AN: Here's chapter 35...
Disclaimer: Not mine…
Hermione's POV
Since it was the night before the second task, we planned on getting sleep instead of staying up late and drinking as usual. Since our friends were practically alcoholics, this was hard for them I bet…
Alex was exceptionally quiet since her mother's accident. Her mother was recovering better than what the doctors expected. Alex said she was even up when her, her dad, and Ron got there.
Even though this was joyous news, I could tell that she was still a little down about the whole situation. Of course she wasn't talking and she wasn't as vibrant looking as she was a week ago. She seemed a little, gothic I guess…
It was 8:30pm as we sat in the Head's common room. We were with our perspective 'partner', either under a blanket snuggled or without a blanket snuggled.
Alex's phone rung from the coffee table behind her and Ron's couch. She pealed herself from Ron and went to go get it. "'Scuse me guys." she said and walked out the common room.
"Does she seem a little quiet to yall?" Fernando asked. We nodded. "I was juss thinkin' that man. I guess I would be too…" Jackie said. They agreed. "I hate to see her like that." Yalonda said sadly.
"Yeah! It feels weird without her making fun of my accent." Mariah said which made us laugh. Alex walked in with a small smile plastered on her face. I smiled.
"What's got so you happy?" Allic asked. "Well, my dad said he walked in my mom's hospital room and it was empty.-" We gasped while she chuckled. "No, she had already left and she was at home! They let her out early."
Some let out sighs of relief as others applauded and cheered for the good news. She smiled widely. This was the best we'd seen her since the accident.
I gasped. A tear slid down her cheek. "I'm sorry guys. I'm juss… so happy." she said before Ron got up to hug her. She quickly wiped her face with her hands and breathed in and out sharply.
"No one say anything about what yall saw here tonight." We laughed. She laughed a little too. I think she's actually back!
"Never act like that again Alex! You scared us." Harry said with a grin. She smiled. "Hopefully that'll be my lass time. That wasn't fun at all. But anywho, I'm finna see my mom. Ron, wanna come with me?" He nodded.
So after they put there shoes on and sweaters, we said our goodbyes to them as they disappeared. "I guess we should go too. We have a big day tomorrow." Jackie said with a stretch.
I curled my lip under playfully. He laughed and hugged me. Everyone walked out the common room except for me and Jackie. "Do you want me to spend the night with you?" he asked.
I blushed while looking down. I actually did want him to spend the night. I was just afraid of what could happen, or would I be able to control myself. I find him sort of irresistible at times…
"Um… Maybe another time. I haven't prepared my room for company and I think I'm a bad sleeper-" "Hermione! It's ok if you don't want me to be with you tonight. Juss say no, I won't be mad…" he said before placing a kiss on my lips.
I smiled. "Sorry. I didn't want to upset you." I said while we walked closer to the portrait door. He placed his hand on the side of my face and leaned his head down to my level.
At first he gave me several chaste kisses. He would tease me by opening his mouth but pulling back. I whimpered and frowned up at him. He chuckled. "Am I makin' you mad baby?" he asked with a seductive voice as he stroked my face. I nodded with an annoyed look.
He smirked. "Then make me kiss you." he whispered. I smirked as well as I grabbed his face with both hands. "Kiss me." I said forcefully as our lips joined.
He moaned slightly as I bit his bottom lip teasingly. "Damn." he said with a chuckle. I laughed before having my mouth attacked by his. His tongue seemed to be taking a tour around my mouth and somehow found its way at the roof of my mouth.
I moaned as we continue to battle each other. His hands started to roam under my shirt which made me open my eyes. I pulled back and smiled. "Goodnight." He grimaced but smiled anyway.
"Goodnight baby. Now I have somethin' to think about." he whispered in my ear before kissing my neck. I grinned while biting my lip. "Um, you're welcome?" He laughed.
"Um Jackie? Are you walking with us or what?" Yalonda asked while walking back into the common room. She stopped and narrowed her eyes. A smirk formed from her mouth.
"Never mind guys. I think he's staying." she yelled as she exited. We laughed. "Not yet, anyways…" he said with a smile. I nodded. "But maybe soon, with a kiss like that." I whispered in his ear before kissing it.
He shivered as I laughed. "Damn." he said for a second time. We hugged for a last time as we walked outside the portrait door. The Air-Hawks were walking down the hall to the stairs.
