Days passed and I woke up one morning to the sun shining in my eyes. Slowly getting out of bed I fed Hermione's cat and got dressed. The halls were filled with people as the older students put their names into the goblet. I walked out of the castle and across a long bridge. I ended up on a small island a little ways away from the castle and walked down to the beach. I sat my bag that I had brought with me down and started walking up and down the beach to find shells and stones that I liked. I had made it a habit of coming here at least once a month to find new things that had washed up. It was also a quiet place where I could come and think. I heard a twig snap in the woods and looked up to see Professor Lupin walking over to me. He was the only person that knew about this place besides me.
"Looking for more stones?" He asked walking over to me as I rinsed the stones I had found in the cool water. I put the stones I had washed into a small leather bag and sat down. Sitting beside me Lupin held a hand out in front of me. Cupping my hands under his he opened his hand and a small black stone fell into my hands. I held it up to the light and saw that it was see through.
"Wow! Where did you get this one?" I asked looking through the stone.
"I found it on my way here and thought you might like to add it to your collection." He said. I dropped the stone into the bag and looked out over the water. Ever since I had told my Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher about this place he had started helping me with my collection by brining me strange stones he found. We sat there in silence for a while and just watched the water. Out of all the teachers at Hogwarts Lupin was my favorite. Everyone thought that Harry was my best friend, but really it was Lupin. He was the only person in the entire school that understood me and it was nice to have him around to talk to. I also made sure he had a steady supply of his potion so that he wouldn't turn into a werewolf every full moon. I noticed something flying above the castle and stood up letting out a loud whistle. The large bird swooped down and landed a little ways down the beach from us. I ran over to it and Lupin followed.
"Is that a Marel King Gryphon?" Lupin asked walking up behind me.
"Yep. Hagrid had me show everyone how to approach and ride her yesterday." I said patting the great birds head. I hopped up on her back and motioned for Lupin to do the same. He climbed up on her back with me and we took off. As we flew over the river I slowly stood up and spread my arms out to the sides. As the Gryphon's wings came up her feathers brushed the tips of my fingers. It was exhilarating to be flying without holding onto anything. I sat back down and held on as she flew up into the air and headed back to the beach. We landed and Lupin and I got off. I patted her side and thanked her for the ride before telling her to go home. She flew off and we were left on the beach by our selves once more. I walked over and grabbed my bags as we headed back to the castle. Saying goodbye to Lupin I rushed to the great hall. Everyone was already there eating when I sat down. I had had a huge smile on my face when I first came in but as I sat down I remembered the awkward happenings of the night before. Instead of staying and eating with the others I grabbed a plate and filled it with food before heading back to the dorm room. I walked in and put my plate on the dresser as I climbed up on the top bunk. I made the plate levitate and grabbed it when it was close enough for me to reach. I sat there in silence and ate my dinner. I had missed lunch so I was really hungry. After I finished eating I made the plate go back down onto the dresser and turned off the light. I curled up in my bed and in no time I was asleep. I woke up later that night and found that Hermione had come in without me noticing. I slowly crawled out of bed and walked over to the door. I made sure Hermione didn't hear me as I snuck out of the dorm and headed to the bathroom. I walked in and washed my face off before walking out again. As I stepped into the hall again I saw a light coming toward me and crouched in the doorway so the person wouldn't see me. As the light got closer I heard a familiar voice and stood up.
"What are you doing?" I asked causing the Slytherin boy to jump.
"I should be asking the same thing." Malfoy said lowering the candle he was holding.
"I asked first." I said crossing my arms.
"Fine, I'm going to see the goblet before they take it to the great hall." He said. I had forgotten about the Triwizard Tournament and sneaking my name in.
"I'm coming with you." I said following him as he started down the hall again. He turned and looked at me skeptically.
"There's something I need to do there okay?" I said. He shrugged and started walking again and the paintings started yelling at us about the light. I stepped up beside Malfoy and blew out the candle.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"If they keep yelling at us about that damn light we're going to get caught." I said.
"If we don't have the candle lit we can't find the room with the goblet." He said getting ready to light the candle again. I reached out and grabbed his hand to stop him.
"I can see it the dark." I said holding onto his hand as we walked down the hall. Soon enough we found the room and walked in. the goblet illuminated the entire room in blue light. I walked over to it until I was right in front of the barrier.
"What are you doing?" Malfoy asked as I reached into my pocket and pulled out a slip of paper with my name on it. I walked back over to him and ran at the opposite wall. I changed into an animagus and ran up the wall. Repelling off the wall I did a back flip and flipped over the top of the barrier. As soon as I was above the goblet I dropped the paper in and changed back into a human as I landed in front of Malfoy.
"George and Fred said I couldn't get my name in the goblet. Looks like they were wrong." I said smirking. As soon as I said Fred's name I looked down at the floor and frowned. I walked over to the wall and sat down.
"What's wrong?" Malfoy asked sitting beside me.
"Something happened a few weeks ago." I said.
"Does it have something to do with you and Fred Weasly making out?" Malfoy asked causing me to look up in surprise.
"We didn't make out. Harry dared Fred to kiss me and ask me out and I said no. Wait how do you know about that anyway?" I asked looking at him.
"I over heard Fred and George talking about it. Fred was bragging about it to everyone." He said looking up at the ceiling. I looked back at the floor and clenched my fists as tight as possible. I couldn't believe Fred and George would do that. Why had Malfoy even told me? I thought he liked to watch other people suffer. Suddenly I heard someone walking toward the door. I quickly pulled out my invisibility cloak and covered us up just as the door came open. I saw Fred, George, Neville, and Seamus walk in and walk over to the goblet. Fred and George put their names in and walked back over to the other two.
