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Chapter 8 : The Weighing of the Wands
Harry slept in late the next day, it was Sunday, so he didn't have class, he wasn't hungry, and didn't feel like facing the school anyway, nobody came up to bother him, not even Ginny, so he wondered if she believed he had put his name in, even if she told him last night she didn't. Besides, he didn't get much sleep last night, his scar hurt him all night and he once again had those weird dreams.
Harry looked at the clock by his bedside table, saw it said 1:00, and didn't care, he just rolled over and pulled the covers over his head, set on staying in bed all day. But than he heard the dorm door open, and someone came over and shook his shoulder. He ignored it, than the person did it again.
"Go away." Harry said.
"Harry Sirius Potter, you get your butt out of bed now." A voice he knew all too well said. Harry pulled the covers off his head and glared up at his eldest brother. Who seem to look even more like their dad than Harry remembered.
"What are you doing here, Jesse?" Harry demanded.
"Kingsley got sent on some mission and I'm his replacement." Jesse said. "I'll be here the rest of the year."
Harry groaned and covered his head back up. Jesse grabbed hold of them and jerked them off.
"I told you to get up." Jesse said. "There is no use hiding in bed all day." Harry groaned again, sat up, and rubbed his eyes. Jesse picked up his glasses and handed them to him, Harry put them on than stood, and walked to his trunk to get out something to wear.
"Harry, I want to know, how the hell your name came out of the goblet of fire." Just like Jesse always right to the point. Harry shrugged as he picked out a pair of baggy jeans and a grey t-shirt. "Answer me, did you put your name in that goblet?"
"There is no use saying I didn't do it." Harry said, slipping on his jeans. "You won't believe me." Harry slipped his shirt over his head. "You never believe anything I say." He now headed to his bed to put on his sneakers. "I can say I didn't do it, it into my face turns blue, you still won't believe me."
Jesse sighed and ran his hand through his messy hair. "I don't know what to believe, Harry, on one hand, I think; how else would your name get in there and on the other hand, I think; how it would not be possible for you to get passed Dumbeldore's age line."
"You think I did it, don't you?" Harry asked, putting his last sneaker on and stood up. "You always believe the worse in me, you don't understand anything. You don't believe me about Snape, you always think I'm up to something, now you don't believe me when I say, I didn't put my name in that bloody goblet."
"Harry, " Jesse said. "I didn't come in here to talk about Snape. I came in here to talk about..."
"How you don't believe me." Harry said. Jesse shook his head.
"I didn't say that." Jesse said, as Harry picked up his wand and stuck it in him back pocket. "I'm just here to get to the bottom of this."
"I don't want to talk about it." Harry said, and he stormed out of the dorm and down the stairs.
"Harry," Jesse called, walking after him. "You get back here now."
Harry said nothing as he stormed out of the common room and down the hall. Jesse didn't follow, he knew when Harry got like this it was best to let him cool off for a while. After all he did inherit their mother's temper.
Harry wasn't paying attention to where he was going as he stormed down the corridor. He didn't even know where he was going or didn't care. Into he bumped into someone.
"Watch where you're going." Harry snapped, even though it was his fault, and he hadn't even looked up to see who he had bumped into. When he did look up, it was to see Rigel looking back at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Lighting is in a mood." Teddy who had been with Rigel said. He stepped up to Harry and threw his arm around his shoulder.
"Sorry, Trouble." Harry said. "But I was just in a fight with.."
"Jesse?" Rigel guessed. "We saw him come in." Harry nodded with a scowl.
"Just calm down, Lighting-blot." Teddy said, grinning. "Take deep breaths now. Breath in, breath out."
Harry rolled his eyes with a grin on his face, and Rigel reached over and hit Teddy on the back of the head. He yelped and grabbed his head, and shot Rigel a glare.
"Why do you always hit me?" Teddy demanded. "One of these days I'm going to hit you back."
"Sure you will." Rigel said.
"So what are you guys up to?" Harry asked.
"We were heading to Ravenclaw tower to find you." Rigel said. "We wanted to warn you about Jesse being here, but I guess he got to you first."
"Yeah, the jerk came in my dorm waking me up." Harry complained. "And the first thing he does is start on me about the damn tournament."
"Try not to let him get to you." Rigel said. "So what do you all want to do. We have a whole after noon to kill."
