I don't own Harry Potter or His Dark Materials. I only own the characters Zephyr and Loki Raziya. And Teraphim. Oh and by the way, I've made up some creatures, the 'Volcanus Iumentum' and the South African Scorpiontail. It's my own creation so if you want to use it, ask first.
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Chapter 8
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Harry's PoV.
"The first task," shouted Dumbledore. "Will be on the twenty-fourth of this month. So I would advise the Champions to prepare themselves for anything to come. Now I think it time for you all to get some sleep. Good night."
Harry, Will, Ron, Hermione and Lyra walked back up to the griffindor common room, chatting about the first task and what it was going to be.
Neville came running around the corner and up the stairs to where the griffindor common room was and where the group was standing.
"Harry, Harry. I've got an letter from Hagrid for you." Puffed out Neville. He handed the letter over to Harry who quickly read it.
He put the letter in his pocket and ran off into the common room and up the stairs into the boy's dorm. Just as the rest of the group entered the common room, Harry ran back down the stairs and through the closing portrait hole.
Harry ran down the stairs to the entrance hall and out into the grounds down to Hagrid's hut. He knocked on the door before jumping in when Hagrid opened it.
"Blimey Harry! Scared us yuh did." Said Hagrid. "I'm glad yuh came. I got somin real good like to show yuh. Did yuh brin' yuh invisibility cloak?"
"Yeah I did but what do you want to show me?" asked Harry looking around. "Hagrid, have you combed your hair?"
"Yea' I 'ave." said Hagrid. "Anyway, get under yuhr cloak. Wher' goin'."
Harry took his invisibility cloak from his inside pocket, threw it over himself and left the hut with Hagrid, heading towards the forbidden forest. As they entered the forest, Harry heard a terrible roar, the forest light up and a brilliant blue flame shot towards them. They jumped out the way as the blue flame burnt the tree in front of them.
"Haggard," called a voice from them. Harry turned around to find Madame Maxime coming towards them. "I am varee glad dat you came. Now vat vas it dat you vanted to sho' mee?" she asked. Hagrid motioned for Madame Maxime, and Harry, to follow him.
They entered a small clearing when Hagrid said, "This is the first tasks challengeā¦"
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"Dragons!" whispered Harry to Will in the common room before breakfast the next day. "That's the first task. One for each of us."
Will laughed at the sound of the news. Dragons were easy! After all, he himself was a dragon animagus. This was going to be easy.
"What's so funny?" asked Harry, he didn't know that the boy in front of him was an angimagus. Will just shock his head and left the common room for breakfast.
Harry followed Will out and down to breakfast. They met up with Lyra, Hermione and Ron and sat down for some breakfast.
There came a rustling sound and over a thousand owls came flying over them, dropping parcels and letters to people all around the hall. Will was expecting not to get anything, he had no one to get mail from. But three small brown barn owls had landed in front of Will and Lyra, two for Will and one for Lyra. They looked at each other in confusion. They never got mail, so why did they have it now?
Will took a letter that was tied to the first owls leg. He opened the letter and read:
Dear Mr Parry,
I have agreed with professor McGonagal to let you and Ms Belacqua to let you go on the Hogsmeade visit, this Sunday. I hope you have a nice time.
Sincerely
Albus Dumbledore.
Will finished reading the letter and turned to Hermione who was sitting next to him.
"What's a Hogsmeade visit?" he asked.
"Well, Hogsmeade is the only wizarding village in Britain. There's Honeydukes Sweetshop, The Three Broomsticks, Zonko's Joke shop, The Shierking Shack, Dervish and Banges, Gladrags Wizardwear, Madam Puddifoot's, Scrivenshaft's Quill shop, the Post Office and The Hogshead." Stated Hermione. Will just rolled his eyes and explained that he only wanted to know what it was not what was in it.
Lyra had got the same letter. Will took the second letter, the owl that had delivered it drinking from the jug of pumpkin juice in front of him. He stared at the owl, it looked as if it had come a long way, before opening it.
Your father would like to meet you.
He read the letter through lots of time before he realised that most people had already left the great hall for their lessons. Lyra was shaking Will, trying to get him to come out of his daydream and go to lessons. Will jumped out of his chair and ran up to Dumbledor who was leaving to go to his office.
"Sir, I got a letterā¦" shouted Will as he sped towards Dumbledore. "From my Father!" Dumbledor's eyes widened as Will muttered the last three words.
"Come with me" was all he said as they walked to his office. Dumbledor opened the door for Will and walked in afterwards. They sat down opposite each other and Dumbledor broke the silence, "What does the letter say?" he asked calmly.
"All it says is 'Your father would like to meet you.' And nothing else." Replied Will.
"Nothing else?"
"Nothing else."
"Very well. But I must ask, do you wish to meet your father?"
