It was a week before the third task and after all their fun at Christmas they were sitting in the library trying to figure out the clue from the first task.
"Ok, where do you get loads of wind around here?" asked Ann-Marie
"Oh, I don't know" replied Alec
"Alec, think, the most windy place in the castle, were is it?"
"Ann, how's knowing somewhere windy going to help?"
"Well last time it was an egg that screamed like a merperson above water, so when my dad put the egg in water it turned into a singing while underwater, so maybe the wind will change into something else if we take it somewhere windy!" said Ann, Alec hesitated and shook his head, suddenly Crystal and Mark walked in with their hair looking as though they had been standing in the wind forever.
"Whoa, I wouldn't go up to the blue cliff if I were you, it's so windy up there you can't hear a thing!" said Crystal, Alec and Ann-Marie looked at each other, grabbed there books and ran of as they called back at Crystal and Mark that they would be right back. They got to the top of the blue mountain and could barley hear or open their eyes
"Are you sure this will work Ann!" yelled Alec
"WHAT! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! SPEAK UP!" replied Ann-Marie
"I SAID ARE YOU SURE THIS WILL WORK!" yelled Alec
"WELL THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT!" Ann grabbed the club and opened it, suddenly the wind died down and there was a voice that said
High above the clouds you'll have to fly
You'll spend an hour high above in the sky
To fly with us stretch out your wings
To find all of you're lost things
The club closed and the wind came back, Alec picked up the club and they went back to Alec and Mark's room.
"High above the clouds you'll have to fly? What did that mean?" asked Alec
"Isn't it obvious? You have to find something that can make you fly, that's why they wouldn't let anybody bring brooms with them!" said Ann-Marie
"Well then how am I meant to fly for an hour without using a broom?" but before Ann-Marie could reply they heard a knock at the door and Mcgonagall walked in
"Ah, I thought I might find you here Ann, your needed in Madam Hagrids office" she said, Ann-Marie put down the books and left with Mcgonagall, just then Tom and Mark walked in.
"What's wrong Alec?" asked Tom
"Oh not much, I just need to fly for an hour without a broom that's all!" said Alec
"Well why don't you use Herbe de vol? It's a French herb that make's you fly for an hour and a half, my mum's a plant researcher, and she could get you some by tomorrow morning!" said Tom
"Tom you're a genius! Thanks!" said Alec
"Ok, I'll go write the letter" and with that Tom walked of.
That night Alec had trouble sleeping, he tossed and turned worrying about the next day, when he managed to get to sleep he was woken by Tom
"Alec, wake up, It's time for the tournament…"
While Alec had been through all of that Ann-Marie had found another shock in Madam Hagrid's office.
Mcgongall had opened the door and she saw a half giant with long black hair and a beard and a pretty girl who she had to say had to much make-up on, she had been the girl who went with Augustus Vikrum to the Yule ball with named Loraine. The half giant looked at her and was shocked. He came up to her and said
"Ann-Marie Potter?" he asked
"Yeah, that's me" replied Ann-Marie
"Oh my goodness, yer look just like yer mother, and I hear yer a lot like yer father, eh, Oh sorry, I must seem rude, I ain't even introduced me-self, I'm Rubeus Hagrid, I was the keeper O' Key's at hogwarts when yer parent's went there, I was quite close to yer father and his friends, oh all the troble 'ey used ter get into" said the half giant, this must have been the person her dad said he knew at hogwart's who loved all things horrible and monstorous. but before she could reply Madam Hagrid made an announcment
"I'm sorry to be saying zis but ze champions have to looke for somezeeng that ees missing from zem, which vill be you as you are all ze most imprtant to them, you vill be put in ze cages and sent up to ze sky's with the Hommes d'oiseau, I am so sorry, that you are doing zis but ve have no choice and you vill all probably be fine by ze end" Madam Hagrid ran up to Hagrid and hugged him, Loraine was standing there yelling
"What about my make up! It will get ruined been in some ugly cage and I'll be hideous, did any one think about ME in the slightest!" she continued to ramble in, they walked out to the Sea were there had been chairs set up for tomorrow's task, they looked out and on the beach were also three men who had wings and had feather's all oer there body's with three cages. Hagrid stepped inside one and waved goodbye to Madam Hagrid as he flew up, Loraine was been carried into her cage by one of the bird men, she was kicking and screaming complaining about how her skirt was going to get ruined along with her shoes and make-up, Suddenly one of the men came up behind her and walked her into her cage and she flew up, She looked and could see Beauxbaton's shrinking rapidly, she look
ed up and the man was holding the cage with his bird Like feet, Eventualy they reached a cloud, an the cages were settled, Loraine was screaming threats at the bird men to take her back down, they looked at her, shrugged and said
"Pardon, je nais pas parle anglais" Ann-Marie knew he had said I do not speak english, she asked him a question
"M'excusons-nous, combien de temps serons-nous vers le haut ici?" asked Ann (Exuse me, how long will we be up here)"Jusqu á ce que votre ami soient venus pour vous obtenir" replied the bird man (Until your boyfriend come's to get you)
Ann-Marie stood there, not knowing what to fear next...