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Chapter 22
Ella, sat there half reading her History of Magic book. She glanced up every minute to check and see if Harry had returned from his meeting with the other Champions. Glancing towards Ron and Hermione, she could see that there minds were also distracted by the fact that it had been a while since he had gone.
“It’s been over an hour.” Ron said throwing his used textbook down.
“Chill out, you’re making my nerves go crazy.” Ella said clearly annoyed.
Casting Ella a glare, Ron was in no mood for any snarky remarks.
“We can’t turn on each other; it is safe to say we all are anxious.” Hermione always the logical one interjected before a heated argument would ensue.
Rolling her eyes, Ella went back to reading the same paragraph over and over again.
The hour turned into a few hours, but finally a worn out Harry came back into the Gryffindor common room.
“Well?” Ron said running up to him.
“You might want to sit down.” Harry said his exhaustion evident.
The group made room and sat quietly but focused on the events that had transpired.
“Krum?” “Well is he ok?” Hermione said clearly worried.
Ella couldn’t help but notice Ron twitch upon hearing Krum’s name coming out of Hermione’s mouth.
“Maybe Sirius can help figure out more about Crouch.” Ella suggested.
“I will send him an owl early tomorrow.” Harry said nodding in response.
“I can ask Percy, and see if he knows anything” Ron said.
“Good, but for now, I am stuck here until the morning.” Harry seemed not only exhausted but frustrated.
“ I need to practice! The maze looks and feels intense.” “Plus, Hagrid’s creatures are going to be in there!”
“ Umm yeah you need to practice.” Ella said shivering at the thought of some of the creatures they had to deal with all year.
Ella couldn’t believe how fast the next few days went. Harry went on practicing every minute he could.
“ Nicely done Harry!” Ella said clapping softly from her seat.
“ Finally!” Harry tired from practicing so much fell to his knees.
“The stunning spell, is very difficult, and you done it! Well done.” Hermione, who was helping Harry along, was very proud.
“Now, for the one I really want you to learn……” Hermione suggested.
“We have divination; please let the boy sleep in his next class!” Ella said laughing.
They walked to divination, which to most Gryffindor’s meant nap time; talk of the third task was heard all over the corridors.
“Why is it so hot!” Ella said rolling up her sleeves.
“ My dear , you must have a calm environment , to see the great beyond!” Trelawney bellowed.
“ Um. Ok?” Ella said sitting down with a gruff look upon her face.
Ten minutes into the class , Ron and Harry were already passed out.
“Ok, they didn’t even try to stay awake.” Ella whispered over to Hermione.
“Students, I want to talk about visions.”
With a defeated look upon her face, Ella proceeded to flip through the chapters of her book and tried to pay attention.
“What are you swatting at?” Hermione said whispering.
“ I don’t know , but there is a bug in here and the buzzing noise is driving me insane.” Ella said sweating from the heat.
Trying to swat at an imaginary bug, Ella heard a loud crashing coming from the table next to there’s. Jumping up at the sight of Harry on the floor, she instantly went to his aid. After calling his name, He began to scream so loud that Ella jumped back in fright.
When he finally came to Harry was drenched in sweat, and bug eyed as everyone stood around him.
“Harry lets go to the Madame Pomfrey” Hermione said ushering him towards the door.
“ I’m fine, I need to see Dumbledore.” Harry said pushing her arm away.
Ella sat crouched in the same place where Harry was laying. Trying to analyze what just happened.
The class went silent, and for some odd reason Ella felt the need to stare back at Draco, as if he is the one that did this to Harry.
He was antsy alright, and he seemed to be covering up his mouth with his sleeve every few seconds.
“Ok, everyone get back to your seat.” Trelawney said ushering everyone back to there table.
If Ella couldn’t concentrate before she surely couldn’t now.
Hermione also seemed very worried. Her face was pale and her hands began to shake.
The rest of the day, seemed to slow down. With no news on Harry, everyone became irritable.
“Miss. Greene, if you would spend more time on your transfiguration homework, then knee deep in a cauldron, you could get better grades.” McGonagall spoke sternly handing out Ella’s latest homework assignment.
“ Well, I actually tried on this homework, so knowing that you can mock my work, shows what kind of professor you are.” Ella cringed, she knew if she looked directly at McGonagall she might just turn to dust.
“Detention!” “ Be here at 8pm sharp!” Ella sighed. She pretended to be reading her notes, because she was too embarrassed to look at any of the Gryffindor’s faces.
“ Ella, she is just trying to watch out for you.” Hermione said.
“ Herms, she was out of line.” “ To embarrass me in front of everyone, about my grades.” “ I took my time and everything on that assignment.”
“ I know you did. I know she crossed the line, but she is the professor. You could of said, I am sorry I really did my best.”
“ I might not be an adult, but I deserve some respect too.”
Ella walked down the hall without her friends. She was angry , and needed someone to talk to.
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“ Why would she call me out, in front of the entire class!” Ella said raising her voice slightly.
“ To make an example, maybe to warn the other students, no one is going to get by with those grades.” Snape said cleaning up his desk.
“I got a B-"
“ You could do better.” Snape said .
“ I could if I got extra help. I mean, Its not like potions where it is easy for me, and I am not Hermione who could read a page and understand completely what it says.”
“Transfiguration is not my thing.”
“Well unfortunately for you, you have to do well to move on from Hogwarts.”
“ Once you get a few key concepts down, it will come easier for you.” He paused for a minute, while he looked over a wrinkled up paper“ How about I take about a half hour of our time on Fridays, and help you with your homework.” He finally suggested.
“ Just keep thinking , you are almost done with your fourth year.” “I promise, It will work out.” Snape said.
“ Thanks a lot, I feel better.”