Will didn't answer as he was deep in thought. If he met with his father, he could get killed. If he didn't meet with his father, he could get killed for not meeting with him. After all, he had heard about his father's followers, the death keepers or something, they might come to get him. He truly didn't know.
"I don't know, sir."
"Very well. If you make up your mind, we try toshall make arrangements. You may go back to your lessons."
Will nodded and left the room. He walked down the stairs and headed for the most boring subject, History of Magic.
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"So," said Loki. "Tomorrow is the first task! You excited?"
"Very," "Just a little," said Will and Lyra in sync.
"Well we better get some wandless magic done." Laughed Loki. "Blasting I think! Have either of you seen the muggle film Star Wars?" he was grinning madly.Will laughed. "Yeah. I have."
"Great! What about you, Lyra?" asked Loki. Lyra shook her head. "Oh well. Anyways it's a lot like that! Lets start! Push you hands forward and think of a powerful force popping out of your hand and hitting something. Like this," he pushed his hand forward and the dummy in front of him flew across the room.
Lyra held her breath and focused her energy on the palm of her hand where the magic would come out. She breathed out and thrust her hand forward. A strong blue energy burst free from her hand headed towards Loki who was talking to Teraphim. He was blasted away and slammed into the bookcase behind him. Loki slid down the side of it and blacked out. He woke up 2 minutes later as Teraphim was using a reviving spell on him.
"What the hell was that?" shouted Loki as he got up unsteadily. Lyra blushed.
"I accidentally blasted you into the book case." Chuckled Lyra. Will and Teraphim joined in because Loki was looking them completely dumbfounded.
"You blasted me into the bookcase?" Asked Loki, not sure if he had understood her. Lyra nodded. "Well, well done! I'm very pleased of you!"
They laughed even harder when he said that. While Loki was unconscious Will had also got how to wandlessly blast.
"Well, if you've done that, we might as well move on to do some actual magic like a shield charm. We shall use wands first. So the incantation is Portego." A blue barrier protected Loki and he asked for the two to use any spell they think can penetrate the barrier.
Will cast the bat-bogey hex, which he and Lyra had learned from Ginny Weasley, at Loki who just stood there not feeling anything. Lyra used the body-binding curse at him at the same time, and both were deflected. The bats came back and started attacking again but just bumped off the invisible barrier and vanished.
"This is a full-body shield, you might not be able to create the full-body shield. But you might be able to block some spells. Now you try."
The word Portego was sounded and little shields came up around them, but weren't very strong. It wasn't until Loki said that they had to imagine themselves not getting hurt when they finally were able to create a shield around themselves and protect the simple spells.
"We shall work on that tomorrow after the first task. I hope you do very well, Will. I know you can win." Cheered on Loki.
"Thanks" said Will, and left the room arms linked with Lyra's.
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Harry's PoV.
Harry got up on Saturday morning and dressed so inattentively that it was a while before he realised he was trying to pull his hat onto his foot instead of his sock. When he had finally got all his clothes on the right parts of his body, he walked over to Will's bed and opened the curtains to wake him up. He pushed Will and mutter a get up, but got no reply.
Harry couldn't be bothered with anything interrupting his train of though so he used the Wingardium Leviosa spell to levitate Will out of his bed and dropped him on the floor. Will's eyes shot open as he fell to the floor.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING?" he shouted. He grabbed his wand off the bedside table and pointed it centimetres away from Harry's pupil.
"You wouldn't wake up."
"Oh. Sorry."
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After Will had got dressed, he picked up his wand, put it in his inside pocket and went down to breakfast with Harry. They met up with the rest of the group and Will took Lyra away to speak with her in private.
"Listen, I know what the first task is and it's dragons. I know that it will be easy to complete because of my animagi skills." Said Will. "But if I don't make it through this competition, I want you to know that I'm truly and deeply in love with you."
Tears began to sparkle in Lyra's eyes. She had always loved him, but if he died, she wouldn't know what to do.
"I love you Will. I need you. And I know you can win this thingy because I'll be here to support you."
They went into a kiss which for both of them felt like an age. They only pulled out when Malfoy came over sneering and shouting something about them being the worst pair because of them being Muggle born. But neither Lyra nor Will knew what that meant.
Will turned to Malfoy.
"Run, Malfoy, Run." Said Will, in his warrior voice. That dark voice that could shake even the bravest of hearts. "Because if you ever hurt Lyra, mentally or physically, I shall hunt you down and kill you. And that's a promise." He walked up to Malfoy and whispered in his ear, "I've killed before."
The two cronies standing next to Malfoy grabbed Will and pulled him off Malfoy before he could do any damage. Will pushed them off his arms and punched them both in the stomachs, making them fall on the floor in writhing in pain.
