Hey, it's me! Here's the next chapter! Read and review! Today… the First Task!

Chapter 21

"Why am I doing this…" Gohan muttered as he silently leaped from tree to tree in the Forbidden Forest. Personally, he wasn't even sure why he was taking Cell's information seriously. After all, he tricked Gohan into injuring two of his friends, causing Hufflepuff to become even more bloodthirsty against him. Then, a roar made him snap out of his thoughts. He blinked as he leaped forward again, and blinked as he stopped at the edge of a clearing. He gaped at what he was staring at. There were five cages in the field, with wizards in robes running around, yelling out commands to each other. Inside each of the cages, was a large dragon.

"Whoa!" Gohan blinked as he stared down. The dragons were roaring and shooting fire out of their mouths, burning everything in their range.

"Impressed?" Gohan whirled to see Cell floating to his left.

"I want to injure you so badly right now. That was an extremely dirty trick." Gohan snarled at him. Cell chuckled.

"I needed to make a clean getaway, and I don't have enough numbers to make a sacrifice. Anyway… your first task. Magnificent, is it not?" Cell smirked.

"Those dragons are angry." Gohan frowned.

"Not all dragons are as nice as your pet." Cell chuckled. Then, he looked down.

"Well well, look who it is. The idiot gatekeeper." Gohan looked down in confusion to see no other than…

"Hagrid? Madame Maxine?" Gohan blinked in surprise at the couple.

"Kakaroff was here earlier too. I have a feeling Potter and Diggory are the only ones in the dark. Oh, the fun I could do with a few snapped locks…" Cell smirked.

"Don't even think about it." Gohan snarled. Cell laughed.

"You are a riot, boy…" Cell chuckled as he smoked a cigar.

"Do you realize how bad that is for you?" Gohan glared. Cell blew smoke in his face and laughed.

"Ironic from you." Cell chuckled.

"Why the hell are you telling me all this?" Cell smirked at Gohan.

"My benefit. You win, you look even more like a jerk. Besides, it's a riot to watch you play!" Cell chuckled. Gohan frowned as he looked back.

"So…" Gohan trailed off when he saw that Cell had disappeared.

"Oh, that bastard." Gohan muttered as his aura surrounded him. He took off back towards the castle. However, Gohan didn't notice a familiar person pull off his cloak and stare up.

"Gohan?" Harry said with a hint of surprise.

The Next Day…

The castle was abuzz with excitement, with students from all three schools heading out towards the large stadium that had been built recently for the First Task.

"Phew!" Gohan grinned as he stood on the top of the Astronomy Tower, watching all the ruckus.

"Never gets old." Gohan turned with a smile to see Piccolo and Bardock standing behind him.

"You came!" Gohan grinned.

"Hmph. Of course. These tournament… they never end well." Piccolo sighed.

"Heh. Ten bucks says Diggory dies. He's a weak moron." Bardock grinned.

"That's mean." Gohan frowned at him. Bardock laughed.

"On Planet Vegeta, we used to attend the gladiator games and bet on who would live and who would die! It was fun! We used prisoners to do it. Quite entertaining." Bardock chuckled.

"This isn't planet Vegeta, gramps." Gohan glared at him.

"Hmmmm… so, like the outfit?" Bardock glanced at Gohan. His current outfit was a gold and red armor with a red cape going down the back, with the Gryffindor emblem on his chest.

"Remember, Gohan. These dragons are not like the one you used to play with before. These are vicious creatures, that will try to kill you." Piccolo glared at him.

"Yeah, thanks. Root for me!" Gohan grinned as he took off into the air, leaving the two Z Fighters to glare after him. He landed down in front of the champions tent, and strode in as he flicked the edges open, letting him stride in. Everyone else was already there. Krum glanced up and strode to Gohan.

"May the best man win, Gohan." Krum smirked as he held his hand out. Gohan grinned as he shook Krum's hand.

"So be it." He laughed. Then, the champions turned to see Bagman, Dumbledore, and the Headmasters walk in.

"Welcome to the first task, everyone! First thing… impressive outfit, Mr. Son." Bagman grinned.

"Thanks." Gohan grinned back.

"Second… once again, welcome! Today's challenge is to get a golden egg… from the dragon guarding it. The egg has a clue to the next challenge. So, put your hand in this bag, and pick your dragon! Each one is a small representation of each real dragon. Mr. Krum?" Bagman held the bag out to him. Krum reached his hand in, and pulled out a tiny scarlet dragon.

"Well well, the Chinese Firebolt! Interesting, Krum! Mr. Son?" Bagman held the bag out ho him. Gohan frowned as he reached his hand in, and pulled out a silver dragon. It had green eyes, a spiked tail, clawed feet, and a silver tone to its skin. It also had spikes going down the back.

"Ahhhh, the American Spikeback! A rather tricky one." Gohan frowned as he looked at the little dragon in his hand. It was actually kind of cute. He blinked and looked up to see Harry pull out his dragon.

"The Hungarian Horntail! A nasty one!" Bagman beamed. Harry just stared at the dragon in his hand.

"He acts like he's seen it before…" Gohan thought curiously as Fleur and Cedric pulled their dragons out.

"Now, let it begin! Mr Diggory, you'll be first. On the count of…" Bagman was interrupted by the sound of a cannon blast. Cedric gulped, and then slowly walked through the curtain, getting cheers in response. Gohan sighed as he sat down Indian style, and breathed as he closed his eyes. Then, he levitated above the ground.

