"What is it Jessica?" Mr. Diggory asked me. He could always tell when I had something to say when I bit my lip.
"Dumbledore wants me to come out with it this year. He won't tell me why, just that he wants me to. Honestly, I'm a little afraid of how everyone will treat me after," I admitted.
Amos looked at me shocked as he began to mumble something under his breath.
"Is this good or bad?" I asked Cedric.
"I have no clue; he doesn't act like this at home as far as I know. I've never seen him talk to himself like that," he whispered as we watched his father pace back and forth.
"Enough with the chit chat, let's get on our way now," Mr. Weasley said, walking past all of us and grabbing Amos by the arm. He whispered something to him, and I wanted to know what it was.
We started walking and when we got to the port key Harry asked the question of what a port key was. A long conversation of explanations was after that. Then I remembered something from ten years ago and had a sudden outburst.
"Oh!" I shouted. Everyone looked at me.
"What is it this time Jessie?" Fred asked.
"Well, first of all this," I punched Fred's arm hard and he flinched back holding his arm.
"Ow! Hey! That hurt!" he yelled. Everyone laughed.
"And secondly, I remembered that ten years ago I was never given a birthday present on my seventh birthday from a certain someone," I said, eyeing Cedric.
"I thought you would have forgotten by now. I'm surprised. I haven't though," he said.
"I am too, but we spit shook on it."
"Ew," Ginny, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all said at the same time.
"My birthday is going to be during school this year Ced. Better have it ready, whatever it is," I poked his side. He chuckled and Fred sighed.
"What did you punch me for?" he asked.
"I have mismatching socks on because of you. Stop hiding them."
"It's not me, it's George!" he shouted, trying to blame his brother.
"It is not! I don't even know which drawer she puts her socks into," George argued.
"The same one as Fred's. Which is how I know," I told him. Fred half smiled, knowing he was caught.
"Alright, all hands on the shoe," Amos said.
We all put our hands on the port key and got to the tournament. Although the landing I could have done without.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the Twins landed on their backs on the grass. , , And Cedric landed perfectly on their feet. I came a few seconds after everyone, but wound up somehow managing to sit in a tree instead. If I jumped, I could end up hurt. So...Where is everyone else? I stood up on the thick branch and looked out. They were on the other side of the grounds. How great...
I heard rustling above me as Michelle fell off a branch above me and landed on me.
"Ow… sorry about that Jess… Where are we?" she asked as we sat back up.
"Right now on a branch that holds two, on the other side of the camp from the others… How is it we always end up separated?"
"I think it's you. I never get lost when Ginny, George, and I go places. Just with you," she smiled.
"I have a sense for adventure. Always gets me places," I laughed.
"How do we tell them? We have no broomsticks, I didn't bring my wand. You left yours again."
"Hey, they said we didn't need them. They'll find us. As if the twins wouldn't start looking for us."
"Couldn't you try some wand-less magic?" she asked.
"I could… But you have to catch me if I pass out," I told her.
She shrugged, "Least they'd know where we are."
-Cedric's POV-
Dad, , and I landed on our feet and looked at the rest of the group who was on the ground.
'They must be new to this...Wait. There's someone missing...Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Ginny,
Hermione. No Jessie and Michelle are missing to… Where did they go?'
"Dad! ! We're missing Jessie and Michelle!" I yelled.
"What? Where are they?" the twins asked. Apparently I have a competition with Fred. Always have. Fred and I weren't really friends since we both had a bit of a crush on the same girl. George however ended up getting lucky by liking her best friend. I wonder if he's realized Fred and I have kind of been putting her in the middle of our arguments lately… This is why I'm glad I've found someone new. Plus, Fred and Jessie have gotten closer than Jess and I normally have been.
"How come we always lose her when we leave the house?" Harry sighed.
"You always lose her?" I asked, slightly worried.
"She tends to venture off away from us without realizing she'd done it," Fred told me.
"I see… I guess in large groups it's different. You should keep eyes on her," I said.
"She's strong enough to look out for herself. It's not like she's going to run into an ogre in the middle of a shopping plaza," Fred said, looking at me. I shrugged.
"I'm just saying you wouldn't lose her all the time if you just kept eyes on her," I told him.
"Will you two stop fighting? It's worse when she's not around; but as her brother, stop. Do you think she'd like to see this?" Harry asked us. We sighed and shook our heads.
"Don't even think she'd get in to trouble without one of us around okay?" George said.
"You have a point there George," Ron said laughing.
I started looking around. Then I saw blue sparks going off out of a tree that was on the other side of the land. They looked like fireworks; until I realized they were turning into arrows. I sighed, relieved they didn't end up in a completely different part of the world.
"What are you so relieved about?" Fred asked, looking to where I was looking.
"That's why. All we have to do is go over there and get them. Least they're not across the world," I told him. He nodded, agreeing with me.
"Want Fred and I to go get them?" George asked.
"Uh… I'll go too. Just in case you need help. I brought my wand," I suggested. Maybe now was a good time to try to be friendly to Fred.
"Alright," Fred shrugged. Did he read my mind?
As we started walking, the twins were whispering about something. Fred glanced over at me then sighed.
"Truce? For her sake? She's told me you said you have your eye on someone at school as well," Fred asked, putting his hand out.
"Truce," I said, shaking it. How long was this going to last?
