the girl who saved him

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Dumbledore raises his arm towards the fire that lit the great hall, the flames slowly became smaller and the room became darker, creating a magical atmosphere, he then slowly walked over to the goblet, his long robesdragging across the floor as he walked, placed his hand delicately around it and the flame which was once an electric blue turned to a dark red quickly, making a few students gasp and turn to a whisper,

A piece of parchment was shot out and landing perfectly down to Dumbledore and he caught it with his fingers, the parchment was still hot and smoke was leaving a trial behind it, his eyes looked for the name on the parchment and he looked around the room, searching for the champion,

"The Durmstrang champion is... Viktor krum"

Applause immediately started as Krum formed a fist with excitement, his friends all pat his back and congratulate him, and he stands up and walks over to Dumbledore, his head held high and a small smile on his lips as he couldn't contain his excitement for a chance at eternal glory.

The two shake hands and Dumbledore guides him over to where the champions are supposed to go after being chosen.

The loud roar of the students and the applause slowly died down again and the room fell silent, everyone's eyes watching the cup as it turned to a red flame once again, spitting out a blue piece of parchment,

Dumbledore flipped the parchment, searching for a name, and he looked over to the table and spoke, "champion for beauxbatons is fleur Delacour" and once again the great hall was filled with a roar, everyone clapped as the fleur stood up with a small smile on her face and walked towards Dumbledore, I'll have to admit, she was a stunning girl, her posture was perfect and her dress fitted her beautifully, she seemed like a wonderful girl.

Another piece of parchment shot out of the cup and landed in Dumbledores hand, it was steaming hot, leaving yet another trail of smoke,

"the Hogwarts champion..."

The room fell silent again, I could hear my breathing becoming heavier, my hands started to fidget,

"Cedric Diggory" and everyone stood up and roared one last time, my heart skipped a beat, I had a feeling I shouldn't be happy, or that this isn't a good thing but I shoved it down and I switched my thinking, he's got a chance at eternal glory, he looks happy and so does everyone else, maybe this is a good thing,

I stood up and went along with everyone else, my eyes fell on the Hufflepuff boy, he was getting congratulated by his friends and his smile lit up the room, he walked over beaming and went down towards the room where the other champions went.

I turned to my right and saw Harry smiling and calling for Cedric, I could tell he saw Cedric as a bit of leader, an idol, someone like a brother, I slowly sit down back in my seat, still a big smile plastered on my face,

"Excellent, we now have our three champions, but in the end only one will go down in history, only one will hoist this chalice of champions, this vessel of victory, the tri-wizard cup" he pointed quickly towards the front of the room where Barty lifted the cloth off and revealed the most beautiful cup, it lit up the room with its lightning blue colour, creating the cup to glow, it look enchanted and the handles were silver and had carvings made into them, something I've never seen before,

Everyone sat there, a few people were whispering, some were just drawn to the cup, they're eyes stuck on the cup that stood before them, but before Dumbledore could continue, Snape takes a step closer, his eyes lingering on what stood behind Dumbledore,

Dumbledore caught on to what Snaps was looking at, his eyebrows furrowed and he turned around to the cup, and the blue flames were growing bigger by the second, flying through the air, everyone watched silently, preparing for what might happen, the electric blue flames turned to a dark red again and shot out another piece of parchment, everyone sat there confused as to what was happening,

The three champions have already been selected so what was happening now,

The parchment flew in to dumbledores hand, with this eyebrows furrowed he looked at what was in his hand and he mumbled a name, no one heard him, he spoke louder,

"Harry Potter" Dumbledore shouted confusedly as he looked around the room for Harry, all the students turned to us, with their eyes on the boy sitting next to me, my heart fell to the bottom of my chest, Harry's too young, he's not old enough this, nor prepared in any way, there has to be a mistake,

I look at Harry and he tried to sit back down, and hide himself from the eyes that was staring at him, I could tell he didn't want this, but why would he put the name in the cup then,

"Harry Potter!" Dumbledore roared again,

"Cmon Harry, get up" hermione grabbed Harry's jumper and helped him up, Harry didn't look like he wanted to go, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion, he looked like he wasn't expecting this but he walked over slowly, every student was watching him, the tension in the room was intense,

He walked over to Dumbledore who didn't speak a word nor did he great him with welcome arms like the other champions, he gave the parchment over to Harry and Harry made his way down the end of the great hall,

"He's a cheat"

"He's not even seventeen yet" a few students shouted, angry at how he's managed to be chosen and yet others couldn't.

Harry's presence leaves the room as he walked down, leaving Dumbledore a bit lost for words, he stood there as we waited for him to continue what he was talking about but he walked towards the front of the wall where the other professors stood and pointed over to there're the champions were, and without a word he left towards Harry and the others.

"What just happened?" I asked speechless, more to myself then to anyone, hermione's eyebrows furrowed at my question, I could see she was trying to figure out what was happening, "I'm afraid I don't know" she spat out, I turn to Ron behind me to see what he had to say but his face was scrunched up and his eyebrows were furrowed and sharp as he looked down at his feet, ignoring anyone's eye contact,

"Oi-" I tap him on his knees to grab his attention, "what?" He replied quickly, more of mean tone to his voice, "do you know what just happened?" I asked hoping maybe Harry told his best friend and forgot to tell us, but Ron shook his head in disbelief, "did he tell you he was going to do this?" I asked again after he gave me nothing on my last question, "he didn't, no"he spat back, I roll my eyes at the drama queen that sat behind me and turned around back to Hermione next to me, "we should get going to bed, I'm sure we will see Harry up in the common room soon" I say standing up, a small smile on my face as I waited for Hermione and Ron to stand up as well, Hermione got up first and then slowly, ever so slowly, Ron stands up, his arms crossed.

Hey angels, my school has started back up again so I will be extremely busy and will have less time to write chapters but they will still be very consistent and I promise you won't have to wait long for each chapter!

Hope your enjoying it :)

- A