Chapter Seventeen
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, JK Rowling does and unfortunately I am not her.
Summary: After the Second Wizarding War, a Guardian was given to each child of the main families that helped in the war. They were all tasked with a simple job, protect their allocated person with their life. Somehow, Freya screwed it up in the biggest way. She fell in love.
There are going to be a lot of OCs, but the focus is going to be on Freya.
Hi guys! I swear that I am not dead, I have just been really busy as of late.
Guest: I will be including Draco into the story, I don't know when I will be he will definitely be in it!
Hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
HARRY POTTER
One week later
Freya now stood in the Quidditch Arena along with her fellow competitors. Today was the second challenge of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Freya had borrowed Cordelia's clothes once more since Freya didn't have any casual clothing of her own. This time, Freya had promised that they wouldn't end up as shredded as the ones from the first challenge did, although Freya was unsure if she would be able to keep that promise at all. She looked around and saw nearly everyone from the school crammed into the stands. Freya looked over into the professor's stand and saw the judges on the front row, with Lance in the middle of them. McGonagall has sat the furthest away from him and Harry sat next to her. Looking beside her, Freya saw Albus shifting around nervously. Alicia and Isaak looked calm and Ivan and Roman looked confident.
Lance stood and pointed his wand to his mouth, which allowed his voice to be heard by everyone. "Welcome all. Today is the second challenge of the tournament." A round of loud applause thundered. People were shouting and screaming in excitement. But all the screaming was just giving Freya a headache.
Clearing his throat, Lance spoke. "For the Champions and Shields that got the clue, they may already have an idea of what today's challenge has in store for them. But I will reveal this now! Today's challenge will test your skills in the air. As a team, you must all reach it to the finish line. The fastest team to reach the end wins!" Lance explained, looking at each and every one of the competitors, his eyes lingering on Freya for just a moment too long.
Freya mentally groaned in her head. She knew that it would involve flying – something she wasn't looking forward too. She had practised for a straight week with only some luck. Flying just seemed to be a skill that Freya didn't have. Usually, Freya could pick things up easily – she always had to pick things up easily otherwise there was a punishment awaiting her.
Harry now stood up, alongside Lance. He too had his wand aimed at his mouth, which allowed his voice to be heard over the cheering crowd. "To decide the winner, we will award points. The maximum amount one person can get in ten points. The winner of the challenge will get ten points and if two people of the same house reach the finish line, then their points will be doubled. If anyone gets a key, they will receive bonus points." He said looking around the arena and at everyone's expression to make sure they understood the points system.
"In a few minutes, the challenge will start. But remember, this is no ordinary challenge." Lance ended with an ominous smile.
Taking a deep breath, Freya and the other champions made their way up some stairs to a platform where they would all start off from. Freya looked up and saw what the next challenge was going to be. Just like Lance said, the challenge was going to be in the air. Hundreds of feet in the air was a maze. There were walls in mid-air, they were dotted around to make the journey more difficult and less smooth. However, they seemed to be stationary in the air so it would be easy to manoeuvre around them. There didn't seem to be any other obstacle but this only made Freya feel uneasy and on edge. A challenge wouldn't be this easy, especially not with Lance Johnson involved. Once on the platform, Freya took notice to the brooms already provided. For a moment, this did shock Freya, but after some thought, it didn't. There was no spell that had been created yet that could assist in flying. At the moment, there were only brooms that could assist with this. Looking to her left, Freya saw Eva Lamb – Lance's secretary.
Eva smiled when she saw them all, her gaze only lasting on Freya for a second longer than everyone else. "Beauxbatons Champion and Shield are to step onto the first platform," Eva said as she smiled robotically. She was pointing to the first platform, which was around ten feet in the air, and away from the biggest platform. There were two other platforms, each one getting lower. The second platform was on the level with the platform they were all standing on now. The third one was closer to the ground, a lot closer.
