Disclaimer: I haven't put this in for a while. It should be top priority with my schooling. Well, the things you recognise is not mine it belongs to J. K. Rowling (and other inspiration sources), the thngs you don't recognise is probably mine, sometimes it's my friends that give me ideas when I have writersblock.
10. Jessie by Joshua Kadison
The clock was twenty-five past one. The class would end in five minutes. James sat in the drowsy divination classroom up in the North Tower. James was less nervous now then what he had been earlier, but he couldn't concentrate so much. Professor Trelawney (A/N: I just had to use her. She is so hilarious) was talking about palm reading. The bell rang, signalising half past one. They gather their books and went to their tower.
Mark and James parted in the Entrance Hall. Mark walked up to were Albus, Rose, Hugo and Lilly stood waiting, while James walked into the Great Hall to wait with the other champions. Harry and Amalie was there already waiting.
"I 'ope eet eez not dragons. Zat would be 'orrible!" Amalie said with a disgusted look on her face.
"They don't use the same tasks every time. It is probably something just as bad though." James replied. At that moment Professor Kent came in the doors to the Great Hall.
"Well champions, if you would follow me please. The other students have taken their seats." They followed Professor Kent out to the entrance hall. They walked down and followed the border of the Forbidden Forest. They walked down to a tent that stood at the border of the forest.
"Well, here you go. The judges will be with you shortly to give you the necessary information. God luck to you all!" Professor Kent said as he held open the flap in the tent so the champions could enter. The room they entered was big. The walls were a in a beige colour. There stood two beige leather Victorian sofas facing each other, with a rosewood coffee table in the middle, matching the frames of the sofa. There were also benches around the tent. Harry sat down on one of the sofas and Amalie sat down on the other sofa opposite Harry. James sat down next to Harry. They sat in silence for five minutes, just thinking to themselves.
The flap in the tent opened and in walked Professor McGonagall, Professor Valkov, Madame Martin, Mr Shacklebolt, and Mr Lynch (He has gotten the job as head of the Department of Games and Sports after finishing his career as seeker on the Ireland's national quiddich team).
"Welcome champions. We will now explain how this will happen." Mr Shacklebolt said in his deep slow voice. "First we will decide who will go first, second and third. Then we will give you a hint to what you'll meet in the first task and then when you hear the signal you'll enter through the flap on the other side." He looked at each of the champions in turn.
"If you would gather around me here please." Shacklebolt motioned for them to stand in a circle around him. Harry, Amalie and James walked over to the Minister of Magic. When they stood in a circle, (it looked more like an odd square-thing) Mr Shacklebolt took out a dark purple beaded bag from his forest green robes. He opened the bag.
"You will take out an item of this bag and we shall know in which order you would be facing the tournament. Ladies first." Mr Shacklebolt said holding the bag in front of Amalie. She glared at the bag before she put her hand in and withdrew a red stone. Mr Shacklebolt smiled at her and held the bag in front of James. He put his hand in and drew out a green stone. Mr Shacklebolt turned to Harry who took out a blue stone. Shacklebolt folded up the bag and put it back in his robe. "Ms Thomas will go first, then followed by Mr Krum, and lastly Mr Potter. Well now that's settled, you'll have to show that you are in control in this task. The task consumes of two parts. Each part will test your bravery and we will give points based on speed, creativity and your courage. OK?" Mr Lynch said. Harry, Amalie and James just nodded. Mr Lynch smiled. "Well we judges better go and take our places. When you hear the canon go off it will be your turn to enter the task. You will each receive your score at the end of the task. I wish you all good luck, and you can keep the stones." The Professors, Mr Lynch and Mr Shacklebolt left the tent. After about a minute they heard a canon go off. Amalie straightened up, held her head high and walked out of the tent. James could hear the other students' cheer as Amalie stepped out, it turned silent as the flap closed. James felt his nerves creep back, but he ignored it. He had to have a clear head for this.
Amalie's POV
Amalie could feel her courage leave her as she heard the massive cheers from the students. It was a sea of students. She swallowed and tried to look confident.
