A/N - Hey guys I am so sorry it took me so long to update I have been really busy lately with University and work! I barely get a day off since I am working friday saturday and sunday at the moment. I wrote quite a long chapter to make up for how long it has been since I updated.
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Sunday was a miserable day for the group. Ron had woken up early and quickly escaped from the dorm room not wanting to deal with Harry. Ami had gotten up early and tried to find a spell to make the communicators work; she too had missed her fellow senshi and wanted to talk to them but so far she was having no luck. Hermione was suspicious about everything and had certain doubts in her mind. Mina was just depressed about what Harry will have to go through and of course missing Artemis and her fellow senshi. Harry had the most reason to be upset he was fighting with his best friend and his life was once again in danger.
Harry had woken up intending to talk to Ron to sort out what had happened last night but to his disappointment Ron had already left. He sighed before getting dressed and making his way down to the common room. The moment he appeared the people in the common room broke out into applause. He smiled politely and though he didn't want to deal with being surrounded by other cheering Gryffindor's, he decided that he needed to get out the common room.
With that thought he headed down to breakfast only to be stopped by Hermione. She smiled lightly at him and started to walk with him downstairs. They were in silence until Harry broke the silence, speaking coldly.
"So do you believe that I entered myself into the Tournament?"
Hermione blushed slightly, "I am sorry Harry, for not supporting you straight away but I was shocked. When your name was called out I just thought you had to have put your name in there, it was the only way for someone to be chosen. I admit that it was wrong but now I believe that I was wrong and somebody else placed your name in there."
Harry looked at her and nodded accepting her apology. "Well at least you believe me that is a start. Ron thinks I put my name in the Goblet of Fire. I have no idea why he thinks that but he is being so stupid!"
Hermione chuckled softly and Harry stared at her. "Oh Harry can you really not see why he is acting like that?"
"I have no idea why he is being such a prat Hermione."
"He is jealous Harry."
Harry's mouth dropped open, "Jealous? Why would he be jealous? Does he want to make an idiot of himself in front of the whole school?"
Hermione just looked at him and shook her head. "Look Harry, you always get all the attention. I know it isn't your fault, you don't ask for it but it happens. Plus Ron has all these brothers to compete against at home and you're his best friend and you are really famous, when he is around you he is always shoved to the side over looked. I know he never mentions it and usually it doesn't bother him too much but maybe this time it is just one too many times. "
Harry rolled his eyes and felt the anger inside of him. "Great, really that is fantastic. Tell him I will swap any time he wants, he is welcome to have people gawking at my forehead wherever I go..."
Hermione gave him a look and cut him off. "I am not telling him anything. You tell him that yourself."
"I am not running around after him trying to make him grow up. He is acting like an idiot; I can't believe he seriously thinks I want to compete in the stupid Tournament. I have enough problems with things trying to kill me as it is! I do not need the stupid Tournament added to that long list." Harry exploded, shaking slightly from anger.
Hermione stood in front of Harry and stopping him from walking. "I know Harry and well I have been wondering who could have put your name in the Goblet and I have to admit I have come up with a few suspects."
Harry let the anger go and smiled slightly. "You have? Great who are they?"
Hermione fiddled with her hands slightly before answering. "I was thinking it maybe could have been Mina and Ami."
Harry just stared at her starting to get angry again, Hermione noticed this and quickly tried to explain why. "I thought it could be them because they just suddenly turn up this year, they don't talk much about themselves or their old school, they are surprisingly good at most of the subjects, they didn't seem too surprised when your name was called out and Mina was the one who believed you first."
"You really think they are like that? Jeez Hermione, it wasn't them for one they are too young, two they are not powerful enough to cast a spell over the Goblet of Fire to confuse it into thinking there was four schools and Mina may be smart but she isn't smart enough to come up with a plan like that. Finally Mina would never do that and her believing me first was a demonstration of how kind, loyal and trusting she is of her friends. Don't go bad mouthing her."
Hermione glared at him jealous, "I know they aren't old enough Harry, I am not stupid! Though you have to admit she can be awfully convincing when she flutters her eyelashes at the boys and does her puppy dog eyes. She can get most guys to do anything because of those things! You have seen the way she has most of the males wrapped around her fingers! God even some of the Slytherins do as she says and she even managed to befriend Malfoy, the hater of all mud-bloods. I think she is perfectly capable of finding someone to place your name in the Goblet of Fire."
