"Two Gryffindor students competing!" George chuckled the day after in the library, "We're bound to win!"
Caprice was gathered with all her friends in the library and had recounted every word spoken in the other chamber last night.
"Can't we focus on the task?" Caprice asked impatiently, "It's designed to test our daring?"
"What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?" Angelina asked.
Caprice shrugged, "But it's driving me insane!"
"Well, you've got twenty-four days to figure it out." Fred said.
"I know. Bloody hell. I need an insider. Someone who can get me all the facts of what's going on and everything." Caprice snorts.
"Come on Caprice it can't be that bad!" Christi says.
"Yes it is!" she whines.
"Well you're bound to figure it out. Who knows maybe one of the others will figure it out and they'll tell you. You definitely know Harry will tell you if he figures it out."
"How's he gonna figure it out? Look, Harry's the Boy Who Lived. Doesn't mean he's got future-seeing skills, or telepathy or superpowers or anything."
"Just saying! No need to get snappy there. Besides I need to get to class. Double Potions and if I'm late Snape will give me a never ending detention." Christi said gathering her belongings and heading to her Potions class.
"Well changing the subject I heard from Charlie in Romania!" Ron said as he had study hall at the moment.
"And?"
"They're getting four dragons. Bloody vicious from the sounds of it. They need to be transported somewhere. Where he didn't say."
Caprice growled, "This is hopeless!"
"It could be something." Fred said.
"Oh yea like what!" Caprice snaps.
"Who the bloody hell knows but it could be something!" Fred tells her.
Caprice just shrieks and leans back in her seat.
Walking into the Potions class Christi goes right over to her seat and grabs her quill and ink. Setting them on her desk she pulls out her parchment and Potions textbook.
"Hello love." She hears from beside her.
"Hey. Where have you been all day?"
"Family matters." He says.
She nods and settles in as Snape comes in and heads right up to the chalk board and starts writing down their lesson for the day.
"Bloody hell that's difficult." Christi mutters under her breath.
§Weighing of the Wands§
It was later that day and Caprice was in a fairly small classroom, speaking to Fleur. Victor was standing moodily in a corner. Harry hadn't arrived yet, so they couldn't begin the weighing of the wands, the photo shoot and the interviews.
"So how's Beauxbatons?" Caprice asked.
"Is fantasteec!" she said airily, "I do not want to brag about eet, but in ze wintertime, ze snow falls much more… So to say, uh, more majestic zan eet does 'ere."
"Do you not like Hogwarts?"
"'Ogwarts ees like a… Well, a castle! Beauxbatons ees a palace!"
Caprice nodded and then Harry came in. Bagman pounced on him and began talking to him. Caprice and Fleur continued their conversation.
"So where do you leeve, Capreece?" Fleur asked, "Surely you are not from England?"
"My accent gave me away?" Caprice laughed. Fleur nodded and Caprice said, "I live in Scotland. But I visit my family in Greece a lot."
They continued to talk as Rita pulled Harry into a broom cupboard, questioned him and then Dumbledore and Mr. Ollivander came into the room. Harry and Rita came out, Harry looking thoroughly annoyed.
"May I introduce Mr. Ollivander!" Dumbledore said to the four champions. He sat down at his place at the judge's table. "He will be checking your wands to ensure that they are in good condition before the tournament."
"Mademoiselle Delacour," Mr. Ollivander addressed Fleur, "Could we have you first, please?" Fleur handed him her wand and he twirled it in his fingers, producing several gold sparks. "Yes… Nine and a half inches… Inflexible… rosewood… and containing, dear me…"
"An 'air from ze 'ead of a Veela." Fleur said, "One of my grandmuzzer's."
"Yes… Yes, I've never used Veela hair myself of course. I find that it makes temperamental wands… However, to each his own, and it this suits you…"
He ran his fingers along the length, checking for scratches or bumps. Then he muttered a spell, which made a bunch of flowers burst from the tip. "Very well, very well. It's in fine working order." he turned to Caprice, "Ms. Venizelos, you next."
Caprice walked over and smiled, handing her wand to him.
Mr. Ollivander smiled, "Ah, now this is one of mine, isn't it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Yes, I remember it well. Containing a single hair of a particularly fine mail unicorn. Must have been seventeen hands; nearly gored me with its horn after I plucked his tail. Twelve and a quarter inches… Ash… Pleasantly springy. It's in fine condition, you treat it regularly!"