"I'm serious, she completely attacked me. She's an animagus that also has the control of a horny dog. I had to literally push her off of me and run for it." Fred said laughing. George and Seamus laughed too, but Neville just stood there. I got ready to get up and scream at them, but Malfoy held his hand over my mouth and had a hold of my wrist. The four boys walked out of the room and closed the door. Once I was sure they were far enough away I stood up and cupped my hands around my face in a silent scream. Malfoy watched as I paced back and forth mumbling to myself. Finally I stopped and sat back down beside him. I sighed and leaned my head back against the wall. I glanced over and saw Malfoy staring at me like he had done it potions class the day they announced the Triwizard Tournament.
"What?" I asked looking over at him. He smiled and leaned closer to me. By the time I realized what he was doing it was too late and he had his lips pressed to mine. After a few seconds he pulled away for air and I stared at him wide eyed.
"What the hell was that?" I asked. He looked at the ground and mumbled something that I couldn't understand.
"What?" I asked making him look up at me.
"I said I've wanted to that for a long time. I really like you even if you are a Gryphondor. You're amazing and beautiful and I've been wanting to ask you to Ulle Ball, but I was afraid too." Mafloy said quickly. It was hard to imagine Malfoy being afraid of anything. I sat there and let the words sink in for a minute. Without warning I leaned over and kissed him back. His eyes widened in surprised, but he closed them and kissed back. We broke for air and I laughed.
"So does this mean you're my girlfriend?" He asked looking over at me. I smiled and nodded before standing up.
"We better get back to the dorms before someone realizes we aren't there." I said walking to the door. Malfoy walked up beside me and held my hand as I led us back to the Slytherin dorms. He opened the door and turned to face me.
"Goodnight." He said giving me a quick kiss before disappearing into the dorm room. I made my way back to my dorm room and climbed back into bed.
"Where did you go?" Hermione asked sleepily.
"I went to the bathroom. Go back to sleep." I said crawling under my blankets. It was hot that night so I used a spell to make it cool down. I fell asleep in seconds and didn't wake up until Hermione rolled me off the bed. I opened my eyes and saw that I was about to hit the floor. Quickly grabbing my wand I made myself levitate.
"We have to go to the great hall. They're announcing the students who are going to represent each of the schools." Hermione said as I stood up. I quickly changed and ran out of the room. On our way we met up with Abby and we all entered the great hall just in time to hear the last name get called.
"And the student who will be representing Hogwarts is our very own…Sadie Sinclair?" Dumbledore said, "Sadie please come up here." He said staring at me. As I walked up through the middle of the room everyone stood and clapped. They weren't just clapping because I would be representing Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament, they were also clapping because I was the first fifteen year old to successfully get my name into the goblet without the help of an adult. I walked up and stood beside the other two students and looked out across the room. My eyes stopped when I saw Malfoy smiling at me. As I sat down at the Gryphondor table I was bombarded with questions and compliments.
"Wow, I'm glad you'll be representing Hogwarts." Hermione said glaring at the Slytherin table.
"When did you put your name in?" Harry and Ron asked at the same time. I smiled but my joy died as soon as I saw Fred and George walking over to me.
"So, how did you get it in?" George asked with his usual smile. I frowned and turned away from them.
"If you tell us I'll give you another kiss." Fred said turning me so that I was facing him. I glared at him and growled through tightly clenched teeth. He started leaning toward me, but before he could do anything Neville pushed him away from me.
"Just leave her alone. She's not a whore so stop treating her like she is." Neville said standing up. It was funny Neville was like my older brother but he was a year younger than me.
"Hey she's the one that tried to rape me a few weeks ago." Fred said with a laugh. At that comment I stood up and slammed my plate full of food into his face causing the entire hall to go silent.
"Stop lying! You know that we were just playing Truth or Dare! As a matter of fact you were acting like a scared little kid, so I don't want to hear it! I'm not your whore and I'm definitely not your girlfriend! I never was and never will be so get it out of your head you fucking asshole!" I screamed in his face. With that I stormed out of the great hall leaving three entire schools in shock. I heard everyone start laughing at Fred and gave a very faint smile as I walked out of the school. We weren't aloud to be outside at night but I didn't care. I walked across the bridge and went to the beach to clear my head. As I sat down I opened my leather bag of stones (I always had it with me). All of them were glowing and I placed them in a circle around me. Once they were all in place a kind of silver barrier came up around me. I sat inside the barrier looking out the opening at the water. From in the woods I heard twigs snapping but I didn't move.
"Sadie?" I heard a familiar voice say from outside.
"What?" I asked making no effort to sound kind. At the opening of the barrier I saw Lupin looking in at me.
"Can we come in?" He asked as Malfoy popped up beside him. I grabbed one of the stones and the barrier disappeared. Getting more stones from my bag I made the barrier bigger and the three of us went inside. I put the stone Lupin had given me the day before in the center of the little room so it would keep us cool.
"I've never seen you get that mad at someone before, not that I blame you. Malfoy told me what happened and what Fred had been saying." Lupin said looking at me. I simply turned away and looked back out at the water. Lupin reached out to pick up the stone he had given me and I looked at him.
"I wouldn't touch that if I were you. If you try to pick it up at night without gloves it'll freeze you from the inside out." I said. Lupin quickly withdrew his hand. We started talking about my stone collection and the situation with Fred and the Triwizard Tournament. We talked for at least four hours before I put my stones back in my bag and we headed back to the castle. I ignored Fred and George for the rest of the night and headed straight to my room. I crawled into bed and Hermione surprisingly didn't hound me with questions. I quickly fell into a deep sleep and for the first time in ten years I dreamt of my parents.