"Harry, you have to be careful tomorrow okay?" I whispered, staring at nothing in particular. These past couple of months have literately flown by. We've spent all of our time in the library, looking up spells that could help us under water. I found a charm that coats your wand so that you can use anything. It's like a water proof spell, so that's what I'm using, and Harry said he found a spell too.

But as of right now, we're laying in his bed. His arm is slung around my waist, and I've got his other hand, playing with his fingers and stuff. He smiled at me, kissing my forehead. "Always. And you! No more surprises, okay?" I nodded furiously, not quite sure what he meant. Ron still hasn't come in yet. "I wonder what McGonagall has them doing?"

"Me too! We should get some sleep though. They would kill us if they knew we were waiting up for them." I whispered, snuggling closer to Harry. He nodded, then kissed my forehead again. "Goodnight."

"Night love!" He yawned, and a few minutes later, he was out. I, on the other hand, just lay there. Let me catch you up on the tiny things that happened and maybe you'll understand why my mind is running rampant. I had a minor black out session, Mione and Ron haven't been speaking other than when they were helping Harry and I in the library and that was mostly for our benefit, Harry and I have gotten closer than we were before which was close. So that's one of the good things, but it's also scary. If anything happens to him in this tournament I don't know if I'd be able to function. I understand the way he acts when I'm in the hospital wing now, the thought of him getting hurt in unbearable, let alone it actually happening.

Ready for reason number one? Harry found a man. He was in the bushes down by Hagrid's, but no one would tell us girls who it was or whether they were alive or not. Just said to quit worrying about it. Too many things have happened, and it's life. So it's the smaller things that count.

I finally felt sleep coming, and I welcomed in gladly. Things are going to fast, and sleep is the one time is slows down.

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"Hey. Wake up!" Harry whispered, shaking me gently. I sat up, rubbing my eyes. "We have to get ready," he smiled, climbing out of the bed. I did the same, walking towards the door. I hugged Harry on my way past. "See you soon!"

"See you soon!" I smiled, opening the door. Ginny was waiting at the foot of the stairs, but Mione and Nat were missing. So was Ron. They're taking something important. It's our friends! They took Nat for me, Ron for Harry, and I'm going to assume Mione was for Viktor Krum. "Hey Gin!" I smiled, glad that I know what I'm looking for.

"Hey! Ready?" I nodded, hugging her. "Be safe, okay?"

"Of course! Wanna help me get ready? Just the two of us!"

"I'd love to!" She smiled, pulling me up the stairs to our dorm. I changed quickly, not really caring what I look like. I'm changing anyway. My uniform was a wet suit, but eh. Anyways, we left my hair down, put on a little make up, voila. I'm done. We made our way down to the lake where everybody was waiting.

"Gracie?" Ginny whispered, looking at anything but me. "Can I ask you something? And if you answer I want you to be completely honest!"

"Anything Gin." I smiled, placing a hand on her shoulder. She gave me a brief smile but it disappeared quickly.

"Are you scared?" Her voice dropped to a whisper again as we approached the lake and the starting point. Harry was already there talking to Neville. I stopped to think about it for a minute. When I had my answer, I looked her square in the face so she'd know I wasn't lying.

"Yes. But not for myself. And not for this task. The dragon was more terrifying than the lake. Uncle Lupin did a good job teaching us last year. Grindylows and all that stuff, shoot, I've got that!" I smiled, ruffling her hair. She giggled, rolling her eyes.

"Silence!" Dumbledore yelled, he began making his speech and telling them about the task. I looked around, noticing Mum and Dad in the crowd with Lilly and James. Tonks and Uncle Moony were there too, when I caught his eye, I mouthed 'thank you!'

'For what?' He mouthed back.

'You'll see!' He nodded, looking down at the see through lake. The water was so clear you can see all the way to the bottom.

"Champions! Get ready!" Dumbledore announced, looking at each of us. Neville handed Harry something, then ran over, I placed the charm on my wand so I can defend myself, then Neville got to me.

"Here you go! Good luck!" He smiled, running off.

"Thanks Neville!" I called, waving over my shoulder. I looked down at the green sea weed looking stuff in my hands. When I heard the 'go' siren, I shoved it in my mouth kicked off my shoes and dove into the water. My tail splashed above the water, sending it flying over anyone nearby. I looked at my wand and mumbled a compass spell.

I just decided to swim straight. On my way, I saw Fleur get attacked my grindylows and she wasn't fighting them off. "Reducto!" I casted, sending one flying. She gave me a thumbs up, but went up instead of continuing. Has she given up? I shrugged it off, racing forward as fast as I could. I was attacked by a few more creatures, but nothing stopped me.

"Congratulations! You are here! Now save you friend, for the others are near!" A mermaid swam up to me, chanting the line. Rolling my eyes, I swam up to Nat, right as Harry got to Ron. I flashed him a smile, use my wand to cut Nat loose and headed out, but I stopped when I saw Fleur's little sister. I cut her loose as well, but the mermaid stopped me.

"Only take one!" He pointed at Nat and then motioned for me to leave. I saw the others, clinging to Harry. He was trying to get Ron and Mione.