"Wait!" he yelled which made them turn around. Draco was with them as well, I'm guessing walking Yalonda to her room. "It didn't take that long at all I see." Fernando said which made them laugh.
Jackie rolled his eyes and gave me a quick kiss. "Night baby." he said and walked away. "Night." I called to him. Well that was interesting…
I woke up the next day on my own. I remember debating to myself rather to set my alarm clock or not. I looked over to my digital clock.
6:45 am. Why did I wake up so early? I guess I was just so excited about today's events. The bed was just so comfortable that I just couldn't bare to get up. Maybe some television would help!
I summoned my remote to my flat screen T.V. that was sat on a T.V. stand in the front of my room. With a couple spells, I had unlimited channels with good reception.
I settled for cartoons just to put me in a good mood. I remember how I use to wake up early just to watch cartoons with a big bowl of cereal. This being only a few years ago…
The next time I looked at my digital clock, it was 8:45. I gasped and got up from my warm bed. Draco was brushing his teeth with a big towel manually wrapped around his waist.
He spit and then rinsed. "Good morning 'Mione! It's going to be a wonderful day! Did you just wake up?" I shook my head. "I've been up since 6:45 watching my T.V." he nodded.
"So I did here a witch cackling in my sleep." he said with a smug smile. I narrowed my eyes with a smile. "Shut up Draco. I need to shower.-" "Indeed." he said before chuckling.
I smirked. "So, you need to get out." he nodded and picked up last night's pajamas and exited the bathroom. I turned on the shower water to make it warm up.
I stripped and walked in the shower. It still smelled like Draco's soap, which smelled very manly. I inhaled sharply and smiled. That smelled so good…
I walked in my room with a towel wrapped around my naked body and wet hair. "Mmm…" I heard someone groan. I jumped and nearly dropped my towel. I turned around to see my lovely boyfriend behind me grinning.
I huffed while rolling my eyes. "You scared me!" I said while going in my closet. "I just wanted to surprise you baby." I heard him say. I rolled my eyes. He just wanted to see me naked.
I was dressed fully in light gray jogging pants, a maroon logo shirt with a matching hoody jacket, and white socks. My swimming attire was underneath everything.
I decided to dry my hair even though it'll get wet later on. I walked out of my closet to find Jackie watching cartoons. They looked to be American.
As I made my bed I listened to the cartoon and Jackie's laughter. "Man, I love this cartoon." he said as I sat next to him. I summoned my white shoes and began to put them on.
As I listened more to the show, it was indeed funny! "What's the name of this show?" He grinned. "It's called Chowder. It's freakin' hilarious man!" We watched the rest of it before heading down to breakfast.
We sat at our table with Ron, Alex, Harry, and Mariah. We began to eat and chat. I made sure to eat enough so that I could stay focus during the second task.
Alex wasn't talking, but looking off, as in thought. "Alex, are you ok?" I asked. She shrugged. "I'm ok, it's just… I don't know about this task man." I frowned while everyone looked around at each other.
"What do you mean Alex?" Harry asked. She shrugged. "It's juss… I don't know how to swim." I gasped as Jackie covered his mouth to cover his laughter.
"Alex, why didn't you tell someone? We would've helped you somehow." I said. She shrugged. "I guess I was occupied with other stuff. It juss kinda slipped my mind I guess.." she said before sipping the remainder of her orange juice.
"Well man, I don't know what to tell ya. All I know is, you better not make us lose man…" Jackie said. I nudged him in his side. He flinched and shrugged. "Maybe there's someway you and someone from our team can pull out." I suggested.
She shook her head. "I'm stayin' in the race. I juss gotta think of somethin'." She looked off again and was lost in thought immediately. Jackie rolled his eyes.
Everyone else started to poor in and began eating breakfast. Alex told them her trouble, in which the boys began to laugh. I sighed and crossed my arms. Sensing that I was a little annoyed, Jackie cleared his throat.
"Well, maybe there's a spell or somethin' that you can use Alex. You should ask your dad or somethin'." he said. I smiled. "I could see. I'll see yall at the competition." she said and got up.
"Maybe you can use swimmin' wings." Fernando suggested before laughing. The boys except for Ron laughed. He shook his head and continued to eat his third plate.
