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It was the next morning, Marnie woke up at her usual time and soon walked down to the common room. She saw Atticus on the couch with Nixie sleeping on his lap. This is the first time she's seen her cat in two weeks. She had been sleeping with a multitude of people besides her. The most popular person was Marley. She would sleep with Madison and Atticus on occasion too. She sat on the couch next to him.
"Morning."
"Morning."
Nixie got up from Atticus' lap, plopped herself down on Marnie's lap and fell back asleep.
"Would you enter the tournament if you could?" Marnie asked as she pet Nixie.
"Merlin, No. I bet it's dangerous." Atticus exclaimed.
"Scared, Atticus?" she teased.
He shoved her shoulder lightly. "Well, we all can't be reckless."
"I suppose not."
Jaq and Carla walked down the stairs and the group started walking towards the Great Hall.
"Morning Marnie," Kyle said walking in the Entrance Hall with Elia.
"Morning," she greeted her brother.
"You youngins can't enter the tournament?" Elia asked as they walked in the Great Hall.
"Nope, though Atticus would have the chance if his birthday was in the last two months."
"Thank Merlin, that my birthday is in December."
"My birthday is also in December more specifically the 13th."
"Mine's the 20th."
Marnie asked. "Are either of you going to enter the tournament?"
"I'm not brave enough."
"Neither am I." Elia said.
Marnie nodded as they sat down at the Ravenclaw table. After breakfast, they went their separate ways.
It was time for break now, Marnie was sitting in the Entrance Hall with a few other students when Lee, Fred and George walked in. Hermione was following them.
"It's not going to work." she scolded the redheads.
Marnie wondered what she meant. The two redheads ignored her, jumped over the age line and downed the potion phials they were holding. Suddenly, they were thrown back over the line and were sporting long white beards.
Marnie couldn't help but chuckle at this. She glanced over at Lee and he was laughing at his best friends as he helped them up. They were glaring at him but not maliciously as he led them out of the Great Hall.
Before she had to make her way to class she decided to make a detour to the Hospital Wing to check if the twins were okay. She walked to the Hospital Wing to see the matron fussing over the grumbling and bearded twins while Lee was still laughing.
"You need something, Miss Jacobs?" the matron asked turning everyone's attention to her.
"I was checking on the twins." she said blushing as red as her crush's best friends hair.
Lee said. "They're fine."
"What do you think caused this? Was it the age line or the potion?"
"It was probably a mix of both, Miss Jacobs. It was a faulty potion." Madame Pomfrey replied.
"Well, that explains why none of us are in N.E.W.T Potions." Lee laughed.
Marnie chuckled along with him.
"It's nice of you to check in on them, Jacobs," Lee smiled at her thankfully.
Marnie really missed him calling her by her first name. Marnie left the Hospital Wing and made her way to class.
After class, it was time for dinner. It was time for the Goblet to choose the champions.
"Mr. Viktor Krum!" Dumbledore exclaimed, after snatching the first piece of paper.
The burly seeker stood up from the Slytherin table.
"Miss Fleur Delacour," Dumbledore continued.
The petite blonde girl got up from the Ravenclaw table and joined Viktor in the back room.
"Mr. Cedric Diggory," the Headmaster said finally.
Cedric stood up from the Hufflepuff table. After he bid his goodbyes to his housemates, unexpectedly, another piece of paper bursted out of the Goblet of Fire.
"Mr. Harry Potter!" Dumbledore exclaimed in a rather grave tone.
There was complete silence. Harry was barely fourteen, how could that have happened? Hermione pushed him towards the front of the Hall.
After the shock of Harry's selection the meal was over. Everyone walked back towards their common rooms.
"That was an interesting meal."
Jaq remarked. "I swear Halloween is jinxed for that poor boy."
"If you think about it, which is gross but he was probably conceived around this time too," Atticus shrugged.
The others made a disgusted face.
