Two crazed reporters and suspicions.
It was the morning of the decision for the TriWizard tournament contestants that Jake and Selena began to notice that something strange was going on among the animals at the owlery. The two of them always had to go up there to get Shawn and Meimi for their usual mail and also to make sure neither of the owls had eaten another of the owls.
That day they began to notice that all of the owls were jumping and hooting nervously. They kept well away from Meimi and Shawn, both of who seemed extremely nervous as well. Selena glanced at her owl thoughtfully before she turned to Jake.
"What do you think it could be? Maybe we should tell Dumbledore about this." She said.
"He probably already knows." He said. "And anyway, what can he do about it? We'll just have to muddle through it and let what's going to happen, well, happen." Jake moved over to another of the owls, which turned out to be a powerful eagle owl which Jake had noticed was Malfoy's owl.
"Slytherins suck." He said. The owl instantly hissed. "I knew it."
"Do you think it knows what's going on?" The owl hooted loudly and moved towards Meimi and Shawn but they screeched threateningly so the owl flew back to its original perch. "That's bizarre."
"You know what's even weirder?" Jake muttered. He was squatting down beside the floor right beside his owl. "The floor here is scorched, as if it was burnt by something." Selena knelt down beside him and observed the scorch marks. Jake felt the floor and dusty thing across the floor near their owls. Selena sighs and looks at her owl. The owl looks at her with her usual owl eyes. Jake's owl, Shawn schreechs a bit. Nips at Jake's finger for comfort.
"Its only here." She said as she began to move among all of the other owls. "Who would be stupid enough to bring fire in here?"
"We're bloody wizards, we don't need actual fire." Jake said.
"That's true. It looks like the remnants of the Death Spell." Jake turned back to Selena. "It does! Don't you remember the scorch marks on Moody's desk after he killed that spider? They look exactly the same." Jake observed it more carefully and stood.
"Who would have wanted to kill an owl?" He said thoughtfully.
"More specifically our owls." Selena commented. "There isn't a mark anywhere else. Do you think that it has anything to do with the tournament?" Jake shrugged. An owl flew into the window and a letter flew into Jake's hands.
"Another letter from Dumbledore." He said. Over the course of their time there Dumbledore had been sending them mail to keep them updated on what was happening in that world and making sure that they didn't accidentally reveal something about the future. It turned out that the letter was actually from Minister Fudge but it had been sent from Dumbledore.
"Dear American Representatives of the Ministry of Magic,
It is my great honor to welcome you not only to England but also to ask for you to please be present in the judging booths with the rest of the judges so that you might witness first-hand how the tournament shall progress. I hope that you shall agree to this invitation promptly.
Sincerely yours, Minister Cornelius Fudge."
"So that Christmas ornament wants to kiss ass again." Jake muttered.
"Why does he think that we're part of the American Ministry of Magic? Just because we're from the United States everyone automatically assumes that we're important." Selena grumbled. She picked up her book on the dragon wars and yelped when all of the owls screeched! Selena lifted her book, as if testing it, and all of the owls screeched again!
"This is weird." Jake muttered. The owls, Shawn and Meimi, looks at the book weirdly. The rest of the owls looked shaken and moving around akwardly. Jake gave a quizzical look. Selena looks at Meimi and soothes her and Shawn too.
"Just a little." Selena said as she placed her book back into her bag and shifted nervously. "I don't like being alone. It makes me think about some creep, who will remain nameless, coming up behind me."
"Let's get going. We can't be late." Just as they were leaving, Selena felt a draft of hot and sticky air on the back of her neck. Normally she would have thought that it was a typical wind or maybe even Jake trying to scare her, but there was something foul about it. Selena whirled around but there was no one there. Jake glanced at her quizzically.
"What?"
"I just have goose bumps, that's all." Selena said, watching her surroundings out of the corner of her eyes. Jake looks around too. Trying to sense hint of danger to them.
