It was now the morning of the first task, Marnie was curious what the task was going to be. She sat in double Muggle Studies her leg shaking anxiously. The lesson was finally over, she completely forgot about lunch and started walking towards where the first task was taking place. She sat in the stands.

"Marnie?"

She turned to see Atticus standing at the end of the aisle with a small plate of food in his hand. It was probably enough for them to share. They've done this plenty of times over the years especially during studying for their O. .

"A bit anxious, are we?" he smirked making his way towards the seat next to her.

Marnie nodded and took some food off the plate.

"This is delicious, house elves are really good cooks. I admire Hermione's moxie but the house elves at Hogwarts like working."

The two friends continued eating. As they finished eating the rest of the students filed waiting for the task to start. Jaq and Clara found them and sat in the same row. Kyle and Elia also joined them. Cho sat in the stands a few rows down from the group.

"Dragons, bloody dragons!" Kyle exclaimed when it was revealed that the first task was dragons. He had a soft spot for dragons.

First Viktor was the first to go up against the dragon. Next was Cedric, he retrieved the egg, but in the process, he burned his handsome face much to Cho's worry. Fleur was next and she also got burned. Last was Harry, and he retrieved the egg by flying on his broom.

After the task, everyone filed out of the Quidditch Pitch and made their way back to their respective common rooms, carriage and ship. Marnie noticed that her stepbrother had snuck away probably to talk to whoever brought the dragons. She decided to go find him. She found him talking to a man with familiar red hair.

"Is my brother bothering you?" she asked as she walked over.

"No, of course not."

"This is Charlie -" she cut him off.

"I know he's a Weasley." she said.

The redhead caught her tone. "What do have against my brothers?"

Before Marnie could respond Atticus said. "They said

"That was an exciting task, wasn't it?" Atticus asked as they walked into the common room.

"It was, I hope Cedric is okay though." Cho said.

"I'm sure he is."

The two friends sat on the sofa and continued talking until dinner. They walked down to the Great Hall. Marnie caught herself staring at the Gryffindor table every now and then.

After dinner, Atticus and Marnie had their rounds and they got in the wee hours of the 25th

It was now the 30th, it was time for Marley's 13th birthday. Marnie had planned a small party after classes at the Black Lake. She had a small cake that the house elves made. She was waiting for her sisters. She hoped they could along for the day.

"Hey Marnie." Madison greeted.

"Hey Maddie."

She sat down. A few minutes later, Marley arrived.

"Happy birthday, Marley." Marnie greeted hugging her now teenage sister.

"Thanks."

Madison got up and hugged her sister. The three sisters celebrated her birthday.

"You know I've seen Nixie in the Gryffindor Common Room a lot. She spends a lot of time with me but other times I see her with Lee." Madison said.

"She seemed to like him."

"She's fixed right, she spends some time with Crookshanks too."

Marnie nodded. "Yes, she's fixed."

"Good."

They finished celebrating and went their separate ways.

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This might go on hiatus after this chapter. I'm running out of chapters to post.