Harry glared at Hermione making Hermione feel a slight chill. "Hermione, you have got to get over your jealousy towards the two new girls. They have been nothing but nice to everyone and trust me they have nothing to do with my name in the Goblet."
Hermione decided to drop the subject. "Fine Harry, if that is what you think I will not interfere. I just hope you will be careful and finally I will not get be dragged into the fight between you and Ronald. I will start sitting with others until you two sort out this stupid misunderstanding, when you two are ready to be adults come and find me. One more thing, let Sirius know what is happening, he will find out either way."
With that said, Hermione walked off. Harry sighed trying to calm himself down. He had no idea why he got so angry when Hermione said those things about Mina, well that was a lie. He knew he was attracted to her and that she was a good friend but he was trying to deny to himself that he felt anything more for the bubbly blonde.
Sighing he made his way towards the Great Hall for breakfast. He really didn't want to go in there, he knew he would get looks from everyone but he was hungry so he decided to face them. Just as he was about to walk in Mina walked up to him smiling brightly and carrying some food and a cup full of juice.
"Hello Harry, I figured you wouldn't want to go in there today, some of the things people are saying about you are quite harsh. I thought we could go find a nice place outside to eat and talk, if you want to?"
Harry smiled at Mina and nodded, grabbing some of the food she was holding. The two found a nice secluded spot near the lake to sit down. Harry plopped himself down on the floor and watched how she gracefully seemed to float down next to him. She handed him some of the food and the two began to eat and shared the cup of juice since she was unable to carry two and not spill them.
After they were done eating Harry turned to Mina. "Thanks for this Mina, I really didn't want to deal with everyone yet and also thank you for being the only one that supported me last night."
"You're welcome Harry. I have to say I was surprised about the way Ron was handling things. I saw him at breakfast sitting with Ami and he was just weird."
"Yeah well we had a fight last night. He thinks I put my own name in the Goblet and wouldn't trust me. "He paused as he felt Mina grab his hand and look at him with sympathy. "Hermione thinks that... well she thinks that he is jealous. Do you think she is right?"
Mina's eyes widened and she looked at him with her mouth slightly agape. "Uh, um why are you asking me that Harry? I don't know him as well as you and Hermione do."
Harry gently rubbed her hands making her look him in the eyes. "I am asking you because I trust you and well you are a pretty good judge of character from what I can tell."
Harry then mumbled under his breath. "Well except for Malfoy." Mina heard the last comment but decided to ignore it and just focusing on the first part, touched by what he had said.
She sighed and told him what she thought. "I think I agree with Hermione on this one. I mean he could be jealous this Tournament is supposed to bring the people in it glory and riches and Ron has never really had that. I don't want to sound mean or anything but people don't really notice him when you are there; it is sort of always about you. He is often seen as the sidekick Harry and well I guess he maybe a little sick of it. I am in no way saying it is your fault Harry, but you just catch people eye and then add to the fact you are the boy that lived, well I can understand why he would feel overlooked sometimes."
Harry looked at her and let out a groan. "I still don't get why my life is so complicated, I would love to be just like him and not have attention on me all the time."
Mina just smiled softly at him and stared over the lake. "You are who you are Harry, you can't change that."
Harry nodded and stared out into the horizon. Soon people began to come outside so Harry retreated inside to write a letter to Sirius. He sat down and thought of what to write. Soon his quill was put to paper.
Dear Sirius,
You told me to keep you posted on what's happening at Hogwarts so here goes – I don't know if you've heard, but the Triwizard Tournament's happening this year and on Saturday night I got picked as a fourth champion. I don't know who put my name in the Goblet of Fire, because I didn't. The tother Hogwarts champion is Cedric Diggory, from Hufflepuff.
Hope you're okay and Buckbeak – Harry.
He then quickly rushed up to the Owlery and used a barn owl instead of Hedwig, just like Sirius had told him too. He wished he told Sirius about nervous he was and the situation with Ron but he couldn't bring himself to write that. He sighed as he watched the barn owl fly away. As it flew away he could not help but think how easy that bird had it.