Malfoy ran as the boy in front of him, hit the two brute boys who fell to the floor in pain. They writhed on the floor as Malfoy ran as fast and far as he could, not looking back at the boy who had delivered two gut shattering punches to the boys he used as protection. Will took hold of Lyra's hand and lead her back into the great hall.
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Will and Lyra walked down to the champions tent, hand in hand. As they entered, Lyra was hurried out by Dumbledore and Will kissed her before she left.
"Right champions," said Mr Crouch. "In a circle around me. That's right. Now put your hand into the bag and pull one thing out. Ms Delacour, you first."
Fleur put her hand inside the bag and jumped back a bit as something small bit her on her fingertip. She went back into the bag and pulled out a miniature dragon.
"The Welsh Green. You next Mr Krum."
Krum put his hand in the bag as Madame Maxime looked at the welsh green in Fleur's hand. Krum pulled his hand out the bag.
"The Chinese Fireball, oooh. Mr Parry." Will put his hand into the bag and felt a tickling sensation in his fingers, which felt like lots of tiny horns. He grabbed and pulled out the one he wanted. Yes! He thought, as he looked at the dragon in his hand."The Hungarian Horntail. Mr Potter."
Harry plunged his hand deep in side the bag and pulled back as something stung him. He reached back in and pulled out a dragon by its tail.
"The South African Scorpiontail. Nasty. Well, now that the dragons have been selected, I want you to get your champions clothes on, which are over there." He pointed to four beds, each with a set of clothes on each bed. "The first task shall start at the sound of the cannon in ten minutes. Mr Krum will go first, then Ms Delacour, Mr Parry after wards, and finally Mr Potter. Your missions is to retrieve the golden egg guarded by that dragon."
Dumbledor and Mr crouch left and the champions went to where the bed were, closed the curtains around it and got changed. Will came out first and started pacing around the tent. He then noticed the letter that had just appeared on his bed. He walked over and opened the letter. The writing was in the same fancy style as the one that said 'Your father wants to meet you.'
Your father is watching from the sky. Wave to him went you succeed.
He looked around the tent to see who had delivered it. But there was no one there and all the exits were closed so no owls could have got in. he was wondering if it was there all along, but then he remembered that it wasn't there when he was changing. Krum came out of his changing quarter and looked at Will before saying good luck.
"So," said Krum. "Ow deed you get into vis competition?"
"I didn't enter. I don't know who did." Replied Will coolly, he had been asked this question by a lot of people by now and was used to the funny looks he was getting.
"Ok. Do you lieke quidditch? I am vee Bulgarian Seeker; most say vee best in vee vorld. I do not lieke to boast."
"I don't know what it is."
Krum was shocked at this statement and looked at Will as if he hadn't lived yet. Their stare was interrupted by Fleur and Harry and Dumbledor.
"Right," said Dumbledor. "Mr Krum you will be going first so when you hear the fir-" but he didn't finish his sentence because the first cannon had interrupted what he was saying. Krum ran towards the end of the tent and walked through. Cheering erupted from the other side of the tent as the crowd saw Krum exit the tent and begin to challenge his dragon.
"Ms Delacour, when the next cannon goes, you shall exit. Then you Mr Parry, and then Mr Potter. I must go and judge now." And he left through the side door heading up to the judges' table.
After what seemed like hours the next cannon sounded and Fleur left through the same door Krum had exited. Harry and Will heard the cheering for Fleur and waited for the sound of the next cannon for Will to leave.
The cannon sounded and Will got ready. He slowly walked up to the door and waited for a few seconds before exiting. He stepped through the door and found him self in a tunnel which lead to an opening. He stepped onto a rock and looked around him. The golden egg was sitting atop a rock surrounded by other brown-ish eggs. The crowd around him was chanting his name and he couldn't see the dragon. Well this is easy, thought Will. I'll just use the accio charm to get the egg. He laughed at the idea of how easy this could be if he used a summoning spell.
"Accio golden egg." Shouted Will. The egg twitched but didn't move. "Oh well."
A huge spiked tail jolted out from behind a rock and almost hit Will. The crowd took a sharp breath as Will jumped out of the way just in time. The dragon got out of its hiding place and fire spurted from its mouth directly towards Will, who rolled out the way to here another sharp intake of breath from the crowd.
Enough games, though Will as he leapt into the tunnel from where he had came. He heard what was probably Malfoy shouting something like 'He's a chicken!'. Will transformed into the Hungarian Horntail and flew up from the tunnel to the sky. He circled the enclosure shooting flames into the air, cries from the crowd below. It felt good to be flying again. Will lowered his head towards the mother dragon, hovering in the air.
