A/N: Wow, its been a while since I started this story. To be honest, I forgot all about it but then I read some amazing reviews and thought that I had to continue this! So here it is. Hope you like it.
P.S My writing style has changed quite a bit so sorry if it confuses you!
The first week of school seemed to fly by. Bella, entranced by all these new classes and all of the many amazing things that she had learned, had been so focused on the classes themselves that she found herself subconsciously turning the lemon drop she was transfiguring into a half chicken, half hamster sort of thing instead of the beetle it was meant to turn into.
She blushed furiously when she had realised her mistake. "Oh great", she thought to herself, "first week here and I screw up one of my favourite classes so far". She sighed and looked down at the pathetic creature in which she created when she felt a soft warm hand on her knee, startling her.
She looked down at the hand which was gently rubbing circles on her knee and stared openly at the owner who seemed to be trying to fix her mistake.
"Hermione, it's okay, you don't need to do that for me" Bella almost squeaked, but Hermione just smiled kindly and set to work. Not very long later, a perfect beetle stood where her mysterious and ugly assortment of creatures once stood.
"Thanks Hermione. You didn't have to do that you know" Bella whispered quietly in her American accent, light shade of red covering her cheeks.
"It's alright, I wanted to help. Plus, you did a more advanced transfiguration than we were meant to, that's probably why it went wrong" Hermione replied in a kind and sort of knowledgeable tone.
"Thanks" was all that was said as the bell signalling the end of the lesson sounded.
"Listen up class! I want you to practice this on small objects as homework and write a two and a half page essay on the basics of Transfiguration and how it works. Due Monday, Dismissed." Professor McGonagall stated in her broad Scottish accent.
As Hermione, Bella, Ron and Harry walked out of the lesson, Boys mumbling about so much homework in the Quidditch season, Hermione gently grabbed hold of Bella's hand to stop her.
Bella turned around to face her questioningly, Hermione had a gentle smile on her lips that made Bella's heart go that little bit faster.
"You know if you want, I could tutor you so that you're caught up, you know, since you started late and have a disadvantage" Hermione said, staring intently into the dark pools of brown.
"Oh, um yeah sure. Only if it's all right with you of course, I don't want you to spend so much time on me that you forget about your own work and fall behind but of course that wouldn't happen cause like you're the smartest person in our year and could probably pass all classes in the school and like ... oh god I'm rambling. Sorry" Bella rambled in one breath, blushing when she realised what she was doing.
But Hermione just laughed and gently patted Bella's arm. "Don't be sorry, it was cute. So, we should get together in the library after classes"
Bella blushed, AGAIN. It's all she seemed to do ever since she came to Hogwarts.
Since classes were finished for the day, Hermione and Bella slowly began to make their way towards the Gryffindor common room.
For some reason, Bella felt anxious and nervous. Her palms were all sweaty and her breathing was somewhat ragged. She didn't know why but every time she was with the brit, she felt amazingly comfortable and almost like she was destined to meet her, destined to meet on that platform.
When Bella had received news of going to a new school, she was 100% sure she would not fit in or have any friends but here she was, walking silently along with the most beautiful girl she had ever seen. Harry and Ron were good friends with her also, but she felt a bit awkward around them sometimes because it felt as though she was taking Hermione away from them and with Harry' s past, (Hermione had told her all about it yesterday) and Ron's obvious crush on Hermione, she was starting to feel extremely guilty.
She had been so caught up in her sympathetic thoughts that she didn't even realise she had reached the fat lady's portrait and only realised her surroundings when the fat lady asked for the password.
"Mugwumps" Hermione said curtly and clearly. "Oh and Professor Dumbledore has something to announce tonight Bella, I wonder what it could be, it must be important though" She added once they had went through the portrait hole.
"Well, I'm going to go and take a shower and then we'll begin your tutoring" Hermione said with a small smile that made Bella's heart melt before going towards the fourth year girls dormitories.
Bella sighed and collapsed into a nearby armchair. She had been very tired recently since dreams of Edward started to crop up, haunting her night and making it almost impossible to sleep. She gently closed her eyes for a moment.
When she opened her eyes, the sky was darkening outside and the small flame in the fireplace was dying down and the common room only had a few select people in it.
"Oh great, I fell asleep. Bet everyone thinks I'm weird now. AW CRAP! Hermione! Damn she was meant to tutor me. Where is she anyway? Must be in bed already, hope I haven't screwed up our friendship already." She thought to herself.
"Oh good your awake. We should probably go to the hall; Professor Dumbledore is making an announcement tonight remember!" An angelic voice spoke from somewhere above her. Looking up startled at the sudden sound, she found Hermione stood over her, beaming down at her.
Nodding, she stood up from the chair and stretched wide. Hermione immediately went for her hand and clasped in tightly in hers and started pulling her towards the portrait hole. Bella's heart had long since passed the normal rate it was meant to be and instead formed an erratic fast rhythm.
They made their way down the stairs, hands still clasped together tightly as though afraid to lose each other.
They took a seat next to each other on the Gryffindor table and opposite Harry and Ron who were in the middle of discussing... something. Professor Dumbledore stood up on the platform and immediately the whole hall turned silent.
"Good evening students. As you know I have some rather important news to share with you all. This year, we will have a few guests occupying the castle for a few months due to a very important and exciting event. This year, Hogwarts has been chosen to host a legendary event, The Triwizard Tournament." Many of the students gasped and started whispering to their neighbours excitedly. Just as Bella was about to ask what the Triwizard Tournament was, the Headmaster spoke again.
"From the reactions of most of you, I daresay that you know of this event, but for those who don't let me explain. The Triwizard tournament consists of three of the greatest schools, Beauxbatons academy of magic, Durmstrang institute and of course our own Hogwarts. The whole point of this tournament is for one student for each school to compete in a series of tasks and challenges for points. The person who gets the most points at the end of the three tasks wins the tournament and 1000 galleons. The tasks will be challenging and very dangerous so take note anybody who wants to submit themselves into the tournament must be willing to face dangerous situations and even death itself. To submit yourself in the tournament, merely write your name and school on a piece of parchment and place it into the Goblet of Fire" he motioned towards a large normal looking goblet that immediately set aflame when mentioned.
"The goblet will pick the three most worthy students to compete. You have until this hour Monday. Winning the tournament will give you the utmost glory. Also, only people over the age of 17 will be allowed to put fourth their name in the goblet" Cries of outrage sounded throughout the hall, but when Dumbledore turned his piercing blue eyes on everybody, the noise immediately died down.
"Now, I'm sure you are all tired. The selection will be on Monday. Off to bed Pip pip."
There was a scraping of chairs as everyone stood up and headed towards their respective dormitories, Bella looked over to Hermione to see her staring unseeingly at the floor and frowning. She was about to ask but decided against it, this was going to be a long weekend.