Sailor Witches 21
Quadiwizard Tournament
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Harry Potter.
Notes: Happy B-day Princess of Moon! Here's chapter 21!
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Harry came to the Gryffindor common room about five minutes after Lydia and Serena got there. It was hard to get a moment with Harry with everyone congratulating him and asking him repeatedly how he got his name in the goblet. A half an hour later, Harry announced loudly, and quiet rudely he was tired and set up the stairs. Serena ran up to him and grabbed his shoulder. Lydia had to pull the Creevey brothers away from the stairs.
"Harry, wait!" She cried. "I've got to talk to you."
"I didn't put my name in there!" he yelled as he turned around, startling Serena.
"I know you didn't," Serena said softly. "I saw the look on your face when Dumbledore said your name."
Harry's face softened. "Sorry, Serena."
"That's okay, here, sit down," she said. "Tell me what happened back there. Maybe I can find out who put your name in there."
"How?" Harry inquired.
"Let's just say," Lydia said with a grin, "we're used to these kinds of things."
--
Getting Cedric to himself was just as hard. The Hufflepuffs kept asking Cedric what happened and if Harry was really going to compete. Cedric had to tell everyone at once what happened. Lita and Mina sat together, just as confused and angry as anyone else.
"Yeah, Harry's got to compete," Cedric said.
"This is crazy!" Justin exclaimed. "But you were already picked."
"It's the binding contract," said Mina. "He's got to play no matter what."
"How was he able to get inside the circle?" Hannah wondered. "He's underage."
"Well, he couldn't have done it with an Aging Potion," Scott Summers mumbled, rubbing his chin where a long white beard used to be.
"What did the staff think, Ced-senpai?" Lita asked.
Cedric was used to Lita calling him 'Ced-senpai' because she's been calling him that since her second day in Hogwarts. The Hufflepuffs weren't though and they looked at her in confusion. Mina mumbled to everyone that it was a polite way to address upperclassmen.
"Oh, that's nice," Susan Bones said with a nod.
"Karkaroff and Maxime were really angry," he explained. "Karkaroff threatened to go back to Durmstrang."
"Did Mr. Bagman or Mr. Crouch say anything?" Lita asked.
"Mr. Bagman was a good sport about it," said Cedric. "He seemed really excited. I guess to ease the tension."
"What did my mother say?" Mina inquired.
"Your mom?" Ernie gasped. "Your mom's on the tournament?"
"Yeah," Mina blushed and scratched her head. "She's Susan Applebee…was a Chaser for the Wasps."
"No way!" Ernie exclaimed. "That's incredible."
"Er, thanks."
"Well, she was really surprised just as everyone else," Cedric told everyone.
"So," said one of the sixth year boys, "what's the first task about?"
"It's to test our daring," Cedric replied. "It could be anything."
"When is it?"
"November twenty-fourth," he said.
"Wow," said Justin Finch-Fletchy. "That soon huh?"
--
Raye only had to listen to the other Slytherins for ten
minutes to figure out that none of them put Harry's name in the goblet but it
still didn't help find out who could have done it.
Just wait until my father hears about this!" Malfoy said for the tenth
time.
"Well, I know Malfoy didn't do it," Raye sighed as she started going down the stairs to bed. "But if he didn't, who did? And why?"
--
After breakfast the next day the girls met in the same empty classroom eleven to talk about the previous night.
"Well it's definitely not anyone from my house," Raye said, "Malfoy was absolutely furious. 'My father,' this, 'my father, that. He never would shut up."
"No one from Ravenclaw either," added Ami.
"If it was someone from our house," Lydia said, "they would've told Harry I bet—and they all thought Harry did it. No one would leave him alone."
"What'd Harry say?" Raye inquired.
"He had no idea who put his name in there," Serena replied. "We asked him what happened when Bagman and Crouch gave him the instructions and everything. He said Professor Karkaroff and Madame Maxime were really upset. Karkaroff wanted to leave and Madame Maxine thinks Dumbledore made a mistake with the line."
"But it couldn't be because all those people who tried stepping over it ended up with a beard," Lydia said.
"Mina, did you talk to your mother yet?" Serena asked.
"No," she replied. "She wasn't at breakfast. I guess she and Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have to try to make adjustments now that there's an extra champion."
"Mr. Bagman," Lita whispered, putting her hand on her chin. "Cedric said he was the only one who seemed excited that Harry's name came out of the goblet. I wonder if he did it."
"Why would Bagman put Harry's name in the goblet?" Serena asked.
Lita shrugged, "well, it is kind of weird. An extra champion and an underage one at that. Everyone was very angry or confused but Cedric said Mr. Bagman was kind of happy about it."
"He probably was just surprised himself," Mina said, "and he was trying to be a good sport, like Cedric said."
"Maybe," Lita said, "but it's just an idea."
"Hey, Mr. Bagman likes to gamble," Lydia added, "maybe Harry's put his name in their so he can make bets off him."
"Yeah," Serena nodded, "and Harry said that Moody was probably doing it to put him in danger. I actually like the idea someone putting Harry's name in there so they could money than trying to do him harm."
"That does make sense," Mina said, "He's planning the tournament. He's probably going make it very easy for Harry to win, maybe even offer him help."
