happy with her student, that was until the dragon turned its attention back to Cedric. Cedric narrowly got through the task, but he still did it, which was a major accomplishment. Dumbledore also seemed happy with Cedric's efforts, but seemed a little on edge.

"The next champion to take on their dragon is...Fleur Delacour of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic!" Madame Maxime and the Beauxbatons students erupted. I applauded as my sister made her way out of the tent, but I felt as if I was going to be sick. The dragon roared at Fleur, and I grabbed my father's arm. Fleur walked out even further into the arena and took out her wand. The dragon roared once more, as if it was her final warning. That sent me into panic mode. I looked to the Beauxbatons students and saw Gabrielle, who was clinging on to the girl next to her. She seemed on the verge of tears. Fleur then flicked her wand, said something that I couldn't make out and the dragon fell asleep. Ah, the bewitched sleep. How the bloody hell did she manage to bewitch a dragon to sleep? It was an extremely hard spell.

"See, she's fine" Minerva said, patting my arm. That only made me cling to my father that much harder. The dragon then snored, and Fleur's skirt caught fire. I gasped, hoping she'd put it out straight away. She did. Fleur then collected the golden egg to my relief. I stood up and applauded my sister, smiling down at her. She looked up at me with a smile and quickly left the arena. Krum came out soon after and made quick work of the dragon. Karkaroff seemed pleased, but something wasn't right about him. He seemed to have that look on his face...the look that was hiding something.

"The last champion to battle their dragon is Harry Potter of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!" Harry stepped out into the arena and took a look at the crowd. It was like he didn't know what to make of it. He walked forward and the dragon roared. The dragon's tail whipped around and almost hit Harry. I screamed quietly and grabbed Minerva's hand. I heard someone scream something at Harry, but I couldn't make out what it was. Harry grabbed his wand pointed it at the sky and said something. Harry then ran, and ran, and ran before his broom appeared. Harry jumped on and began to rear away from the dragon. I would have clapped if I wasn't frozen stiff by fear.

"Great Scott, he can fly! Are you watching this, Mr. Krum?" Someone cried out from behind me. Karkaroff and Maxime looked pretty pissed off that Harry actually achieved something. Harry flew towards the golden egg and before I knew it, he held the egg in his hands and the task was finished. I let go of Minerva's hand and sighed. I was so thankful that Harry and Fleur weren't hurt. The final scores game through. Harry finished tied for first with Krum, Cedric second and Fleur last. I was happy for Harry, but I was worried about how Fleur was going to react to this news.

That night, I stormed into Dumbledore's office, and was very angry. Harry was nearly killed by a dragon during his attempt at trying to get the egg. Dumbledore looked up from his desk and seemed surprised to see me. He smiled, but knew how angry I was. I slammed my hand on Dumbledore's desk and looked him straight in the eye.

"How could you let Harry compete?" I asked, venom unintentionally filling my voice.

"Good evening, Isabel" Dumbledore replied calmly.

"Harry is a young boy and he nearly got killed by a dragon!"

"He won the task, Isabel."

"He almost died, Dumbledore! You can't let him complete the tournament, because he'll end up dead. He doesn't have the capacity to do this."

"You highly underestimate him."

"No, no I don't. I know how talented he is, Headmaster. I know how bright he is. He is also very fragile and needs protecting."

"He has plenty of people protecting him...including me." Dumbledore gave me a soft smile and gave my right hand a pat, which was still on his desk. "My dear, you and I both know that I would never let Harry left by himself to face danger. Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it, and those who need it." I nodded, getting the message. I knew Dumbledore would never let harm come to Harry...I guess I was just distressed. I turned my back to Dumbledore and left his office, knowing that even though I wanted Harry to not compete in the tournament, that there was no way he couldn't.

A/N: That was a shorter chapter, and I feel a little guilty about it. Writer's block and the number of reviews for last chapter played it's part in finishing this chapter off. I'm unhappy with it, to tell you the truth.

Now, I was a little disappointed. We were going so well with reviews! And then for this chapter, suddenly, there was only 6! Come on guys, reviews are the things that keep me motivated with this story!

Next Chapter - She goes to see Sirius at Grimmauld Place. She has a run in with Kreacher. She spends some time with Gabrielle and then spends some time with Draco. And she receives a letter from...wait for it...Remus! What will happen?

This chapters question - Why do you think Isabel is so protective of Harry?