Chapter 4
"And the results are in!" shouted
Bagman.
Then fiery words started appearing in the middle of
the stadium that said:
England/France 57
Canada/China
10
Germany/Bulgaria 9
Sweden/Japan 8
Italy/Romania
7
United States/Mexico 5
Australia/Peru 2
Spain/Brazil
2
"And with a whopping 57, from England, Lesley
McKenna! And from France, Cygnus White!" screamed Bagman over
top of all the cheers from the English and French crowds. The two
girls walked to the middle of the stadium and shook Cornelius Fudge's
hand and received their 200 galleons and had a picture taken for the
Daily Prophet.
"Geese, the girl lost and she's getting
200 galleons! Said Ron. "When you get the snitch and win you
don't even get 1 galleon."
"Ya, but I don't need it"
said Harry.
"Well, everyone ready to go back by the time
we get there it will be time to start cooking dinner," said Mr
Weasley.
Once they got back and started eating it was a time
he wished Mrs Weasley was here because Mr Weasley wasn't a very good
cooker, the hamburger patties were burnt.
After dinner they
played some wizards chess in which Ron beat everyone and was
champion. At 6:45 Ron said "Is everybody ready to go to the park
and meet Ash?"
"Ya were coming," said Hermione.
It was hard to convince Mr Weasley to let them go but since Fred & George were adults now he gave in.
They
met Ash who was smiling and gave Ron a hug and kiss.
"I've
met all of you except for the girl with Fred & George" said
Ash.
"Oh, my name's Julie, Im Fred's girlfriend, nice to
meet ya," said Julie.
Fred and George provided music in
which they called rock music. They had a karaoke thing going and
Harry and Ron sung a Green Day song that they never heard of and
didn't know.
Do you have the time
To listen to me
whine
About nothing and everything all at once
I am one of
those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone no doubt about
it
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind
plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking
up
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned
I went to a
shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack of sex
That's
bringing me down
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
So
quit my whining cause
It's bringing her down
Sometimes I
give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me
It
all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just
paranoid
Or am I just stoned
Grasping to control
So I
better hold on
Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes
my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm
cracking up
Am I just paranoid
Or am I just stoned
Harry
and Ron weren't really good at singing but they had fun trying to.
Harry also sang with Hermione, Ron and Ash sang, Fred & George
and then all 8 of them sang Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park.
After that they said their goodbyes to Ash and
headed back because they were almost past the allotted time Mr
Weasley given them and arrived not a minute late or a minute
early.
"She's a nice girl, Ron done really well,"
said Harry.
"Ya she's seems perfect for you and she
fits in perfect with us, It will be nice to have another girl hanging
with us" said Hermione.
By now it was 9:30 and they
decided to play a new game Fred & George invented that involved
cards that Harry had seen in the muggles world but these ones were
different the faces on them were famous witches and wizards that Fred
& George used from Chocolate Frogs. The game was like the muggle
version of war except that a 2 could beat an 8 because the cards
shouted out spells and one of the cards would fall down. Harry was
playing with Ron, Ginny was playing Hermione and Fred & George
were playing it was quite fun but unfortunately he lost to Ron but
thought it was quite fun. At 11:00 Mr Weasley told them it was time
to go to bed and the twins left for the other tent and Harry gave
Hermione a kiss and said goodnight to her and went to his and Ron's
room.
"Goodnight Ron" said Harry.
"Night
Harry."
It wasn't that difficult for Harry to fall
asleep but after what he saw in his dream he wish he hadn't.
It
was a dimly lit room and he heard a cold voice that said, "I see
Lucius you did not succeed in what you were ordered too do now why
was that?" He immediately recognized the voice as Voldemort's
and he heard Lucius respond "No, im so sorry sir but I just
couldn't get her on her own, Potter was always there and there were
lots of wizards and witches always around her."
"Well
Lucius is that what I ordered did I directly say capture her when she
is not alone?" asked Voldemort.
"No sir you didn't
you simply said capture the girl and bring her to me" said
Lucius.
"Exactly and since you failed you will be
punished" Voldemort said. "CRUCIO!" he
screamed.
Harry saw Malfoy screaming in pain and he looked
like he wanted to die like his whole body was on fire and then
Voldemort stopped.
"Im sorry sir but during the first
intermission I was embarrassed by my son who will most likely be sent
to jail because he was a fool and tried to kill the girl" said
Lucius.
