Harry woke up the next morning to someone jumping on his bed. He instinctively swatted at the figure, but it was too fast for him to make contact. He thought it might be Ron, but then again he doubted it. His supposed best friend was being a total jerk. He didn't feel like opening his eyes, but the jumping didn't stop, and it NEEDED to stop.
"My Gosh Harry! Get up!" The voice was strangely girly and familiar. Wait.... There's a bloody girl in the boys dormitory! He fell out of bed like the thought had pushed him. The figure stopped jumping and dropped down on the bed. She crossed her small legs indian style, she had her elbows resting on her knees and her chin resting in her hands.
"Whatcha doin down there?" Allie asked, acting way to perky for so early in the morning. Harry saw her gaze slid down to his chest then back up to his eyes. He looked down to see that he didn't have a shirt on. He scrabbled up onto his feet and to his dresser. He picked up the first shirt he saw and hurried to put it on, his cheeks were red with embarrassment.
"What are you doing in here!?" He scrunched his eyebrows. "Are you allowed to be up here?"
She shrugged then stood up to start jumping again. "Dunno. I didn't have the stairs collapse on me like they did to the guy trying to go see his girlfriend in the girls dorms so I guess so." Harry was stunned. How did she have so much energy this early in the morning? He went over to the window and sat on the cushion placed on the bench there. He observed her and noted that she was wearing skinny jeans, a sparky silver tank top, and a long black short sleeved cardigan sweater.
"Your beds are WAY better for bouncing than the ones in our rooms." He laughed at her. She looked like a little kid, having a blast on one of those moon bounces at a 6 year olds birthday party.
"It must be exhausting to be you." He told her. Harry's observation only made her jump more. She liked jumping on the bed, what was wrong with that? She stuck her tongue out at him and supported his theory that she was acting like a six year old.
"Why are you here?" He questioned. He wasn't used to wake up calls from extremely hot girls. Even though that would be so cool if I was. She stopped bouncing and just stood on his bed.
"I came to escort one of the Hogwarts Champions to get some Frosted Flakes." A puzzled expression came over his features.
"Um, why Frosted Flakes?"
"The breakfast of champions, duh!" She started to jump again. "Get dressed and hurry downstairs." She jumped from the bed down to the floor, causing a small thump! Ron shot up into a sitting position, terror etched on his face.
"SPIDERS!, GET THE SPIDERS!" He was trying to brush the invisible creatures off of him. When he started to function properly and realized that it was just a dream he calmed down. His body relaxed and he let out a sigh. He looked straight at Allie and tilted his head to the side the way dogs do when they hear something. He screamed slightly and pulled the covers up to his chin.
"BLOODY HELL, THERE'S A GIRL IN THE BOY'S ROOM!!!"
"Well spotted Ron. Two gold stars for you." She rolled her eyes then turned to Harry. "I'll meet you downstairs, hurry up!" She skipped out of the room while the two boys stared at her retreating back in shock from their interesting wake up call.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harry ate the Frosted Flakes that Allie shoved down his throat (OK she didn't shove them down his throat but she did start doing the 'here comes the train' bit and he had to eat them to save himself the humiliation of being spoon fed) before leaving breakfast early to get ready for the task. While they ate, Harry sat next to Allie. When he was gone she looked down at the spot he had occupied. His wand was sitting on the bench. She exhaled deeply and shook her head. Dumb-dumb. Hermione looked at her with a questioning look. Allie picked up the wand and showed it to her. Hermione just rolled her eyes and went back to her food. Allie stood up to leave.
"I'd better go give this to the air head before he kills himself." She was hoping that she was just joking but she was pretty sure that Harry would forget his head if it wasn't attached to his body. He was in desperate need of a Remembrall, Allie would have to get him one for Christmas.
She left the castle and walked down the grassy hill that led to the Qudditch field. When she reached the field, it didn't even look like one anymore. It had been transformed into a deep huge ravine in the ground what was covered in huge sharp boulders. Allie had never spent much time on a Qudditch field (she was terrified of flying) but she was pretty sure it wasn't supposed to look like that.
She scanned her surroundings until she spotted the Champions tent on the opposite side of the pitch. She came to the small tent and stepped through the flap that acted as the entrance. The tent had five beds set up for which Allie assumed to be in case the champions got hurt, or really tired while they waited their turn. Harry spotted her from across the room, but not as quickly as Cedric had. The Hufflepuff approach Allie before Harry had a chance to move. The dark haired boy growled slightly at his competition.
