Summary: This is parts of HP Goblet of Fire from Cho Chang's perspective.
Disclaimer:
All Harry Potter characters, terminology, spells are JK Rowling's intellectual property.
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is the property of its authors, Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. (A show on the TBS network is based on these series of books)
Buzz Light Year is a property of Walt Disney.
The only characters I own here are Pam, Jane, Crystal, Patrick and the Wise Old Man.
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The Bubble-Head Charm
(This occurred from Chapter 25 - The Egg and The Eye through half of Chapter 26 - The Second Task.)
"I still cannot believe you read all of these," Cedric said in amazement as he looked over the stack of books next to him. He and Cho were in the library, scouring through some of the books Cho borrowed since the start of the term.
"I have to review for my O.W.L.s, you know," Cho explained as she put one book down and picked up the next one. In the last few days, they have been spending a lot of time in the library, looking up the Bubble-Head Charm. She remembered reading about it before and it might be the thing Cedric needed for the second task.
Cedric tried to stifle a yawn. "It's not in this one," he said as he placed the book down. "Looks like we've checked all the books you took out until October," he continued as he pat the stack of about fifteen books.
"I just started with this one," she said as she held up her book.
He took a peek at the title, "'Worst-Case Scenario: A Guide for Witches and Wizards in a Bind'. That should help, I sure AM in a bind."
"It's a survival handbook," she said, "Go get some more, we still have a half hour before dinner."
"Wingardium Leviosa," Cedric whispered as he waved his wand. The stack of books was now floating in mid-air. They were not supposed to do magic in the library but he was too tired to carry the books back. Cho looked up and shook her head. She knew he could concentrate well enough to levitate the books back to the shelves but if Madam Pince, the school librarian, sees him at it, she'll be after his tail.
He was half-way towards the shelves when he heard a squeal, "Cedric, I found it!"
The sound of about fifteen huge, hardbound books crashing was definitely louder than Cho's squeal. Cedric hid his wand behind his back lest Madam Pince, who was marching towards them, find out he was levitating the books.
"Who screamed?" Madam Pince was kind but you'd be crazy to get on the wrong side of her.
"I did," replied Cho. Thank goodness there weren't a lot of students in the library, or she would have been more embarrassed. "I - er - I saw a mouse. I'm sorry..." She had to look down or Madam Pince might see she's lying.
Madam Pince, thinking Cho was humiliated enough, turned towards Cedric.
"I was startled when she screamed," he said. This wasn't a lie.
"And you were trying to carry all of those at once?" asked Madam Pince, looking down at the pile of books in front of him. "Well, Mr. Diggory, you're a school champion but you are not Hercules. Return those books, but carry only what you can at a time"
She then said in a low voice, "I'm letting both of you off, but next time, I'll take points off your houses."
Both of them heaved a sigh of relief as Madam Pince walked away. They didn't lose points for their respective houses, and Cho has found the Bubble-Head Charm.
Cedric hurriedly placed the books back on the shelves (without magic, and making two trips to the shelves) and returned to Cho.
"The Bubble-Head charm can be used in cases when one needs protection against toxic substances in the air, or when one needs to breathe under water for an extended period of time," Cedric read, "It keeps water and other toxic elements out while letting in oxygen and other substance in the air that is not deemed harmful, thus the person is able to breathe. The Bubble-Head also takes the carbon-dioxide the person exhales out of the bubble so the air within is kept clean."
Cedric was now very much excited. He looked at the picture on the page and said, "so this is what the Bubble-Head looks like."
"It looks like Buzz Light Year, only the glass magnified the man's head," said Cho as she tries to keep herself from laughing too loudly. The face was stretched wide it looked out of proportion.
"'Buzz' what?" he asked, perplexed.
"Oh, it's a muggle thing," she replied. She had forgotten Cedric was a pure-blood.
He read on, "Unlike other Charms for survival, the Bubble-Head charm is somewhat complex and takes some practice to perfect. All who anticipate being in a situation where this charm is useful are advised to practice performing it to better equip them when such situation arise."
They looked on to the next page. They weren't kidding when they said the charm was complex.
"Well," she finally said, "the second task isn't until the twenty-fourth. You still have some time to figure it out."
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"Cho, I did it!"
