Chapter Eight:
"I didn't think it was capable for you to get more detentions than us... combined," Fred teased as he and Kellie walked down the corridor(Fred's arm over her shoulders) to meet with George in the Great Hall. "Even if you wanted to enter the Triwizard Tournament, I don't think Professor McGonagall would let you."
"I don't want her to let me," sighed Kellie as Fred's hand began to play with her hair. She looked up at Fred for a moment and he looked quizically back at her.
"What's a-matter, love?" Fred asked as he took notice to Kellie looking at him strangely.
"I don't get how people get you and George mixed up," She said thinking about it as she looked forward to where they were walking. "I mean, you two are completely different, and it sometimes frustrating to have people get you two confused."
"Is that really what your thinking about?" asked Fred dismissing the topic she had started.
"What's that suppose to mean?" she sounded defensive about it.
"You know what I mean, Kellie, I'm not blind," she looked at him confused for a minute, but it mixed with a suspicious look, "You are obviously madly in love with me, and it infuriates you that people can mix me with George."
"Real charming." Kellie said rolling her eyes, "But that's not exactly what I'm thinking about."
"Does it contain that same statement, but with a different brother of mine?"
"What?!" Kellie shot, her voice jumping an octave higher than normal, "I am not madly in love with anyone."
"You just don't see it yet," Fred grinned as they made their way down the third floor staircase, "Kellie, you can tell me anything."
"I know... and some things I feel I shouldn't, so I normally go to Angelina, Alicia, or Ginny," Kellie explained as she removed his arm from over her shoulder. Fred stopped a step below and looked at her, "Fred..."
"I understand," Fred told her with a shrug, "just know that things always work out in the end."
They stood in silence for the moment before they heard footsteps coming and George appeared at the bottom of the staircase, "Is everything all right? I was about to come and get you both to see what was taking so long."
"We were just talking," Fred told George with a glance towards Kellie, who nodded. "Let's get to the front of the school to meet our newest targets- er- I mean guests for the year," Fred said as Kellie hit him in the arm, forcing him to correct his statement.
The three left to the Great Hall where Professor McGonagall, along with the other heads of houses were all making sure that every student was placed by year in rows. Once they were all in line, they were led out front of the school and waited for the two schools to arrive. "My heavens, it's cold." Cho Chang, an asian sixth year, and small friend of Kellie, whispered to her friends from Ravenclaw as she shivered.
"Aha! Unless I am very much mistaken, the delegation from Beauxbatons approaches!" called Dumbledore said with a gleeful smile.
"Where?" many of the students asked, looking around.
"There!" yelled one of the Ravenclaw sixth year boys, pointing to the sky above the forbidden forest.
"It's a dragon!" shrieked a first year, losing her head completely at the site of the large object flying their way.
"Don't be stupid..." a first year Gryffindor, Colin Creevey's brother Dennis, told the girl, "...it's a flying house!"
A blue and gold carriage landed and a boy had jumped out, followed by a large woman that look like she was around Hagrid's height. "That is an extraordinarily large woman," Alicia mumbled to Angelina and Kellie, who both stifled their laughs.
"Hey, I thought you said Beauxbatons was an all girls school, Kellie," Anglina asked with a small nudge into Kellie's ribs.
"I thought it was," defended Kellie as she looked at the boys and girls shivering behind their Head Mistresses large frame, "All their boys look like pretty boys, so it could easily be confusing. They look like girls."
"Come," said the Head Mistress, which Kellie learned from a fifth year standing in front of her the name was Madame Maxime, and her students followed into the Hogwarts Castle.
They were parted for the students to go through them, most of the boys in Hogwarts school memorized by the girls beauty, "Puts our lot to shame, don't they?" Katie Bell sighed with a small laugh as she turned around to talk to the three girls and Leanne.
"Mighty well," Kellie rolled her eyes, "They can be as beautiful as they want, you know they don't got any brains like we've got, Katie."
