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He soon came to a large forest of lake kelp and he heard coming from the forest someone singing. Harry sighed and entered the forest, weaving in and out of the kelp. As he went on, he heard something to his right; and when he looked, he saw that is was Fleur. Fleur was struggling through the kelp and constantly looked around. Soon something grabbed her leg and pulled her down. Harry continued on, but then something speed passed. He saw that it was a mermaid, so Harry quickly followed it.
With powerful strokes of his tail, Harry found himself in a large city of runes surrounded by merfolk. In the center, there was a large arch and in the center were four figures. Harry swam up towards the figures and saw that it was Ron, Hermione, Cho, and then a little girl from Beauxbaton Academy and they were all in a sleep like state. The merfolk were looking at Harry suspiciously as he approached his friends. He went to Ron first and untied the binding from Ron's ankle.
The merfolk shrieked and this got Harry's attention. He looked over to his right and he saw Cedric swim towards Cho. He quickly grabbed his wand and blasted the binding on her leg. Cedric then grabbed Cho and before he left, he tapped his watch, letting Harry know that time was almost up. Harry nodded and then saw Cedric leave with Cho. Harry looked back to his two friends and he quickly grabbed his wand and was about to blast Hermione's binding, but a mermaid held a trident to his throat. He gasped and said, "But she's my friend too!" The mermaid hissed and said in a scratchy voice, "Only one!" Something then scared the merfolk away from him, so he turned around and saw shark heading straight towards him. He quickly moved out of the way and saw that Krum had transfigured his head into that of a shark. Krum used his sharp teeth and sliced through Hermione's bindings and then carried her to the surface.
Harry looked around and then went to Ron to take him to the surface, but he then looked to the little girl and he knew that he couldn't leave her. He quickly looked around to see that there were no merfolk around, and then he took his wand and destroyed the binding holding her. Harry then took a hold of her and Ron and headed towards the surface.
On the surface, Cedric was the first to surface and all the Hogwarts' students cheered loud and proud of his victory. Dumbledore nodded and whispered to Crouch, "Let's head down." Crouch nodded and the two headed down the stairs to congratulate the champions. The next one to surface was Krum with Hermione and the crowd began shouting, "Krum, Krum, Krum!" The four quickly swam to the platform to get out of the cold water. Fleur was looking at the lake with concern, for her sister was still down there.
Harry swished his tail as quick as possible, but he could feel himself turning back to human. Then, as he was swimming towards, a grindylow grabbed Harry's reformed leg. Harry grunted as it started pulling him down. Soon more grindylow began attacking him, so Harry had to let Ron and the little girl go and the two ascended to the surface. The grindylows started attacking Harry from every angle and he was struggling to get them off of him; but he then used his wand and performed a stunning spell. The grindylows were all confused and completely stunned. After a few second the spell wore off and the grindylow swam away from him.
Ron and Gabrielle broke the surface, coughing and sputtering water from their lungs, the crowds cheered and Fleur gasped when she saw her little sister. She quickly went to the small platform at the water level and reached her hand out to her. Ron helped Fleur get her sister out of the water and then he pulled himself out.
Harry looked to the surface as he felt himself sinking. He was very weak, but he then raised his wand up and shouted, "ASCENDIO!" Harry was then lunched through the water and then catapulted onto the lower platform. Dumbledore came up to him and said, "Harry, are you alright?" Someone wrapped a towel around him as he coughed the water out of his lungs. Dumbledore then stood and said, "I want all the judges over here now."
Fleur came over to Harry and said, "You saved her, even though she wasn't yours to save. My little sister. Thank you." She then air kissed each cheek and then turned to Ron and said, "And you; you helped." Ron blushed a bit and shrugged. "Well, yeah, a bit." Fleur air kissed his cheeks and then went to join her school. Ron placed a hand to his cheek and said, "Merci."
Hermione went over to Harry, but Harry yelp in a little bit of pain as she touch his wounded skin. "Are you alright? You must be freezing." She wrapped her towel around his shivering body and said, "Personally, I think you behaved admirably." Harry looked at Hermione and said, "I finished last, Hermione." She shook her head and said, "Next to last. Fleur never got past the grindylows." Harry sighed in relief that he wasn't last, but then saw Dumbledore come back through the cheering crowd.
He placed his want to his voice box in order to project his voice louder and said, "Attention! The winner is Mr. Diggory, who showed innate command of the Bubble-Head Charm. However, seeing as Mr. Potter would have finished first had it not been for his determination to rescue not only Mr. Weasley, but the others as well, we have agreed to award him second place…" His friends around him cheered and Hermione whispered, "Second place." Dumbledore then continued, "…for outstanding moral fiber." Everyone cheered and congratulated their champions.
Everyone headed back up to the castle and Harry told Hermione and Ron that he would me them at Hagrid's after a nice warm bath. The two of them agreed that it would be a good idea to warm up, so Harry grabbed his things and headed to one of the bathing rooms. He entered the room and then locked the door. Harry then walked over to the tub and placed his things near the edge. The tubs in the Gryffindor House were not as big as the prefect's tub, but a nice, decent size.
Once the water had reached the preferred temperature, Harry got in and instantly he could the effects of the warm water on his sore muscles. He sighed in relief as he could feel his cold body warm up. Harry turned to the window and he could see the sun setting over the Black Lake and it was beautiful. The sun soon slipped below the horizon, and just as Harry was about to get out, pain ripped through his body. Harry cried out in pain as he doubled over. He felt his body begin to change, just like during the second task. 'What's happing to me?' His legs merged together while his feet flatten out into a pair of flippers. Next, the dark green scales reappeared along with the webbing between each fingers. The only thing that didn't reappear were the gills. Instead he could breathe above water and when below the surface, he absorbed the oxygen through his skin. The pain subsided and Harry laid his head against the edge. He then said out loud, "Now what do I do?" Harry sighed as he sank below the surface.
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