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Chapter 18 - The Quidditch World Cup

Harry was in the kitchen. The Dursleys were out so he had free range of the house for once. They would be home soon but he had a few minutes left. That's when the phone rang.

Harry walked over to the phone and answered it, "Hello?"

"Hello? Is this working?" Erica yelled down the phone, it's obvious she's never used one before.

Harry moved the phone away from his ear, "Yes, Erica. It's working. What are you doing?"

"We'll be here in about five minutes, don't let the twins feed anything to your cousin." Erica ordered.

That's when the door of the living room opened. Harry looked towards the door.

"Let them feed it to him, for all I care." He whispered before hanging up.

The Dursleys walked into the kitchen as Harry sat the phone down.

"Why were you on the phone?" Vernon questioned, looking at Harry.

"Private number called." Harry shrugged, "No one talked, it must've been a prank."

"Leave him Vernon, his kind don't know how to use the telephone." Petunia remarked.

"That's right." Harry nodded, "None of them."

That's when noises began coming from a fireplace. Then, there was a crash.

"But.. They do know how to use fireplaces." Harry muttered.

"Mum! What's happening?!" Dudley asked.

"Harry? Why's the fireplace boarded up?" Erica asked from the other room.

"They boarded it up back in first year." Harry heard George say.

They heard the boards go flying and Fred say,"You just kick it."

The Dursleys screamed when the boards went flying.

"Hiya Harry!" Fred and George waved.

The twins, Erica and Arthur were standing in the living room.

"I'll go grab my stuff." Harry quickly ran upstairs.

Arthur took out his wand and moved all the fallen objects back to where they once we're.

"You better get out of my house, this instant!" Vernon walked over to Arthur.

"Pardon me sir but we're taking Harry to the Quidditch World Cup. We sent you a letter just a week ago." Arthur explained, a bit confused.

"We didn't get any letter." Petunia shook her head.

Arthur turned to Erica,"I thought you said you sent a letter and they said yes."

"Well, I did send the letter. They didn't reply and Harry was excited for it so I lied." Erica shrugged,"Would you rather him spend the rest of summer with them?"

Meanwhile, Fred and George were eating something. It looked like sweets and Dudley was looking at it.

Arthur began trying to sort things out with the Dursleys and Erica turned to her brothers.

"Guys, mum said no. Besides, they aren't safe." Erica warned them, knowing what they're planning.

"Thats the point." Fred shrugged.

"He's hurt Harry." George told Erica.

"I changed my mind, do it." Erica agreed, taking a handful and dropping them on the floor 'accidentally'.

Dudley waited until no one was looking before he jumped down to the ground and ate the sweets. Erica meanwhile was picking up a few, making sure Dudley got some. She then put her hands behind her back as if nothing had happened.

"Did he take them?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, I barely got half of them back." Erica told them, showing a small amount of sweets in her hand.

"The bait is working." George smirked.

Harry soon enough came back downstairs with his trunk.

"Dad, he's here." Erica stated, pointing towards Harry and putting the remaining sweets in her pocket.

"What way are we travelling?" Harry asked, ignoring the Dursleys.

Erica turned to her father, not exactly knowing.

"Floo powder." Arthur held up a small pot,"Just don't mess up this time Harry."

"This time we're just going to the Burrow." Fred told him as Dudley starting choking.

His tongue was growing at an abnormally large rate as Erica and the twins hid their laughs.

"Let's go." They all quickly did their floo powder and arrived at the Burrow.

Before Arthur left he fixed Dudley's tongue. When he arrived he was not happy at what his children had done.

"It wasn't our fault dad! He was the one who took the sweets!" Fred defended them.

Arthur sighed before asking the twins,"Which one of you two dropped them?"

"It was me dad, I dropped them." Erica admitted, putting her hands up as if to surrender.

"It was me." George put his own hands up.

"No, it was me." Fred put his hands up as well.

"Did you get Harry?" Molly asked as she walked in before seeing her children with their hands up,"What did you do?"

"They just gave my cousin some sweets, Mrs Weasley." Harry nodded.

"The sweets that the twins made." Arthur added.

"What did I tell you two?" Molly sighed.

"Don't just blame them, I helped." Erica told her mother.

"And I told you to keep them in check." Molly crossed her arms.

Erica shrugged,"I mean, he didn't die. That's an improvement on their sweets." Erica reminded them.

"You've caused people to die from them?" Harry looked at the twins.

"No, she's joking. The worst that happened was Percy fell down the stairs after tripping on what that I dropped." Fred explained.

"Erica was mad after that one." George chuckled.

"I'll take into note, never eat something that you both give me." Harry nodded.

"If you make her mad she will sneak one into your food. She's done it before." George pointed at his sister.

"Let's go upstairs before we get into more trouble." Fred stated.

Fred and George ran upstairs.

"Who else is here?" Harry asked Erica.

"Ron, Ginny and Hermione." Erica said, following her brother's upstairs.

"When did Hermione get here?" Harry raised a brow.

"Last night." Erica called back to him,"Are you coming up or not?"

Harry nodded before he followed her up the stairs.

