And here's Chapter Ten. :)
Harry and Melissa walked up to the Common Room completely terrified at what they just saw. They couldn't believe that they had to somehow get passed a dragon for the first task. They were going to make complete fools of themselves they just knew it. Once they entered the Common Room they saw that it was completely empty. It was a little passed eleven after all.
"What are we going to do," Melissa asked her brother. "There's no way we can make it passed a dragon."
"I don't know," Harry said. "But I do know that if we don't figure out something soon we'll both get killed."
Just then Fred and George walked down to the Common Room. They saw Harry and Melissa and they walked over to them.
"Hey guys," Fred said.
"Hi," they said together.
"What are you two doing up," Melissa asked.
"We wanted to wait for you to come back," George told Melissa as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah we wanted you guys to see this," Fred said as he sat down next to Harry and handed him a copy of the Daily Prophet.
"Your interviews with that Skeeter woman are in there," George told them.
"First page," Fred said.
Harry glanced down at the first page and read the article out loud.
"The champions are selected. Harry and Melissa Potter age twelve, suspect entrant in the Triwizard Tournament. Their eyes swimming with the ghost of their past," Harry was so angry at her that he couldn't read anymore. He crumbled up the newspaper and he threw it into the fire.
"She didn't listen to a damn thing we said," Harry said in an angry voice. "I don't know why we were even there."
"Good thing you threw it away mate," Fred said. "It gets worse after that."
"Ugh I just want this to be over," Melissa said in a frustrated voice. "Why does this always happen to us?"
George put his arms around her and she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Oh and you'll never guess what the first task is," Harry told them.
"You guys found out what the first task is," George asked. "What is it?"
"We have to get passed a dragon," Harry told them. "We're so dead."
"So that's why Charlie wouldn't tell us why he was coming here," Fred said.
"What are you talking about," Melissa asked.
"Our brother wrote us saying that he was coming to Hogwarts," George explained. "When we asked him why he just told us that we'd soon find out."
"How did you guys find out," Fred asked.
"Hagrid showed us," Harry told him. "But don't tell anyone. I don't want him getting in trouble."
"Don't worry we won't," George assured him.
"And try not to worry about the task too much," Fred told them. "Hermione's been looking up spells that she thought you two might need and we'll be helping you out as well."
"Thanks guys," Melissa said. "That makes me feel a little better."
"Yeah same here," Harry said.
"No problem," Fred said.
"Oh and you guys can actually have a day to relax tomorrow," George told them.
"Why's that," Melissa asked lifting her head off of his shoulder and looking at him.
"Tomorrow's the first Hogsmeade visit," George said.
"Our first date," Melissa said with a smile on her face.
"Yep," George said returning the smile.
"Well I think I'll head up to bed," Fred said with a yawn. "I'm going with Angelina tomorrow since you two will be going together so I want to be rested up."
"You've got yourself a date to huh," Harry asked.
"Yep," Fred said. "Night."
"Goodnight," the Harry, Melissa, and George said.
As Fred walked up the stairs Harry looked down at his watch and saw that it was half passed midnight. It was almost time to talk with Sirius and George was till in the room. Sirius said for them to come alone. What were they going to do?
"I think I'm going to go to bed to," George said. "I'm pretty tired."
"Okay," Melissa said.
George smiled and he kissed her on the cheek and got to his feet.
"See you in the morning," George said as he started walking up the stairs.
"Goodnight," Melissa said.
"Perfect timing," Harry said once George was out of the room.
"What do you mean," Melissa asked her brother.
"Sirius should be here any moment," Harry reminded her.
"Oh I almost forgot about that," Melissa said. "What time is it?"
"12:35," Harry told her.
"What do you think he meant by face to face," Melissa asked her brother. "You don't think he'll just walk into the Common Room do you?"
"No," Harry told her. "I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do something like that. He is on the run after all."
The two waited nervously until one o' clock in the morning for Sirius to arrive. They kept glancing around the Common Room to see if he would pop up anywhere. Just then they jumped in shock when they heard a man's voice calling for them.
"Harry, Melissa," the male voice said.
Harry and Melissa looked around the room for the source of the voice but they couldn't see anyone.
"Who's there," Harry asked.
"It's me Harry," the man said. "Look at the fire."
