THE POTTER TWINS AND THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT
CHAPTER 8
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"Come with me, you two." Professor Moody pointed to Harry and Hazel.
They followed silently, thinking if there was trouble for them. They entered Professor Moody's office as he said,
"Very gracious of you to tell the Diggory boy about the dragons."
"How did you..."
"It was an accident." Hazel said anxiously.
"Oh, I wasn't accusing you two." He laughed gruffly. "It's just Dumbledore who plays it fair, cheating had always been a part of the tournament, now about the second task, what do you have in mind?"
"We really haven't thought about it yet." Harry said slowly.
"Better early then late, lad!"
"It screeches," Hazel told him, "When you open the egg."
"Well, Dumbledore made sure that, I won't be helping but play your strengths, and give this to Neville from me."
He handed Hazel a book,
"100 AQUATIC HERBS AND PLANTS."
"I wonder what was that for." Harry said.
"Yeah, I thought I was getting detention."
"I was thinking, Hazel," Harry started slowly. "That you don't need to participate in the 2nd task, whatever it is."
"Why?"
"You can do the third one, maybe if we divided the work..."
"I think it will work." Hazel was deep in thought. "Both of us get hurt, if we do or don't participate, either way, and if I stay back and..."
"Right." Harry started to see what she meant. " You could heal both of us, when I get hurt so do you.'
They made plans, as they entered the Gryffindor common room.
"Ah, There you are Neville," He handed the book to him.
"So what about the next task?" Hazel asked.
"First we have to find dates to the Yule ball." Harry reminded her. "We are beginning the ceremony remember?"
"hmmm!" Hazel said deep in thought as her gaze fell to Fred and George who sat in a corner, whispering something to each other.
" So are you going to ask Cho?" Hazel asked Harry.
"Hey!, How did you...?"
"Ohh, I am not blind, Harry."
"So are you, you ..."
"What ? me? " Hazel sniggered. She was very good at hiding this stuff.
"So did someone ask you?"
"Yes!"
"Who?"
Hazel counted off many people who had asked her to the ball just that morning.
"So who are you going with?" Harry asked curiously.
"I dunno."
Just as they found seats near the fire, Ron and Hermione came through the doors, bickering loudly.
"Just ask me before someone else does..." Hermione said with tears on her face as she turned to go to the girls dormitory.
"She has no one to go with." Ron said he sat down with the twins,
"She is going with someone, alright." Ginny told him.
"Who?" Harry asked her,
Ginny turned a deep flaming color, quite similar to her hair.
"We can't tell you that."
'Why not?" Ron asked Hazel stubbornly.
"Cuz she said so, you can see her date tomorrow night."
"Why? What so special?"
"You'll see!" Hazel said mysteriously. "Now, excuse me gentlemen, I have to go."
Hazel went to the girls dormitory with Ginny following her,
"So, You sure, you don't want me to ask Ron?"
"No!"
"You would rather go with someone you don't want to then with the person who didn't ask first?"
"Yes, and it's what you and Ginny are doing..."
"What do you mean?'
"She wants to go with Harry but she's going with Neville, you want to go with Fred but you are going with..."
"I haven't decided yet." Hazel sighed.
She was still hoping Fred would ask her, but he didn't.
"Okay!, It's alright, we'll go, and w'll all have fun,okay?" Hazel tried to brighten up.
"Yes, you deserve it, you just fought a dragon for an egg." Ginny said as all three of them broke in to laughs.
"Right!" Hermione smiled, But she was also sad that Ron didn't ask told Viktor Krum four times no, but the fifth time she gave in.
Hazel brooded over who she was going with, while Harry went to ask Cho Chang, he was really nervous,
"I hope one of us get to go with whom we want." She thought.
After lying on her bed for twenty minutes and analyzing her options, she decided to take her pick. She went past the doors and told Lee Jordan that she would be happy to accept his offer to that her to the yule ball.
"So you are going to the ball with Lee?"
"Yes, George!"
"Just..." He started to say somethig, and then something distracted him, "How can you tell us apart? Even our mom can't do that!"
"Call it a twin thing, George, but I always know which one is you and which one's Freddie!"
"And why is he Freddie and I am just George!"
Hazel and the Weasley twins had much in common, she shared the mischievous side, she had inherited from her father. They had spent many times in Hogwarts tricking Filch, she also had a Marauders map, like them.
"He is the cute one!"
"Oh, really," George punched her lightly on the shoulder.