"I polished it last night." Caprice smiled. Mr. Ollivander lastly sent a stream of silver smoke rings from it, and was satisfied.
"Mr. Krum, you next?"
The rest of the Weighing went on and after they took a few photos, they were allowed to go to dinner.
£Week Later£
"Caprice!" Harry calls rushing over to her in the courtyard.
"What's up Harry?" she asks.
"The first task. It's dragons!" he said.
"DRAGONS!" she cries.
He nods and leans back on his heels.
"Thanks Harry." She said.
"No problem." He said walking past the tree there and he hears.
"You know Potter, my father and I have a bet going on. I say you won't last ten minutes into the first task. My father says five."
"I don't care what you or your father think Malfoy." Harry growls as Draco jumps out of the tree and his little gang comes over.
They start taunting Harry just as Moody comes over and Christi walks out of the library and sees.
She rolls her eyes and goes over to them just as Moody transfigures Draco into a white ferret making her giggle and go over to the gathering crowd.
Everyone starts laughing as the transfigured Draco is put down Crabbe's pants making everyone laugh.
A moment later the transfigured Draco comes out the pant leg and then tries to scamper off but McGonagall transfigures him back.
He leaps up and goes to run off but Christi grabs his arm and looks at him.
"Go and apologize to Harry or I'll make you wait even longer to public and there's only a week left. I'll make it two more months." She smirks.
She enjoyed being able to hang that over his head in order to force him to be nice to Harry, Ron and Hermione.
He sighs and goes over to Harry and looks over at him.
"Sorry." Draco grunts.
"Whatever." Harry said and walked off.
Draco walks back over and he takes Christi's hand in his lacing their fingers together.
"Thank you. But can you please be nicer to them? They are my friends."
"Why?" he asks.
"Because this you. The you taunting them all the time isn't the real you. I know the real you and this isn't you."
"I forgot you could see right through that." He says.
"Of course." She giggles.
He smiles and kisses her cheek as they head over to Transfiguration the entire time Christi was gnawing on her lower lip silently. Draco trusted her enough that he let her see the real him. The one that didn't do what his father expected him to be. He let her see the person he wanted himself to be but yet she hid that she was part Veela from him making the guilt eat away at her.
The hour and half ends quickly with Christi being distracted the entire time and having twenty point s deducted from Slytherin.
When class ends Christi gathers her stuff then practically runs out of the classroom and she finds her sister coming from D.A.D.A.
"Caprice!" Christi yells.
"What?" she asks.
"I need your help."
"What now?"
Christi sighs and goes into the whole explanation of how Draco doesn't want to turn out like his father and how he wants to go and work in The Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
"Okay so now I'm feeling really guilty about hiding that big secret from him. It's eating at me! Help me!" she begs.
Caprice puts a finger to her chin and looks as if she's musing something deeply, "Hmmm... What would father say? Oh, yes. He'd tell you to keep your big mouth shut."
"You know how the guilt eats at me until I crack! Remember when you were eight and I was five and you broke mum's favorite lamp and you made me swear to keep it quiet until I cracked! Help me!" she begs.
"Don't let him slip you any Veritaserum." she shrugged half-heartedly.
"Ugh! You're no help! Anybody asks you haven't seen me." Christi says walking off toward the dungeons.
She gets in there then goes right over to her room and walks in then her tabby cat, Gilleyweed, leaps into her arms and starts purring softly and rubs his face against hers.
"Yes, I missed you too Gilleyweed. Oh what am I going to do? Keeping this secret is driving me crazy." She says screeching him behind his ears as she lies back on her bed.
§Black Lake§
Caprice and Fred were hanging out by the lake just enjoying their time together.
"I still can't believe you got picked for the Tournament. I'm worried." He sighs.
"Don't worry, love." Caprice smiles, snuggling deeper into his chest. She leaned up at nibbled at his neck and she said, "I'll be fine."
"If you keep this up my broomstick will want to come out and play." He chuckle softly into her hair.
"That's silly." Caprice smiled as he rubbed her back,"We can't do anything in the grass. There's bugs out here."
"And people." he pointed out.
She looked around and shrugged. "Who cares about them?"
He laughs and snogs her softly.
"You're crazy love." He chuckles but adds, "But that's what I love about you. Always taking risks. It would be cool to say that I'm courting a Triwizard Tournament champion when you win Cup and prize money."
She giggles and snogs him lacing her fingers in the firey red hair along his neck and standing on her tip toes as he's six foot three and she's at least a foot shorter than he is.