"So Bagman's our only lead," Raye said, "for the moment anyway."
"Should we probably tell Harry this?" Serena inquired. "Or Dumbledore?"
"No, we don't have any hard evidence that he did it," Lita said. "As we get closer to the task you can ask Harry if he got any help from anybody."
"Okay," Lydia said. "We'd better go. Remind me to write to Madame Indigo about this later. Care of Magical Creatures."
"Oh, I don't feel like working with the Skrewts today!" Serena moaned.
"Neither do I."
As the Care of Magical Class gave the Skrewts a walk, Serena noticed Hagrid talking to Harry.
"Hey, I bet Hagrid made us give these things a walk so he can talk to Harry," she muttered, glancing over her shoulder. "You think he probably did it?"
"No, I think Hagrid would've told him beforehand," Lydia said.
They continued walking. Ron and Hermione were arguing.
"He didn't do it, Ron," Hermione said stiffly. "Did you see his face?"
"Oh great," Serena moaned. "Ron's jealous of Harry."
"Yeah, just what Harry needs," Lydia said and her Skrewt started to attack Serena's. "Hey, quit that! Bad Skrewt! Bad!" She tried jerking hers away.
Serena kept a hold on the leash. "Stupid Skrewt! Play nice!"
"Hagrid!" Lydia called. "A little help here!"
--
Serena and Lydia tried to support Harry the best they could and try to get Ron to apologize to Harry. Even with Hermione's help, it was impossible.
"Are we the only three people that believes Harry didn't do it?" Serena wondered out loud when they walked down to breakfast a couple days later.
"Hagrid does," Hermione stated.
"Hermione," Lydia said softly, "you know Harry better than us. How do you think Harry's name got in there?"
"Not sure," she replied.
"You don't think it's someone wishing to do Harry harm, do you?" Serena asked uneasily.
"Well, that's what Moody said," Hermione sighed. "He's got loads of enemies. I just hope it's no one that wants Harry hurt."
Madame Indigo's owl came and landed next to Lydia's porridge. She took the letter off its foot and laid it down on the table for her and Serena to read.
Girls,
Harry competing in the Triwizard Tournament is very serious.
"It's a Quadiwizard Tournament now," Lydia whispered.
It will be in the Daily Prophet any day now. It could be someone that wants to get Harry in trouble. You may be right in thinking Bagman put Harry's name in the Goblet for extra money. I hope that's all it is and no one is wishing Harry any harm or to make him look like a fool.
Bertha Jorkins was supposed to attend the tournament and she is still missing. Bertha Jorkins may have known about it or helped in some way and that is probably why she's not there. Bagman may also not want anyone searching for her because he doesn't want her to reveal anything. Bertha Jorkins loves to gossip. If she tells this to anyone the tournament could be cancelled and Bagman could lose his job.
I'm going to go and look for her by myself and tell her what happened. The ministry should have gone looking for her months ago.
Make sure nothing happens to Harry in the meantime.
Madame Indigo
"She's going to go look for Bertha Jorkins all by herself?" Serena asked. "Shouldn't she get more people from the ministry to help her?"
"Hey, she used to be an auror," Lydia chuckled. "She can handle it."
--
Seeing Harry's poor performance in all his studies wasn't very enjoyable for Serena and Lydia. But it was nothing compared to what happened in Potions. As they approached the corridor, they saw all the badges they were wearing. SUPPORT CEDRIC DIGGORY—THE REAL HOGWARTS CHAMPION! Even Raye wore one, though she didn't look proud about it. Then Malfoy pressed his badge and it was replaced with another message in green letters. POTTER STINKS
"Hey!" Serena shouted as the Slytherins howled with laughter. They started to press their own badges. Raye stood there, looking bored and Pansy elbowed her in the ribs. Raye rolled her eyes and pressed her badge.
"Oh very funny," Hermione said to Pansy Parkinson in a cynical tone of voice. "Really witty."
"Yeah, hilarious," Lydia muttered, eying the Slytherin crowd.
"Want one, Granger?" Malfoy asked as he took out a badge. "I've got loads. But don't touch my hand, now. I've just washed it, you see; don't want a Mudblood sliming it up."
"Malfoy you…" Serena began but before she could come up with an insult, Harry grabbed his wand. People got out of the way.
"Harry!" Hermione warned.
"Go on, then, Potter," Malfoy smiled, taking out his wand. "Go ahead if you've got the guts…"
"No, Harry!" Serena yelled.
It was as if they were witnessing an old fashioned Western showdown, only instead of cowboys, there were wizards and they were holding wands instead of guns. They sent their hexes at the same time.
"Furnuculus!"
"Densaugeo!"
Raye, Serena and Lydia, used to being attacked, ducked and covered their heads as the spells ricocheted off each other and bounced around thecorridor. Serena saw Malfoy's spell hit Hermione in the mouth and Raye had to fight off a laugh when she saw boils bounding up on Goyle's nose.
"Hermione!" Ron shouted.
"Oh, Hermione, you okay?" Serena asked as she got up to her feet..
Ron pulled Hermione's hand away from her mouth. When Serena saw Hermione's new teeth, she let out a yell and nearly fell backward. Hermione let out a cry once she felt her fang-like teeth.
