Yes, another chapter!
I had nothing to do today, since the internet wasn't helping me so much. But, I was able to find more songs onto my I-pod.
Anyway, I'll begin the very first event to the Triwizard Tournament.
I already picked six dragons for the six wizards, thanks to a website that has all of the things I need for the story.
On with the chapter!
Chapter 12
Edward's POV
Bella and Hermione sneaked through the curtain that was separating from the crowd and us. Hermione walked over to Harry, while Bella walked over to me. She threw herself at me, while I stumbled back. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her.
"Please, be safe. Come back alive so our daughter still has a father." I laughed lightly, but I knew Bella was serious. Hopefully, I wouldn't get a big fire-breathing dragon. "I will, love." I told her. A camera flashed from behind me, causing Hermione and Bella to pull away from me and Harry. "Aw, lovers say goodbye to their other halves. How sweet…" Bella and I smiled at each other, while Hermione and Harry tried to protest.
"Champions, before we begin…" Dumbledore came around the curtain, but stopped when he saw Hermione and Bella. "Miss Granger and Mrs. Cullen," at least he wasn't calling her miss. "You should be in the stands, while these few get ready for the events." Bella and Hermione said goodbye to us and left.
Lily, Harry, Oliver, Diane, Marie and I gathered around Professor Dumbledore. He stuck something in a sack and said for us to take out something from it. I was the closest to him, so he started with me. I stuck my hand in the sack and pulled out something- it felt like a lizard or something. I opened up my hand and saw I was holding a small dragon, with black scales, bronze horns and a spiked tail. The eyes were yellow, with vertical pupils. The tiny lizard screech at me, sounding very squeaky.
"Ah, Mister Cullen, you have the Hungarian Horntail dragon." Dumbledore told me. He moved onto Oliver, who was standing next to me. He stuck his hand in the sack, then pulled out a small, dark, dragon with rough looking scales that had ridges along its back and a spiked tail. The eyes were a deep purple. "Mister Masstidoff, the Hebridean Black dragon." Dumbledore went to Marie next.
She pulled out a green dragon. "Miss Deufloura, the Common Welsh Green dragon, a good and easy choice." He moved onto Lily. Lily stuck her hand in the sack and pulled out a dragon with pearly scales- almost iridescent. The dragon had multi-colored eyes and the dragon lifted its head and blew a vivid red flame. "Ah, Miss Moonpetal, the Antipodean Opaleye dragon. Very majestic one indeed." He moved onto Harry. Harry pulled out a scarlet dragon that had a fringe of gold spikes around its face with very protruding eyes. The dragon lifted its head and blew out a mushroom-shaped puff of flames.
"The Chinese Fireball dragon. Nice choice, Mister Potter." Finally, Diane chose her dragon. Her dragon was a smooth one, with copper-colored scales and short horns. "Oh, the Pervian Vipertooth dragon. Careful with that one, Miss Malgrey. It can be very venomous when it grows up. Good thing these are all the baby dragons, and they're harmless." Dumbledore told us.
He took out the rest of the dragons and used magic to make them disappear. He said I was going first in the challenge, then Diane, then Oliver, then Marie, then Lily and Harry would go last. He took our dragons away and disappeared behind the curtain again.
I waited until I had my name called. "And, now, starting off with the first task of the Triwizard Tournament is Edward Cullen!" Cheers were heard from behind the curtain and I went around it, ready to face the bigger dragon.
I walked down the hall, towards the stadium, and saw that the dragon wasn't there. My eyes darted everywhere, trying to search for any sign of the dragon. I saw it a split second later, and it was coming down from straight above me. So, I ran to the center, where everyone was still cheering, and the dragon came crashing down a second later, on the spot where I was.
The dragon screeched at me, causing the humans to cover their ears. I looked around the rocky area and saw the golden egg was sitting on a stone. I knew I would have to be quick and cunning with this dragon. Harry told me that last year, he faced this dragon. And, he had to take this one all the way to the school just to lose it. But, he mentioned that the dragons were on chains so that they wouldn't escape. I didn't know if the dragon would pull off that stunt this year, though.
The dragon was watching me move- even if it was to shift just the tiniest bit. I sprang to my feet and the dragon screeched again, its screams echoing off the nearby mountains. I turned on my heels and ran as fast I could, while the dragon followed me. I got close enough to the egg where I could easily grab it, when one of the dragons used it paws to swat at me. I went flying straight into the stone wall that was below, and slid to the ground. Everyone gasped and I heard Bella just panicking in her seat next to our daughter.
I check my back to see the large scratches being instantly healed. I sighed in relief and stood back up. The dragon was still there, pacing back and forth. I walked out and I readied myself, ready to sprint off to the egg.
