A/N - i hope you enjoyed the little thanksgiving chapter.. i know that thanksgiving is an american holiday but i dont care! i'm not going to update after this chapter unless i'm satisfied with the amount of reviews i get even if it's just an update soon. it still helps. this is 4th year flashback. enjoy
Hermione was sitting in her room looking through her photo album she got in 5th year from Harry. She flipped to a picture of herself, the Weasley's, Harry, and the Diggory's standing by a tree talking. She watched the people in the photo moving and watched herself look over at and everything that happened.
"Wake up boys! We need Charlie and smile as he talked to the boys about quidditch. She thought back onto that day to leave!" Hermione said as she pulled the covers off of Harry and Ron.
"Bloody hell Hermione! When did you get here?" Ron asked as he tried to cover himself up.
"Oh honestly Ronald get up! We need to leave or we're going to miss our portkey and I got here about 30 minutes ago. Now come on!" she said and walked back down the stairs. The boys came down about five minutes later and glared at Hermione. They left the house and walked for a good ten minutes before Ron groaned and complained about the walk.
"How much farther dad?" he asked.
"We're here Ronald it's just over that hill. Amos! How good to see you. Where's your boy?" he asked as a tall, handsome boy with dirty blonde hair, and steel gray eyes. Hermione and Ginny looked at each other and smiled as Cedric made his way over to them.
"Hello, I'm Cedric Diggory." He said as he kissed both of their hands and smiled at them.
"I'm Hermione." She said shyly.
"Ginny." She said and giggled.
"And I'm Charlie." He said coming in-between the girls and putting his arms around their shoulders. He looked at Cedric with warning and the girls burst into fits of giggles at the look Charlie was giving Cedric and how protective he was being of them. Cedric nodded his hello and walked away from the group. Charlie looked at the girls and they laughed even harder at the look of satisfaction on his face. "Come on we're going to miss our portkey girls." He said as he led them up the hill, his hands on the small of their backs.
"Okay everyone, grab the boot on 3. 1… 2…3!" they grabbed the boot and Hermione had to close her eyes to keep from being sick as the colors blended together in a big blur. "Let go!"
"Are you crazy!"
"Hermione let go of the boot!" she looked at Mr. Weasley as if he were crazy but let go and landed on her back. She looked up and saw Mr. Weasley, Mr. Diggory, Cedric, Charlie, and Bill all gliding down to the ground like pros. Charlie walked over to Hermione and tried not to laugh as he helped her up. He failed and burst into laughter when she was on her feet. Hermione looked back at him and ran at him tackling him to the ground as he laughed. He hit the ground with a loud "Umph!" and looked at Hermione like she was insane as she stood over him, hand son her hips with a satisfied smirk on her lips. She turned around and walked over to Ginny who was laughing and clutching her sides. When they got to the grounds of the stadium they walked over to a tent and Hermione looked at it not believing they would all be staying in it. She heard Harry mummer "I love magic" and walked into the tent only to be stunned at the sight before her. It was like a full home. She walked over to the bunk beds that Ginny had thrown her stuff on and put her stuff on the top bunk before sinking into the couch and looking around in amazement.
They were all walking up the stairs of the stadium when they had a run in with Lucius Malfoy and Draco. "Hello Arthur. I didn't expect to see you here." He said while Draco just stared at his father like he was stupid. After third year when Hermione had hit Draco they had became close. Hermione, Harry, and Draco would be seen together often on the grounds or in the halls. Ron still didn't like the fact that Draco didn't believe in his fathers beliefs and wouldn't except Draco as a friend so whenever he was around Ron left. Draco looked at them with an apologetic look and Hermione and Harry just smiled at him.
"Lucius. Yes we got tickets. Best seats in the house."
"I'm sure. Well if it starts raining, you'll be the first to know." He said with a sneer. "Come Draco, we need to go to our seats with the Minister." He said with one more pointed look at the group. 'Sorry guys' Draco mouthed at them and followed his father.
They continued up the stadium until they got to the top and they were amazed at the sight before them. They had a clear view of the entire stadium. The Irish team flew over their heads and into the stadium as they threw fireworks up and they formed the dancing leprechaun. The circled the stadium as the Bulgarian team flew through the leprechaun in a flash of red. Everyone that was cheering for Bulgaria was shouting 'Krum! Krum!' as the Irishmen booed. With a blow of a whistle the game was started.
The game ended with the Irish winning but Krum catching the snitch. The twins went to collect their winnings from Ludo Bagman and they heard people screaming. Arthur walked out of the tent as Bill said, "Sounds the Irish are celebrating." Everyone laughed until Arthur came back into the tent.
