I Don't Own Harry Potter
The Yule Ball was upon me before I was ready for it and by that I meant that I forgot about it while I was diving deep into getting that bloody book purged fully of its curses. Still haven't manage it to be honest, even with six more curses down and the ring not glowing as brightly as much as it use to when used on the book, which I can only suspect is a good thing. Either that or the runes and the intertwined enchantments are starting to destabilize each other and short circuit the ring's magic. I'm planning on making another one soon just encase at any rate.
Anyway, at the moment I was looking at myself in the mirror, ignoring the idiotic advice that was coming from my reflection about how my hair was much to long and messy for it look any good on me. The reason why I was looking at it was because of the fact I was looking at the dress robes I had gotten a few days back from Astira at Blaise's 'request', by which I meant he complained to me about my appearance until I gave in and let him ask his mom for a proper set of robes I could wear without looking 'homeless' in his words.
It certainly says something that when I had put on the form fitting robes I was more uncomfortable in them than my normal, two sizes to big, robes. Also, thinking about them being form-fitting, I have no idea how or why Astira knows my measurements and I'm not sure I want to know either to be perfectly honest. Still, I looked at myself for another long moment before deciding that I looked fine, I don't exactly have much interest in my appearance, which is easy to tell from my normal clothing, so this just fine for me.
Though, as I walked out of the common room, I did note that a surprisingly amount of heads turned in my direction, all from the female population. It was weird, I'm not exactly good looking, I'm not ugly either to be fair to myself but I'm certainly not going to when any awards on the matter. Maybe it's because of the fact that now that my robes weren't baggy, everyone could tell just how skinny I actually was. Like everyone had thought my body type was much different than it actually is.
I decided as I walked on to the meeting area for the champions and their dates that I didn't actually care. While walking, I noted Theo had appeared at my side at some point as well, I gave him a nod as he just looked like he was suddenly a bit more nervous about something. I didn't think he was one for cold feet though if he was then I might as well take it easy on him.
"If your worried or something similar you can leave, I can just say this was my plan along and use it to annoy Snape" Theo blinked out of whatever thought he was stuck in and looked quickly over at me as we continued down the hall.
"Huh? Oh no I'm fine. I think I'm just now realizing that everyone is going to be looking at me at some point in the near future and that's a bit nerve racking, I don't even care about what they think which is whats confusing me" Well then, I didn't he was the type to get a mild form of stage fright either but live and learn I guess, so I just decided to give him some advice.
"It's not about not caring, it's about the anticipation, you're building yourself up with the idea of people seeing you fail and it's getting to you, even if you don't normally care if you make an ass out of yourself. I recommend just focusing on someone or something at all times when it all starts so your mind is to busy to not think about the built up stress you've put on yourself"
I've never had stage fright, never gave enough of a shit to worry about it all in general, but I do know people with really bad stage fright during my time in school back in my old world. We came up with that method so that when we would present a project they would just have to focus on me or the back wall or something else while I did most of the presentation and at the end, once they had been able to not get their nerves in a twist they would finish it out. I have no idea if it works that way for everyone but it's worth a shot at least.
"Thanks, I think I'll try that then" I nodded as we continued on down the hall until we arrived at where the rest of the Champions were gathered. I noted that both Harry and Hermione was looking at my choice with some bewilderment while Krum didn't seem to care and Fleur was to busy making a fool out of her date. Well then, now to get this shit over with.
It wasn't all that bad I guess, no dancing which is always a bonus, though a lot of people had come up to me with an ask of wanting for one even when I spent the entire time saying no. I've had worse parties so really it wasn't anything of great important. Anyway that wasn't really what I was busy with at the moment as Blaise had shoved something under my nose, looking down at it long enough to read over the title and the start of the newspaper article it was then removed as Blaise began to talk.