I ran as fast I could, and the dragon was already charging towards me. I dove for the egg, grabbed it and tumbled away from the dragon, where it swatted its paw a second late. The crowd was already cheering as they saw I had the egg. I smiled and held up the egg. The cheering became even louder, with everyone standing. My family's cheers were the loudest to me. I went back behind the curtain and saw Harry was there.
"Hey, Harry." I greeted him with a smile. Harry looked up at me and smiled back. Bella came running in, carrying Nessie with her. I set the egg off to the side and I hugged them.
"You were great, Daddy." Nessie said, giggling. "Yes, he was great." Bella amended, kissing me on the cheek. "So, who's up next? Do you know Harry?" I asked him, turning around to face him. Before he could answer, Diane walked in and said, "I'm up next." She flashed me what was supposed to be an alluring smile, but I blanched in my throat.
I looked behind her and saw Harry was making choking motions, acting as if he was dying. I laughed and Bella giggled as we watched him act. Diane looked behind her and Harry instantly stopped, while we quieted. Diane glared Harry, then turned and gave Bella a glare before she went behind the curtain. "Next up is Diane Malgrey from Slytherin!" Dumbledore announced as she walked out.
When she was gone, Harry and I laughed while Bella smiled. "She's a witch!" Nessie cried, turning in Bella's arms and sticking her tongue out in the direction of Diane. (I know Nessie is acting very childish, when she's supposed to be serious, but I switched that a bit.) That made all of us laugh louder.
Soon, every wizard received the golden egg from their dragon. I asked Harry what we were suppose to do with it and he told me to open it in water.
(A very intimate scene is up next- sort of, so if think it'll be very awkward, then go ahead and skip. It's up to you.)
Once it was dark, Bella and I decided to go to a spring we found while we were hunting one evening, while we were wearing our bathing suits and I brought the egg.
We sat down in the water, with the egg off to the side, and swam around a bit. I basically watched as Bella span around in the water, saying when she was little, she used to act as a ballerina in the water, but she usually tripped or slipped while doing so. But now since she was a vampire, she could do anything gracefully. I just watched her with desire as she leaped around a little and span, basically doing everything a ballerina would do.
She caught my intense stare and asked, "What?" while giggling. I smiled at her and sank under the water. I swam up to her, while she was above the water, and I grabbed her waist, making her jump. I lifted my head out of the water, while lifting her into the air.
"Edward! Put me down now!" Bella yelled softly, giggling like crazy. I slowly let her down, but kept her close to my chest. "Sure, love." I whispered in her ear, causing her to shiver. I pulled us back under water, with her beautiful locks floating around her face. I smiled at her and she smiled back and kissed my cheek. She pulled back and giggled under the water, while I smiled.
I brought us back out from the water- Bella flipped her hair back- and we swam back to the edge. Good thing there was a little edge in the water for us to sit. I placed her on my lap and I kissed her neck repeatedly. She sighed happily and laid against my chest.
"Don't you think we should open the egg now?" Bella asked quietly after a few moments of silence, looking as if she were thinking about something else, while I was still kissing her neck. I sighed and leaned away, while she got off my lap. I grabbed the egg and placed in the water, and turned the knob that was on top of it. Nothing happened, except bubbles floated to the surface. I looked at Bella, confused, and she shrugged. We went under water to see if the clue would be revealed under water.
Beautiful singing was playing under the water, while something gold and blue was coming from the egg. (Remember when Harry opened the egg and the music was playing? Well, think about that when reading the first sentence.) I looked over to Bella and she was staring at me.
We resurfaced and I closed the egg and set it off to the side. Bella and I stayed at the spring for awhile longer, doing very… um, personal things we needed to do, before we decided to dry off and head back.
Nessie and Jake were running around the castle- with Nessie giggling from his back- when we got back. Alice and Jasper were walking in the halls when they saw us. "So, what's the clue?" Jasper asked me as they came up to us. I shrugged and Bella did the same.
We walked around for a bit, but, what I thought that couldn't happen, happened.
Demetri suddenly crashed through the glass window near us, making glass fly everywhere. Jasper, Alice, Bella and I gasped, then snarled and crouched before him, while nearby students ran away screaming for any professors nearby.
"Demetri…" We snarled at him. "Hello, Cullens." Demetri smirked, staring at Bella. I snarled again at him. Luckily, Nessie and Jake wasn't anywhere near us. Alice shouted the knock out spell at him, and he went flying backwards, before we ran off. We warned any students that we passed to get to their chambers. We ran into the staircase room and we saw Harry, Hermione and Ron walking up the stairs.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione!" I yelled them, causing them to look up at us. "Get to the chambers now!" I shouted before I felt Demetri behind us. I turned around with my family to see him there. We turned around and jumped to the nearest moving staircase. Demetri stopped before he jumped after us, and smelled the air. He hissed and, a few flights above us, Carlisle, Esme, Emmett and Rosalie came in, with Professor Dumbledore and a few others following behind them.
