Hello, once again my lovely readers!
Most of you, like bella rocks, guessed what was going to happen in this chapter.
Since, I am doing all of the same events from the Triwizard Tournament. So, it's obvious what event is about to happen next.
But, I'm going to add three more tasks to the Tournament, thanks to DefyingGravityElphaba again, for giving me the idea.
So, now I'll need ideas for tasks, and I'll post the poll up later, asking for help.
Well, not much to say, so I'll start.
Chapter 13
Edward's POV
Harry, Oliver, Lily, Diane, Marie and I were lined up on the edge of the stands- the humans stretching, ready for this event to begin. Many students were clustered around us, talking excitedly. Professor Dumbledore pushed his way through the crowd, shouting "Attention!" twice. He pulled out his wand and then, "ATTENTION!" his voice was echoed through out the area causing everyone to be quiet.
"Thank you. Now, all of the champions have passed the first task, they are ready for the next task. To begin with, six important items were taken from our school and are now at the bottom of this lake. The champions have one hour to retrieve these items. Whoever comes up first- with one of the items they choose to take- will be the winner of this task and will be able to get a head start in the next task." Dumbledore walked a little in front of us and I saw out of the corner of my eye Harry eating something, before almost looking ready to blanch it back up.
"Are the champions ready?" Dumbledore asked us; we nodded. A few minutes later, he gave us the signal and we dove into the murky waters of the Black Lake. We swam down a little, before the others swam off in a different direction. But, I stopped when I saw Harry acting weird in the water. It seemed he was transforming or something. Then, he swam up to the surface like a fish, disappeared, then splashed back into the water. I swam off after that and swam over a dark trench.
I came to an edge and swam off it, then went downwards a little. There, I swam forward again, and found seaweed. I went towards it, then began making my way through it. I think I felt Harry was following behind me, because I could hear someone padding their way through the seaweed. While I was in the seaweed, I heard singing coming from a distance. I recognize the singing sounded like the one from the egg.
Finally, I swam out of the seaweed and saw what looked like underwater ruins. I continued forward towards it, and then again, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Harry swimming out of the seaweed as well. Now that he was closer towards me, I could see he had flipper-like feet, webbed hands, and gills on both sides of his neck. He sort of looked like a human fish.
We swam towards the ruins, while I felt things swim by. I always turned around, trying to catch whatever the thing that was following us, but I would always turn a second late and the thing was gone.
Then, we were at the ruins, close enough to see what the six items were.
There, all tied down to chains that were tied to heavy metal weights, were Ron, Hermione, Des, Marie's little sister- Jessebelle, Bella and a Slytherin student that I didn't know her name. I stared at them, along with Harry, but soon, I made my way over to Bella and pulled out my wand, along with Harry. I said a spell- garbled from the water- and a red light shot out, zapping the chains and breaking. I caught my Bella before she could float off and Harry already had Ron.
Before we even moved, a shark came straight towards us, causing both of us to swim out of the way, but the shark went for Hermione, bit the chains- while now only the head was a shark- and swam off with her. After the shark boy thing left, I motioned to Harry that I was leaving now. I swam away from him, just as Lily and Diane got there.
Finally, when I saw the posts that were the stands, I swam hard towards it and broke through the surface.
Bella and I gasped as she woke up from the spell. The crowds cheered as they saw us first out of the water. Bella squealed and threw her arms around me, splashing water. I laughed and I swam us over to the stands, with everyone still cheering. Just as the hour was up, Oliver came up with Hermione, then Lily with Des, then Harry with Ron, Marie with Jessebelle, and Diane came up last with her friend. Bella and I were off to the side, drying off with the towels they handed us, and cuddling together, just drying off faster.
"ATTENTION!" Dumbledore voice boomed over the loud chatter, causing everyone to go quiet. "Thank you, again. I would like to announce that Edward Cullen came in first place-" cheers cut him off. "Then Mister Masstidoff- cheers cut him off from his school "Then Miss Moonpetal-" more cheers interrupted him. "Then Mister Potter-" more cheers. "Then Miss Deufloura-" again, more cheers. "And finally, Miss Malgrey. The next task will be held in another week or so, allowing our champions to rest for a bit. Back to the school." Dumbledore finished announcing the winners, and we all were back in the school. Bella and I went off to shower and found clean clothes. We found our friends in the common room and we left, going off to a courtyard. The others were there.
"So, what should we do now?" Emmett asked casually from the group, once we all were seated. We shrugged and began suggesting ideas on what we should do. Suddenly, Neville was lifted into the air. "AHH!" he yelled and began flailing around. I looked around the courtyard and saw Malfoy had his wand out, pointing to Neville, while his friends were beside him, snickering and sneering. I growled and Emmett and Jasper followed me over to them. Malfoy saw it was us, and began cowering back, making Neville fall.