This caused the lot of Beauxbaton girls overhearing to send many glares Kellie's way. Kellie crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at them, causing the girls to look disgusted, and for the three chasers and Kellie to fall into fits of laughter.
"So crude," one of the Beauxbaton girls said, "I would 'ave thought that 'Ogwarts would be better manners."
"I thought it was funny," a Beauxbaton boy replied with a small laugh, "it is something we do not get to see everyday."
"Glad to give you a lift then," Kellie grinned as the girl stuck her nose up in the air and continued her way into the castle.
"Forgive Ilsa, she does not get along well with others," the boy said.
"No, no. It's just my personality," Kellie said modestly with a sly grin, "I was not raised well in mannerisms to know what a proper lady would find funny."
"Do not worry, I still find you quite funny."
"Clovis, do not fall behind," another boy called to the Beauxbaton boy that was talking to Kellie.
"Adue," he called with a small bow before leaving Kellie and the Gryffindor chasers.
"He's quite the charmer," Alicia teased, receiving a glare from Kellie, who had a light blush across her cheeks.
"What of Durmstrang?" asked Kellie, deciding best to change the topic at hand.
As if on cue, Lee Jordan yelled out, "The lake! Look at the lake!"
A whirlpool had begun and Kellie could hear one of the twins saying how Durmstrang got in a row with the Giant Squid and was now fighting their way to Hogwarts after an epic battle under the water. Soon a ship was rising out of the water, and soon after that, the proud sons of Durmstrang disembarked onto the land of Hogwarts.
Their Head Master talked to Dumbledore for a minute before beckoning a student forward, saying something about a head cold. They began their walk towards the castle, and many voices carried, "Krum- Viktor Krum!"
"The Bulgarian Seeker?" Angelina shot as she peered over the tops of the younger students to better look for herself. "Hey- they're coming this way! The Durmstrang boys with Krum!"
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Everyone was now seated in the Great Hall, the Beauxbaton students all mingled in with the Ravenclaws while the Durmstrang boys were all mingled in with Slytherin's groups. "Dark Arts they teach at Durmstrang," Kellie explained, "They should get along peachy with Slytherin... full of those rabid blood purity, joining the dark ranks... Real peachy life story there."
"Sounds like it," Fred mused, receiving a dead stare from Kellie.
The evening passed with the explanation of the Triwizard Tournament, the Triwizard Cup, and the age line that would surround it. Fred and George made it clear that they were not pleased with the age line, and would figure out a way to get through it.
"No," Kellie said strictly, "I'm not going to make you an aging potion."
"Do you still have some from our fourth year?" Fred asked her.
"What does it matter if I do or not?" She replied curiously.
"Well, it seemed to work quite well back then on your beloved uncled..."
"I'm not giving it to you," she replied curtly.
"But Kellie..." Fred wined, his bottom lip quivering.
"No."
"Please..."
"No."
"Where's it at?"
"I'm not going to tell you."
"Please?"
"No."
"Will you please not tell us where it's really not hidden which will lead us to the location of where it is actually hidden in the hopes that we will never be able to not find it?" George said quickly, sending Kellie's mind for a loop.
"No...?" George smirked, "Yes?"
"We need a sure answer, love," Fred had caught onto Georges game.
"Yes."
"Splendid, no going back."
"George!"
"Kellie, be quiet! Dumbledores looking over."
"Sorry!"
"You have to tell us now."
"No, I don't."
"You said you would."
"You confused me!"
"When do we not confuse you?"
"A lot."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Kellie! George!" Lee shot at them as Professor McGonagall walked towards them.
"Great..." the two groaned as their head of house approached, "this is all your fault."
"Mr Weasley, Miss Cotton, is there a reason for your rude behavior during this one-of-a-kind ceremony?" Professor McGonagall asked strictly.
"Of course, Professor, or else we wouldn't act so rudely," Kellie said cheekily, getting a couple of stifled laughs from surrounding Gryffindors, and a stern stare of unpleasement from Professor McGonagall, "sorry, Professor, I couldn't help but give it a try."