"What's all this noise about?" Snape demanded as he approached them.
The Slytherins started to speak at once. Snape pointed at Malfoy. "Explain."
"Potter attacked me, sir—"
"Liar!" Serena shouted, taking a step forward.
"We attacked each other at the same time!" Harry exclaimed.
"—And he hit Goyle—look—"
Snape looked at Goyle's face. "Hospital wing, Goyle," said Snape.
"Malfoy got Hermione!" Ron said urgently. "Look!"
"Come on, Hermione," Serena said softly as Ron forced Hermione to show him what happened.
"I see no difference," Snape muttered.
"Professor!" Serena snarled and Hermione let out a cry. "Oh, don't cry Hermione!"
Hermione turned around and ran out of the hall with Serena taking a few steps after her. "Hermione!"
As Harry and Ron started yelling at Snape, Lydia felt all her anger rise up and she was just about to become the next student after Harry Potter to attack Professor Snape. Only then it was with a wand and it was a simple disarming spell. Lydia was going to do some real damage. With a yell, she ran up to Snape, forgetting he was a tall grown man and her teacher and she was a student barely 5'0" tall. She punched Snape in the shin with all her effort, causing him to back into the potion room and limp on his other foot.
"MacGreggor!" he hissed.
But Lydia wasn't finished she walked into the room with her hands balled into fists. The students started to pile in the room after Lydia. Some of the Gryffindors cheered her on, others looked on in shock and Longbottom kept saying, "You're going to get Gryffindor in trouble! You're going to get Gryffindor in trouble!"
Lydia punched Snape into the stomach a couple of times, making him hunch forward, gasping for breath.
"She's beating crap out of him!" Seamus Finnigan exclaimed.
Even Raye was laughing until some of the Slytherins looked at her. She gasped, tried to look concerned for her head of House and said, "Oh, Professor Snape, are you all right?"
"Yaaaaaaah!" Lydia yelled, punching Snape in the mouth and making him fall back on a desk, breaking vials and making a total mess.
"Lydia, cut it out!" Serena said, grabbing her arm. "You can get expelled."
"I don't care!" Lydia snarled, whipping her arm away. "I don't want to be in a school with a teacher like this! It's bad enough that the Slytherins are jerks but a teacher? How is anyone from the other houses supposed to pass Potions when he's intimidating everyone?"
Snape scrambled on the stone floor, trying to get up, but he was so frustrated and embarrassed to be attacked by a student that he kept tripping on his robes. "MacGreggor, you are seriously facing expulsion from this school!"
"So?" Lydia hissed.
"I'm going to talk to your Head of House for this," he growled as he was finally able to get to his feet.
"Fine!"
"Lydia!" Serena muttered.
As he walked forward, Seamus Finnigan acted amazingly, maybe even stupidly, and stuck out his foot so Snape would trip over it. He stumbled and nearly cracked his yellow teeth on the floor.
"Oops," Seamus said with a sneering smile, "sorry, Professor." Lydia looked at him in shock mingled with delight.
"Finnigan!" Snape hollered. "Perhaps you want to be expelled too?"
Seamus shrugged and folded his arms. Snape grabbed Lydia and Seamus by their robes. He looked at the class.
"Gryffindors, thanks to your classmates here, you're going to spend the rest of time cleaning up this mess! And I want an essay on antidotes—5 rolls of parchment!"
--
"Would you mind explaining what happened again, Severus?" McGonagall asked. It wasn't that she didn't get all the facts, she just kind of liked hearing how a girl only five feet could beat the day lights out of a teacher.
"Your students attacked me!" Snape yelled. "MacGreggor here punched me about ten times!"
"Is that true?" McGonagall asked softly.
"Yes," Lydia said firmly.
"Mind explaining why?"
Lydia began with the Slytherins and their badges, how Malfoy insulted Hermione, they attacked each other, the ricocheting spells that hit Hermione and Goyle and Snape's comment to Hermione.
"I just think what he said to Hermione was uncalled for," Lydia said, folding her arms.
"So you hit Professor Snape?" she asked.
"Yes."
"Mr. Finnigan?" McGonagall said. "And why did you trip Professor Snape?"
"I thought it would keep Lydia from getting into trouble," he answered.
McGonagall leaned back, studying her students. "This is the first time either of you have broken the rules, isn't it?"
Seamus had to think. He may have cost Gryffindor a small number of points but never had to serve detention or anything like that. "Um, I think so, Professor." He said.
"Well," said McGonagall, "because you both had clean records until now, I will not expel you."
"What?" Snape demanded, outraged.
"What?" Seamus gasped, shocked.
"What?" Lydia mumbled, confused.
"Minerva, they…they attacked me!" Snape growled. "Cost me supplies, made a mess of my room."
"Oh, it can be cleaned up, I'm sure," McGonagall said calmly, "and your supplies can be replaced. It's just a suggestion, but perhaps you can give detention to Draco Malfoy for making those rude badges."
Seamus Finnigan couldn't believe his ears. McGonagall never, ever, ever acted his way before. He was surprised they weren't already on the train home. Was McGonagall now showing some favoritism to her house?
"Don't worry, Severus, I will give Mr. Finnigan and Miss Macgregor punishments," she said. "The Owlery has looked nicer…"
"The owlery?" Seamus mumbled, "We're cleaning the owlery?"