"That's not funny you know. I don't know how to swim either." Millicent argued while glaring at Blaise. "Well… it's just funny man." Allic said with a grin.
"It actually won't be if she drowns so stop laughing." Yalonda said defensively. "Yeah, my cousin died when he fell in a pool and drowned." Lavender added.
The boys looked off, guilt showing on their faces. "We didn't mean it like that. We were just playing." Draco said, sounding guilty. "Well, maybe you guys should put yourselves in someone else's shoes for a change." I said.
Jackie smirked. I frowned. 'I love a bossy woman." I heard in my thoughts. I grinned and continued to eat. Today was going to be fun…
The competition was to start at 3:00pm. Around 2:30 everyone began to walk down to the big lake aside from the lake with the squid in it. It wasn't exactly on the side of the squid's lake, but behind the school near Hagrid's hut.
It was 25 degrees outside as everyone huddled themselves in the tall stands that stood around us. I still wore my jogging pants and hoody with my swimming suit underneath.
I placed a warming spell on my team robes and smiled as the sensation kept my top half warm. The American team hadn't come out yet which just left me, Draco, Ron, Ginny, and Blaise.
Speaking of the devils, they walked out on the field bundled in snow hats, gloves, scarves, and their letterman jackets. The Americans cheered as their team stood next to us.
Their winter wear had their school name on it and above the writing was a hawk. I looked at the big clock on the castle. It was about 2:55 now. The stands were filled with students and other spectators.
Dumbledore appeared in front of us which made us jump. He chuckled. "Didn't mean to scare you. Are you all ready for the task ahead of you?" We nodded.
He cleared his voice to where everyone could hear him. The crowd began to cheer. I looked over to Jackie who was grinning widely. He looks so amazing with his beautiful eyes, that were beaming at the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the second task of the Bi-Wizard Tournament!" The crowd continued to cheer.
"The opposing teams will go through another obstacle course, this time retrieving items and bringing them back up to the surface. Once the items are put on this table-" Dumbledore gestured to an empty space behind him.
The Air-Hawks began to snicker as Dumbledore looked behind himself. He placed his hand on his forehead and began to laugh. He summoned a small wood table.
"This table, that is. Once they put the item on this table, they are to tag the next person to go and the next person is to retrieve another item in a different area of the lake. There will be arrows that will magically appear to show them where the item is."
I glanced over at Alex. She was looking around at the audience and had a small smile on her face. I wonder if she found a way to swim.
"Contestants you may go in those tents over there to change into your swimming suits. Yes, it will cold." he said with a smile.
All the girl contestants went in one tent and the boys went in the other. All the girls except for Alex began to undress. "Whatcha waitin' for Alex?" Yalonda asked. She shrugged.
"I can't undress while everyone's just lookin' at me man." "We're all girls here Alex. We know what you have under there." Ginny said, now stripped down to a skimpy teal blue one piece bathing suit.
Alex rolled her eyes and took off her clothes to reveal a dark red two piece bathing suit. Yalonda whistled before giggling. "You're so childish man. Where's my shirt?"
She looked behind herself to see her black school shirt and slipped it over her head. Yalonda huffed. "I don't know why we have to have shirts. We should be without them…" she said.
Alex shook her head. "No. There's too many people in the crowd that will talk about me. I should've worn like a, body suit or somethin'." she said while taking her hair down.
I was also in a two piece that was midnight blue. My body wasn't as curvy like I wanted it to be, but it got the most attractive guy in the whole world! Alex's and Yalonda's body were more curvier than me and Ginny's body by a long shot.
Me and Ginny's shirt magically appeared in front of us. We quickly put them on. It had Gryffindor colors that had a, well, Gryffindor on it with our last name on the back of our shirts in gold letters. I'm guessing our shirts vary with each person in our team…
Alex put on her shirt. I didn't see what the problem was. She had a nice body. She just had a little more meat on her bone than we did, but it wasn't repulsive or anything.
We walked outside where the boys were waiting for us by the lake on the dock. Jackie whistled as we walked closer to them. "Damn." I heard Raymond said while frowning.
The boys were looking rather gorgeous being that all of them had visible 6 packs. The best being, of course, my boyfriend. His body was more thicker than the other boys and his 6 pack was more cut.