"You'll both be trying quite hard next week in detention to polish the trophies in the cases around the school."
"All of them?" George gaped.
"All of them, Mr Weasley."
"This is all your fault."
"My fault? How is it my fault?"
"You had to go and deny having it."
"Oh yes, because I'm the one that's trying to turn seventeen over again."
"You do realize Professor McGonagall is still behind you, right?" Fred asked Kellie in a low voice.
"No..." Kellie looked up with an innocent smile on her face as she peered at the Professor, "Good mornin' Professor!"
"It's evening, Miss Cotton."
Kellie laughed a little nervously, "Two weeks of detention sound good to you to, Professor?"
"Sounds perfect, Miss Cotton. Same for you, Mr Weasley," Fred laughed and poked fun at George, "And you too, Mr Weasley."
"What?!" Fred said shocked.
Their head of house left and Kellie hit each twin with a hand onto their arms. Each in turn telling her, "Weasley Abuse!"
The next day was Saturday, most students would normally have breakfasted late. Kellie was one of the first in the hall that morning with Alicia. Once they finished their breakfast, they went to sit down and watch people put their names into the goblet. It wasn't long before the twins and Lee Jordan entered, filled with laughter.
"Please, no..." Kellie hissed in prayer.
"Done it," Fred said in a triumphant whisper to Harry, Ron and Hermione, "just taken it."
"What?" asked Ron who looked royally confused.
"The Aging Potion, dung brains," said Fred knocking on Ron's head.
"One drop each," said George, rubbing his hands together with glee. "We only need to be a few months older."
"Ready?" Fred asked, knowing Lee would help her, "C'mon then, I'll go first-"
Fred jumped past the age line, his parchment in hand. Everyone thought it had worked, even George, who let out a yell of triumph and joined his twin. The two slipped their papers into the goblet, and suddenly were thrown out and back feet, each growing a long and large white beard, matching the others'.
The hall rang with laughter as Alicia and Kellie gasped. Lee was laughing the hardest, and could barely stand, so he was leaning on Alicia to remain upright. "I did warn you," came a deep, amused voice, and everyone turned to see Professor Dumbledore coming out of the Great Hall. He surveyed Fred and George, his eyes twinkling, "I suggest you both go up to Madam Pomfrey. She is already tending to Miss Fawcett, of Ravencalw, and Mr Summers, of Hufflepuff, both of whom decided to age themselves up a little too. Though I must say, neither of their beards are anything like as fine as yours."
Kellie and Lee accompanied the twins out of the hall, the twins, and Lee included, getting a hit in the arm from Kellie who called them outright stupid. "Weasley Abuse!" the twins chimed together, causing Lee to roar with more laughter.
"It's not funny. What if something worse happened!" Kellie hissed at them, looking hurt by their actions.
"Well, nothing worse did happen," Fred shrugged. He was the more reckless one, so Kellie should have expected that from him.
"You know what I mean, Fred!" she shot, "what if it made you go bald? Or shrink into a gnome? or turn you into an animal?"
"All that doesn't sound worse, but still unreasonably speaking, we'll grow beards eventually," Fred told her with a cheeky grin.
"And you'll eventually be bald too," she said shortly. Fred stared at her in disbelief.
"You're cruel," he told her.
"It's in the genes, genius," George said rolling his eyes.
Once they reached the Hospital Wing, Lee and Kellie sat on the chairs and waited for Ma'am Pomfrey to reverse the charm. Lee still found it amusing while Kellie was still a little upset that they still did it. "How'd you get the potion?" Kellie asked Lee.
"I'm not telling you," Lee said straight forward.
"But you do admit that it was the potion that I had?" she asked him.
"I do not deny anything," Lee stated. Kellie bit her bottom lip a bit, "What's wrong?"
