So SKLBug210 pointed something out a few days ago. My timeline isn't completely accurate. The Battle of Hogwarts was in 1998 instead of 1997 and not all of their parents were 17. I didn't change it in the previous chapter, because I'm too lazy. So just so you know.
Disclaimer: I'm not J.K. Rowling, so I don't own a thing.
CHAPTER 3: The first task
So after they decided on the route towards the kitchen and a few escape plans, they left the narrow corridor and moved towards the kitchen.
It seemed that the plans they had made for a quick escape were unnecessary. It looked like the castle was completely disserted. They hadn't seen a living creature on their way to the kitchens. Well, they did see Peeves floating towards the Astronomy Tower, but he isn't really alive anymore, is he? The only noise that could be heard, came from Albus' stomach. When they arrived at the painting and tickled the pear they were greeted by a couple of elves. They surrounded them, waiting to be ordered to make something.
"Harry Potter, sir. You came to see Dobby. Can Dobby do anything for mister Harry?" A small house elf squeaked. He looked at Albus with his tennis balsized blue eyes. Scorpius and Rose turned around to look at the little elf too. When he saw Scorpius, his expression changed immediately. His bat-like ears drooped and he looked fearful. Rose stepped forward and knelt down.
"Hi, my name is Rose." She said while sticking out her hand. Dobby just stared at it. "So you're Dobby?" He nodded."Yes, miss."
"Well, it's nice to meet you. These are my friends Al and Scorpius." She continued. Dobby turned his attention at the two boys.
"You look just like Harry Potter, sir." He said. Rose smiled up at Albus. "And you look just like Mr. Draco." Rose smiled again. "He is not a good boy, It is good you look like Harry Potter." Dobby said to Al. Scorpius face fell, while Rose had a fit of laughter, but she stopped abruptly when she saw Dobby slamming his head against the table. "Bad Dobby, bad bad Dobby." Scorpius grabbed him by his arm and pulled him away from the table. He then made sure he was on eye-level with the elf and held him firmly so he couldn't run away. "I order you to stand still." The tiny elf froze almost immediately, but you could still see him shaking. It obviously took him a lot of effort to not punish himself. "Could you maybe make us something to eat?" Dobby stopped shaking and nodded his head. "Certainly sir, what should Dobby make sir?" Scorpius turned to Al and Rose.
"Anything is fine. Just give us the leftovers." Al spoke. Apparently House-elves don't have to listen to you all of the time, because they prepared a whole feast. All the food you could think of was placed on the table before them. They placed themselves at the table and began to eat.
"Dobby? Do you know where everybody is?" The halls were disserted, when we came here." Rose asked.
"Dobby thinks everybody went to the task, miss Rose."
Albus raised an eyebrow. "Which task?"
"The first task, sir." Al chuckled. They weren't really getting any useful information out of Dobby. "Dobby wanted to go see, Harry Potter, but he must make food for diner." Rose, Scorpius and Albus all looked at each other. "Dobby heard mister Harry Potter must fight Dragon."
"Dragons?" Rose questioned. "Are you sure?"
"Dobby is very sure, miss Rose."
"Dragons as in the Triwizard Tournament?" Dobby nodded again.
"That means they're not in their sixth year like us, but in their fourth." Albus exclaimed. "I definitely want to see that."
"Me too." Scorpius stood up and Albus followed.
"Don't you think it would be weird if suddenly you two would walk to the stands together? You look exactly like your dads. Al, uncle Harry is supposed to be competing and Scorpius, your dad hated our family. We can't just walk over there."
"Of course we weren't thinking that, Rose" Albus said.
"We were thinking, that you could use your transfiguring skills to disguise us." Scorpius completed. "Different hair and eye colour, maybe get rid of Al's glasses and nobody will notice us." Rose glanced at Albus who seemed to think it was the greatest idea ever and took out her wand. She first pointed it at Albus and his messy black hair coloured a light brown and didn't stick out as much as before. His emerald eyes changed brown too and the last thing she did was change the shape of his glasses. She then turned to Scorpius and made a few swift movements with her wand. His blond hair had turned black and had grown almost an inch and a few freckles had appeared on the bridge of his nose. She didn't think it was necessary to change his eye colour, so she left them the same shade of grey as they were.
"Ready, now let's go." Rose said. "Thank you for the amazing food, Dobby" She took the arms of the two next to her and they made their way over to the first task. Most of the stands were already filled and it seemed like somebody was already fighting a dragon. Several ohs and ahs could be heard from the crowd. They climbed the stands and found a few empty places. They were just in time to see Viktor Krum hit his dragon with a spell right in the eye. The dragon started stomping around and squashed a few of her eggs. The crowd groaned loudly.
"I guess that wasn't supposed to happen." Albus muttered. Krum ran forward and dodged the dragons tail, before grabbing one of the eggs. The crowd started cheering.
"Wow, did you see how fast he was? He has to be the fastest so far."
"Yes, but his dragon squashed half of the eggs. He's probably going to lose some points there." People spoke enthusiastically all around them.
"Did your dad already fight his dragon?" Scorpius whispered. As if on cue a whistle was blown and Albus' dad came into view. People started shouting again, but instead of the cheers they heard a few moments ago, they sounded mockingly. When Rose turned around her eye fell on a badge pinned on a girls robes. Support Cedric Diggory appeared on the batch, but soon it changed into Potter stinks. Next to her Scorpius had also noticed the badges.
