i woke up early next morning and got ready in my swimming costume then put on warm clothes on over the top of them. i made my way down to the common room but there was no one there so i made my to the black lake. i was about to walk to the row boats but i got hollard by harry "athena wait up" so i turned around and saw him running towards me with neville trapesing behind "hey whats up" "nothing have you seen hermione or ron" "no why" "god where are they" harry said looking around, then i notice george on his own looking like a lost pup "hey george where's fred" i asked "i dont know he's been gone since last" "so has ron and hermione" harry said "must already at the challenge waiting for us" i said "yea" george, harry and neville said in unison.

so we got in the boats and rowed to the stand in the middle of the black lake. when we got there people were crowding and giving us the good luck speach. me and harry looked around for ron and hermione but there was no sign of them anywhere. everything started to calm down and the champions had gotten ready and lied up at the edge of the stand. it was so cold i was shivering, then dumbledore started to talke into his wand to make it louder "well all our champions are for the second task, which will start on my whistle. the have precisely an hour to recover has been taken from them on the count of three then one... two... three!". whilst dumbledore was speaking, i was muttering a ancient spell to help me breath underwater for hours, its the same one my parents used to go and see their mermaid friends, "powers of the sourcerers rise, find the object my heart lies, balance chakra, focus chi, lead me through this cruel cruel sea" i muttered about ten times and on the tenth time the whistle went off. so i jumped into the water to begin my task.

when i looked down i noticed the spell worked, i was a mermaid for a couple of hours or until i dry off. i had a pinkish tail and shell bra and what was my black hair was now blondewith pink streaks. once i regaind me focus on the task i started to swin in a random direction not knowing where i was going. as i was swimming the merpeople were keeping a close eye on me, until one of them upto me "crystal harper is that you" this merperson knows my mum oh my god "no im her daughter athena" she looked at me gone out "you look very much like her" now i am said because im thinking of my dead parents "you knew my mother" i asked in hope "knew her... we're practically family... how is she" "she died when i was six along with my father" if we werent in water you would be able to see the tears coming out of our eyes. after a few minutes silence the merperson spoke "anyway what are you doing down here the black lake is a dangerous place" damn i forgot about my task "im on a task, i got to find something that was taken from me" "i know where they are follow me" so we swam off together.

after a while i saw five floating people. as we got closer i noticed it was ron, hermione, fred, cho and fleur's little sister, i turned to the merperson "thank you so much... how can i repay you" "no need family of crystal is our family" then she swam off. i swam upto fred and looked upon his face, he looked peaceful, "so this is where you've been hiding" i chuckled to myself knowing he cant answer me back. then i saw harry approach "harry" i shout swimming quickly towards towards him, he seemed shocked at my tail "athena" i hugged him "come on we haven't got long" i said and readied my wand but i saw a shark coming my way. the weird thing is it had legs then i knew it was krum because of the durmstrang shorts. so i unlatched fred from the rope with my wand and held him close and swam back to harry to help "cedric said we haven't got long" "when was he here... i didnt see him" i asked frantically "just a sec ago" "right... anyway where's fleur i haven't seen her" "she must of pulled out" harry said detactching ron "we should take her take her little sister" i suggested "yea come on" so harry got her little sister and we headed back.

as we coming to the surface harry got dragged down "harry" i shouted "go on help these three i'll be fine" so i took a hold of ron and fleur's little sister and swam the rest of way. when we broke the surface the spell wore off and the guys woke up "come on guys this way" i said and lead them to the stands thats was just a few meters away. as we got closer people started to cheer, all four of us reached the edge and i helped the three up and back away a little when they were on the stand. then i saw cedric rund to the edge " athena where you going... come on get out of the water" he said trying to lure me back in "no i got to go and help harry" i shouted back and dove back into the water. i swan further and further down and saw an unconscience harry "damn his speel wore off" i said to myself and swam faster to reach him. i grabbed a hold of his hand and dragged him up with me to the surface. as we got to the surface, we were bombarded by cheers and gasps at tha unconscience harry in my arms. so i swam back to the stands where ron, hermione, fred, george helped us out of the water.

i sat next to harry trying to dry off my tail but it wasnt happening due to the boys drooling all over it, "come on harry wake up" i heard hermione say whilst tapping his face and thats when he gasped for breath, the gang started to hug harry and he looked at me and said thank you and i nodded in return. my tail still wasnt drying so i stook my hands out above it and concentrated hard, thats when the water started to evoporate and my legs were back but that came with being naked the only down fall of that spell. every boy who could see be was wolf whistling and shouting out "she's fit" "sexy legs" except those who are my friends. then cedric came with a blanket and wrapped me in it "thanks" i said chattering my teeth because i was really cold "no problem" he replied kissing my head. most of the boys were still saying sexual stuff about me "knock it off guys" cedric shouted at them.

there were seperate conversations going on but that was until dumbledore spoke throw his wand "ladies and gentlemen we have reached our decision. mercheiftainess murcus has told us exactly what had happened at the bottom of the lake, and we have therefore decided to award marks out of fifty for each champion" dumbledore took a breath and everyone was whispering amongst themselves, whilst me and cedric were still cuddling and having the rest of the gang around us. dumbledore then continued "fleur delacour, though she demonstrated excellent use of the bubble-head charm, was attacked by grindylows as she approached her goal and failed to retrive her hostage... we award her twenty-five points" large amounts of cheers arose for her. "cedric diggory, who also used the bubble-head charm, was first to return one minute outside the time limit of an hour" everyone from hogwarts cheeres massively, he smiled and hugged me tighter, me and harry saw cho give cedric loving looks then we looked at each other with sadness over our faces cus shes after my man and harry had a thing for her. dumbledore once again continued "we therefore award him forty-seven points" i smiled and said "well done" he kissed me gently on my lips and returned listening to dumbledore "viktor krum used an incomplete transfiguration which was effective, and was second to returned with his hostage. we award him forty points" everyone clapped and cheered mainly durmstrang school "harry potter used gillyweed to great effect" dumbledore paused "he returned last and well out the time frame... however the mercheiftainess informed us that he was second to reach the hostages and that the delay in his return was due to his determination to return all hostages, alongside miss harper, to safety not merely his own" he paused for a second time and everyones eyes were on me and harry but mainly harry. a few seconds later dumbledore caught his breath and began to talk again "most of the judges feels that this shows moral fibre and merits full marks. however mr potters score is forty five points" the crowd abrupted in cheers and everyone noticed he was tying second place with cedric. it wasfinally quiet and dumbledore started again "and now our final champion athena lily harper, who used an ancient sourcerer's spell to turn herself into a mermaid, we were informed that she was the first to reach the hostages and taking into the account helping out mr potter in returning all of them then going back to save harry showing more bravery and courage... we award her forty-eight points" i was so speachless and the crowds went crazy with my name and cheering me on. hermione turned to me and said "your in first place athena" then cedric hug me tighter and kissed me passionately "congratulations" he said after he pulled away then he walked off to his friends and my friends surrounded me and piled hugs on me.