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"..."-speaking

'...'-thinking

Chapter 2

Awful first day

The next day Harry woke up early, earlier than ever. It was only six in the morning. After he got changed he silently trudged downstairs into the common room. There he found, to his surprise, someone already there. It was Hermione. He didn't get to talk to her yesterday after he got back to the common room.

-"Good morning."- Harry greeted. Inside he was very nervous. He didn't want to lose his other best friend as well.

-"Oh... Good morning, Harry. I didn't notice you. What are you doing up so early? Usually you sleep much longer.- Hermione clearly didn't expect anyone down there at that time.

-"I couldn't sleep. What are you doing down here this early? I didn't expect anyone awake yet."

-"I'm always up at this time."

-"Oh..."- There was an awkward silence before Hermione broke it.

-"Sooo... What are you going to do about the tournament? Can they get you out of it?"

-"They can't. Don't you...?"

-"...think that you entered? No I don't. I have seen your face when they announced it last night. You didn't enter."-Hermione finished with a small smile.

Harry too smiled. At least one person believed him.

-"Perhaps we should go down to get some breakfast before the others wake up."- suggested the early riser.-"That way you don't have to deal with them. At least for now."

-Yeah. Good idea."

Thankfully the great hall was nearly completely empty. Only a few older Ravenclaws were up that early. Thankfully they ate without any incidents. After breakfast Hermione and Harry leisurely made their way towards their first class chatting all the way to the classroom.

For Harry time seemed to crawl by. Every second lengthened into into hours and the lessons seemed to continue on forever. During the day his fellow students started to shun him. It was worse than second year. At least at that time they were afraid of him and his retaliation. This time however they weren't afraid to verbally show, that outside of a few, the majority thought him a cheater and attention seeker. The hostility, he could sense from his schoolmates, were alone saddening and the thought of them judging him without knowing every detail pissed him off very badly. The only break from this were his true friends. They have talked to him today and assured him that they believe him.

Flashback

Harry just finished his first class of the day. It was Transfiguration which means Professor McGonogall didn't allow anyone to be distracted during the lesson. Although she didn't allow anyone to mock him during the class outside of it she gave him the cold shoulder. Harry sensed she wasn't doing this on purpose but it still felt bad. He didn't dare imagine how the lesson with Snape and the Slytherins will be.

At the end of the class Harry decided to remain last in the classroom, maybe then he would be able to get some peace before next lesson, which was Herbiology. He didn't notice someone else also remained behind (who was not Hermione because he told the bushy haired girl to go ahead to the greenhouse, he will catch up later). It was only when that someone started to talk, that our hero realised he wasn't alone is the room.

-"Can I talk to you, Harry?"

Startled the green-eyed boy spun around to face the speaker. It was Neville.

-"Uhh...Hi Neville! I didn't see you there. What do you want to talk about?"- said Harry.

-"About the tournament and what happened yesterday."-came the short answer.

-"I didn't enter my name! And..."- that was all Harry managed to say before Neville cut him off.

-"I know you didn't enter your name. You are not the type of person to want something like this. And I think after the last three years here you would be the last person to enter to a tournament this dangerous. Not to mention how high the number of casualties are! I don't know what they were thinking bringing this competition back or if they were thinking at all!"-ranted Neville, who after realising his rambling quickly shut his mouth and flushed faint red.

-"...Thanks Neville."

After the shock left him about hearing the shy Neville rant about something so strongly the duo quickly headed for their next class. By the end of the day the local pranksters also found Harry when he was going back to the Griffindor common room. Thankfully this encounter went without getting pranked, while the Twins informed him of their belief.

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