"Thanks okay," Lydia said, putting her hands on her hips. "IT does need a cleaning."
"That's it?" Snape demanded. "Cleaning the owlery?"
"And I will write to your parents," McGonagall went on, looking at Seamus and looked at Lydia, "and guardian. I will take twenty five points each from both of you."
Lydia smiled. Madame Indigo was on her way searching for Bertha Jorkins. She was too busy with that to worry about Lydia attacking a teacher. Seamus however, looked very uneasy.
"When is their detention?" Snape asked.
"I was just thinking about that, Severus," McGonagall said coolly.
"I think they should miss the first task," Snape suggested, sneering at them.
"Hey!" Lydia and Seamus said together.
"Oh, very well," Professor McGonagall said. "November 24th then."
"But—Professor!" Seamus sputtered. "We want to see Harry compete!"
"Everyone will be out of the school," Professor said simply, "so no distractions and we'll have them roost at the Hogsmead post office for the day."
"We're going to clean the owlery for the whole day?" Seamus inquired.
"Without magic," she added
"No magic?" Seamus and Lydia said together.
"The way the owlery looks it will take us a week to do it without any magic!" Lydia exclaimed.
"No excuses," Snape said, 'you heard your head of house." With that, he walked out of the office. Lydia turned to Professor McGonagall.
"Professor, are you serious?" she inquired. "Cleaning owlery, no magic, on the twenty-fourth of November?"
"Can't you change the date?" Seamus pleaded. "We can miss the first Hogsmead weekend instead."
"You have done a very serious wrong act," said Professor McGonagall, her eyes narrowing. "Because this is the first time you've broken the rules and Professor Snape isn't entirely hurt…I won't send you home. Not to mention, there are times I feel like popping him one too."
Seamus and Lydia smiled at each other and McGonagall cleared her throat. "Perhaps after your detention, you'll learn to control your anger, Miss MacGreggor."
"Yes, Professor," Lydia whispered.
"I know you are new at this school and you must know that Professor Snape is the least fair teacher of this school," she said, "and no matter how he treats your fellow students, do not act irrationally, understand?"
Lydia nodded.
"Now return to your lessons."
Feeling defeated, Seamus and Lydia walked out of the room and down the hall.
"Sorry," Lydia mumbled.
"What for?" Seamus asked.
"Getting you in trouble," she replied. "If I hadn't lost my temper you wouldn't have had to trip Snape…you didn't have to anyway.
"I know," Seamus said softly, "but I wanted to, Lydia. Snape had it coming. I think a Gryffindor has to stand up to Snape somehow or another so he knows we're not afraid of him. I think it will be the last day of potions in 7th year until Neville Longbottom finally does it but he'll probably get there."
"Well, thanks," Lydia said. "So, have you ever cleaned an owlery before?"
"You kidding?" Seamus inquired with a laugh. "I don't even clean my room…"
--
The other girls were surprised Lydia didn't end up getting expelled. Seamus' mother sent him a howler the next day. Serena wondered if Madame Indigo was as angry to send one but a week later she instead sent a parcel full of muggle cleaning supplies and adhesive air fresheners with a note warning not to get in trouble again anytime soon. Lydia and Serena were both frustrated they would spending a whole day cleaning owl poop off the floor instead of watching the task.
But it was noting compared to what Harry must be feeling with the latest Daily Prophet. People kept staring at him and saying things about crying for his parents. If Lydia wasn't already facing detention she probably would've hexed everyone.
Mina and Lita were also wearing Support Cedric badges along with many Hufflepuffs, only they tweaked them into saying, Go Ced-senpai to replace the POTTER STINKS. Lydia was still upset over having detention she couldn't enjoy herself at the first Hogsmead Weekend.
"We'll get to do this more often than the Triwizard Tournament," Lydia muttered. "Man…I can't believe I've got detention! This stinks!"
"Should've thought of that before you attacked Snape," Raye said.
"Come off it Raye," Lydia muttered. "I know you enjoyed it."
"Yes, I did, but you deserved detention," Raye added quickly.
"We're going to Zonkos," Mina said, "Any of you want to come?"
"No thanks," Ami said, looking at Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop, "I need more parchment and I need something fixed at Dervish and Bangs."
"I need to stop at Dervish and Bangs too," said Raye. "Maybe they have something to help me find out what my dream means…and to keep Malfoy away from me. I wonder I can get some Spellotape to tape his mouth shut."
"Lydia?" Lita said hopefully, "come on, I hear they sell Dungbombs."
"No thanks," Lydia groaned. "They're restricted anyway."
"I'll get you that Chocolate card I promised you," Mina said to Ami as they parted ways.
"I'm cold," Lydia mumbled, "let's go get a drink." She started for the Hogs Head and Serena pulled her away.
"You can't go in that pub, you crazy?" Serena demanded. "It's not so student friendly. Let's go to the Three Broomsticks for some butterbeer. Mmm, butterbeer—you like butterbeer, remember Lydia?"
They came to The Three Broomsticks and ordered their butterbeers. When they saw Hermione sitting by herself, they went to sit with her.
"Hi Hermione," Serena said, sliding in across from her. "Where's Harry?"