"Come on." They left the owlery and made their way to Hagrid's hut. Once they were there, they saw a man walking around the edge of the forest nervously. Jake nudged Selena, who hadn't been looking. The man was tall with black hair and piercing hazel eyes. He wore a strange pair of black robes with a blood red hem around the edge of the sleeves and the bottom of the robes. He wore a strange pair of black gloves with the delicate embroidery of fire decorated onto it.
"Who's that?" Selena whispered. The two had edged behind Hagrid's hut and were watching the man carefully.
"Don't know." Jake muttered back.
"Good mornin'!" A booming voice behind the teenagers bellowed, shocking them out of their skins! Hagrid was standing behind them, beaming widely. "So yeh're here fer the phoenix eggs that Dumbledore wanted yeh ter have, right?" Selena took several calming breaths before answering.
"Yeah. Are they ready?" Hagrid nodded and handed over two beautiful golden eggs. Selena took hers into her hands and gasped when the egg began to crack. A beautiful red head peeked out of its shell and sang a beautiful note. Selena felt her heart melt at the sight.
"Wow!" Jake snatched his egg away from a surprised Hagrid to have the exact same thing happen to him. The little bird was so bold as to crawl out of its egg and attempt to fly. The broken shells instantly turned into ash when the phoenixes were out of them. These shells we strange. they have desolved and blown by the wind and the phoenix flaps it's baby wings.
"I've never seen em hatch that fast." Hagrid said, scratching the back of his head. "Well, don't ferget that Dumbledore wants to see yeh soon." Selena and Jake were not listening to a word that Hagrid was saying. They were walking back to the castle without a backward glance.
It had taken hours of persuasion and a lot of threatening before Dumbledore finally allowed the two new students to receive phoenixes of their own. Both of them had beautiful golden beaks and soft golden feathers mixed with crimson red. As they made their way to Dumbledore's office, they didn't notice the shadow following them until it stepped in their path. Selena felt a shiver crawl up her spine when she saw the woman smiling before them.
She was probably in her early twenties with gorgeous blond hair which fell down her back in perfect waves and huge baby blue eyes. She wore a very short baby blue dress robe and she held a notebook in one hand. In her perfectly polished finger she held what appeared to be a baby blue handbag. Jake would have been impressed but he already had his sights set on Fleur.
"Good morning." She said warmly. There was a secretive perkiness in her voice which screamed "cheerleader" to Selena, who absolutely despised cheerleaders. There was also a sense of nosiness in her.
"Hello." Jake said, softly taking Selena's phoenix from her fingers and placing them securely into his robe pockets before the woman could notice them. They knew to be silent.
"You must be the two new students from America. I can tell by your accent." She commented as she pulled a quill out of nowhere. She was sure to give Jake plenty of opportunity to look her over.
"How can we help you?" Selena asked with icy politeness as the woman leaned down to pick up the parchment that she had dropped and also displaying her unique cleavage. Jake wasn't even paying attention because his mind was secretly reminiscing over his last encounter with Fleur (which included a lot of jealous glances to all of the girls that he talked to in the hall).
"I was wondering if I might have an interview with you. Considering the fact that the two of you were sent here by one of the most powerful Ministries of Magic in the world and even given the right to wander around the school freely must mean that you have special talents that the public has a right to know about." She said very quickly, her voice a purr and her long lashes batting seductively. Jake raises an eyebrow and thoughts swarmed in his mind. Rubbing his chin for no reason. Selena looked at her strangely a bit but hid it to avoid the woman's glance.
"Us? Special powers?" Selena said nervously.
"Nope, none here." Jake said instantly. He was fingering the necklace hidden under his robes, which was currently glowing dangerously. "If you don't mind, we'll be late to our next class if we don't hurry." The woman instantly moved forward to block their way, laughing sweetly as she did. Jake became to frown and slight scent of hostility rose a bit. He felt something isn't right. Selena looked same to him.
"One little interview won't make you late! As a matter of fact, why don't we schedule one for right now and several others later on? Does that sound good to you?" Selena leaned back and whispered to Jake.
"I thought Rita Skeeter was supposed to be the annoying reporter person." The woman seemed to hear Rita's name because a strangely dangerous glare was replaced where her charming smile had been moments before.
