A Black And A Weasley.

Part 21

The time had finally come! We quickly made our way down to The Great Hall where Dumbledore was going to announce the three Triwizard Champions! I sat down in between Fred and George and watched as Dumbledore approached the Goblet of Fire. " Now, the moment you've all been waiting for! The Champion selection!" Dumbledore paused to lower the lighting in the room. He was always one for dramatic effect, he waited around the Goblet until the flame became scarlet red. A piece of parchment flew out from the fire and Dumbledore caught it. " The Durmstrang Champion is... Viktor Krum!" Cheers came from around the room as he stood up and approached Dumbledore. They shook hands and Krum proceeded to the trophy room. Again the flames turned red and another piece of parchment emerged from the inferno. Once again Dumbledore caught it in his hand and announced the next Champion. " The Champion for Beauxbatons is... Fleur Delacour!" Again people cheered as she walked away to the trophy room. Now this was were I paid more attention. The Hogwarts Champion. The last piece of parchment flew out from the flames and Dumbledore announced: " The Hogwarts Champion... Cedric Diggory!" A massive smile broke out across my face as he stood up, people cheering and clapping.

" Go Ced!" I shouted across the hall. He laughed and waved at me. Off he went to the trophy room.

" Excellent! We now have our three Champions, but in the end only one will go down in history. Only one will hoist this chalice of champions, this vesicle of victory The Triwizard Cup!" Sat up on the teachers table sat the beautiful, blue cup. Suddenly, the Goblet of Fire turned red again. Was this supposed to happen? We had our three champions. Another piece of parchment came from the fire. " Harry Potter." Dumbledore called. Everyone's heads instantly turned to Harry. He was sat in shock as people began to whisper. " HARRY POTTER!" Dumbledore shouted, clearly aggravated. Hermione pushed Harry up and he slowly approached Dumbledore. People shouting things at him, stating the obvious of course. He soon disappeared into the trophy room, the teachers sent us to our dorms before rushing into the room.

" Well what the hell do you reckon went on there then?" Fred asked as we walked towards Gryffindor Tower.

" It's obvious, isn't it? The bloody git always has to be the centre of attention!" Ron exclaimed in an irritated voice.

" Whoa, calm down Ron. Harry's your friend what's brought this on?" I asked him.

" Some friend he is." Ron huffed and stormed off ahead, Hermione quickly followed after him.

" What's got his wand in a knot?" George asked.

" Hormones." I said casually nodding to myself. Fred and George furrowed their eyebrows and looked at me with confused faces. " You know, when your body starts changing and-"

" Okay, okay!" George exclaimed.

" We get the picture!" Fred elaborated.

" Hang on a minuet!" George said,

" we weren't like that at that age." Fred added.

" Oh, I beg to differ. You were the most annoying little gits under the sun." Fred and George looked at each other then shrugged their shoulders and said together:

" That sounds like us."

Hogsmeade days should be fun and enjoyable however today we weren't in Hogsmeade. No, Fred and George had managed to get themselves banned from this weeks visit because they tried pranking Snape, and me being the great friend I am agreed to stay behind with them. We were heading up to the owlery when Cedric came walking in our direction. George let out a quiet groan as Fred snickered. Ced was dressed in his full uniform with his prefects badge. "Where are you off to Ced?" I asked him.

" Rita Skeeter is doing interviews with the Triwizard Champions." Cedric smiled, " why aren't you guys in Hogsmeade?"

" Oh, these two got banned from going this week so we just thought we would cause some trouble here instead." I grinned.

" I'll pretend I didn't hear that." Cedric laughed pointing at his prefects badge. We said our fair wells and went on our way. George continued to wear a sour face until I linked our hands together and his face instantly softened. We eventually climbed the stairs up to the owlery where I saw Antlia sat on a perch with some other owls. I noticed a letter tied to her leg. I had sent my father a letter some time ago and she hadn't been back since. Swiftly, I rushed over to her and opened up the letter.

Dear Shauna,         

You have no idea how much I enjoy receiving your letters. I wish we could spend actual time together after all these years apart but you know how it is at the moment. I am pleased to hear that you are well. I am proud of you for being so strong during times of such pain. An attribute you clearly get from your dashing father. Harry has told me about the Triwizard Tournament. Please look after him for me. It can't be an easy time for him. You're practically family and we have to stick together. I have a special surprise for you. I'll send it to you later in the year. I love you my dearest daughter.

- Dad xx

I smiled as I read the letter from my father. The talk of things I had got from my father got me thinking. Another thing I had got from him was my sense of mischief. I hadn't gotten Mad Eye back yet for putting me through that awful lesson. " Boys, we've got a prank to pull. Now this could possibly be the hardest prank we ever pull. This person can see pretty much anything coming at them. Are you up for the challenge?" I turned around to look at them, the pair of them had matching smirks on their faces, instantly knowing who I was talking about. Together they said:

" We're in!"

We were walking through the halls whispering quietly to each other. " It's going to have to be a skilled operation. We need someone to distract him. Someone to prank him, obviously he'll see it coming and not get fooled but that's when we really get him. We need to get someone that wouldn't work with us. I've got it! Follow me!" We were running down the halls towards the classrooms when we heard bangs and shouting coming from McGonagall's classroom. " There he is." I muttered as I opened up the door.

" You want me to help you?" He asked pointing towards himself then at us.

" Yes, think about it. You get to be part of the prank that gets the unprankable. All we're asking for is a little cooperation." I pleaded.

" Eh, I don't usually like working with people. Sure, I'm in! He's a bit of a buzz kill anyway, he's worse than old Kitty!" We walked out of the classroom grinning after telling him is part in the plan and when he needs to do it. This is going to be perfect. 

Our plan was set. Mad Eye was walking out of the staffroom heading towards the DADA classroom when Peeves floated in front of him with a nasty grin on his face. Mad Eye instantly stopped, glaring up at the poltergeist.

" What do you think you're doing Non-Being?" Mad Eye asked grumpily.

" The name's Peeves! And you're about to get creamed!" Peeves shouted as he sloppily threw a cream pie towards Mad Eye which he moved out the way of. Peeves' eyes began to well up with tears and then all of a sudden his eyes began spilling out with water covering Mad Eye in water. This made him move backwards where two strong ropes sprung out from the walls and wrapped around his wrists, curtesy of Fred and George. I quickly put I silencing spell on him as he hung in the air. Our prank was not complete yet though. I performed a spell I had made myself and this caused Mad Eye's clothes to magically change into a beautiful fairy princess costume.

" You know, he makes a lovely little fairy princess. Don't you agree guys?" Peeves asked us as he stood beside us. We all agreed.

" Oh look, right on time." Everyone in the school started piling into the same corridor as they arrived back from Hogsmeade. Peeves floated up next to him with a goofy smile as I took a moving picture. Every student burst out laughing. The noise drew the teachers out of the staffroom and even some of them found it hard to contain their laughter. We may have gotten weeks of detentions after but it was definitely worth it.