8. The Question
A couple days had passed after the drama that took place at Hagrid's lesson and me turning Draco's hair ginger. People still laughed about it and pointed at him now and again, saying how he was a secret fan of the Weasley family.
George indeed had kept his word and not told a soul, even his twin, that I liked Fred. However today was the last day when all the people old enough could put their name into the Goblet of Fire. I was sitting on one of the benches that had been pushed to the side in the Great Hall, watching people from Hogwarts and the two other schools slip their name in. Half an hour earlier Fleur had put her name in, her little pack of pups following and cheering behind the magic circle that Dumbledore himself drew. She walked out of the circle after giving me an evil glare, but I simply smiled back, remembering how I pranked her by putting a huge bunch of beetles into her bed. I remember clearly how I laughed so hard as she screamed and cried, running out of the room. To this day it still makes me chuckle.
I had continued to sit here and looked to my left as Krista sat next to me. "Heyy bumblebee." I joked because of her house colours. "Heyy lioness." She joked back. I chuckled and watched as Cedric walked in with his friends, being pushed into the circle and slipping his name in. I looked at Krista and saw that she was watching.
"Still haven't talked to him?" I asked.
Cedric glanced over at us and Krista quickly looked away, replying, "Nope. I tried yesterday, but, I got scared and went to my room." Cedric walked out of the room, glancing one more time as us before disappearing around the corner.
"Want me to talk to him?" I asked. Krista opened her mouth to reply but we looked at two running figures, flaming red hair blowing in the air and cheering as everyone clapped them on.
"Yes please. But talk to Fred. That's something you have to do on your own." Krista quickly whispered and watched as the twins stood near us.
"We did it!" They shouted in unison.
"Did what?" I asked.
The twins scoffed and George sat next to Krista and Fred sat next to me. "Made an aging potion so we could become a few years older, so we can enter the tournament." Fred told me and I felt my face drop.
"What?" I exclaimed. "Are you two idiots? You could die in there." I pointed out, worry clearly heard in my voice.
"Don't worry Scy, it won't work anyway." A new voice said and us four, including the crowd around us, looked at who said it which was Hermione.
The twins went on either side of her and George asked, "Oh yeah Granger, why not?" I looked down as I felt jealously shoot through me. As soon as Hermione spoke Fred moved to her side. Krista grabbed my hand and gave me a knowing look. I wasn't listening to their convocation but it must've ended as I looked up to see the Twins standing on a bench, arms entwined around each other and drinking the potion. They then dropped into the circle and waited a few moments, before smiling and walking around the circle and everyone around cheered. They then looked at each other and then put their names in. A few more moments passed and cheers erupted again, but turned to screams as the gentle blue flames turned an angry red and shot out, hitting the twins and sending the flying across the room.
I ran to the front of the crowd with Krista by my side, us laughing as their hair turning white and both growing beards. They looked at each other before scrambling around on the floor, both shouting out, "You said!"
It suddenly went quiet as the crowd turned round, watching silently as Viktor Krum, a younger boy I guessed was his brother and their headmaster walking in, Viktor continued walking as he stepped into the circle and placed his name in, looking at me quickly before walking back out. Krista kept nudging me, snapping me out of my trance, "Did you hear me?" She asked. I simply shook my head and chuckled as the twins stood by me, still grey and with beards. "Wanna get lunch?" Krista asked me and this time I nodded. I quickly grabbed my wand and waved it at the boys, ridding them of their beards and their white hair back to red.
"Coming?" I asked them both, both nodded as they simply sulked. Krista and I walked ahead as the boys slumped behind us. We walked into another hall where lunch had started and we sat at the Gryffindor table. I began filling my plate up and saw Ginny leap into her seat next to me. "What's gotten you all hyper?" I asked her.
"I along with three other students from the other houses are creating the Yule Ball." She shrieked at me.
I glanced at her slightly with a smirk then whirled my head round to face her with a stern look as I dropped my fork and instantly said, "No way."
Her face dropped and I knew what she was going to ask me, "Aww please! You're amazing!"
Fred, who was next to me asked, "Amazing at what?"
"Singing! She brilliant" Aww C'mon Scy please!" Ginny begged me.
Fred looked at me with curiosity and I opened my mouth to speak but heard a new voice, "Do not waste your time with her singing, sounds more like a cat singing. Actually cats are better than her." We all looked up see Fleur smirking, as well was her followers.
"I can sing actually, as well dance, playing the violin, piano and guitar as well as brilliant at drawing, painting, pranking and most of all, learning about spells and perfecting them." I defended.
Fleur snorted and replied, "Yes but all with cheating I expect. Admit it Avalon, your good for nothing." I gripped my fork and felt Fred place his hand on my leg and squeezed it. "I thought as much. Can't even win an argument." She spat out and then walked off.
I started breathing heavily and Krista looked at me. "Scy. Breathe." She ordered.
I tried but couldn't relax, until Fred whispered, "Scy, please relax, don't listen to her I'll be here always." I looked at my plate and final relaxed.
After a few seconds I said to Ginny, "I'll do it. I'll sing five songs. That's my limit." Ginny nodded and then we all started eating, me finally calm as Fred kept his hand on my leg.
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After lunch I quickly ran to my dorm, searching for my books for Snape's class. Krista was waiting for me and after five minutes, we were running back to the hall. "We're late, we're so late because you had to lose your book." She shouted as we rounded a corner.
"I found it! Anyway, Snape likes me. He hasn't given me a detention." I exclaimed.
"Yet!" She shouted back. We finally stepped into the hall and quickly took our seats, me in-between Krista and Fred as Snape's back was to us.
"Lost your book?" Fred asked while whispering. I nodded and he chuckled.
I looked at Ron and saw that he was miserable. "What's with you?" I asked him.
He looked round and quickly whispered, "Since everyone heard about the Yule Ball, people have started asking, I haven't asked anyone."
I nodded in understanding and the Fred threw a piece of paper at him, whispering, "Watch." I looked at Krista and saw that she was smirking. Was he going to ask me? I bloody hope so. I looked at Fred but watched in pain as he threw a piece of paper at Angelina, motioning of asked her to the dance and her replying with yes.
I felt the air knock out of me and started writing as Snape was walking up. "What's up?" Fred asked.
I sent him a glare, "Don't even talk to me." I spat out. He looked at George who also gave him a look and shook his head.
"Problem?" Snape asked slowly at us.
"Yeah, Fred is being stupid." George said slowly.
"Well maybe he needs to look at his work and then maybe he will understand it all." Snape replied and pushed Fred's head harshly near his work. I wrote the last word and handed it to Snape, who snatched it out of my hands but sent me a soft glare, even though I was a Gryffindor he tolerated me.
I grabbed my things and whispered to George, "Hey, wanna go to the ball?" He nodded with a smirk and ignored Fred's glare. I then turned to Ron and whispered, "Just ask Hermione, I know that she wants you to for Pete's sake." They both blushed and I turned to Harry, "Ask, Ginny, I know you like her, it's obvious." I turned to Krista, "I'll help you with Cedric." She nodded in understanding and I turned harshly to Fred, "At least I'm not oblivious to things." Then walked quickly out of the hall, the group watching me as I ran to the common room. Away from everyone.