And as Serena's body collided with something that wasn't there, she gasped. "What the? What's wrong with these seats?"
"Found him," Hermione whispered, glancing at Harry, but because he was wearing the cloak, Serena couldn't see him.
"Where?"
"Hi Serena," Harry said.
"Harry?" Serena gasped, turning to him. She gently stepped on his foot, tapped his knee and prodded him in the side. "Wow, you're really here."
"Hey, cut it out," Harry muttered. "Serena."
"How come you're--," Serena began.
"Invisibility cloak," he hissed. "I didn't anyone to see me."
"Can't blame you. Darn that Skeeter woman." Serena agreed, patting his knee and making Harry irritated. She had to keep touching him to remind herself he was still there. She looked at Hermione. "What are you working on Hermione?"
"SPEW," Hermione replied. "I wonder if I should get some of the villagers involved with this."
"Should we start going door to door?" Lydia inquired, suppressing a belch.
"If we have to," Hermione said.
"Hermione, when are you going to give up on this spew stuff?" Harry asked, startling Serena. It was so weird hearing him speak when she was sitting next to her and yet she couldn't even see him.
"When house-elves have decent wages and working conditions!" she hissed. 'You know, I'm starting to think it's time for more direct action. I wonder how you get into the school kitchens?"
"No idea, ask Fred and George," Harry mumbled.
"Serena, do you have any ideas?" Hermione asked.
"Er, maybe we should go to the post office and see if we can put a notice in the Daily Prophet or something?" Serena suggested unsurely.
"Good idea!" Hermione cried. "Only after Rita's latest article it may not work but we can always try. Thanks Serena."
"You're welcome," Serena laughed nervously.
As the three girls tried to brainstorm on SPEW, Hagrid and Professor moody came over to them.
"All right, Hermione?" Hagrid said. "Lydia, Serena?"
"Hello," Hermione and Serena smiled. Lydia stared into her butterbeer.
"Still mad about yer detention, eh, Lydia?" Hagrid asked.
Lydia nodded sadly.
"Shame," Hagrid said, "Yeh lucky yeh didn't get expelled."
Moody leaned across Serena, looking at Harry. "Nice cloak, Potter."
"Wow," Serena mumbled.
"Can your eye—I mean, can you--?" Harry mumbled.
"Yeah, it can see through Invisibility cloaks," Moody whispered. "And it's come in useful at times, I can tell you."
"That's amazing, Professor," Serena gasped.
Harry bent down, looking like he was reading the S.P.E.W notebook and whispered to Harry. "Harry, meet me tonight at midnight at me cabin. Wear that cloak."
Because Serena was sitting next to him, she heard everything Hagrid said but she acted like she didn't. Maybe Hagrid didn't care if she heard or not because he didn't ask to speak to Harry in private.
'I wonder why Hagrid wants Harry to meet him at midnight,' she thought, taking a swig of butterbeer.
When Hagrid and Moody left the table, Harry said, "Why does Hagrid want me to meet him at midnight?"
Serena glanced at Harry. Maybe he didn't' care that she knew.
"Maybe…he's got a surprise for you?" Serena guessed.
"Yeah, I wonder what he's up to," said Hermione, "I don't know whether you should go, Harry…" she leaned across the table, glanced around her. "It might make you late…"
"Late for what?" Serena inquired.
"For Sirius," Hermione whispered.
Lydia choked on her butterbeer. "W-what?"
"Harry's meeting Sirius tonight," Hermione replied, "in the common room."
"How is he going to do that?" Lydia asked. "He could get caught."
"I dunno," said Harry.
"Can you give him a message for me?"
"Uh, sure," Harry replied.
"Tell him I said hi," she said, "and ask him about my parents. I want to know if they're going mad or if they're still insane."
"Okay, I'll tell him."
--
When Serena and Lydia came back they found the Creevy brothers trying to change the Support Cedric Diggory badges but they weren't having any luck. So Lydia and Serena helped them. It was harder than they thought it would be.
"I think Malfoy thought of this," Serena muttered as her badge got stuck on POTTER STINKS. "I don't get it, Mina and Lita were able to change their badges."
"But it still supported Cedric," said Lydia.
"Ooops!" Dennis gasped as the badge he was working on changed to POTTER REALLY STINKS.
"Uh oh," Lydia moaned, "I hope Harry doesn't see that."
"We're not getting anywhere with these," said Serena. "I'm trying to make it say MALOFY REALLY STINKS but it won't let me!"
"We'll make our own badges," said Colin, "we can do it tomorrow!"
--
As Lavender and Parvarti slept, Hermione, Serena nad Lydia were talking quietly about what Hagrid may want with Harry. They weren't coming up with any ideas.
"I have a feeling has something to do with the first task," Serena said. "I was thinking earlier maybe Hagrid put Harry's name in."
"I don't think he'd do that without telling Harry," Hermione told her.
"What if he wanted to surprise him after the tournament?" Serena asked.
"No," Hermione shook her head. "It doesn't sound like Hagrid to me. I bet he's already too busy with his Skrewts to even think of it."
"Maybe Hagrid got a new creature for us to study in class," Lydia suggested, "and he wanted to show Harry first."
