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As everyone started to leave the forest and Sirius grabbed Harry by shoulder, shouting that he was a little late to come for some reasons; Chris slipped from the crowd. She carefully walked towards the place where the four Dragons were supposed to be. Chris saw Dumbledore and Mr Crouch talking to the Dragon keepers. Mr Crouch looked very angry but Dumbledore looked as usual his calm self. Chris walked behind the trees hidden, thinking how to reach the Dragons, they were heavily guarded. Cjris was sure something was wrong, after Charlie told them the Dragons were acting really weird all of a sudden. So she decided she'll check.

Chris thought for sometime then pulled out her wand, pointed it towards the other side of trees and casted a spell. The trees started to shake violently. Dumbledore, Mr Crouch and the Dragon keepers went to see what happened and Chris came near the Hungarian Horntail. She was sleepy, opening her half eyes she looked at Chris. Chris felt she was asking for forgiveness; Chris smiled and reached over the fence and touched it scaly head.

"I'm sorry too." Chris whispered, then she saw no one was coming, jumped over the fence and went to each Dragon, one by one. Though they were half asleep, Dragons are not really fond of human touch but like Buckbeak they also enjoyed when Chris patted them. The Chinese Fireball was in pain, and when Chris reached her, it gave hollow screech. Chris patted her for sometime but then she heard foot steps and Dumbledore's loud voice. She hurriedly crossed the fence and hid behind the trees as they came back. Dumbledore looked around and Chris saw him looking at her direction for a moment. Chris was sure Dumbledore saw jer but then Dumbledore looked at Dragons and join the conversation with Mr Crouch.

'Dumbledore.' Chris smiled and walked back towards the castle.

As Chris entered the Gryffindor common room it exploded with cheers and yells again. There were mountains of cakes and flagons of pumpkin juice and butterbeer on every surface; Lee Jordan had let off some Filibuster's Fireworks, so that the air was thick with stars and sparks; and Dean Thomas, who was very good at drawing, had put up some impressive new banners, most of which depicted Harry zooming around the Horntail's head on his Firebolt, and Chris protecting herself from the Horntail's fire.

"Where were you?" Harry asked excitedly. "Sirius just left. He was waiting for you."

"Oh sorry... I.." before Chris can say, Fred and George pulled her and cheered her name.

"You could've been champion if you got to participate." Neville said grinning.

After many more cheering and screaming Chris sat down with Ginny, Luna and Colin to eat. Luna didn't went to her dormitory as Ginny and Colin dragged her with them. They decided after dinner, they will walk Luna back to the Ravenclaw tower.

"Blimey, this is heavy," said Lee Jordan, picking up the golden egg, which Harry had left on a table, and weighing it in his hands. "Open it, Harry, go on! Let's just see what's inside it!"

"He's supposed to work out the clue on his own," Hermione said swiftly. "It's in the tournament rules. …"

"It has a clue inside it?" Chris asked.

"Yeah Bagman said so." Harry grinned. "The next task is on February the twenty-fourth. He said that we need to solve the clue inside the egg as it will tell us what the second task is, and enable us to prepare for it!"

Chris thought, considering the championship, opening it in front of so many people could be dangerous but before she can stop Harry...

"Yeah, go on, Harry, open it!" several people echoed.

Lee passed Harry the egg, and Harry dug his fingernails into the groove that ran all the way around it and prised it open.

It was hollow and completely empty — but the moment Harry opened it, the most horrible noise, a loud and screechy wailing, filled the room. The nearest thing to it Chris had ever heard was the ghost orchestra at Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, who had all been playing the musical saw.

"Shut it!" Fred bellowed, his hands over his ears.

"What was that?" said Seamus Finnigan, staring at the egg as Harry slammed it shut again.

Chris sighed and resume eating.

"Want a jam tart, Hermione?" said Fred.

Hermione suddenly went a little pink then looked doubtfully at the plate he was offering her. Fred grinned.