"Rita Skeeter is the worst reporter on this planet! She has no idea what reporting is. I'd much rather get this story then her." Suddenly she was all sunshine and rainbows again as she looked at Jake and Selena. "Of course, you would never be fooled by her into an interview, would you?" Jake snickered.
"I never knew there was more than one Rita Skeeter." He muttered to Selena, who had to grin. Selena began to speak apologetically.
"We have to be going but-,"
"Darla!" The three of them turned to find a tall woman walking briskly towards them. She had sleek black hair and huge glasses which made her look like some kind of bug. She daftly moved in front of the woman named Darla and the two exchanged glares. "What do you think you're doing?!"
Jake frown back and hostility rose bit more. He knew Rita Skeeter and would have been delighted to feed her to Shawn. Selena bares her teeth a bit but closes it to avoid notice of hostility between two bloody insane reporters.
"I am getting my interview." Darla said with a flip of her gorgeous hair. "One that has absolutely nothing to do with you, Rita." The other woman starred at her in shock before turning to Jake and Selena.
"An interview?" She asked slowly, as if testing the words.
"Yes, with the two representatives of the American Ministry of Magic." Darla said carelessly. She began to herd the two teenagers away from a dumbfounded Rita. "Come along, I'd like to have this interview in private."
"Wait a minute! We never agreed to anything!" Jake protested. He brushes her hand off and tries to move away. Selena twists her way out. Her eyes glared at them both. How dare they treat us like this? We're humans too, they should give us respect and leave us alone, these two thought identically.
"You see! No interview! They want some real publicity from a real reporter!" Rita said, grabbing Selena's surprised arm. Jake grabbed her in order to make sure that Rita wouldn't drag her off for an unwanted interview.
"We do not." Jake said angrily. His hostility rose through the roof. They have no right to force us for an interview! Jake thought.
"Get your own story!" Darla growled angrily. She grabbed Jake's arm, which now made the two teenagers part of an unwanted tug-of-war. If they don't let go of us, we will feed them to our pets! Selena thought angerily. Jake snarled and pulled her back to keep her from Rita.
"I have a story! All of the news that goes on in this castle has been assigned to me! Anything concerning the TriWizard tournament is mine! Go write more articles on the presence of angels and demons in the world or something!" Rita said viciously as she tugged on Selena. Selena yelped as her skin was pulled tightly. That bitch! She thought poisonously.
"They can hear you! Do you want to get a demon's attention?!" Darla demanded angrily, her face turning pale as she pulled on Jake. The phoenixes were chirping angrily but this only urged the two reporters on. This is abuse! I will report this! Jake thought angrily. Wishing Dumbledore or McGonagall could put a stop to them both.
"Is this really necessary?!" Selena demanded. Jake knew that there was a hint of poisonous sarcasm in that too.
"We don't want an interview with either of you!" Jake yelled angrily. Just then, Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall came walking down the corridor. As if the prayer has been answered, Jake grinned darkly and Selena tempted to give Rita scars on her wrist. until she noticed the two teachers. Both of them, McGonagall and Snape, stared for several seconds in shock at the tug-of-war going on.
"Professor McGonagall!" Selena yelled in relief and terror.
"Help us!" Jake yelled. This got the teachers going and they instantly separated the four of them. Darla's hair was ruffled and Rita was adjusting her glasses angrily. Selena grabbed Jake's hand and, both feeling quite harassed, moved to leave. They were shaken with hostility and anger. Jake has mental thought to punch them both reporters in for this. They rubbed their sore arms and wrists. Both of them glowers and moved at fast pace. McGonagall and Snape tent to follow them. Leaving the two hostile reporters bicker a bit.
"Wait! I never got that interview!" Darla yelled after them. Rita grabbed her hair and pulled. Darla immediately screamed and punched Rita in the face!
"They want a real reporter! Not some Barbie with Muggle implants!" Rita screamed angrily as they began a cat fight, completely ignoring the teachers and the two teenagers walking away briskly.
"Muggle implants? MUGGLE IMPLANTS? I'll give you Muggle implants!!!" Darla screamed in fury as she attacked Rita.
