A/N: Well, I guess that I could pull this off in less than a week. I'm going on vacation soon, and I hopefully should have it finished by then. Maybe, just maybe, I could steal my stepsister's laptop, and not get caught...*thinks about it* Um...maybe not. She's going to this college in Chicago for 3 weeks, and I think she needs it. Oh well. If you're lucky, I might get this story done before hockey camp! pp
Harry Potter was lost. He may have been the boy who lived, but he lost some brain cells in the process. He could have drawn a map for himself and cheated, rather than frolicked around with Mrs. Weasley and Bill. That would have been the smart idea. Harry sighed. He really had hoped the Dursleys could come, because then he could use magic on them. He snickered, but then remembered that the stupid old Weasleys were here and they could do just the same as he could, so it was out of the question./pp
Harry finally stopped daydreaming and turned the corner. Harry couldn't see how Cedric could've gotten away with this one! Harry's heart pounded loudly in his chest. For a while, boy and Skrewt stared. Finally, Harry managed to squeak out 'Ar-artie?"/pp
Artie gave what sounded like a laugh. "Duh, you dork. Who else would it be? That measly Weasley?"/pp
Harry almost fell over. Artie had never spoken to him before. "Well, yeah, I was kinda thinkin'..."/pp
"Thinkin'!?! When you coulda been spendin' time with your good ol' pal Artie?"/pp
"Artie, I'm sorry...please...I was busy with the tasks."/pp
"Right. I waited months in that box, with that big oaf. I thought we were more than friends!!!"/pp
Harry sighed loudly and took his head in his hands. Hagrid's experiment and perhaps the food had given the Skrewt had given him the ability to speak. Harry made a silent promise to himself never to eat Hagrid's food again./pp
"Well? Are we friends or not?"/pp
"Not."/pp
"Why you little--" Artie came forward, claws out. /pp
Harry tried to duck, but the claw came around his neck and wouldn't let go. Harry gripped, and pulled himself out. As he did, he noticed that Artie's soft underbelly was still soft. If he could aim a spell and make it hit right there, Artie would flip over on to his back. How fun! /pp
"IStupidfry!/I" Harry shouted, and flowers came out of the tip of his wand. That never happened when Draco did it to him. That hurt, and his hair would get burned. (A/N: See if you can get it) "Ummm...for you."/pp
"For me? Why, you shouldn't have!!"/pp
"I know," He replied. Harry desperately tried to remember the spell. Too many hours of playing with words with the voices in his head instead of doing his homework had made him forget the words to spells./pp
"Uh...um.../IStuperfy, superfly, stupefy!!!!/I" The last one did something. It hit Artie's armor and rebounded at him, scorching the top of his hair. Harry started to rant about it./pp
"I just combed this hair! Why do all my spells have to come back?!? It's not fair and I don't like it! Aw, do you know how long it takes to grease this hair to at least keep it normal? It takes me 5 minutes! 5 whole minutes!!!!
