hey guys! new chapter... again! the next events in the plot are actually really easy to write so the chapters will be coming soon for the rest of the story. i hope you like it! oh yeah, i own nothing but the laptop i write this thing on. =]

"Guess what I'm thinking." Allie sighed.

"Harry, I know what you're thinking. I don't have to guess." Harry poked her in the side and caused her to jump. She let out a mousy squeak and punched him in the arm. Harry barely felt any pain from the punch. A punch from Allie was like a punch from a three year old.

"Hey, my punches are not like a three year olds! I've never punched you right after a hunt, you just remember that."

Harry raised his eyebrows at her. Allie laughed in response. "What are you thinking?"

"I thought you could read my mind. You do not need me to tell you." He mimicked her.

"Well I'm feeling lazy today. Tell me please."

"Fine." Harry looked to Hermione and Ron, each gave him a smile and a nod. "I think we'll be able to see each other this summer after all."

Allie pursed her lips and gave her friends a quizzical look. "Ok, I give. Why?"

They all looked at each other and smiled, leaving Allie with the feeling she was being left out of some huge scheme. She really hated that feeling. When they decided to actually acknowledge her existence Hermione was the one who answered. "You are going to be staying with me this summer for a couple of weeks, then we are going to join Ron and Harry at the Weasley's Burrow." She smiled enthusiastically at Allie.

Allie let out a surprised chuckle. "You're serious." She looked from Ron to Hermione to Harry. Each of them nodded happily at her. "Oh my gosh. That's awesome! But Jake -"

"I already cleared it with him. I owled him last week. He wants you to come visit him and his father for a week or so before you come back here but he was fine with it otherwise. He said he would be gone most of the time anyway. Something about a pack he made." Hermione informed.

Allie laughed at what Jake told Hermione. Neither her or Ron knew that Jake was a werewolf and it was funny how he told the truth without telling the truth. Allie looked at Harry who winked at her.

"Yeah and my mum already said you could stay with us. Her and my dad are excited to meet a vampire. Plus there is a huge patch of wood behind our house that you can hunt and stuff in." Ron told her. He had a look on his face that showed he was proud to deliver the information to her.

"Yeah, and we'll be there." Allie made out the district voices of the twins once again talking in unison. "Which means that you might actually realize that you are in love with one of us instead of that bloke next to you." Fred finished. Allie thought he sounded like an over exaggerated version of Romeo. Allie laughed and Harry sent them a glare. He wrapped his arm tighter around her waist.

"Oh my, I don't know which one of you I would pick." Allie pretended to swoon.

George knelt down on the floor and took her hand in his. "Pick me, I am exotic."

Fred wrinkled his forehead at his brother. "Yeah, right. So is the Asian bird flu." Fred pushed George out of the spot in front of Allie, causing the twin to fall to the ground.

Fred reached for her hand. "Pick me I can be witty and light on my feet." Allie laughed. She placed her pointer finger and thumb on her chin to make it look like she was thinking deeply.

"I don't know. Maybe we should ask Harry." She turned to her boyfriend. "Harry, which one do you think I should pick?"

Harry gave her a look. She listened into his thoughts (which she was surprised to find he was expecting). You're hilarious. He said in his head. She gave him a wink. The twins were still waiting. Both were giving Harry bright smiles and puppy dog eyes.

Harry let out a sigh. "Sorry boy. She'll still be off the market." Both twins frowned and Allie just shrugged. Both red heads got up in a flash and pretended to sulk away to a corner and cry.

"That was mean, Harry Potter." Allie told him sarcastically. "You made them cry!"

Harry laughed. "Yes well, love hurts sometimes." He leaned in and gave her a kiss on the side of her head. Allie rolled her eyes at him. A thought came to her mind.

"Ron?" He looked up from his essay that he was 'writing' (actually Hermione was writing it but he was checking it over so it didn't sound too smart.) "What if you're parents don't like me? I mean some people are a little uneasy about my being a vampire."

"Wait, you're going to be in a house with Ginny and the twins for a whole summer and you're worried that my parents won't like you?" Allie nodded, she was now unsure of how this was going to work out. Her and Ginny hadn't talked or even looked at each other since their little blow up. Great, just great. She really didn't want to be around Ginny but then again she didn't know if she could handle a whole summer without Harry, Hermione, and Ron. "My parents will love you, plus I forgot, you won't have to see Ginny much, she's grounded for the summer." Ron must have recognized the questioning looks on his friends faces. "They found out that she told the school that Allie was a vampire." He whispered the word 'vampire' like it was still a secret. "Dumbledore sent them a letter and mum sent Ginny a howler. It was worse than the one I got in my second year." A smile grew on Ron's face. "You remember that Harry?"