"I don't know." Harry said. "I wish I didn't miss lunch, I'm getting a little hungry."
"To the kitchens it is then." Teddy cried. He then threw an arm around Harry's shoulder and one around Rigel's, but he stepped out from under Teddy with a glare.
When they got to the kitchens Dobby came running to Harry immediately.
"What can Dobby do for Harry Potter sir?" Dobby asked. Harry smiled at him.
"Would you get me a sandwich, and some pumpkin juice." Harry asked. "Please, I missed lunch."
"Of courses, Harry Potter sir." Dobby said, and he ran off to make Harry's food. Harry, Rigel, and Teddy sat down around a table.
"Where's Gin?" Harry asked, just realizing she was missing.
"Where do you think?" Rigel said, rolling his eyes. "With Seamus, the..." And Rigel went on to call Seamus just about every nasty name he could think of.
"What she sees in him I don't know." Teddy said. "He's such a git. He was up in our common room last night telling everyone you should get in trouble for breaking the rules, and he knew for a fact you put your name in the goblet." Harry sighed and Dobby sat a big plate of food right in the middle of the table, he didn't only make Harry a sandwich, but also made one for Rigel and Teddy too, along with a big bowl of chips, and a pitcher of pumpkin juice, and three glasses.
"Thanks, Dobby." Harry said, picking up half of his sandwich and taken a bit. Dobby had it cut in half. After he swallowed the bit, he turned back to Rigel and Teddy.
"That's what everyone is going to think isn't it." Harry said, sticking a chip in his mouth. "Nobody is going to believe I didn't do it."
"We do." Rigel said, and Teddy nodded. "So does Sassy, and Cody, and that's what matters. The rest can go straight to hell."
"Trouble is right." Teddy said. "What others think doesn't matter." Harry gave them a grin, as the door opened and Ginny walked in.
"Thought I would find you here." Ginny said, sitting next to Harry and picking up his other half of sandwich and taking a bit.
"Hey," Harry said. "Two other people sitting here eating and you take the food of the guy who hasn't eaten all day." Ginny shrugged with a smirk
" Sassy, I though you were spending the day with lover boy?" Teddy asked. He took a drink from his pumpkin juice.
"Decided not to." Ginny shrugged, taking another bit of Harry's sandwich, she then reached and took a drink of Harry's pumpkin juice.
"What made you change your mind?" Teddy asked. Ginny glared at him as she sat the goblet of pumpkin juice down, and stuck a chip in her mouth.
"Morph, that's none of your business." Ginny said. And Teddy dropped it.
Dobby soon brought Ginny her own sandwich and gave Harry another one. And the four friends sat and chatted for a while, before living the kitchens, to find something to do. Later that day when they were walking toward the Great Hall for dinner, someone yelled out Harry's name, Harry turned around to see it was Hannah.
"Harry, can I talk to you?" Hannah asked. Harry friends glared at Hannah.
"What is it, Hannah?" Harry ask, stepping over to the side with her.
"I wanted to tell you I was sorry." Hannah said. "About last night, I got mad, and said some things I didn't mean. And I'm sorry, and I don't want to break up. I still want to be your girlfriend."
Harry sighed, ran his hand through his hair and looked back to his friends, he could tell by their looks, that they could hear what Hannah was saying. Rigel's expression was unreadable like always, but Teddy was rolling his eyes, and Ginny had a frown on her face and her arms crossed.
"What made you change your mind?" Harry demanded, turning his attention back to Hannah.
"Well, I talked to Cedric." Hannah said. "He had followed you out last night wanting to talk to you, and he saw our...umm break up, and thought I was being a little unfair, and I realize he was right. And I did go a little too far. So are we a couple again?"
"Do you believe me, Hannah?" Harry asked. "Do you believe I didn't put my name in the Goblet of Fire?"
"Harry, it doesn't really matter what I believe does it?" Hannah asked. "You didn't get in trouble for it."
"But do you believe me when I say I didn't do it?" Harry demanded.
"Well...no, I think you did." Hannah said. "But I'm not mad about it anymore."
"I'm sorry, Hannah." Harry said. "But, I don't think it would be a good idea for us to get back together." Hannah frowned.
"Why not?" She demanded, and out of the corner of his eye Harry saw Ginny beaming.