Erica then walked down the corridor, pointing out rooms to Harry before entering one near the end.

"This is Ron and I's room." Erica stated, pushing open the door.

"Harry, you made it!" Hermione smiled, running up and hugging him..l

"Yep, kidnapping is fun." Erica stated, walking over to the bunk beds.

"How did it go?" Ron asked.

"Mum and Dad aren't happy with me and the twins." Erica admitted.

"Did you feed Dudley the sweets?" Hermione sighed.

"I see nothing wrong with it." Erica shrugged sitting on the bottom bunk.

"It's not the first time he's had magic on him. Hagrid made him grow a pigs tail back in first year." Harry chuckled.

"See? A giant tongue isn't that bad." Erica stated,"I did it of my own accord so they can't blame the twins."

"Maybe they'll forget about it." Ron shrugged.

"When is the World Cup?" Harry asked.

"I don't know." Hermione told him before turning to Ron,"Ron?"

"Tomorrow." Ron nodded, "But we leave early, we're meeting up with Cedric Diggory and his father."

"Who's that?" Hermione asked.

"He's a sixth year Hufflepuff and the seeker of the Hufflepuff quidditch team. He's a pretty cool guy." Erica explained, looking at Harry.

"He got the snitch last year, when the Dementors attacked me." Harry sighed.

"He kept trying to get the professors to agree to a rematch because he didn't think it was fair. He has quite a bit of respect for you." Erica went on.

Harry nodded, "Well I presume they said no."

"They did say no which he wasn't happy about." Erica told him,"He was discussing it in the Hufflepuff common room last year."

"I suppose I'll thank him when I see him." Harry sighed.

Then a small spider crawled out from under the bed, passing Ron's feet.

"Oh, god no!" Ron jumped up on the bed, going to the top bunk.

Erica took a small glass and some paper and used it to pick up the spider.

"Why do they always come near me?" Ron sighed.

"It's a common house spider, it can't hurt you." Erica said, putting the spider outside.

"Still, it's a bloody spider." Ron crossed his arms.

"Blame Fred for this guys." Erica told them before checking her watch,"Oh, I have to go feed Bob, I'll be right back."

"See you soon." Hermione sat down.

Erica walked out of the room and out of the house as the trio remained in the bedroom

**

The next day, the Weasleys, plus Harry and Hermione all went downstairs.

"Good morning." Greeted a voice, unfamiliar to Harry and Hermione.

Two redheads that they didn't know were sitting at the table and Percy stood by the stairs.

"Hello." Hermione waved slightly.

"Who are these?" Harry asked Erica while she walked down the stairs.

"Our eldest brothers, Charlie and Bill." Erica announced, jumping the last few steps.

"It's nice meeting you." Harry nodded while Fred and George were whispering things to each other.

"Why do we have to be up so early?" Ginny asked, rubbing her eyes.

"We've got a bit of walking to do." Arthur explained.

"Walk?" Harry asked, "Are we walking to the World Cup?"

"No but we'll be walking a short distance to get to the portkey that will take us there." Arthur explained further.

"George!" Mrs Weasley, yelled.

"What?" George asked, innocently.

"What's in your pockets?" Molly questioned her son.

"Nothing!" George crossed his arms.

"Don't you lie to me!" Molly shouted before pointing her wand at him,"Accio."

That's when a variety of bright coloured objects flew out of George's pockets and into Molly's hand.

"We told you to destroy them all!" Mrs Weasley held up Ton- Tongue Toffees.

It was a very uncomfortable scene as it soon became very clear that the twins had tried to smuggle out as many ton tongue toffees as they could but Molly's summoning charm found them all.

"We spent six months developing those!" Fred groaned.

Molly chucked them in the bin,"What a great way to spend six months instead of getting more O.W.Ls"

Soon enough, they all left. The older three Weasley boys appartated while the others walked until they had all met up with Amos and Cedric Diggory.

**

"Fred." Erica whispered to him.

"What?" Fred whispered back.

Erica sneakily pulled out a pouch of toffees,"Tada~"

"Oh Erica." Fred took them off of her, "You're the best."

He then showed them to George.

"I don't need to be reminded of what I already know. Besides, I also found some of your other creations that mum tried to get rid of." Erica stated, gesturing to a hidden pocket she made.

"We're a bad influence on her." George chuckled, looking at his younger sister.

"You're just realising that now Georgie?" Fred chuckled while they walked up the stadium.

"How far up are we going?" Harry asked.

"The top." Ron sighed,"I may like quidditch but that's a lot of stairs."

Before anyone could say anything, they all heard a voice they hated, "Put it this way, if it rains, you'll be the first to know."

Lucius Malfoy. When they looked down, they saw Lucius, Draco in a suit and Parker who wasn't too particularly happy being with them.

"We're in the Minister's box! Personal invitation by Cornelius Fudge himself!" Draco smirked.

"Don't boast Draco." Lucius ordered, hitting him in the ribs with his cane.

Erica really debated chucking a sweet into Lucius' mouth. Even though she really didn't like Draco, she knew that there are always two sides to a story.

