𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞 | 𝐇.𝐏

act i : scene iii

the night becomes more anxious as we will found out who is going to compete against durmstrang and beauxbatons to represent hogwarts.

draco and i took a seat near viktor, which across potter's table. we had a small conversation but again i feel someone staring at me. it's potter again, i have no idea why he keeps staring at me. but this time, he's staring at me whilst talking to his friend, granger. he uses his index finger to point at me as he continues to whisper to granger. rude. she doesn't look that impressed by what potter just said. she only furrows her eyebrows and starts talking angrily. nevermind, they're weird.

dumbledore began some of his silly speech and a piece of parchment comes out from the cup. "the champion of durmstrang is... viktor krum!" the durmstrang students start clapping and shouting. viktor high fives me and draco. viktor going down to shake dumbledore's hand.

if viktor's one of the champions, which he is, i don't think hogwarts will stand a chance especially since we don't know who will compete. let's just hope it's not some scrawny lookin' boy.

"champion of beauxbatons academy is... fleur delacour!" the other beauxbatons students are now crying and some of them are clapping. fleur offers her beautiful smile to all of us and walks toward dumbledore and shake his hands.

"and the champion of hogwarts is... cedric diggory!" cedric, he's nice, not that i friends with him. sometimes we always bumped to each other on the hall, and he always helps me taking my books from the ground when i didn't even smile. rude, i know. that's how i was raised. that's how i was set. though inside of me roaring to just say thank you or give him a small smile.

the champions now are going to the chamber to have a conference with their headmasters and headmistress also some other professor as well. just after dumbledore finished his speech for the champions. the flame on the cup changes its colour from blue to pink-red, like the time before a champion got selected. a piece of parchment got out of the cup, dumbledore catches it with confusion. karkaroff's face twisting into a deep scowl. madam maxine's mouth agape as dumbledore announce the fourth champion. "harry potter? HARRY POTTER!" potter comes forward with a hesitant move. ron weasley looks like he's gonna break someone's wand as his ears reddening. people began shouting "he's a cheat!" "he's not even seventeen yet!" and bla bla bla. it's harry potter, what d'you expect to happen? a year of peace at hogwarts? never.

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a few days after the champion got selected just as chaotic as the day before. plus, draco made some stupid badge which written with two phrases, one for diggory 'support cedric diggory -- the real hogwarts champion' in luminous red letters and it'll change if potter's around the wearers to 'potter stinks' with glowing green puke-like colour letters. almost all of the students wear it, but i didn't.

"oh come on y/n! why don't you wear it?" draco begs, giving me puppy eyes and slightly pouted lips.

"no, draco, it's stupid" i sigh, hearing draco the tenth time begging me to wear the badge.

"whatever. crabbe, goyle tell everyone to wear these badges! now!" he huffs anď commands his two goons to give it to everyone, and he starts to walk towards a tree in the courtyard. he climbs it and gives me an arm to climb as well.

i look around and see potter's going to talk to diggory i'm pretty sure it's about the tournament.

"–stupid potter! who does he think he is?!–" draco keeps ranting about how stupid potter is, and it's getting really annoying. also, i need to listen to potter and diggory's conversation.

"shush draco!" draco just answer it with a 'hmph!'. i closely listen to their conversation. the first task is about dragon, i could help him with that.

potter starts to walk towards weasley, and they seem to be having an argument.

"why so tense potter! my father and i have a bet you see, i don't think you're gonna last ten minutes in this tournament, he disagrees he think you won't last five!" draco jumps off of the tree and so do i.

"i don't give a damn about what your father did malfoy! he's vile, and cruel and you're just pathetic" he shoved draco, made him stumble. damn hot. wait wtf. i mean he's not wrong that lucius is vile and cruel especially to his own son.

"pathetic?! pathetic?!" draco starts looking for his wands and just before he could send a curse towards potter, moody came and transfigure him to a ferret. i'm a seer?! i thought funnily, remember what i'm saying to draco a few days ago at the great hall.

everybody's start gathers around us. they laughing mockingly, the hufflepuffs —who i'd thought will be nice enough not to mock him, all laughing. potter laughing to look at draco, his arch-enemy transfigured to a ferret. thankfully, professor mcgonagall transfigure him back. "my father will hear about this!!" draco says running away with his friends in embarrassment, while i keep standing still just looking at the scene they've just made with no emotion displayed on my face. i might've looked like possessed or something, but who cares i've got no emotion by the way. because this is the clone of me who's been doing all this kind of things, not the real me. i don't even know if the real me exists.

mcgonagall scolds moody about 'we don't use transfiguration as a punishment' and the students around began to go back to their previous activities, moody goes back to his office and so mcgonagall. so it's just potter and i near the tree.

just before he starts walk back towards the castle i call him, "potter!" he turns his neck to me, and i pat the spot next to mine as i sat under the tree. he looks confused, yes, of course, the girl who've been mocking and hating on him all this year just invite him to sit —but he comes anyway.

"i heard the first task is dragons?" i ask

"um... yea, how'd you know?" he looks as confused as ever and it's kinda cute.

"i have my ways you see, um.. d'you need help? like maybe i could teach you a few jinxes or curses to use?" first, my mum and her boyfriend ask me to help him with tournament though i don't know why, second i also wanted to help him like.. as a redemption. still, i'm not going to say it out loud.

"wha-why?" his eyebrows furrowed.

"why? because i wanna hogwarts to win you dipshit," i answer jokingly, "but for real though, maybe i could help"

"i don't know if we had that much of time to learn all the curses and jinxes but i already think a simpler way" i could see granger's gaze is on us when she walked in the halls.

"you're a good flyer aren't you? maybe you could use a broom and take the... egg?"

"hm.. yeah. but we're not allowed to bring a broom" his eyebrows raised. how does he think that i'm not suspicious? but that's a good thing.

"you're allowed a wand right?, try to practice the summoning charm or 'accio', i'd be here if you need help"

"sure" granger starts walking towards us with a furious expression and harshly take potter's arm and take him to the halls "t-thank you! bye," he stammers while looking back at my direction once more. i smile at him and nod my head curtly.

first step of helping potter - completed.