"Here is our first champion, Miss Amalie Thomas from Beauxbatons." Mr Lynch announced as she walked so she was standing in the middle of the half circle where the audience sat. She turned her back to the audience and just stared at what was before her, or rather lack of. About two metres in front of her, was the end of the ground. She walked to the edge slowly and looked down. It was practical bottomless! She looked up to the judges and searched for her Headmistress. Madame Martin just nodded at her as to say go on, or something like that.
Amalie turned her head so she was looking at the wall on the other side of the really big and really deep gap (for lack of a better word on my part here). There on the wall right across from where she stood she could see a cave. So this was the task, you had to get over the big gaping gap. Amalie smiled with newfound confidence. She took out her wand, thinking of one of the spells she had been reading about. She looked down the gap to get an idea. Down the sides she could see a lot of rocks. 'This will be easy!' she thought to herself. She concentrated and imagined a strong and solid Stonebridge. She waved her wand. Having mastered non-verbal spells long ago. She heard gasps all around her and opened her eyes, and there in front of her was as Stonebridge that looked strong and solid.
She wore a confident smile as she skipped down the bridge she had just created. She didn't stop when she got off the bridge, she just skipped in to the darkness of the cave. Suddenly she heard a sound of something closing. She stopped and turned around. She expected to see the mass of people, the bridge and the very medieval looking castle in the background (that in her mind should belong to an evil lord, not be a school of magic), but instead she saw a giant rock rolling in front of the opening. She had a wave of panic rush over her. Then she put herself together. This was probably the second part of the task. She turned around again.
"Lumos." She whispered, even though she was perfect at non-verbal spells it was comforting to take something off the stillness in the cave. She started walking down and deeper into the cave. She walked for what felt like an hour.
Suddenly lights appeared around her. She was no standing in a circular room. There were three things in the room a Victorian trunk, an Art Nouveau cabinet and a French dresser. Amalie just stared at the beautiful furniture in front of her. She couldn't comprehend this. She walked over to the French dresser. It was big and white with six drawers, and a cabinet door in the middle. On the door a French Lilly (Fleur de Lis) was carved in. Slowly she opened one drawer and out popped her dad. He started yelling at her in French. Amalie was terrified. This was what she feared the most in her life. After ten minutes of her "father" yelling at her, she understood something. It was a boggart. It took her several minutes to calm down. She started to picture her dad in a clown costume, with a rainbow coloured Afro, and a one-piece suit with vertical stripes in different colours and shoes that was waaay to big. She kept this image in her head and looked at her father. She drew a breath and said clearly.
"Ridiculous!" Amalie stared at her father for a second before she broke down with laughter.
She was laughing so hard she started to cry. She didn't notice that someone had come into the cave. She felt someone take a hold of her and pulled her to her feet, she laughed so hard she couldn't stand. Then someone lifted her up and carried her out of the cave. She was put down on the ground in front of the judges. She had finally stopped laughing and was no wiping away the tears that she had gained from laughing. She looked up at the judges. Madame Martin wiped away a tear as well.
Mr Shacklebolt lifted his wand in the air and out flew a seven. The students clapped. Then Mr Lynch lifted his wand in the air and out flew a six, some of the students booed not agreeing with the judge. Professor Valkov raised his wand and out flew a four, now the students booed, even some of the Durmstrang students meant this was unfair. Madame Martin was next she lifted her wand and out flew an eight, the Beauxbatons students cheer the loudest. Lastly it was Professor McGonagall she lifted her wand and out flew a seven and the students cheered again. Amalie couldn't help but smile and be proud.
"That was a stunning performance from Ms Thomas. Who conjured a very good Stonebridge from the stones in the depth of the gap, and then turning her yelling father into a clown was brilliant. And a total score of 32 points, please give a hand for Ms Thomas. Ms Thomas would you pleas go to the tent on the north side of the arena and wait for further instructions." Mr Lynch said and the students clapped their hands and stomped their feet, whistled and cheered.
She curtsied and walked out of the arena as she was told. In this tent there were no sofas but three hammocks. She threw herself into a black hammock. She could hear the students were cheering so young Krum was probably facing the bottomless hole right now.
