It had been two weeks since Harry had opened the egg in the common room, and two weeks since Ron and Harry had made up (George had won the bet, of course.) and we had decided to give Harry a break from slaving over the egg to figure out the hint. Deciding we should go swimming, we all raced to the Black Lake and shed our heavy cloaks and shoes before jumping in. Harry had brought the damn egg with him even though he was supposed to be taking a break, and seeing the sunlight glinting on it on the shore, I got an idea.
"Guys!" I yelled, wading back towards the egg. "Let's play catch!"
"Rita, that's a bad idea!" Hermione yelled at me when I grabbed the egg from at her feet. She hadn't wanted to swim, claiming she had a fear of water (she just couldn't swim, she doesn't need to lie to me).
"Eh, it's just a loud egg! What could happen?"
I ignored her further arguments as I swam back out towards Harry, Ron, Fred, and George.
"Hey Fred! Think fast!" I said before chucking the heavy golden egg at his head. He ducked and it hit George in the stomach.
"Oof!" He gasped, fumbling with the egg. "Rita!" He yelled, throwing it back at me. I laughed and caught it, tossing it to Harry. He was laughing now and already seemed better from a bit of fun.
He tossed it to Fred who then started a mini war with George.
"Rita, catch!" George yelled, throwing it high over Fred's reaching hands.
"Wha-?" I shrieked and ducked, the egg splashing behind me in the water.
"RITA!" Hermione shrieked.
"Oops..." we all looked at each other with wide eyes before I dove down to try and find the egg before it got lost.
But as soon as my head had slipped beneath the cool waves my ears were full of sweet singing. Frowning, I picked the egg up carefully. It had split open when it hit the bottom. Pushing off from the bottom, I swum back up and took a deep breath, cringing when the singing turned to shrieking.
"Guys! Guys I think I've figured it out!"
"What?" Fred asked.
"Are you serious?!" Harry said angrily,
"I've been trying to figure out that stupid egg for 2 weeks now." He wadded over to me and took the egg.
"Go underwater and listen!" Harry quirked an eyebrow at me before listening. We stood around waiting for a few moments with baited breath until he popped back up.
"Rita, you clumsy girl you! I can't believe you figured it out!"
"Well, not really." I pointed out. "What did it say?"
"I think the next task is here; in the lake. I'm going to have to find something important."
"Hey! What are you for doing in the Black Lake?!" We whirled around to see an angry Head Girl standing next to a sheepish Hermione.
"We are- uh... Swimming?" I deadpanned.
"All of you- Straight to McGonagall's office!"
ADADADAD
"Really? The black lake? Do you six have to find every loophole in the system? Do you like making my life hard?" McGonagall scolded as we stood in in front of her desk.
"No, Professor." We chimed. Hermione was standing as far away from us as she could, trying to look as if she hadn't been a part of this.
"Kind of." George murmured.
"What was that?" McGonagall said dangerously.
"Well it's our job!" I argued. "It's been passed down to us! Not everyone can do it."
McGonagall gave me That LookTM and I blanched. "Never mind."
"Do you know how dangerous that could have been?" She continued.
"Yes, Professor." Harry and Ron said while Fred, George and I went,
"Not really, Professor."
"I do now." I said.
"Do you?" Fred asked.
I smirked. "Maybe."
"Children!" Professor McGonagall clapped.
"Sorry, Professor."
"Harry and Ron are already going to have to spend enough time in the lake, and who knows what terrible things will happen then!"
We looked at her in confusion. Her face drained a bit as she covered her mouth.
"WHAT?!" Ron shrieked girlishly.
"Oh Ronald, it's okay." I said, putting my hand on his shoulder. "We won't miss you too terribly."
"I'M GOING TO DIE?!" Ron shrieked, looking at McGonagall as if she had held the knife to his neck herself.
"No...?"
"IS THAT A QUESTION??" Harry exclaimed.
"No...?"
Fred and George laughed. "You're both screwed!"
"Here lies Harry and Ronald, brothers that were pretty lame till the end." I said sadly.
"No one is going to die!" McGonagall yelled, shutting everyone up. "Now get out. You're dripping water all over my office!"
We scampered our like the scorned children we were.
"Am I really going to die?"
"No, Ron, you'll be fine. I'm sure McGonagall is just being McGonagall again." I shrugged.
"Let's go eat, I'm hungry." George said.
"We just ate two hours ago!" Hermione said.
"I'm always hungry. And now that I know I'm going to die, I have to eat as much as I can before it's too late!" Ron whined. "Oh no, what if someone tries to poison me?!"
"We'll have Fred test the food first." George said.
"Hey! That's my boyfriend! Why don't you test the food, Mr. Bachelor?" I said putting my hands on my hips.
"Actaully, I have a girlfriend now."
"What?!" Hermione, Fred and I exclaimed.
"And you didn't tell me?" Fred chastised.
"You're lying." I accused.
"Who is it?" Hermione asked.
George shrugged. "Alicia Spinnet."
"Oh. Okay." I said, walking towards the great hall. "We'll do her a favor then and make you taste test for Ron."
"... But am I going to die?" Ron asked.
We all groaned.