Heart of Gold

Rita Skeeter

~Tessa's POV~

I sat in the girl's dormitory with Hermione and Lavender. They were both staring at me while I told them what happened in the room

"That's insane.. there's no way you would've entered your names in the goblet. You saw what happened when Fred and George tried to do it" Hermione said

I sighed and rubbed my head. "Yeah but now Ron's mad at us... This is a mess" I hugged my knees

Lavender hugged me and rubbed my arm "it'll be okay Tess. At least you have Harry with you"

I nodded "that is true.."

I sighed and laid back on my pillow. I slowly fell into an uneasy sleep

~Time Skip~

It was about midday about a week later. Harry and I sat, facing each other in between two trees. I had my eyes closed

"Tessa? Are you alright?" Harry asked

"Why wouldn't I be?" I mumbled

He took my hand "don't worry. We've survived way worse. We'll get through it like we always do. Together" he said

I grinned "you're brilliant you know that?"

"So I've heard" he said with a smile

I smiled back "so.. the first task is in three weeks... What're we gonna do?" I asked.

"Well. We know it's dragons. We can get Hermione to help us with some spells..." He said

"I just wish Ron would listen to us.." I said with a sigh.

"He'll get over it" Harry said, rolling his eyes

I nodded "I hope so"

~Time Skip~

I sighed as I walked with Harry through the grounds. He was talking about different strategies for the first task

"This is ridiculous." I said abruptly. Harry looked at me. "We're massively underage. We shouldn't be in the tournament! Instead of figuring out how to win, we need to find out how to survive and we need to find out who the bleeding hell put us in it in the first place!"

"Tessa calm down.. I understand where you're coming from but you should be calm"

I shrugged "it just sucks.. a lot"

"Well it's about to suck more. It's time to go see the representative of the Daily Prophet." He grumbled. I sighed.

He led the way into the castle.

When we got to the place we were supposed to be, we immediately began taking pictures for the Prophet.

I smiled uncomfortably. I hated pictures. The representative from the Daily Prophet grinned at us.

"Beautiful" she said, "I am Rita Skeeter and I want to find out who you are." She circled to behind us. "Let's start with the youngest shall we?"

She gripped my shoulder and Harry's painfully. Then she dragged us out of the room and to a closet.

"Mm cozy" she said with a smile.

"But.. Miss Skeeter.. this is a broom cupboard" I said

"Yes well you should be used to that" she said, sitting down on a bucket.

We both glared at her.

(I don't feel like typing the entire interview so I'mma skip it)

After the interview, Harry and I were practically steaming from the ears.

We were sitting down in the common room. By that I mean Harry, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting, I was pacing and ranting.

"She's a total nightmare! I can't believe she asked those dumb questions! AND I AM NOT TWELVE"

"Tess-"

"And the way she just sat there with that dopey innocent grin! I just- uggggh" I strangled the air.

"Tessa calm down" Ginny said, giggling.

I took a deep breath "sorry.. she just- she got on my nerves"

"We could tell" Hermione said with a smile.

I sighed and sat down next to Harry. I put my head on his shoulder. "Mmmgh life is so hard"

He chuckled.

I sat up and checked my watch. "I'm gonna go to bed" I stood and went upstairs.

A/N: done^^