Claire was in her room she slightly hit her head on the back of her door, she just didn't under stand why she kept feeling the way she did. More that ever she wished her mother were there with her. She heard a familiar tapping on her window she went over to it and opened it.
They looked at one and other, Claire had tears in her eyes when she saw Cedric he looked s ad and hurt.
"Did you get my letter?" Claire asked him helping him in.
"What letter…I was wondering why you stopped talking to me?" Cedric said taking her hand.
"You saw what happened, Auror's found Draco and I hiding in a bush from the Deatheaters, I thought you knew your father said…" Claire started.
"He gave me this letter, but I knew some thing wasn't right about it, then I realized the I's weren't hearted…I know that when you write to me you put tiny hearts above them instead of dots." He said.
" You make me sound a bit foolish Cedric I am hard hearted, but for you I'm a softy, I am just so sorry you thought that I ever wanted to break up with you, I don't under stand why people can't just, leave us be…" Claire said.
Cedric pulled Claire to him he bent his head and kissed her, "They're jealous Claire… they can't stand how happy we are." He said kissing her again.
Harry made his way up stairs he wanted to talk to Claire before he went to bed he saw her door open slightly and went and opened it a bit, he saw them kissing it boiled his insides. He was wishing that he was Cedric and it made him feel bad that it made him so angry. Harry went into his room and laid back on his bed. He felt a familiar prickle in his scar as he fell into a sleep he found him self at the steps of an old mansion. Harry looked down at his hands they weren't his own, they were old and gnarled but he new for some reason he had to go into the house. He walked his leg hurt and he was limping to the door. Harry opened it and he wandered in her heard voices from the upper levels. Harry limped up the stairs and stopped in the shadows a chair was facing a lit fire and he saw…Wormtail! He watch the scene unfold he recognized the voice from the chair, it was Voldemort…Harry wanted to do something hex Wormtail, but he wasn't himself.
"Master I will make sure that Harry Potter dies when you are finished with him." Came another man who knelt before the chair.
"Go now then…wait Nagini tells me the old Muggle care taker it listening to our conversation." Voldemort said. Harry stepped back and he was the muggle Care taker.
The man who kneeled before Voldemort came toward him and Harry fell back, he let out a scream as a flash of green light enfolded him…
"Harry? Harry son wake up!" He heard his father. It was much late into the night he wondered how long he was asleep for.
"Dad its Voldemort he's alive…" Harry said
Panic fell on James' face as he held a hand over his mouth. He began to cry. "I have just thought about your, mother and what Voldemort did to us, all of us Harry." James said "You must close your mind to these dreams Harry."
"I was so angry when I fell asleep." Harry said.
"What about?" James asked him.
Harry put his hand on his scar which prickled and stung as he sat there staring into the wrinkles of his blanket. "Some thing that happened, what time is it?"
"Just after five we're going to the train today." James sad leaning against the post of Harry's bed.
"I'll just stay up then… I'm going to the bathroom." Harry Said getting up.
Harry look at himself in the mirror he didn't know what was going on with him…
Claire sat up where she had fallen the grave yard wasn't the quiet friendly one in Godric's Hollow it held ghostly figures and broken tomb stones. "Where am I?" Claire wondered as she walked around and looked at the area around her.
She stopped at one it read "Riddle" Claire muffled a scream and fell back, "It has to be Voldemort" She surveyed the area around her and felt a sudden tap on her shoulder.
"Morning Claire!" Sirius said as he picked up her clothes of the floor, "Hogwarts is waiting for you today, get up and get ready for breakfast."
Claire wondered how he could be so cheerful and rolled over and grumbled into her pillow. Claire heaved her self out of bed she pulled out a change of clothes for the day and went down stairs and saw every one hustling about.
"So know one knows how to drive it this house?" Remus asked looking at his friends.
"Oh I can drive Remus, Lily taught me, and I am just not all that confident why Helga drove I didn't see the car?" James said.
"Its in that garage out side…I have to go feed Buckbeak." Sirius said turning into a dog.
Claire said down this whole scene was almost like the dream she had when her whole family was together and Harry and James came over to visit.