"Hey you." Cedric said flirtatiously. Allie smiled at him and tried to look around his shoulder. She wanted to give Harry his wand and go find Hermione. When her attempts failed she focused on Cedric and kept smiling at him. The look on Cedric's face was giving her flashbacks from their amazing date the day before.
"Hey back. How are you doing?"
"Fine, better now." He blushed a bit. Allie thought that it was really cute. "How are you?" His tone became serious when he asked the question. Allie knew hee was referring to what happened last night. She showed him her left wrist and the bruises shaped like fingers that were there. He took hold of her wrist to examine the damage caused. He forced air out through his nose in anger.
"It's actually a pretty cool bruise." Allie took back her wrist and looked down at her feet. He didn't need to get all worked up before the task for nothing, she was fine and Snape was whack, easy as that.
"So what are you doing here?" He questioned. She held up Harry's wand and pursed her lips. He chuckled lightly at the younger boys mistake like Harry was a puppy who just fell into his water bowl and got soaking wet.
"I don't know too much about this Tournament but I'm pretty sure he'll need his wand. Right?" Cedric nodded his head. She patted him on the arm before going around him to reach Harry. The dark haired boy smiled at her approach.
She reached him and he was not greeted with the same sweetness as Cedric had received. She slapped him upside the head rather roughly. Harry staggered back a step out of surprise. He could see Cedric smiling at what Allie did to him. "What'd you do that for?" He asked, slightly annoyed and angry. He wasn't angry with her, he knew that was just another 'Allie thing', but he was mad at the Hufflepuff behind her, he didn't like that he was getting a kick out of this. She grabbed his hand and slammed the wand into it. He looked down and felt like a total git. He forgot his bloody wand for the task! What next? Forget his broom for a Qudditch game?
"Thanks." He mumbled. She told him he was welcome. After a few seconds she grabbed him by the sleeve and led him to a remote corner of the tent. She looked around to see if anyone was close by before talking.
"Be careful, Harry" Concern laced her voice and face. "You have to stay focused, don't worry about anything else. Just the task at hand."
Harry smiled weakly at her, "I've got this." He stated confidently. "You don't have to worry about me, ok?" He leaned in and wrapped her in a hug, the two heard the snap! of a flash blob on a camera, they looked up to see two adults standing in the opening of the tent. Allie moved away from Harry, but he kept his arm securely around her waist.
"Ah, young love!" Rita Skeeter screeched in a high voice. "You two might make the front page! You have the looks of a great photo for the Daily Prophet." She came over to the two and ran her hand down Allie's cheek, like she was checking to make sure she was pretty enough for the paper. Allie jerked away from her touch and scowled at the fake blond.
"You don't get to touch me. Ever. Especially after the lies you printed about Harry." Allie comment needed no answer and the reporter realized this. Skeeter made no attempt to respond.
Allie caught a glimpse of Cedric, he wore a snarl on his face and he had his eyes narrowed at the fake blond and her camera man. Allie felt a memory trying to break through but it wasn't quite coming. Where had she seen that face before? He looked like some one she used to know...
"This tent is reserved for Champions...." Krum started. He glanced at Allie, "and friends. You have no right to be here."
Skeetor looked him up and down and smirked. "That's alright we were just leaving. We have what we were looking for." With those words she left the tent. Cedric came to stand next to Allie. He smiled at her, but dropped it when he greeted Harry. The two were having a silent fight. Allie looked from one to the other. Boys.
"Ok, so I'd better go." The boys kept glaring at each other. "Good luck. To both of you." They still made no response to show that they had heard Allie at all. She gave each one of them a hug before departing.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fleur got the best of her dragon and defeated in within minutes. She was an incredible competitor. Next to go was Cedric. Allie knew little about dragons but she knew his was more ferocious then Fleur's was. She bit her lip as he took his position on the field. Hermione saw her nervousness and linked her arm with her best friend's. "It'll be alright." She reassured Allie in her most motherly voice.
"Psh. I'm not worried, both he and Harry will do great." She was trying very hard to not let Hermione see her worry. The crowd 'ooo'ed when Cedric almost got hit by the dragons massive tail. Thank Merlin, he jumped out of the way in time and set a well aimed spell at his foe. The spell distracted the dragon long enough for Cedric to run past it and grab his egg. Cheers erupted from the stands as he completed the task. He had reached his goal faster than Fleur had, so far he was in the lead.
Allie was clapping just as loudly as the Hufflepuffs. She was filled with relief to know that Cedric was safe, now all she had to worry about was Harry defeating his dragon. Great.
