Death Eater's Daughter

Ninety Seven

A week has passed since Fred and I began dating
My voice is still gone, the few days Madame Pomfrey told me turned out to be wrong
She has asked me to see her every other day to check on my vocal box but no progress has been made other than I can let out a squeak every once in a while when I'm trying to laugh
The squeak at first made everyone around me nervous, but now they think it's funny
Fred thinks it's cute and it makes Draco belly laugh when it comes out

One more week until the first tournament, a full moon is the same week
If it ends up being the same day I just will have to pray to Merlin himself that it's during the day and not at night
Though I'll be weak from the moon's affect it would be better than actually burning from it

"Miss.Lupin, Mr.Potter both of you have been requested to follow me" Ludo Bagman said
He showed up at our Potion's lesson

"I'm in the middle of a class" Snape barked

"It's tournament things" he said back

"Of course Mr.Potter and Miss.Lupin need to leave then, what could be more important?" Snape said annoyed

I got up from my seat, followed by Harry
We walked out of the room together and followed him down the hallway
If only I could speak I would demand Fred and George's money right now

Ludo led us to a room that was already filled with Fleur, Madame Maxime, Viktor, Karkaroff, a lady with a quill and parchment, Mr.Ollivander, Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore
Dumbledore walked up to us
  "Hello Harry and Cora"

We both nodded our heads
  "Hello" Harry said back

  "We are here today to record your wands, the type the weight and the core. It's all for the tournament" he said

  "I'm Rita Skeeter" the woman in a yellow dress said coming up to us "daily Prophet reporter"
She looked at me and then at Harry
  "The boy who lived goes first with me for interviews" she grabbed Harry and walked with him to a corner of the room, away from everyone else

  "Miss.Lupin would you mind if I have your wand?" Mr.Ollivander asked

I nodded my head and passed it over to him
He took a few minutes to inspect it and then he handed it back to me
"Cyprass Phoenix core, 10 1/2 inches. Your wand is in good shape, I see you have been taking care of it well"

I smiled as he took Fleur's next

"Next, the other champion for Hogwarts" Rita said moving Harry forward
He raised his eyebrows as a warning for me

Rita took my arm and lead me towards the corner where she had Harry just now
She pushed a chair out for me to take, she took the one directly in front of me

"So" her quill began writing on her parchment "you can't speak still?"

I nodded my head

"That's ok, just write down your answers and I'll make sure it's written down on my notes" she winked at me "so, how did you enter? You made it pass the age line"

I began writing
I didn't

She raised her eyebrows
"Mr.Potter said the same thing, you can tell me I won't tell" she smirked

I didn't enter myself

"Hm" she looked at her quill and it began writing again "any love interests?"

What does that have to do with the tournament?

"My readers want to get to know you is all"

No

"That's not what I heard" she whispered "are you afraid of getting hurt?"

No

She rolled her eyes
"Give me something girl"

Can I leave?

Her quill went to her and then back to the parchment
"Go ahead"

I got up and walked over to Harry who had his arm out for me to grab
I looked back at Rita and her quill was scribbling something down
I rolled my eyes and waited for everyone else's interviews to end before we left to go back to our classes

  "Rita Skeeter is the worst" Hermione said during lunch
By the time our interviews ended it was halfway through lunch

  "Interviews aren't my thing" Harry answered

"Be careful about what you tell her, she's been known to twist words. All she cares about is a story she can get readers into" Hermione looked over at Ron who was staring at us
She motioned for him to come closer but he turned back to Seamus
I slouched onto the table after seeing his reaction to Harry

I wish they would just make up

Hermione read my note
"Me too. Oh Draco was looking for you by the way"

I looked behind her and saw him talking to Crabbe and Goyle
I got up and nodded my head to her

I walked over to his table and sat beside him, next to Goyle
He smiled after giving me a side hug
  "How was the interrogation?"

I shrugged my shoulders and grabbed my parchment
It was fine, Rita just wanted to find drama to write about. She didn't ask anything important

  "I've read her work before, that's all she cares about. I found some books about Dragons I figured we could read about them during our free period today?"

I nodded my head
That's a good idea, I'm sure there is only so much Charlie can tell us about them without spoiling anything

"I know you're going to best everyone in this tournament"

I drank from the cup that Draco had put his pumpkin juice in
What makes you say that?

He laughed
"Because you're a badass"

I smiled softly at him
He matched my smile but then went back to scowling at Goyle who was talking with his mouth filled with food
"I'm glad I have you in my life, at least someone has some manors around here too"

Goyle began choking on his food and Crabbe hit his back until sourdough bread came flying out
I tried to laugh but all I could do is squeak which made Draco laugh again