Our little secret

Chapter 11

"Ophelia, darling. You have to get up. The first task is really soon" I woke up and rubbed my eyes. I moved closer to the person shaking me lightly "Oh I didn't know you liked me that much" I shot up and moved backward realizing how close I was to Fred "You should start getting ready shortie" he said and walked out, barely trying to his the rosy color that rose to his cheeks.

We walked towards the arena, I repeated the silencing spell in my head. The best way I could finish this before being burnt to death was to silence the crowd and maybe distract it someway. George greeted us and I waved to him and continued walking to the tent with Fred, noticing the small wink George sent to Fred. At the entrance to the tent, Fred stopped and held my shoulders "Ophelia you have a great connection with animals so I doubt you'll need this but whenever my brother Bill deals with dragons, he uses his Patronus to distract them" A wide smile formed on my face and I jumped onto Fred, nearly toppling him down "Thank you so much, Freddie!" He didn't hesitate to wrap one hand around my waist "Please don't die shortie" he whispered in my ear. This hug was intimate and he seemed to keep pulling me to him despite how close we already were. "I would never leave you and George unsupervised. You guys would burn down the school" He laughed and kissed my cheek before letting go of me.

"Hey Cedric," I said nervously "Hey," he said clearly as nervous as I was "Um, good luck today" he smiled and hugged me quickly. Dumbeldore and a few others walked in "Good day champions. Gather quickly, please. You've waited and wondered but at last, the moment is here" He turned to Hermione "Ms. Granger, why are you here?" Hermione shrugged and left "Barty the bag" Dumbeldore pointed the wand at his palm and a dark small bag appeared. He pulled out small dragon figurines for each of us starting with Krum. Of course, judging by our luck guess what dragon Harry and I got. The most dangerous ones of course.

I waited for my name to be called as I practiced the silencing spell. The cannon went off "Ophelia Potter". I walked out of the tent, my legs felt like they would give way anytime soon. I walked into the small space with the dragon. It was breathing fire everywhere. I hid behind rocks trying to dodge. I was guessing it was the loud cheers from the crowd. I signaled for them to keep quiet but they kept going on "Silencio!" the chatter and cheers died out. The dragon had calmed down. I remembered every happy memory I could. Every hug Fred and I shared. Harry and I  meeting for the first time. Fred and I's kiss at the world cup "Expecto Patronum!" My tiger came out with bright light from the tip of my wand the butterflies flew to the dragon. What I didn't expect was the dragon breaking from its chains to play with the butterflies and tiger heading for them, aka me. I moved to opposite sides of the arena from the dragon. The dragon sat down causing the ground to shake a little and let out a purr. And of all the places it could have chosen to stare at me from it choose in front of the fucking egg. I walked toward the dragon and put my wand in my pocket a hand stretched out. The dragon meets me in the middle and put its forehead to my hand. I reached for the egg but was lifted up as I grabbed for it. The dragon had taken me away from the crowd and more the ground. My charm must have broken. I screamed louder and louder the higher we got still gripping the egg. I had never been a fan of heights and now I was going higher than the school itself. Just then the worse possible thing happened. I let go of the spike I was holding onto for dear life. My egg slipped from my hands. ut it was the least of my problems at this point. I was plummeting to my death. I was able to reach the egg in time before it dropped. I came into view of the stadium and heard several gasps and screams. I grabbed my wand, holding the egg tighter this time. "Protego" I created a shield around myself. Yes, there would be some impact pain but no serious injuries. I felt myself hit the ground and the ball rolling around a little bit before finally stopping. I undid the spell and stood up, barely managing to stand up straight. I raised up the egg and heard cheers, whoops ad clapping from the crowd while I was still struggling to not let my eyes roll behind my head from dizziness. The dragon landed soon after me and rested again. "I'M NOT DEAD !" I screamed spinning around in a spot and gripping onto the egg.

Immediately I walked out I was toppled over by George and Fred who came to hug me.I saw a few flashes of lights but ignored them. 'You are so incredibly stupid" Fred said "You could have died," Gorge said laughing with joy "Firstly I'm still alive, and secondly if you want it to stay that way can you both get off me?" They got off me and pulled me up. We shared a last hug before they told me they had to collect money from their bets. "Ophelia" I turned around and saw Draco standing behind me his hands stuffed in his pockets "I'm happy your safe," he said while looking down. I mumbled thanks "Look-" we both said at the same time cutting each other off. He finally looked up at me and smiled "I'm o sorry about everything. what I said was incredibly offensive. I didn't want to make you angry. And I know how stupid that sounds but I-" "I forgive you" He looked up at me confused "You do?" I nodded and smiled at him "Umm great, and before I go there's a Slytherin party an hour after the Gryffindor party starts. Do you mind coming?" "I wouldn't miss it." I smiled at him and walked off.

I took Hermione's hand and we walked back to the dorm to get ready "Thank you Hermione" she looked at me confused "For what" "Because if you hadn't helped me study I would probably be in a ceramic jar in the form of dust by now" I said jokingly. She laughed "Anytime. That's what friends are for. Anyway, let's get ready. A certain tall redhead was really looking forward to seeing you" I blushed a little knowing who she was talking about. "Ok then"