Daughter of Regulus Black: HPF

Weighing of the Wands

Estelle's POV

So I maybe skiiving off of class. But Cedric was called out of class and I was curious about why. So I pretended to be sick and Professor Sprout told me to go to the hospital wing. I didn't though and went somewhere hidden. And turned into Raven before going to search for Cedric. I meow catching his attention.

"Raven, what are you doing here girl?" he asks me. I just give him a look. "Right, you're a cat and can't answer me" he mutters to himself. "Anyway, I'm on my way to see Mr Bagman and the other champions. Want to come?" he asks and I nod my head.

He smiles and leads us to a fairly small classroom. Where most of the desks had been pushed away to the back of the room, leaving a large space in the middle. However, had been placed end-to-end in front of the blackboard and covered with a long length of velvet. Five chairs had been set behind the velvet-covered desks, and Ludo Bagman was sitting in one of them, talking to a witch Harry had never seen before, who was wearing magenta robes.

Viktor Krum was standing moodily in a corner as usual and not talking to anybody. Fleur looked a good deal happier as she sat in one of the chairs. Along with a photographer and a reporter. "Ah Mr Diggory welcome, and who's this little fellow?" Bagman asks while looking at me.

"Hello Mr Bagman and this is Raven" Cedric tells him. Mr Bagman goes to pat me and I hiss at him. "Sorry, she doesn't do pats" he says sheepishly. "Harry, not here yet?" he asks.

"A Mr Creevey was sent to collect him. He should be here shortly" Mr Bagman states. Cedric nods and goes to sit beside Fleur. I jump on her arm rest.

"What a beautiful cat" she compliments and I purr happily at the compliment.

"Yes, Patricia takes real good care of her" Cedric states.

"So she is not yours?" Fleur asks.

"No" he answers.

"Oh, is Patricia your girlfriend?" she asks him.

"No, just a fellow student in my year level. Except she's in Gryffindor" Cedric states.

"Does she know the cat is here?" she asks.

"Doubtful, she'd still be in class" he states. "Besides Raven always pops up randomly around school" he adds.

"Ah, here he is! Champion number four! In you come, Harry, in you come" Bagman says startling me. "Nothing to worry about, it's just the wand weighing ceremony, the rest of the judges will be here in a moment" he explains. Oh, so that's what's going on. I bet they have Mr Ollivander hear to evaluate the wands.

"Wand weighing?" Harry asks confused. I swish my tail in amusement.

"We have to check that your wands are fully functional, no problems, you know, as they're your most important tools in the tasks ahead" Bagman tells him. "The expert's upstairs now with Dumbledore. And then there's going to be a little photo shoot. This is Rita Skeeter and her photographer Bozo. They'll doing a small piece on the tournament for the Daily Prophet" he states.

"Maybe not that small, Ludo" Rita says as she eyes Harry. I hiss at her. She better not write lies about Harry. No one messes with my family.

"The photo" Bozo says.

"Quite right, champions please gather around Miss Delacour for a photo" Bagman instructs. They do so. "Do you want Raven in the shot?" he asks.

"I think she'll look lovely" Rita states.

"Want to be in the photo girl?" Cedric asks me. Why not? I jump on his shoulder and curl around them laying down. "Take that as a yes" he chuckles. We all look at the camera and they smile. The photo is taken, before Rita takes Harry into a closet for a private interview.