"Whet is ee deing?" Fleur asked curiously as she walked in front of Gohan and held her hand out. She yelped when a spark hit her in the hand.

"Yeah, don't do that. He's surrounded by an invisible energy field. Does this every time he's meditating." Harry explained. Fleur nodded in a bit of confusion. It went rather quickly, until…

"Gohan?" Gohan's eyes snapped open, sending the wave around him flying out, startling Bagman.

"Hmmm?" Gohan asked as he dusted himself off.

"You're up, son. Good luck." Bagman chuckled as he patted Gohan on the back. Gohan smirked.

"Thanks." He smirked as he strode out of the tent, getting roars and cheers in response.

"Yeah!" Gohan grinned as he raised his arms into the air. Then, he narrowed his eyes, and leaped into the air. A second later, a large spiked tail slammed exactly where he had been a second before.

"Woo!" Gohan sighed as he flipped several times, landing upright on a rock and finally taking in the situation. He was in a large arena, completely stone. Across the arena from him, was the American Spineback, growling at him. He glanced down, to see a group of eggs clustered together at the dragon's feet. And, glistening in the sun among the eggs… was the golden egg.

"Okay… get the egg. That shouldn't be that hard." Then, Gohan leaped into the air to avoid the stream of fire that shot out of the dragon's mouth.

"Jeez! You are not like Icarus!" Gohan yelped as he bounced off the ground. He hit the wall and bounced back, shooting towards the egg. Unfortunately, the tail slammed into his side, causing him to fly into the stands, getting yells and shouts in response.

"Jeez, that looked painful. The spineback's nasty." Gohan blinked to stare right into no other than Jenny's face.

"Preciate it." Gohan smirked as he leaped back in, getting cheers in response as he landed on his feet.

"Hmph. I can't use brute force. I could kill it, but I don't want to do that either…" the dragon roared as it fired another fire stream at Gohan.

"Aguamenti!" Gohan yelled as he whipped his wand out, extinguishing the fire. He narrowed his eyes as the dragon spit fire once again. Gohan arched his wand out at the fire, turning it into a lasso and whirling it around to nail the dragon in the face, causing it to roar and stumble back. He flew into the air, and shot down to hit the dragon in the head, causing it to roar once, and smash to the ground, creating a wall of smoke. When the smoke cleared, Gohan was standing on top of the dragon's head, holding out the golden egg in his hand. For a minute, there was silence. Then, the arena erupted with roars and cheers as men rushed the field and surrounded the dragon.

"Well done, my boy, well done! That was magnificent!" Bagman laughed as he rushed onto the field and shook Gohan's hand. He simply nodded.

"Hah! Been a long time since I've seen men fight like that!" Moody chuckled as he walked up beside Gohan.

"Thank you." Gohan smirked as he glanced at the group of judges.

"Do pardon me, I must go confer with the judges. Do go get yourself checked out by the nurse, just in case." Bagman rushed towards the table, his robes flapping about him. Gohan nodded as McGonagall rushed up beside him.

"Come with ne, Mr. Son. We must make sure that you are alright." Gohan nodded as she led him to a white tent. He pushed the flaps open to see Madame Pompry tending to Cedric, who had a white paste smeared on the left size of his face. Harry was sitting in a nother bed with the same paste on his left leg. Krum and Fleur were already up and about.

"That was quite impressive, Gohan! Long have I heard of your talent, but to see it up close is astounishing!" Krum beamed as he shook Gohan's hand. Gohan chuckled as he glanced at Harry.

"Harry, the broom, really? I taught you better than that." Gohan chuckled. Harry smirked as he looked up at Gohan.

"You've got your tricks, and I've got mine." Harry chuckled.

"You did alright yourself, Fleur." Gohan smirked. She simply glanced at him and scoffed.

"Ummmm…" Gohan turned to see Ginny poke her head in.

"Yeah?" Gohan asked.

"The judges are back." She said. Gohan smirked as he stepped out of the tent, to see the judges sitting at the table. Madame Maxine held her wand up first. Then, a spiral of smoke flew out and formed into a 7.

"Not bad…" Gohan chuckled. Then, Kakaroff made a 5, getting boos in response.

"You gave Krum a ten!" he heard Ron yell with anger.

"Prejudiced moron." Gohan smirked. Dumbledore raised his wand and shot out an eight, getting cheers. Then, to Gohan's surprise, Bagman shot out a 10.

"Thanks!" Gohan chuckled. Finally, Percy shot out a seven, which Gohan smiled at. He glanced up to see Piccolo and Bardock standing near the top of the stadium. Piccolo gave Gohan a small smile as Bagman stood up.

"The next event will take place after the holidays! And trust me, you'll enjoy it!" Bagman chuckled.

"That was spectacular!" Hermione smiled.

"Hmph." Hermione frowned as she glanced to her left to see a cloaked man leaning on the edge, looking down.

"Ummm… who are you?" Hermione asked. The figure chuckled as he glanced at her.

"You already know, Granger." The figure chuckled as his eyes glowed purple. Then, he whirled and leaped off the back of the stadium. Hermione seemed to be the only one who had noticed. When Hermione stared down the edge… he was gone.

"Cell." She said softly.

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