Brothers

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Chapter 8

November 24, The First Task

The atmosphere in the school was one of great tension and excitement. Lessons were to stop around non to give everybody time to get down to the dragons' enclosure.

Harry woke up that morning feeling very uneasy. Sure, he had a plan but not knowing exactly what dragon he would be facing today scared him. Even though he was nervous and absolutely terrified, he was determined. He was going to win the tournament to prove to Oliver that he wasn't a child. Neither him or Oliver bothered writing back to each other. They were both way too mad at the other. Oliver didn't want Harry competing because he thinks Harry's a small child but Harry disagreed. He was going to prove Oliver wrong.


He did it! He made it through the first task alive. He went up against a Hungarian Horntail Dragon and survived with only a small burn on his shoulder. He also made up with Ron. Having made up with his best friend, Harry picked up his Firebolt and his golden egg, feeling more elated than he would have thought possible an hour ago, he ducked out of the champions tent and ran to catch up with his two best friends.

The three of them ran back to the enclosure to get Harry's score from the judges. "It's marks out of ten from each of them".said Ron. From Madame Maxime, an eight. Mr. Crouch gave him a nine. Dumbledore also gave Harry a nine. He got a four from Karkaroff and from Ludo Bagman, a ten.

Later that night, Harry found himself sitting alone at a table in the Gryffindor common room. He had two letters to write. His first letter was for Sirius, telling him that he had managed to get past his dragon unharmed. His second letter was for Oliver.

Oliver,

The first task was today. Dragons. Each champion was given a different dragon. We had to get past our dragon to get a golden egg. I was given a Hungarian Horntail dragon. I used a summoning charm to summon my Firebolt and fly around the dragon. Out of the four champions, I got my egg the quickest. I only got a small burn on my shoulder. Fleur Delacour is in last place. Cedric Diggory's in third. I'm tied for first place with Victor Krum. The next task will take place at half past nine on the morning of February the twenty-fourth. We don't know what the second task is yet. The golden egg contains a clue about it.

Harry


Harry heard back from Oliver the next morning.

Harry,

Dragons! First they bring dementors in and now dragons?! This is exactly why I do NOT want you competing. It's way too dangerous!

I am proud of you though. Using a summoning charm on your broom, out-flying a dragon, I'm impressed. I wouldn't have thought of that. Very impressive, Potter. I am still upset with you. I still think you shouldn't be competing. You're a child. You're too young to compete.

Oliver

"I'm not a child!", thought Harry.

This was NOT what Harry wanted Oliver to tell him. Harry was hoping he would change his mind after hearing about Harry out-flying a dragon. He was going to have to try harder. He wasn't a child and was going to do everything he could to prove Oliver wrong.

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