Muggle-Born Princess: HPF

Telling Harry

Esme's POV

So last night was haptic. Last night the champions were chosen. All four of them. You heard me, four of them. Viktor Krum for Durmstrang and Fleur Delacour for Beauxbatons. Cerdric Diggory and Harry for Hogwarts. Everyone aside from Hermione, the staff and I believe he entered himself in. Including Ron, who is giving him the silent treatment.

Hermione is trying to talk to Ron and get him to believe Harry. While I volunteered to talk to Harry this morning. I grabbed us a plate of toast. And meet him outside the common room. "Want to go for a walk?" I ask him.

"Yeah" he says grateful. We leave the castle and decide to walk around the lake. "So where are Ron and Hermione?" he asks me.

"Well Ron is still being an idiot and Hermione is trying to reason with him" I tell him.

"Great" he grumbles.

"I know what will take your mind off the tournament" I tell him.

"I doubt it" he tells me.

"Ten galleons, says I can make you forget about it for a while" I tell him.

"Sure" he says shaking my hand.

"I'm royal" I tell him.

"What?!" he exclaims shocked.

"Well noble, I am descended from the last Queen of France" I tell him.

"Wicked" he says. "Do you live in a castle? Do you have servants? Who else knows?" he asks me.

"Ok, slow down" I tell him smiling. "No I don't live in a castle, though I do have a big house. I have a nanny, she helped mum raise me and with the house chores. She taught me to read, write and speak English" I explain. "She is the only person mum kept when my father died" I state. "Just Hermione and Ginny" I add. "Oh the the staff, Beauxbatons and I think Draco Malfoy" I state.

"Wow, how come you never told Ron or I?" he asks me.

"I didn't want you guys to treat me any different, I'm still me" I tell him.

"I get that, I hate it when people treat me differently because of my past" he tells me.

"So you won't tell anyone?" I ask him.

"I promise" he says with a smile.

"I won the bet" I state as we come full circle.

"Bet?" he says confused and looks around.

"We went around the whole lake and you didn't mention the tournament once" I say proudly.

"You're right" he says scratching the back of his head. "Guess I owe you ten galleons" he adds.

"That you do" I tell him. "Now I think you should write to Sirius, tell him what's happened. Hermione agrees" I state.

"Come off it" he tells me. "He came back to the country just because my scar twinged. He'll probably come bursting right into the castle if I tell him someone's entered me in the Triwizard Tournament" he states.

"So what?" I ask. "He would want to hear it from you" I tell him. "Before he finds out another way" I state.

"How else would he hear about it?" he asks me confused.

"Harry, this isn't going to be kept quiet" I tell him seriously. "This tournament's famous, and you're famous. I'll be really surprised if there isn't anything in the Daily Prophet about you competing. You're already in half the books about You-Know-Who, you know. And Sirius would rather hear it from you, I know he would" I state.

"Okay, okay, I'll write to him" he agrees. We head for the owlery. "Whose owl am I going to use?" he asks me. "He told me not to use Hedwig again" he tells me.

"Well if Hermione was here, she'd say ask Ron" I tell him. He gives me a look. "But she's not and you can use Odette" I state.

"Thanks Esme" he says grateful. When we reached the Owlery. I gave Harry a piece of parchment, a quill, and a bottle of ink. Then strolled around the long lines of perches looking for Odette. While Harry sat down against a wall and wrote his letter.

I soon spot her. "Odette, viens" I say and she wakes. (Translation: Odette come). She ruffles her feathers and spots me. I hold my arm out. She flies down and perches on my arm. I stroke her as I go over to Harry. To see Hedwig flutter down onto his shoulder as he said he was done.

"I can't use you, I've got to use Odette" he tells her. Hedwig gave a very loud hoot and took off so suddenly that her talons cut into his shoulder. She kept her back to Harry all the time he was tying his letter to Odette's leg. When she flew off, he reached out to stroke Hedwig. But she clicked her beak furiously and soared up into the rafters out of reach.

"First Ron, then you" he grumbles. "This isn't my fault" he states.

"I know that Harry, just let her cool off" I tell him. "You know she is very proud of being your owl, it hurt her feelings when you said you had to use Odette. Why not come back later with treats and a letter to Mrs Weasley. That should make her happy" I suggest.

"Ok" he says. We left and went to the common room. Where I helped him with him with his homework. I then decide to go to the library. And am cornered by some Beauxbatons students wanting a tour. So I give them one and they then insist I have a tour of their carriage. Which was cool. We then had dinner together at the Ravenclaw table.