"WHAT! HE TRIED TO KILL HER! I SIMPLY SAID TO
BRING HER HEAR NOT KILL HER!" screamed Voldemort.
"Im
sorry sir but my son was offended by being called a death eater,"
pleaded Lucius. "Don't hurt him."
"You're
telling me he was offended by being called a death eater! None of my
faithful servants are to be offended by being called what they are!
Tell your son he will never be allowed to be called my servant he
will be put in Azkaban I will not protect people who disobey orders!"
shouted Voldemort.
"Yes master" said Lucius.
"Now
you will capture the girl tomorrow if Potter is around or not, what
will Potter do to stop you if you don't succeed you will be
killed!" shouted Voldemort. It started to get very light and
Harry realized he had woken up.
His scar was hurting so
badly he thought his head was gonna explode but it soonly went away
and Harry was shaking badly after what he had seen.
"Harry, what's wrong? You look pale and your body's shaking like crazy," said Ron.
"Ron I had another dream but it was true, I saw Voldemort and he was talking to Lucius and criticizing him about not capturing Hermione and he said if he failed today Voldemort would kill him" said Harry.
"Harry that's awful, but what are we supposed to do?" asked Ron who had a look of horror on his face.
"I dunno Ron, were just gonna have to have a lot of people around her at all times so at intermissions don't go with Ash alone bring her with us and we will have Fred & George around too so if something happens were all there to help" said Harry.
"Ok" said Ron.
"Oh and Ron I never told you this before, well actually we just found out yesterday but Hermione and I have a telepathic connection so if something goes wrong and we don't know were each other are we can talk in each others minds as if we were right beside each other" said Harry.
"Wow that's amazing Harry so if she's captured we can find out where she is and just go there and save her Harry? Asked Ron.
"Ya but I don't know if we can talk to each other yet from far away yet though, actually im gonna try right now, wait" said Harry
Harry concentrated hard on getting into her mind and said "hey honey, are you awake yet?"
After about 5 seconds he heard "yes I am sweetie im out in the living room area reading why?" she asked.
"Oh, honey I was just testing something because I was talking to Ron I will be out shortly and explain more" he said.
"Ok sweetie" she said.
"Does it work?" interrupted Ron.
"Yes she's out there reading right now," said Harry.
Harry got dressed and went outside to the living room area, he thought it was weird that a small tent could look like a small house inside but that's what magic is like he thought.
As soon as Hermione saw him she asked, "what's wrong honey you looked worried?"
"Er-I don't really want to tell you this but since you want me too and can easily by reading my mind I will tell you, I – I had another real dream about Voldemort and he said if Lucius doesn't capture you today he will kill him so I think you and I should stay here and not go to the competition anymore" said Harry.
"No Harry, that makes me easier bait, don't be stupid that's what Voldemort what's you to do, he wants you to be worried so you are alone with me and not with a hundred thousand witches and wizards, Voldemort knows that you have these dreams, Im not quite sure Harry but I think maybe that he gives you the dreams on purpose, he does it so you fall for his tricks" said Hermione.
"Ok so we will go but we are not going out during intermissions it makes it easier" said Harry.
"No Harry, it makes it harder think about it everybody leaves during intermission so we can blend in with them and lose him easily" explained Hermione.
"What would we ever do without you Hermione, if it wasn't for you I think Voldemort would have killed me by now, well I know I have escaped him myself all the time but you are the one that taught me most of the stuff I used" said Harry.
Hermione was blushing but gave him a kiss on the lips.
By the time he was done showering it was 9:30 and Mr Weasley was up and getting breakfast ready so they ate and then played that card game with Fred & George that they called 'Magic War'. That took them to 11:00 and then they headed through the forest towards the stadium and took their seats. Once again Harry saw a pamphlet in front of him that read:
Welcome to the Quarter Final Rounds 'A' and 'B', Here are Todays Matchups. A Division Sweden Crystal NetraVs 11:30
Peru Caroline Agama
Canada Sport Walker
Vs 1:30
United States Tabba
England Lesley McKenna
Vs 1:30
Germany Ginger Brown
Spain Alejandra Campos
Vs 3:30
Romania Ivan Haremza
B Division
France Cygnus White
Vs 11:30
Australia Starshine
China Myles Diffenbache
Vs 11:30
Brazil Maximillian Jameson
Mexico Nina Mitra
Vs 1:30
Bulgaria Alexsander Dackaroff
Japan Shoraku Ryusaki
Vs 3:30
Italy Fiorenza Erdely
"Once again welcome back, witches and wizards! I am glad to present you our first round competitors! In the 'A' Division we have one match which will be in ring 1, Sweden vs. Peru! We also have 2 games in the 'B' Division which will be in ring 2, France vs. Australia and ring 3, China vs. Brazil!" shouted Bagman.