People's attitude towards Harry did not improve. Both Mina and Harry thought that one everyone got used to the idea of him being champion everything would be fine. They were incredibly mistaken, everybody thought that Harry entered himself in the Tournament and they were not impressed, especially the Hufflepuffs.
Usually the Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs got along quite well with each other but they were now cold to not just Harry but everybody else. They had felt that Harry had stolen their champion's glory.
Their Herbology lesson was very awkward for Harry. Hermione was sitting with Lavender and Parvatti, ignoring both himself and Ron. Ron hadn't talked to him since their argument and because of this not even Ami talked to him much. She would chat normally to Mina but she would barely say anything to Harry, just polite small talk and finally the Hufflepuffs would not talk to him at all, instead preferring to glare at him and say snide comments about him.
He held it together during the class thanks to the help of Mina, she was the only one really supporting him and luckily she still was able to charm a few of the Hufflepuffs into not saying anything but most of them just waited until Mina's backs were turned before insulting Harry.
Harry was extremely happy that Herbology was over and looked forward to Care of Magical Creatures until he remembered they shared that class with the Slytherins. He sighed slightly and looked down at the floor, ignoring those around him. Mina saw the way he was feeling and grabbed his hand and smiled. When Harry saw her smiling face he found himself feeling slightly happy and just knowing he had her support was enough.
They had arrived at Hagrids to be greeted by Malfoy. He looked at Harry and Mina walking together and his usual sneer came upon his face.
"Ah look boys, it's the champion. Got your autograph books? Better get a signature now because I doubt he is going to be around much longer. Half the Triwizard champions have died, how long do you reckon you're going to last Potter? Ten minutes into the first task is my bet."
Mina stared at Malfoy disappointment shining in her eyes. She never could understand how he could be so cold and hurtful to everyone but her, to her he was different, softer. She shook her head and was about to berate him for his behaviour before Hagrid interrupted and instructed them to start walking the Skrewts.
The whole class looked at him like he was insane but he seemed to think the reason the Skrewts were killing each other was because of pent up energy. Harry shrugged his shoulders and went over to help Hagrid and talk to him, not noticing Mina walking up to Malfoy.
Malfoy had seen Mina walking up to him and conveniently slipped away from his friends so they could have a private conversation.
"Draco why do you have to say things like that. The comments you said not only offend Harry but they hurt me too. I hate to imagine Harry dying, I mean I am nervous enough for him as it is and so is he but when people like you say those sorts of things... It is just horrible."
Malfoy looked at the beautiful girl he was slowly developing feelings for, no matter how hard he tried not to because of her inferior birth. He hated the fact that she was so concerned for Harry making his cold attitude return.
"It is always about Potter with you. I told you before that Potter and I will probably never get along. You said you could accept that."
Mina turned slightly red from her anger, she could not handle his attitude today. She had to deal with enough from just being Harry's friend. By just being Harry's friend it seemed most people didn't want to talk to her. Some of this was welcome especially since Fleur didn't try to talk to her anymore but know neither did any of the others. She was getting sick of the immature attitude displayed by the people at this school.
"I said I would try to accept that, but I don't like the constant fighting between you and him. It is totally immature. Plus I have to also deal with the stupid attitude from the rest of the student body and even some of the teachers. It is stupid!"
She turned around flipping her long golden hair over her shoulder as she turned to stalk off. Malfoy was captivated by her golden blonde hair and felt a sense of guilt that she was being put through so much purely because of her association. Before he knew it his arm shot out and grabbed her arm gently, swinging her back to face him.
"Look I know I am a bit of a jerk sometimes but I am sorry you have to deal with all the crap thrown at you and I still say that Potter and I will never be friends but maybe I could be more civil towards him, for your sake but with that said it will probably only happen when you are around. Your presence just relaxes me and makes me calmer."
She looks at him and he searches her eyes for forgiveness, unfortunately for him she only smiles softly at him before turning away.
Mina sighed as she walked away from Malfoy, sometimes she believes that their friendship will be beneficial but it is times like this when she just thinks she is wasting her time. She just watched for the rest of the lesson alone as Harry was talking to Hagrid still and Ami was constantly with Ron, who wasn't talking to her outside of their room because they had to act like they were on either side.
Finally the lesson ended and the two walked up to the building together. Harry could tell she wasn't in a great mood, so he gave her a hug.