"I'm going to kill them," she stated as she looked over to Fred and George, "I'm going to kill them."
Once they left the Hospital Wing about a half hour later, Fred and George were still gloating over their now shaved beards and how they had the best like no other. "Will you shut up about the beards all ready?" Kellie snapped as she glared up at Fred and George.
"What's wrong, love?" Fred asked, glancing over at her, "You're not usually this snappy with us."
"I'm sorry, it's just I didn't think you would be that irresponsible," she told them straight forward, "If you so desperately wanted your name to put it you should have asked Angelina or some seventh year."
"Well, you know us, Kellie, we don't like to do the expected," George told her, placing an arm over her shoulders.
"Well, by what you think is the unexpected has become the expected," she frowned, "To be unexpected would to do what is normally expected but not expected from you two."
"Can you repeat that?" Fred asked. Lee rolled his eyes before explaining, "Do something that people wouldn't expect from you, like doing something normal instead of this extravagant way of doing it."
"Oh, why didn't you just say that then?" George teased and Kellie pushed him away.
"I'm still mad at you two," she said crossing her arms, "Who gave you the potion?"
"No one did, love," Fred told her, "Why would you think it was your potion?"
"Lee told me," she stated.
"Lee! Why'd you lie to her!" George gasped, "How is she suppose to love and adore us if she thinks we're thieves!"
"I don't love and adore you!" Kellie protested but both twins engulfed her a tight hug she couldn't escape, "Let go! I need to breathe!"
That evening, they made their way back to the Great Hall for the Halloween feast. Fred and George had given up on the Goblet of Fire and were sitting down at the table rather blank faced while Kellie spoke to Lee. Harry, Ron and Hermione took seats near the group, Fred looked up before saying, "Hope it's Angelina."
"So do I!" Hermione told him, "We'll soon know..."
"Even though you guys aren't having the inter-school tournament, we can still go out to the pitch, can't we?" Kellie asked Lee as she heard the boys conversation near them.
"I would think so," Lee shrugged, "Why?"
"I don't know, I thought Fred and George might like to go there since they couldn't enter their names in the Goblet, clear their minds, hit a couple of bludgers around. You know, stress release."
"Yeah, sounds like a good idea," Lee said before the food had arrived on the plates in front of them. It was the second feast in two days, and Kellie sighed, not really liking the fact that there was so much food. Hermione had all ready bugged her a couple of times about S.P.E.W. and she had to deny taking part in it.
The plates emptied what felt like forever. The hall quickly died down and everyone looked up to the Goblet that was in front of the headmasters chair. The Headmaster got to his feet and the two other heads of schools looked tense and nervous as ever. Mr Bagman was winking at various students while Mr Crouch looked out-right bored.
"Well, the goblet is almost ready to make it's decision," Professor Dumbledore stated. "I estimate that it requires one more minute. Now, when the champions' names are called, I would ask them please to come into the next chamber," he said as he gestured to the door behind the staff table. "Where they will be receiving the first instructions."
The Headmaster brandished his wand, sweeping it greatly and all the candles except those that were in the pumpkins were extinguished. The Goblet appeared more brighter than ever in it's great blue-whiteness that was nearly to bright on the eyes. Lee looked anxious, "Any second now..."
The flames suddenly erupted into a red blaze, and many sparks began to fly from it. Next moment, a tongue of flame shot into the air, a charred piece of parchment fluttered out of it- the whole room gasped in amazement. No one had seen anything like it. The Headmaster caught the paper in his hand and held it at arms length to read it by the light that had returned to the blue-whiteness.
"The Durmstrange Champion," he started with a small paused, "will be Viktor Krum!"
"No surprise there!" Ron yelled as a storm of applause swept through the hall with the occasional scream. Viktor Krum rose from the Slytherin table and made his way to the head of the room where the table was at. He turned right and went to the hidden chamber.
"Bravo, Viktor!" his headmaster called over the applause, "I knew you had it in you!"
