Quidditch World Cup

Ok here's next chapter. As for Sirius dying…well…you'll just have to wait. I haven't actually thought that much about it…but I need an excuse to…well…you'll see. Also like…it is Draco/Leah but not until after fifth year. It's Harry/Leah for about a year and a half.

Leah sat between Harry and Hermione and right in front of Draco. She could feel his eyes on her and it made her even more determined to be closer to Harry. Sabrina was commenting with Bagman. Apart from her grandfather and Arthur, Bagman was her most favourite person in the whole ministry. He was so funny and he always made her laugh. Even though he believed Sirius to be guilty, he never talked about him in front of Leah, and she was grateful for that. Although she was mad at him for a short while she found out he really liked Sabrina…but that little crush thing was over and done with.

"Oh Harry, Hermione, you guys are gonna like this." Leah said, smiling.

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Because the players bring…mascot type things from their home country and they always put on a show." Leah said. "Normally Ireland has…" She didn't finish because Sabrina had just announced them and out came a giant shamrock. Leah nudged Harry and pointed at it.

"They bring a shamrock?" Harry asked.

"No you goofball." Leah said, smiling. "Look at what it's made of." She watched Harry look up at the shamrock.

"What are they?" He asked.

"Leprechauns." Leah said. Harry looked at her and she laughed at the look on his face. She chanced a look behind her and groaned inwardly when she saw Draco's eyes instantly shot from her to the shamrock. She looked at Harry again before looking at the stadium to where the Leprechauns were now sitting to one side.

Next was the Bulgarian mascots…Veela. Leah rolled her eyes at Hermione who giggled. Leah laughed while Hermione frowned and shook her head when the boys stood up. They each grabbed one and pulled them back into their seats. Arthur, Fred, George, Charlie, Bill and Percy had all stuffed their fingers into their ears so they didn't act like idiots. Leah looked at Harry who was looking embarrassed. She smiled then hugged and kissed him, making him feel better.

The game started and had her attention mixed between the game, Harry and Draco. She was glad his parents were there or else he would probably be giving her looks. He couldn't do that now, not after his father had already asked him what he was frowning at after Leah had kissed Harry.

"Are these games always like this?" Harry asked after The Ireland seeker crashed to the ground.

"No…their normally more violent then this." Leah said, laughing at the shocked look on Harry's face. "Hogwarts quidditch may be violent by itself, especially with the Gryffindor against Slytherin matches…" At that Leah glanced at Draco and wasn't surprised at all when she caught him looking at her and Harry. "But those are nothing compared to these games. Their brutal. I'm surprised it went this long before someone got majorly hurt."

"Whoa." Harry said.

"Yeah…first one I saw…I was like…umm…Bill!" Leah said, looking at Bill. He tore his eyes away from the game and looked at her. "How old was I when you guys brought me to a game for the first time?"

"7." Bill said.

"Ok thanks." Leah said. She looked at Harry. "I was 7."

"When I was 7 I got in trouble because I went to get my hair cut but it grew back and aunt Petunia didn't believe I did get it cut." Harry said. Leah laughed and he smiled at her.

By the end of the game, which was won by Ireland although Krum caught the snitch (just as Fred and George predicted), Leah was surprised it finished so fast. Normally they lasted longer then that. Sabrina joined them in heading back to the tents. Grandma had to work that day so she wasn't there and Grandpa was helping with the crowd control stuff.

Leah managed to talk everyone into sitting outside and talking about the game instead of fighting everyone into the tent. She also managed to talk Harry into going for a short walk with her. It really wasn't hard. All she had to say was "Hey Harry you wanna go for a walk?" and he practically jumped at the chance to be alone with her…or as alone as you could get in a camp ground.

"You hear from Sirius?" Harry asked.

"Yeah actually…he spent the first few days of summer holiday at my place before he took off." Leah said.

"Where'd he keep Buckbeak then?" Harry asked.

"Uh…actually…I have no clue where Buckbeak was." Leah said, thinking back. "Mum or dad probably hid him. What about you?"

"Yeah…been getting letters." Harry said. "I think he's somewhere tropical."

"You get the colourful bird too huh." Leah said, smiling. Harry smiled too and nodded. Leah looked at the ground and kicked a rock.

"We should head back." Harry said after a minute. Leah looked up and nodded. They turned and headed back to the campsite. When they got there, it was to find Leah's grandpa there as well.

"Hey grandpa!" Leah said, hugging him.

"Hey little one." Grandpa said.

"Grandpa…I'm almost as tall as grandma is." Leah said.

"Yeah…but grandma is a midget." Sabrina said. "Intro hun. I already introduced him to Hermione."

"Oh right." Leah said. "Grandpa…this is Harry."

"I can tell." Grandpa said. Leah smiled. "Well…you do remind me of your father. Met him a few times."

"And scared him the first time." Sabrina said, smiling at the memory. Everyone but Arthur and Grandpa looked confused. "Ok…come on everyone…sleep time."

"Night guys." Leah said. "Night Harry." Everyone said good night to each other and Leah joined Sabrina in their tent.

"Boy…you really do like him don't ya." Sabrina said.

"What?" Leah asked.

"Harry." Sabrina said.