Alicia looked at the platform with a pleased expression, while Isaak looked confused. Without another word, Eva lowered the higher platform down with her wand, allowing them to step on it. Once on it, Eva pointed her wand upwards and it moved, putting them level to two brooms in front of them.
"Why is that?" Roman demanded with a scowl.
Ivan rolled his eyes behind him.
Eva turned around and smiled brightly, not deterred by his attitude in the slightest. "As Beauxbatons won the first challenge, they have been given an advantage in this challenge. Hogwarts came second so they will go in the middle." As she explained, she was using her hands to gesture.
Roman looked ready to argue, but Ivan grabbed his shoulder and stopped him just before Roman grabbed his wand. "Stop it," Ivan muttered lowly in warning. Without another word, Roman and Ivan jumped down into their own platform and grabbed their own broom.
Freya watched this interaction with a narrowed gaze. Ivan seemed to be whispering to Roman, trying to calm him down. They began speaking in Bulgarian – so Freya didn't understand what they were saying. She glanced down at Albus and he seemed calm. This didn't surprise Freya, she had found out from Rebecca that Albus had figured out the clue. Albus was also a great Quidditch player – one of the best Seekers that Slytherin has ever had. It wasn't him that Freya was concerned about, but herself. She still wasn't great with flying – she was a lot better than she was before – but Freya didn't know if that was going to be good enough. Freya grabbed her broom and mounting it as best as she could. She was trying to make it seem as though as wasn't a complete newbie. Freya kicked off and stayed in the air with some difficulty. Albus got on his broom with ease, seeming very comfortable on the broom itself and he too jumped off smoothly. Freya watched the other Champions and Shields and saw that they also got on the broom with ease. This made Freya scowl unhappily and made her feel bitter.
"Ready, set, go!" Lance announced, throwing his hand into the air to make an effect.
Freya gripped the broom tightly and off she went.
HARRY POTTER
James cheered loudly as he watched his brother. Albus had the lead and was in front of everyone – even Isaak and Alicia who had the advantage – and was currently flying towards the maze in the air. James stopped cheering when he looked at Albus' Shield and found himself confused. He watched as the girl struggled slightly. To a trained eye in Quidditch like him, James could tell that this girl didn't play Quidditch at all and she wasn't used to riding a broom at all. However, James could see that this girl was adjusting and getting her bearings and was now gaining on her other opponents. She seemed to have the potential to be a good flier, but she seemed to have an issue with her balance.
As James watched this girl, he couldn't help but feel even more confused. James had this feeling in his chest, it was like he could recognise her but couldn't at the same time. Watching the girl fly was making him think about back to when he went to the Quidditch pitch late one night.
Suddenly, James felt a stabbing pain in his head. Wincing, James grabbed his head and held it, waiting for the pain to go away.
After a few minutes, the pain slowly ebbed away and his attention was soon back on Albus.
HARRY POTTER
Freya flew in the air, chasing after everyone else. She was currently in the last place, but she soon found herself passing Isaak. He seemed to be struggling a lot more than she was and that made Freya feel slightly better about her own skill set. Gripping the broom tighter, she moved the broom downwards to make her go faster. Slowly, Freya felt herself become more comfortable on the broom as she felt her confidence rise. Looking ahead, Freya saw that she was coming towards the maze in the air and she knew she had to catch up to Albus – who was in her line if sight. Quickly, Freya was making up the distance and soon she had passed Alicia and was now behind Roman and Ivan. Moving the broom to the left, Freya avoided the first wall and quickly had to move to the right. On the inside, Freya was cursing this challenge. The walls were a lot closer and the path was actually very narrow. They were so narrow that two fliers couldn't be shoulder-to-shoulder and they had to go in a single file line. Looking ahead, Freya narrowed her eyes. It seemed as though the walls were beginning to move slightly, but not enough for people to notice to the untrained eye. Turning her eyes to Albus, she saw that he was flying towards the walls that were beginning to move. However, Freya felt confident that Albus would be able to manoeuvre around them.
