black arts // draco malfoy

chapter six

Draco was concerned for himself. He never felt like this. And he never let any girl take up his mind as much as she did. For the past two years, he only saw her as the filthy annoying brat that she is. But now, for some reason, she was being even more annoying than usual. Draco would've been fucking furious is someone ever declined him, and the same goes for her. He was fuming. No one ever declined him, especially not a girl.

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Later that day, at dinner, Inanna couldn't stop grinning to herself at the expression displayed on Malfoy's face when she declined him for the second time. She was proud of herself.

But she was even more excited to hear the people chosen for The Triwizard Tournament. The Goblet of Fire was in front of Dumbledore's podium, and it stood tall and proud.

Inanna finished her food extra quickly. She didn't see who put their names, but judging by the story of the white beard Fred and George grew, Inanna took it as their potion didn't work. Inanna always knew it wasn't going to work anyway.

"Silence," Dumbledore's deep, rumbling voice rung out through the whole of Great Hall, making everyone fall silent at once. "Now, for the awaited hour. This is the time The Goblet of Fire will be choosing the participants." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling like usual. He walked over to the Goblet, and stood there.

Suddenly, the fire turned red and spit out a slightly burned piece of parchment into Dumbledore's hand. Dumbledore caught it. Inanna leant closer, as Dumbledore slowly opened the first piece of parchment.

"Victor Krum!"

Immediately, people started cheering. Even Inanna clapped even though she already knew he would be chosen. Inanna saw Hermione blush, something that went unnoticed by both Harry and Ron.

"Fleur Delacour!"

And then, all the Beauxbaton girls started clapping loudly and started congratulating Fleur. Fleur caught Inanna's eyes and Inanna smiled. Fleur smiled back. Ron seemed ready to jump out of his seat.

"Cedric Diggory!"

All of Hogwarts started clapping thunderously. Hooting, yelling, clapping and beaming faces. All three of the participants went through a door, probably to a room especially for the chosen participants.

To everybody's surprise, the Goblet's fire turned red again, and it spit two pieces of parchment. People fell silent.

Dumbledore caught the pieces of parchment regardless and when he looked at it, for the first time probably, he seemed to be hesitant.

"Harry Potter and Inanna Elsher!"

Nobody clapped. Nobody moved. Inanna stayed frozen on her seat as well as Harry. For some time, it truly felt it time had stilled.

That even time was shocked.

But here's what everybody says, time never stops for anybody. All of a sudden, everything felt like in a rush. Everything happened so quickly. As if time was trying to cover up the slot of period it had stopped for. Inanna was being pulled up by none other than Harry Potter himself, as they moved towards the door where all the other real participants had gone through.

Once the door closed, the dimly lit hallway seemed more silent than normal.

"You didn't put your name into that Goblet, did you, Innie?" Harry asked quietly, making Inanna realise that even the troublemaker had realized how bad this situation actually was. Inanna didn't say anything, but just shook her head to answer. "Me too."

Inanna suddenly halted, making Harry stop in his tracks too. Harry turned back to look at Inanna with a concerned look.

"What- oh!" Harry couldn't finish his sentence because Inanna had engulfed him in a giant hug. Harry didn't hesitate to hug back. After Inanna pulled away, she looked up at Harry.

"We both didn't enter our names. And I have a feeling no one is going to believe us," Harry made a sound of mutual agreement. "I also have a feeling that something bad is going to happen. Please be careful?"

"Always. You'll be with me throughout the whole thing, Innie. Don't worry."