Cho spun around to see an ecstatic Cedric sprinting down the hall towards her.
"I finally got the Bubble-Head Charm to work!" he cried as he gave her a hug.
"Great!" she exclaimed. She was just as excited as he was. Cedric had been working on the Bubble-Head Charm for more than a week now, she was so relieved he finally got it. At least he would be more at ease when the second task comes.
Then she thought, what exactly are the champions supposed to do underwater?
"Cedric, why do you have to be able to breathe underwater?" she asked. She realized he hasn't told her about it.
"Oh, we're just supposed to get something back from some merpeople, that's all," he said nonchalantly. Seeing a worried look on her face, he continued, "Look, I don't want to tell you every detail because I don't want you to worry. Cheer up, will you?"
She wasn't cheering up. "I'll be fine," he tried to assure her. "Don't worry."
"Merpeople. Don't tell me you have to go in the lake?" she asked, looking more anxious now.
"Well, we can't put too many merpeople in a bath tub... so, yes we have to use the lake for this task," he replied, as if diving into the lake was a daily chore for him.
"But there must be other things out in the lake, you know, grindylows and stuff," she said. It seemed like nothing would cheer her up.
"Stop worrying, will you?" he pleaded, getting tired of trying to convince her. "If you don't stop, I'll have to do a Cheering Charm on you."
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"Cho, I did it!" Lisa Turpin screamed as she finally managed to banish a pillow towards the other end of the Ravenclaw common room.
"That was great! Your Banishing Charm is right on the mark!" Cho was extremely delighted. Lisa was having a lot of trouble in her charms class that Professor Flitwick personally sought her help.
"Hey, Cho!" Jane called as she stepped into the portrait hole and into the common room. "Professor Flitwick wants a word with you."
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Disclaimer (Again, lest people sue me. But heck, if anyone complains, I'll re-write this chapter!):
All Harry Potter characters, terminology, spells are JK Rowling's intellectual property.
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is the property of its authors, Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. (A show on the TBS network is based on the book)
Buzz Light Year is a property of Walt Disney.
The only characters I own here are Pam, Jane, Crystal, Patrick and the Wise Old Man.
Disclaimer:
All Harry Potter characters, terminology, spells are JK Rowling's intellectual property.
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is the property of its authors, Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. (A show on the TBS network is based on these series of books)
Buzz Light Year is a property of Walt Disney.
The only characters I own here are Pam, Jane, Crystal, Patrick and the Wise Old Man.
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The Bubble-Head Charm
(This occurred from Chapter 25 - The Egg and The Eye through half of Chapter 26 - The Second Task.)
"I still cannot believe you read all of these," Cedric said in amazement as he looked over the stack of books next to him. He and Cho were in the library, scouring through some of the books Cho borrowed since the start of the term.
"I have to review for my O.W.L.s, you know," Cho explained as she put one book down and picked up the next one. In the last few days, they have been spending a lot of time in the library, looking up the Bubble-Head Charm. She remembered reading about it before and it might be the thing Cedric needed for the second task.
Cedric tried to stifle a yawn. "It's not in this one," he said as he placed the book down. "Looks like we've checked all the books you took out until October," he continued as he pat the stack of about fifteen books.
"I just started with this one," she said as she held up her book.
He took a peek at the title, "'Worst-Case Scenario: A Guide for Witches and Wizards in a Bind'. That should help, I sure AM in a bind."
"It's a survival handbook," she said, "Go get some more, we still have a half hour before dinner."
"Wingardium Leviosa," Cedric whispered as he waved his wand. The stack of books was now floating in mid-air. They were not supposed to do magic in the library but he was too tired to carry the books back. Cho looked up and shook her head. She knew he could concentrate well enough to levitate the books back to the shelves but if Madam Pince, the school librarian, sees him at it, she'll be after his tail.
He was half-way towards the shelves when he heard a squeal, "Cedric, I found it!"
The sound of about fifteen huge, hardbound books crashing was definitely louder than Cho's squeal. Cedric hid his wand behind his back lest Madam Pince, who was marching towards them, find out he was levitating the books.
"Who screamed?" Madam Pince was kind but you'd be crazy to get on the wrong side of her.