"Because, I would like to have a girlfriend that believes me, when I say I didn't do something." Harry said. "A relationship is not going to work, if there is no trust."
"You tell her, Little Brother." Cody yelled, Harry looked to see Cody, Fred and George coming in from the school grounds. He winked at Harry and pushed as Fred and George went on in the Great Hall.
Hannah growled, and raised her hand as if she was going to smack Harry again.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Ginny called over to her. Hannah put her hand down, then stormed passed Harry and up the stairway.
"You alright?" Cody asked. Harry nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Harry said. "I mean I really did like Hannah, but it's not like I was in love with her or anything." Ginny beamed, and put her arm through his as they walked into the Great Hall.
Harry didn't sleep well again that night. His scar hurt and he had more of them weird dreams about Voldemort, this time though he seemed happy; as if he just got good news. Like a plan of his was working out.
Harry was right about the school not believing him, the next day, he walked into the Great Hall to see half the school wearing, Support Cedric Diggory badges. and when someone tapped it with their wand it turned to Potter Stinks. Harry ignored them, but his brother and friends didn't let them slide. Cody had got detention by lunch time for cursing three Slytherins; who were wearing the badges, and Rigel even got sent to the Headmaster's office for some curse he put on Malfoy, when he found out he was the one to make the badge. Tonks, Sirius, and Jesse took the badges from the kids they saw with them. Harry did not have a good day, and by his last class of the day, it got worse. It was potions and Snape announced today would be the day, they were going to test their antidotes.
"Well, Gin." Harry said. As he looked at his poorly done potion. "It was nice knowing you." Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Quite being so dramatic." Ginny told him. They were sitting by themselves, Hannah and Justin had decided they didn't want anything to do with them.
"Well, look at it." Harry said. Just then the door to the class opened and Sirius came in.
"What do you want, Black?" Snape demanded.
"I'm here for Harry." Sirius said. Harry who had still been frowning at his potion looked up.
"Incase you haven't noticed, Potter is in the middle of a class at the moment." Snape sneered.
"I see that, Snape." Sirius said. "But they want all the school champions upstairs."
"Potter still has an hour of class to compete." Snape said. "He will come upstairs when he's done."
Sirius just rolled his eyes and walked over to Harry gently grabbed his arm and stood him. "Sorry, Snape." He said, not sounding sorry at all. "But Bagman says the champions must come upstairs now." Harry grabbed his bag trying to keep from smiling, as Sirius led him out of the class room.
"What do they what us for, Sirius?" Harry asked. Sirius shrugged.
"Something about weighing your wands or something." Sirius said. "I don't know. Rita Skeeter is here, Harry and whatever you do try to avoid talking to her at all cost."
Harry nodded without question. Sirius wasn't one for really telling them what to do, so when he did tell them to do something, they usually listened. Sirius led Harry into a room. He saw Cedric, Fleur, and Krum, along with their headmasters and Olivander. Jesse, Tonks, and some women with curly blonde hair. Harry had never met Rite Skeeter before, Jesse and Sirius had always kept her away from him, because she was known to tell lies. And the moment her eyes saw Harry, and flickered to his forehead, she jumped to her feet and grinned.
"Harry Potter." She cried. "How nice it is to finally meet you. I have wanted to get an interview with you for years, but your brother wouldn't allow it. So how about we do one today."
"Umm.." Harry glanced at Sirius, but it was Jesse who spoke.
"No, not today." Jesse said. "I'm sure Harry is busy, he still has classes to attend, being champion doesn't get him out of that." Rita glared at Jesse as she sat back down.
"Everyone." Dumbeldore said, and everyone who was talking stopped at once. "I would like to introduce you to Mr. Olivander, he will be checking your wands to make sure that they are in working order."
Harry barely heard Dumbeldore as he sat in a chair next to Sirius, his scar had begun to hurt, and he was rubbing it, well aware of Rita watching him.
"Not now." Harry whispered, Sirius looked over at him.
"You all right there, Kiddo?" He whispered asked. Harry nodded and tried to give him a smile. Sirius didn't seem to by it.
"Mademoiselle Delacour, could we have your wand first please?" Mr. Olivander asked. Fleur swept over to Olivander and handed him her wand. Olivander waved the wand, and gold and pink sparks flew from the end of it. Then he held it closer to his eyes. "Yes, it's nine and a half inces..inflexible...rosewood and dear me..."