He smiled as stood next to him. "You look quite delicious." he said which made me laugh. "Gee thanks honey. You look amazing yourself." He grinned. "I know." he said. I laughed.
"Contestants, you have two minutes to figure out the order you would like to go in. We will begin at 3:05." Dumbledore told us and walked over to where we were previously standing.
My team grouped together and began discussing the order. I was to be 3rd after Ginny. Draco was first followed by Ginny and me. Ron was after me and Blaise was last.
We lined up in the order that we were going. I was up against Raymond who winked at me. I smiled and looked at the rest of their line. Jackie was first then Yalonda. Raymond was next then Allic and Alex was last.
She looked a little nervous and was looking straight at the body of water in front of us. Raymond turned around and said something that made both of them laugh.
Soon we were nearly ice sickles standing in freezing weather with swimming suits on. It seemed that 3:05 would never get here. Draco and Blaise's shirt were indeed different.
Their shirts were Slytherin green with a snake on the front with Slytherin under the snake. Their writing was in silver. Blaise's shirt seemed to be clinging to him. His chest was nearly busting out of the shirt!
"Ladies and Gentlemen! The second task shall commence on my mark." Wait a second. What temperature was the water? "Professor?" I called. He looked back with his eyebrows up.
"Is the water as cold as the air?" He shook his head with smile. "I placed a warming spell on the whole lake. Don't worry, you all won't be frozen to death." I smiled and nodded. Duh, the lake isn't frozen!
"That was a good question man. I was juss thinkin' that." Raymond said with a grin. I nodded. "Just making sure." "On your mark…" Draco and Jackie walked to the end of the dock.
Draco rolled his neck and his shoulders around to warm himself up. Jackie did the same while jogging in place. "Get set…" They got into place. "Go!!" The crowd cheered as they jumped in the lake.
A screen magically appeared on both sides of the dock. They faced the crowd so that they can see what's happening under the water.
Draco had grown gills on both sides of his face and had webbed limbs. He was swimming forward until a red arrow appeared in front of him. It pointed to the left. He looked over to the left before swimming that way.
The only thing that was changed on Jackie was his back. Protruding from his back was a bubble that was ballooning in and out. He had nothing on his nose, no webbed feet, just that bubble.
His arrow pointed to the right. As he swam that way, the water became darker. Unfortunately the water became more darker. Draco's water was as clear as day and he was still receiving arrows.
We saw that the water was darker on one side than the other. We could see that it was getting hard for Jackie to see. He tried to fan in front of himself so that maybe he could clear his path. It didn't work.
Suddenly a thick webbed fin came out of nowhere and slapped Jackie across his face. I gasped and everyone grimaced. Judging by his mouth, he had said a few naughty words…
He continued to swim forward as arrows showed visibly in front of him. Draco had encounter a water pixie. Even though it was small it was quite dangerous.
They throw water bubbles that had something that could cut you, or a dangerous spell. It through a couple of fast ones at Draco which he couldn't move fast enough because of the water.
The bubbles cut his arm and his chest. A slit was placed across the snake's head on Draco's shirt, where blood was flowing out in the water. "My pooky!" Yalonda said while covering her mouth.
He brought out his wand from his pocket and cast a paralyzing spell on the pixie, judging by the pixie's last facial expression. He continued swimming wherever the arrows pointed him to.
Jackie's side of the water was still dark and appeared to have gotten darker. He had a determined look on his face that made me smile. He looked good that way…
Another slap in the head wiped the smile off my face. This time the water cleared to reveal a giant merman thing…
It was about four times bigger than Jackie, very muscular, and looked very mean. He had a long gray beard like an old man and had a bald scalp. He held a silver pole to his side as stared evilly at Jackie.
Jackie rose an eyebrow and looked beyond the giant merman. The arrow pointed down to dark blue disk. I'm guessing that's the item we have to retrieve…
Draco had encounter another water pixie. This one seemed to be faster than the previous one. The pixie was dodging every spell that Draco threw at it. The pixie continued to throw bubbles at him to cut any part of his body.
Finally Draco sent a massive charm around the perimeter he was in. This charm was to paralyze anything around from anywhere in 100 yards. The pixie fell to the bottom of the lake as Draco retrieved a black disk with all the house colors on it and began to swim to the surface.