Harry's POV
Harry heard the canon for a second time; he got up and nodded to James who nodded back to him. He walked out to the cheering students. He smiled and waved to them, he was used to this kind of attention being the son of the famous quiddich player Victor Krum. He was also going to be on one of Bulgaria's best quiddich team after school.
"Here is our second champion Mr Harry Krum from Durmstrang." Mr Lynch announced and Harry walked out to the middle of the arena and smiled at the judges. They were unfazed by this. He then turned to the great gaping gap that he had to cross. He walked to the edge and looked down, then he looked at the wall on the opposite side of the gap. He then noticed the cave and he had a brilliant idea. He concentrated on his Firebolt and waved his wand. Two minutes later the newest edition of the Firebolt flew to him. He heard gasps as they saw the broom. He mounted the broom and kicked off from the ground and flew over the gap and into the cave which sealed itself when he flew by it took him sometime to realize that and when he did he stop and got off his broom. He raised his wand and lit it. He took the time to look around and saw that it was only one way to go so he went that way. He came to a circular room (me and circles what's that about? I like squares better) and saw a trunk, and a cabinet and a dresser, he didn't give the furniture much thought and walked right up to the trunk. It gave a shake as he touched it. He jumped back, but regained his confidence and walked back to the trunk and opened it. Out jumped two aggressive Dobermans, which started barking and growling at Harry. He backed away quickly. He breathed very fast and then he come to think of how two Dobermans could be stuffed in that trunk and not been barking. He came across a thought that said this might just be a boggart, a very mean and scary boggart. He started to think of something funny. He raised his wand eyes still closed from concentrating.
"Ridiculous!" he cried and the barking died. There in front of him did not stand two aggressive Dobermans, but two balloon dogs the size of Dobermans. One was a bright pink and the other was a bright yellow. When the dog barked soap bubbles escaped his mouth. Harry laugh out loud. Someone came behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around wand at the ready.
"I'm here to take you back to the arena." The man said. He looked not much older than Harry himself. Harry nodded and followed the man out of the cave. They walked down a path and walked over to the other side (it was an invisible bridge). He stood in front of the judges smiling at the crowd who cheered even louder. Harry turned to the judges and looked at his headmaster. Professor Valkov smiled at him.
Mr Shacklebolt raised his wand and out flew an eight, the crowd cheered loudly. Mr Lynch gave an eight too. Professor Valkov gave a ten and the Durmstrang students made a heck of a noise. Madame Martin gave a nine and Professor McGonagall gave an eight.
"What a brilliant performance by Mr Harry Krum. Summoning his broom to play with his strengths, and turning those two Dobermans into bright coloured balloon dogs. With a score of 43 points he now take the lead. Now Mr Krum, if you would please go to the tent on the North side and wait with Ms Thomas for further instructions. Give a hand for Mr Krum!" Mr Lynch announced and Harry welcomed the applause he got.
He walked to the tent and saw Amalie in a black hammock. She looked up when he entered and he nodded at her. She nodded back to him. He lay down on a midnight blue hammock. He heard a canon and lots of cheers. James was now facing the gap.
James' POV
James sat alone in the tent calming his nerves, then he heard the canon for the third time. He walked out of the tent and the crowd cheered loudly. 'They are even more loud now. They have never been so loud on any quiddich match.' James thought to himself as he looked out over the students.
"Here is our third and last champion Mr James Potter from Hogwarts." Mr Lynch said and James walked out to face the judges. He turned so he had his back to the audience. He stared at the gap. He walked to the edge and looked out over the bottomless gap (of Hogwarts) he had to cross. He noticed that there were a lot of loose rocks along the way down. He thought about a solution, and then it hit him. He waved his wand and preformed a Hover Charm. The rocks floated upwards and formed a path for him. He jumped from stone to stone. When he landed on the other side he saw the cave. He looked into the cave and shrugged, before he went inside. The cave closed as he had walked some steps. He lit his wand and trudged down the cave. He walked for a long time and then the cave lit up. He was in the circular room with the trunk, dresser and cabinet. The trunk was opened and so was one of the drawers of the dresser. He looked at the cabinet. He walked to it, being a Gryffindor and all he had to investigate. The cabinet shook as James approach, ignoring the cabinet shaking he opened it. Out jumped Lilly, she fell to the ground covered in blood, then it shifted to Albus, then it shifted to Mark and then it shifted to Alexandria. James watched in horror as he saw all his friends and siblings lying on the ground covered in blood. It took him ten minutes to recover from the shock. He then remembered a little nasty thing called a boggart. He slapped himself. How can he be so stupid? He started to think of happy times with his friends, when they were all laughing. He turned to the boggart.