The clapping died down as the flames in the goblet began the blazing red again as a second parchment shot out of the flames. The Headmaster held it again at arms length near the light, "The Beauxbaton champion is," he looked around, "Fleur Delacour!"
"It's her, Ron!" Harry pointed to the girl who resembled a veela that had gracefully stood to her feet and swept up to the head table. The rest of Beauxbaton looked disappointed, including a pair of girls who had dissolved into raging tears that could be heard through the hall. Once Fleur had left to the next chamber, silence fell once more and a tense air rose, the Hogwarts Champion was next.
The flames turned red once more and a parchment shot out. Dumbledore reached out and grabbed it, looking at it, "The Hogwarts champion is..."
"Angelina Johnson, Angelina Johnson," practically the whole of Gryffindor was whispering.
"Cedric Diggory!"
There came protests from the Gryffindor table, but none were heard because the Hufflepuff table had grown into a large roar of applause and cheers as pretty boy Cedric Diggory had rose from his seat, a great smile splattered across his face as he made his way up. The applause didn't die down for a while, delaying the Headmasters next words. Once they did, the Headmaster spoke happily, "Excellent! Well, we now have our three champions. I am sure I can count upon all of you, including the remaining students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, to give your champions every ounce of support you can muster. By cheering your champion on, you will contribute in a very real-"
Kellie had let out a surprised gasp as the goblet had turned a blazing red again, as if another parchment would shoot out. "Fred! George! What did you do!" she shot looking at the two.
"It wasn't us!" Fred told her, "Honest!"
A parchment shot out of the goblet and Dumbledore instinctively grabbed it. Kellie's hand found George's, her fear that the twins found some way to get their names in and picked seem to have been coming true in that moment. George gave her hand a light squeeze, looking back at her and assuring her it wasn't them. There was a long pause of silence as everyone waited for the unexpected.
Dumbledore cleared his throat before saying, "Harry Potter."
Everyone's head turned to him. Kellie felt her heart sink as Harry looked clueless and confused as everyone was staring at him. There were no applause, and Harry seemed paralysed. Harry seemed to have snapped out of it and looked at the Gryffindor table, everyone was staring at him. He told them, "I didn't put my name in. You know I didn't!"
No body spoke until Dumbledore cleared his throat again, "Harry Potter! Harry! Up here, if you, please!"
"Go on," Hermione said encouragingly. Harry got to his feet awkwardly and walked up to the table. George squeezed Kellie's hand lightly again, causing her to look back at him. He didn't hold his normal humorous or happy look on his face. He looked rather pale, so did Fred. Harry reached Dumbledore, "Well... go on through the door, Harry."
Kellie realized she held been holding her breath and let it out. Dumbledore took the moment to speak, "Now the champions have been chosen. All of you will return to your dormitories and rest up. Remember, don't disturb the champions when they return tonight, they have a great planning ahead of them. Pip pip."
The four houses left, the Durmstrang to their ship and Beauxbatons to their carriages. "Kellie!" Kellie stopped and turned to see one of the Beauxbaton boys walking over quickly.
"Clovis," she said with a small smile, "Are you upset you didn't get chosen?"
"Oh no," he laughed, "I only came along to see new places. I'm not much for tournaments."
"Oh, well as long as your not disappointed then," Kellie laughed.
"So do you know what 'appened with that 'Arry Potter boy?" he asked her.
"No, but we'll hopefully find out soon," Kellie frowned.
"Oh," he said sadly, "Well, I can't be the last one 'ere, my friends will get upset with me," he laughed. "I'll see you around then."
"Okay, bye Clovis," Kellie said before departing away from the boy. She quickly caught up with the twins who had met up with Angelina and Alicia.
"Flirting with the enemy are we, Kellie?" Fred teased.
"I don't think we very much approve of that," Lee told her.
"The boys cute, leave her alone if she wants to flirt," Angelina said rolling her eyes.
"Can I talk to a guy and it not be flirting?" Kellie asked as she looked from the twins.