"I just want to say thanks for being there for me. I also know you have been trying to get people to stop talking about me but don't worry about it because they aren't going to stop. Not even your charm will prevent that from happening."
Harry was glad to see his joke had made her smile and let out a little giggle. The two linked arms and tried to enjoy the rest of the day.
Things did not improve for Harry over the next couple of days, Mina's was slightly better because Malfoy had backed off a bit and she was able to take time out to spend with Setsuna and
Ami but poor Harry only had Mina.
Harry could understand why the Hufflepuffs were acting the way they were acting but it still hurt. Not to mention the fact that he felt inferior to the other champions. Fleur was gorgeous and graceful, wherever she went she had people following her and admiring her. Krum, well he was Viktor Krum the famous seeker. He had the girls fawning all over him and had the dark and mysterious thing going on and apparently everyone loved that. Last but not least there was Cedric and Harry felt that he embodied everything the Hogwarts Champion should be. He was tall, exceptionally handsome with his dark hair and grey eyes, he was kind, smart and just the perfect guy.
It was hard to tell who was getting more attention nowadays, Krum or Cedric. Both of them had girls following them around begging for their attention. He was really grateful that Mina wasn't behaving like that. She had met Krum and not fallen over him and though Harry knew she thought Cedric was attractive she never cared about him.
Having Mina around was almost enough to make Harry feel like he was worthy of a champion but sometimes he saw the others surrounded by their fans and wanted to feel appreciated.
Walking with Mina to charms he tried to ignore the glares of hatred sent at him. Finally they arrived in Charms and Professor Flitwick told them they were learning the summoning charm. Harry was having a lot of trouble with the charm. He felt his spirits drop when Mina easily did the summoning charm, in fact she was the first to successfully complete the spell.
Harry just stared at her and continued trying to get his charm right but all through the lesson he was failing miserably. By the end of the lesson he was assigned extra homework to try and get it right, the only other student in the class to get assigned the extra homework was Neville again pushing his spirits down.
On the way to the next class Harry turned to Mina was successfully ignoring everyone around her.
"Hey Mina, how did you get the summoning charm so fast?"
Mina shrugged her shoulders. "Well my wand is particularly good for charms, so I suppose that has something to with it and I have always been good at charms."
Harry nodded slightly feeling extremely depressed. Mina looked over and noticed his bad mood and sighed trying to think of what she could do to help him. It also didn't help that they had double potions with Slytherin.
Mina just grabbed his hand as they walked, "don't worry Harry. I will work on the summoning charm with you if you like."
Harry nodded feeling slightly better because of her kindness and the fact that she wouldn't let go of his hand.
They arrived at the dungeons they found each of the Slytherins waiting outside, each of them wearing a large badge on the front of their robes. They all bore the same message in luminous red letters.
Support CEDRIC DIGGORY – the REAL Hogwarts Champion!
Harry froze when he read the badges feeling the anger again bubble up inside of him. Mina felt him seize up and glared at all of the Slytherins especially Malfoy who stood at the front smirking slightly, until he saw the look upon Mina's face. She was absolutely furious.
Mina couldn't believe that they were all being such jerks especially Malfoy, he had told her that he would try to be nicer and now he was doing this!
Pansy smirked seeing the way Mina was glaring at Malfoy, she knew that Malfoy had a soft spot for the mud-blood and she knew that the mud-blood hated the way Malfoy behaved. Pansy was extremely jealous of Mina's looks and sway over Malfoy, so she figured it was about time to stop that.
"Do you like them Potter? Malfoy was the one that thought them up but guess what, that isn't all they do watch."
She pressed the badge into her chest and the message upon it vanished, only to be replaced by another message that glowed green.
POTTER STINKS
Mina shook her head sadly, "very funny, really." She then turned around to head into the potions room when a random Slytherin boy called out.
"Want one Aino? I've got loads but don't touch my hand. I've just washed it and I don't want a Mudblood sliming it up."
Mina just ignored them and went to walk back inside but Harry could not take them insulting Mina, one person who definitely didn't deserve it. He reached for his wand as did Malfoy. The two sent a spell at each other, the spells met in mid-air and ricocheted off at angles. Harry's hit Goyle in the face and Malfoy's hit Hermione.