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It was the morning of the decision for the TriWizard tournament contestants that Jake and Selena began to notice that something strange was going on among the animals at the owlery. The two of them always had to go up there to get Shawn and Meimi for their usual mail and also to make sure neither of the owls had eaten another of the owls.
That day they began to notice that all of the owls were jumping and hooting nervously. They kept well away from Meimi and Shawn, both of who seemed extremely nervous as well. Selena glanced at her owl thoughtfully before she turned to Jake.
"What do you think it could be? Maybe we should tell Dumbledore about this." She said.
"He probably already knows." He said. "And anyway, what can he do about it? We'll just have to muddle through it and let what's going to happen, well, happen." Jake moved over to another of the owls, which turned out to be a powerful eagle owl which Jake had noticed was Malfoy's owl.
"Slytherins suck." He said. The owl instantly hissed. "I knew it."
"Do you think it knows what's going on?" The owl hooted loudly and moved towards Meimi and Shawn but they screeched threateningly so the owl flew back to its original perch. "That's bizarre."
"You know what's even weirder?" Jake muttered. He was squatting down beside the floor right beside his owl. "The floor here is scorched, as if it was burnt by something." Selena knelt down beside him and observed the scorch marks. Jake felt the floor and dusty thing across the floor near their owls. Selena sighs and looks at her owl. The owl looks at her with her usual owl eyes. Jake's owl, Shawn schreechs a bit. Nips at Jake's finger for comfort.
"Its only here." She said as she began to move among all of the other owls. "Who would be stupid enough to bring fire in here?"
"We're bloody wizards, we don't need actual fire." Jake said.
"That's true. It looks like the remnants of the Death Spell." Jake turned back to Selena. "It does! Don't you remember the scorch marks on Moody's desk after he killed that spider? They look exactly the same." Jake observed it more carefully and stood.
"Who would have wanted to kill an owl?" He said thoughtfully.
"More specifically our owls." Selena commented. "There isn't a mark anywhere else. Do you think that it has anything to do with the tournament?" Jake shrugged. An owl flew into the window and a letter flew into Jake's hands.
"Another letter from Dumbledore." He said. Over the course of their time there Dumbledore had been sending them mail to keep them updated on what was happening in that world and making sure that they didn't accidentally reveal something about the future. It turned out that the letter was actually from Minister Fudge but it had been sent from Dumbledore.
"Dear American Representatives of the Ministry of Magic,
It is my great honor to welcome you not only to England but also to ask for you to please be present in the judging booths with the rest of the judges so that you might witness first-hand how the tournament shall progress. I hope that you shall agree to this invitation promptly.
Sincerely yours, Minister Cornelius Fudge."
"So that Christmas ornament wants to kiss ass again." Jake muttered.
"Why does he think that we're part of the American Ministry of Magic? Just because we're from the United States everyone automatically assumes that we're important." Selena grumbled. She picked up her book on the dragon wars and yelped when all of the owls screeched! Selena lifted her book, as if testing it, and all of the owls screeched again!
"This is weird." Jake muttered. The owls, Shawn and Meimi, looks at the book weirdly. The rest of the owls looked shaken and moving around akwardly. Jake gave a quizzical look. Selena looks at Meimi and soothes her and Shawn too.
"Just a little." Selena said as she placed her book back into her bag and shifted nervously. "I don't like being alone. It makes me think about some creep, who will remain nameless, coming up behind me."
"Let's get going. We can't be late." Just as they were leaving, Selena felt a draft of hot and sticky air on the back of her neck. Normally she would have thought that it was a typical wind or maybe even Jake trying to scare her, but there was something foul about it. Selena whirled around but there was no one there. Jake glanced at her quizzically.
"What?"
"I just have goose bumps, that's all." Selena said, watching her surroundings out of the corner of her eyes. Jake looks around too. Trying to sense hint of danger to them.