"Ohh, I hope so!" Serena exclaimed in a whisper.
Hermione and Lydia eventually fell asleep but Serena remained awake. She kept wondering why Hagrid wanted to see him in the middle of the night and why his grandfather wanted to see him. She kept speaking out of the window for a glimpse of Hagrid but she didn't see anyone.
It was sometime after one o'clock when decided to go downstairs and speak with Harry. She couldn't wait until morning. But as she started going down the steps, she found Ron and Harry arguing. A badge that Harry had just chucked at Ron bounced off his forehead.
'We should've thrown those things away,' Serena thought.
"There you go," Harry hissed, "something for you to wear--,"
"Harry, Ron!" Serena muttered, walking into the common room. "What's going on in here? Why are you two fighting?"
"Nothing," Harry said.
"Look, this is stupid," Serena groaned, "You're supposed to be best friends! Hermione is getting really tired of you two acting like a couple of kids!"
"Serena, be quiet," Ron muttered.
"No," Serena said. "You two are going to make up right here right now! Ron, apologize to Harry!"
"What for?" he demanded. "I didn't do anything!"
"You did too," Serena said, "you thought he put his name on the goblet and you're jealous because of it. You of all people should know better."
"It's okay, Serena," said Harry as he crossed the room. "If Ron thinks I did it let him."
You guys can't stay mad each other," Serena told them. "Ron, touch Harry's nose!"
Ron and Harry looked at her as if she went made. "I'm not touching his nose!" Ron exclaimed.
"If you do it will make you smile," she said desperately, "and you won't be mad anymore. Both of you touch each other's nose."
"This is crazy," Harry rolled his eyes.
"It's what my parents do when they argue," Serena said. "It works."
"Well, in case you haven't noticed," Harry said as he walked up the stairs, "Ron and I aren't married!"
"Hey, Harry, wait!" Serena called back and she turned to Ron and punched him in the shoulder.
"Ow!" he snapped. "Why'd you do that?"
"You made Harry leave," Serena muttered. "I hope you're happy! You stay here and think what you just did, Ronald Weasley!"
"You're starting to sound like Hermione," Ron groaned, rubbing his shoulder.
"Good, then maybe you'll listen and do what's right!" Serena hissed as she climbed up the stairs to the girls' dormitory, leaving Ron alone to think.
Serena was far too angry to fall asleep. She waited for Harry so she could talk to him and no thanks to how stupid boys can be she lost sleep for nothing. She looked at Lydia, came to her bed and roused her.
"Wake up, Lydia," Serena said.
"I smell like owl poo," Lydia mumbled in her sleep.
"Well, not yet," Serena said under her breath, shaking Lydia. "Hey, wake up."
Lydia blinked and saw Serena. She sat up, her eyes wide and she was shaking. "Oh, Serena, I was dreaming I was scraping owl poop in the owlery and it wouldn't come off! Why did I attack Snape, why?"
"Because you're a nice person."
"Attacking Snape wasn't nice!"
"Well, the reason you did it was," Serena said. "I kind of wanted to hit Snape too for what he said to Hermione. And he's having an excellent thirteen days to think about what he's done."
"Yeah, I guess so," Lydia mumbled.
"Anyway, if we ever argue about stupid things," Serena said, "like Ron and Harry, I want you to promise me something."
"Sure."
"Touch my nose."
"Touch your nose?" Lydia asked with a yawn. "How come?"
"My parents touch each other's nose when they argue," Serena said, "It makes them laugh and make up. So if and when we get mad, we'll touch each other's nose."
Lydia shrugged, "sure." She touched Serena's nose. "That was for waking me up."
"But you were having a bad dream!" Serena shouted in a whisper.
"Still woke me up."
Serena sighed and touched Lydia's nose. They both laughed. It was kind of funny.
"Now I know why my parents laughed all the time," Serena said, "they should have made me do this with Sammy…"
(AN: By the way, I got the idea of the 'touch nose to make up' bit when I was in England. A woman told her husband, or maybe it was her husband, I can't remember—anyway—said when they got married that if they ever have a fight they should touch each other's nose to make them laugh. Even until they became an old couple they did it. I thought it was a cute idea so I decided to use it.)
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Even though Harry knew Serena meant well by trying to get him to make up with Ron, he didn't tell her about why he went to Hagrid's incase she was going to tell him to touch Ron's nose again so he tried to avoid her and Lydia for the time being. The next night before they went to bed Serena had to ask Hermione what it was all about.
"The first tasks is dragons," Hermione said simply. "That's what Hagrid wanted to show him."
"Dragons?" Serena gasped. "Are they mad?"
"I know. I spent most of the day with Harry researching a way for him to get past it," Hermione sighed as she slipped into her pajamas. "I couldn't find a thing, except if Harry wanted to clip its claws."
"Did he say anything about Sirius?" Did Harry say anything about his conversation with Sirius?
"Not about your parents," Hermione said. "We were trying to find a way for him to get passed that dragon."
"I'll ask him in the morning," said Lydia.
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Serena had another sleepless night. She kept dreaming about Harry running from dragons and not being able to help him. There were four big dragons, breathing fire, slashing at him with their tails. She wanted to transform into Sailor Moon, dust the dragons but there were too many people around, watching Harry. The Slytherins were laughing and pointing their fingers at him.