Mina had heard the boys yelling their spells and rushed out to see ugly boils staring to spring on Goyle's nose and Hermione whimpering in panic while clutching at her mouth.
Mina rushed forward and stood beside Hermione to make sure she was okay. Hermione may have been cold towards her but she was clearly in need of help. She turned around and glared at the two boys.
She gently pulled Hermione's hand away from her mouth and gasped at the sight. Her already larger than average front teeth, were now growing at an alarming rate. Hermione quickly covered her face back up and Mina tried to calm her down with the help of Ami but neither of them was succeeding.
Snape walked out of the Potions room to see what was happening and spoke in a soft, deadly voice. "What is all this noise about?"
Everyone started talking at once, trying to explain the situation. Snape silenced them all and pointed at Malfoy. "Explain"
"Potter attacked me sir..."
Harry was annoyed and yelled out interrupting Malfoy. "We attacked each other at the same time!"
Malfoy just ignored Harry and continue. "Look he hit Goyle."
Snape nodded and examined Goyle, whose face now resembled something that would have been at home in a book on poisonous fungi.
"Hospital Wing, Goyle." Snape said calmly.
Ami then spoke up. "Professor, Malfoy got Hermione, look."
She then forced Hermione to show Snape her teeth. Many of the Slytherin girls were giggling and pointing. Snape looked coldly at Hermione. "I see no difference."
Hermione let out more tears and bolted out of sight. Mina, Harry and Ron all started to yell at Professor Snape. It was probably for the best that all of them were yelling at once because that way Snape couldn't quite hear all the horrendous things they were saying about him.
"Let's see, 50 points from Gryffindor and a detention for Potter, Weasley and Aino. Now everyone get inside or it'll be a week's worth of detentions."
The three of them glared at Snape with hatred. Mina went to go sit next to Harry instead of Malfoy because she was angry with him but as she went to place her books down Snape walked up to her.
"What are you doing Aino?"
Mina bit back her scathing remark and managed to stay rather civil. "I am sitting here professor, what else would I be doing?"
Snape gave her a cool glare and pointed over to her usual seat next to Malfoy. "Your seat is over there. You chose to sit there and there you must stay."
Mina's mouth gapped open and she was about to make a comment back when Ami gave her a look silencing her. "Fine, professor."
She then sat down next to Malfoy but ignored him for the rest of the lesson. She was too annoyed with him, Snape and Pansy to deal with any Slytherins.
Harry watched Mina sat down beside Malfoy and ignore him. He was smiling inside that she wasn't her usual flirty self with Malfoy today. He kept watching her out of the corner of his eye until the class was interrupted.
Snape turned to Colin Creevey who was the cause of the interruption. "Yes?"
Colin looked scared and managed to stutter out. "Please sir, I'm supposed to take Harry Potter upstairs."
"Potter has another hour of Potions to complete. He will come upstairs when this class is finished.
Colin turned pink, "Sir – sir, Mr Bagman wants him. All the champions have got to go. I think they want to take photographs. "
Harry winced slightly at the last sentence, he really wished Colin didn't say the last few words. Snape rolled his eyes and snapped back. "Very well, Potter leave your things here. I want you back down here later to test your antidote."
Colin blushed again and nervously said. "Please sir – he's got to take his things with him. All the champions..."
"Very well, Potter take your bad and get out of my sight." Snape snapped at the two boys.
Harry quickly packed his stuff and headed for the door. As he walked through he saw Mina send him a small smile. He was happy to see that she wasn't as angry with him as she was with Malfoy.
Harry and Colin walked together with Colin blabbing on about something or other. Harry stopped listening, he really didn't want to do this. They finally reached their destination and Harry was glad to be away from Colin.
He walked into the classroom and saw all the champions, Ludo Bagman, a photographer and a strange looking woman in magenta robes.
They all looked up when Harry entered the room but soon returned to what they were doing except for Bagman. He walked up to Harry to inform him of why he was there. "This is just the Wand Weighing ceremony, the rest of the judges will be here in a moment. The Wand Weighing is to check that your wands are fully functional. The expert is upstairs now with Dumbledore. Then after that there is going to be a little photo shoot and there will be a small piece on the Tournament for the Daily Prophet written by Rita Skeeter."
