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Tilly walked through the crowds looking for red hair hanging around black or brown frizzy hair" I don't know why you're freaking out so much,he probably forgot!" Jensen declared running to the front of the group next to Tilly.Ron was supposed to meet up last night for tutoring but he didn't show up" I went to his dorm room and he wasn't even there." Tilly looked through his room, his bed was unwrinkled and his book bag was neatly placed on his trunk. At that moment Tilly knew someone else had put his bag down, Ron would throw his bag and would sit on the bed ,wrinkling the bed sheets from him twisting to grab his things from his bag, nothing about Ron is neat and tidy,it was too perfect!
" how did you get into Gryffindor's common room, only grindoors should know how !" Tannas raised a brow when Tilly prefect Mode activated"Nevill.".The bad energy from weeks ago had not gotten worse but more prominent around the start of the second tournament, students crowded around the lake waiting for the "game' ' to start. Tilly spotted two tall redheads yelling with a box leaning against a stadium pole by the water crowded by students " Hey y'all !" Tilly pushed her way through the crowd to the twins here to bet,Gubby?" George opened the box showing tally marks and money " uh no thanks sounds illegal , where's your brother? He didn't show up for studying last night." Tilly asked, smacking Fred's hand away from shoving a sparkler into Draco's passing pocket in the crowd "surprisingly enough were not his keepers,why do you care so much?" Fred rubbed his hand looking at Tilly, annoyed that she had stopped yet another one of their pranks this week on Draco.
"I care because I waited in the library for over two hours instead of hanging out with my friends and when I went to his dorm to give him my appreciation he wasn't there!" Tilly punched her hand into her other annoyance looking through the crowd annoyance in her eyes "two hours ,wow he stood you up." George laughed tucking the box under his shoulder smacking Freds shoulder "I normally wouldn't care but something was up-" "Miss Guhubble I was just looking for you,A word!" Mad eye moody motioning her over to him.Tilly looked at the boys just as confused as they were at her shrugging her shoulders she walked over to the Professors his fake eye swirling everywhere but where she was standing "Yes,Professor?" "Miss Guhubble,I noticed in class while we were practicing counter cures you seemed to be struggling,are you studying everything I've given you?" Tillys hands went to her sides in fists "Of course Professor !I just have a problem with focusing on the Power into the spell." Mad eye chuckled, shaking his head at the girl taking a shot from his flask.
"It will take time but at some point you'll be able to have enough power to at least push someone back,if you have any more questions my door is open." Tilly nodded her head thanking him,walking back to the twins,George was talking with Oliver Wood and Fred looked at her "Detention?" He asked her, crossing his arms giving her an excited look. "No,I'm gonna find your brother and kill him." "Good luck with that." Tilly walked off looking for her friends or Ron.
The tournament had begun and nothing much entertaining had happened after Harry's graceful dive into the water.This was the deal the mermaids made let the school and government use the deep end of the lake where they live for the tournament"I wonder where the mermaids are,still in the lake ?" Tilly thought staring at the water,it was nowhere near the migrating season. "Wow we are literally watching water instead of homework ," Ollie mumbled leaning her arm against Jensens shoulder "I would have brought a book." Tannis agreed as Jensen started a rant about his plants needing to be watered,Tilly watched the water feeling a hand grab onto her shoulder "so bored !" Fred yelled, making Tilly jump, smacking his hand in response quickly turning around ready to punch "asshole! '' She exclaimed hands going to her hips watching Fred rub his hand "what is the vendetta against this hand,you bully!" "Serves you right,this is creepy enough without you scaring me." Fred looked at her, amused with a half smirk on his face as Tilly leaned against the railing looking at the water again " the water scaring you from your last encounter."
