Silently Screaming For Help

|Chapter 93 : Dropping Names|

"Amelia!"

"What?"

"Hurry up!"

"Give me a bloody minute" I called out loudly while trying to finish tying my lace, ultimately getting grabbed and hauled up, laughing as I was dragged down the corridor by Cedric who was soaked with rain while we followed Ethan, Andrew and Abbie down towards the great hall, a couple of other Huflepuffs arriving as I gripped at Cedric and pushed him into the hall towards the cup, standing just in front of the age line

"Come on Cedric!"

"Put it in!" Ethan and Andrew laughed as we pushed him past the age line as he glanced back, wet hair in his face as his smile disappeared and he turned and looked up at the cup before reaching is hand up and dropping the parchment in as people started clapping and his grin appeared back on his face. Turning back I watched as Ron tried to wave, being completely unnoticed as Cedric threw himself at me laughing and I clapped him on the back along with everybody else before I clapped his face laughing

"It's official"

"That I entered the tournament?"

"No. That you're a complete and utter idiot"

"Oh, you've only noticed now?"

"Of course not. I've just been too nice to point it out before" I told him laughing as he grinned and I was brought into a hug, getting swayed about as I tried to detangle myself

"Right, get off me you idiot. You're soaking"

"I know. And that's why I'm hugging you-"

"But you know that it-"

"Annoys you? Yes. That's why I do it"

"You are cruel"

"No. I'm just loving you. There's a difference-"

"Holy shit, hi Dean. I never knew you were here, sorry" I apologised laughing, cutting Cedric off after I caught sight of Dean standing next to the group of us with a grin

"Don't worry about it. I just came over to congratulate Diggory-" getting cut off by laughter, me and Cedric stepped away from each other while looking to the doors. Watching the twins run in laughing and cheering I squinted to see what they had in their hands

"Yes!"

"Thank you, thank you!" They laughed while running up to those on the benches, getting high fives while I wandered a couple of steps over, standing next to Hermione as she looked up at me with a shake of her head and I tried to stop myself from smiling while I turned back to the two

"Well lads, we've done it-"

"Cooked it up just this morning-"

"It's not going to work" watching the twins look to Hermione I felt a grin take over my face as they took a seat either side of her, peering at her amused

"Oh yeah? And why's that Granger?"

"You see this? This is an age line. Dumbledore drew it himself"

"...So?" Watching the look of exasperation and disbelief on her face grow she let out a laugh while shutting her book, my smile growing as I clapped George on the shoulder amused, getting the same amused look back before he turned back to her

"So! A genius like Dumbledore couldn't possibly be fooled by something as pathetically dim witted as an ageing potion"

"Ah but that's why it's so brilliant-"

"Because it's so pathetically dim witted" George grinned before the two jumped to their feet, shaking their vials and linking arms

"Ready Fred?"

"Ready George"

"Bottoms up!" Watching the two of them down the small amount of ageing potion they had been able to brew they finished and jumped down from the bench and over and past the age line together, pausing for a few seconds before starting to cheer with everybody else. Reaching up together they dropped their names in at the same time, again taking a pause as they started celebrating, their celebrations getting cut short when the cup erupted and blue lines flew around the room, flying into the two and knocking them back a few meters through the air before they landed painfully. Sitting up together, the whole hall erupted in laughter as I joined in, watching as beards grew and they started shouting at each other, wrestling and rolling around on the floor as I looked at Hermione with a grin, laughing at the look on her face. Everybody soon dispersing from around them they turned to the doors as I looked up, watching Krum walk in with Karkaroff and Thomas behind him, a determined look on his face as he walked towards the cup, all eyes on him as he raised his hand and dropped the small piece of parchment in, glancing over as he looked from me to Hermione, holding the gaze as she done the same before he turned and left and I leant down beside her

"Oooo"

"Shut up"

"Absolutely not"

"Amelia-"

"Hermione and Viktor, sitting in a tree-"

"I will hex you-"

"No you won't. You love me too much, remember?" I asked grinning as she cast me a side glance, a small smile eventually growing as I pulled the piece of parchment with my name on it from my pocket as her eyes widened

"What're you doing?"

"I'm going to show the twins how it's actually done" I shrugged, grinning as I walked confidently through the age line, pausing for a second with a smile before reaching my hand up

"Lia?" Dropping the parchment in I waited, my breath held as nothing happened. Cheers reached my ears as a grin got the better of me and I turned, flicking the middle finger to the twins before jogging past the age line and going over to Cedric as he stared at me

"What?"

"Did you just-?"

"Yes"

"How?" Tapping the side of my nose with a grin I walked from the hall, amused with myself. Stopping just round the corner I instantly slipped my ring off, it burning red and scalding my skin as I slipped it into my pocket, not realising how much magic it had taken in as I started making my way down to the dungeons, feeling a painful whack to the back of my head