A/N: Thank you for the reviews.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
Dedication: To my piggy. Hehe.
I hardly paid attention in class all day. My mind switched from Chris to David to the first task. When the classes finally ended and I made my way back up to the dormitory that day, I was amazingly confused.
Claire could tell that something was bothering me. She came up to me and asked me what was wrong. I just shook my head at her. "Don't worry about it." I said, and Claire shrugged.
"So, what do you think is coming for the first task?" She asked curiously. I shrugged. I truly had no idea, and I knew that soon we would be getting a clue soon… I was curious as to when we would be getting it. I hoped that it would be soon, because I needed to figure out what to do.
When all of us got back to our dorms, I got my wish. There was a package sitting on my bed, and one on Claire's. I grabbed mine, and I noticed a letter flutter to she ground and under my bed. Not bothering to pick it up yet, I ripped open the package. Inside was an ordinary mirror.
I looked into it, expecting to see my own reflection. Instead, I saw a whole bunch of animals running around. Looking closer, I recognized almost all of them as creatures that I had studied in Care of magical creatures. They were all dangerous to humans, so we only read about them, and a few of them the teacher handled. Now I was afraid that we might be doing something with them.
I continued to gaze into the mirror. Soon, the animals disappeared, and there something hanging from above whatever was below. Watching it, I noticed that spells were being fired at it, and they were being deflected.
I glanced at Claire, who was still staring intently at her mirror. She looked up at me, looking completely puzzled.
"Do you have any idea of what we are supposed to do?" She asked, and I shook my head. I had absolutely no idea what to do now that I had this bit of information. All of the other girls were watching the two of us intently. I handed mine to Carina, who took it with interest. She, along with three of the other girls, watched the mirror intently. The remaining girls gathered around Claire's mirror.
"What do you think it means?" I asked curiously, and they all shrugged. They had no idea, and, unfortunately, neither did I.
"Let's go to dinner and think about this." Claire said, and I followed her downstairs.
We walked to the dining hall, and my thoughts once again turned to Chris and David. Then, I thought about Chris's past. His past was nothing compared to mine. I had been dumped by the on I loved, raped, then depressed, and made a suicide attempt. None of the people here, except Sirius, knew about any of that stuff. It made Chris's past seem almost normal.
I thought about David then. He had been some how connected with all but one of those things. Maybe he was the reason that my past was so horrible… I had no idea what would have happened if I never was with David in the first place, but I don't know… Maybe things would have turned out worse, because David was the one who rescued my from the snow after I had jumped… But then again he was the whole reason I jumped in the first place…
By the time we got to the dining hall, my head was swirling with so much information that I couldn't keep my thoughts straight. My mind slipped from David to Chris to the first task. I wanted badly to just wake up and have all my problems solved, but I knew that was not about to happen.
When I sat down, Chris turned and smiled at me. I felt my heart go flutter, and danger signs flashed in my head. I knew that I was falling for Chris, and falling fast. I couldn't let that happen. I would not let myself cheat on David. Again.
The time flew by, and before I knew it, it was the Monday before the first task. I couldn't believe it when Claire told me. My mind had been so full lately, that I hadn't paid attention to anything, let alone the time.
I had made a decision on David and Chris, and I was wondering if I would regret it when I made that decision… I had really no idea until it happened, but I was terrified that I would make the wrong decision and basically screw up the rest of my life.
I really didn't have any idea what I was going to do about the first task… A week ago, we had a wand weighing, and they had given us a little more information about the first task. We should be very prepared, and have good defense. I had been practicing my best defense spells, and a few offensive ones to, but that was about all I have done to prepare for the first task.
As the end of the week and the task grew closer, I became more and more nervous. Not only was the first task coming, I would get to see Tess and David and Tyler and everyone who I had missed and left at home. I wondered if I would seem any different to them… Sirius said that my voice has changed, like the accent had changed.
I was worried that I might seem stuck up to them now, because I have a whole new set of friends. Maybe they would think that I didn't need them anymore.
By Thursday night, I was in a panic. I was afraid, yet excited. I wanted to see my friends so bad the next day, but I was worried about how they would act after not seeing them for almost a month. I was especially afraid of seeing David.
The task also had me very preoccupied, but I was more worried about my friends. Claire and everyone could tell that more then the task was bothering me, so they kept asking me if I was okay.
"I'm fine!" I said impatiently, when Jeanne asked me if I was okay. She looked kind of hurt that I had said it like that. I felt my scowl soften.
