"i talked to sirius." harry said after a while.

"when?" i asked, a bit confused. we were sitting at the breakfast table in the great hall.

people were eyeing i and harry and were whispering to each other.

"last night." he said before gulping down his pumpkin juice.

"what did he say?" i asked further.

"he said that hogwarts isn't safe anymore. he advised me to keep my friends close."

friends.  .  . harry hardly had any of his friends to believe him except few.

"hogwarts isnt safe? what does that even mean?" i questioned after a while, my eyes traveling back an forth to him and my breakfast.

"honestly. I have no idea." harry muttered lowly.

"and did you get to know anything about the first task?" i asked, a little hope building inside me when harry inhaled sharply.

"yes."

i smiled widely but it soon faltered as he mentioned that the first task was dragons.

"and does everyone knows about that?" i asked, referring to the champions.

"viktor and fleur know. cedric doesn't. but I'm gonna tell him."

i nodded as he got up, taking his bag and heading outside.

i too decided to get out of the great hall as the others were constantly bickering about us. i didn't even have a clue about why they were upset with me. i wasn't even a champion.

as soon as i stepped outside, i spotted everyone wearing badges which read "Support Cedric Diggory - The real Hogwarts champion" but it soon turned to "Potter stinks" in glowing green letter whenever a Plpotter passes by aka me and harry.

i threw a disgusted look at the hufflepuffs who were laughing at me.

i spotted malfoy sitting on a tree and throwing insults at my brother.

just then professor noody came to his rescue. to my surprise he turned malfoy into a ferret.

i laughed loudly along with the rest of the students who were watching this scene with great interest.

soon professor mcGonagall turned up and scolded professor noody for transfiguring a student as punishment.

as soon as malfoy was turned back, he ran for his life before threatening moody.

he turned a corner, still running when i stopped him. crabbe and goyle didn't stop though.

just few days back he apologized to me actually making me think that he wasn't as bad as he appears. but today he's picking up on my brother.

i took a deep breath, picking up the courage for what i was going to do.

i, grabbed the collar of his cloak, narrowing my eyes at him,"listen here, malfoy. don't you dare insult my brother again cause it will not be good for you." I warned him and without another glance at him, i walked away.

i was furious to say the least. i had enough of him and his deceitful personality.

i spotted ron after a while and made up my mind to talk to him after what happened between him and harry.

"hi ron." I smiled, grabbing his arms lightly before linking them with mine. he didn't protest but sighed deeply as if he gave up running away from me.

i was feeling pretty bad when i got to know that he and harry were fighting constantly.

"hello hazel." he replied lazily sounding very down.

"so you're still not talking with harry?" i badly wanted them to clear the misunderstanding.

"bo, well, he himself told me to stay away from him. i told that bloke about dragons and this is the way he's paying me back. well I'll see ya later hazel." he said, unlocking his hands from mine.

with a last smile, he walked away leaving me behind in the deserted hallway.