"What do you want, Cullen?" Malfoy tried to act brave towards me, but he showed fear. "Are you asking for a death wish, toad?" Emmett growled out at him, cracking his knuckles. Malfoy gulped and shook his head vigorously. "Then, quit acting like you do and quit messing with our friends." Jasper growled at him. Malfoy nodded, and then he started thinking about my Bella, and… other things. I growled loudly at him, snarling and snapping, before I was propelling myself forward, but being stopped by Emmett and Jasper.
"You better stay away from us, Malfoy! Otherwise, your father will find you in a bag from the mail!" I shouted at him, not caring if any teacher heard me. Everyone gasped at the scene I was making, and Bella shook her head at us, glaring at Malfoy. Malfoy nodded his head again, along with his friends, and then he scurried off with his idiots.
Emmett and Jasper let me go as Bella made her way over to us and calmed me down, just by kissing my cheek. I snarled in the direction he ran off and shook my head. "He reminds me of Mike Newton…" Emmett trailed off. "Except a trillion times worse." I added, growling.
"Who's Mike Newton?" I heard Ginny ask from the group, who were all sitting back down in a circle. Emmett, Jasper, Bella and I joined them again.
(Well, the next part is sort of like what happened one day when my friend and I were talking about another girl from our school. And how horribly bad it would be if she came to our new school next year.)
"I guess we haven't told them of our old friends." Bella muttered to me and I nodded. "Well, maybe we should tell you of our friends when we lived in the Muggle states. Bella made friends with a few people- named Jessica Stanley, Angela Weber, Eric Yorkie, Tyler Crowley, Ben Cheney, Lauren Mallory-" Bella cut off Emmett by making gagging noises. "And the oh-so dreaded Mike Newton.
"Trust us; you should only talk to Angela Weber and Ben. They were the only ones who didn't betray Bella when we came back after we left Bella. I mean, Mike, Tyler and Eric were perverts when they thought about Bella, and Jessica and Lauren were the gossipers, who basically betrayed Bella in the first place!" Emmett shouted exasperatedly. We all laughed.
"Is that true, Bella?" Hermione asked Bella and she nodded.
"Wow, some friends they are…" George and Fred said together. "I think it would suck big time, if they just mysteriously popped up randomly here. But, thank the lord because their dead! Oh, excluding Angela and Ben, of course." Alice added in, trying not to make Bella feel bad. Bella nodded and smiled sadly.
(Oh, brilliant idea time!)
Third Person POV
That night…
A girl with long, dark brown hair looked up at the castle, gazing at it amazement. She has never even seen a castle so huge in her life! She couldn't wait to step inside…
"Agh! I'm so tired! Why do we have to wear these things anyway?!" a high pitched voice whined from behind the girl. Sighing, the girl in the front turned around and saw her six other friends were all collapsed on the stone floor. The girl who complained had dirty blonde hair- after dying it- and grey eyes, bulging out a little. She had many bags with her, and was forcing the dark-skinned boy, with barely any hair on his head, carry most of them.
"Yeesh, why so many bags?" the boy complained to the girl, but she only shrugged. The others were shaking their heads them. The girl closest to the head girl of the group had dark hair tied in a bun and was wearing her square classes pushed up to her face. The boy beside her was about the same height as her, with his bushy hair in a disarray, and his glasses in the same position as the girl beside him. The two other boys were off to the side, arguing over something. The boy with blonde hair, now shaggy and hanging over his eyes, threw something at the boy with black greasy hair, which was swept over one of his eyes, and he neatly dodged it.
"Guys, let's just enter the damn castle already, please?!" the main girl suggested to the group, frustrated with most of them for fighting. They agreed and they all walked inside the castle.
No one was around as they entered and they were greeted by a female teacher, with dark hair tied tightly in a neat bun, and she wore green robes. "Ah, you must be the new Muggle exchange students?" the woman asked them and they nodded. "You can leave your bags here, they'll be delivered to your chambers once we sort you out." The woman told them and they followed behind her. Soon, they stepped through two large doors and entered a Great Hall, where many students were eating.
All chattering stopped as everyone gazed at the new students. They heard a few gasps from somewhere, but the group couldn't pinpoint where they came from. They all walked to the front platform and there, Professor Dumbledore spoke.
"Attention, Hogwarts. I would like to welcome seven exchange students from the Muggle states. They will introduce themselves to their new house table once we have them sorted out." Dumbledore sat down as Professor McGonagall pulled out a stool with an old and dusty wizard hat. She then pulled out a rolled up scroll and opened it, before she started calling names.
"Cheney, Ben." She called. The boy with his bushy and disarrayed hair, with glasses, stepped out of the group and walked up to the stool. He put the hat on and waited.
"Hmm, a smart mind. You would do excellent in Ravenclaw, but your also loyal like Hufflepuff. Too nice for Slytherin, and a little brave for Gryffindor. I know-" the hat cut off.