"Pphhff No,we have no idea what's going on down there and we're just waiting for them to pop back up with what a missing limb? That's another thing, why are they down there!" Tilly huffed, crossing her arms, Fred chuckled.Please tell her she's overreacting,she keeps staring at the water like it'll talk to her." Ollie says breaking her conversation with Jensen who tried to hide behind Tannis giving Fred a stink eye "I know this water won't talk to me!" Tilly yelped, embarrassed, her head snapping away from the water. "Water won't talk in general,dear." Fred replied leaning against the railing next to Tilly still looking at the waters reflecting Them.Tilly looked worried like she was trying to see through it and see what was happening her reflection was rippled by bubbles as Fleur broke through choking on water"J'ai fini, je ne veux pas faire ça !".
She thrashed in the water in front of their stands, everyone staring in shock"Out of the way ,MOVE!" Tilly exclaimed, pushing still people out of the way, running to the edge of the stands kneeling and reaching out to Fleur grabbing her by the back of her suit, pulling closer grabbing her arm, Fred grabbing the other arm pulling her onto the stand.Fleur sitting on her knees holding her chest a deep wet cough coming from her "ma poitrine me fait mal!" She coughed tears falling from her eyes,Tilly took off her jacket throwing it on Fleur rubbing her back looking behind her "GET A PROFESSOR!"She screamed pointing at Ollie and turned back to Fleur, her tone changing back to warm "tu vas vomir, tout ira bien. laisse faire." Fleur nodded her head letting Tilly help her over the edge of the stadium over the water and started smacking her back.
Fleur threw up and cried holding Tillys hand until Madame Maxine came running over with a towel Tilly took her wet jacket off so the dry towel could take over on Fleurs shoulders.Fred moved away closer to Tilly to give Madame Maxime room he looked down amazed at Tilly who was still talking about something in French with Madame Maxie goosebumps on her bare arms.Fred took his jacket off not feeling the cold too bad wearing a long sleeve shirt blocking out the cold and was about to put it on Tilly when another splash was heard "CEDRIC DIGGORY IS FIRST BACK!" Echoed over the water by the announcer, Tilly shot up to her feet looking at Cedric and someone else gasping she screamed " THEY HAVE PEOPLE DOWN THERE!" Fury in her eyes she turned to Madame Maxime "Did you know about this?" She asked, looking at Fleur coughing in worry.
Madame Maxime opened her mouth to reply as the next Champion to come out of the water Tilly looked over her shoulder to see Hermione being dragged like a doll back to the stadium "What will happen to her person?" Madame Maxime moved her hands in the air trying to weave her words "I don't know but I trust Dumbldore will keep Gabrielle safe." Tilly eyes stabbed the stadium where Dumbldore was before looking back into the water Fred grabbed her right hand.
Fleur feeling the worried tension connected what was happening "What vil hapen to my sister?" She asked looking at her watch seeing time was running out "don't worry dear Dumbldore will get her." Maxime says resting a hand on her shoulder.Tilly held onto Fred's hand looking over the water " Dumbldore won't let anything happen to her." Fred said, trying to get Tilly calmed down, rubbing small circles on her hand with his thumb looking at the water "Rons down there ,Fred." Tilly stated feeling Fred hesitate before taking a breath "It trust him." Tilly looked back at Fred angry "HARRY POTTER HAS BROUGHT UP TWO!" Tilly and Fred saw the red hair and blond hair "Gabrielle!" Fleur screamed running over to her being pulled out of the water. Tilly and Fred took a breath" fuck, this schools gonna kill us at some point." Fred Stood up moving there hand back and forth like they were sawing an invisible tree "it'll take a lot to kill a weasley and Guhubble." Tilly smiled up at Fred placing her left hand on Fred's " we're all so stubborn,you especially ." She jokes looking up at Fred mischievously.
