Dana: Sorry for the delay. Been busy. Don't own Supernatural or Harry Potter

Chapter 4 The First Task

Mary and her family appeared in front of the champions tent. Mary's long black hair was pulled into a bun and was wearing a black jumpsuit. Mary took a deep breath before turning to the others.

"Wish me luck guys. I'm going to need it." Mary said

"You'll be alright. I think." Crowley said

"Thanks father I feel so reassured." Mary said rolling her eyes

"I do not understand why one must fight in gladiatorial combat to strengthen international cooperation." Castiel said

"If I knew Cas, I'd tell you. But considering I don't I've got to play along." Mary said shaking her head

"We'd better go so we can get some good seats before the place fills up." Dean said

"Michael?" Mary called

"Hmm?"

"Good luck kiss?" she asked

Michael smiled and placed a chaste kiss on her lips. He pulled away but Mary pulled him down again and whispered in his ear:

"If you hear me pray for help, can you promise you'll get me out of there?"

"I promise." Micheal said

"I'm scared." Mary whispered

"I can tell, you'll be okay though." Michael said trying to keep the nervousness out of his voice

"Promise you'll get me out if things go wrong okay?"

"I will, I promise. I'll heal you if you get hurt too."

"Thanks, I'll pray if I need anything."

Mary watched as Michael disappeared before turning and walking into the champions tent. There were three other people in there when she walked in. They all turned and stared at her. Two were looks of hatred and distrust while the third was one of lust. She sat down on one of the couches and pulled out a knife she had brought along as a precaution and began to calmly flip it between her fingers. The rhythm of the knife travelling between was calming in a way. The silence was interrupted by one of the champions.

"She probably cheated to get in to the tournament. Because the girl who lived only wanted more fame..."

That was as far as he got when Mary threw the knife at him and got to her feet.

"Oh ha ha ha. You're funny buster. You actually think I want to be here?" Mary asked sarcastically

"Well... yeah, I mean, you did enter the tournament after all." The champion in blue said a little nervously

"Let us set the record strait sweetheart, I live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States of America. And considering you don't know a thing about fucking geography, is located on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. Answer me this sweetie, how can I enter a tournament if I'm on the other side of Michael's-father's-damn planet?" Mary said retrieving her knife

"You can't." The champion dressed in crimson said

"Exactly. And personally, I would rather be getting ready for my date with my boyfriend because, hey, today's our anniversary. But noooooo, I'm stuck here with you two and that guy who is staring at me with undisguised lust in his eyes and having to fight off a bloody dragon!" Mary snapped

"Okay." The champion in blue said

Mary grunted and retrieved her knife.

"And for the record, I don't know why I am called the "Girl-Who-Lived". I prefer to consider myself as the Girl-Who-Was-Raised-By-The-King-Of-Hell." Mary said in a forced calm

That was when Dumbledore and some other man walked in the tent. The other three champions walked over but Mary just glared at them both before walking over herself, arms crossed.

"Well, it appears all four of you are here. Good, we can get started." the unknown man said

Mary rolled her eyes, this man seemed a little dim to her.

"Right, so the purpose of this task is to retrieve the golden egg from inside the arena. But be warned, the dragon also inside the arena will be protecting the egg." The man said

Mary rolled her eyes again and shook her head. "Why couldn't we search for the egg and not have to deal with a dragon?" Mary thought.

"Ahem, Ms. Singer-Winchester-McLeod, you can pick your dragon now." The man said

"Alright. Sorry, I was lost in thought." Mary said reaching into the bag "Thank you for getting my name right by the way."

Mary ended up pulling a small dragon with a 4 around it's neck, a small scaled model of the one she'd have to fight.

"Ooh, looks like Ms. Singer-Winchester-McLeod has picked the most dangerous dragon, the Hungarian Horntail." The man said

"Yeah, no kidding." Mary muttered staring at the dragon

The model was pretty fearsome, it was covered in black scales with yellow eyes, bronze horns and a clubbed tail of the same bronze colour as the horns. Mary winced, she had to fight this thing. "Mary, calm down, you've faced scarier monsters." She thought. The rational part of her brain on the other hand wasn't helping "Yeah but not one this big!" She needed a plan and quick.

"Ms. Bonnefoi, you're up first." the man said as he lead the girl in blue out of the tent

Mary resumed her pacing, only this time with a bit more urgency. Her pacing was interrupted by the champion dressed in red.

"You're Mary Potter, why don't you use that name?"