"Run, Potter!" Malfoy hollered, "Run, but they'll get you! You can't hide!"
Serena woke up with a start the next morning, "great, first Raye's dreaming about dragons and now me!"
Serena told Lydia about her dream with the dragons. "I think we've got to help Harry at the tasks!" she hissed as they were getting dressed, nervously looking over her shoulder.
"Sorry, Serena, but I'll be too busy cleaning owl poo off the floor," Lydia mumbled.
"Oh yeah, that's right," Serena chuckled nervously, "I forgot. Anyway, I think the scouts will have to protect Harry from the dragon."
"You can't do that!" Lydia hissed as she leaned over her bed. "People are already made about what the scouts did at the cup—imagine if they see them at the first task!"
"I can't let Harry get fried!" Serena exclaimed.
"You've got to help him another way then," said Lydia.
"How?"
Lydia shrugged, "well, you can research dragons with him and Hermione."
"Sit in the library?" Serena demanded. "Are you serious?"
"He's got to find a way to get passed the dragon alone," Lydia said. "I don't think the ministry will have dragons if they weren't sure the champions will handle it. I'm certain there will be trained wizards waiting by incase something goes wrong. Harry is going to be fine."
"I hope so," Serena said.
Serena watched Harry eat at breakfast. He hardly touched his food. Serena felt so bad. 'Poor guy,' she thought, 'he can't even eat!'
"Hermione, I'll see you in the greenhouses," Harry said, his eyes on Cedric. "Go on, I'll catch you up."
"Harry, you'll be late, the bells about to ring—"
"I'll catch you up, okay?"
"Are you all right, Harry?" Serena asked in concern as he ran out of the Great Hall. She turned to Lydia. "Look at him—he's scared to death! I bet he's feeling sick or something. I wish there was something I can do."
"Come on," Hermione said, "we've got to get going before we are late."
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Serena worked slowly in Herbology as she kept checking the door waiting for Harry to come in. "Miss Tsukino, you missed a spot," said Professor Sprout as she walked by. "You're not holding your pruning shears properly."
"Yes, Professor," she mumbled.
"You okay, Serena?" Mina asked as she looked over her Flutterby Bush. "These aren't as bad as the bubotubers."
"I'm worried about Harry," Serena replied, turning her eyes to her bush.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, he just found out what the first task is," she answered.
"What?" Mina and Lita exclaimed, leaning forward.
"How'd he found out?" Lita demanded. "Who told him?"
"Serena!" Lydia muttered. "They'll tell Cedric!"
"You support your champion and we'll support ours," said Lita quickly. "Besides, Harry's not really representing Hogwarts isn't he? It's some made up school."
"It doesn't matter," said Lydia.
"Support you want but Harry is the one we've got to protect!" Serena moaned.
"What do you mean?" Mina asked.
"Harry's going to have to face dragons tomorrow," Serena whispered, looking around her nervously. Lita and Mina opened their mouths and Lydia and Serena quickly covered them before they announced it to the entire room.
"Don't say a word," Lydia grunted. "You can get Harry—and a whole lot of other people in trouble!"
"I think we've got to be sailor scouts tomorrow," said Serena. "To protect Harry from getting eaten!"
Mina pulled Serena's hand from her mouth. "We can't let people see us!"
"But he's scared," she checked the door to see if he had come in. "I bet he went to the library again to do more research. I'm so worried!"
"What do they have to do anyway?" Lita asked.
"I'm not sure," Serena said. "I hope they're not supposed to actually fight it or anything!"
"Maybe they have to take something from it," Lydia suggested.
"I've got to talk to Hermione," Serena picked up her bush and walked over to Hermione. "Hermione, I'm worried about Harry. Where do you think he went?"
"No idea," Hermione answered, eyes on her bush.
"Did you see him at breakfast this morning?" Serena asked. "He couldn't even eat!"
"Serena," Hermione muttered and Harry finally walked in. "Harry."
"Harry!" Serena spun around as he walked in. "Harry, are you okay?"
"Yeah, fine," he answered, looking kind of confused. He turned to Hermione. "Hermione, I need you to help me."
"What d'you think I've been trying to do, Harry?" she demanded.
"I need to learn how to do a Summoning Charm properly by tomorrow afternoon."
"Have you found a way to get passed the dragon?" Serena asked hopefully.
"Yeah," he answered. "I'm going to fly but I need to learn how to summon my Firebolt first."
Serena sighed. Maybe she didn't have to hide in the distance as Sailor Moon after all.
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At lunch, Lita and Mina hurried to the Hufflepuff table to tell him about the dragons. They were surprised when he told them that he already knew—and it was Harry who had told him.
"Why did Harry tell you about the dragons?" Lita asked.
"He said Fleur and Viktor would already know," he answered. "Said it would be fair if we all knew."
"Any idea how you're going to get passed a dragon?" Mina inquired.
"No," he replied. "I only know enough about dragons to stay away from them. I'm scared of them. My dad's in the department for Regulation and Control of Magical creatures and I heard some wild stories."
"Well," Lita said, grabbing his arm and forcing him up, "the best way to get over your fear of something is to learn more about it!"
"But, Lita!" he exclaimed.