"Come on." They left the owlery and made their way to Hagrid's hut. Once they were there, they saw a man walking around the edge of the forest nervously. Jake nudged Selena, who hadn't been looking. The man was tall with black hair and piercing hazel eyes. He wore a strange pair of black robes with a blood red hem around the edge of the sleeves and the bottom of the robes. He wore a strange pair of black gloves with the delicate embroidery of fire decorated onto it.
"Who's that?" Selena whispered. The two had edged behind Hagrid's hut and were watching the man carefully.
"Don't know." Jake muttered back.
"Good mornin'!" A booming voice behind the teenagers bellowed, shocking them out of their skins! Hagrid was standing behind them, beaming widely. "So yeh're here fer the phoenix eggs that Dumbledore wanted yeh ter have, right?" Selena took several calming breaths before answering.
"Yeah. Are they ready?" Hagrid nodded and handed over two beautiful golden eggs. Selena took hers into her hands and gasped when the egg began to crack. A beautiful red head peeked out of its shell and sang a beautiful note. Selena felt her heart melt at the sight.
"Wow!" Jake snatched his egg away from a surprised Hagrid to have the exact same thing happen to him. The little bird was so bold as to crawl out of its egg and attempt to fly. The broken shells instantly turned into ash when the phoenixes were out of them. These shells we strange. they have desolved and blown by the wind and the phoenix flaps it's baby wings.
"I've never seen em hatch that fast." Hagrid said, scratching the back of his head. "Well, don't ferget that Dumbledore wants to see yeh soon." Selena and Jake were not listening to a word that Hagrid was saying. They were walking back to the castle without a backward glance.
It had taken hours of persuasion and a lot of threatening before Dumbledore finally allowed the two new students to receive phoenixes of their own. Both of them had beautiful golden beaks and soft golden feathers mixed with crimson red. As they made their way to Dumbledore's office, they didn't notice the shadow following them until it stepped in their path. Selena felt a shiver crawl up her spine when she saw the woman smiling before them.
She was probably in her early twenties with gorgeous blond hair which fell down her back in perfect waves and huge baby blue eyes. She wore a very short baby blue dress robe and she held a notebook in one hand. In her perfectly polished finger she held what appeared to be a baby blue handbag. Jake would have been impressed but he already had his sights set on Fleur.
"Good morning." She said warmly. There was a secretive perkiness in her voice which screamed "cheerleader" to Selena, who absolutely despised cheerleaders. There was also a sense of nosiness in her.
"Hello." Jake said, softly taking Selena's phoenix from her fingers and placing them securely into his robe pockets before the woman could notice them. They knew to be silent.
"You must be the two new students from America. I can tell by your accent." She commented as she pulled a quill out of nowhere. She was sure to give Jake plenty of opportunity to look her over.
"How can we help you?" Selena asked with icy politeness as the woman leaned down to pick up the parchment that she had dropped and also displaying her unique cleavage. Jake wasn't even paying attention because his mind was secretly reminiscing over his last encounter with Fleur (which included a lot of jealous glances to all of the girls that he talked to in the hall).
"I was wondering if I might have an interview with you. Considering the fact that the two of you were sent here by one of the most powerful Ministries of Magic in the world and even given the right to wander around the school freely must mean that you have special talents that the public has a right to know about." She said very quickly, her voice a purr and her long lashes batting seductively. Jake raises an eyebrow and thoughts swarmed in his mind. Rubbing his chin for no reason. Selena looked at her strangely a bit but hid it to avoid the woman's glance.
"Us? Special powers?" Selena said nervously.
"Nope, none here." Jake said instantly. He was fingering the necklace hidden under his robes, which was currently glowing dangerously. "If you don't mind, we'll be late to our next class if we don't hurry." The woman instantly moved forward to block their way, laughing sweetly as she did. Jake became to frown and slight scent of hostility rose a bit. He felt something isn't right. Selena looked same to him.
"One little interview won't make you late! As a matter of fact, why don't we schedule one for right now and several others later on? Does that sound good to you?" Selena leaned back and whispered to Jake.
"I thought Rita Skeeter was supposed to be the annoying reporter person." The woman seemed to hear Rita's name because a strangely dangerous glare was replaced where her charming smile had been moments before.