"Ridiculous." He said and the boggart changed to his friends laughing and smiling. He smiled and laughed with them.
Then someone tapped him on the shoulder, he turned around. There stood a man, he looked as if he had just left school.
"If you would follow me out to the arena please." The man said. James nodded and followed the man out. They walked down a path and over the gap. The stones he had hovered where now back in the hole. The students were cheering.
James stood in front of the judges he looked up to McGonagall. She smiled at him. He smiled back. Mr Shacklebolt gave a nine, Mr Lynch gave a ten, Professor Valkov gave a seven, Madame Martin gave a nine and Professor McGonagall gave a ten. The Hogwarts students went berserk. If James thought the noise they made when he walked into the arena was loud. It was nothing compared to this.
"What an amazing performance of Mr James Potter. Hovering the rocks to form a pathway, and turning his hurt dear friends to laughing friends. He now takes the lead with a total of 45 points. Mr Potter would you pleas go to the tent on the North side and wait for further instructions with the other two champions. Give a hand for Mr Potter!" Mr Lynch said over the noise. Not only did the students give him a standing ovation (the Hogwarts students anyway), but also cheered so loud that he was sure that they could be heard all over Britain. He smiled and walked out of the arena. He walked into the tent where Harry and Amalie where slumbering in their hammocks. James got into a crimson hammock. Not long after the judges entered the tent. Harry, Amalie and James sat up and faced the judges.
"Well done today to you all. The next task won't be before February the 24th. We won't tell you what the task is of course, but we will give you a hint. This has existed for centuries, both as a transport device and for competition. It originated in the old Mesopotamia. Now I believe its time for dinner. May I be so kind to accompany you for dinner Minerva?" Mr Lynch said.
"Yes, you absolutely may Aidan. Would you like to join us too Kingsley?" Professor McGonagall asked. Mr Shacklebolt nodded. They all exited the tent and headed up for the castle.
When they entered the Great hall, all the students rose from their seats and applauded the champions. James and Amalie went over to the Gryffindor table and sat down with their friends, while Harry went the other way to join his friends at the Slytherin table.
"Congratulations to our champions, you all did wonderful in this task. I know you all want to celebrate, but try to get to bed at a reasonable time, you all still have classes to attend tomorrow. Fourth year and above will get additional classes in the afternoon, you will get more information about this tomorrow." Professor McGonagall said as the Hall had clamed down. When the Headmistress was seated food appeared on the tables and the students ate and chattered happily.
"I told you, you would succeed mate." Mark said patting James on the back. "You were the fastest to figure out how to get across, and you were faster than the other champions."
After dinner they went up to the Gryffindor common room. When they entered the common room they saw the party had already started. Spencer Rossi (Gryffindor's keeper) and Ben lifted James on their shoulders and carried him down to the centre of the room, the whole Gryffindor tower cheered. Spencer and Ben put him down and gave him a butterbeer. James took a sip of the butterbeer; he liked the vanilla foam and the sweet soda taste (that is what I thought it tasted like when I drank it in Orlando).
The party went on for hours. Suddenly the portrait burst open and Professor Harkness and Professor McGonagall entered the room, no one noticed.
"What is the meaning with this? It is half past three in the morning! Go to bed all of you, and if you start another round of partying then you will get detention for a week. 20 points from Gryffindor for disturbing and loud noise." Professor McGonagall said sternly. No one needed to be told twice, they all went up the stairs and parted for their dormitories. After five minutes all the Gryffindors where sound asleep.
A/N: I was done with this chapter last week, but I couldn't get myself to post it then. I had originally three more pages to the chapter, but it didn't quite fit so I decided that that would be the start of next chapter. What do you think of the first task. And will you be able to guess what the next task will be?
Untill next time, Good bye!