Chapter 8 TRIWIZARD SELECTION

A/N sorry about the short chapter guys

'Morning sleepy head.' Says a voice, I stick up my hand and punch the person who awoke me.

'OUCH! SHIT MAX! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?' Yells the voice. I open my eyes and see Fred with a bloody nose and George laughing at him. I'm lying on a couch in the common room. I must have fallen asleep here after classes today.

'That was for waking me up.' I say calmly. Hermione comes hopping down the stairs. She almost trips over in her haste.

'You idiot Fred! You don't stand next to Max when you wake her up!' Says Hermione. The first time she woke me up, I punched her too. Now she just throws stuff at me from a distance until I get up.

'We need to go down to dinner or we are going to be late for the announcement of the Triwizard competitors.' Says Hermione.

'I'm just gonna go wash the blood off my face.' Says Fred giving me a small glare.

'No time!' Says Hermione. She grabs my arm and we start running down to the Grand Hall, with the twins following us.

-TIME SKIP-

We arrive at the hall and open the doors straight away everyone is staring at me. The four of us walk over to Ron who is sitting at the Gryffindor table.

'Where's Harry?' I ask Ron.

'He's in the trophy room.' Ron says sourly.

'Uhh... Why?' I ask him.

'Harry has been chosen to compete in the Triwizard Tournament.' He says.

'WHAT!' I yell loudly. 'Harry didn't put his name in the goblet though!'

'Don't look so surprised Max. You're in it too.' He says with a scowl on his face.

Then Dumbledore entered through the trophy room door. 'Maximum Ride. Come with me.'

I stare at him with wide eyes before Fred tells me to go. I stand up and walk through the door, Dumbledore follows me.

I look around the small room that I am standing in. I see Harry and go to stand with him.

'Did you put your name in the cup?' Whispers Harry seriously.

'No.' I answer quietly

'Me neither. I think someone set us up.' Whispers Harry.

'There must be a mistake! They are to young!' Says a girl from Beauxbatons with a very French accent.

'The Goblet selected them, so they must compete.' Says Dumbledore sadly. 'Max, Harry, Cedric I suggest that you go to bed. It's been a long night.' I look at Cedric and realise that he is from Hufflepuff. The first thing I think when I see him is sparkles, but I have no idea why.

We walk together through the Grand Hall. I sneak a glance at the Gryffindor table and they are all looking at us with confused looks.

We exit the Grand Hall and straight away Cedric is asking questions.

'So. How did you guys get your name in the cup? He asks.

'I didn't.' Harry and I reply at the same time.

'Sure you didn't.' He says disbelievingly. We arrive at the Grand Staircase and Cedric says goodbye and goes a different direction to the Hufflepuff common room.

Harry and I walk up to the Gryffindor common room and go to bed.

But of course, I get no sleep what so ever. I toss and turn in my bed thinking about how the rest of the school is still in the Great Hall probably wondering how the hell our names were pulled out of the goblet. Frankly, I'm wondering the same thing.

After a few more minutes of trying to sleep I get up and slip on a jacket over my PJs. It's a quick walk to the common room. I sit on one of the soft couches in front of the roaring fire.

I watch the flames dance and twirl thinking of the times when the flock and I would sit in front of the camp fire and eat roast-whatever-we-could-catch. A single tear runs down my face and drips onto my arm.

'I see you couldn't sleep either.' Says Harry from the door to the boys dormitory. I quickly wipe the wetness of my face and turn around to face him.

'What did you mean Harry, why would somebody from Hogwarts set us up?' I ask him as he walks over and sits on a couch facing me.

'Well I know a few people who would find it fun to watch us compete in a tournament where a lot of people have died.' He says sadly.

'Who knows, maybe they'll get lucky and one of us will die.' I sigh.

'You won't die Max, if anything you'll probably win. Especially with your,' There is a pause while he decided on the proper word to use 'Abilities.' He says with a small smile on his face.

'You're right Harry, I've been through worse than a stupid game.' I laugh.

'Care to explain?' Asks Harry.

I told him everything about everything. Angel being kidnapped, going to school, Dr. Oober Goober and saving the world. I also told him about Voldemort killing the flock.

'Max, I'm so sorry,' He sounds genuinely sad, but I knew he would, he's that kind of person. The silence that follows is not awkward or strained, but it is interrupted by the Gryffindors coming back from the feast. Fred and George race over to us and plonk down on either side of me on the three seater couch.

'How did you two do it without growing beards?' Ask the twins excitedly as Hermione quietly sits down next to Harry.

'We didn't put our names in that goblet.' Harry and I say at the same time. After that everyone slowly drifted off to their beds and so did I.

A/N Ha ha ha did you get the small twilight joke :D

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