Harry saw something that immediately surprised him, upon his entrance to the Common Room: Ron was actually sitting by the fire waiting for him. "Hey Harry. Hermione told me about the First Task, and I just wanted to say I'm sorry mate. I've always know you have never willingly chose danger, but I was still a bit jealous. That's no excuse though, from now on I'm going to help you all I can." Ron said. Harry dropped his bag, and hugged his friend, then said "glad that we're speaking to each other again mate." Hermione, as well as everybody else in the Common Room, looked at the two then muttered under her breath "Boys." to which Angelina nodded her head slowly.
The days went by, and with their lesson, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were kept busy until a familiar face showed itself in Hogwarts on that Friday. "Sirius, what are you doing here?" Harry asked his godfather, after hugging him. Sirius looked Harry up and down, then said "Albus gave me permission to be here the day before and the day of your task to help you remember?" Harry in all honestly forgotten, between all of his classes, and his mastering new spells, charms, and curses. He answered honestly "I forgot about that," he started saying, as nervousness crept up on him "wait the First Task is tomorrow?"
Harry started sweating and pacing around, while his godfather and two best friends tried to calm him down. Their attempts were unsuccessful, until a familiar voice rang over there heads. "Oh Harry, you'll be fine. After all, you were the best in Defense Against the Dark Arts when I taught it." Everyone turned around to see Remus Lupin. Harry walked up to him, and hugged him as well. "Remus, what are you doing here?" Sirius asked. Professor Lupin answered "the same as you Sirius. Helping young Harry out with his training." Lupin turned towards Harry, and said "now as I understand it Harry, you'll be going up against dragons, and they are a right piece of work. Especially the Hungarian Horntail. Very few spells can work against them, but some can. The Conjunctivitis Curse will certainly work, if you aim it at the dragon's eyes. Stunners only work when it's more than one stunner casted at the dragon. Other than that, those are your only options."
Harry contemplated this, then said "but what if I'm supposed to get past a dragon? Wouldn't it be better if I tried to sneak around it?" This time Sirius spoke up, and said "Trying to sneak past a dragon is like trying to sneak past old Alastor without him knowing you're there. It's impossible. They have an extremely acute sense of smell, and could tell where you are instantly." Harry sighed, then they all walked towards the courtyard. They were walking past a tree, when Harry heard Draco's obnoxious voice "Hey Potter! My father and I have a bet you see. I reckon you won't last ten minutes in this tournament." Draco jumped off the tree branch, and walked towards Harry. "He disagrees. He doesn't think you'll last five."
Harry stood in front of Malfoy, and said loud enough so everybody could hear "I don't give a damn what your father thinks Malfoy. He's vile and cruel, and you're just pathetic." Sirius, Ron, Hermione, and even Lupin were laughing at Draco as Harry walked away from him. Draco pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry, when Professor Moody came out of nowhere and transfigured Malfoy into a ferret. As he levitated the ferret into the air, he moved his wand up and down, causing the ferret to go up and down "You stinking, cowardly, scummy, backstabbing…" Everyone except Crabbe and Goyle were laughing at Malfoy, then Professor McGonagall came, and asked "Professor Moody, what are you doing?" He replied "teaching" as he pulled open Goyle's pants, and placed the ferret inside them. Professor McGonagall was shocked, then asked "Is that a student?" Professor Moody shook his head, and said "Technically, it's a ferret."
The ferret came crawling out of Goyle's right pants leg, and Professor McGonagall transfigured Malfoy back into a student. Professor Moody stood there, as Malfoy looked around wildly. Malfoy then yelled "My father will hear about this!" Moody started chasing Malfoy, while saying "Is that a threat? I can tell you stories about your father, that'll curl even your greasy hair." Professor McGonagall pointed her wand at Professor Moody, and said threateningly "Alastor, we do not use Transfiguration as a punishment. Surely Dumbledore has told you that?" Moody mumbled something that sounded like "he might've mentioned it."
Professor McGonagall looked out at the crowd that the scene attracted, and said "all of you, go back to what you were doing! Nothing to see here!" The crowd departed, but by this time, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, and Lupin were howling at what happened to Malfoy. Harry said betweens peals of laughter "Did you see the look on that git's face? I've never seen him look that terrified before." The non-stop laughter ended when they went to the Fat Lady's portrait, and told her the password (Balderdash).
They spent the rest of the afternoon talking about Harry's parents, and about some of the pranks they used to pull when they were still students in Hogwarts. From all of the stories Harry heard, it really did sound like they would've gave Fred and George a run for their money. It was half past midnight when they finished, and Sirius said "Well that's enough for one day, you better be off to bed Harry. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow." Harry reluctantly walked to the Boys' Dormitory, and changed into his pajamas. Today was the best day of his life: he had Ron back as a friend, watched Malfoy get publicly humiliated, and heard stories of his father that he never would've thought of. He slowly drifted off to sleep, only to be met with the same nightmare again.
He woke up hours later in the same condition he always woke up in, sweaty and panting. He went to the bathroom to take a quick shower, then got dressed in his Triwizard Champion clothes. He went to the Common Room to find that Sirius and Lupin were already awake, and so was Ron and Hermione. "Good Morning Harry." Hermione said. Sirius got up, and put his hands on both of Harry's shoulders "you look so much like your father Harry, except for the eyes. You've always had your mother's eyes. I want you to know that if you ever need anything, and I mean anything, come straight to me okay?" Harry had a devilish grin on his face when his godfather said that.
"Actually Sirius, there's two things you can do for me." Harry said. Sirius looked at his godson and asked "And what might those two things be Harry?" Harry started opening his mouth, when all of the other students started coming to the Common Room. "I'll tell you later." Harry said, still holding the devilish grin on his face.