George and Angelina come walking up and look at them.
"Ah please! If you're going to do that do that in private!" George playfully cries out.
Fred and Caprice pull back and look at them.
"Way to ruin a moment dear twin." Fred says to George smirking.
Caprice glares at George, "And your brother got me so worked up, too. Such a shame."
Angelina laughs at them, "Go up to his room, then."
"That sounds like a plan." Fred said laughing.
"Mind in the gutter much love?" Caprice asks laughing.
"Have you two even... You know... Yet?" Angelina asked.
"No. It's only been two and half months since we started dating. We're taking it slowly. Not rushing it."
"Rumor has it Malfoy and your sister have shagged already. But that's all it is. A rumor." Angelina shrugged.
"Excuse me." Caprice growls stalking off to find a certain blonde.
She was first going to hex his family jewels off then strangle him then smack her sister.
"Hey, Caprice, wait!" Fred yells running after her.
"What! They're only fourteen they shouldn't be shagging at fourteen!" she hisses.
"Don't do anything rash. Yes you can protect your sister just don't do anything to rash."
"I can't make any promises." She says then finds Draco coming out of the closest boys bathroom.
"MALFOY!" she yells.
He turns and sees Caprice coming over to him and she looked pissed and he backed away slowly.
"Yea?" he asks nervously.
She doesn't say anything but casts the hair loss curse at him.
"What the bloody hell is your problem!" he yells.
"Have you and my sister shagged?" she hisses as Christi comes over.
"BLOODY HELL! CAPRICIA NOELLE! WHAT DID YOU DO!" Christi shrieks going over to Draco.
"Come on, let's get you over to Snape. He'll know what to do." Christi says glaring at her sister.
They get to Snape's office and Christi knocks.
"Enter." He drones.
Christi hesitantly pushes the door open and he looks up and he has to hide the look of surprise on his face when he sees Draco.
"What happened?"
"Christi's highly over protective sister. She threw the hair loss curse at me then she wanted to know about something in Christi's and my relationship. Can you help? I can't walk around school like this."
Snape performs then counter curse then sends them on their way.
"I can't believe my sister! What was she so pissed about?"
"She wanted to know if we've shagged. I never had the chance to answer her she threw the hair loss curse at me."
Christi snorts when they get up to where Caprice is she and goes over to her.
"Hey! You have no right to go after my boyfriend like that and especially asking about private areas in our relationship and what is it to you even?"
"It's my right as your sister to protect you. Don't lose your virginity to someone... okay, sure, loose it to him, but don't lose it when your fourteen." she paused and added, "Please tell me you've still got it."
"Yes! For Merlin fucking sake! You don't need to know every little detail of my private personal life and you most certainly didn't need to curse my boyfriend either! I'm not a little kid. I don't need you being so protective of me."
Caprice puts her hands to her hair in frustration, and shrieks. "Yes, Christi, you are a little kid! You still are! And while I may certainly not be an adult, I am your older sister! No, you won't be a little kid forever, but... Right now you are!"
"I'm not a little kid! A kid is a first year! I'm not a first year! Caprice why are you hung up over this! It's not a big deal! Whatever you heard is just a stupid rumor that someone probably made up! Caprice you need to lay off on being so protective of me!"
"You're a little kid in my eyes. And yes, you having sex... It is a big deal! You're my little sister! And you're only fourteen. Yes, I over looked the fact that it could have been a rumor but all I was focused on was that you might be having sex! And Christi... I will never stop being protective of you. Live with it."
"Yes its fine to be protective of me but not so protective to point of cursing my boyfriend. How would you feel if I did what you did to Draco to Fred? Caprice you need to trust me and let me make my own mistakes and everything. You need to trust me." Christi says.
"Okay... I was in a hateful rage when I cursed him though, and it won't happen again. Unless he gets you pregnant..."
"Yea well he's not going to get shagged anytime soon. It's just going to be him and his hand for a while. So no need for worrying about me getting pregnant. Besides he's not the player all the girls portray him to be. He's actually a gentleman." Christi said.
Caprice sighs and says, "I'm sorry. I'll back off a bit of being over protective you. I'm just trying to look out for you."
Christi smiles and hugs her sister.
"Apology accepted now can you apologize to Draco? You scared him shitless and apologize for cursing his hair off."
"Sorry about that Malfoy. I was just protecting my sister."
"It's not a problem." He said.