Carlisle, Esme, Emmett and Rosalie jumped down from a few stairs and soon were standing in front of Demetri, blocking his way. Demetri clicked his tongue at us. "Tsk, tsk, Cullens. I didn't think all of you would go against the Volturi's rules. Shame." Demetri smiled evilly at us.
"Leave, Demetri." Emmett growled at him. Alice and Jasper went back up to help them, while Bella and I moved down to where Ron, Harry and Hermione were still frozen on the stairs.
"Oh, but why should I, Emmett? I could easily call up the Dementors and have them destroy all of the wizards here. Plus, I could easily finish off all of you while doing so." Demetri moved into a crouch.
Before he could make a move, The pack came running out of different doors- all in wolf form. They came running down the stairs and soon were crouching on all different levels of stairs. "Get Ron, Hermione and Harry back to the chambers, Bella and Edward!" Carlisle shouted to us.
Bella and I agreed and with the trio in front of us, we ran down the halls towards the Gryffindor chambers. But, Demetri came skidding out from a corner, smiling wickedly. Harry pulled out his wand and shouted "Avada Kadavra!" at him, instantly stunning him. We ran from him, while our family, along with wolves, tore him limb from limb and burned the pieces, getting rid of the tracker.
Soon, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Bella and I were running into the Gryffindor common room, with all of our friends sitting around on the couches.
"What happened you guys?" Ginny asked us. Bella and I told our part of the story, with Ron, Hermione and Harry cutting us off to tell their own story. "So, this was the famous tracker you told us about?" Fred asked. I nodded.
"What happened to him then?" Luna asked. "Our family, along with the wolves, were tearing him apart and burning the pieces when we were leaving." Bella told her. "Is that the way to kill a vampire?" Neville asked quietly. I nodded, before adding, "It's the only way."
"Where's Nessie?" Ginny asked Bella. We told her we last saw her with Jake, but he was with the others while they were killing Demetri, and she wasn't on his back. We left the room, with the others following.
"So, you guys don't know where she is?" George asked as we ran. I nodded to him. We started calling out for her, trying to get her yell back to us. But, all we got was the sound of our shoes slapping against the stone marble floors. I asked Eric and Izzy if they have seen her and they said the last time they saw her was Jake was taking her to Hagrid's hut.
We ran down to his hut and saw he was standing outside, looking up at the sky. "What are you looking at Hagrid?" Harry asked him. "Oh, jus' watchin' somethin' up in thee sky…" Hagrid trailed off thoughtfully. "That's it?" Fred asked him. He nodded.
Suddenly, a dark creature, that looked like a black horse with wings, but was rather skinny, came soaring past us, with my giggling daughter hanging onto it.
"Was that Nessie?!" Bella yelled out, panicking immediately. "Oh, don't be worryin', Bella. Nessie's fine up there. Ye trust er' with Jacob, don't ya?" Hagrid asked her back, watching Nessie fly around. "Well- I um, sure- I guess but…" Bella stumbled, not finding the right words. "She does trust him, and she trust you, Hagrid. Its just sometimes we don't trust our daughter when it comes to safety." I answered for Bella, now looking up at the sky, watching Nessie fly.
Finally, when it was time for the students to head in for bed, Nessie came down with the creature and walked back with us to Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred and George, Neville and Nessie went off to bed when we got back to the common room, while Luna walked back to her house chambers.
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The next day was the second task for the Triwizard Tournament. Everyone in the school, and from the two schools walked to the lake that was outside of the school. We had to take boats to the stands, which were in the water, and I didn't see Bella all morning.
"Have you seen your mother, Nessie?" I asked her before left the school in the morning. "No, she told me that a professor wanted to speak to her this morning."
Harry told me the same thing happened with Ron and Hermione. So, we were now sitting in a boat- the five other wizards and I- while I was wondering what happened to my wife.
Lily also told me Des went missing too, before we had to leave this morning. I nodded towards her. "We'll probably see them when this task is over, Edward." Harry told me while shivering as a cold wind blew by. We were all wearing swimsuits, so that probably explained why the stands were in the water.
Soon, we were at the stands and we began the second task.
Probably not the longest chapter, I know.
Have to end here, because I need to go do something soon.
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See ya for the next chapter: Task 2 of the Triwizard Tournament!
~LionsAndLambsMakeAnAwesomePair~
