chapter twelve




I wake up and no one is touching me. I sit up and rub my eyes, instantly thing the feeling of my skin. Draco emerges form the kitchen with two bowls. the walk to me and hands me one of the bowls.


"Eat up." I eat a spoonful or two before he conversation starts.


"When is thy day of birth?" he says poshly.


"What is this 20 questions?" I joke.


"Answer the question."


"What do you want it for my head stone for after I die in this tournament?" He pales a little then glares at me. "Okay okay, November 30th. When's yours?"


"June 5th."


"Ah that's good, now I have more time to make your present."


"Do you think your gonna die?" He asks growing very serious.


"I think it's a possibility. The rule for only 17 year olds in the tournament must have been placed for a reason." I look over at him and he wears a sad look. "I won't though, I'll hold on for you and for my friends."


"I-I need you to win or at very least come b-back. I know the other Hogwarts champion has a nice f-funeral." He says his voice wavering. "He who must not be named servant kills him. I saw t-that in a dream and you were in the grave yard with Diggory and he was m-murdered and it looked l-like you were gonna be next and....." He starts crying and I bring him into a hug. "And I thought that you were going to be next."


"Draco, I'm not going to be next. I will be fine I will escape and come right back to you."


He doesn't seem to be convinced and continues to cry into my shoulder, so I just rub his back and try to think about how to calm him down. "Listen I got an idea but you'll have to calm down first." He sniffles once then is done. he looks at me with still tear filled eyes which are red. I use my thumbs to take away the reaming tears. I kiss his cheek.


He brings a hand up after and touches my face with my thumb. I frown.


"What?" He asks.


"How can you stand to touch me?"


"Because when you really like someone you will look past the shell and look more at the inside."


"Dance with me."


I stand up and head to the record player , I set in one of the classics and put the needle to the right spot. As I do this Draco stands and goes to the middle of the of the floor.


The song starts and I go to meet him. I put my hand on his shoulder and he puts his hand in my empty one and the other on my waist. the first set of lyrics come out and I sing along with them.


"Wise men say only fools rush in." I sing.


"I know this one, its by the muggle artist Presley." He says smiling, I nod.


He starts to sing along with the lyrics, with a voice like an angels. "But I can't help falling in love with you


Shall I stay, would it be a sin


If I can't help falling in love with you


Like a river flows surely to the sea


Darling, so it goes


Some things are meant to be


Take my hand, take my whole life too


For I can't help falling in love with you


Like a river flows surely to the sea


Darling, so it goes


Some things are meant to be


Take my hand, take my whole life too


For I can't help falling in love with you


For I can't help falling in love with you."


As he sings we spin around and laugh, moving around in time with the music. Last word he dips me low and accidently drops me on to the air mattress. I laugh and pull him down beside me, and he laughs.


I change into my fox and jump on him. He laughs and picks me up. I wiggle free as I jump on his face. I run to my old bed room and hide under the bed I curl up in a little ball and wait. Draco comes in and looks in my closet and sits on my bed. He doesn't move. I finally move out from under my bed and jump onto his lap. He sits on my bed and reads a a bok. I change so I'm sitting on his lap still in human form.


"What you got there?" I ask.


"Your moms cook book."


"Oh."


"Why?"


"You'll see."


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"Felicity!" Someone behind me shouts. I turn around to see Cedric running in my direction. He stops in front of me. "Lets walk and talk he says wrapping an arm around my shoulders. We walk down the hallway down to the court yard.


"Have you figured out the clue that goes with the egg?" Cedric asks.


"No I haven't I'm so worried."


"Well the prefects bathroom is a perfect place for a bath, it helps to mull things over in the hot water. The password is Dumbledore. Take the egg and go for a bath."


"Thanks Cedric! I'll see you around okay?" I says turning back to the castle.


"Oh yeah wait for a sec." He requests. I turn back around. "Has anyone asked you to the ball yet?"


"I don't think champions are allowed to go together. Sorry Ced." I hug him. "I gotta go." I run back to the castle and to griffindor common room.


I rush up to my bed room and grab my scorched egg. I grab my bathing suit and run to the common room again to be greeted by Harry.


"Hey Feli." He says.


"No time for that go grab your bathing suit." He gives me a question in ng lok but goes anyway. It takes him a minute but he comes down and I pull him to the prefects bathroom.


"Dumbledore." I whisper.


The picture opens and we go in. Harry changes as I start the water. And then when he's done he adds soap and I change.


We both wear red and gold swim trunks and I wear a black bikini top. I turn off the water and grab my egg.


We climb in and I rinse my hair.


"Under the water." Harry suggests.


We both go under and I open the egg. Beautiful music streams out.


Come seek us where our voices sound


We cannot sing above the ground


An hour long you'll have to look


To discover what we took


We swim up and gasp for breath.


"Are there mermaids in the black lake?" Harry asks.


"Yes."


"Well that's got to be it, let's head to the library and figure this out." He suggests. I nod.


We climb out and drains the bathroom. And get dressed in our regular clothes after drying off. We grab the egg and our wet clothes and head to our rooms. We drop off our stuff and Harry gets Ron.


We head down to the library and I head to the librarian.


"Can I have all the books needed to research breathing underwater?" She nods and disappears into the room. She comes back minutes later wit a stack of ten books. I thank her and head over to my friends.


We read through the books several times coming up short.


"Hey Felicity, what are you in the library for?"


"A spell or plant or potion for breathing underwater." I sigh.


"Oh you could use Gilly weed." Neville says. "It's a plant that lets you breathe underwater, for an hour."


"Where do I find it?" I ask.


"Snapes storage."


"Thanks Neville your a life saver." I stand up and kiss him on the cheek.


At dinner that night I seek down to snapes classroom and steal a hand full of Gilly weed.


I hide it in a little jar in my room and go back to dinner.


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