Ravenclaw's Unwanted

The First Task

Alright Alonzy!

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"What was that all about?" Joy asks me as we walk away from the almost fight. Joel had went in a seperate direction.

"Complicated. No use to explain. Draco was just being a prat, as always." I explained in a hushed tone. We walked no more than two steps when a woman in a silky green suit with blonde hair and red glasses appeared from, what seemed to be, out of no where. She approached us with alot of flamboyance. Floating behind her was a quill and parchment.

"Hello, I'm Rita Skeeter. I know, you two must know who I am." She says grabbing my, and Joys, hand and shaking them pretty roughly.

"No, sorry, never heard of you." Joy says.That's probably for the better.

"She writes for the Daily Prophet. Safe to say that all of her articles are full of lies and rumors." I explain as a yank my hand away.

"Oh, fiesty. I like this one. Say, could we get an interview from you two girls?" Before I could grab Joy and run, she had already grabs us both and shoved us into the broom cupboard. Convinelently, there are two stools waiting there, so she forces us to sit. She turned to Joy with this devilish grin on her face. Oh God, please don't say anything stupid, please don't say anything stupid!

"So, I hear you and that Diggory boy are dating, and rather secretly, might I add." She says. The quill behind her was scribbling afew things down.

"WHAT!? NO! That's not true, who told you that? I'm not dating Cedric!" Joy says rather defencively. Oh no...

"Oh! First name basis now!" Skeeter says. Joy gives her this look. "Tisk, tisk, everyone loves young love, and we all know its juicer when it's a secret." she says with a wink at the end.

I glanced over to Joy who's face was slowly turnng red. Oh you poor thing, I'll have to hurt this woman after this, won't I....

"What about you, deary?" she says looking towards me. "I happen to know that you've got an eye out for Potter."

Kill. Me. Now. I fold my arms and give her a look of 'Drop dead before I set you on fire with my deadly gaze.' Sort of look.

Apparently the message got through and she whipped her head back to Joy. I only hope that Joy saw what I did and would do the same. Not talk.

"Given the circumstances, how would your parents respond, if they were alive, to this.... Little secret?" Rita says. Oh no. I could feel my eyes widen, then I turn to look at Joy. Her mouth was ajar and she looked really frustrated.

"Look, Ms.... Skeeter, I. Am. Not. Dating. Cedric. Diggory. Nor will I ever. Thank you." she says. Then she stands up and walks to the door. Before I stand and storm off as well, I give Rita a look that says, 'you probably shouldn't have mentioned a girls dead parents' in an interview that she didn't even want.'

The next few days were fairly boring, as always. I was in the Library reading another book about Potions (Because I'm just awful at that subject) When I heard someone sit next to me.

"Hi, Rem." Harry says as he opens a book on Herbology.

"Hey Harry." I say awkwardly. Ever since that stupid interview I've been more wierd around him. No, I have never liked Harry, and I don't like him now. Yes, he's one of my friends, but thats it.

"You okay?" he asks.

"Yeah." I kinda lied. I heard two Gryffindors sniggering in the background. "Haryy, can I tell you something?"