Agents at Hogwarts

Chapter 5

"Hard time studying?"

Skye looked up from her book in the library and noticed the face of Grant Ward.

"Uh yeah, a little," she smiled as she put the book down, "potions just isn't really my strong suit."

He sat down in the chair across from her, "instead of just reading all the words and trying to memorize them, try to come up with tricks to remember them. Like maybe a word in the effects of the potion rhyme with potion name. Try that out and tell me if it works," he offered as he stood back up.

"If it doesn't, you know where to find me."

She smiled again at him as she picked up her book to try it, "thanks."

"No problem," he waved as he left to get to his next class.

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"All students with Hogsmeade permission slips may now report to the Great Hall!" shouted McGonagall as she walked through the hallways.

Skye and Trip grabbed their coats and ran to the hall as fast as they could.

"I win!" Trip laughed as they finally arrived.

"No way," said Skye, out of breath, "I totally beat you."

"Nope! Not a chance."

"Whatever," Skye laughed as she playfully shoved him.

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Skye and Trip walked with Fitz and Simmons through the town of Hogsmeade on that fall day.

"I can't believe that it's not more crowded here," remarked Fitz, "it's such a nice day."

"To be fair," said Simmons as she wiped the cream off of her face, "most of the students are probably at the candy store here. Or at the joke shop."

"Yes," said Skye, agreeing with her, "we're just too sophisticated for them. They prefer candy and jokes to our classy butter beer on an outdoor patio."

The three of them laughed at her accent even though Fitz and Simmons told her that it wasn't the best.

"You guys excited for the Triwizard tournament this year?" Trip asked after everyone had finished laughing.

"Yes!" Skye exclaimed, "but the three of us are a year too young for it."

"Grant's not," said Fitz as he took another sip of his butter beer, "so he could enter."

"Yeah, but I probably won't. Not after what happened eight years ago," said Grant as he appeared behind them.

They pulled over a chair for him and he sat down with them.

"Why?"

"Mostly because of Cedric Diggory."

"Ok that's a fair reason, but Voldemort was defeated five years ago. There shouldn't be anything to worry about now."

"Hey listen, I said I PROBABLY wouldn't enter, doesn't mean I won't," Grant said as he was met with smiling faces.

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"And lastly, the Hogwarts competitor is," said Dumbledore as he pulled the last name from the goblet, "Grant Ward."

Sorry that this update is so short, I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to get to the TriWizard tournament scenes. But not that I finally have Ward as a competitor in them, there might be more frequent updates on this story. :D