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Chapter 4, Year 4

Eleanor and Hermione make their way to the champions tent, wanting to wish Harry before he has to go against a dragon. They go close to the tent and hear Harry's voice, "Harry?" Hermione asks.

"Hermione?" Harry responds.

"Ellie's here too," Hermione includes. "How are you feeling? Okay?"

"All you have to do is concentrate," Ellie says. "After that, you just have to..."

"Battle a dragon?"

"Yeah..." Ellie runs into the tent and throws her arms around Harry. Her cheeks are burning when she lets go. But that may be due to Rita Skeeter taking a photo of the interaction.

"Oh! Young love." Skeeter exclaims, "If things go unfortunately tonight, you may even make the front page." Hermione comes into the tent as well, and gives the woman a glare.

Krum walks up to Rita Skeeter, "You have no business here. The tent is for champions... and friends." Rita exits, and Dumbledore walks in with Barty Crouch and the other Headmasters. He begins to talk about the task, then notices Eleanor and Hermione. "Ms. Black and Ms. Granger, why are you in here at this moment?"

"Sorry...we'll just go." Hermione meekly says and the two girls walk out of the tent.

"What is that face for, Hermione?"

"You hugged Harry."

"So?"

"So, do you like him?" Ellie doesn't answer, "You DO!!"

She scoffs, "I never said that."

"You didn't deny it either!" Hermione notices her annoyed face, "Okay, I won't mention it anymore." Ellie thanks her and they reach their seats. She says a quick goodbye to Hermione, and sits by her other friends. Theo and Blaise question where she's been, but she just tells them she doesn't want to talk about it.

She hesitates before she says, "There may be a picture coming out in the Daily Prophet in the next few days. Just know it's not what it looks like." That leads to a thousand more questions, but Ellie won't answer them.

Finally, Cedric is being called out first to go against his dragon. Eleanor and her friends start cheering, watching him transfigure a rock into a dog. This distracts the dragon and he retrieves the egg. However, the dragon loses interest in the dog while Cedric is celebrating, and his shirt catches fire. He is quickly extinguished and goes to safety.

"That was so clever!" Ellie gushes, making her friends groan. "Come on, I heard all of you cheering him on too!"

Next up, is Krum. The Bulgarian casts a conjunctivitis curse at the dragon's eyes, making it stagger backward and crush some of the other eggs. Krum easily grabs the egg and goes to safety, unscathed.

Thirdly, Fleur takes the stage. She charms the dragon to sleep, but as she is taking the egg, the dragon snores. This makes her dress light on fire, but she still manages to get the egg and go into safety.

Finally, Harry is announced, making Eleanor cheer loudly despite her friend's smug faces. At first he has a rocky start; he stumbles hiding behind a rock. "YOUR WAND, USE YOUR WAND!!!!" Eleanor yells.

Harry takes out his wand, "Accio Firebolt!" His broomstick flies towards him, and he jumps onto it. The dragon starts to chase him, breaking off his chain, making Ellie gasp. Harry flies all around the castle, until the dragon falls off the bridge and into the water. He flies back and grabs the golden egg, making the arena burst into cheers.

Victor and Harry tied for first place, Cedric got second, and Fleur got third. Back in the Slytherin common room, Eleanor and her friends are only talking about the champions.