He pointed over to the witch in the magenta robes. Harry looked at her more carefully now knowing she was a reporter. She had elaborate and curiously rigid curls, a heavy jawed face, wore jewelled spectacles and had a crocodile skin handbag held in her thick fingers that had crimson nails.
She looked at Harry and smiled, something that made Harry's blood run slightly colder. "I was wondering if I could have a little word with Harry before we start. The youngest champion you know, to add a bit of colour."
Bagman smiled widely. "Certainly, that is as long as Harry has no objections?"
Harry was about to inform her that yes he had objections when Rita gripped his arm and steered him out of the room and into a nearby door.
Harry was too shocked to do anything, he just stared at her as she sat down and pulled out a quill and some parchment.
She then began to talk to Harry. "So Harry, what made you enter the Tournament?"
Harry went to go speak but he was distracted by the quill that was dashing across the parchment, even though he had not said one word. He leant over to see and read the sentence.
An ugly scar, souvenir of a tragic past disfigures the other-wise charming face of Harry Potter, whose eyes –
"Ignore the quill Harry."
Harry reluctantly looked up at her and answered her previous question. "I didn't enter the Tournament. I don't know how my name got into the Goblet of Fire. I didn't put it there."
Rita looked at Harry and raised one heavily pencilled eyebrow. "Come now Harry, there is no need to be scared of getting into trouble. Our readers love a rebel."
"I didn't enter."
Rita again just looked at him and moved on with the interview asking many questions which he tried to answer. She asked about his feelings towards the tasks ahead, about whether he thought he could die from the tasks and then even about the deaths he have had to deal with in the past. That is when he truly started to get annoyed with the woman.
"Do you think the trauma in your past might have made you keen to prove yourself, to live up to your name? Do you think that perhaps you were tempted to enter the Tournament because..."
Harry interrupted her grinding his teeth as he repeated once again. "I didn't enter."
"Can you remember your parents at all? How do you think they would feel if they knew you were competing in the Triwizard Tournament? Proud, worried, angry?"
Harry was feeling downright annoyed. His hands had clenched into fists tightly and he was trying hard not to yell at the stupid woman. He could feel Rita Skeeter watching him very intently. He ignored her gaze and looked down at what she had just written.
Tears fill those startlingly green eyes as our conversation turns to the parents he can barely remember.
After reading what was written, Harry snapped. "I have NOT got tears in my eyes!"
Before Rita could say a word the door was flung open and Albus Dumbledore stood in the doorway. Rita had quickly hidden the quill and parchment and smiled at Dumbledore. "Dumbledore, I hope you saw my piece over the summer about the International Confederation of Wizards' Conference."
"Enchantingly nasty, I particularly enjoyed you description of me as an obsolete dingbat." Dumbledore said in a monotone voice, his eyes twinkling.
Rita Skeeter didn't seem embarrassed or sorry at all. "I was just making the point that some of your ideas are a little old-fashioned Dumbledore and that many wizards on the street..."
"I will be delighted to hear the reasoning behind the rudeness Rita but I am afraid we will have to discuss the matter later. The Weighting of the Wands is about to start and it cannot take place if one of our champions is hidden in the broom cupboard."
Harry was very glad to get away from Rita Skeeter and hurried back into the room. The other champions were now sitting in chairs near the door. He sat down in the only available chair, which happened to be next to Cedric. He groaned slightly at where he had to sit but soon placed himself beside him. The judges were sitting at a velvet-covered table and Rita Skeeter sat herself down in a corner, again grabbing out her quill and parchment.
"May I introduce Mr Ollivander? He will be checking your wands to ensure that they are in good condition before the Tournament." Dumbledore announced before sitting back down.
Mr Ollivander smiled warmly at the group. "Mademoiselle Delacour, could we have you forward first please?"
Fleur stood and walked over to Mr Ollivander, handing over her wand.
Ollivander twirled the wand between his long fingers and it emitted a number of pink and gold sparks. He then held it close to his eyes and examined it carefully.
"Nine and a half inches, inflexible, rosewood and containing a..."
Fleur smiled charmingly, "an 'air from ze 'ead of a Veela."
Mr Ollivander nodded at her, "yes, I have only ever used a Veela hair once before. It was used in one of my best wands. It was a very powerful wand made for a very powerful witch."
