Greater Troubles

Chapter-26

Olivia's POV

The days flew by as I stayed at Draco's. Two days after I visited George, we went to get our supplies at Diagon Alley. It didn't take up too much time, and we were able to get back quickly. We saw a few friends, but they were just brief encounters. Before I knew it, it was the 1st of September.

As we were walking to the platform 9 ¾, Harry ran up to us with his cart in tow. It was stacked full, complete with Hedwig in her cage chirping a little in protest at his speed. He greeted me with a warm smile, but his face hardened when he looked past me to Draco. "Malfoy."

Draco nodded calmly. I was grateful when he didn't glare. "Hello, Potter." he said evenly. Harry seemed a little a little taken aback by the normal greeting. Draco couldn't keep the small smirk from slipping onto his face.

Harry's face hardened again at the sight of the smirk. He turned back to me, frowning slightly. "Why did you leave the Burrow so quickly last week? I didn't get to talk to you."

I glanced at Draco. "Mr. Malfoy had offered to take us out to dinner, and if I had stayed, Molly would have made me eat with you guys. You know how big of a fan I am of Molly's cooking, but the dinner was important to Mrs. Malfoy, and I didn't want to mess that up for her."

He nodded as we came to the barrier. Glancing around, I couldn't see any muggles. Harry and Draco ushered me forward, and I quickly ran through to the other station.

Draco and Harry barged through right after me. Draco took my hand, and Harry glanced down distastefully, but thankfully he didn't comment. He straightened a little. "I think I'll wait here for Ron and Hermione. You guys can go on ahead."

Draco gently tugged my hand, and I followed him to the train. We moved through the throng of people to put our trunks onto the train, and we quickly jumped on. Sometimes the large crowd was pretty claustrophobic.

He pulled me behind him as we went to search for an empty compartment. The crowd outside was still pretty thick, so it didn't seem like most people were even on yet.

It wasn't very difficult to find one. I waited for Draco to sit, and when he did, I sat next to him. "So, why do you think we had to bring the fancy clothing?" I asked, moving so that my feet were up against the wall and my head was in Draco's lap.

He started to mess with my hair as he thought. "I think my father said something about the Triwizard Tournament."

"What's the Triwizard tournament?" I asked, looking up at him with my brows furrowed.

"Finally, you don't know something." he grinned. I slapped his chest lightly, but I found myself smiling also.

"The Triwizard Tournament is held every 5 years. The three major wizarding schools, Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang, have a tournament where each school has one champion who will compete in three events. All of which are said to be extremely dangerous. It's not rare for someone to die. That's why there's an age limit. No one under the age of 17 may qualify." he explained quietly, running his fingers slowly through my hair.

I sat up so that I was sitting next to him. He gently wrapped his arm around my shoulders, and my head fell to his chest. "Have you heard of who will take Lupin's job?"

He shook his head. "That, I have no clue of."

Silence enveloped us, and I found myself falling asleep to the rhythmic movements of Draco's chest.

Draco's POV

Olivia's breathing gradually slowed, and soon she was asleep. Not long after, Crabbe, Goyle, and Zambini came in, laughing loudly. They quickly became quiet when they saw Olivia sleeping.

Zambini raised an eyebrow. His eyes flashed with amusement, and a smile played on his lips. "Is there something I missed over the summer?" He asked, looking at Olivia's sleeping form leaning against me.

I couldn't keep a smile of my own from slipping onto my face. "Olivia and I are back together." When Crabbe and Goyle's eyebrow rose high in a silent question, I continued. "Turns out the Weasel-brain was cheating on her."

Zambini laughed, surprised. "Okay, I knew they weren't going to be together much longer, but I didn't know he was dumb enough to actually cheat on her. Who was it with?" The train lurched forward for a second, and then we were off. Olivia readjusted herself, sighing quietly.

"It was Angelina Johnson. You know, the Gryffindor chaser. Apparently, George was only with Olivia in the first place because of a bet."

Zambini whistled lowly. "Merlin. I can't tell you how tempted I am just to go kick that git in the balls. I don't understand how he can look her in the face."

I nodded silently, looking down at Olivia. What I didn't understand, is how Olivia got caught up in that sick, twisted plan in the first place.

After a few moments of silence, Zambini slapped his hands on his knees. "Okay! On a brighter note, I had a great summer."

I laughed. "Olivia has been staying at my house for the past two weeks, and I got to visit her in America for a few days for her birthday. I highly doubt your summer was as good as mine."

He playfully scowled, rubbing his chin. "I know. You always seem to top even my more memorable moments with something better."

I shrugged. "Hey, I can't help it if my life is more interesting than yours."

He laughed, shaking his head. "I was hoping Olivia would knock some of that arrogance out of you. Apparently, that was too much to hope for."

I laughed also. "She likes my arrogance, because it means that I have something to be proud of. She's not going to date someone who hasn't done anything significant."

Crabbe looked up at me with his normal confused expression. "Didn't she date Weasley?"

Zambini and I burst out laughing, and Olivia blinked her eyes open. She looked up at me in confusion, and I smiled down at her. "Hey babe."

Zambini laughed a few more times as Olivia sat up, and I removed my arm from her. "How long was I out?" she asked, yawning quietly.

"You weren't out that long. Sorry I woke you."

She shook her head. "It's okay. I wasn't planning on sleeping." She looked to the other three, smiling warmly. "Hey, guys. How was your summer?"

Crabbe and Goyle just simply shrugged their shoulders, while Zambini's eyes lit up. "It was amazing! Were you at the Quidditch World Cup?"

Olivia's look instantly turned wary. "Yes. Sadly. But Draco and I got to leave before we got into any trouble with the Death Eaters."

He shook his head. "You guys are lucky. It was absolute chaos. So many people were running around, no one could get to port keys in time. The Death Eaters set practically everything on fire. But none of them have been caught. There's no way to tell who was underneath the masks. And then, of course, there was the whole Harry situation."

Olivia straightened up, looking more interested now. Her brows furrowed, and confusion cleared away all the weariness from her posture. "What happened with Harry?"

Zambini also looked confused. "You don't know? I was sure you would have been the first to know, considering he's your brother."

She looked to me with a silent question, and I shrugged. I didn't know what he was going on about. She turned back to Zambini. "What happened? He didn't mention anything."

Now Zambini looked slightly nervous. It couldn't have been good news, if he was nervous of her reaction. Finally, after a few moments of silence, he answered her quietly. His eyes looked everywhere but her. "His wand was the one that casted the Death Eater's trade mark sign into the sky. He got in trouble with Barty Crouch, and now they're suspecting that he's a Death Eater."