We cheered along with our school. Jackie looked up. He must've heard us. He swam straight towards the giant merman. I widened my eyes as he was a few feet away from him. What was he doing?
Jackie suddenly turned sort of see-through and swam right through the merman. He grabbed the dark blue disk and began to swim up. I summoned a thick blanket and waited for him to reach the surface.
Draco was the first to reach the surface he swam over to the dock and tagged Ginny's hand. She quickly jumped in the water, which leaves me next!
The boys helped Draco out of the water, followed by Jackie who had already tagged Yalonda. They immediately began to chatter their teeth as the cold air hit their skin.
I wrapped the blanket around Jackie shoulder. He tugged it tighter to his skin and gave me a smile. One side of his face seemed to have been slightly swollen.
"Is it bad?" he asked while touching it with a free hand. I shook my head and shrugged. "I don't think so. You just need some ice on it." "Well hell, there's a lot of that around here." he said before we laughed.
Yolanda reached the surface first with scratches on her face that were bleeding. She tagged Raymond with a bloody hand and was helped out of the water by Draco and Jackie.
She placed the item on the table as Draco escorted her to the girls tent. I chewed the gilly weed and felt my skin stretching over my fingers and feet.
Ginny reached the surface with a deep cut on her shoulder. Now I was scared. She tagged me and I jumped in the water.
The water was indeed warm enough for comfort. If this wasn't a competition, I would've sworn we were in a Jacuzzi or something. The arrow pointed down in which I swam down.
It was getting darker the deeper I went, being that the sunlight was disappearing. I brought out my wand. "Lumos." I mouthed and a bright light erupted from my wand.
An ugly face appeared in front of me which made me jump. I almost dropped my wand but quickly grabbed it before it could fall to God knows where. The creature's shriek was so horrible that I had to cover my ears.
It sounded so eerie and scratchy. It looked to be a cross between a walrus and a dragon. It didn't have a long nose like a dragon, but had its feature and a walrus body.
It actually blew fire at me, in which I shielded myself from it. I tried throwing a paralyzing spell at it, but it disappeared before it could hit the monster.
I looked frantically around for the creature but couldn't see any trace of it. 'Hermione! Above you!!' I heard Jackie say. I quickly swam away before a stream of fire could hit me. How could there be fire under water?!
I had to quickly think of something I could do to get past the creature. What if the creature couldn't see the attack? That's it! I'll use the spell that I used on Alex.
I thought of my spell and saw an orange form behind the creature. I didn't want to kill the creature, just stun it. The spell was going to knock it out cold for a while however…
Suddenly the creature came charging towards me. I flicked my wand and watched as the ball traveled so fast that I didn't know that it got the monster until the monster stopped and fell to the bottom.
Another arrow pointed to the right so I swam that way. The disk was laying on a rock that looked sort of like a reef. That looked too easy to get. With a flick of my wand I sent a rock flying towards the disk. The rock began to disintegrate and did not make it to the disk.
I frowned. What was Dumbledore thinking? I know just the trick. I swam straight forward towards the disk. 'Hermione what are you doin'? Jackie asked, sounding worried.
'I know what I'm doing honey. I'll be fine, trust me.' I thought. 'Please be careful baby.' he said softly. I smiled and thought of the indestructible charm. I found this charm in a book that was in the restricted section of the library.
I grabbed the disk and started heading up to the surface. The charm wore off just as soon as a water pixie came at me with those bubbles. I was too close to the surface to do anything, so I just took the blows as I peaked my head through the surface.
I swam quickly to the dock along with Raymond who looked more worse than I did. We tagged the next person at the same time and were helped by the awaiting people.
Jackie practically picked me out the water himself. He wrapped me in a warm blanket and took me to the table first and then the girls tent so I could change.
Ginny was still getting her cuts treated by Madam Pomfrey. She smiled at me as I entered the tent. "Great job Hermione! I saw you from the opening." she said as Madam Pomfrey made a couple of the scratches on her chest disappear. There were still plenty left.
"Thank you. I was kind of scared." "No she wasn't! She was like Wonder Woman out there man." Jackie said with a grin. Ginny probably smiled because the name sounded funny. Of course she didn't know who Wonder Woman was.
We heard the crowd grimace. I quickly put back on my jogging pants, shirt and hoody, and my shoes. I dried my hair on my way out and kept the blanket around my shoulders.