"I did," replied Cho. Thank goodness there weren't a lot of students in the library, or she would have been more embarrassed. "I - er - I saw a mouse. I'm sorry..." She had to look down or Madam Pince might see she's lying.
Madam Pince, thinking Cho was humiliated enough, turned towards Cedric.
"I was startled when she screamed," he said. This wasn't a lie.
"And you were trying to carry all of those at once?" asked Madam Pince, looking down at the pile of books in front of him. "Well, Mr. Diggory, you're a school champion but you are not Hercules. Return those books, but carry only what you can at a time"
She then said in a low voice, "I'm letting both of you off, but next time, I'll take points off your houses."
Both of them heaved a sigh of relief as Madam Pince walked away. They didn't lose points for their respective houses, and Cho has found the Bubble-Head Charm.
Cedric hurriedly placed the books back on the shelves (without magic, and making two trips to the shelves) and returned to Cho.
"The Bubble-Head charm can be used in cases when one needs protection against toxic substances in the air, or when one needs to breathe under water for an extended period of time," Cedric read, "It keeps water and other toxic elements out while letting in oxygen and other substance in the air that is not deemed harmful, thus the person is able to breathe. The Bubble-Head also takes the carbon-dioxide the person exhales out of the bubble so the air within is kept clean."
Cedric was now very much excited. He looked at the picture on the page and said, "so this is what the Bubble-Head looks like."
"It looks like Buzz Light Year, only the glass magnified the man's head," said Cho as she tries to keep herself from laughing too loudly. The face was stretched wide it looked out of proportion.
"'Buzz' what?" he asked, perplexed.
"Oh, it's a muggle thing," she replied. She had forgotten Cedric was a pure-blood.
He read on, "Unlike other Charms for survival, the Bubble-Head charm is somewhat complex and takes some practice to perfect. All who anticipate being in a situation where this charm is useful are advised to practice performing it to better equip them when such situation arise."
They looked on to the next page. They weren't kidding when they said the charm was complex.
"Well," she finally said, "the second task isn't until the twenty-fourth. You still have some time to figure it out."
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"Cho, I did it!"
Cho spun around to see an ecstatic Cedric sprinting down the hall towards her.
"I finally got the Bubble-Head Charm to work!" he cried as he gave her a hug.
"Great!" she exclaimed. She was just as excited as he was. Cedric had been working on the Bubble-Head Charm for more than a week now, she was so relieved he finally got it. At least he would be more at ease when the second task comes.
Then she thought, what exactly are the champions supposed to do underwater?
"Cedric, why do you have to be able to breathe underwater?" she asked. She realized he hasn't told her about it.
"Oh, we're just supposed to get something back from some merpeople, that's all," he said nonchalantly. Seeing a worried look on her face, he continued, "Look, I don't want to tell you every detail because I don't want you to worry. Cheer up, will you?"
She wasn't cheering up. "I'll be fine," he tried to assure her. "Don't worry."
"Merpeople. Don't tell me you have to go in the lake?" she asked, looking more anxious now.
"Well, we can't put too many merpeople in a bath tub... so, yes we have to use the lake for this task," he replied, as if diving into the lake was a daily chore for him.
"But there must be other things out in the lake, you know, grindylows and stuff," she said. It seemed like nothing would cheer her up.
"Stop worrying, will you?" he pleaded, getting tired of trying to convince her. "If you don't stop, I'll have to do a Cheering Charm on you."
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"Cho, I did it!" Lisa Turpin screamed as she finally managed to banish a pillow towards the other end of the Ravenclaw common room.
"That was great! Your Banishing Charm is right on the mark!" Cho was extremely delighted. Lisa was having a lot of trouble in her charms class that Professor Flitwick personally sought her help.
"Hey, Cho!" Jane called as she stepped into the portrait hole and into the common room. "Professor Flitwick wants a word with you."
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Disclaimer (Again, lest people sue me. But heck, if anyone complains, I'll re-write this chapter!):
All Harry Potter characters, terminology, spells are JK Rowling's intellectual property.
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is the property of its authors, Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. (A show on the TBS network is based on the book)
Buzz Light Year is a property of Walt Disney.
The only characters I own here are Pam, Jane, Crystal, Patrick and the Wise Old Man.