Harry grinned devilishly. "Oh yeah." The boys got into a huge conversation about their second year and how they flew a flying car to Hogwarts after missing the train and ran into a whopping willow. They sounded like complete morons, they hadn't changed much over the years. Whopping Willows were extremely dangerous and territorial. Secretly Allie wished she could have seen them getting beat up by a tree. It just sounded kind of funny.

Their conversation lasted late into the night. Allie yawned before turning Harry's arm in an awkward position to check the time. "Ow. Why don't you just wear your own watch, love?"

"Because you wear one all the time which means I don't need to, plus the ticking of my hurts my ears if I wear it too long." She got up and gave her hands to Harry to pull him from the couch. "Time you went to bed, Mister. The final task is in two days and I don't need my champion slacking."

Harry rolled his eyes and looked to Hermione. "Why did you ever give her those books on the Triwizard Tournament? She's obsessed now." Hermione just shrugged and got up herself. Allie pushed Harry to his staircase. She leaned up to give him a light kiss.

"Night." She said.

"Goodnight, love." Allie skipped away to her staircase were Hermione was waiting up for her. Harry watched her go up the stairs to her own dorm.

"Stop checking me out, Harry!" Allie called teasingly. He snapped his eyes down and half ran up the stairs. He closed the door fast as if the thick wood could block her from reading his thoughts. He laughed and changed into sweats and a t-shirt. Harry crawled into bed and fell asleep instantly.

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The day of the final task arrived. Harry was nothing but a bundle of nerves and Allie was able to feel due to their 'connection'. "Harry, honestly I love you but you need to calm down, your giving me a headache." She rubbed her temples to try and stop the pain pulsating through her head. Harry stopped playing with his uneaten food and ran his fingers through his hair.

"I am sorry but I can't help it." He had been jittery all morning long. Harry had been with Allie, Hermione, and Ron the whole day and he barely said anything, which was unusual for him. At the moment he was in second place in the tournament, if he won this task that would put him in the lead. He would be the youngest Triwizard Champion ever. When his name was first called he did not want to be in the tournament at all but as the year passed along with the challenges it turned into an honor that he wanted. Badly. Not just for him but for all of his friends and for Gryffindor house.

"You'll do brilliantly, Harry. You always do. " Hermione reassured him, she wore a sweet sisterly smile on her face that helped to calm Harry. Hermione was always good at relaxing Harry.

"Thanks." He began to once again play with his food. All the students had long since finished eating and were waiting for the time when they would be allowed to go down to the pitch. No one had any clue what the third task was to be, not even the champions. Professor McGonigal came through the door twenty minutes later, her usual pointy black hat sat atop her head. At the sight of her Harry's heart stopped. It was time.

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The foursome walked out of the hall and to the entrance of the school. Allie linked her arm with Harry's hoping that he would remain calm. He really wanted to win, Allie could tell that was why he was so on edge. They walked out the door and a sudden cold English wind came up. Allie shivered. She looked down and let out an annoyed sigh.

"I left my jacket in the Great Hall. I'll meet you guys down there." Harry looked like he was going to faint without her near.

"Do you want us to come with you?" He asked. She shook her head.

"You guys would slow me down. I'll be there and back before you know it." She winked at Harry and scampered back toward the castle. She ran until she came to the foyer of the Great Hall and walked the rest of the way. Allie made her way through the Great Hall and found someone standing at the Gryffindor table with their back to Allie and her jacket in hand. The person turned around at the sound of her footsteps. Allie knew who it was before they even turned around. She'd know that cologne anywhere.

"Cedric, what are you doing here? The task is going to start any minute." She walked toward him and took her jacket from his hand. "Thanks." She added. She draped the black leather jacket over her arm and crossed them.

"Well I was on my way then I saw the jacket over here. I came over to get it and I immediately knew it was yours. No one else in this school would wear something like that. I'm guessing it was a present from Jacob, right?" His words didn't sound anxious or nervous about the upcoming task, the Hufflepuff acted as if this was a normal day and they just decided to have a friendly chat.