Suddenly, pain bloomed from her left shoulder. Hissing, Freya turned her head to see that she had lost control of her broom and had crashed into the nearby wall. Tugging her broom to the right, she moved back into the path.
For a moment, Freya felt herself relax. This challenge didn't seem too bad.
But that's when she noticed that both Roman and Ivan had their wands out. They both had their wands pointed at Albus.
Quickly, Freya took out her wand with difficulty. Her left hand was now holding the broom while her right hand was holding her wand. She had only just got used to holding the broom with both hands and now she was down to one hand. This made Freya's heart beat faster as the adrenaline pumped through her.
"Expelliarmus." Freya pointed her wand at Roman – who she thought to be the biggest threat out of the two, but that didn't mean she wasn't keeping an eye on Ivan. However, to get to him, Freya had to pull her broom upwards so she could get a clean shot of him. "Expelliarmus." Now, her wand was pointed at Ivan. Two green jets shot out from her wand and aimed at both Durmstrang students. Ivan dodged just in time, whereas Roman had completely ignored Freya's spell, resulting in him getting hit. Roman cried out as he lost control of his broom and ended up flying into the wall nearby. Roman lost his grip on his broom and he clung to the wall as he watched his broom fall to the ground and land into the quicksand that was waiting for them at the bottom. Roman growled lowly as he climbed up the wall until he reached the top of the wall, where he could stand safely.
As Freya passed him, she flashed him a smirk. Roman shot her a dark expression as he pointed his wand at her. "Confringo!"
"Protego." Freya cast her spell quickly, making his spell bounce off Freya's shield. It bounced back and hit a nearby wall, destroying it.
Roman cried out in outrage as he watched Freya fly ahead, quickly catching up to Ivan. He began looking around, trying to think of a way back into the game and soon he completely forgot about the girl who knocked him off his broom. Turning his head, he spotted both Isaak and Alicia flying towards him. Soon, a menacing grin spread across his face.
"Accio broom!" Roman pointed his wand and watched as Alicia and her broom moved towards him against her will. When Alicia saw him, her eyes widen as she tried to manoeuvre away from him. However, she was out of luck. Just when she was close enough, Roman grabbed her by the arm and threw her off her broom. She cried out as she was thrown off the wall and was sent plummeting towards the quicksand on the ground.
"Alicia!" Isaak shouted in panic. With a determined expression, Isaak turned back to help his sister. Isaak grabbed her arm and pulled her onto the back of his broom. Alicia sighed in relief. She looked down and saw what was happening to Roman's broom, which was slowly being submerged into the quicksand until it couldn't be seen anymore.
Back with Freya, she was slowly gaining on Ivan. She knew that he was a lot smarter than Roman and wouldn't be as easy to take down. Ivan had managed to dodge her spell with ease and had managed to manoeuvre himself smoothly – showing his skills in Quidditch. Freya knew that she had to think of something – she had to be smarter to figure out a way to get past him and get to Albus. Freya watched the walls as she flew past some walls and soon a plan formed in her mind. With the plan in mind, pulled her wand upwards so she would be higher than Ivan and this gave her a better view of the obstacle course.
"Evanesco." Freya pointed her wand at some of the walls ahead of Ivan. They were at least a few feet ahead and Ivan wouldn't be able to see this unless he was at the same height as her – which he wasn't. Freya did this a few times to the walls and watched as they vanished from sight. With a smirk, Freya made sure to keep in mind where the walls were so that she wouldn't end up flying face first into them. Now, she just had to watch and wait.
Just as Ivan was approaching the invisible wall, Ivan manoeuvred himself to the side, only for his shoulder to hit the wall with force. Ivan cried out in pain and he seemed to lose his balance. However, Ivan quickly got his bearings back after a few moments. But in that time, Freya had sped up and managed to pass him. This had been the opportunity that Freya had needed to catch up to Albus.
When Freya was a few feet away from Albus, she noticed something that made her mentally curse. The walls were beginning to move slowly, but some of them were getting faster, moving left to right more vigorously. Freya gripped her broom tighter as she kept her eyes wide open for any movement and made sure to move with the walls and not against them. Freya had to put her wand away because she couldn't fly and hold her broom at the same time.