"It's all right," he said. "I haven't done anything to them. It's the custard creams you've got to watch —"

Neville, and Colin both had just bitten into a custard cream, choked and spat it out. Fred laughed. Chris glared at him.

"Just my little joke, Chris …"

Hermione took a jam tart. Then she said, "Did you get all this from the kitchens, Fred?"

"Yep," said Fred, grinning at her.

"You know what Hermione, I think I should visit Dobby." Harry said suddenly. "I didn't go because of the championship and all... so much going on. Want to come?"

"Yeah that's a good idea." Hermione replied.

"But how?" Ron asked. "I don't know where's the kitchen."

"Just go downstairs under the Great Hall, find the fruit bowl painting, tickle the pear. That's all." Ginny explained as Chris took her there few days ago.

Just then, Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary.

"Oh — sorry, Neville!" Fred shouted over all the laughter. "I for­got — it was the custard creams we hexed —"

Within a minute, however, Neville had molted, and once his feathers had fallen off, he reappeared looking entirely normal. He even joined in laughing.

"Canary Creams!" Fred shouted to the excitable crowd. "George and I invented them — seven Sickles each, a bargain!"

At the clock striked mid-night, Chris, Ginny and Colin went to Ravenclaw tower with Luna. As they walked very silently, no one wanted to face Peeves or Flich.

"So are we going to talk about what happened today?" Ginny asked.

"It was just an accident Ginny." Chris replied casually.

"We're talking about Jason." Luna said.

".... er.... what about him?" Chris asked looking away.

"We understood you had a fight with him." Ginny said. "And you were ignoring each other."

"But he helped you today, didn't he?" Colin said. "I think he's nice."

"You shouldn't have snapped at him when he was concerned about you." Ginny said.

"Seriously? You all are taking his side?" Chris asked surprised. "You don't know why I was ignoring him. He yelled at me because I was concerned about him. I'm not going to talk to him until he says sorry."

"You know, you're being stubborn here." Luna said disapprovingly.

"I know. Because he's stubborn too." Chris said with a sigh. "I want him to open up first. I can't force him about this. I'll wait till he considers me as a friend."

"You're right I guess." Luna said.

"What about Shawn?" Chris asked.

"He's good." Luna blushed. "I like spending time with him."

Ginny and Chris giggled.

They walked through several corridors until they reached a bronze, eagle-shaped door on the Ravenclaw tower. Luna knocked on it and a misty female voice came.

"What's worst and dangerous than death?" The voice asked.

"Living like a dead person while doing nothing." Chris replied.

"Well said." The voice said and the door opened.

"Good night everyone." Luna said and entered as the others turned around to go back the Gryffindor tower.

Next morning, Chris visited the library to find everything about the founders and old Hogwarts. It's high time she investigates jer weird dreams. Other than the classes she spent her most of the times in library. She was feeling like Hermione, as she was trying to read but because Krum's fan girls it was getting difficult.

Next few days went by pretty good, Chris gatherd many books about different potions and spells but there was not very much details about the founders. Not even in history of magic books. Chris didn't loose hope, she wasn't going to gave up just like that.

Finally one day, when she was leaving her ancient runes class she found something interesting.

Professor Babbling was showing them few different charts of ancient runes for translating.

"What's that Professor?" Chris asked as she folded the last chart without showing.

"A difficult chart Miss Norton." She replied.

Chris was one of the best students in Ancient Runes class, her interests always impressed Professor Babbling.

"What's it about?" Chris asked.

"It's about a student from Hogwarts, who was here under the four founders. The stories says, he was the best student at that time." Professor Babbling explained. "The chart is about his story during he was in Hogwarts, but the chart is very old and difficult that's why I didn't gave it to you now."

"Oh." Chris didn't say anything but she guessed it can be the same student from her dreams. But how to ask it from Professor Babbling? Moreover if she wasn't able to understand it alone then? What's the point of taking it? So at last after lot's of debate, she decided she'll ask for it later.