Spells and Visions; A Harry Potter story

Chapter 6: Everything is Annoying

"I didn't put my name in," Harry said confused.
"You've got to now," I whispered. "It's the rules."
Harry slowly stood up and made his way to the teachers table. He went to the same room the other three had gone in.
"Please remain calm and wait here," Dumbledore said as soon as Harry had left, with clear confusion in his voice.
He went after Harry with McGonagall, Snape, Bagman, Crouch, Karkaroff and Madame Maxime.
"What is going on?" I said, leaning forward, as the hall erupted in discussion.
"No idea," Neville said.
"He's put his name in the Goblet of Fire," Ron said, not wanting to believe it.
"I don't believe that," I said. "Did you see his face? Besides, how would he do that? No one managed to do that. And you haven't seen him go there, right? You two are basically always with him."

But Ron didn't seem to listen.
"Ron, even if there was a way, you know he would never have it, right? He would at least have told you. He's popular enough as it is."
I looked pleading at Hermione.
"I don't know..." she said. "There's a chance he found a way..."
"Oh come on!" I said, already losing patience.
"But I don't think he would have done it," she said.
I sighed. This wasn't good. At all. Everyone would now believe that Harry had put his name in the Goblet of Fire, or that he had someone do it for him. Wait, for him... maybe someone did put his name in the Goblet of Fire, but no one knew who. We had to find out who it was that did it.
I turned to Neville.

"What do you think?" I said.
"He's pretty clever-"
"Are you that stupid?" I said. "You're his friend, you should know better!"
"But maybe he did..."
"I refuse to believe that! Hermione, are you with me?"
"I am," she said, but with an unsure face.
"Then we have to get to the bottom of this. Something is at work here."

"Did you have visions or something? That you're so sure of this?" Hermione asked.
"No, but when is something normal at Hogwarts?"
"Right, you have a point there."

Dumbledore came back.
"All the students from Hogwarts, please return to your common rooms, the champions will be there shortly. Students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, please return to the carriage and the ship, where you'll be staying."

I sighed and stood up. All around me I now heard rumors about Harry. There was no convincing them, I knew how it went in this school once the rumors started.
Even though Harry hadn't put his name in the Goblet of Fire, he was chosen now, and we would of course be supporting him. With 'we', I meant at least Hermione and me.

A party had already started in our common room, but I wasn't in the mood. Ron didn't seem in the mood either, and went up to his dormitory immediately. Neville stayed with the party, though.
"If you help me with the Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare, in other words, help me with rights for the house-elves, I will help you find out who's behind all of this," Hermione said quickly to me.
She found that house-elves were treated as slaves, and that they also deserved rights, but everyone she had approached about it found that they always seemed happy about their work, like the ones in the kitchens. I didn't really have an opinion about it, both seemed true.
I sighed.
"Deal."

We went up to our empty dormitory. Lavender, Parvati and Sally-Anne were downstairs with the others.
Hermione took out a piece of parchment and a quill, and sat down on her bed.
"What are we doing?" I said, a little confused.
"Making a list," Hermione said. I got what she meant.
"Let's start with the teachers," I suggested.
"Okay."
I sat down next to her.
"Why would any of the teachers put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire?" she asked, although I felt she knew the answer.
"Either to give him pride or something, or to... kill him."
"Exactly. So, which teachers absolutely hate Harry?"
"Snape," was my automatical answer. "But he doesn't seem like he actually wants him dead."
"Let's keep him on the list for now. Who else?"
I looked at her list.
"McGonagall doesn't hate him, I think she wouldn't do anything like that. Dumbledore definitely wouldn't do this."