Chapter 11
Dragons
A few weeks past without a faint inkling of what the challenge was. And with it getting closer, I was running out of time.
A week before the challenge, I was walking around with Ivy when she stormed over to Drosie and O'Neil, who were flashing something on their robes.
"Gimme that, you bitch!" Ivy shouted, ripping something off Drosie's robes and running to catch up with me.
"Hey, Potty!" Drosie yelled.
I turned around "What!" I snapped.
Drosie smirked and her and O'Neil started doing the new "dance" that I came up with during the first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, when that spider was on my head and screaming "GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF MEEEEEEE!"
I growled when Ivy pulled me away "Ignore them, Han. They are just a bunch of selfish little brats. Look what they were wearing." she added, holding a button out to me.
I took it. It was a yellow and black button that said:
SUPPORT CEDRIC DIGGORY
THE REAL HOGWARTS CHAMPION!
Ivy pushed the button and it turned bright green with silver and gold writing that said:
POTTERS STINK!
I blinked, confused. Who would make such things?
"Who made these stupid pieces of shit?" Ivy demanded, throwing the button onto the ground and stomping on it hard.
I looked around and saw that everyone was wearing one and flashing "POTTERS STINK!" at me.
"That's something I would like to know!" I growled angrily.
"Look, I have to talk to you." Ivy said, taking my arm and leading me into the courtyard.
"Um…ok?" I said, not really having a choice, but confused either way.
Ivy sat down on one of the benches in the courtyard and turned her back to a group of boys who were talking.
"What?" I asked, looking at the boys conversation.
"Forget them!" Ivy snapped, pulling me onto the bench next to her "I know what the first challenge is for the Tournament."
I gasped "Really! What is it?" I asked, excited I could get started to find useful spells.
"You are getting a monster randomly and you have to battle it. I think there's Fluffy, that three headed dog from first year; a dragon; I think an Acromantula, in other words a giant spider. Basically you're fighting a monster with a wand."
I groaned "Get a bed for me in the hospital wing. Pomfrey's gonna have a hay day getting me right after that challenge!"
Ivy shook her head "You won't need the hospital wing if you figure out the monster's weakness." Ivy said "Look, I gotta go. I'll talk to you later." Ivy said, getting up.
I followed suite "Ok, see you later!" I said, starting to look for Harry.
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Three days past since then and I was busy looking up monster weaknesses when I ran into Sheila Alexander and her dragon Fireball in the library.
"Han! Han!" Sheila shouted, ignoring the librarian's reprimand "Glad I caught you. Harry wanted me to tell you the first challenge is dragons!"
I gap "Just dragons?" I asked, gripping the table.
Sheila nodded as Fireball flew onto my shoulder.
I groaned and banged my head into the book I was reading "UGH! And I haven't even gotten to dragon weaknesses yet!"
Sheila sounded as if she had lit up. "I think I can help!"
I looked up and into her glowing turquoise eyes "Can you tell me a dragon's weakness?" I asked, petting Fireball, who had decided to land back on Sheila's shoulder. "I mean, you have one for yourself, so you must know."
Sheila shook her head "No, Fireball isn't an actual dragon. He's more like a dragon looking lizard. But you need to know a dragon's defences. They obviously breath fire and they can fly too, but they are going to change them for safety for the champions…so I've heard. And dragons are not very bright so if you can distract one long enough, you can use that to your advantage."
I lit up and hugged Sheila "Sheila, you're awesome!" I squealed, pulling away before I groaned "But how in the name of Skinner am I going to cause a big enough diversion?" I groaned, banging my head against the table.
Sheila thought about it "You need something to make it look away for long enough and-" she looked at Fireball and I almost heard a smile in her voice "I think I have a plan for you." she said as Fireball crawled up onto the desk "And Fireball, too."
I looked up from the table and at Sheila. "I'm listening."
