How It Started

Chapter 44 - Harry Potter.

I sat in silence as Selina and Fred went to dance together, she gave me a small nod that confirmed that she agreed with my suspicion. Fred shot me a look, that I'd usually not see from such a joking guy like himself.

I had previously had a conversation with a woman, who revealed that Dumbledore had known someone, who knew more about him than perhaps he knew himself. It would be an okay place to go to, looking for answers that is.

I sat back, a drink in hand and waited for Vess to return. She had said she was leaving for the bathroom, several minutes ago and yet to return. She had worn a silky green-dress, with a complicated corset pattern attached. and I tried to convince myself it was the corset, delaying her.

A loud thud sound occurred next to me, I spun my head around to see Ron, he was perched on the edge of the chair.

" 'Evening. " He said, with a grin. He smelt slightly of alcohol, but perceiving his stance and expressions he wasn't fully off it. Confirming my suspicions he placed a glass onto the table I was sitting at.

" Hello. " I replied, after a short moment observing his appearance. He gave a small glance at the delay of my words, but made no comment on it.

" How are you enjoying the party? " He asked me, I looked over at him and saw he was gazing at something else. I followed his eye-line and chuckled, he flitted his eyes over to me, eyebrows raised.

" Yes I am Ron, however, not for the same reasons I believe you are. " I answered, a slight rosy colour made itself prominent on his cheeks.

" What? It's a nice dress. " He said, causing me to laugh again. He looked back over at Hermione, with a slightly tilted head. The tent doors swung open and I saw the familiar blonde hair of Vess, she walked over and sat down at our table.

" Everything okay? " I asked, raising my own glass of water and taking a sip. She stared at something in the tent for a short moment, before looking at me.

" huh? oh! yes i'm fine thank you. " She responded, a smile appearing on her face. I smiled back.

A silence descended over the table, it wasn't a comfortable silence however.

" Ron's got his eye on someone. " I offered to fill the silence, she looked from me to him with a quirk of her lips once again.

" 'Mione? " She questioned, his eyes darted from me to her in seconds. He shot an apprehensive glance my way.

" Did he tell you? " He asked, quickly, rubbing the back of his neck as he did so. Vesper let out a small laugh, fiddling with a strand of her hair.

" Ron, it's blatantly obvious. " She stated, his eyebrows raised and the same rosy hue returned to his face. He looked over at Hermione, who in return finally noticed and smiled before going back to dancing and talking.

" To who? " He questioned, spinning back around to face Vesper. She chewed the corner of her lip, a usual habit she used to stop herself from laughing.

" To anyone with eyes. " She responded with a small shrug, his eyes widened once more. He picked up the glass, and took another swig, he slammed it back down.

" Bloody hell. " He said, I assume talking about his new knowledge that everyone knew he liked her. I laughed lightly, turning to face the crowd once more.

The joyous atmosphere of the tent, was almost working in preventing myself to worry about what would be happening afterwards. Almost.

" Let me go see what else they're offering. " Ron said, picking up his glass and raising to leave.

A loud yell came from the outside of the tent, I raised immediately. Ron stopped in his tracks, shooting an alarmed glance my way.

" Never-mind. " He uttered, swallowing the last of whatever was in that cup before placing it down. Vesper stood as well, a worried expression that I'm sure mimicked my own, very much present.

A large black blur went through and out the tent, leaving a small trail behind it. I knew immediately what that imitated as I'm sure the others did, Loud footsteps sounded and all of a sudden Hermione was in front of our group.

"Where's Selina and Fred? " She asked loudly, another black blur went through the tent, this time closer. Another blur passed through immediately after, closer yet again.

Before I could answer, two sets of heavy running pounded our-way.

" What's happening? " Selina asked and I noticed her grip on Fred's arm, he nodded at me in which asking the same question.

How the hell was I supposed to know?

Hermione snatched Ron's hand and he smiled briefly, before a looking of remembrance passed over his face and he remembered our current predicament. She then took Vespers who stood next to her. I was confused by what she was doing.

Vess took my own hand, a dawn of realisation passed over me and I took Fred's hand, already near Selina, he didn't need to bother to reorganise to a hand-hold.

She paused for a short moment as another Black Blur passed through the tent, Ron was now in a full-fledge panic, I didn't believe the couple of drinks he had early would be helping his current state of mind.

He snatched Selina's hand aggressively fast, and Hermione yelled something loudly.

It was dark for a short moment and a mash of colours passed by my vision before my vision refocused. I pushed my glasses back up my nose and spun around.

We were no longer in the large tent, the scene had been changed to a small walk-way. A few people looked our way as they passed.

" Where are we? " Fred asked, observing the scene around us, confused as the rest of us, besides Hermione.

" I had to apparate us, we're in the first place I could think of, I used to come here a lot with my father to watch shows. " She concluded, pointing to the large building behind us.

I nodded in anticipation, I suppose our ' quest ' was beginning earlier than we originally had thought.