Claire snagged a piece of toast and looked down at her lap she felt ill, the dream was strange but it wasn't the first time she dreamt like that. The memory of Cedric flashed through her mind and Claire put her toast down not wanting to eat any more.
"I'm just going to go get ready…" Claire said standing up.
She ran into Harry on the stairs he look tired and ill as well.
"Are you ok?" They both asked at the same time.
Claire smiled at him, "I think we've been kind of funny around each other lately, Harry I want to go back to normal."
"Yeah I agree it's just that, you have me thinking about you a lot." Harry said.
"How do I do that?" Claire asked him.
"Just by how you are, I understand you Claire." Harry said "You are strong and I get why."
"What makes me so strong Harry can't you see, I am a mess I say the wrong things all the time and I have a relationship I'm always questioning." Claire stated.
"Look I can't tell you, why you have these doubts about you and Cedric." Harry said "but I do know that he seems to really care for you, and I really just want things back to normal for us."
Claire nodded and Remus came to the stairs, "What are you two doing we need to be out of here in five minutes…" He said.
The Time it took them to jet everything ready they had to speed to make it to kings cross. They left Regulus and Sirius home and the four of them were all panicked as they hurried into Kings Cross with five minutes till the train left.
Claire and Harry darted through the barrier with James and Remus following after.
Claire turned to Remus before she got on the train, "Take care of yourself, I will come home right away if you need me."
"We'll all be fine now get on the train Miss. Black…" He said looking at her adoringly.
Hugging him then hugging James she went on to look for a seat as Harry bid farewell to his father and Remus. When he caught up with her she just found Ron and Hermione.
"Harry over here." Claire said and disappeared into the compartment.
"Hey you two we thought you weren't going to make it." Hermione said.
Claire came back after changing into her robes; her colures were sliver and green, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in red and gold.
"Well we almost didn't make it when James turned on my moms car the stereo blasted my mom's favorite Queen song. James and Remus were trying to figure out where it came from.
"That was stressful…" Joked Harry as he side glanced at Claire.
She smiled at him and at that moment Fred and George walked in, "Oh excellent, Claire just the person we're looking for." Fred said.
"We have a job for you, if you choose to accept." George.
"You see we have the ultimate prank for the Slytherin's, introducing the Mongo Dung Bomb, leave it some where forget about it and slowly…" Fred said
"But surely there will be a stink so fowl that your insides will vomit." They said together.
"Yeah but I'll have to smell it…" Claire said.
"tisk, Claire my friend we are smarter than that, if you eat this you the culprit will be able to block out the distinct smell of this Mongo Dung Bomb." George said.
"I'll leave it under Malfoy's bed so that he can have the stink, I'd like to enjoy the common room with out having people complain how stinky it is." Claire said.
"Excellent even better, because the odor sticks to clothes too." Fred said.
When they left Claire agreed to take the dung bomb later, she didn't want to carry it around with her everywhere.
The Compartment door opened some time later after Claire dosed off, Harry, Ron, and Hermione had fallen silent she was dreaming again…
"Claire…You mean the world to me you should know." Said a familiar voice she didn't know who it belonged to.
She was getting married and was already expecting a baby, how old was she gees. "I feel the same way, your family is waiting for us to get out there and get married I think."
"Oh their all there I don't doubt it…I just wonder why me?" he asked.
"Because you've never broken my heart, and my child needs a good father not that man who I despise." She said.
"Claire your mother and father would be proud of you…" He moved to kiss her but she felt some one touch her cheek and she didn't see who she was speaking to…
"Hey there you looked so happy I almost didn't want to wake you." Cedric said as he sat down between her and Harry who was busy chatting with Ron about Quidditch and Hermione read a book.
"Oh…I was having a weird dream any way." She said.
"Didn't seem like it you were smiling…I thought I'd come see you before I have to attend to my Prefect Duties." He said rolling his eyes.
Claire wrinkled her nose, "How are you doing, I was really wishing you hadn't left last night, I always miss you a lot when you leave." She said.