"RAVENCLAW!" The hat shouted. The table with the purple-ish and black cloth cheered for Ben as he walked to the table and sat down.
"Crowley, Tyler." The dark-skinned boy stepped out of the group next and sat down on the stool, placing the hat on his head.
"Oh my, a weird mind. Hmm, not too bright for Ravenclaw, not loyal enough for Hufflepuff, but very brave. Hmm, perfect for-"
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted. The table with the red and gold cloth cheered for him, while only a boy and girl who looked extremely familiar didn't cheer for him. Tyler got off the stool and walked to the table, before sitting down.
"Mallory, Lauren." The girl with dirty blonde hair strutted to the stool and placed the hat on her head.
"Oh, a rather nasty mind if I say so. I can just sense the hatred towards someone from a long time ago. You'd be perfect for-"
"SLYTHERIN!" Lauren received only a few cheers and claps from the green table. She shrugged it off and sat down at the table.
"Newton, Mike." The boy with shaggy blonde hair strode up to the stool and sat down, then place the hat on his head.
"Hmm, a strange mind as well. Not too bright, not too loyal, a little mean, but very brave."
"GRYFFINDOR!" again, the red and gold table cheered for him, with the exception of the extremely familiar looking boy and girl. Mike shrugged and walked to the table, sitting down beside Tyler.
"Stanley, Jessica." The girl with long dark hair walked up to the stool and placed the hat on.
"A mixed up mind, I would say. Not too bright for Ravenclaw, but too nice for Slytherin. Not so brave either, but you can be loyal to that one girl."
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the table with the yellow and burgundy-ish cloth (Sorry if I got the Hufflepuff colors wrong.) stood up and cheered. Jessica took off the hat and walked over to the table and sat down.
"Weber, Angela." The girl with dark hair tied in a ponytail stepped out from the group and walked up to the stool, shyly, and she placed that hat on her head.
"My, a very bright and friendly mind. Brilliant for Ravenclaw, but also loyal enough for Hufflepuff. I can sense some bravery as well, so I'll place you in-"
"GRYFFINDOR!" now, all of the students at the red and gold table stood up and cheered for her. Even the familiar looking boy and girl cheered for her. Angela blushed, took the hat off, and stumbled her way over to the table and sat down.
"Yorkie, Eric." The last boy that had black hair swept over one of his eyes walked towards the stool, placed the hat on his head and sat down.
"Another strange mind. Very smart for Ravenclaw, too nice for Slytherin. Can be loyal and brave. Hmm, I think-"
"RAVENCLAW!" again, the table with purple-ish and black cloth stood up and cheered for him, along with Ben. Eric smiled and took off the hat before walking over to the table and sitting down.
"Please, show the new students some friendly welcomes. I don't want anything happening like with the Cullen family when they arrived. Continue eating." Dumbledore sat down after he was finished speaking. Angela looked around and spotted Mike and Tyler talking to two boys who looked exactly the same- both with flaming red hair. She looked around again and her eyes landed on the familiar looking boy and girl. She could only tell that they both had pale skin, the boy had bronze hair and the girl had dark brown hair.
Who do I remember that had all of that? Angela asked herself. Then, she saw a little girl, with bronze hair and extremely familiar brown eyes get up from the table and skipped over to the boy and girl. Angela listened carefully to try and hear what they were saying.
"Mommy, Daddy, can I go out with Jake later on?" the little girl asked in a high pitched voice. "Actually, Nessie, we're all going to hunt now. Um, why don't you go and tell the others?" the boy told the little girl. The little girl began to argue, but then, the boy and girl fell silent. The little girl squeaked and ran off to the Hufflepuff table. When Angela looked back, she saw that the girl and boy were gone, and that the two large doors were closing.
"Who was that?" Angela asked the girl and boy across from me- the boy ahd red flaming hair and light freckles and the girl had log, bushy brown hair. "Oh, that was-" the boy let out a yelp before continuing. "Ron! I don't think we're suppose to tell anyone new!" the girl hissed at the boy called Ron. "Well, how do you know that, Hermione?" Ron asked the girl called Hermione, while ducking his hand under the table.
"Who are they?" Angela asked them again. "You'll find out soon enough, Angela… hmm…" Hermione told her, trailing off.
Suddenly, the girl that looked awfully familiar came crashing through the door, with the awfully familiar looking boy. They soared through air, but landed on their feet perfectly. They growled at whatever was outside, and more familiar people rushed to their sides.
"My, my. The Volturi has once again satisfied me again with the perfect place for meals." A melodic voice said from outside the Great Hall. Two other voices agreed with the first voice and the three people walked into the room.
The small group consisted of three people- two men and one woman. One of the men had dark, red hair with black-tipped hair. He was wearing only faded-out dark jeans with a chain necklace around his neck, but no shirt or shoes. He kept looking around him, his dark, ruby red eyes flicking between the students.
