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Disclaimer: I am not J K Rowling, otherwise I would be able to pay for beautiful covers. (Because I did want to pay her, it's so beautiful and took up so much of her time.)

~Amaya~

Fred's POV

"Harry Potter?!" Cairo exclaimed. "Harry Potter?! He wouldn't be so stupid!"

I had to agree with her; Harry wasn't the type to put his name in the Goblet of Fire illegally, even if we had suggested for him to do it a few times. He was into honesty and nobility and stupid things like that. Besides, if he had done it, why hadn't he gotten a beard? I groaned, putting my head on the table. I'm not sharp enough to comprehend all this.

George stood up, and I thought he was going to leave, but instead he was greeting Jadyn as she ran towards us. She had actually become our friend in the short time we had known her and, as she was now being shunned by the majority of her house for hanging out with 'our type', she spent most of her time with us.

"You know Harry Potter, right? How'd he do it?" she asked, with a look of excitement on her face. She was evidently not worried about him at all, unlike the three of us (though George and I wouldn't ever admit it to anyone).

"We don't know," George and I said together, just as Cairo said, "He didn't!"

Jadyn ignored Cairo, asking us, "Did he get an older student to do it for him? Why did he enter?"

"We don't know that either." "He didn't!"

"What would push him to enter? I thought he was all noble and stuff?"

"We still don't know." "He is!"

"Look, Jade - "

"It's Jadyn, George."

"Jadyn. We don't know anymore than you do. We could ask Ron and Hermione, though I doubt they'd tell us even if they knew anything," George finished. Jadyn huffed and walked with us out of the hall. She kept close to George, causing Cairo and I to exchange glances.

Cairo and I hung behind the other two. "One month," she whispered.

I shook my head. "Nah, too soon. I'd say he'd wait until at least February. Truth be told, he's not much of a ladies man."

"And you are?" Cairo asked.

"Ouch." I clutched my heart. "You wound me!"

She rolled her eyes and said, "I have a feeling they'll get together sooner than later. I mean, according to Triwizard tradition, the Yule Ball will be happening around Christmas. If he's smart, he'll ask her to that."

"The what?" I asked, my interest suddenly being peaked through the enchanted roof. If anyone knew about the Triwizard Tournament, it was Cairo. I mean, George and I knew a lot, but she knows about everything times ten. If that makes sense.

Cairo pulled a book from her bag, flipping it open to a page with a picture of people in dress robes dancing around a large ballroom. "The Yule Ball," she explained, "is a ball that occurs around the yule - pretty much, around Christmas time. It's meant for international magical cooperation. Technically, the whole tournament is about that, but, considering it's a competition, the antonym of cooperation, I think the term more properly suits the Yule Ball on it's own. Pretty much, you ask a girl you like to the ball, and you dance with her," she finished, swiftly shutting the book.

"Oh . . . Who are you going to take?" I asked. I could see in her eyes that she had an idea of who she wanted to go with, but it was lost after I asked the question.

She snapped her fingers in my face. "I'm a girl! I wait for a boy to ask me!" She paused. "Though I might have someone in mind who I'd like to ask me, but I'm hardly going to tell you!" Then, she stormed off, pushing in between George and Jadyn, towards the Gryffindor common room.

George and Jadyn stared after her as she walked briskly up the stairs, wiping her eyes. "What's eating her?" Jadyn asked.

"Definitely something I did, but I have no clue what," I said, joining them. "Ugh, girls."

Jadyn had her wand out faster than I could say 'oops.' "Wanna repeat that comment, buster?" I shook my head quickly, and she put her wand away, saying, "Alright, I'm going to go talk to Cairo. It's probably nothing that a girl chat can't fix."

George rolled his eyes and pulled me away as Jadyn darted up the stairs after Cairo. "Come on, Gred, let's go find Lee or something."

Jadyn's POV

I hadn't exactly worked this through. I had never thought about what would happen if I hadn't caught up with Cairo before she entered the Gryffindor common room. Now, I stood outside the portrait hole, pleading with the Fat Lady to allow me entry.

"Oh please! You saw Cairo enter yourself! And you saw how sad she was! We're friends, and I need to talk with her!" I begged.

The Fat Lady eyed my suspiciously. "How do I know this isn't a trick? You are a Slytherin, after all."

I groaned, hanging my head in resignation. "I hate my house," I muttered, ready to turn and walk away, when I heard the portrait creak open.

"Is it true? What you've been saying?" I recognised the young fourth year as Hermione Granger, best friend of Harry Potter.

"Yes!" I exclaimed. "Every word of it! I just want to speak with Cairo, then I'll leave! I swear!"

Hermione opened the portrait wider to allow me entry, but said warningly as I passed, "If I find out you're lying, I'll get my friend Ginny to hex you, and trust me, she does a mean hex." I nodded gratefully and practically flew towards the armchair, where I could see Cairo curled in a ball and sobbing quietly. In my peripheral vision, I saw Hermione go up a flight of spiral stairs to her dorm.

I put a comforting hand on Cairo's shoulder, sitting next to her. "Cairo, I just spent the last fifteen minutes trying to get in here, so you better tell me what's wrong and let me help you."

I heard a laugh through her tears, which was encouraging. "It's just Fred," she moaned. "You know how boys are."

"Yeah, I know," I commiserated. "But what did he do? He doesn't seem to know."

"Of course not," she snapped, finally uncurling and looking at me. I could see the fury in her eyes. "He's just so oblivious!" She exhaled, starting to calm down. "Jadyn, you can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you, alright?" I nodded hastily. Cairo glanced around the room to make sure nobody else was there, then said, "I fancy Fred. Too much for my own good. I'm seriously in love with him. But he - "

She didn't finish because tears were forming in her eyes by this point, but she also didn't need to. I understood. He didn't like her in the same way. She didn't want to jeopardize their friendship. So she didn't say anything. But she hinted at it, with high hopes. But he kept diminishing her hopes. But she kept trying, until she had finally broken down.

I wrapped her into a hug. "Cai . . . Is there anything I can do? I know we haven't been friends for too long, but - " I hesitated. "I'm going to tell you a secret now." She pulled away nodding and examining my expression. "I've never had real friends before you and the twins. Nobody in Slytherin liked me, and since I was in Slytherin, nobody from any other houses liked me. Before Hogwarts, when I was in grade school, they called me a freak, because of my eyes and my bursts of accidental magic. So I - I just want to help you."

Cairo pulled me into another, tighter hug. "Don't worry; I'll always be your friend, Jadyn." I smiled as we hugged. Cairo was so compassionate, I knew that she would be one of those forever friends that you're lucky to have. I just hope it stays that way.