"Same here any way we're grossing out your friends I'll go." He said kissing her and making his leave.
"Well I see some things haven't changed over the summer." Ron said.
Claire noticed the little miniature Krum walking along the seat by him. "Viktor Krum…" Claire said.
They all looked at her and Claire looked around at them all, "Sorry…" she mumbled and looked out the window seeing the black out line of the clouds as the sun set over the mountain they passed.
The witch came along with the trolley an every one bought snacks.
It was a long ride most of it was spent in silence she longed for bed Claire didn't want to go to the feast but she knew she had to be there and sit among people she despised.
When they at last got to the school Claire was even more miserable she had been hit by a water balloon Peeves had thrown and to top it off Cho was glaring at her, probably because she was dating Cedric still no doubt.
She sat down and yawned resting her head in her hands she waited to see the familiar faces of all the teachers. She looked at Professor Snape and remembered the talk he had with her about joining the Slytherin Quidditch team next year…but that was so long from now she wanted to play this year. Her questioned was promptly answered when her grandfather stood up.
"Welcome everyone we shall start the sorting and I have a very important announcement for all of you." He said.
"PISST!" Came a voice and something was thrown at her. She looked at the culprit her cousin Draco, "What's the announcement?" he asked.
"I don't know!" she whispered back.
"You're his granddaughter you should know!" Draco hissed.
"Well I don't know, and is this Goyle's shoe that's sick." Claire said throwing the putrid shoe back at him.
Claire was really ready for bed when the sorting was done, and Draco was still trying to get her attention, Claire was ready to leap across the table and slug him one across the face.
"Alright this year is going to be a new exciting year filled with new cultures and new experiences…Hogwarts this year will be host to the Triwizard Tournament!" He said.
There were a lot of people cheering the Weasley twins were ecstatic and Draco was whispering in excited hush tones.
"Silence every one here to talk more about it is my good friend Bartemus Crouch, Mr. Crouch if you please." Dumbledore said to him.
"Yes as I was saying…." He stopped abruptly as the doors to the hall burst open.
A looming figure of a deformed man stood glowering at every one the hall was dead silent as he clunked across the hall. His eyes were miss matched his one good eye stared at the front while the blue one in a make shift socket whizzed about looking at every face.
"Err…umm Ladies and Gentlemen may I welcome Professor Moody, your new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher." Dumbledore said clapping, Bagman who Claire just noticed was clapping ecstatically others followed but they were more in shock by his appearance.
Crouch cleared his throat, "As I was saying the Triwizard tournament was established several hundred years ago but was discontinued because of the high death rate…" There were many gasps.
Claire looked over to Cedric he was listening very attentively she hopped that he wouldn't enter, she had seen him dead in a dream she didn't want him dead in real life, she snapped back to the front when her grandfather stood up again.
"This is the Goblet of Fire he said revealing a fiery cup and Claire looked in awe as the flames within it danced about. More importantly I would like to introduce the schools who will be participating put your hands together and welcome Drumstrang and Bauxbatons!" He called out.
First came the Bauxbatons School, Claire really wasn't impressed by their flashy dresses and pretty little performances. She was bumped by a boy sitting behind her trying to get a better look at the girls, then went and sat down with the Ravenclaw's "Good riddance…" Claire thought.
Then came Drumstrang and people went crazy…Claire looked around and saw the object of their orgasm… Viktor Krum… "Oh goodness!" Claire yelped as the boy behind her shoved her off and made room for the Drumstrang boys. Claire got up and punched the boy in the face. She sat back down and Krum sat right next to her. "Great" Claire thought. She now wanted to just skip dinner and go to bed.
"Tell me, vot is your name?" he asked suddenly.
"Claire, Claire Black." She said pouring a glass of pumpkin juice that had just appeared.
"You like it here?" He asked as Claire choked on something that was in her cup, she fished out an olive to her disgust and threw it at Draco.
"Oh I just love it here…" Claire said a hint of sarcasm in her voice as she put her cup down feeling miserable to the bone.
Chapter four!! YAY! Please leave thoughts at in the review secion if you wish! .