"It's amazing…a talk that should be happening between friends…is happening between me and my mother." Leah said, smiling.

"Hey…thought I was a friend to you." Sabrina said.

"You are mum. But you're also my mum." Leah said. They laughed for no reason then went to sleep.

Leah's dreams were interrupted by Sabrina shaking her awake. Right away Leah could tell something was wrong and instantly just slid her feet into her shoes and ran out of the tent behind her mom in just her pajama pants and tank top.

"What's going on?" Ginny asked. Leah looked over to see all the Weasleys, Harry and Hermione out as well. She looked ahead.

"Oh no!" Leah said. There was a mass, that seemed to get bigger every second, of people dressed in black robes, levitating a family. Leah recognized the man, although she couldn't remember his name. She knew they were muggles. "Stupid death eaters." Bill, Charlie and Percy emerged from the tent, fully clothed and with their wands out.

"We're gonna help the ministry." Bill said.

"Could see that coming." Leah said.

"Leah…this is no time for wise ass remarks." Sabrina said. "Just get into the forest with the others."

"But…" Leah said.

"Do it…I don't want anything to happen to you." Sabrina said. Leah sighed and nodded before helping George pull a tired and confused Ginny into the forest. Once they got in there, Leah let George pull her and looked around.

"What is it?" Fred asked.

"Harry, Ron and Hermione aren't with us." Leah said.

"What?" George said, whipping around and looking for his younger brother and his friends. "Oh that's just great."

"Relax George." Leah said. "They've gone through worse remember."

"Yeah." Ginny said. "Leah's right. There's no real harm in a forest."

"Look…if it makes you feel better…I'll go back and look for them." Leah said.

"Oh no…we don't need you lost as well." Fred said.

"Oh please…I have a very keen sense of direction." Leah said, winking and turning around before jogging back the way she came. She started walking after she got a certain distance from the others. Leah sighed and ran her hand through her hair. "Bed head…where's a brush when you need one."

"Don't know about brush…but I do know, slightly, about boyfriend." Leah looked around before she spotted Draco. She groaned but walked over to him anyways. "They just ran past here a few minutes ago. Keeping Granger away from the Death Eaters."

"And your parents." Leah said quietly. Draco didn't say anything. "Not doing it…not here."

"Doing what?" Draco asked.

"You know what." Leah said. Draco nodded. "Just…do not come near me this year alright? I wanna have a good year and with you in the picture…it's just gonna mess things up."

"Fine." Draco said. He pointed. "They went that way." Leah nodded and ran in the direction Draco indicated.

She found them and saw a bunch of ministry wizards around them. Arthur and Sabrina were standing by them. Leah pushed her way through the adults and joined them. Harry gave her a questioning look but she ignored him. She knew there was going to be questions about where she was but at the moment she was just focused on what was going on. Leah's eyes turned to see Crouch come out of the trees. She felt Harry nudge her and saw him point. Leah looked down to see the house elf that was sitting behind them in the stands. She would have to ask questions as well.

"There was no one there." Crouch said. Leah looked at Sabrina, looking for some kind of answer in her mother's eyes. Sabrina nodded up at the sky and, for the first time that night, Leah saw the skull. She wondered how she never spotted it before. The forest was dense…but not that dense. There was no way to miss it. Then Leah remember Draco and she realized that her mind was full of thoughts of him while she was talking with him and while she was running to find her friends. She completely missed everything else said and done while she was trying to figure out what she was going to do about the bleached ferret. The only thing she caught was Winky bursting into tears and begging Crouch for something. Then she felt Sabrina's hand on her back, leading her to the campsite.

They only got a few hours sleep before Leah went with the Weasleys, Harry and Hermione back to the Weasleys house. Sabrina and Grandpa apparated to the ministry. Molly made a big fuss when they got there…actually…she just made a big fuss over the twins. Arthur got her off of them and they all went inside where Hermione made her tea.

Leah really didn't want to hear about what happened so she went out back and watched Crookshanks chasing the gnomes. It was a funny sight but Leah couldn't get her mind off of that damned skull and the dream she had in the two hours of sleep she got. The dream was weird in itself but there was some kind of hidden message in it.

"Hey." Harry said, coming outside and sitting next to Leah. Leah looked at him. "Mrs. Weasley said it's time for lunch."

"I'm not hungry." Leah said.

"Yeah sure." Harry said. "Le…I haven't seen you eat in like…well…never really. When you do…it's barely anything." Leah looked at the ground. "Come on…I'm worried about you."

"Don't be…I'm fine." Leah said. "I'm gonna see what Molly got me." She stood up and went inside, ignored the others and went up to the room she shared with Hermione and Ginny. Leah wasn't surprised to see her trunk there, Sabrina probably planned on having her stay the rest of the holiday…again. Once…just once…she'd like to go to the station with her mom. Leah sighed and started packing her things up. She stopped and looked at the letter that was attached to her Hogwarts one. Her eyes went wide when she read it. It was a little confusing when she saw that Hermione had a dress robe and she didn't, not that it was disappointing, just confusing. The letter explained it all.

Let's see if you can guess why Leah won't need a dress robe for the ball. She is planning on going and she will be there, but let's see if you can figure it out.