"It's not the Irish. We need to get out of here. Get to the portkey but stay together. I saw the twins heading there already as well as Amos and Cedric. Charlie take Hermione, Bill take Ginny. Harry and Ron you will come with me. Go!" they all ran out of the tent Charlie holding onto Hermiones hand as they ran. She looked back and saw Harry laying on the ground unconscious.
"Harry!" she yelled "Charlie we have to go back! We have to help him!"
"We can't Hermione. Dad will get him. Come on we have to go!" Charlie and Hermione ran with everything they had to get out of the crowd and towards the portkey. Hermione got hit with a burning hex and cried out in pain but kept running. When they go t out of the crowd and to the portkey Charlie grabbed her arm and healed her before pulling her into a hug and saying, "Thank god you're alright Mia."
"Mia?"
"Yeah, I was going to ask if I could call you that, something special for me to call you instead of Hermione or Mione. I know Harry calls you Mione and you don't like anyone else calling you that so I'm going to call you Mia if that's okay with you?" he asked.
"I like it." She said and smiled at him.
Ron and Arthur came running up to them with out Harry. "Where's Harry?" Hermione asked panicking.
"We thought he was right behind us." They said. Hermione took off back towards where she last saw Harry before anyone could stop her.
"Mia! Come back!" Charlie yelled running after her. Hermione ran faster and when she got to Harry he was just coming around and putting his glasses back on. They heard a loud pop and a loud yell of 'Reducto!'
"Stop! Those are my kids!" Mr. Weasley yelled coming through the circle of Aurors.
"You've been discovered at the scene of a crime."
"Crime? What crime?" Harry asked.
"That's the dark mark Harry. That's his mark," Hermione whispered to him.
"You mean those were his followers?"
"Yes, Deatheaters." Arthur said to Harry.
"Find them now!" yelled a man with a bowler hat on.
"Wait there was a man. I… I couldn't see his face though."
"That's fine Harry. As long as your okay." Said Hermione as she hugged him around the neck.
"I'm fine Mione." And then they all walked back to the portkey so they could go home and leave the Aurors to do their jobs.
Hermione flipped the page and saw a picture of her and Charlie standing outside the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts with fire and dragons in the background. They smiled at each other before he bent down and hugged her before spinning her around. Hermione smiled as she thought back on that year and the smile slipped off her face.
Hermione sat in the Great Hall with Ron, Harry, and Ginny, as Dumbledore made the announcement that would change the whole year. "This year Hogwarts has been given the great honor of hosting the Tri-Wizard Tournament. I want you to welcome the lovely ladies from Beauxbaton." He said as the doors opened and a group of girls came in wearing blue dresses and hats. Every boy in the hall sighed and stared after them. A little girl with silvery blonde hair tumbled down the path between the tables and an older girl with the same silvery blonde hair following her beside a woman taller than Hagrid. They went over and sat at the Ravenclaw table as Dumbledore stood and said, "Now welcome the men of Dermstrang." The doors opened one more time and a bunch of guys with sticks in their hands walked in. behind all of them was a man with a goatee and a mean looking face but what had everyone's attention was the man standing beside him. None other than Victor Krum was walking into Hogwarts with his school for a chance to compete in the tournament.
They walked over and sat at the Slytherin table. "Now that everyone has settled down, let me introduce Mr. Barty Crouch. He has some rules he needs to speak about." The same man that they saw at the Quidditch World Cup walked onto the platform.
" Hello, now for safety reasons you may only enter your name into the cup if you are 17 or older."
"That's rubbish! Rubbish!" the twins yelled as everyone else yelled their unhappiness.
"Silence!" Dumbledore yelled and silence fell over the hall as everyone looked at the man in front of them. Hermione looked over at Harry and he looked relieved at the news, knowing he didn't want to enter the tournament but that everyone would expect him to as The Boy Who Lived. Hermione smiled at him and turned her attention back to the front just as the man walked off and out the door. Dumbledore revealed a golden cup he called the Goblet of Fire and told them that you had until Halloween to put your name in because at the feast they would draw the champions names. Everyone got up from their seats and made their way to their rooms or to the goblet to put their names in already. Hermione thought that the tournament was a horrible idea, someone could get hurt or die! She shook her head as she climbed into bed.
Hermione sat in the room where everyone was watching as people put their names into the cup. The twins came in and told her their plan and downed the age potion before jumping over the age line. "Yeah!" they cheered and put their names into the cup. The cup lit red and struck the twins sending them flying away. When they looked up they had white hair and beards. "You said!" one yelled.