"Did you know he was a half-giant? It makes sense I guess considering how bloody tall he is but he doesn't act like it" I blinked to myself as my mind sorted through all the information I had been given before just shrugging as I came to the conclusion I figured was most likely the correct one and said.
"You're talking about Hagrid then. Yeah, I kind of assumed a while ago, not sure why everyone is making a big deal out of this, I find him pretty funny actually" Blaise snorted at that like it made sense that I was the one saying so, before continuing on.
"Of course, still, what do you figure? How long until someone complains enough that he gets kicked out?" I blinked at that and looked over at Blaise for a moment before turning back to eat the breakfast that was in front of me. I know he isn't the biggest fan of Care, mostly because of how often he almost gets blown up or burned in them nowadays but I didn't think he was all that angry at Hagrid for it, in fact I thought he actually like how different it is compared to the rest which is mostly just book learning.
"Never? I don't see why such a small thing as that is going to drive him away from the school, I don't even see how this changes anything really" He nodded at that but continued on.
"Well yeah but that's you isn't it. You don't care for anything really, but for a normal person, or in this case one like Hagrid? Well he seems like a softy to be honest, I doubt this wouldn't have an effect on him" I knew he was right so I didn't bother saying anything else on it though I did note that Draco and his little squad, that I had mostly been able to subjugate under my will, were looking like they want to mock Harry about it. So with that, I said to Blaise.
"Mind making sure that no one in Slytherin does something stupid with this information would you? They can write all they want to their parents but I don't feel like dealing with a bunch of pissed off students coming to me complaining about one of there favorite classes" Blaise seemed to not understand my request but nodded nonetheless, after all Care was hardly anyone's favorite class. To much pain involved for it to get that position of fame in the student-body of the school.
"Sure, I'll get some of the Prefects to keep an eye out on it" I hummed my thanks as I picked up a bit of toast and began to eat it while my thoughts shifted back into ramblings without any real direction to follow.
It was early in the morning and I was currently looking at the book that had been plaguing me for months now and looked at my ring with very clear annoyance as the glowing was now just a faint pulse of light what shone from the runes, but it was still clearly present at the moment and that means that eight full hours of none stop curse removing wasn't enough.
I don't care how fucking dangerous this book is, who in there right mind puts over twenty fucking seven curses on it? At first I'll admit, I was very impressed, but now? I have spent so long god damn long on this that I hate now hold knowing but annoyance this this person. I think they knew that the curses would be broken through on an individual level but thought if they just stacked enough of them on the book then no one would be stubborn enough to try and break all of them.
Sadly for this fucker they've never met me, so with that, I picked up the book once more and made my way over towards the ritual circle, which I've used more in the past month than I have in the past four years in total, and placed it in the center and started to get to work on the next bloody curse identification. I swear I will get this fucking book to spill it's secrets to me if it's the last thing I do.
Damn, that's a bit dramatic isn't it, I think the lack of sleep is getting to me, note to self, after this one I really should get some sleep. I don't have to take the exams this year anyway because I'm a Champion so it doesn't really matter if I sleep for a full day or two, probably. Well, it's not like I care if one of the professors complain anyway so whatever. And with that I sat down and started to prepare the next ritual.
"We've figure it out!" I blinked as I watched as Blaise and the brokers rushed up to me with the golden egg I gave them a month or so back with a look of triumph in their eyes. I just tilted my head to the side and thought about how long it had been, the second task is to be held in about a weeks time give or take. While it wasn't record time, it was impressive nonetheless I guess, though I don't really know what to judge them on because in the book the two people I know figured it out both had help.
"Oh? That's nice, who figured out it was mermish?" I could tell just from the question itself because Daphne seemed to swell with pride for herself. And after they had confirmed my thoughts, I just nodded to her and took back the egg from Theo who was holding it at the moment. Glancing over it, I noted there was a number of scratches on it that I didn't remember from when I first picked it up, nor did I remember it from when I gave it to the four of them.