"Get off him!" I screamed, waving my wand to send them flying. "And her champion gave up! I can take her!" I hissed, glaring at the one in front of me. He seemed to debate it, but when he saw Cedric coming he nodded. I swam up as quick as I could, flashing Harry one more smile. I came up, seeing everyone else. There were cheers and clapping, and Fleur gasped, running over. When I got to the top of the water, Nat and mini Fleur woke up.

"Gracie!" Nat cheered, hugging me. She kind of pulled me under, so I came up, laughing. "Who's this chick?"

"Fleur's sister. I couldn't leave her when I knew Fleur wasn't coming!" I shrugged. "Harry should be coming any minute. He go there at the same time as me!" I smiled, but he didn't come up. Cedric did, Cho dragging behind him. Nat and Gabrielle were not on the deck with Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey and the other teachers, getting dried off. "Where's Harry?" I asked, he helped Cho onto the deck, climbing up behind her.

"Still trying to grab Hermione and Ron!" He chuckled, shaking his head. I groaned, but felt the need to go under the water, I can't even get on the deck with the tail! I dove under, looking for Harry. I saw Krum coming with Hermione. When he surfaced, there was only one minute left in the task, and you could barely see the red hair floating to the surface. If there's only one minute, our hour should be coming to an end for our little breathing techniques. Meaning Harry is at high risk of drowning!

Ron came to the surface, panting and taking sharp breathes. "Gracie! Their mad because Harry didn't take me and go! You have to help him!" Ron shouted, the crowd grew silent as I dove under with out even thinking. I swam as fast as I could, my lungs started burning and I could feel my tail disappearing. I finally saw Harry, struggling against the mermaids. They tried to block me, but I still had my wand.

"Reducto! Petrificus Totalus!" I shouted, hoping the charm was still in effect. It was, the mermaids went flying and I grabbed Harry, pulling him up. My lungs were burning and he was heavy. He blacked out as I was shooting them off and I'm freaking out. I shoved him above the surface, hoping he wouldn't breathe so much water this time. But he sunk back down. I pushed myself farther, grabbing him on my way. I finally broke the surface, panting and coughing like Ron. The mermaid that seemed like he was in charge of everything down there followed, but he wasn't helping, he just swam past me to Dumbledore.

I fell under a few times, but I kept Harry above the surface. When I got to the deck, Ron, Mione, and Nat helped tow him in. Madam Pomfrey attacked him immediately. The mermaid and Dumbledore had a long conversation. Mum and Dad came running, Uncle Moony and Tonks as well, they pushed past lots of people, pulling me out of the water and wrapping me in a towel. It was still kind of difficult to breathe, so I put my hands over my head. There were tons of cheers and clicking. But Dumbledore made everyone shut up to make his announcement.

"I have spoken to the mermaid who kept our volunteers safe under the lake. It appears that Mr. Potter and Ms. Black were the first two there, arriving at the same time. Neither would leave with out more than their victim. Mr. Potter was not aloud set free after he released his friend!" He gestured to Ron, a twinkle in his eye. "Mr. Potter will be awarded points, and he and Ms. Black will be tied, going into the third task!" He smiled, winking at me. I clapped happily, but searched for Harry amongst the crowd. I don't see him, even at the medical station they've set up.

Suddenly, I was swooped off the ground and into Harry's arms. I giggled, blushing furiously as he held me bridal style in front of everyone else. "Thanks love!" He smiled, then crushed his lips down onto mine. When he pulled away, I was breathless and having major speech issues.

"Er, uh, um, your welcome!" I stuttered, scrambling to my feet. People laughed, and everybody watched us.

"Sissy!" A little voice spoke, and I looked down. Lilly was crawling over to me, she stopped at my feet and pushed herself up, reaching her arms up to me. "Sissy!" I stared down at her in shock. Then I swooped her up, picking James up as well. He had gotten dangerously close to the edge of the board walk.

"Hey baby girl! Sissy missed you! Have you been good sissy?" I laughed, tickling her stomach. James squirmed around, reaching for Harry. "How long have they been crawling?" I asked, turning to Mum and Dad.

"About two weeks. They're sixth months tomorrow! And James can almost walk already!" Dad smiled proudly, looking at each of the twins happily.

"But that's their first word!" Mum squealed, coming over to check on Lilly. I smiled happily, looking at my baby sister.

"Is that your first word sissy? Huh? Did you save that for me? Huh?" I smiled, putting her above my head so she was looking down at me. She giggled, clapping her hands. "Say it again, please?" I begged, though I'm not really sure if she understands me.

"Sissy!" She giggled, reaching for me again. I pulled her closer, letting her sit on my hip. I held onto her as she smiled and laughed. Lilly was so cute! And she had my eyes! James' eyes were more like Nat's, a deep brown, but even they were gorgeous. There is definitely a family resemblance, the eyes and hair, shoot the facial features are all the same. For each of us!

Harry walked over, placing his arm around my waist. "Ready to go back to the common room?" He asked, smiling at James. I nodded, keeping my eyes on Lilly.

"We're coming too!" Mum smiled, walking towards us. Dad, Lupin, and Tonks nodded as well. Mione, Ron, Nat, and Ginny walked over. And we all headed to the castle together. I looked at Harry with a small smile.

"One more task!" I squealed, taking his hand. He smiled, nodding his head.

"One task. And all of this is over!" He smiled, pushing the castle doors open. Everyone was already off doing their own thing, the buzz of the task no longer present. But not our family. We all walked into the castle together, and that's how we're going to stay. Together.