"Um, yeah." Allie answered as she shook her head into the present conversation. "Vintage, he gave it to me last Christmas." Cedric nodded his head, his eyes were locked on her with such intensity that Allie felt uncomfortable. She looked behind her to see that everyone had left the Great Hall at this point, leaving the two of them alone. "Cedric, we better-" She was cut off by his lips against hers. The kiss was gently and quick but she felt a strong emotion behind it, he still had feelings for her.

He pulled back and frowned. "I'm so sorry. I-" He ran his fingers characteristically through his hair and paced in front of her. "It's just that you have been my good luck charm throughout this whole stupid thing and I..."

"It's ok." Allie said understandingly. "I get it."

"I don't expect anything from you, you have to know that. It just sort of happened and-"

"Cedric, calm down! It's ok ,really. You don't have to get worked up, I know what you're trying to say, remember?" He didn't mean any harm and he didn't want her to break up with Harry. Allie knew that he just needed the kiss, still it was very strange for her to be kissing him. "I'm routing for you and Harry." She reassured. He gave her a stern nod and pursed his lips. Allie gave him a pat on the arm. "Come on, we don't want you to be late."

With that the two ran down to the pitch. When they arrived they saw a huge maze made out of large shrubbery of some kind that covered miles and miles of the grounds. It was one of the most interesting and intriguing things Allie had ever seen in her life, sure Jake had taken her to mazes but none of them could even compare to this one. Cedric gave her one last smile and darted down to the entrance of the maze where the three other champions were waiting. Allie made for the stands and spotted Hermione who had saved her a seat on the end of the row. Hermione gave her a strange look as she came up. Allie put her leather jacket on before sitting down.

"Did I just see you come down with Cedric?" She questioned her. Allie let out a deep breath. Her friend was way to observant, you couldn't get anything past her.

"Yeah, it's a long story that I really don't want to talk about right now, Mione. I'll tell ya later."

Hermione groaned and turned to talk to Ron who sat next to her. Allie observed the four champions. Fleur was such a small girl and very brave for entering such a tournament as this one. Then there was Krum who was way to... she didn't even know. Hermione liked him so there must be something more than saw dust in his head. Next to Krum was Harry and Cedric. Harry was looking her way. She gave him a smile and a thumbs up. He laughed and shook his head. Allie looked down for a second to adjust her Cullen Crest Bracelet, she heard footsteps running up the stairs of the bleachers. She turned her gaze upward and saw Harry coming towards her. She stood up and threw her hands up out of confusion. "Harry, what are you doing?"

"Wish me luck." He told her simply.

"Good luck." She told her sweetly. He gave one last smile and kissed her on top of her head before running right back down to the starting point. Dumbledore came out and began his speech and instructions on the maze. Hermione grabbed Allie's arm and gave it a squeeze. "Here we go."

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The champions had been in the maze for twenty minutes now. The band was playing loudly causing Allie's ear drums to feel like they were bleeding. The students were talking and the twins were taking bets throughout the stands of who was going to win. Allie sat there with her head in her hands. This waiting thing was boring and not for her. She felt like she was about to doze off when a vivid gut wrenching pain came to her as if someone had slugged her hard in the stomach. The pain was excruciating, Allie was sure it was the worse pain she had ever felt in her life. She grabbed Hermione's shoulder for support to make sure she didn't fall on the seat.

"Allie, what's wrong?" Hermione held onto Allie's forearms, trying to get her friend to talk to her. Hermione's voice was laced with concern and fear. Allie couldn't see her though, the pain was too blinding. As quickly as it came, the pain rushed away. It left a horrible feeling in it's place. "Allie?" Hermione asked again.

"Something's wrong." Allie said through deep breaths. She whispered it. The comment was more directed to herself than to Hermione.

"What's wrong?" Ron asked. Allie looked up at them and shook her head, not knowing what else to do.

"I don't know. But it's bad. I can feel it." She took a few more deep breaths, trying to regain her composure. Her eyes widened as realization hit her like a semi truck.

"Harry." She breathed. Before Hermione or Ron could comprehend what the small blond had said, Allie was gone. She ran so fast into the maze that no one even noticed. Hermine and Ron exchanged looks of utter fear. Ron placed a comforting hand around her shoulder. All they could do now is wait.

oooooo. a little cliff hanger but nothing major. please tell me what you think. i love to have input on my stories. you know things like what i did good and what i pretty much suck at and need to improve on. stuff like that. thanks for reading! =]

oh by the way, check out my songfic 'there's a curse between us' it is a HG/TR ship. i love the pair so i was excited to do a story bout them. k bye!