HARRY POTTER
Harry watched the trial with a calm expression. But on the inside, he was worried. He watched as Albus managed to manoeuvre around the walls. It was hard to see unless a certain spell was used because of how high in the air they all were. As much as he was watching his son, Harry soon found his gaze trained on the young Gryffindor girl. There seemed to be a presence around her and he had noticed that some of the other participants seemed to be ignoring and avoiding her. It seemed as though all their attention was on Albus and not the girl. This confused Harry. He didn't understand why the girl was being mostly ignored by everyone. Even Roman was ignoring the girl – who had now caught up to everyone – and was attacking everyone else with spells and not the girl.
Leaning over to McGonagall, Harry whispered. "Who is she?" He had been given all the name of the Champions and Shield – everyone's but hers. Harry had noticed immediately that a name was missing but he never said anything at first. After a few weeks of still not being told, Harry had gone to McGonagall but she had never told him.
McGonagall glanced at Lance – who was watching the match with a gleeful expression – and then looked back to Harry. She shook her head, she wasn't going to risk Lance listening in on their conversation and risk Freya getting in trouble.
Harry frowned but nodded his head. However, McGonagall's reactions was an indicator that something wasn't right. Was it possible that this girl was involved in the thing that McGonagall was concerned about?
HARRY POTTER
Freya barely missed the moving wall. She could feel the rough surface graze against her left arm as she jerked the broom to the right ever so slightly. She was trying to get her rhythm back, but she found that the walls were changing direction. Sometimes it would be left then right, but not always. Sometimes, that rhythm was shaken up and it would catch people by surprise. Taking a risk, Freya looked behind her and then quickly looked back. From the quick glance that she saw, Isaak and Alicia were out of this challenge. Just as she turned, Roman had launched an attack, knocking both Beauxbatons students off their broom. If either of them had any sense, they should use the cushioning charm so that they don't injure themselves further. From her quick glance back, Freya noticed that Ivan and Roman were gaining on her and Albus. Looking ahead, Freya saw that the maze would soon be coming to an end which made her mentally sigh in relief.
However, that feeling didn't last long.
Up ahead, Freya noticed something zooming around. For a moment, Freya didn't class it as important, but then she noticed its shape, it was shaped like a key. It was at that moment that Freya realised what it was. It was the key that Lance had put into the challenge and it would give them a clue to what the next challenge would be. Gazing towards Albus, she saw that he was heading towards the key, his speed only getting faster as time went on. He wasn't stopping at all, his gaze fully focused on the key.
What Albus didn't realise was that there was a stone wall that was heading straight for him.
Without a second thought, Freya took out her wand. "Bombarda." A jet of light shot out from her wand, destroying the wall that was coming towards him.
This seemed to shake Albus' focus. Seeing the debris coming towards him, Albus sharply tugged the broom away from debris and managed to get away in time. What Albus didn't notice was the fact that Freya was destroying the larger pieces of debris so that he wouldn't be injured. That moment of distraction allowed both Ivan and Roman to pass Freya and Albus with ease, and Roman had a large grin on his face that made him look deranged. However, due to Freya only holding the broom with one hand, Freya felt herself become unbalanced and she ended up smacking into the wall, her shoulder and side of her head getting most of the impact. Hissing in pain, Freya pushed herself away from the wall and continued on, ignoring the burning pain in her head and shoulder. Freya felt something wet drip from her face but she ignored this. She wiped the side of her face, making sure that it didn't get in her eyes. Only glancing down slightly, Freya saw blood. She shook her head – making the pain in her head slightly worse – the charm in her pendant would activate soon.
Tugging the broom to the right, Freya continued and flew onwards. She began looking around for the key, and it seemed as though Albus was doing the same thing, as he was stationary on his broom in the air. His trained Quidditch eye was watching for the slightest movement. However, neither one of them saw the key. Freya had noticed that the Durmstrang boys had got ahead of them which made her scowl darkly, which only grew darker when Roman turned his head and grinned maliciously at Albus. Roman had an item in his hands, which turned out to be Albus' and Freya's gold key.