"You said!" the other yelled and they started wrestling on the ground everyone cheering them on and laughing as Hermione rolled her eyes and opened her book. The hall fell silent as Krum walked into the room. He put his name in the cup and looked at Hermione. She felt someone watching her so she looked up and straight into the eyes of Victor Krum. She blushed at his grin and put her head back down looking at her book. Ginny gave her a questioning look and Hermione just shrugged telling her that she had no idea what it was about.
Later that night Hermione pulled out some parchment and a quill and wrote to Charlie.
Dear Charlie,
You'll never guess what's happening here. The Tri-Wizard Tournament is what's happening. I think it is a horrible idea and your brothers (Fred and George) tried putting their names into the cup even though you have to be 17 or older. They got struck by something red coming out of the cup and it turned their hair white and gave them white beards. I have to admit it was funny. Then Victor Krum, oh did I forget to tell you that? Yeah Victor Krum is at Hogwarts for the year, crazy right? Anyways he was staring at me as he but his name in the cup. It was a bit frightening actually now that I think about it. I'm scared something is going to happen and make this year just as crazy as the others. Hopefully not but probably. Anyways I'm going to sleep.
Hope your well,
Mia
Hermione read her letter over and sent it off with her owl, Eros. Harry and Draco had gotten her Eros for her birthday that year. She smiled to herself and laid down to go to sleep hoping that this year wasn't going to be as hectic as the ones before.
It was the Halloween Feast and the hall was filled with tension as everyone waited for the champions to be chosen. Dumbledore stepped up and said, "The time you've all been waiting for… the Beauxbaton champion is, Fleur Delacour!" the whole hall clapped as the girl with silvery hair stood and walked towards Dumbledore. He patted her on her back as she walked out of the hall into the room connected to the hall. "The Dermstrang champion is… Victor Krum!" the whole hall cheered as the seeker got up and shook Dumbledores hand before walking into the back room. "Finally, the Hogwarts champion is..." Hermione grabbed Harry's hand hoping this wasn't going to be the thing to change the year for them as Dumbledore said, "Cedric Diggory!" everyone cheered as the Hufflepuff stood and made his way into the back room. "Now," he started but the cup lit blue again and a piece of parchment was spit out and Dumbledore caught it staring at it. Silence filled the hall as he said, "Harry Potter? Harry Potter!" Harry went pale as Ron and everyone else glared at him. Draco sent him a look asking what happened and Harry shrugged before Hermione pushed him telling him to go. She stared after him with tears in her eyes for the boy who just couldn't catch a break. Someone yelled "He isn't even 17! He's a cheater!" Hermione glared at anyone that looked at her expect Draco who looked at her and she knew he believed Harry hadn't put his name in the cup.
Charlie had written back a couple days after she had sent the letter and he wrote,
Mia,
I'm good, are you kidding me? That is so stupid! People have been killed that's why they stopped doing it. Did you really expect anything less from the twins? That's how they are. Is Krum really there? That's crazy and he better not start creepin on you I might have to come to Hogwarts and kick some butt. Just kidding, I'm sure nothing will happen and everything will be okay. Just keep faith okay?
Love,
Charlie
Hermione had smiled at the ending. He had never put love before and it had surprised her but she liked it.
She had written him back right after the names got picked and told him what had happened and how Harry didn't have a choice in the matter, he never wrote back. Harry came and got Hermione and told her that Hagrid wanted to show them something later and they needed to come under the cloak at 11. When the time came they snuck out of the castle and made their way down the path to Hagrid's hut. When they got there Hagrid was waiting outside. "'Ello you two. Ready?" they nodded and followed him into the forest. They heard a roar and Hermione had a feeling what was ahead of them. When they got close enough they saw a flash of orange and Hermione knew. She popped out from under the cloak and asked Hagrid why she had to come.
"Well I wrote and asked him if he could get you to come over here Mia." She whipped around and launched herself at the man before her.
"Charlie! Why didn't you tell me that you were going to be here? I need to go get Ron and Ginny and the twins!"
"Nope. I already saw them. They just left about half hour ago actually." He smiled at her. They sat and talked for about an hour before Hermione had to go back to the castle with Harry.
"Good-bye Char. Please write whenever you can!" She said as she got up and wrapped her arms around his neck squeezing tight, not knowing when she was going to see him again.
"I will Mia. Good-bye. You never know when I might pop back into check on you guys." He smiled at her as she walked back to the castle. Hermione and Harry sat up all night talking about what he was going to have to do to his dragon.