"Follow," he screamed in dragon. The mother dragon nodded her head and started to take flight but her neck was on a chain tied to the floor. She started running from where the chain was tied and broke it. She took off and Will flew as fast as he could towards the mountains, a plan forming in his mind. He looked behind him and saw the mother dragon gaining on him. Will beat his wings harder and harder, he saw the she-dragon trying her hardest to keep up but was quite far behind.
Will could see the mountains now. They weren't too far away; there he could hide behind the trees and transform back to his human form but with wings. The trees where coming close, he had to beat his wings harder. Will flew up and went into a tailspin right into the middle of the trees. He transformed back into himself and then grew back the wings and horns. I really like these! He though as the horns grew back.
Will could see the dragon following him into the trees and look around hopelessly for the mysterious dragon she had followed in here. Will ran as fast as he could to the edge of the forest and fell over the side of the cliff. He spread his wings and flew back towards the enclosure to retrieve the golden egg. He flew as fast as he could and tail spinned into the arena to collect his prize. He picked up the golden egg atop the other dragon eggs, and showed it to the crowd, who cheered for the spectacular performance, they had just witnessed.
Will remembered the note and looked up. He saw an eagle circling the arena and though it must be an animagus, he waved up to it. A flame shot out of the trees he had just came from and he saw the dragon leap out of them and saw towards them faster that it had been before. It roared as it came closer and shot a flame directly at Will, who transformed back into the dragon. The flame felt like a warm breeze on the rock hard scaled that rested on Will's back. The people in the audience oohed and ahhed as Will took off and headbutted the dragon in the stomach and watched it fall to the floor.
Will heard the deafening crack as the skull of the dragon smacked off the floor. He cringed and changed back to Will as he descended to the floor. The crowed cheered and Will looked up at the judges table and saw that all the judges where in complete awe, that a fourteen year old boy had become a animagi and killed a dragon. They raised their score boards to all show ten, except Karkaroff who put up a seven. Everyone had seen this and booed.
Oh well, I suppose he only wants his champion to win. Thought Will. He climbed off the rock he was standing on and walked up to the stairs to the stands. Will joined the other champions and got ready to watch Harry.
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The cannon sounded and Harry walked out of the champion's tent and down to the dragon's enclosure. He was practising the summoning charm over and over in his mind. It's Accio, he thought, Visualise what I'm summoning. My Firebolt. Fly past the dragon and get the egg. Ok. He stepped out into the enclosure and straight away saw the dragon's sting hurtling towards him. Harry jumped out the way as the sting cut straight through the rock he had just been standing on, the brownish-yellow tail lifted its self out of the rock rearing back to try and hit him again.
"Oooh!" shouted the crowd, as the Scorpiontail had just taken another swipe at Harry.
"Accio Firebolt." shouted Harry. He jumped behind a boulder as brilliant blue flames licked the wall he had just been standing at.
Harry saw his broom flying towards him and he ran around the rock jumped and landed on his broom. The crowd cheered as he swerved out of the way of the sting brushed the back of his broom, knocking him off course a bit. Harry gained his balance and flew in circles around the dragon, flames shooting everywhere, trying to make it dizzy. He then flew high into the air and the scorpiontail broke free of the chain. Harry flew higher and then suddenly turned around and shot at the dragon with increasing speed. The mother dragon shot a flame towards Harry who swerved out the way and sped towards the ground.
The dragon turned around and followed Harry speeding towards the ground. Harry slowed down a bit so that the dragon could catch up. The dragon blew a flame towards Harry, which just caught the back of his champions robes. Harry sped up and headed towards the floor. He quickly pulled up and the dragon smashed straight into the floor. The crowd cheered as Harry picked up the golden egg and showed it off. He looked up to the judges table to see the scores being shown. Nine from Dumbledore, eight from Madame Maxime, nine from Mr Crouch, ten from Mr Bagman but just a four from Karkaroff. He obviously didn't approve of Harry being in the competition and so gave him a low score.
"Champions" shouted Dumbledore. "You are wanted in the champions ten."
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They gathered into the tent to see Mr Bagman waiting for them.
"Right," said Bagman, Bouncing around as though he had just passed a dragon himself "Well done all of you. If you have any cuts and burns go and see Madam Pomfrey. So, you've got a nice long wait for the next task. The twenty seventh of October. If you look at the golden eggs, you see they have hinges. And that's because inside is a clue which will tell you about the second task and then you can prepare for it. all clear? Ok well of you go, get cracking! Heh, get it? get Cracking!"
they left the tent and went their separate ways. Will and Harry went with Lyra, Ron and Hermione, wanting to find out how the others did. Rita Skeeter walked up to them with a quill and parchment.
"Well done," she said, beaming at the two champions. "Would either of you like to give me a quick word?"
"Yeah alright. Howbout Goodbye!" laughed Harry.
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End of chapter 8