The group walked back to the castle Ron and Hermione wrapped in towels and thick robes "Did you guys know you would be a part of that ?" Tilly asked, looking between Ron and Hermione both looking at one another shaking their heads, "Not a clue,I was heading to the library to meet you and then I'm in the middle of the lake." Ron shivered, wrapping his towel closer to him Hermione nodded in agreement.Tilly grumbled about to say something,George huffed "Thanks a lot now Tillys gonna be in a mood all week." "This is child endangerment! What would've happened if the mermaids went against their promise or if Harry hadn't brought up Gabrielle? Their children ,not entertainment for these rich assholes!" Tilly exclaimed jestering towards the group of adults leaving the grounds Fred placed an arm around her shoulders and Rons shoving them close almost sandwiching his face in between there's "there's one good thing to get out of this," "what did your scam bets make you a lot of money?" "Yes it did but also Ron got his first kiss from Fleur,you lucky dog!" Fred sang as George made kissy noses. Tilly laughed watching Ron's face turn beet red "Shut up!" This egged on the twins to start singing a song about Fleur kissing a frog named Ron and it staying a frog, Hermione tried to get them to stop before things got rough .
Tilly grabbed Ron's hand before he swung at George smirking at the twins and Ron "there just Jealous that a girl willingly kissed you without some sort of bottle or dare involved,don't let them get you mad." Fred and George quickly turned away from a giggling Hermione "I'm shocked and appalled by that statement,I'm very attractive to girls!" George stated grinning proud of himself "are they blind?" Tilly asked raising a brow that would make Mcgonagle proud.Fred laughed poking Georges shocked face "yeah ugly are they blind?" "We have the same face,Fred!" Fred stopped in realization of a blank look on his face"ohh don't listen to him, Fred. He's just jealous you're the handsome twin." Tilly cooed in a sweet tone softy patting Fred's freckled cheek with her soft hand standing on her tippy toes.Freds faces bloomed red lost for words and tripping over any he could get out moving is arms in odd movements "hehe w-well ,I uhhhh" Hermione pulled Tillys attention away from Fred "Hey I have a few questions about those hair products would you show me." Tilly was pushed away into the castle by Hermione as Fred still stumbled over his words before shoving his hands into his pockets nodding his head"Y-your handsome." "Real smooth,moved to tears by that one." Fred came back to reality looking around the grounds to only see two boys "Where did Tilly go?" Ron and George walked in the castle shaking their heads leaving Fred outside "You're helpless."
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Tilly locked the door to her dorms bathroom removing shirt staring at the scar on her waist the scar was ugly and messy the teeth marks reached almost her bellybutton to her spine a deep red aggressively contrasting with her pale brown skin.She changed into a baggy hoodie and sweatpants blocking it out of her sight,not wanting to think about how it got there "it was worth it."She mumbled grabbing supplies for her studying heading down the stairs dreading her math studies with Lilly taking a handful of tannis snitch paperwork to Percy weasley still feeling guilty from stealing the key.
Lilly was waiting for Tilly outside of the portet hole talking with very popular older Gryffindor boys before waving goodbye,opening the portrait hole for Her "take a seat." "Let the tournament begin." " Oh stop! It's just math, it'll take less than an hour." Tilly huffed on the floor, taking out a page of paper and a pencil watching Lilly pull out own supplies smiling.
" Come on Tilly, we just have a few more problems and you're done." Lilly tried to sway Tilly,shaking the girl's shoulder. It had taken almost three hours for Tilly to understand the formula only to forget it and be taught it again then getting started on her math homework with her almost crying her face laying in her book " can't we just take a break,how about some chess?" Tilly peaked up looking through her hair while sniffing at Lilly that just crossed her arms shaking her head unamused" no you hate chess,no more breaks!". Tilly whined slamming her head back down into her book,Percy weasley briskly walked into the Gryffindor common room a polished badge on his robes reflecting light as he looked around the common room spotting Lilly brushing her quill on Tillys arm quickly making his way over to them "Tilly,Tannis says you have the sign up sheets?" Percy asked.