I gasped and covered my mouth. Ron had a long slanted tear from his chest to his lower stomach. He was panting but still continued to battle the merman creature.
Alex looked more worried about Ron than her swimming. We were relieved to see that he retrieved the disk that was behind the merman thing. He slowly swam to the surface and over to the dock.
He tagged Blaise and was helped by the rest of the boys. He put the disk on the table and stumbled to the tents with the help of Draco. Alex watched with a worried face as Ron disappeared into the tent.
"He'll be fine. Just worry about the task." Raymond said while patting her on the back. She nodded and looked into the water. Allic appeared from the water as Blaise ducked under it.
Even with a bleeding ear, he swam quickly over to Alex and tagged her. She breathed in and out and jumped in while holding her nose. We helped Allic out and placed a blanket over his shoulders.
We watched eagerly as Alex swam slowly as she followed the arrows. Blaise was swimming fast as some type of sea serpent appeared in front of him. Alex was against the walrus thing that I went through.
Alex rose her hand and clenched a fist. The creature began to writhe until it exploded to leave bits and pieces falling around the water. She smirked and continued to swim. That wasn't evil at all…
Blaise had defeated the serpent by a body binding spell. The arrow pointed down, in which he quickly followed. Alex had quite a few water pixies on her hands. She rolled her eyes.
She mouthed something and they all were set on fire. She swam past them where another arrow pointed to the right. Dumbledore was looking at her intently, occasionally mumbling something and then shaking his head. I frowned but looked away.
Ahead of Blaise was the last disk. It sat on a rock entangled in poisonous flowers called Cactinias. They were beautiful like roses but of course were poisonous.
He muttered a few spells and the plants were sliced up. He grabbed the disk and was heading towards the surface along with Alex. We began to cheer them on.
Suddenly a vine sprung up and caught Blaise by the neck. While holding the disk he tore the vine with his teeth and broke free. Alex's head popped out first.
The Americans cheered loud as she was helped out the dock and put the last disk on the table. She smiled while panting. Blaise sprung his head out the water and swam over to the dock.
On his neck was a purple bruise wrapped around his throat. They helped him out the water and wrapped a blanket around him. He placed the disk on the table.
He smiled at Alex and gave her a hug. Dumbledore smiled and cleared his throat. "Ladies and gentlemen. Arizona Wizarding Academy has been awarded a point!" He said with a smile.
We clapped and cheered. "The next task will be held sometime after the winter break. Thank you for coming and good evening to you all." he finished.
"Congratulations Ms. Griffin. Good job to you Mr. Zabini. I didn't mean to make that tough on you all." "That wasn't tough." came the voice of Mr. Griffin. Mrs. Griffin stood next to him.
Alex and Raymond ran to their mother and hugged her. She smiled. "Good job baby! Yall both did good." she said. They thanked her. She gasped. "Baby, you're bleeding!" she said and wiped something off Alex's face.
Alex frowned and rubbed the spot that was bleeding. "Ow!" she said with a wince. "Go get fixed and put on some clothes before you freeze ya ass off." he dad said. We laughed.
Dumbledore had to tell us what our next task was, being that he had not put a clue in the task, again… The next task was being constructed by Mr. Griffin. I fear that it was going to be too physical after seeing what he can do so far.
Later on that day we all stayed inside in the fire-lit Head's common room. I cuddled with Jackie on the couch that we usually sat on. Ron was doing a lot better than earlier.
He had been put in the hospital being that he past out as Madam Pomfrey was trying to heal his scar. He woke up shortly after being placed and convinced Madam Pomfrey to let him go.
A pillow laid across his chest as Alex had her head on it. Most of us had bandages on some part of our body. Yalonda and Draco went upstairs to take a nap.
"Man that was tough." Jackie said in which we agreed with him. "I don't know what yall are talkin' 'bout." Alex said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes. "That's because we had the decency to not kill the creatures." She laughed.
"He didn't say not to." she said which me smile. "He certainly didn't. I'm just glad it's over with." They agreed. We continued to talk until it was dinner time. After dinner, we decided to turn in for the night to get some well needed rest.
AN: Ok, this is the longest chapter so far. This chapter was alright wit' me. Let me know what yall think wit' some reviews, please………. JussMee