Unknown Origins - HP Roleplay Book

Chapter 19 - Safe for now

The Herd and Arthur walked back to the tent and saw the face of Charlie poke out.

"Dad! The twins and Ginny made it back but the others-" Charlie began, clearly worried.

"I've got them here." Arthur reassured him.

"Are you alright?" Ginny asked them.

"The real question is if you're alright." Erica turned the question back on her, noticing Bill who was holding a bedsheet over his arm.

"I'll be fine. It's just a scratch." Bill shook his head.

"Are you sure Bill?" Ron asked.

"Charles, what happened to your shirt?" Erica asked, looking at the rip.

Ginny sighed, "They were attacked but they should be okay."

"If they aren't, I'll kill them." Erica told them, sitting beside Percy who had a nose bleed.

"Are you hurt?" Percy asked Erica.

"No, but I think we should all rest. It's been a long day." Erica sighed.

"We're taking the Portkey back to the Burrow. We can all rest there." Arthur told them.

Then, the last person they expected to be here, walked in the tent. Draco.

"This is... Unexpected." Erica stated, looking suspiciously at Draco.

"What are you doing here, Draco?" Parker sighed.

"Getting you, we need to go." Draco grabbed Parker's arm before he whispered something in her ear.

"..I'll meet you all on the train, yeah?" Parker looked at the Herd.

It was obvious she had heard something serious, or else she wouldn't of been going.

"Go be with your family, I'll make sure nobody dies." Erica assured her.

Parker nodded before her and Draco ran out of the tent.

"What do you think was so urgent?" Ginny asked.

"I honestly have no idea, now let's go get that portkey." Hermione told them.

**

Hermione was reading The Daily Prophet, reading about what happened at the World Cup while Harry and Ron got things from the trolley.

Erica slid back in after speaking with the the twins,"Hi 'Mione. Are they getting sweets?"

"Yeah." Hermione nodded.

"'Can I get two pumpkin pasties please?'" Parker imitated Cho Chang while she got into the compartment.

"Parker, play nice." Erica warned her, sitting next to Hermione.

"That is me playing nicely." Parker sat down across from them.

Erica rolled her eyes as Ron and Harry walked into the compartment.

"This is horrible." Hermione sighed, "How can the Ministry not know who conjured it? Was their any security or?.."

"Don't ask me, all I know is that it was bewitched so muggles couldn't see it." Erica stated.

"There was loads." Ron sighed.

Harry soon then held his scar slightly, just holding his head.

"Where's the evil?" Erica asked, looking around.

"Nowhere. It's fine." Harry assured her.

Erica nodded before getting up.

"What are you doing?" Ron asked her.

"I'm bored, I'm going on a walk." Erica told him, starting to walk up the isle.

"Don't be too long. We'll be there soon." Hermione told her.

"I won't." Erica called back.

**

"Did you see the carriages? And the ship?" Ron asked while they all sat down in the Great Hall.

"It's the others schools, they're arriving for the Triwizard Tournament." Hermione explained.

"Of course it would be our luck that it's here when we are." Parker sighed.

"Relax, we don't have to compete. It's all voluntary." Erica stated.

"I was at the Ministry in the summer, I heard something about it." Parker told them.

"And that is?" Harry asked her.

"That o-" Parker began but Dumbledore began his speech.

He'd been talking for a while until he then announced Beauxbatons. Then a handful of girls dressed in periwinkle walked in gracefully. All the boys were immediately in love. The girls of the Herd all looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

Erica then snapped her fingers,"Now I get it, they're part Veela."

"Oh, the boys are gonna be drooling over them." Hermione sighed.

Erica nodded as Dumbledore then announced Durmstrang where a crowd of tough looking boys entered with flaming sticks and doing some sort of gymnastics.

"Is that Viktor Krum?" Parker asked, looking at the last Drumstrang boy.

"Oh look Ron, it's your lover." Erica joked, nodding her head at Krum.

"Shut it." Ron rolled his eyes while they continued doing their tricks.

After they finished Dumbledore stepped forward and removed the covering of a large goblet on a podium.

"Is that the Goblet?" Parker asked.

"The what?" Harry questioned, he hadn't really been paying attention.

"The Goblet of Fire, Harry." Hermione sighed.

"I'd assume so." Erica told them as Dumbledore introduced their new DADA teacher,"Oh, my dad's told me about him."

"I used to call him Mad Eye Moody." Parker hummed.

"Quite a lot of people refer to him like that in the ministry." Erica told her.

"He does look a bit mad, doesn't he?" Ron asked.

"Give him a break Ron, he's one of the most high class aurors that there is." Hermione reminded him.

Barty Crouch Sr. then stood forward, "I have an announcement!"

Everyone in the hall was quiet as Barty stepped forward to give his announcement.

"Only students, from the age seventeen and up can enter the tournament!" Barty announced.

That earned.. A lot of groans and shouts.

"Thank god, there's no pressure this year. No Evil teachers, no giant snake, no Ratman, no deadly tournament." Erica sighed, relieved that she might have a normal school year.

"Fred and George don't look too happy." Ron pointed out while they yelled.

"They have their sweets to keep them occupied." Erica stated before remembering,"What were you trying to tell me earlier Parker?"

"Hm?" Parker turned to Erica.

"You were about to tell us something you overheard about the Triwizard Tournament." Hermione reminded her.

"I was?" Parker asked.

"Yeah." Harry nodded.

"Oh.. It's went out of my mind. If it comes back, I'll tell you guys." Parker sighed.

"Right, what now?" Erica asked as she took a glass of water.

"We finish food then we go to sleep. We have DADA first in the morning." Hermione told her

"I don't know whether to be excited or scared." Erica stated, finishing her water.

"How about a mixture of both?" Parker shrugged.

"Whatever you feel at the classroom door, it won't save us from whatever awaits." Ron joked, knowing their history with teachers wasn't the best.

"We can only see." Harry sighed while he finished his food.