The other man had snowy blonde hair, with a tight jaw. He wore a white button down shirt with black pants, but no shoes as well. He was smiling evilly at the large group of the familiar looking people, who were still crouching, his bright, ruby red eyes excited.
The woman was small and petite. She had light brown hair, short and spiky- but, when people saw her in the room, her hair changed to dark crimson red, shining slightly under the candle light. She wore a red button down shirt with a black pencil skirt, but no shoes as well. She smiled sickly-sweet at the students, her ruby, red eyes waiting.
"Indeed, a vast variety." The girl murmured, her smile becoming brighter.
"Leave at once, young ones." A man with familiar looking blonde hair told the trio sternly. "Why should we? You were in our territory." The man with dark red hair said to him, tilting his head back and forth. "Leave." the man repeated. "It seems that Master will be pleased we have once again confirmed about the Cullens here. You're lucky we hunted before we came here." The man with snowy blonde hair told him.
Hmm, now where have I heard that name before, too? Angela thought to herself, struggling to remember that name.
"Hopefully, it wasn't another student." The boy Angela saw at the table growled at the three. The trio laughed and they all snarled. "If you don't leave soon, we'll make sure you won't be able to report back to your master." The big burly man growled at them. The trio then ran away as quickly as possible- or at least they disappeared before he was even finished with the sentence. They all straightened their stances and went back to their tables to sit. But, the boy and girl Angela saw earlier, didn't come back. Instead, they asked Ron, Hermione, and a boy with jet black hair, glasses and bright green eyes to come outside of the Great Hall with them. The three students followed the boy and girl.
Curious as she is, Angela got up from the table and walked out of the Great Hall, following the five people. She saw them from around the corner and ducked down, then she strained her ears to here them.
"Are you sure this is our friends, Edward?" the girl with dark brown hair asked the boy with bronze hair. Edward nodded. "I know it's them, Bella." Edward told the girl named Bella. "So, these are the friends you told us about from earlier?" The boy with black hair asked Edward. He nodded. "But I thought they were just Muggles? Hermione asked him.
"I don't know how they can see Hogwarts, but that'll have to wait." Edward explained, running his hands through his hair. I let out a sigh, which caused Bella and Edward to snap their heads in my direction. "What is it?" The boy with black hair asked them. "Someone's over there." Bella told them. "Oy! Show yourself!" Ron shouted, his hand going for something in his pocket.
Angela got up and walked around the corner, only looking at her feet. When she did look up, Hermione, Ron and the boy with black hair relaxed, but Edward and Bella tensed. "Um, hi." She greeted them shyly. "How long have you been there?" Bella asked her quietly. "Uh, for the whole time." she admitted sheepishly.
"Bella, Edward, maybe you should tell Angela." The boy with black hair said to them. "We don't if she'll be able to handle it, Harry." Bella told the boy named Harry. "Well, you don't know until you try." Ron said to them. "I'll tell her." Bella said then and she walked up to her. What she noticed about her eyes were a dark golden color.
"Hi, Angela. Remember me?" Bella asked, smiling shyly at Angela. She tried to remember if she knew any Bellas before the explosion. Then Angela remembered that in High School, she was friends with Bella Swan. She gasped and asked, "Bella? Is that you?" Angela asked her, eyes wide. "So, you remember me when we were little, when I moved away, when I came back, when I went to prom, when I was depressed when Edward left me, then happy when he came back, when we graduated, and when I married him? Do you remember any of that?" Bella asked, still smiling sheepishly. Angela threw her arms around her, but it felt like she slammed into stone- cold stone.
"Oh, I missed you, Bella!" Angela squealed, smiling brighter than ever. Bella laughed and hugged me back. "I missed you, too, Ang. But, I need to tell you something." Bella pulled away from Angela. "You see Angela, I'm a vampire, so are Edward, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme." Bella told her emotionlessly.
"W-what?!" Angela stuttered. "H-how?!" she asked Bella again. And so, Bella explained everything to Angela, telling how she became and anything she wanted for her to know.
"Wow…" Angela trailed off.
Gotta leave you readers there for now.
I haven't updated in days, since this chapter took me the longest to write!
In the next chapter, it'll be told by Bella in the beginning, then Edward, then Harry, while it's time for task three!
Thanks to DefyingGravityElphaba for giving me the idea of the third task. I'll make sure it goes like the way you told me.
Also, after that task is the ball! Oh, I can't wait to write that chapter! I already know how to set it up, what's going to happen and everything!
But, I also need to find dress pictures so you readers will know what they look like.
By the way, in later on chapters, before the final task, I'll need to ask you readers a very important question!
But, that's for later.
Bye for now!
~LionsAndLambsMakeAnAwesomePair~