"Of course it's irregular. And Harry didn't put our names in, I did" I finally say looking at the paper with our names on it.
"How? How did you do it?" Dumbledore asks
"I asked an older student to do it for me" I answer
"Who? WHo did you ask?" Dumbledore asks grabbing me by the shoulder
I look at him and brush his hands off my shoulders
"I'm afraid I can't tell you that professor. I promised Him I wouldn't tell" I say calmly
Mr. Bagman looks at Mr. Crouch, who was standing outside the circle of light from the fire. He looked hesitant before he spoke
"We must follow the rules, and the rules clearly state that those whose names come out of the goblet of fire are bound to compete in the tournament" Mr. Crouch says nervously
I look at Harry and he rolls his eyes. Dumbledore takes a breath and looks at Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman as one of them takes out a jumble of papers from their robes.
"The first task is designed to test your daring," Mr. Crouch starts. "So we are not going to tell you what it is. Courage in the face of the unknown is an important quality in a wizard... Very important. The first task will take place on November the twenty fourth, in front of the other students and a panel of judges. The champions are not permitted to ask for help or accept help of any kind from their teachers to compete, except for the Potters of course, the two of you will be allowed to switch out or jump in if the other needs help. The champions will face the first challenge armed only with their wands. They will receive information about the second task when the first is over. according to the demanding and time-consuming nature of the tournament, the Champions are excused from any and all end of the term tests"
Dumbledore lets us go back to our dorms as he leads the professors to his office. I walk with Harry back to the Gryffindor tower. We go in and everyone gets excited and cheers for Harry. He lets everyone tell him how excited they were for him and I'm not getting any attention tonight, Fred seems to notice and comes over to me.
"Hey there" He says
"Hi" I respond
"You in the Triwizard Tournament. Who would've thought" He says half proud and half worried
"Well the world is playing in my favor lately" I lie
He laughs and grabs my hand leading me up to the boys dormitory. I flop down on his bed and roll over to look at him
"What's really going on?" He asks
I sit up and look at him.
"I never realized what little time I had left. I wanted to be around a bit longer" I say quietly
"Well we just have to make the best of it then" Fred tells me
Suddenly Harry bursts in the room with Ron, Dean Thomas, George, Hermione and Seamus Finnigan behind him
"What the Bloody Hell were you thinking, Issy? You know I don't want to compete and then Dumbledore yells at me for no reason, for what" Harry yells
Fred gets up and stands in front of Harry getting mad.
"You watch your tone Harry" Fred says
I try to step in between them and I grab Fred's hand but he hits me instead. I take a few steps back and everyone looks at me, the room goes quiet. I put my hand to my face feeling the blood on my nose and the burning in my cheek.
"Issy, love. I didn't mean to" Fred says in shock
I don't say any thing to anyone as I walk out with blood dripping down my nose. Everyone in the Gryffindor common room goes quiet as I walk through
"Are you okay?" Ginny asks before I walk out
I nod and keep walking. I walk past a group of Hufflepuffs, including Cedric. Some of the kids from the other schools are on the bridge as I walk towards the Defense against the dark arts tower to find Malfoy.
"Potter, Wait up" I turn around to see cedric. Looking at me surrounded by his friends. I look at him and take off running. I trip over my feet and fall into someone's arms.
"Are you alright?"
I look up to see the new transfer, Blaise Zabini. He seems nice from what i've heard.
"Yeah, uh, thanks" I say
He looks at my face and can see the bruise starting to form and the blood dripping down from my nose. He reaches in his bag and hands me a tissue. I take it and hold it on my nose.
"So How are you liking Hogwarts?" I ask as we walk towards our common room
He laughs lightly.
"You look like you got hit in the face with a broom and you're worried about me?" he asks
"I'm fine it's nothing" I tell him
"Well I made friends with Malfoy pretty quickly and I like how there aren't so many assignments this term. And I was told that you are one of the Triwizard Champions" He says smiling
"You heard about that?" I ask
"Well You are underage and everyone is talking about it. Are you excited?" Blaise asks
I laugh a little and look at him.
"Yeah, I'm excited. My brother on the other hand, not so much" I say
As we walk into our dorm I see Banners and balloons and all the slytherins waiting for me. I stop and Blaise comes up behind me and laughs.
"We did good, yeah?" He asks as Malfoy walks up to us.
"Blaise you did this?" I ask in response
"With my help of course. Well done Cousin" He says putting a hand on my shoulder
Blaise looks confused at first but brushes it off. We all walk back to the crowd and everyone talks all at once.
"So what did Dumbledore say?" Pansy asks
"He yelled at Harry for a few minutes before I told I put our names in, and then he asked me to tell him who really did it but I told him I couldn't and then everyone stopped talking" I say as I stand next to the window and stare at the fish swimming by.
"So then what happened to your face?" Cassius, the assistant quidditch captain asks me
"Weasley. It was an accident though" I say nervously
Everyone looks at me worried. I brush it off, not wanting to talk about it and Sit down on the couch. Pansy notices.
"So when is the first task?" She asks getting the attention on something else.
"A few days after the game against Gryffindor. I need time to figure out the task and set up my team" I say
They look confused and Cassius asks
"What team?"
"I get a team to help me with getting ready for the tasks and figure out the clues" I answer taking a sip of juice Blaise got me.
They all look at each other, then back at me.
"We'll do it. Pansy and I can help with the clues and Malfoy can be the emotional support" Blaise says
"Well cousin, what's it going to be?" Malfoy asks
"Wait, cousin?" Cassius asks confused
I rub my forehead and look at them.
"The real reason Malfoy and I split up was because we found out we are related. His aunt is my mother" I say.
They all look surprised.
"So your mom is really"
"Bellatrix Lestrange. I was adopted by the potters when I was a baby. I was supposed to grow up with Sirius but things didn't go as planned" I answer
They all look shocked but don't say anything. I take a sip of my juice
"Anyways, I heard that some guy is coming down from romania with dragons" Goyle says
I choke on my drink and everyone looks at me worried.
"I'm sorry what?" I ask
"Dragons, I heard Bagman and Crouch say something about some guy from romania bringing dragons" He responds
That's when it hits me, the first task is dragons.