Harry and Melissa turned their heads towards the fire and they saw Sirius's face. Their eyes grew wide as they got down on their knees in front of the fire.
"Sirius," Melissa asked.
"Yes it's me Melissa," Sirius said with a smile on his face.
"How did you," Harry started to ask but Sirius cut him off.
"I'm sorry but I don't have time to explain," Sirius told them. "Did you two put your names in the Goblet of Fire?"
"No," Harry and Melissa said in an annoyed voice. They were really tired of people asking them that question.
"I'm sorry I had to ask," Sirius told them. "Now tell me about this dream of yours Harry."
Melissa turned to her brother with a confused expression on her face.
"Dream," Melissa asked. "What dream?"
"I had a dream near the end of the summer when we were staying at the Burrow," Harry told Sirius and Melissa. "I saw Wormtail and I heard Voldemort speaking. I couldn't really see him. He sounded really weak."
"You mentioned that you saw a third person in the room Harry," Sirius said in a serious voice. "Tell me, do you know who this person was?"
"I dunno," Harry said truthfully.
"Did you get a name," Sirius asked.
"No," Harry told his godfather. "But Voldemort was giving him a job to do. Something important."
"What was he asking this man to do," Sirius asked.
"He wanted me and my sister," Harry said. "I dunno why, but he was going to use this man to get to us."
Harry turned to Melissa and saw that she looked terrified.
"But hey, I mean it's only a dream right," Harry said quickly trying not to freak her out too much.
"Yes, it's just a dream," Sirius said. "Look you two, the Death Eaters at the World Cup your names rising from the goblet, these are not just coincidences. Hogwarts isn't safe anymore."
"What are you saying Sirius," Melissa asked her godfather.
"I'm saying the devils are inside the walls," Sirius told her. "Igor Karkaroff, he was once a Death Eater. And no one, no one stops being a Death Eater."
"Yeah we know he was a Death Eater," Melissa told him.
"How could you two know this," Sirius asked them as he looked from Harry and back to Melissa.
"Fred and George told us," Harry explained. "They said that they heard Mr. Weasley mention that he was once a Death Eater."
"They think that he may have put our names in the goblet," Melissa added.
"That could very well be true," Sirius said. "But don't forget Barty Crouch."
"What do you mean," Harry asked.
"Barty Crouch has a heart of stone," Sirius told them. "He sent his own son to Azkaban."
"So what you're saying is, you think one of them put our names in the Goblet of Fire," Harry said.
"I haven't a clue who put your names in the goblet," Sirius admitted. "But whoever did it is no friend to either of you. People die in this tournament."
"I'm not ready for this Sirius," Melissa said in a terrified voice.
"Neither am I," Harry said.
"You two haven't got a choice," Sirius told them.
Just then they heard the sound of footsteps coming down a set of stairs.
"Someone's coming," Melissa said in a panicked voice.
"Keep your friends close," Sirius told them. His face disappeared from the fire as Ron walked into the Common Room.
"Who are you guys talking to," Ron asked in a sleepy voice.
"What the two of us aren't allowed to have a conversation," Harry asked in an angry voice.
"It wasn't just your voices," Ron said glaring at them. "I heard another voice."
"You were probably just imagining things," Melissa said returning the glare. "Wouldn't be the first time."
"You two were probably practicing for your next interview I expect," Ron said as he walked back up to the boys' dormitory.
"He's really starting to get on my nerves," Melissa said. "Why is he acting like this? He should know that we don't want anything to do with the damn tournament."
"I don't know," Harry said. "I thought things would get better between the three of us by now but it looks like I was wrong."
"Harry I just thought of something," Melissa said.
"What's that," Harry asked her.
"We've got to tell Cedric about the dragons," Melissa said.
"Why," Harry asked.
"Think about it," Melissa said. "Hagrid showed us so we know. He also showed Madam Maxime and I'm almost certain that she went straight to Fleur to tell her. That means that Cedric's the only one who doesn't know. It would only be fair."
"You're right," Harry said. "Everyone else would have a head's up but Cedric. Let's try and find him within the next few days if we can. Maybe we'll run into him at Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"Right," Melissa said as she got to her feet. "See you in the morning."
"Goodnight," Harry said as he got to his feet as well.
Harry then walked to the boys' dormitory and Melissa walked to the girls' dormitory to go to sleep for the night.
