Fallen Star (Harry Potter Love Story)

Chapter 13: The Quidditch World Cup and Singed Legs

(Soundtrack: Track 13: Mary Jane by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
"Come on now. Get yourself in a good position." Amos announced as I followed what everyone else did and kneeled down by the old boot.
"Why are they all standing around that mangy old boot?" Harry asked.
"That's not just any mangy old boot, mate." Fred said walking by Harry and towards the boot.
"Yeah. That there's a portkey." George said following his brother.
"What's a portkey?" Harry asked clearly as confused as me. It was also Hermione's first time but she sure didn't act like it was. She probably read about it a lot or something.
Ron was on one side of me and Harry was on the other.
"Alright everyone put one finger on the boot." Mr Weasley announced.
"One..two..-"
"HARRY!" I yelled grabbing his finger and quickly placing it on the boot.
"THREE!"
We all immediately began to spin around and it felt as if my finger were attached to the boot but I was falling through the air. I continuously bumped shoulders with Harry or Ron every once in a while.
"Let go!" Mr Weasley yelled.
"Wait what?!" Hermione yelled back.
"LET GO!" He said and she and Ginny hesitantly let go.
I looked to my side and saw that Ron had already let go so I looked to my other side and Harry looked at me with kind eyes before grabbing my hand and we both let go of the boot while screaming.
We all of a sudden hit the ground with a thump and I groaned having hit the back of my head on something hard only to find it, a rock.
Everyone slowly began to sit up and I rested myself upon my elbows and blew some hair from my face. I stared off into the sky watching as Amos, Cedric, and Mr Weasley landed rather gracefully compared to us.
"You okay?" Fred asked offering me a hand which I gladly took.
"Yeah but you don't happen to have a handkerchief do you?" I asked him.
"Why?" George asked from behind.
I reached behind me touching the back of my neck with two fingers and then I reached around my hair to show them my fingers that had some blood on them. They winced a bit and breathed in with gritted teeth.
"Here. Let my help." Said a soft voice from behind.
They gently pushed my hair to one side and held a handkerchief to the back of my neck. I reached up and grabbed the handkerchief and held it as they removed their hands.
I turned around and smiled to Cedric who stood with his hands in his pockets smiling at the ground, "Thank you. I'm Matilda by the way, Matilda Watson." I introduced.
"Cedric Diggory. I think we were partners once in charms last year." He smiled.
"Probably, but to be honest, Cedric, I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning." I whispered to him and he laughed quietly.
I turned around to see both Ron and Harry glaring at the back of his head.
I rolled my eyes and smiled. It's nice to know that you have people looking out for you. I love each and everyone of my brothers and they're all different in their own awesome ways. I love how I was immediately treated as their ACTUAL sister, I love how they can get protective sometimes. It's all the little things. Fred and George have even been trying to figure out my parents blood line.
We walked into the crowded camp ground with Ginny and Hermione on one side and Cedric on my other. Me and Ginny and Hermione giggled at all the confusion and mayhem going on at the moment as there was green and every once in a while red colors as far as the eye could see. A broom barely missed my head as a man flew by catching an apple someone had threw in the hair, holding it up, and yelling he had won the World Cup which made us giggle more.
"I believe this is where we part ways, old chum!" Amos yelled over the chaos.
I turned to Cedric and held out my hand and smiled brightly at him and he returned the gesture but turned my hand around and kissed my knuckle slowly before smirking and following his father.
"See you later, Cedric!" Fred calls and I just stood there wide eyed.
Hermione and Ginny giggled each taking one of my elbows and bouncing up and down.
"Cedric likes you!" They screeched.
I blushed and looked down, "We had better keep up."
They just giggled and lead me to the tent once we had parted ways with the Diggory's.
"What?" Harry asked no one in particular as we saw how small the tent was. I shrugged when he glanced at me with a confused expression.
I just followed behind Hermione and Ginny who were giggling still and running around the tent that turned out to be a WHOLE lot bigger on the inside than the outside. I took a seat at the table with Fred and George and placed my aching feet on the table folded over each other.
"Girls go pick a bunk!" Mr Weasley said shooing Hermione and Ginny away.
"Ron get out of the kitchen, we're all hungry!" Mr Weasley commanded and me and the twins smirked at each other before all three yelling, "YEAH! GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN RON!"
Mr Weasley walked by us and pushed George's feet off the table, "Feet off the table!" Mr Weasley scolded.
"FEET OFF THE TABLE!" We all repeated taking them off the table until he turned around and we placed them back on.
"I love magic." Harry smiled from the tent opening still gaping at the scene before him.
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