"3...2...1...And the whistle is blown and the games have begun" he shouted again.
In ring 1 Sweden was off to a good start but wasn't getting anywhere close to winning and in ring 2 France was dominating but Australia was holding their own and coming up with counter-curses but it looked like Starshine was gonna have to come up with a really quick move to save herself and have any chance at winning. Over in ring 3 however it was a very heated battle and there was nobody that seemed to be winning it was very close.
"These are some good matches" said Harry. "I hope I get chosen to battle the winner, or atleast one of us does."
"Ya, I hope so too, I think you could probably beat them Harry, you've been in worse situations then they have, if you can escape from Voldemort all those times alive then this person would be nothing" said Hermione.
"Maybe but remember the 2 reasons why I escaped Voldemort were because of luck and you" said Harry.
"What, Harry I was never with you most of those times and it was not luck!" said Hermione in a angry voice. "Give yourself credit for once Harry."
"Ok so most of it wasn't luck but it was because of you, I mean you taught me things I would never have learned by my own or with Ron's help, your so smart" explained Harry.
"What, mate I heard my name" said Ron with a confused look on his face.
"It was nothing Ron just watch the competition" said Hermione.
"Ok, whatever" said Ron.
"Harry, I love you your the sweetest person ever" she said as she gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.
When Harry started watching again he was surprised to see that the Australian had turned the tables and was in position to finish the French girl off. Surprisingly though White from France was able to keep a foot in the ring an threw another stunning spell Harry hadn't heard of before and caught Starshine off guard and defeated her and the French crowd erupted and Harry thought maybe Fleur Delacour and her sister were here.
"Hey, Ron do you reckon that Fleur and her sister are here from France?" asked Harry.
"I dunno, I would think they would, I am surprised that Fleur isn't representing France" said Ron.
"Ya im surprised to" said Harry.
In ring 1, Sweden finished Peru off with 'Expelliarmus' and the Swedish crowd went nuts. In ring 3 after 25 long minutes the Brazilian used 'Wingardium leviosa' and levitated the Chinese guy out of the ring and he was not able to break the levitation charm quick enough and the very small Brazilian crowd went wild.
"Wow that's the first time someone used that charm, its quite effective in a match like this and harmless, very smart move" said Hermione.
"I know you could use smarter moves than that Hermione, you know every curse and charm there is to use on someone" said Harry.
Hermione was slightly blushing but said "Thank you Harry, your so sweet."
It was now intermission and Harry was starting to worry about Lucius Malfoy and it seemed that Hermione could tell.
"What's wrong Harry? Asked Hermione.
"Nothing, Im just worrying about Lucius Malfoy" said Harry.
They walked around with everybody except Mr Weasley and Charlie who went to do some business but Bill joined them and so did Ash and Julie. They stopped at some different stores and found a betting booth. Harry bet that England would win in 10-15 minutes and he bet 25 galleons and told Hermione if he wins he's putting it toward a birthday or Christmas gift.
"I know I've told you this a lot but you are so sweet Harry, and I love you so much," said Hermione.
"Yes and I love you too" he said as he gently kissed her on the lips.
"So Ginny who is this boyfriend you were gonna tell us about" asked Harry.
She was blushing and said, "Im not telling, you will eventually meet him, but you don't know him."
"Then just tell us then Ginny, if we don't know him what's the difference," said Hermione.
"Ok, his name is Simon Berkeley, he's a 5th year in Hufflepuff" said Ginny.
"Ya, your rite I don't know him" said Harry.
It turned out that know one did which made Ginny quite happy. Harry was surprised too that it was 25 minutes until the next intermission and there was no sign of Lucius so he figured there plan was working. Then just after he thought that as he was holding Hermione's hand he was tugged hard and noticed it was because Lucius started dragging Hermione and Harry shouted and Fred, George, Julie and Bill all shouted curses at Malfoy and he was thrown back and looked like he was knocked unconscious and they all walked fastly away back to their seats in time for the start of the next round.