I--" Harry stopped. Artie had fallen asleep. Well, that was one way to escape and live a skrewt attack. Harry's ego was bloated. II bet Cedric didn't think of ranting!/I he thought, and proudly walked off after turning Artie on his back to make it look like he had actually done something. /pp
He took many paths, dead ends, and the same paths over again. He then got tired of taking paths, and tried to cut through the bushes. No luck. They were spelled in this spot, and he got an unpleasant shock every time So, Harry continued to try to cut the bushes down with his wand./pp
He had been trying to cut bushes to the path parallel to his own when suddenly, Cedric was speaking. Everyone must listen to Cedric./pp
"What are you doing? What the hell do you think you're doing?" said Cedric./pp
"Trying to cut through bushes. Wanna try?" Harry replied. /pp
Cedric ignored him. Finally, Krum put the Crucio curse on him, and the air was filled with Cedric's girlish screams. This proved that the screams heard earlier were Cedric's, and Fleur probably gave up. Anxious to see what was happening, Harry kept trying to cut through the bushes, but this time he tried the Reductor Curse, and it worked! Harry leapt for joy, and in doing so , jumped over the hedge and right on top of Krum, stopping the curse. /pp
"DAMN!!!" Harry yelled loudly./pp
Cedric looked at him from his position on the grass, gasped, and whispered "Harry...you're not supposed to say that word in your books! Little kids read them!"/pp
Harry looked confused. "What books?"/pp
"Where have you been?"/pp
"Um...I think there's too many beds and girls dormitories to count."/pp
Cedric shook his head. "Forget it."/pp
"Oh. Ok!"/pp
"Now you're supposed to ask me if I'm all right."/pp
"Are you all right? There, how was that?"/pp
"Yeah," panted Cedric, "Yeah...I don't believe it...um...he...uh...line?"/pp
Someone yelled back, "He crept up behind me..."/pp
"Oh yeah." Cedric went back to the panting state again. "He crept up behind me...I heard him, I turned around, and he had his ugly wand on me..."/pp
"Ugly? I happen to admire his wand."/pp
"Whatever."/pp
"I wish Krum would've finished you off," Harry said loudly. "Don't you?"/pp
"Yeah, a bit, but it's not in the script."/pp
"What script?"/pp
"Not this again..."/pp
"What?" /pp
"You never notice anything, do you Harry?"/pp
"Neither do you. Did you even notice that you screamed earlier?"/pp
"That wasn't me. It was Fleur."/pp
"Nuh-uh, I swore it was you."/pp
Cedric sighed. "Why can't you just leave it?" Harry shrugged. "Well, whatever the reason, we need to take care of this body, or a skrewt might come and damage it." Cedric raised his wand and rainbow sparks shot high into the air. He gave a small, nervous laugh, fingered at a small necklace, then tried again. This time, they was purple. "Harry...why don't you try?" Harry raised his wand and had no difficulty sending red sparks up. "Well...I s'pose we'd go, before it gets too late."/pp
"What?"/pp
"Is that like your favorite word?"/pp
"No."/pp
"Why do you always say it?"/pp
"I'm always confused."/pp
"Right...anyway, catch you later." Cedric waved, took the right path, and disappeared. Harry felt suddenly alone, but knew what had to be done, and took the left path. /pppp
Whew! Long chapter, huh? Stay tuned for the next chapter, where Harry hopefully meets the sphinx. Will this be the end of our uh...main character? (I really can't call him hero, for obvious reasons) Find out...NEXT CHAPTER!!
Harry Potter was lost. He may have been the boy who lived, but he lost some brain cells in the process. He could have drawn a map for himself and cheated, rather than frolicked around with Mrs. Weasley and Bill. That would have been the smart idea. Harry sighed. He really had hoped the Dursleys could come, because then he could use magic on them. He snickered, but then remembered that the stupid old Weasleys were here and they could do just the same as he could, so it was out of the question./pp
Harry finally stopped daydreaming and turned the corner. Harry couldn't see how Cedric could've gotten away with this one! Harry's heart pounded loudly in his chest. For a while, boy and Skrewt stared. Finally, Harry managed to squeak out 'Ar-artie?"/pp
Artie gave what sounded like a laugh. "Duh, you dork. Who else would it be? That measly Weasley?"/pp
Harry almost fell over. Artie had never spoken to him before. "Well, yeah, I was kinda thinkin'..."/pp
"Thinkin'!?! When you coulda been spendin' time with your good ol' pal Artie?"/pp
"Artie, I'm sorry...please...I was busy with the tasks."/pp
"Right. I waited months in that box, with that big oaf. I thought we were more than friends!!!"/pp
Harry sighed loudly and took his head in his hands. Hagrid's experiment and perhaps the food had given the Skrewt had given him the ability to speak. Harry made a silent promise to himself never to eat Hagrid's food again./pp
"Well? Are we friends or not?"/pp
"Not."/pp
"Why you little--" Artie came forward, claws out. /pp
Harry tried to duck, but the claw came around his neck and wouldn't let go. Harry gripped, and pulled himself out. As he did, he noticed that Artie's soft underbelly was still soft. If he could aim a spell and make it hit right there, Artie would flip over on to his back. How fun! /pp
"IStupidfry!/I" Harry shouted, and flowers came out of the tip of his wand. That never happened when Draco did it to him. That hurt, and his hair would get burned. (A/N: See if you can get it) "Ummm...for you."/pp
"For me? Why, you shouldn't have!!"/pp
"I know," He replied. Harry desperately tried to remember the spell. Too many hours of playing with words with the voices in his head instead of doing his homework had made him forget the words to spells./pp
"Uh...um.../IStuperfy, superfly, stupefy!!!!/I" The last one did something. It hit Artie's armor and rebounded at him, scorching the top of his hair. Harry started to rant about it./pp
"I just combed this hair! Why do all my spells have to come back?!? It's not fair and I don't like it! Aw, do you know how long it takes to grease this hair to at least keep it normal? It takes me 5 minutes! 5 whole minutes!!!!