It was the day of the first task and Hermione was stressing out. She was so worried about Harry and she was freaking out hoping everything they had studied would help him. As everyone made their way to the stands Hermione walked with Ginny, Neville, and Draco.
"Calm down flower." Draco said to Hermione, ever since they got close he had started calling her flower. That was his endearment to her and nobody else's.
"I'm trying Drake. It's just really hard. I'm so scared." She said as she sat in the stands. He put a comforting arm around her shoulders and turned to the quidditch pitch as Cedric walked out to face his dragon. Hermione didn't really pay attention until he grabbed something gold and Hermione realized they had to get this egg from the dragon and that these were nesting mothers. She gasped and told the others what she thought was happening. Krum came out next and was out quick then Fleur who got her egg but got burned and had to see the mediwitch. Then Harry came out. Hermione realized he had a Hungarian Horntail and she remembered from reading about them and from what Charlie had told her, these were some of the meanest dragons around. Hermione couldn't watch, so she buried her face in Dracos chest. She felt something fly over her head and she saw Harrys firebolt zooming towards him. He jumped on it and made a go for the egg but missed and had to fly by the teachers. The dragon broke the chain and flew after Harry cutting through the teachers stand. Hermione waited with baited breath tears in her eyes as she waited for Harry to come back. When he flew over the stand and towards the egg she jumped up and yelled, "Yes! Yes! Go Harry! Yes!" over and over until Harry grabbed the egg and Draco jumped up giving her a hug.
When Hermione got to the common room Harry was up in the air on the twins shoulder and had just opened the egg to have it screeching. "What the bloody hell was that?" Ron asked and everyone looked at him.
"Alright you all go back to your knitting this is going to be awkward enough without all of you nosy suds listening in." Hermione sat next to Lavender and Angelina near Harry and Ron incase she had to intervene. She smiled when they hugged and started talking again. She wrote Charlie and told him everything that happened and about how Harry was okay and he and Ron were friends again. She enjoyed the rest of the night with the boys nobody even worrying about the second task or anything but the party happening at that very moment.
"Hermione you're a girl."
"Well spotted Ron." She rolled her eyes, knowing what was coming next.
"Well would you, you know, go to the ball with me? I mean it's alright for a bloke to go by himself but for a bird to go without someone is just sad." He said.
"Sorry Ronald, but I've already been asked by someone." She said as she got up and turned her assignment into Snape. She walked back towards the boys and grabbed her stuff saying "And I said yes!" before storming out of the hall straight to her tree by the lake. They had been told they had to go to the Yule Ball and they had better have a date as the host school. She couldn't believe that Ron thought nobody had any interest in her or knew she was a girl. She didn't see the point in fretting over it so she got up and walked to the common room. When she got there the boys tried to get her to tell them who her date was. She refused only telling them it was a surprise.
The night of the ball came around faster than she expected and she was in her room getting ready. She had been getting ready for two hours because she wanted to make everyone realize that she was a girl and not just 'one of the guys'. She walked towards the stairs that lead to the Great Hall and heard Pavarti say, "She looks beautiful." To Harry. Harry turned around and said, "Yeah she does." Before smiling at her. She saw her date and walked down the stairs, he grabbed her hand and kissed it softly before smiling at her and offering her his arm. The champions and their dates all lined up and walked into the hall. She heard several people say, "Is that Hermione Granger? With Victor Krum?" she ten heard Ron say, "No, it can't be." Hermione looked over at him and smiled. They got onto the dance floor and started doing the traditional dance for the tournament. When that finished the Weird Sisters came out onto stage and she danced with Victor a couple times before a slow song was being played and she got taped on the shoulder. She turned around and saw him as he looked at Krum and asked,
"May I have this dance with her? I promise to give her back." Krum nodded and Hermione smiled at him. "I told you I was going to pop in at random times." He said and Hermione laughed.
"Yes, yes you did Char." She leaned her head against his chest as they danced and noticed all the looks she was getting from the guys and the jealous looks she got from the girls. Ginny saw her older brother and yelled his name across the hall. She ran over and jumped into his arms as he spun her around.
"Hey 'lil bit. I guess I have to dance with you now right?" she nodded and Hermione told her to go get Draco so she could dance with him for a dance. Ginny ran off to find Draco and Hermione finished her dance with Charlie. He bowed and kissed her hand before smiling and picking her up in a hug spinning her around as her laughter rang out through the hall. Ginny came back with Draco and he grabbed Hermione around the waist and Charlie said "I'll see you later before I leave okay Mia?" she nodded and began her dance with Draco.
"What was that about flower?" he asked.
