The Girl who Survived (Fred Weasley)

CH 30. Technically the Truth

~Elodie's POV~

​     "Okay so tell me again. What exactly did Sirius tell you?" I asked Harry.

​A majority of people were still giving him the cold shoulder. Tossers that believed he had thrown his name in. We had come to one of the tide pools at the black lake, just outside the Castle, not too far off the trail. Neville was with us, after the hard time Moody had given him in Defense class Harry wanted to spend more time with him. To which I admired, Neville was always a shy but sweet kid.

​ "This is amazing!" Neville said as he entered into the water.

"Well first I told him about the dream from summer, remember the one with Wormtail and Voldemort. He said that since they didn't have to worry about you anymore, they just needed me," Harry said looking over to Neville to make sure he wasn't giving us too much attention.

"Well why didn't they need me anymore?" I asked.

"They didn't say," Harry told me.

"Pity, I yearn to feel needed," I said in a fake sad voice. "Okay, go on," I pressed.

"Well Sirius told me I shouldn't worry about it because I was only a dream. But that it was a bit suspicious that there had been Death Eaters at the World Cup, and now my name coming out of the Goblet. It didn't seem like coincidences anymore," Harry said, pulling his lips into a hard line.

I pondered it for a moment before asking, "Sirius thinks we're not safe?"

"It's more than that, he thinks Hogwarts isn't safe anymore. Igor Karkaroff is in the castle and..." Harry before trailing off as he looked up at Neville once more.

"He's a Death Eater," I said in a low voice.

"How'd you know?" Harry asked as he turned to look at me surprised.

I smiled and tapped a finger on my temple. "The voices," I told him. "But go on."

"Sirius has no clue who could have put my name into the Goblet, but he's certain that whoever did, means me harm, and by extension, you. He told me to prepare for everything," Harry said looking back over the lake.

"So, we will," I told him and put a hand on his shoulder. "We'll make sure you're prepared for anything."

"Amazing, Amazing!" Neville said as he looked at the specimens she had captured in a jar.

"Neville, you're doing it again," Harry told him, bringing him back to earth.

​ "Oh, right. Sorry," Neville said.

​ "Oh, leave him be. It's fascinating to him. Good to have hobbies, right Neville?" I said looking over to him.

​     "Just like you, practicing your wandless magic," Neville told me with excitement in his voice. "I wish I could do that," He said, returning his eyes to the jar.

"'Magical Water Plants of the Highland Lochs'?" Harry questioned looking over at Neville's book.

"Yeah, Moody gave it to me, that day we had Tea," Neville said.

He lifted up an arm and began waving behind us. Harry and I both turned to see Ginny, Hermione and Ron all approaching. I was glad they were finally going to make up; it was terrible seeing Harry without his best friend at his side.

Ron Whispered something in Hermione's ear before she approached and said, "Ronald would like me to tell you, that Seamus told him, that Dean was told by Parvati, that Hagrid's looking for you."

"Is that right? Well...What?" Harry asked. It made sense in a way that didn't make any sense. Maybe if it were cut down just a bit it'd be easier. Then again if it was coming from the source.