I--" Harry stopped. Artie had fallen asleep. Well, that was one way to escape and live a skrewt attack. Harry's ego was bloated. II bet Cedric didn't think of ranting!/I he thought, and proudly walked off after turning Artie on his back to make it look like he had actually done something. /pp
He took many paths, dead ends, and the same paths over again. He then got tired of taking paths, and tried to cut through the bushes. No luck. They were spelled in this spot, and he got an unpleasant shock every time So, Harry continued to try to cut the bushes down with his wand./pp
He had been trying to cut bushes to the path parallel to his own when suddenly, Cedric was speaking. Everyone must listen to Cedric./pp
"What are you doing? What the hell do you think you're doing?" said Cedric./pp
"Trying to cut through bushes. Wanna try?" Harry replied. /pp
Cedric ignored him. Finally, Krum put the Crucio curse on him, and the air was filled with Cedric's girlish screams. This proved that the screams heard earlier were Cedric's, and Fleur probably gave up. Anxious to see what was happening, Harry kept trying to cut through the bushes, but this time he tried the Reductor Curse, and it worked! Harry leapt for joy, and in doing so , jumped over the hedge and right on top of Krum, stopping the curse. /pp
"DAMN!!!" Harry yelled loudly./pp
Cedric looked at him from his position on the grass, gasped, and whispered "Harry...you're not supposed to say that word in your books! Little kids read them!"/pp
Harry looked confused. "What books?"/pp
"Where have you been?"/pp
"Um...I think there's too many beds and girls dormitories to count."/pp
Cedric shook his head. "Forget it."/pp
"Oh. Ok!"/pp
"Now you're supposed to ask me if I'm all right."/pp
"Are you all right? There, how was that?"/pp
"Yeah," panted Cedric, "Yeah...I don't believe it...um...he...uh...line?"/pp
Someone yelled back, "He crept up behind me..."/pp
"Oh yeah." Cedric went back to the panting state again. "He crept up behind me...I heard him, I turned around, and he had his ugly wand on me..."/pp
"Ugly? I happen to admire his wand."/pp
"Whatever."/pp
"I wish Krum would've finished you off," Harry said loudly. "Don't you?"/pp
"Yeah, a bit, but it's not in the script."/pp
"What script?"/pp
"Not this again..."/pp
"What?" /pp
"You never notice anything, do you Harry?"/pp
"Neither do you. Did you even notice that you screamed earlier?"/pp
"That wasn't me. It was Fleur."/pp
"Nuh-uh, I swore it was you."/pp
Cedric sighed. "Why can't you just leave it?" Harry shrugged. "Well, whatever the reason, we need to take care of this body, or a skrewt might come and damage it." Cedric raised his wand and rainbow sparks shot high into the air. He gave a small, nervous laugh, fingered at a small necklace, then tried again. This time, they was purple. "Harry...why don't you try?" Harry raised his wand and had no difficulty sending red sparks up. "Well...I s'pose we'd go, before it gets too late."/pp
"What?"/pp
"Is that like your favorite word?"/pp
"No."/pp
"Why do you always say it?"/pp
"I'm always confused."/pp
"Right...anyway, catch you later." Cedric waved, took the right path, and disappeared. Harry felt suddenly alone, but knew what had to be done, and took the left path. /pppp
Whew! Long chapter, huh? Stay tuned for the next chapter, where Harry hopefully meets the sphinx. Will this be the end of our uh...main character? (I really can't call him hero, for obvious reasons) Find out...NEXT CHAPTER!!