AN: I know some people are wanting Charles to get what he deserves; I have planned for it during the attack. Anyways enjoy the chapter.

Ch 38 Second Task Pt 2

"So what are we talking about?" Ritsuka gave them his signature smile. They all stare at Ritsuka in a white jacket with the Chaldea's logo on the back and black swimming shorts.

Behind him are Dioscuri, Moriarty, Salieri, Waver, Gray, Ushiwakamaru, Benkei, Astolfo, Meltryllis, Mordred, Nightingale, Fou, and Mashu.

Sigurd, Anne, and Mary materialized inclining their heads. "Master," they greeted their master.

Hermione walks up to Ritsuka. "Ritsuka, is it true that Malfoy is a part of the Animusphere family that founded Chaldea that you are currently running?" she asked looking for a directed answer from the Magus.

Ritsuka sighs as he rubs the back of his head. "Yes, they are." He said to her.

"So that means, Draco's father is the heir-"

"Um, Hermione-chan." Hermione looks at Mashu as she looks at her. "Lucius-sama doesn't want to be the director of Chaldea." She told her.

Hermione and Ginny blinked. "Really?"

"Yes, Lord Animusphere doesn't want to oversee an entire organization. He rather is a sub-director or something like that." They all turn around to see Zelretch walking down to them.

"Zelretch-sama!" Mashu exclaims.

Luna, Draco, and Daphne incline their head to the Dead Apostle that was in front of them. "Lord Zelretch," they said to him.

"Now what did I tell you calling me lord?" The Dead Apostle said to the three as they apologies to him.

"So, where were you mentor? You went silent for a while before the Yule Ball." Ritsuka said glaring at his mentor.

Zelretch patted his apprentice's head. "Awe, Ritsuka do you miss me that much? Zelretch jokes with him.

Ritsuka's eye twitches at his mentor petting him like a dog. "Don't patronize me, mentor." Ritsuka glare at the Dead Apostle as he laughs off his warning.

"So, how do we get to the Second Task?" Draco asked Ritsuka.

"I have asked Rider to take us," Ritsuka said.

Ginny looks at Mary and Anne. "These two?" she asked still confused on which Rider.

"Tch, humans don't be an idiot those two don't have the Noble Phantasm that can carry all of us," Castor said sneering at the Gryffindor girl.

"Wow, you're just rude." Ginny sneered back.

Castor eye twitch. "Why you-"

"Lord brother, please master is with us. Try to behave or else I won't pay attention to you for a week." Pollux said with an innocent smile.

Castor's face paled at the thought of being neglected by his precious sister. "V-Very well, Sister," Castor said looking away.

Pollux smiles at him before turning to the humans. "I apologies on my brother's behalf, he has a dislike of humans except for master," she said as she looks at him. "Though he won't show it most of the time."

Hermione, Luna, Daphne, and Draco understand the son of Zeus leaving Ginny confused. "We understand," Luna said.

"We do?" Ginny questioned as Hermione nudge her. "I mean we do!" she said making everyone laugh.

"Tch, where is that big-busted Rider?" Mordred said getting impatient of waiting.

"Saber, even though Saber is not here does not mean you can misbehave," Moriarty said to the Knight of Treachery.

Mordred looks at the crime lord. "Tch, why are you even here old man? I thought you are staying in that damn lab?" She said to him.

"A nice change of scenery won't hurt anyone," Moriarty said.

"Shut up," Mordred said getting annoyed by him.

"Um, Sir is that Rider's Noble Phantasm in the distance?" Gray asked Waver as he looks at the far distance of the lake.

"It is Gray," Waver said. "Master, Rider's here." He said to his master as the ship came to the dock on the pier.

"Finally, what took her so long," Meltryllis said as she walks to the edge of the pier.

"Melt," Ritsuka sighs at the Alter Ego. "Well our ride's here, come on," Ritsuka said as he walks to the ship.

"Fou!"

Hermione looks Ginny as Daphne, Draco, and Luna follow Ritsuka. "Well, it's now or never," Ginny said to Hermione as she nodded following them.

Once everyone gathers near the ship the plank drops down to let everyone board. A person was standing at the top. "Welcome to my ship," Drake said with a huge smile.

"Rider, thank you again for doing this," Ritsuka said to the Rider.

"Oi, master anything you request I give. That's how I roll." She said as the Servants board the Golden Hind.

"Hello Rider, it's nice to see you again," Draco said to the Woman who brought down the Sun.

"Aye, it's been so long hasn't it pipsqueak," Drake said as he glares at her.

"Pipsqueak?" Daphne giggles at the nickname that Drake gave her fiancé.

"Don't ask," Draco said to her as she continues to giggle.

Drake sneers at Zelretch remembering the times he gets drunk with the other Servants who got drunk at times. "Dead Apostle," Drake greeted him.