"Took care of it did you?" None of them seemed to even be abashed by my blank words, in fact I think they were smug at the show of there hard work, good for them then. I'm glad they had fun with the tournament before one of them gets taken by one of the Professors and stuck at the bottom of the lake. I have a feeling they might not enjoy the task when it actually happens.
"Well, with that out of the way...I don't actually have anything to add to this discussion to be honest" I honestly couldn't think of anything, I've gotten very use to being the one that just chimed in when I wanted to for these four that I'm at a bit of a dead end for a conversation topic to use. Blaise just rolled his eyes and just sat down next to me while the others followed suit and said.
"Well then how about you explain how you figured the egg out in the first week when it took the four of us six times as long?" He seemed a bit annoyed at that fact, so I just shrugged and said a half truth.
"I speak mermish" I mean it wasn't a lie to say that, even if I learned the language after giving the egg away but that's just semantics. Still, Blaise and Daphne looked like they should have figured as much while Tracey and Theo both looked like that was quite the surprise for them. After a moment Blaise asked a simple question.
"How many languages do you know anyway?" Everyone seemed to be curious about that now that the knew I knew more than just English and Parsaltongue, so I thought about it before realizing I actually had to think about it for a second as I was trying to remember all of them, after a long moment, I figured out a correct estimate and said.
"I'm fluent in five, can read eight more and know a couple phrases in a half a dozen others" The numbers were a bit weird because of the fact that Parsaltongue and Mermish both didn't have a written language even though I can speak both. That wasn't what I decided to focus on however as I watched with strong amusement as they all seemed to take that information in before deciding that being surprised wasn't worth the effort.
It was the day of the second task and I have to say, the cold air was a bit frigid even for me to be honest. I think it's almost freezing out here actually, it wasn't bad enough that I had to cast a warming charm on myself but it was enough that I knew probably a good portion, if not all of, the students watching over had casted or at least tried to cast the spell on themselves.
Bagman had just finished his long winded talk about what was happening and with that the task had suddenly began. I just stayed put for a moment as I watched as Harry ate his weed and walked into the water and Krum, poorly I might add, transfigure his head into a shark. And after a moment Fleur followed after with a Bubble-Head Charm, while I, instead of doing any of that, just looked out towards the water and then held out my hand and used Accio.
I hummed to myself out of boredom as I waited and waited for a good couple moments before a ripple seemed to stir the water before a form burst out of the water and flew straight at me. So, with my hand still raised, I just said out loud in a quick tone as I really didn't want to be body slammed.
"Arresto Momentum"
The body seemed to want to continue on with their continued momentum but was slowed down quick enough that I had time to side-step as the form, now that I had a good look at him: Blaise just floated past before finally coming to a complete stop in the air. After a moment I stopped the spells and watched as he was dropped onto the ground, maybe I should have put him down slowly.
Still, after a moment, he gave a start and shot up while taking a couple deep breaths, and looked around for a moment before grumbling as he rubbed his back which was probably sore from the landing. He should just be glad that Accio worked this time around, otherwise this would have been really annoying for me. I had plans in case of such an even of course but it would have been a headache.
"Welcome back, I believe we've broken a record" He just blinked up at me as he got up onto his feet before I waved my hand in his direction and listened as he yelped as suddenly all the water flowed out of his robes and even his hair. He both seemed intrigued, annoyed, and thankful at the same time, it was an interesting combination to witness.
"Oh?" I just nodded and explained the basics of what I had just did to him so he could fill in the rest by himself without to much trouble.
"They didn't think to counter-charm the ropes that were tying you in place for the Accio spell" He seemed to not understand what that meant before he looked down at the frayed roped that were draping off his form that I had used to drag him back up to the surface. Looking back over towards the judges, this time I made sure to show my air of smugness that the summoning charm finally worked for me. Dumbledore was the only one that was amused by this, though everyone seemed to have to give me some respect for thinking smart.