"Who would do such a thing?" It didn't take long for her question to be answered.
"Do you like them?" Rose turned towards the boy who had just spoken and her eyes widened. It's a really strange experience looking at the younger version of your friend's father, especially if he looks just like said friend. Rose just stared at him. "I asked you if you liked them?" Draco Malfoy asked again. Scorpius gave her a little push.
"Actually no, I don't." She said in an ice cold tone. "They're kind of tacky, don't you think? I mean, look at them, it's like they've been made by toddlers and 'Potter stinks', you would think that if you would actually spend money on these badges, you would find something more original. These were obviously made by an amateur." Draco Malfoy looked mortified. When Albus started laughing he turned towards him.
"What are you laughing about?" He sneered. "Are you in Slytherin?" He asked.
"Yes, I am."
"I would think about which people you consider your friends. There is a significant difference between the right and wrong kind." Draco told him. "Maybe you shouldn't hang around the Ravenclaw girl. You should know your priorities. The same counts for you." He said signalling to Scorpius.
"I think we can figure that out for ourselves." Scorpius said threateningly. "And maybe you shouldn't insult the friends of people that are a few years older than you." He added menacing. They turned back to the dragon and Rose stepped a bit closer towards Scorpius. "Thank you." She whispered in his ear. He looked at her and gave her a little smile and she smiled back.
"Wow, did you just see that?!" Albus yelled. He had already turned his attention back towards the field. Rose and Scorpius looked at the scene before them. Harry was flying on his broomstick and neither Rose or Scorpius knew how he got it. They didn't see him carrying it to the field. Harry flew straight down and pulled out of the dive right in time. The dragon had released a jet of fire and it would have burned Harry if he had pulled up a second later.
A booming voice sounded over all of the screams and gasps. "Great Scott, He can fly! Are you watching this Mr. Krum." Albus eyes had widened considerably as he was watching his father in awe. When Rose watched her uncle she could definitely see the resemblance between him and his son. They already looked alike, but they had also the same flying technique. It didn't seem to cost them any effort. It was like it was their second nature and it was funny to see Al admiring his dad so much, if you knew that he flies with the same grace as his father does. Harry was circling higher and higher and the dragon seemed to become dizzy. Harry plummeted, just as the dragon breathed fire again. He evaded the flames, but the spiked dragon's tail didn't miss its target. One of the spikes scraped Harry's shoulder. A big rip in his robes made it possible to see the bleeding cut underneath. The crowd groaned loudly. Harry didn't seem able to get the dragon away from her eggs. He began to fly from one way to another. Every time he changed direction, he rose a little bit higher in the air. The dragon shot another jet of fire, but he dodged it easily. There was no other choice. The dragon had to get away from her eggs if she wanted to get Harry. She spread her wings and Harry used that moment to speed off to the ground. He let loose of his firebolt and grabbed the golden egg. He soared over the stands, the golden egg held over his head, like a trophy. The crowd erupted in cheers and the commentator had great difficulty to speak loud enough, so everybody would hear.
"Look at that!" He was yelling. "Will you look at that! Our youngest champion is quickest to get his egg! Well, this is going to shorten the odds on Mr. Potter!" Albus and Rose were cheering like mad. Scorpius had placed his hands around his mouth and was yelling."And that's how it's done!"
Harry disappeared inside a tent and the people in the stands made their way towards the castle. Rose, Scorpius and Albus followed them . "That was amazing!" Albus yelled. "I mean did you see it, the way he dodged the fire. I thought he was done for when the tail hit him, but he just kept going. When they tell this story at Christmas they don't do it justice. When he caught the egg, that dragon didn't even have time to react. And he was flying his firebolt. He was that fast on an old firebolt. Well, I guess it's new here, but still." Albus kept rambling. Rose laughed and spoke loudly.
"Isn't he just adorable, Scorpius?" She nudged her usually blond friend. He didn't seem as excited as he was a few moments before. "Scorpius? Are you ok?" He looked at her and gave her a weak smile. "Just peachy." He added. His already pale face had whitened even more and even Albus looked concerned. "I'm fine, just a little bit nauseous." Rose took hold of his arm and led them to the space next to the bleachers. She placed her hand on his forehead and looked at him intently. "You don't feel warm." She said softly, worry evident in her voice.
"Could it be because of the timetravelling?" Al asked.
"Then wouldn't it affect us all?" Al looked thoughtful.
"Scorpius was covered in the sand. I was standing further away and Rose, you took a step back too." Rose nodded.
"It makes sense." She rubbed her forehead. "But I think the nausea was just delayed with us Al."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I'm not really feeling well either." Rose sat herself down. A wind lifted the leaves laying on the floor up in the air. Albus rubbed his forehead too. Their surroundings started changing until the wind suddenly stopped. The sun had disappeared behind the horizon and stars had appeared above their heads. The bleachers were gone and instead of the bustling of a hundred feet, it was almost completely quiet. They were standing on a bare patch of land. The leaves had disappeared and were replaced by a thick white layer of snow.
"Did we just travel through time AGAIN?"
A/N: Please Review. If you have a suggestion as to where they should pop up. Let me know. I already have a few ideas, but I want to hear what you think.