Lucius then grabbed Harry's leg with his cane, "Do enjoy yourself, while you can."

Parker looked up at Erica and mouthed, 'I'll be there soon.' Before Erica could reply, Lucius quickly pushed her and Draco out of the stand and to the box.

"He's lucky today, tommorow I might not be in a good mood." Erica muttered, putting her hands in her pockets.

"Come on." Harry sighed while they continued walking to the top.

Once up there for a few minutes, Erica felt someone stand beside her.

"Holy shit, that's a lot of stairs." Parker breathed out.

"It wasn't that many, you and Ron just have noo stamina." Erica stated before asking,"Wanna see something cool?"

Parker nodded, "Sure."

Erica showed one of the sweets, it was a ton-tongue toffee.

"A toffee. Lovely." Parker nodded slightly, crossing her arms.

"It's not any toffee, that will make your tongue grow." Ron informed her, taking his seat.

"You better not of nearly made me try that." Parker pointed at Erica while they sat.

"Why would I?" Erica asked,"I gave one to Harry's cousin and he was fine."

"After dad fixed him." Ron added.

"How long do the effects last?" Parker asked.

"Until they're removed by a reversal charm of some sorts." Fred told her.

"It took us six months to make one." Fred stated.

"Jesus. These would be amazing to sell, you know that?" Parker told them.

"That's what they want to do, open a joke shop. They don't have the funds yet." Erica informed her before pointing,"Look, it's starting."

Parker leaned over the barrier and watched as the Irish flew just past their heads. Then their mascot, the leprechaun appeared before showering hold on the spectators. Before they knew it, the Bulgarians, flew right into their mascot, causing it to turn Red while they flew right at the Irish. Then on screen and imagine of the Bulgarian Seeker, Viktor Krum appeared.

"Oh look Ron, it's Krum." Erica pointed out.

"Who's he?" Hermione asked.

"Only the best seeker ever!" Ron cheered.

"Ron loves him." Erica joked.

"I can see that." Hermione laughed before the match began.

**

"Fred, George, get your feet off the table." Arthur ordered, starting to light an oil burner.

"Feet off the table!" They both copied Arthur while they got their feet off the table.

"I'm glad I snuck away, this is much before fun than being at my fathers tent." Parker stated.

Ron then stepped into the table, wearing a Bulgarian flag.

"There's no one like Krum." Ron told them,"He's like an eagle."

Fred dumped an Irish flag over Ron's head while he spoke.

"I think you're in love, Ron." Parker laughed.

That's when Erica and the twins started singing,"Viktor I love you, Viktor I do."

"When we're apart, my heart beats for you!" The rest of the teens joined in.

They all soon then heard yelling and screaming from outside the tent.

"Seems like the Irish have got their celebration on." George joked.

Arthur quickly checked outside before saying,"That's not the Irish."

Parker checked outside herself before she ran back on, "Mr Weasleys right, we need to get out of here. Now."

Mr Weasley brought his children outside and started yelling,"Fred, George, you're in charge of Ginny. Everyone else stick together!"

There were people wearing strange masks and carrying flaming torches. Tents were on fire and people were running for their lives.

"What are these?!" Harry asked.

"Death Eaters! Come on, we need to go!" Parker ran with everyone else, but Harry ended up getting caught in the crowd.

Erica just sprinted, pulling Ron behind some rocks. After hours, the Death Eaters soon went away. Everyone's tents, everything, was burned to Ash.  Harry still hadn't joined the Weasleys or others.

"You don't think anything happened to him, do you?" Hermione asked while the Herd walked, they were trying to find him.

"I mean, he probably got crowd stomped but other than that he should be fine." Ron stated.

"There!" Erica pointed at Harry, hiding behind a burned tent.

"Harry!" Hermione and the others ran up to him.

"We've been looking for you for ages." Parker sighed.

Erica was jumping up and down,"The adrenaline rush hasn't gone."

They all soon looked up to the sky, hearing a roar. They seen a skull, with a snake coming out of its mouth in the sky while Harry held his head.

"Well, that's not good is it?" Hermione said, pulling Harry up as a circle of ministry wizards appeared around them.

"Duck!" Parker shouted and the Herd ducked down while the Ministry attempted to use Stupefy on them.

"Stop! Those are my kids!" Arthur yelled, pushing past the ministry workers to get to the herd,"Are you all alright?"

"Which of you did it?!" Barty Crouch Sr asked, pointing his wand at the five of them.

"Barty, there just kids." Arthur told them.

"You've been discovered at the scene of the crime!" Barty yelled at them.

"Crime?" Harry asked.

"It's the Dark Mark, it's his, mark." Parker whispered.

"So the people here, those were his followers?" Harry asked.

"Death Eaters." Arthur stated, arms crossed.

"Come on, all of you!" Barty ran forward with the Ministry.

"And today was going so well." Parker sighed.

"We should probably get back home, shouldn't we?" Erica asked.

"We should probably get back home, shouldn't we?" Erica asked.

"We should." Arthur sighed, "Come on, the Portkey isn't too far."

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