Anger flooded her system as she glared darkly at Roman. Within seconds, Freya had her wand out. "Diffindo!" She wasn't aiming this spell at Roman himself but rather his broom. Although, she did really want to hurt him for his smugness.
The spell hit its target, the spell slicing up the bristles of the broom, cutting off its balance. Roman seemed to be struggling to gain back to control and ended up flying into a nearby wall, knocking him off the broom and plummeting towards the ground, with the key still in hand.
"Accio gold key," Freya pointed her wand towards Roman. She wanted the key before it was lost to the quicksand. Freya waited for the key to leave his hand, but it never did which made Freya confused. She tried the spell again but it gained the same results as last time.
With a scowl, Freya knew she had to abandon this goal and turned her broom around and flew onwards. In front of her, was Ivan an in front of him was Albus. Freya checked and saw that Ivan didn't have his wand out and it didn't seem as though he wasn't going to attack Albus. Freya frowned at this but made sure to keep an eye on him just in case. As she examined him, Freya noticed that Ivan didn't have a key in his hand which did make her feel slightly better.
The finish line was in sight and Freya noticed that Eva was standing on the large platform. With one final push, Albus, Ivan and Freya made it to the finish line and flew over to the platform in the air in that order. Slowly, Freya landed and tried as best as she could to softly land her broom but she found herself nearly falling off. Tightening her grip, Freya positioned herself to jump off the broom. When her feet were safely on the platform, Freya felt herself relax that she was on something solid and her feet weren't in the air anymore.
Freya walked over and stood next to Albus, with Ivan on her right.
Eva smiled when she saw them. "Congratulation on completing the second challenge. Did anyone manage to get a key?" She asked, looking at them all with an expecting expression.
Freya, Ivan and Albus all look at one another, neither one said anything and no one had a key on them. Albus shook his head and Ivan looked to the ground. I stared directly at Eva with a blank expression, but she never questioned it.
For a moment, it looked as though Eva was going to frown, but she stopped herself and plastered a large smile on her face instead. "Oh well. Let us go down to find out the results." As she said this, Eva brought out her wand and waved it. Slowly, the platform began to descend down to the ground. Within seconds, they had arrived back to the ground, where they were all met with loud applauding which nearly made Freya wince at the sound.
Turning her head, she saw that Roman, Isaak and Alicia were standing on the side, some sand still on their person. Alicia was sulking, her cheeks puffed out and she looked very annoyed. Isaak had his head facing the ground and Roman just looked mad.
Lance cleared his throat, pointing his wand to his mouth. "Congratulations, Champions and Shields! You all did a spectacular job today." As he finished, the crowd around him all cheered loudly in agreement.
Harry now stood up, alongside Lance. He too had his wand aimed at his mouth, which allowed his voice to be heard over the cheering crowd. "As Albus Potter came first, he will be awarded ten points." This announcement caused all the people from Hogwarts to erupt into loud applause. The people in Slytherin began chanting Albus' name, more than happy with the result. However, Freya could distinctively hear James and Lily's screams as they too shouted Albus' name.
For a moment, Albus looked shocked as his eyes widened. He hadn't realised that he had actually come in first. He thought that it would have been a tie between him and Ivan because Ivan had been right behind him when they landed on the platform.
Harry then spoke again. "As Ivan Krum came second, he will be awarded eight points." This announcement caused the boys from Durmstrang to howl in applause.
Ivan made no outward reaction and chose to stand with his back straight and his face void of any emotion. From the judging panel, Vladimir looked pleased
Harry then looked down to Freya, but soon frowned. "As Hogwarts' Shield came in third place, she will be awarded six points," If possible, the applause grew louder. However, Vladimir and Renée's expressions were anything but anything. Renée's expression was especially dark as neither of her students made it to the finish line.