"Captain, been a while," Zelretch said to her.

"Yeah, Yeah, just get on old man," Drake said as he walks away. She sighs as she looks at the newcomers that got on board on her ship.

"Oi, you're the girls that master brought during the Christmas, right?" Drake asked Ginny and Hermione.

They look at her feeling a bit jealous of her bust. "Yes, and you're Rider that Ritsuka was just talking about, right?"

"Yep, that me," Drake said puffing out her chest. "Glad to meet you to properly, I was incapacitated during Christmas with the others at the bar." Drake smiles at them.

"Oh, it nice to meet you captain Rider," Ginny said.

"Please calm me Rider, none of the formal stuff," Drake said with a smile.

"Right," Ginny and Hermione said.

"All right, set sail!" Drake announces to her crew as they went to work.

Ginny walks around the ship in awe of the Servants presence at this time. She saw Ushiwakamaru and Benkei talking to each other as Meltryllis stand next to them gazing at the scenery from the side of the ship.

Moriarty and Waver talking about physics as Gray stood next to her mentor. The Dioscuri kept to themselves sitting in one corner only talking to each.

Mordred and Astolfo armed wrestle as the crew members cheered the two knights on.

Mashu and Ritsuka were talking to Draco and Daphne catching up for some lost time. Ritsuka pulled Draco away from the two girls as they talk about Fou to disclose something private to him.

Zelretch and Luna spoke about joining the Mage's Association.

Nightingale went inside the quarters to prepare any medical emergency that her master may sustain.

"This is impressive," Ginny said as she looks for Rider. Soon she found them talking to the crew members of the Golden Hind. "Rider," Ginny called to the two.

Anne turns around. "Ginny, how are you feeling?"

"Fine, why do you ask?"

"The ship is faster than any other ship, so it might have some seasickness to normal humans," Mary explains.

"Really? I don't feel anything that out of sort." Ginny said to her protectors.

"Well, it seems you have your sea legs today." Anne smiles at her.

Ginny chuckles at Anne's personality. "I never laugh like that for a while, the only person I can have fun like this is with Hermione."

"Well, at least you have us as friends," Mary mutters

"Yeah,"

Hermione and Sigurd were walking around the Golden Hind as Hermione look at the details of the ship. "Is something the matter, lady Hermione?" Sigurd asks his ward.

"No, nothing is wrong. It's just this ship looks so familiar but can't seem to remember where I saw it." She said to him. Sigurd sighs knowing Hermione will figure this one out for herself.

As they walk to the deck she bumps into a man with gray hair. "Watch it!" he said to the bushy-haired girl.

"S-So sorry…"

"Avenger, I'm Avenger." He sneers at her.

"Sorry, Avenger I did-"

"You better watch where you are walking, girl," Salieri said.

"Avenger, that's enough. You're scaring my ward." Sigurd said to the man in Grey.

"Tch, I will hold my tong for now." Salieri looks at Hermione. "Girl, I apologies for my actions." He left it there as he walks away.

"What is his problem? He was all snappy with me and now he just apologies." Hermione said to Sigurd.

"I haven't been around Avenger that much, but from what master and Lady Mashu say about him that his personality is corrupted by a skill that most Servants with a tragic past have called Innocent Monster. "Sigurd said to her.

"I see, so he can't control his personality?" Hermione asked. "That's sad."

"That's how a Servant's life is, even master can't get rid of that skill all he can do is to work on it to our benefits." He continued.

"Oi, we're coming close to the platform!" Drake announced as everyone turns to see three big platforms.

Second Task Platform

James and Lily walk around the platform ensuring that no one falls off into the lake. "James, have you seen Neville? I haven't seen him anywhere." Lily asked her husband.

James looked around to see his godson anywhere. "No, I haven't, neither Hermione, Ginny, or Luna." He said.

"Don't forget Greengrass and Malfoy," Lily said.

"Same, I think they skipped out seeing they hate this even from what I take it," James said sneering at the thought of those purebloods prejudice. "Maybe ask Charles where they could be?"

Lily nodded thanking that Charles was able to attend the Second Task despite having detention for a month. She saw Remus and Sirius talking to Ruler and Reines. "I see Reines and Ruler with Sirius and Remus," Lily said.

James looks at his friends as they laugh with the two Servants. "What the hell?" James said to himself walking to them.

"So, I heard that Charles almost hit Hermione. I'm glad you were their Ruler to stop him." Sirius said to the detective. "By the way, where are Saber and Caster? I haven't seen them."

"I was just preventing an incident before it happened," Holmes said to the Animagus.

"Caster and Saber decided to stay at Hogwarts, master wants them to protect that place in case of an attack from any Demonic Beast," Reines said

"In any case, we thank you," Remus said.