Harry stared on in confusion, he knew that Mina had her wand made by Mr Ollivander and had a Veela hair in it, she had told him so but surely she wasn't a very powerful witch. Harry was stuck thinking about this that he never noticed both Cedric and Viktor getting their wands tested.
"Mr Potter, your turn."
Harry snapped out of his daze and handed his wand over to Mr Ollivander.
"Aaaah yes, another one of my wands. How well I remember."
Harry nodded and also clearly remembered the day he got his wand. He had tried almost all the wands in the shop before being handed his wand, made of Holly, was eleven inches long and contained a single feather from the tail of a phoenix. It turned out that the phoenix that had given a feather for Harry's wand had only given one other and it was inside Lord Voldemort's wand.
Harry had never shared this information with anybody. He really hoped that Mr Ollivander was not about to tell the room about it.
Luckily Ollivander did not mention this but he did take a lot longer examining Harry's wand. Finally he handed it back to Harry. After the weighing of the wands some photos were taken, a few group ones and unfortunately some individual ones.
Finally he was able to go and he headed down to the great hall for dinner to find out that Mina wasn't down there. He ate alone before heading back upstairs. When he got to his dormitory Ron was already there. He looked up briefly. "You've had an owl and we've got our detentions tomorrow night in Snape's dungeon. Please tell Mina."
Ron then walked out of the room, Harry was tempted to go after him to either hit him or ask him to be friends again. He decided on neither and instead read the letter.
Harry –
I can't say everything I would like to in a letter, it's too risky in case the owl is intercepted. We need to talk, face to face. Can you ensure that you are alone by the Gryffindor Tower at one o'clock in the morning on the 22nd of November?
I know better than anyone that you can look after yourself and while you're around Dumbledore and Moody I don't think anyone will be able to hurt you. However, someone seems to be having a good try. Entering you in that Tournament would have been very risky, especially right under Dumbledore's nose.
Be on the watch, Harry. I still want to hear about anything unusual. Let me know about the 22nd November as quickly as you can.
Sirius.
Harry smiled slightly at the thought of talking to Sirius. He folded up the letter and went back downstairs to wait for Mina.
Mina watched as Colin stood at the doorway and told Snape that Harry was needed. She was curious as to why but didn't say anything. Harry soon left and she sent a small smile his way.
She stayed silent for the rest of the class still pissed off at Malfoy and if she was honest with herself a little annoyed with Harry too. She was furious with Malfoy because he was the one that again started the fight. She could not believe that he would again act like a jerk even after the talks they have had. He can be so sweet when he wants to be and just when she thinks he is changing he pulls out something like that.
She was angry at Harry because according to everyone else Harry was the one that pulled out his wand first. Mina knows that it was to defend her from being called a Mudblood and she was appreciative for this but she just wished it didn't always end up in a fight.
Mina slumped down in her seat as she did what was required of her in potions. Malfoy had attempted to start a conversation with her but every time she shot him down with a glare until he finally got the message that she didn't want to talk to him right now.
As soon as the bell rang to signal class was over Mina rushed over to Ami. The two were just discussing their charms lesson as they headed down to the Great Hall for dinner. They began to eat and were almost finished when Setsuna appeared at the table. She smiled at the Gryffindors as Mina and Ami looked at her in curiosity. Usually it was them going to see Setsuna, not the other way around.
"Hello Se... Professor Meioh. Is there something you needed to talk to us about?" Mina questioned.
Setsuna nodded at the two. "Yes there is, would you two please come to my office now. I just wanted to make sure you two understand the course work and everything, since you are new students here."
Ami pushed away her plate and stood. "Of course Professor Meioh, come on Mina."
Mina pouted slightly as she looked at her food. She was almost finished but she still had some left. Setsuna saw this and smiled at Mina. "You can quickly finish dinner if you like. Just meet me up in my office."
Mina nodded enthusiastically. "Thanks Professor, I am almost done so we will be up in about 10 minutes."
Setsuna nodded and bid farewell to them and the others at the table. Mina quickly ate the rest of her food and the two girls walked up to Setsuna's office. They knocked lightly before entering the office.
"Hey Sets. Why did you want us to come and see you? It wasn't really about school work was it?" Mina said as she sat down in front of Setsuna's desk making a face at the prospect of school work.