"Rita Skeeter is the worst reporter on this planet! She has no idea what reporting is. I'd much rather get this story then her." Suddenly she was all sunshine and rainbows again as she looked at Jake and Selena. "Of course, you would never be fooled by her into an interview, would you?" Jake snickered.
"I never knew there was more than one Rita Skeeter." He muttered to Selena, who had to grin. Selena began to speak apologetically.
"We have to be going but-,"
"Darla!" The three of them turned to find a tall woman walking briskly towards them. She had sleek black hair and huge glasses which made her look like some kind of bug. She daftly moved in front of the woman named Darla and the two exchanged glares. "What do you think you're doing?!"
Jake frown back and hostility rose bit more. He knew Rita Skeeter and would have been delighted to feed her to Shawn. Selena bares her teeth a bit but closes it to avoid notice of hostility between two bloody insane reporters.
"I am getting my interview." Darla said with a flip of her gorgeous hair. "One that has absolutely nothing to do with you, Rita." The other woman starred at her in shock before turning to Jake and Selena.
"An interview?" She asked slowly, as if testing the words.
"Yes, with the two representatives of the American Ministry of Magic." Darla said carelessly. She began to herd the two teenagers away from a dumbfounded Rita. "Come along, I'd like to have this interview in private."
"Wait a minute! We never agreed to anything!" Jake protested. He brushes her hand off and tries to move away. Selena twists her way out. Her eyes glared at them both. How dare they treat us like this? We're humans too, they should give us respect and leave us alone, these two thought identically.
"You see! No interview! They want some real publicity from a real reporter!" Rita said, grabbing Selena's surprised arm. Jake grabbed her in order to make sure that Rita wouldn't drag her off for an unwanted interview.
"We do not." Jake said angrily. His hostility rose through the roof. They have no right to force us for an interview! Jake thought.
"Get your own story!" Darla growled angrily. She grabbed Jake's arm, which now made the two teenagers part of an unwanted tug-of-war. If they don't let go of us, we will feed them to our pets! Selena thought angerily. Jake snarled and pulled her back to keep her from Rita.
"I have a story! All of the news that goes on in this castle has been assigned to me! Anything concerning the TriWizard tournament is mine! Go write more articles on the presence of angels and demons in the world or something!" Rita said viciously as she tugged on Selena. Selena yelped as her skin was pulled tightly. That bitch! She thought poisonously.
"They can hear you! Do you want to get a demon's attention?!" Darla demanded angrily, her face turning pale as she pulled on Jake. The phoenixes were chirping angrily but this only urged the two reporters on. This is abuse! I will report this! Jake thought angrily. Wishing Dumbledore or McGonagall could put a stop to them both.
"Is this really necessary?!" Selena demanded. Jake knew that there was a hint of poisonous sarcasm in that too.
"We don't want an interview with either of you!" Jake yelled angrily. Just then, Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall came walking down the corridor. As if the prayer has been answered, Jake grinned darkly and Selena tempted to give Rita scars on her wrist. until she noticed the two teachers. Both of them, McGonagall and Snape, stared for several seconds in shock at the tug-of-war going on.
"Professor McGonagall!" Selena yelled in relief and terror.
"Help us!" Jake yelled. This got the teachers going and they instantly separated the four of them. Darla's hair was ruffled and Rita was adjusting her glasses angrily. Selena grabbed Jake's hand and, both feeling quite harassed, moved to leave. They were shaken with hostility and anger. Jake has mental thought to punch them both reporters in for this. They rubbed their sore arms and wrists. Both of them glowers and moved at fast pace. McGonagall and Snape tent to follow them. Leaving the two hostile reporters bicker a bit.
"Wait! I never got that interview!" Darla yelled after them. Rita grabbed her hair and pulled. Darla immediately screamed and punched Rita in the face!
"They want a real reporter! Not some Barbie with Muggle implants!" Rita screamed angrily as they began a cat fight, completely ignoring the teachers and the two teenagers walking away briskly.
"Muggle implants? MUGGLE IMPLANTS? I'll give you Muggle implants!!!" Darla screamed in fury as she attacked Rita.
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