Reines saw his master's father walking. "Ruler, master's father is coming this way."

Ruler, Sirius, and Remus look at James as they made his way to them. "Remus, Sirius what are you two talking about?" James asked them.

"Oh, James we were just talking about Charles," Sirius said.

"Yes, Hermione was lucky that Ruler was able to stop Charles's punch," Remus said to James.

"Yes, it's a shame that Charles received detention for a month, I swear he should at least have it for a week," James stated.

Remus and Sirius looked at each other thinking that James has gone crazy. "James, Charles almost hit a fellow student. You know the rules." Remus said.

"Yes I know the rules, but there are exceptions to it," James said. "He's the Boy-Who-Lived, he should be treated respectfully."

The two marauders look at each other worried that fame has already corrupted him and Charles. "Mr. Potter, being famous doesn't count for special treatment from others."

"Shut up, you have no idea how fame affects people." James glare at the Ruler. "You're just a Servant, a nobody to my idiot son." Everyone stared at the group after hearing James Potter.

Reines steps forward. "Mr. Potter, I suggest that you stop right there before we have to retaliate on the insult you gave in our master's name," she warns him.

"Tch, why? He just a spoiled brat that runs a big shot organization that he gains by dirty means to get where he is." James said as many gasps. "Your just pawn-"

Reines place James in a tight hold in a blink of an eye. " I did warn you, Mr. Potter, it doesn't matter if you're my master's father but I won't tolerate his named being slandered by a lowlife such as you," Reines said.

"Why you little-" James tried to break free but the Servant only tightens her hold.

"Now, I will release you, and I better not hear another insult on my master," Reines said with a smile. "Do I make myself clear?" she asked.

"Crystal." James spat.

Reines releases him as he walks to his wife. "James are you alright?" Lily asked her husband.

"Yes Lily, just a bit of pain in my arm." He said sneering at the Rider.

"There's a ship coming here!" An Auror yelled out as everyone look at the incoming ship. Everyone went to where the ship was going to dock as a plank drops down.

"What's going on?" James asked as the Headmasters of each school and minister investigate the ship that was docked to the platform.

"Who is on zat ship?" Maxime asked as a woman purple-haired woman with spikes on her legs and arm appeared on top.

"Excuse me miss, but who are you? Your ship is on private property." Dumbledore said to the strange woman.

"Ah, you must be that old human male that some Servants have a distasted of," Meltryllis said to them.

"Old human? What do you mean by that?" Fudge asked. "Are you saying that you aren't human!?" he said as many were wary of her.

"Tch, why would I call myself a lower lifeform that I have little respect for?" Meltryllis sneers at the minister as he cowers away behind Kingsley and Tonks. "The only human that I respect is my master," she said.

"You're a Servant of Harry?" Lily said shock to see that her son has more Servants serving under him.

"So, what should we call you?" James sneers at her.

"Meltryllis of the Alter Ego Class, human." She said sneering back at James. 'Now, be honored to be in the presence of my master, Ritsuka Fujimaru." she said as she walks to the side to let the Servants down.

Fred, George, Ron, and Charles push through the crowd that was observing the ship as the occupants walk down. First was Waver, Gray, Dioscuri, Mordred, and Sigurd.

They were surprised after Sigurd was Hermione looking at the Dragon Slayer. "(Is it alright that you are in your physical form and not in your astral form?)" Hermione asked.

"(As long as I'm with master, I won't cause any suspicion if I just came with you alone.)" he said to her.

Ginny walked down next with Mary and Anne following Sigurd and Hermione. Ginny noticed that some guys are staring at Anne. "Hey Rider, aren't you a bit uncomfortable with the guys staring at you?" she asked Anne.

Anne looked around her as many of the males were staring at her bust. "Nah, I always have like admires." She said with a smile.

"More like you like the thought of men being in bed with you," Mary said to Anne.

"Oh, you have the dirtiest thoughts Rider!" Anne hugged Mary as she was okay with it.

Ginny chuckles. "You two are such so much fun to be around." She said to them.

Zelretch smiles once he got off the ship. The Dead Apostle notices the other judges as he made his way to the. "Hello all, how are you faring this fine misty day?" the Dead Apostle greeted them.

Dumbledore and Igor were still wary of the vampire, so they did not answer him. Maxime on the other hand

Maxime smiles. "Very vell, Zelretch. I have missed your humorous demeanor, how are you doing?" the half-giant ask him.

"Headmistress Maxime, it good to see you again. I have been doing just great since the last time I spoke to you." Zelretch smiles.

"Zhat's good to hear," Maxime said.

Two more people came down from the ship as everyone gasps at who the two are. "WHAT IS MALFOY AND THAT ICE QUEEN DOING ON BOARD THAT SHIP!" Charles exclaims as Draco and Daphne remain calm as they made their way to greet Ruler and Reines.