Bagman announced that the matches would be Canada vs. US and England vs. Germany in A Division and in B Division was Mexico vs. Bulgaria. The whistle had blown and the matches started and Canada and USA were having a great match in ring 1 and it was going nowhere but in ring 2 however England was kicking major ss and had won in 6 minutes! There were huge cheers that made Harry think his eardrums were seriously gonna pop, but thankfully they didn't.
In ring 3 though the two duelers did not pay attention to the crowd and continued on with their duel and the most shocking thing of the competition happened, Dackaroff from Bulgaria shouted 'IMPERIO!' and made the Mexican girl Nina to walk right out of the ring. The crowd was horror-struck and there were a lot of rude comments shouted.
"We have just been informed from the judges that Alexsander Dackaroff has been disqualified from the competition for using an illegal curse and will be charged and if he ever uses an illegal curse again he will be put in Azkaban" shouted Bagman.
"That dirty bastard!" yelled Ron.
Meanwhile the other match had been stopped and restarted after the delay and not including the time limit it set a record of 52 minutes for a duel and the Canadian had come off on top and there were cheers all over. As soon as it was over they walked outside to see Lucius Malfoy still on the floor unconscious and the Harry's major worries were over and best of all Voldemort was probably going to kill Lucius, but the major thing was that he was thinking was how did Lucius avoid being caught and put into Azkaban? He remembers Lucius and a bunch of others were held captive for the Ministry but obviously they escaped.
"Hey Ron, what happened to Lucius I thought he was caught in the Department of Mysteries?" asked Harry.
"Oh unfortunately him and the other death eaters managed to escape before ministry wizards were able to capture them" said Ron.
"That's awful, how did they manage to escape? Dumbledore had them all tied up by ropes I don't understand" said Harry.
"My guess is Voldemort helped them get back but I have no idea how he would have done it" said Hermione.
After about 15 minutes into the intermission a group of 4 girls who liked quadruplets came over and they all said at once "Hey your Harry Potter aren't you!"
"Yes I am, who would you be" be said.
"I am Renee Debarberak and these are my three sisters, Rajah, Rivia and Rivera, were new here we just moved and we will be going to Hogwarts this year" said Renee.
Renee had real long black hair wih blue tips and it was straight with two braids in front of her face and she had deep ocean blue eyes that were almond shape and she was a bit short. The other three looked almost the same but Rajah had red tips and her hair was in a ponytail, Rivia had purple tips and her hair was in a ponytail and Rivera had gold tips and straight hair.
"Well its nice to meet you all" said Harry. He could tell that the girl named Renee was taking quick glances at him and Harry soon realized that she probably liked him and he thought that Hermione realized to because she was giving Renee an evil glare.
"Ya, well Im Ron Weasley and this is my girlfriend Ash by the way and my sister Ginny and my two brothers Fred & George" said Ron.
"And Im Hermione Granger, and I am Harry's girlfriend by the way" she said in a cold matter of fact voice that stopped Renee from looking at Harry. He thought she did look very beautiful but he knew that he had Hermione and he didn't even know Renee yet so he knew Hermione wouldn't have to worry about anything she was his and nothing would break the two of them up. OR WILL IT?
It turned out that the four of them were getting along really well with Ash and Harry could tell that Renee still liked him but he brushed it off and thought that she only liked him because he was famous and when she really found out who he was she wouldn't like him anymore.
After about 10 minutes of talking Harry heard someone yell down the hall "Hey Hermione, its me, Silver!"
"Uggh Hermione, who is Silver?" asked Ron.
"Oh, she's one of my cousins that I don't think I have ever mentioned before" she said.
Silver was about 5'4, skinny and had long solid silver hair and silver eyes with a silver outline.
"Hey Silver how are you?" asked Hermione.
"Im fine" she said.
"So is this that hot guy from school you were talking about" Silver said pointing towards Harry.
"Yeah it is" she said blushing.
"You never told me that he was Harry Potter though! I can't believe you are going out with someone tht famous!" she said.
"Well its not like he's that famous" said Hermione who was really blushing know.
"You are right though he is really hot" she said.
It turned out that Silver was just starting Hogwarts this year and she turned out to be an interesting person. They talked for a bit then went back to their seats for the last round.