" help me, then i'll give them to you !" Tilly wrapped her arms around his legs, making him raise an eyebrow at her antics "Oh Percy,make her stop torturing me,I wanna leave!" Tilly cried looking up at the ginger boy, his glasses gleaming in the fire light looking down at her stressed face "its math homework huh?" He looked at Lilly taking a seat on the floor next to Tilly "its just point slope,she had the formula." Lilly exasperated, pulling her hands through hair Percy still looking questionably between the girls "explain it again to her and just try to follow her along ." He said knowing the look Tilly was giving him cutting her off before she said anything.Once a again Lilly went over the formula Percy listening closely making faces as she spoke and watching Tilly eyes become dead to the world no longer paying attention "Ok,Lilly you explained it perfectly like the book says." Lilly had a satisfied smile on her face as she nodded "But it's your not speaking Tillys language. Also she space's off if you don't give her something to do she has the attention span of a teaspoon." Tilly gave Percy a sour look as he took her spare paper placing it in front of him giving Tilly another critical look from all the doodles on her paper as she awkwardly laughed rubbing the back of her neck.
Percy helped Tilly with the remaining problems, explaining it with odd examples that made Lily turn her head in a confused way but Tilly just nodded her head writing down on her paper. At the final problem both stopped looking at it in confusion not making sense between the three of them Percy began scribbling numbers down on the paper Tilly moved over to his side looking over his shoulder resting her arms on his back.The common room door slammed open with the laughter of the Twins and other gryffindor boys walking into the room high-fiving and fist bumping other guys who were matching there same loud tone.Percy "tst" at the boys before going back to the problem "come on Percy,I know you can do it!" Tilly exclaimed excitedly watching Percy do her homework .George noticing this strolled over "ay huh,what cha doing over here poindexter?" "Busy." Percy mumbled between numbers under his breath "hey George." Tilly greeted a faint wave distractedly watching Percy come to the end of the problem Fred hearing Tillys nickname looked to where his twin was a bit shocked at how close Tilly was laying ohis older brother especially since Percy even let her get that close to him"She never gets that close to me!" He thought jealously.
He walked over to her trying to think of what to say "nice hoodie,looks soft." "Hey, those aren't my sweats!" "Stop touching my stuck up brother and touch me!" They were terrible. "Done see Tilly it wasn't that hard,with hard work and-" Tilly exploded shoving the homework and spar papers into her bag "THANK YOU THENKYOUTHANKYOU!"She slapped the papers from Tannis on Percy chest and gave him a quick Kiss on the check "I've been here for hours Bye!"
running through the crowd of gryffindors swinging the door open"FREEDOM!" Tilly yelled, throwing her arm out sprinting down the hall the squeaking of her shoes becoming faint.
George Blinked never thinking that a girl would willingly kiss his annoying,stuck up,nerd of a brother but it happened fantasy can come true he supposed a tight grip on his shoulder made George turn around and see his ghostly white twin.Fred had a blank look on his face his lips were in a line shuffling past George and kneeling next to Percy watching him finger through the papers in front of him with wide unblinking eyes not saying a word staring at where Tillys lips were.Percy not even noticing his brother's filling through the paper stopped with a "tst" placing the papers on the table rubbing his eyes annoyed "there's a paper missing,she lost it." Fred finally blinked, broken from his trance "is that all she did .hmmm,well good night!" Fred shot up straight as an arrow and stiff and quickly went up the stairs of the boys dorms.George could hardly contain his chuckle " what's his problem?" Percy asked, taken back from George finally laughing aloud wiping a tear from his eye.
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Tilly jumped over roots as she ran deep into the forest stopping at the same old tree " you are,late child." Firenze came into view through the Foliage an irritated look and his face " yes but my homework's done and I believe that makes up for it ." Tilly caught a quick amused smile on the centaurs face before it become serious once more " let's begin," Tilly sat quickly on the floor closing her eyes deeply breathing hearing the creatures in forest and Firenze walking around her" listen to the forest not just the creatures in it but the forest itself .humans and creatures over the millennia have lost the once strong connection to Mother Earth-"
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French translation: J'ai fini, je ne veux pas faire ça !=I'm done, I don't want to do this!
"ma poitrine me fait mal!" = my chest hurts! tu vas vomir, tout ira bien. laisse faire." = you're gonna throw up, you'll be fine."
A/N: yoo if you make it this far I'm honored thank you! This month I have a lot of things going on so I don't know if I'll be able to post another chapter this month but after all that stuff is done I'm all yours!