"Because I'm not a Potter, I haven't been a Potter since that night on Halloween. Or Samhain is you prefer. But then again, Samhain was a demon and his rising is a seal that will let Lucifer out of his cage so Halloween stays." Mary said

"What?" The champion in crimson asked

"Never mind." Mary said "I wasn't raised by the Potters, I was raised by Bobby Singer, Crowley, who was named Fergus McLeod before he became a demon and Dean and Sam Winchester. Combine their names et voila, my last name."

Mary then resumed her pacing, trying to ignore the commentary which was making her a lot more nervous. Soon, she was alone in the tent, the champion dressed in crimson, who she had learned was named Ivan had gone after the champion in blue and the champion in red whom she figured was Ginny's brother was currently in the arena. She debated calling Michael into the tent but decided against it.

Meanwhile out in the stands, Sam, Dean, Castiel, Gabriel, Michael, Crowley and Bobby watched in horror as the dragon Mary had to fight was led out. Bobby had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach that this was going to get ugly.

"My daughter has to fight that?" Crowley asked, his voice a forced calm

He might not be showing it but he was terrified, Mary had no idea what she was up against.

"She she dies, can I smite the person in charge of the event?" Gabriel asked

"Do not speak like that Gabriel." Michael snapped

Secretly, he was thinking the same thing as Gabriel, the girl who had gone first had nearly been incinerated twice and the boy who had just gone, was almost incinerated four times and nearly eaten twice, he didn't want to think that something like that could happen to Mary. If she was harmed, there was going to be trouble.

"Are there even safeguards in place to keep her safe in case anything goes wrong?" Sam asked

"Considering the close call from the first and third champions, I don't think so Sam." Dean said

"If you ask me, the third champion is a joke, he looked like a fish out of water when he faced that dragon. I personally thought he was going to get eaten that last time." Crowley said with a smirk

"The second champion also had a few close call, he got quite a few burns." Castiel pointed out

"True, out of the three that we've seen, I like the first and second champions best." Crowley said

"Hey, there's Mary." Bobby said

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Mary slowly crept out of the cave that she had just exited. Her eyes flitted around the arena that she had just walked into. It was silent, years of experience told her that silence, was never good. Ducking behind a rock, Mary carefully poked her head out, over in the far corner of the arena, was a nest of eggs and right in front of it was a golden egg. Mary felt even more nervous when she didn't see the dragon. Mary slowly crept out of her hiding place, hoping to sneak over there, grab the egg and not have to fight off a dragon. Of course, the old "Winchester luck" as she called it struck. She had only put her foot down on a stone that went crunch, and considering she was in an arena with good acoustics, anything with good hearing would have heard that. There was a huff from above her. Mary slowly looked up and she was face to face a dragon, a larger model than the one she had received. It looked about fifty feet long and almost exactly like the replica only more ferocious.

"Holy shit." Marry muttered

The dragon then blew a stream of fire from it's mouth. Mary barely managed to leap out of the way before she started running.

"Just like running from a werewolf. A fire breathing werewolf." Mary thought as she dove behind a rock and covering her head as a second stream of fire sailed over her head and around the rock she was hiding behind. Mary slowly peaked her head out from the right side of the rock. The dragon wasn't there any more.

"It won't be gone long, probably thinks I've been incinerated." Mary mutters to herself as she gets to her feet

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In the stands, it's taking all of Michael's self control not to jump out of his seat and help Mary. Mary had nearly been incinerated twice. Sam and Dean were chewing on their thumb nails, this was not looking good.

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Mary had no idea where the dragon was and that was making her nervous, she didn't like knowing where something or someone was. She jumped at the loud roar that came from right behind her. Mary managed to dart out of the way again but only just, crying out as her leg was burnt. Mary wasn't desperate yet but she was getting there. Mary threw out her hand and her magic, reacting to her fear was able to conjure a muzzle around the dragon's mouth.

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Up in the stands, Crowley breathed a sigh of relief as his daughter was able to summon a muzzle without using a wand. He had seen Lily cast spells with one and even while Mary was growing up, she had been able to use a little magic without a wand. Though, it had been a while since she had even used magic.

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Mary winced at the pain in her leg as she slowly got to her feet, the pain was bearable but only just. That was when she remembered the tail. "Shit." Mary thought as the aforementioned appendage was swung into view. "Okay Mary, just pretend the egg is an object that a spirit is tied to." Mary told herself as she started running again. The dragon managed to fly over her and land in her path. Mary managed to dodge the tail as it slammed down in front of her. The egg was within her sights, she just had to slide under the dragon and get it. The dragon raised it's tail again and Mary took her chance running underneath the dragon and grabbing the egg before collapsing, the pain becoming to much. That was when the dragon broke her muzzle.

"MICHAEL!" Mary screamed unable to run anymore

She closed her eyes and when she reopened them, she was in the stands, in Michael's arms.