"Two champions have passed the first task." Dumbledore's voice informed the students from the three different schools. "We will take a short break before continuing with our remaining two champions." All the Hufflepuffs rushed out of the stand to congratulate Cedric on his victory. Allie told Hermione that she was going to go down to the tent and give him her congratulations, too. The bushy haired girl said that she would join her.
They arrived at the tent after all the Hufflepuffs and they couldn't even get close to Cedric. All the boys were slapping him on the back and all the girls were shamelessly flirting with him. Allie was trying to act patient and planned on waiting her turn to see him, but she caught Cedric's eye and smiled at him. The tall boy had an expression on his face that was full of confidence, something Allie had not seen very often from the Hufflepuff. Allie thought it suited him very well. When he spotted her, something must have come over him because Allie saw him push past the crowd of students and half ran toward her.
He reached her and he grabbed her around the waist, dipped her down and kissed her fiercely, like they were in one of those old movies from the 40's. Allie was surprised and didn't respond. After a second, she returned the sweet kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and returned the fierceness he was displaying. Damn, this boy can kiss.
A moment later and after a long awkward silence from the Hufflepuffs and Hermione Cedric lifted Allie up into a regular standing position although he kept her close to his body. The brown haired boy was out of breath, Allie was not, due to her vampire background (technically vampires don't have to breath, but it's out of habit that they do. Allie needed oxygen to survive, but she only had to take a breath every ten minutes or so if she really wanted to.)
He smiled down at the blond and she smiled back. "I've really wanted to do that for a while now." He informed her with a grin. She laughed lightly. He places his hands on either side of her face and stared into her eyes intensely. The sapphire blue from Allie's eyes mixed with the stormy gray of Cedric's . She felt as if Cedric was trying to penetrate into her soul through her eyes.
"Well you did good." She shyly told him. His smile widened and he gave her one more quick kiss. Their moment was interrupted by a boy wolf howling at them. Allie looked to see that the whole group was staring at them, some of the boys started clapping and whistling at the couple. Her face turned a bright shade of red in embarrassment. She hated to be the center of attention. In fact, she hated having any attention on her at all.
She tried to back away from Cedric but he kept her close. She slid her gaze back up to his face to see that he was not at all affected by his classmates obvious amusement. His eyes were still locked to her face like no one else even existed. She looked to the crowd one more time, hoping if that they noticed her comfortableness they would stop.
"Allie?" She turned her attention back to the handsome guy that still had his arm around her small waist. "Will you be my girlfriend?"
She was taken aback and had no clue what to think. She never had a boyfriend before. Guys had asked her out but she always kept her distance. The only person she had ever let herself become attached to and love was Jake because he was the only one who never left her. Her friends, her bunny conveniently names Bunny, and her... parents all abandoned her. She didn't really blame her parents, she knew it wasn't their fault that they died but still, they were not there for her when she was growing up and it wasn't easy for a girl to grow up with out her parents. If she started to have serious feeling for Cedric, what if he left?
She stared into his eyes and read his thoughts. He was waiting for her answer and it was driving him almost insane. He really cared for her. She looked away from him and as if he could read her thoughts too, he put his hand under her chin and lifted it so that she was looking him in the eye. "You can count on me, I promise."
Her heart tried to jump out of her chest. That was what she really wanted and needed to hear. She nodded her head at him. "Ok." She responded quietly.
He lifted her off her feet and spun her around. When he let her down, she was rather dizzy. He steadied her by placing his arms once more around her waist. "You should be in more potentially dangerous tournaments, they do wonders on you." Allie told Cedric. He chuckled and kissed her once more.
Dumbledore's voice came over the invisible PA system. "Students the next Champion will begin the task in five minutes. Please return to your seats."
Cedric looked down at her and smiled. "See you later." This time it was a statement, not a question.
"Defiantly." Allie used his normal response for when she said the same thing to him. As she watched him walk away, she felt extremely happy, happier than she had felt in months, maybe even years. She really cared about Cedric and she finally realized that it was ok to do so.
Hermione ushered her back to their seats and sat her down. "Wow." Hermione said, more shocked than Allie about what just happened.
"Yeah, wow." Allie's heart felt so big that it seemed her chest could barely contain it. But then she saw Harry walk onto the field and her heart sank so low that she was sure she didn't have one at all.
ok guys so this was my last pre-written chapter. they will be coming slower now, sorry. i hope you like the story so far!
and i know this chapter was kinda cheesey but im not good with the 'displays of affection' part of writing, hope it was ok anyway.