"Come on, Cedric," Mina said as she took his other arm and they took him out of the Great Hall. "You've got less than a day to come up with something. TO THE LIBRARY!"
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To Be Continued--
Other readers besides Mae-E: Don't read if you don't want to be spoiled!Mae-E answers to your many questions. I tried Iming them to you earlier but you weren't online. I don't mind putting it in the chapters if you don't mind waiting longer. If I email them to you it might be faster. You can email me more questions if you want to later.
You mentioned that while they studying astrology that the teacher proclaimed Harry was born under the planetSaturn, is he in some unknown way related to Hotaru? No--actually that was written in the book so I just went with it. Harry's a Leo and his planet's the sun (like Lydia--not related or anything) but I think Professor Trelawny said that Harry's planet was Saturn and he was born in midwinter (she thinks he's a Capricorn) because MAYBE Tom Riddle is a Capricorn and she was reading his information. Remember in book 2 Dumbledore told Harry that Voldemort channeled some of himself into Harry when he tried to kill him?
Will Hotaru and the other outers show up in this story at all? They'll be mentioned a couple times probably in this story but they won't show up. Maybe in the sequels--well, Pluto for sure but I don't know about the others. Pluto will come to Serena in a dream in the sequel.
Did Raye have such a severe reaction to the curse because she could somehow sense that he wasn't really who he pretending to be? Yeah--exactly! She heard Crouch instead of Moody, but she didn't know she did. She thinks that's just what the curse feels like when a psychic is placed under the curse.
Is the person impersonating the teacher the one that Raye keeps sensing in her dreams but can't see? No
Could the magical eye enable the wearer to see thru the magic that protects the scouts' identities while they are transformed and recognize them in the everyday forms? No.
How will ms. indigo react to the news of her ex-partner not only teaching them the curses but performing them on them? She'll be surprised but thinks that's what Dumbledore wanted. She's impressed they threw off the curse. Maybe Dumbledore DID want Moody to show them the curses. She thinks he's being more paranoid than normal.
Could the person that the scouts heard in their heads telling them to fight the curse, have been the part of them that was their inner warriors from their past lives during the sliver millennium?
We don't know what the voice was Harry heard to stop but I'm guessing it's their subconscious mind or a stronger part of him that is only in certain wizards and witches. So I can use the scouts past selves if they were stronger. It really doesn't matter who but I think the voice is the individual.
If you do go the route of Harry and Hotaru being some how related in some way back in the silver millennium,Would that explain why he could throw off the curse and where the voice came from?
No Harry either probably threw off the curse because of having some of voldy's powers, or because of that prophecy thing--Harry being a very powerful wizard. But the fan fiction side I'm writing about Harry is that he was a Lunarian. That is a big spoiler--don't tell anyone! You're not supposed to find out until the sequel!Is someone trying to manipulate Raye thru her dreams in an attempt to turn her to the dark side and against her fellow scouts? Wow, you're close! In a way, yes.
Does mina's mother know about her scouts' powers? No.
As things start to get more and more out of control and unpredictable will the scouts have to step in to help out? During the tasks and stuff? No. Not for a while.
How will people react if the find out that Luna, Artemis, and Lucky can talk?They won't--but they have plenty of close calls. Luna has to remind them not to say anything around the other students. Eventually the trio will know.
What reaction will there be if her housemates see Raye wearing a s.p.e.w. button?She doesn't wear it around her housemates. She just keeps it in her pocket.
As Raye becomes closer friends with the Krum's and starts to spend more and more time with them, will it make other people in her house jealous? Sofia and Vladimir Saulite, (I used the surname from my Latvian missionary companion) they're not related to Krum--since I may say Sofia used to date Krum, for added drama when he asks Hermione! Well, Draco will be angry because Raye said no to him when he asked her to the ball because she's asked Vladimir (she knew Draco would try to ask her so she asks Vladimir as soon as she can.) The rest of her house really won't care as they get to know the Durmstrang students anyway.
What desperate and bizarre things will this person be driven to do in a fit of blind jealously? Oh, Draco will still put the moves on Raye.
what will happen when ms. indigo gets there? Maura will go look for Bertha Jorkins, thinking Bertha may have done something to the Goblet and is hiding. She finds out that Bertha's dead and tells the ministry and her partner when she shows up to theYule Ball--and he tries to act as Moody-ish as possible.
when will Lydia start to come across clues as to just who might have the sample off wood that suppose to be a match to hers? the one the tree told her about?Maybe in her 6th year when they study the magical attributes in trees.
does she find the blue coin at all in this story? If so will it be on school grounds?
Oh yes!! It will be in the lake! :) Did you say that or did someone ask that? Someone guessed she'd find it at the school lake. It won't be until after the 2nd task--when she notices how BLUE it is! :)
Will Lydia's parents be vindicated? Yeah, in the sequel.
Will she finally get to meet them? Yeah, she'll meet them in the sequel.
Will they find out about their daughter's secret pastime as a scout? Maybe eventually. Haven't decided.
Will they approve of her friends? Serena? Oh yeah. They'll love her friends.Her boyfriend? Yeah will he show up in this story? Not exactly. Which boyfriend? Seamus Finnigan. They'll become a definite couple in year 7.
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