Freya said nothing and just stared at the ground with a void expression. On the inside, she was surprised. She didn't expect to make it to third place, especially with her flying skills. However, Freya was happy that she took down Roman, hoping that would knock him down a few pegs.
Harry then looked to the other students that hadn't finished. "However, because you three didn't reach the finish line, you will be all awarded four points each."
There was a light applause, but most of the Beauxbatons didn't look happy in the slightest. They all had sneers on their face – all except Noah who looked void of any emotion. Alicia looked at the ground, she was ashamed with her performance and Isaak looked downright embarrassed. They had been leading in the previous challenge and now they were the last place.
However, Roman wasn't done. "But I got a key!" He yelled out, showing the gold key still in his hand.
Freya scowled darkly, that was her and Albus' key.
Lance and Harry look at each other briefly. "So you have. Well, we will award you the bonus points, Roman will receive an extra twenty points!" Lance announced after a moment of silence. This caused some outrage and cheers, but Lance seemed to ignore this.
Harry cleared his throat. "We will now announce the results. In first place with sixty-two points is Durmstrang." The cheers that came from this response was almost defending. Vladimir looked to be on cloud nine, he had a large grin on his face as he stood smugly at Renée and McGonagall.
Lance cleared his throat. "In second place with fifty-two points is Hogwarts!" He announced, looking at Freya with a proud expression. Freya lightly nodded her head, acknowledging this but gave nothing else away. She was doing her job, she was staying in the middle and protecting Albus. The cheering was loud, but not as loud as before, though Freya could still hear James and Lily screaming Albus' name.
"In third place with forty-five points is Beauxbatons," Harry announced, looking at the two students. Renée clapped lightly, her beautiful face void of any emotion. She wasn't happy with the result, but she couldn't contest it.
"Thank you all for coming, and we shall continue this tournament in February!" Lance announced loudly.
HARRY POTTER
Freya took a deep breath as she walked away from the arena. It was over for the time being. Now, she just had to wait until February and she would face the third challenge along with Albus. Freya watched as James and Fred walked away from the arena and over to Harry and Albus. Harry was hugging Albus, happy to see that he was okay. Just as Freya was about to follow them, she heard someone call her name frantically. She turned her head and saw Katrina and Cordelia running over to her.
"Freya!" Katrina cried out, panic in her eyes.
"What happened?" Freya asked immediately, knowing something wasn't right. Katrina was an emotional person, but it was Cordelia's expression that tipped Freya off that something was wrong. Cordelia was a lot better at hiding her emotions, but at the moment Cordelia looked downright scared.
"It's Castiel. He's gone too far and is interrogating Eric Payne." Cordelia answered with a grim expression.
Freya frowned as annoyance filled her, which was soon replaced with anger. "Where?" Freya demanded, feeling her blood begin to boil in anger.
"Chamber of Secrets," Katrina said in a small tone.
Without another word, Freya stormed off to the Chamber of Secrets with Katrina and Cordelia trailing behind her, far behind her. As she walked, her anger began to grow and grow. Her fists were clenched and her jaw clenched. Usually, she wouldn't be this angry. But add in Freya's tiredness from the challenge and the fact she was in pain from falling off her broom, then anyone would be angry. Castiel had outright gone against her orders and Freya wasn't going to let him get away with that. It was about time that someone taught Castiel a lesson in respect.
HARRY POTTER
The clash between Freya and Castiel has come to a head!
So, second challenge is done. Tell me what you guys think of it by leaving a review. It turned out a little differently from what I originally planned but oh well. Now, the third challenge is still a bit away, but if anyone wants to send in ideas for the third challenge then I would greatly appreciate it. I have already planned out the fourth challenge, and that's where shit goes down. But the third challenge I haven't planned anything as of yet.
I am excited that the Yule Ball will be coming within the next few chapters, and I have already written the majority of it, that's how excited I am for it.
Also, who else has been playing the Hogwarts Mystery app? I have and I am loving it so far!