Inside My Mind (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter XXXIII

The Burrow, Ottery St. Catchpole, England, Great Britain

Monday the 25th of August 1994

4:45 AM

"Arthur! What are you doing here? Didn't you say you couldn't get tickets?" asked the man standing in front of the old boot. Mr. Weasley smiled, sheepishly and nodded before clearing his throat.

"Well, we couldn't. This is Bella Potter. She sort of dragged us along. She's got tickets in the Top Box" Mr. Weasley said. Bella raised a hand in greeting and she smiled, brightly at the two men in front of her. One was Cedric Diggory, whom she recognized from school. He was looking at her in surprise. She gave him a soft smile and he immediately looked away. Amos looked at her in surprise.

"Bella Potter, you say? My Cedric beat you last year, didn't he? And I hear you're one of the greatest Seekers Hogwarts has ever seen. My Cedric!" Amos grinned. Bella's smile turned chilly and Amos blinked.

"He only won because Bella was attacked by dementors" Hermione said, flatly. This drew Amos' attention to the other people around him. He looked at Hermione in shock.

"And who are these people with you?" Amos asked.

"Hermione Granger" Hermione said, her tone still flat. Amos offered a hand and Hermione looked at it, her lips curled in disgust. Bella looked at Hermione from the corner of her hand.

"Mione" she hissed, her tone held a warning. Hermione stiffened and took Amos' hand, shaking it though her eyes still held disgust.

"Amos Diggory. And this is my son, Cedric" Amos said. He suddenly did a double take when he saw Sirius and Maya. Maya was leaning her head on his shoulder, her eyes drooping and Sirius' arm was around her waist to keep her from falling.

"Sirius Black! And whom is this lovely lady?"

"Maya Granger" Maya said, sleepily. Amos nodded at her and then glanced at the two girls in front of him back to Sirius.

"Sirius! How could you possibly afford this many seats in the Top Box? And just for Miss Potter?"

"I didn't buy them. They were already bought when I tried to get them" Sirius said, yawning. Amos looked stunned and Cedric looked immensely curious.

"Then who?" Cedric asked, looking at Bella again. Bella looked to the dark sky and saw the sun beginning to rise. She gave a sigh and clutched the ornate locket around her neck. Cedric saw that it looked rather old.

"Tom Riddle bought twelve tickets in the Top Box for me" Bella said with another sigh. Cedric and Amos exchanged shocked looks and cleared their throats.

"Professor Riddle? Why would he do that?"

"Because I'm Lady Slytherin, his Heiress. And he holds an unnatural need to show up Uncle Sirius. Which he did. Sorry, Uncle Sirius" Bella commented. Sirius glared at her and then pointed at the boot. Everyone looked to it and Maya frowned.

"What am I supposed to do?" asked Maya. Hermione grabbed her mother's finger and placed it on the finger just as the boot glowed even brighter.

Bella bit her lip as she felt a jerk behind her navel and suddenly they were swirling through blue light and Bella fell towards the ground hard. Two hard arms caught her. Bella looked up and saw the smiling face of Cedric.