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When Michael heard Mary's scream, he jumped into the arena and flew quickly, scooping Mary in his arms just as the dragon let out a stream of fire right where she had fallen. He flew back into the stands, landing gently.

"MARY!" Bobby and Crowley shouted

"Mary, can you hear me?" Bobby asked

Mary cracked her eyes open and nodded her head slightly.

"Here's set her down, I want to see her leg." Crowley said

Micheal gently set her down on a vacated seat, sitting next to her. Sam and Crowley examined her leg, it wasn't pretty. She had a large second degree burn on her leg. The skin from the ankle to the knee was bright red and beginning to blister. She let out a pained gasp as Sam accidentally brushed a finger over her leg.

"Michael, can you heal her?" Sam asked

Michael nodded and gently tapped her forehead. The burn on Mary's leg healed and she slumped her head into the middle of Michael's chest with a grunt.

"Come on, let's go home." Gabriel said

Michael helped Mary get to her feet.

"Hey guys, look what I got." Mary said as she held up the egg

Michael smiles at his girlfriend before spotting Dumbledore.

"Can you excuse me for a second?" He asks

"Sure."

Michael strides over to Dumbledore and stands in front of him.

"Do you have any idea how many times Mary or any of the other champions could have died?" He asks angrily

"No. How is this important?" Dumbledore asks

"Oh, it is very important, you see, Mary was almost incinerated three times. She was also injured with a second degree burn." Michael said in forced calm

"I had no idea..." Dumbledore said

"If there had been better safeguards around the arena and for the champions involved, I doubt she would have been hurt." Michael hissed "I don't like having my family hurt by something that could have been prevented. Especially Mary, if anything happens to her while she's here it won't be the press that you will have to worry about."

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While Michael was talking with Dumbledore, Mary was approached by a red headed girl who looked about her age, she was also accompanied a girl with bushy brown hair.

"Hello, Mary." the red head said

"Hey, are you Ginny?" Mary asked

"Yes, that's me." she said "this is my friend Hermione."

"Pleasure to meet you." Mary said "This is my father Crowley, my dad Bobby, my "brothers" Sam and Dean and my "uncles" Castiel and Gabriel." Mary said "My boyfriend has gone off to talk with the headmaster. Probably about my injury and the complete lack of safeguards for the task."

"Pleasure to meet you. I just wanted to say you did great out there." Ginny said

"You also got a pretty good score, Madame Maxime, the headmistress of Beaubatons, one of the schools competing gave you an 8, Ludo Bagman, who's in charge of magical games and sports gave you a 10 surprisingly enough, Barty Crouch, head of international cooperation gave you a 7, Dumbledore gave you an 8 also, while Karkaroff, the headmaster of Durmstrang gave you a 4. Though he's a bit of a biggot, gave his own champion a 10." Hermione said

"I thought she did better than that, how come points were docked?" Sam asked

"She got hurt." Ginny said

"Ah, that explains things a little." Crowley said

"She most definitely did a lot better than my idiot brother that's for sure." Ginny said rolling her eyes

"Was he the redheaded boy?" Dean asked

"Yeah, that was him." Ginny said rubbing her neck

"Well, he sucked. He was the one I hoped would get eaten." Crowley muttered

"Father!" Mary said shoving her elbow into his ribs

"What?" Crowley asked

"It's okay Mary, there are days when I question how we're related." Ginny said

"Oh, I have this. It's an encryption key for one of my codes. Be sure to memorize it or hide it really well." Mary said passing her a few sheets of paper

"Thank you Mary." Ginny said

Gabriel wasn't really paying much attention to the conversation. He had done some looking into the pasts of certain people and what he found, he didn't like. Rape, murder and a whole bunch of other stuff. There were quite a lot of people who deserved trickster justice. He was starting to plot the "lessons" to be taught when Michael rejoined them.

"Hey, we heading home now?" Mary asked

"If you want." Crowley said

"I really don't want to stay here, I can handle one near death experience but three in the same day? Nope." Mary said

"Of course." Castiel said

"Gabriel, what are you thinking?" Sam whispered

"I'll tell you guys later, I think I understand why Mary's mom didn't want Mary to be here." Gabriel muttered

The three angels and one demon all took the arms their respective partners and returned to Bobby's house. Mary ran her hand through her hair before turning to Crowley and saying:

"Father, if I'm going to have any chance at surviving this, I'm going to need a wand and spell books. You think I could practice in Hell?"

And there you have it, the first task. I hope you all enjoyed, no flames please for they will be used to roast marshmallows and torch Wendigoes. Read, like and review please. Later Dana.