"I'm sorry… It's just m really worried about some stuff and what I am going to do…" I said softly, and Claire looked over at me.
"Want to talk about it?" Claire said softly, and I shook my head. These people wouldn't really know what to do.
When I climbed into bed a little later, I knew that I would not be able to sleep. My swirling mind was so full that I would never be able to sleep. It had been full the past nights, but now my mind was in overdrive.
I lay there until sometime around three, when I finally drifted to sleep. I had dreams about mirrors, David, Chris and Tess.
When I woke up Friday morning, it was late. I looked at the clock by my bed, which read eleven o'clock. I jumped up to get ready, but then I remembered that the champions didn't have to go the classes today.
I did get up anyways and get dressed. I made my way downstairs, where I noticed Claire sitting. She looked up at me and smiled.
"Hey sleepyhead." She said, and I laughed softly.
"Do you know when the Hogwarts students who are coming to watch the task are coming?" I asked her, and she nodded.
"They are arriving at lunch time, and they are all spending the night and leaving either tomorrow or Sunday morning." Claire said.
"Yes!" I shouted. I had no idea that they were going to stay for the weekend. I had thought that they were only coming for the task and then leaving. I was incredibly happy that they were actually going to stay for a while.
I glanced at my watch. It was eleven thirty, which meant that they were coming in half an hour.
"We are supposed to go down to the Quiditch pitch in fifteen minutes. We will have lunch there, and then we will be given instructions and get ready to go." Claire said, and I frowned. I had wanted to see my friends before we had to go to on, but oh well. I was just glad that I would get to see them at all.
Fifteen minutes later, Clair and I made out way down to the pitch. Actually, I followed her down to the pitch, since I have no idea how to get there myself. It took longer then I thought to get there. Their castle was a lot larger then Hogwarts, and it was more complicated.
Once we got the pitch and figured out where to go, it was noon. When the two of us got to the room off the pitch where we were supposed to be, both Claire and I were surprised.
"Mom! Dad!" I cried, and I ran to them. They were here. I hugged my dad extra tight, and then I hugged my mom. When I hugged my mom, I noticed that there was a large bulge at her stomach… I looked down.
'Your pregnant!" I exclaimed. My mom nodded, her face glowing.
"But you're…you're… why?" I asked. I almost told my mom that she was old, but I didn't.
"We didn't mean for it to happen… it just did." My mom said, and I realized why the baby had happened. I didn't want to think of my parents going at it. That was just disgusting.
"When is it due?" I asked.
"She is due in February." My mom said, and I squealed.
"It's a girl?" I asked, excited. If it were a girl, which would mean that it would even out the numbers… there would be the same amount of boys as girls.
My mom nodded, and I squealed again. I glanced at my dad, to se his expression, but he was staring off in the distance.
I followed his stare to Claire and her parents. Claire was talking to her father, a very large man. I don't remember him from when I was a kid. I remember that he never came to family reunions. Then I remembered that Claire was muggle-born, so her parents were muggles. I remembered my aunt Jane, I knew that was she, so the man next to her must be my uncle…
"Hello Dudley." My dad said softly, and my uncle glanced over at me, then my dad. His eyes narrowed.
"Harry." He said, glaring at my dad.
"Do they still call you Dinky Didums?" My dad asked, apparently mocking my Uncle.
"Harry!" My mother whispered next to him.
Uncle Dudley said nothing back, he just glared at Harry.
"Sorry Gin, I just couldn't resist." My dad whispered back, and I burst out laughing. My mom and Dad sounded just like a couple of kids. My eyes met Claire's, and she started to laugh to, which made me laugh harder, which made her laugh harder and so on. My mom started laughing to, and then my dad, then my Aunt Jane, and finally my Uncle Dudley smiled, then laughed.
"Hmmm… I wonder what everyone is laughing at… Me perhaps?" I heard someone say, and everyone fell silent at once. Dumbledore and the other two heads had entered the room.
"Okay, now that you three have had your family reunion, I have an announcement. Each of you will choose something out of this bag, which will tell you which order you go in. Your job is to get to the box hanging in the air and to retrieve it using magic." Dumbledore told us, and the three of us nodded.
He held out the bag to the boy first, who put his hand in and pulled something out. He looked at it and nodded. Next, he held the bag out to Claire, who also took one. Now it was my turn. I put my hand in the bag and pulled out whatever was in there.
A/N: Twelve reviews, and I will update by next Friday.