"Nothing Drake. We're just really good friends." She said smiling at him. They danced a couple songs before Krum came back to reclaim her. The night went on wonderfully until she asked Ron if him and Harry wanted to join her and Victor for some drinks.
"No we would not like to join you and Victor for drinks."
"What's got your wand in a know Ronald?"
"You're fraternizing with the enemy!"
"Fraternizing with the enemy? What that's what you think! This whole thing is about international cooperation, making friends! You were the one asking for his autograph when he first got here. He is a wonderful guy Ronald." She finished standing up and glaring at him before apologizing to Harry and walking back over to Victor. When Krum left for the night Ron was stilling being a jerk and had made Hermione cry. She sat on the stairs crying, rubbing her feet when she felt a pair of arms rap around her and pick her up placing her on her feet.
"Are you okay Mia?" Charlie asked concern written all over his face for the young witch standing in front of him.
"N… No! Ron ruins everything!" she said as she fell into his chest.
"What did he do this time?" he asked. She told him everything that had happened with Ron that night and Charlie wasn't very happy with his little brother for what he said to Hermione and for making her cry. He walked her back to Gryffindor tower and they talked the whole way. He helped cheer her up before she went into the common room.
"Thanks Char." She said smiling at him.
"No problem. Goodnight Mia. I'll see you later okay?"
"Bye Char." She said giving him a final hug around his neck. She walked into the room and before the portrait closed she turned back and waved at him with a smile lighting up her tear stained face.
The night before the second task came to find the trio in the library looking for ways for Harry to stay underwater for an hour. "Granger, Weasley! Professor Dumbledore wants to see you in his office. Not you Potter." Professor Moody said told them.
"But sir, it's the night before the task!"
"Yes Miss. Granger! And Potter here should get his rest. Now go." He said and they gave a Harry and apologetic look before leaving. When they got to the office Cho Chang and A little girl around 8 were sitting in chairs. They looked like they were going to be sick and Hermione had a feeling this had to do with the task. Dumbledore explained what was to happen and that Hermione was picked simply because Krum had nobody here.
"I'll go first." Hermione said wanting to get it over with. She sat in the chair and drank a potion that tasted awful. Her vision blurred and she felt very tired. She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep. She felt herself be emerged into something cold but couldn't think of where she was.
The next thing she remember her head broke free of the water and she gasped for air and felt an arm around her waist pulling her toward the deck where Cedric was waiting with towels and a hand to pull her up from the water. When she was out she looked around for Harry or Ron but all she saw was Cedric, Cho, Krum, and Fleur. She looked over at the water and saw Ron emerge with the little girl. She didn't see any sign of Harry and she started freaking out. Harry shot out of the water with his wand in the air and landed on the deck. Hermione ran over to him with extra towels and wrapped him in them and kissed his head "Good job Harry!"
"I came in last Hermione."
"No you didn't. Fleur never got her sister!" the judges talked and then announced that Cedric was in first but Harry got second because he saved to of the people. Krum got third and Fleur came in fourth. They walked back to the castle wrapped in the towels and robes trying to keep warm. Hermione went to her room after she took a shower and wrote to Charlie telling him about the second task.
The third task came along faster than Hermione expected. They were sitting in the stands watching as the contestants entered the maze. Nothing happened for about an hour except Hermione cutting into her hands with her nails from being so nervous. They saw red sparks and then two brooms dip down into the maze and bring Fleur out of it unconscious. They saw red sparks again and this time Krum came out of the maze. They waited another two nerve-wracking hours when they heard a pop and Harry was there clutching onto Cedric. Harry wasn't cheering and Hermione knew something was terribly wrong. She ran down there and screamed as she saw Cedrics lifeless eyes looking at her. Moody drug Harry away and back up to the castle and then Dumbledore followed, running pretty fast for as old as he is. After Cedrics funeral in the Great Hall they said their good-byes to their friends they had made and Krum asked Hermione to write to him. They sailed off and everybody got in the carriages that took them to the train. When they got onto the train Hermione looked out the window wondering if she was ever going to have a normal year.
A/N - i hope you liked it! the longest chapter i've ever written. to answer some reviews ...
whatweareafraidof - i appriciate both of your reviews but this is my story not the books or movies. i just happened to use these characters. ron isnt a bad guy in the movies or books and yes he did save hermione on several accounts but i still dont like him. this is my story and i'm going to use the characters how i want. if my boyfriend asked me not to talk to somene i agree with you i would talk to him about it but i didnt want hermione to do that i wanted a fight. im sorry if you didnt like it but i really do appriciate your thoughts.
Strawberry Moon Bunny - i know that it isnt a british holiday but it is in my story
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