Setsuna let out a little laugh. "No, this isn't about your school work, it is about the first task of the Triwizard Tournament. "
Ami sat down beside Mina and was paying close attention. "Yes, we should try and develop a strategy to protect Harry. Do you happen to know what the first task is?"
Setsuna nodded at Ami. "For the first task the champions will have to get past a dragon. Not just any dragon but a mother dragon. They have to collect a golden egg that had been placed in the dragons nest. It is extremely dangerous because all mother dragons are extremely protective over their eggs."
Mina's eyes widened at the thought. "Whoa, that is harsh! How are they meant to take on a dragon?"
"That is a very good question Mina. We need to figure out a way to let Harry know about the dragons, so he can come up with a strategy. Setsuna does anyone else know about the dragons?"
"Of course Ami, all the teachers do. In fact, Hagrid is the one that will be handling them when they get here."
Suddenly a smile broke out on Mina's face. "That is fantastic. Hagrid would want to protect Harry. We can play on that. Setsuna maybe you could talk to Hagrid as a fellow teacher and express how worried you are for Harry. You could use the fact that he is so much younger than the others as basis for your reasoning and because Hagrid really cares about Harry.
I think you should also say that Harry doesn't know as many spells, if only he knew what he was up against or if he had a clue about it all, Harry would be able to find a solution. He is smart enough after all. Ami and I can also express how worried we will be for Harry and how we believe he doesn't know enough spells. I guarantee you that Hagrid will feel bad and give Harry a hint about what he needs to do. Hagrid is a great guy and will do anything to protect Harry."
"That just might work Mina. I may be the brains of the senshi, but really you are the one that comes up with all these great strategies."
Mina beamed at Ami and Setsuna smiled as she watched them. "Okay girls, that is all I wanted to talk to you about. I have been keeping a closer watch on the future and if anything bad is coming hopefully we will be able to do something about it before it happens. Goodnight."
Mina and Ami bid farewell and walked to the Gryffindor Tower. On arriving in the common room they saw Harry sitting by one of the fires with a slightly sad look on his face. Ami quietly said goodnight to Mina and went upstairs while Mina walked over to Harry.
"Hey Harry, why are you still up?"
Harry, who was shocked at not hearing her come back in, jumped slightly. "I was actually waiting for you."
Mina cocked her head to the side. "Oh really? What for?"
Harry looked at her and thought she looked adorable with that confused look on her face. "Well I wanted to apologise for what I did earlier today. I know you are a little annoyed at me for trying to fire a spell off at Malfoy even if he did deserve it."
"Oh, well thanks I guess. At first I was mad but when I had calmed down a little I sort of understood why you did it. I mean Draco does insult you a fair bit and you have had to deal with insults from everyone for a while and I suppose you just snapped. Also you were defending me from those that called me a Mudblood.
Now I am not defending your actions, what you did was wrong and got somebody else hurt but it was also sweet in a way. I think you wanted to defend me because I have been one of the only people to stick by you and you wanted me to know you appreciate it right?"
Harry nodded and blushed that she could so easily read him. She smiled at him and grabbed his hand tightly.
"I ask you though, to not do anything like that again. I am perfectly capable of defending myself if I have to and plus I just ignore the insults as should you because I am pretty sure there will be more insults for you and probably me too. So you should learn to ignore them and don't worry I am going to give Draco a piece of my mind. He injured people too and worse he told Snape that you attacked him, at least you were honest in saying you both attacked each other."
Harry nodded at Mina. "Thanks Mina, I will try not to get in to fights with people but with Malfoy I can't know if it will work. We have always just clashed. Speaking of Snape, I was told that the detention is tomorrow night. We can walk together I guess."
Mina smiled and nodded at Harry. "Sounds great Harry, oh and you can tell me all about why you were dragged out of class but that can wait for tomorrow. I am fairly tired. Goodnight Harry."
She gave him a hug and walked upstairs to her dormitory while Harry watched her walk away. He couldn't help but start to have feelings for her. She was absolutely gorgeous, the most beautiful girl in the school. She was also smart, kind and just fun to be around.
Harry shook his heads to get rid of those thoughts. He was not going to lose her friendship because he was developing more feelings for her. With those last fleeting thoughts he went back up to his room and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow
It was a very long chapter but I think some of the next chapters will be just as long judging from the plans I have! I hope you liked it
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