"The hair of a veela." Fleur said. "One of my grandmother's."
Harry toned out their conversions as his scar hurt even more, he had to bite the inside of his cheek to stop from crying out.
"Mr. Krum, your wand now please." Olivander said. Victor walked over and handed it to him.
Harry didn't even pay attention to their conversion as he closed his eyes tight. Why his scar had to pick now to act up, he did not know. It felt like an eternity before it eased off and Harry opened his eyes to see everyone staring at him.
"What?" He asked.
"Your wand now, Mr. Potter." Olivander said, as Harry saw him hand Cedric back his wand. Harry hadn't even noticed he ever got through with Krum's wand.
"Oh, sorry," Harry said, and he stood and handed his wand over to Olivander. He took it and looked it over closely.
"Oh, yes, I remember this wand real well." Olivander said. "Real, well." Harry was suddenly scared Olivander would tell everyone his wand was the brother wand of Voldemort's, something Harry never thought about. He could remember that day well too. Jesse had taken him to Diagon Alley, just him and Cody, to get their school things. And Jesse had been so shook up by it, he tried to get Olivander to give Harry another wand. But Olivander refused saying the wand chosen the wizard. In the end Jess had given in and bought it. And to this day he never mentioned it to anyone. Olivander, Harry, Cody and Jesse where the only ones that knew.
"Holly and phoenix tail, I believe." Olivander said. "Sat on my store shelf for years, into it picked you of course."
"We don't need a history of the wand." Jesse said, Harry figured he thought Oilvander was going tell about his wand being the brother wand of Voldemort's wand also. Harry didn't think anyone needed to know that. After all it wasn't his wands fault it. Just like it wasn't Rigel's fault, that Hydra Lastrange was his cousin. "Just cheek and see if it's working right."
Olivander waved Harry's wand and red and gold sparks flew from it. "It's in perfect working order." He announced handing the wand back to Harry. Another pain shot through his scar, but he ignored it best he could. Classes were over for the day, so maybe when they were allowed to leave, Harry would go lay down for a while.
"Okay," Dumbledore said. "I think that was all, if you are done, then we'll let the champions be on their way."
"Wait Just one moment, Dumbledore." Rita said. "We still have pictures to take."
The camera guy with Skeeter kept pushing Fleur up front, and Skeeter would shove Harry in front, something Harry didn't want. He noticed Sirius whispering something to Jesse, and then he frowned and looked Harry's way, he's scar was now hurting some much, he couldn't ignore it and now fault sick.
"Could we hurry up, please?" Harry asked. "I'm not feeling to good."
"Just some head shots and..." Rite tried.
"I think, Rita that's enough for today." Bagman stepped in. "We have to get back to the Ministry and you'll get more at the tournament."
Rita ended up wining the argument, and when they were told they could finally go, Harry rushed out of the room, before anyone could stop him. He walked down the hall toward Ravenclaw Tower. He was half way up the staircase; when a very bad pain shot through is scar, he stumbled back, tripping on his robs, and was about to go tumbling down the stairs, when a hand grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him up right.
"Walk much, Little Bro?" Cody asked, from the step in front of him, he then frowned when he saw Harry's face. "You alright?"
"Just a headache." Harry said. "I was on my way to go lay down for a bit."
"Is it your scar again?" Cody demanded. "Because if it is, then Harry, maybe you should go to the hospital wing. Incase you have another fit like you did before." Harry shook his head.
"It's just a headaches, Cody." Harry's favorite brother frowned at him knowing Harry was lying, but didn't say anything.
"Well, at least let me walk you there." Cody said, throwing his arm around Harry's shoulder. "Incase you decide to throw yourself down more stairs." He led Harry right up to Ravenclaw Tower and up to the door knocker. The eagle opened it's mouth and asked.
"My life is measured by the hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am, quick, fat, I am slow, when I am aglow the wind is my foe."
"Umm..What?" Cody asked, Harry rolled his eyes.
"Candle." He said.
"Very good." The door knocker said, and opened up, and Harry walked in without another word to Cody and went up to his dorm and laid down. His scar had eased off some and he was able to fall asleep. He slept for the rest of the day. Which was the best sleep Harry had got in weeks.
A.N. I know not much happen in this chapter, but the next one Cody will show Harry the Horntail and I might even do the first task then too.