“Too bad she gave me detention.”
“ She went easy on you.” Snape said laughing.
Ella walked back to the common room, where Ron, Hermione, and Harry were sitting.
“What happened Harry! Are you ok?!!” Ella said running up to him.
“I am fine.”
“I have something to tell you.”
He proceeded to tell her about the events that happened after he left divination class.
“I guess, Ludo Bagman and Snape haven’t been involved with any dark stuff since the trials from a while ago.”
Ella breathed a sigh of relief.
“Dumbledore really trusts him”
Ella smiled.
“ So do I.” Ella said remembering the conversation they just had.
“ What about the screams, and the sleeping and the well you know it happened to you! “Ella said pointing at him.
“Nothing really, Dumbledore seems to have it all figured out.” Harry said
“ Oh ok.” Ella turned away
It seemed as though Harry wasn’t sharing all the information to her.
“Well lets practice” Harry said
“Ok well I have till dinner and then I have detention.” Ella said.
“Oh, I heard about that!” Harry said
“ You actually stood up against McGonagall.”Harry said patting her back “
The funny part is your alive”
“ Shut it, or only your glasses will be able to participate in the tournament.”
Ella said laughing and pushing him away.
When they all were outside, Ella rolled her eyes to see Draco with his goons lingering around the area.
“ Oh great, just what we need an audience.” Ella said directing her motion to Malfoy.
Once they went underway, Ella noticed Draco was getting figidy again.
“ Why does he keep doing that.” Ella said
“ He is talking into his hand.” Ron said
Harry paused .
“ Is he using a walkie talkie?” Harry said trying to get a better look.
“ No electronics can get into Hogwarts.” Hermione said trying to remember a jinx.
“ Oh yeah.”
“ He was doing that in Divination today, right after you left.”
Not thinking anymore of what they saw , they went back to practicing.
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“ How did she know about this?” Ella said perplexed as she put down the daily prophet.
Harry shrugging his shoulders seemed to not mind.
“ She described everything you did” Hermione said looking at the article in
horror.
“This has Malfoy written all over it.” Ella still embarrassed of the whole Draco mess , decided to only suggest it was him.
“ There was a window open.” Harry suggested.
“Too high…” Hermione was in deep thought when all of sudden she jumped up and ran.
“Seriously I can handle when she gets a good idea.” Ella said laughing.
“Harry, you need to rest.” Ella said kicking at some dirt in her way.
“Have you saw that Giant maze in the back??!” Harry directed there attention to the back of Hogwarts.
“What monsters and jinxes , I will have to face, I don’t know.” “But I’m not going to lie, I’m scared and not ready.” “ So please just a few more hours.”
Harry was pleading for his friends not to give up on him.
“Harry were here for you.” Ella pulled her wand out. “Now what do you say we stop talking and get this duel under way?”
Harry smiled, and quickly directed his wand at her.
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Exhausted, Ella begged her legs to move forward. Tomorrow was the third task, and spending most of her time helping Harry had made her feel dead.
Sleep wouldn’t come to her. She kept thinking of what the summer would entail. She hoped to spend a couple weeks with her parents, and then weeks with Snape. Ron and Ginny had wanted everyone to come to there house at the end of summer vacation.
Things had changed alright. Ohio seemed so far away. The country roads leading to an isolated pond, her grandma’s house where an apple pie would be baking, and the sweet smell of summer. The memories flooded in. Finally she closed her eyes and dreamt of a warm summer breeze blowing the grass that was surrounding her.
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Meeting Mrs. Weasley was nerve racking to Ella. She had heard so many different descriptions of her; she didn’t know what to think.
“Mom, this is Ella Greene.” Ginny said ushering Ella closer
“Oh yes, I have heard so much about you.” Molly didn’t smile fully, and by the
tone of her voice, she didn’t hear great things about Ella.
“Dont believe everything you read in the papers, so my lawyer tells me to say” Ella said winking.
From the corner of her eye, Ella could see Ron immediently turn away obviously afraid about what his mother was going to say.
She paused and gave a slight smile, and said “Well, it was nice to meet you, my children have an eye for good friendships.”
Ella grinned.
Mrs. Weasley walked back with Harry to the Great Hall.
“ My mom has enough sarcasm from Fred and George.” “ You did good.” Ron said patting her back.
“ Thanks”
The task would be at hand, and Ella wanted to make sure she had everything prepared before they all went outside. “ I will meet you out there, I need to get a few things out of the dorm.”
“Do you want me to come with you?” Ginny said
“ Nah, just save me a sit.”
Ella ran up the stairs in a hurry.
“ Why are you running.” A serpent like voice came from behind her.
She hadn’t even notice Draco Malfoy lurking behind a pillar.
“ I am not talking to you.” Ella said turning on her heals
“ I am sorry.” “ I feel horrible.”
Ella calmly walked up to him.
“ You should.” Then out of impulse she slapped him really hard.
She knew why she had done it, and it had felt great to do so. Not even looking behind her to see his shocked expression, Ella ran to the common room.
Rumaging through her stuff, Ella grabbed and pulled and tossed all of her things.
" Ok, got everything." Ella said to herself.
As she walked out of the portrait hole she jumped back to see Proffesor Moody.
" I heard Weasley won the tournament." His voice was raspy, and aggitated.
" Yes ,yes he did."
" Letting someone win, is not noble." " It allows them to gain a sense of false hope."
" Ron deserves it"
Making a few noises to himself, Mad Eye began to hoble away.
" How did you know?" Ella said chasing after him.
" How did you know, we had a tournament." " The only postings was in our common room." He started to walk faster. " Proffesor, there was jinx on the sheets,no teachers could see it.!"
Ella stopped and ran INthe opposite direction. She needed to find Snape fast.
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