Really it was a plus that I didn't have to go swimming, it's not like I'm bad at it but with my...huh, right I haven't been stabbed in this world yet, so my lungs are fine. Weird, well now I don't really have an excuse besides me just wanting to do the easiest thing. Still, ignoring all that, the judges would still have to give me a good score as I did in face do the task very much faster than anyone else.
"I don't have my wand on me, and unlike some people, I'm not a manic and mastered wandless magic. Mind a warming charm" Oh yeah, I forgot he's whiny when it's cold out. So I just rolled my eyes and casted the spell, I got an appreciated nod from him as we walked back up to the judges were Dumbledore had transfigured two chairs for us to sit in while we waited on the others.
Walking up to the judges, I held back a small blink at the sight of Percy as I kind of forgot that he was the one that took over for Crouch. Still, I just nodded to them, didn't bother hiding my smugness even when I was next to them and then let out a yawn. Everyone looked at me with annoyance besides Blaise, who was so use to it I think he just tunes it out at this point, and Dumbledore who just hummed to himself before asking me.
"Not a lot of sleep last night then Kyu?" I looked over at him like his words were laughable and then replied with.
"Of course not, half of it was me finishing up the entrenchments on Blaise's robes to counter act the counter-charms you put on the ropes" I didn't bother to with hold my smirk as I watched as Dumbledore let out a small huff of laughter while the other judges gave out shocked looks while Blaise just looked annoyed at me, I just raised an eyebrow at them all and said.
"What? I knew that you lot were going to try to stop me from doing that so I stopped you from stopping me by stopping you. I thought it made prefect sense" My statement made Blaise's annoyance crack as a smile trudges it's way up on him while I looked away from the judges and back to the lake. Damn, everyone was right, this is really boring to watch, I was at least expecting some color commentary.
"For the first to recuse their hostage, Kyu Malo, we judges award him forty-seven points" Huh, I wonder how much of a struggle it was for that conclusion to be made as some of the judges are clearly bias against me, or more rather, for their Champion. Still, close to top marks which is good and all, so I guess there is no real reason to think about it.
And that was when Harry's score was announced and while Harry himself was happy, I could see the rage on all of the Slytherins' faces at the fact that he's score was almost tied with mine when I easily had the best solution. I didn't really care mind you, and I made sure to show it but that doesn't change the houses reaction any. I'll have to deal with that later, or at least make sure it doesn't spiral any.
So with that, after the task was completed, my brokers ran up to me and pestered me about if I was ever going to do something really cool instead of just trying to spam Accio until ti worked. I of course answered back with 'it works though' and from there the conversation just fell into other topics with this task seemingly already at the back of their minds.
"I figured it out!" Blaise had run up to me in the corridor as I was walking back from the library with a book called 'One-Thousand and one obscure charms' it was mostly just because why not really as for the reason why I took the book, I just figured I might as well do something else in my limited free time when I was taking a break from breaking into the cursed book or making sure I had fully mastered Vanishing items, which I have by the way.
"Figured what out?" Back to the person in front of me, I actually wasn't sure what he was talking about at this moment as I couldn't remember having sent him to learn something for me in recent memory. But that confusion quickly disappeared when he just grinned and said.
"I figured out who put your name in the Goblet of Fire" I blinked in mild shock, not that I let it show, before a grin stretched out onto my face, one that Blaise suddenly looked uncomfortable at, such reaction didn't stop me from starting to walk again as I asked Blaise, who was following after me.
"Who?" I was really curious myself, I actually didn't think he was going to find anything after all, as the most likely subject would have been 'Moody' and Blaise wouldn't have even suspected him. But apparently it wasn't the Death Eater which means I get to get revenge for this action against me.
"Grace Summit" My pacing had stopped as I thought about the name for a long hard moment before asking again, this time with much more confusion.
"Who?"
Second task over with so that's neat, and Kyu now knows who put his name in the Goblet of Fire even if he doesn't remember them. Anyway, See ya.