Everyone was now gossiping amongst each other of why Malfoy and Greengrass are on board on Ritsuka's ship. Then Ritsuka and Mashu went down as Ritsuka guided Mashu carefully off the ship.

Mashu turns around to Ritsuka with a smile. "Thank you, Senpai." She said to him.

"Anytime, Mashu," Ritsuka said to her as she walks off to the others. Ritsuka turns to the Alter Ego as she went on back on the Golden Hind. "Melt, aren't you going to stay and watch?" he asked the Alter Ego.

Meltryllis gave her master a smug look. "Master, I rather watch you from the ship than being with those vermin." The Alter Ego sneer at every wizard in the vicinity before she boards the Golden Hind joining those who don't want to go on the platform.

Ritsuka sighs at the Alter Ego when James, Lily, and Dumbledore came up to him. "Harry, are you alright? Did Draco or Daphne hurt you?" Lily asked her son.

"What were you thinking of bringing Malfoy and Greengrass with you!?" James said showing his dislikes of Purebloods.

"Mr. Potter, you cannot trust those two children. They are the children of Voldemort's most trusted Death Eaters, they are use-" Ritsuka walks away from the old man spatting his nonsense view on his friend's son and fiancé.

"Harry James Potter, don't you go off and not answer the Headmaster!" James shouted at him as his son ignores him. James was about to draw his wand at his son when Reines glared at him. He gulps as he let's go of his wand not wanting to face her again.

"Mr. Po-" Ritsuka glared at Dumbledore for using his old name. "I mean, Mr. Fujimaru you haven't answered my question. Why is Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Greengrass with you on your ship?" he asked again.

Ritsuka smiles. "Well, Headmaster I was just being a good person and offer them a lift here," Ritsuka said.

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as he gave Ritsuka a grandfatherly look. "H-Ritsuka, the Malfoys and Greengrass family are influential in the ministry and loyal to the Dark Lord, they have you in their palms of their hands. Allow me and your family to h-"

Ritsuka gave him a smug look. "Are seriously doing this same trick again?" he said to him as he steps back. Ritsuka turns around waving his hand at him. "I will see you later old man." He said to him.

Dumbledore cursed under his breath that his second attempt to manipulate the boy failed. "Dumbydore are you ready? Itz almost time." Maxime caught the attention of the old wizard.

"Yes, I vant zhis task to ztart." Igor said. "Zhis iz my favorite other zen the finale of the Tournament," Igor added.

"Dumbledore? Are you all set?" Zelretch asked him.

Dumbledore shook his head before looking at his fellow judges. "Huh…oh yes, I'm all prepared. Let's get a move on then." He smiles at them. they all made their way to the Judge's booth right above the audience.

Ritsuka walks to where the other Champions are gathering. "Glad you can make it Ritsuka," Cedric said to the Magus.

"I vish you luck, Ritsuka," Victor said to him.

"Same here may zhe best champion win," Fleur said.

Ritsuka nodded. "Thank you for your sportsmanship, it is appreciated." Ritsuka smiles. "Let's do our best." The champions nodded as the Announcer's voice went on.

" Welcome to the Second Task, last night something was stolen from each of our champions," he announced as the Champions look at each other on what was stolen from them.

"A treasure of sort, these four treasures lie at the bottom of the Black Lake." The Announcer said. " In order to win the champions will have to go down to the bottom of the Lake to retrieve the treasure for an hour." He added.

"The Champions will start when the sound of the cannon goes off." He said.

The Champions did some stretches before they have to go into the freezing waters. Ritsuka finished his stretches as Mashu walks behind him.

"Good luck, Senpai," Mashu said to him.

Charles nudges Ron's shoulder at the strange jacket that his brother wore. "Hey Ron, look at that symbol on his back. It looks stupid right?" Charles chuckles.

"Yeah, it is! Just what it means? World peace?" Ron jokes as some laugh with them.

Fred and George shook their heads disappointed with their young brother. "So,"

"Childish," Fred finished off Georges's comment.

Ritsuka ignores the laughter of his bother's attics as he unzips his jacket. He turns to Mashu. "Mashu, would you mind holding my jacket?" he said as he removes the white jacket off his body revealing his toned muscles and abs.

Many girl's faces were red at the sight of the Magus's toned body. "Damn, would you look at that George," Fred said impressed that Ritsuka works out.

"He must have worked out daily to get his body like this," George added as Charles and his followers were silent at how physically strong Ritsuka is.

Ritsuka handed his jacket to Mashu as she held onto it. "Hai!" Mashu smiles as she clutches on his jacket.

The Champions were in position ready to dive in to retrieve their missing treasure, soon the cannon fired singling them to dive into the water.

"Stay safe, Senpai," Mashu said holding his jacket close to her heart.

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