"Of course!" they chimed.
"Except when I'm talking to Cedric Diggory or Clovis, eh?" Kellie asked.
"Of course!" they chimed before Fred added, "And any other boy we don't find worthy."
"Is Lee worthy?" Kellie teased.
"Of course he is," Fred said.
"But he's your friend, so we know it's not flirting," George added. The group laughed a bit as they made their way to the common room. "Balderdash," Alicia said, giving it the latest of passwords.
"I really think we should congratulate Harry when he comes back, he didn't get a single applaud in the Great Hall," Angelina told them.
"Spread word, we'll keep everyone awake," Fred told them. "George and I will go to the kitchens to get food and drinks," they nodded and made sure everyone was gathered in the common room. It was a while later when Harry returned to the common room. When the portrait opened, everyone was screaming and cheering as people practically pulled him into the common room.
"You should've told us you'd entered!" Fred said half impressed and half annoyed, but happy for Harry non-the-less.
"How did ou do it without getting a beard? Brilliant!" roared George.
"I didn't," Harry said, "I don't know how-"
Angelina cut in, engulfing Harry in a tight hug, "If it couldn't be me, at least it's a Gryffindor!"
"You sound like your talking about a child, Angelina!" Alicia and Kellie teased.
"You'll be able to pay back Diggory for that last Quidditch match, Harry!" shouted Katie Bell.
"We've got food, Harry, come and have some-"
"I'm not hungry, I had enough at the feast-"
Everyone had insisted he drink butterbeer and eat more food. Everyone wanted to know how he had done it. How he fooled Dumbledore's age line. No one wanted to hear how he didn't put his name in, or how he wasn't hungry. Lee Jordan had unearthed a Gryffindor banner and drapped it around Harry like some sort of cloak. He continuously repeated, "I didn't! I don't know how it happened!"
Nobody heard his answer, and eventually he yelled out, "I'm tired!" which startled some of the nearer people. George had shoved some more butterbeer in his hands, and Harry had to tell him, "No, seriously, George- I'm going to bed."
Once Harry had left the common room, the party was still going. Kellie glanced to Angelina and they both nodded. "Sonorus!" Angelina said as she pointed her wand at her throat, "OKAY EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET HIGH TAILING OUT OF THE COMMON ROOM RIGHT NOW AND GO TO BED! WE ALL HAVE LONG DAYS AHEAD OF US!" she bellowed throughout the common room.
Groans could be heard while Kellie and Angelina high five each other, "Nice."
"As always," Angelina grinned. The two of them and Alicia headed up to their dormitory, still talking.
"So, Kellie, I saw George holding your hand," Alicia began to tease.
Kellie let out a groan, "He's my best friend, Alicia."
"Yeah, that's why he doesn't like you flirting with other guys," Angelina joined in on the teasing.
"It's nothing big," Kellie blushed, "Fred doesn't like it either."
"Whatever, girl," Angelina laughed, "I'm tired and full. I feel like we just won the inter-house cup and celebrated for three days straight."
"Sounds like a nice idea, sleep is," Alicia said with a laugh.
"Who are you trying to be? Yoda?" Kellie asked, referring to the Muggle movie.
"Yoda?" Alicia asked.
"Star Wars," Kellie shook her head, "Sorry, I forget sometimes."
"It's okay, we still love you," Angelina told her.
Disclaimer: I am not JKR
A/N: OMGeezles! I'm so sorry it's been forever! Like I was like, Oh tomorrow I turn 18, and then WHAM! I got super busy and I had writers block and I had new inspirations and it was all bad! I'm so sorry! Two and a half months! GWuah!!! I'm so sorry! Thank you for all the reviews though! Hopefully you're still interested in reading! D= I'm leaving out of town tonight and I'm super busy these next couple of weeks with many things. I'm traveling around a lot and in January I'm starting school again! So please forgive me! I'll try to update before two more months go by!