*Trumpet music* Taa-Daa! A new chapter has arrived. *laughs*
I'm a bit happy and hyper now. Man, dang school pep rallies… *shudder*
Okay, the school pep rally at my school was very lame. But, it did get my friend and me hyper when we were walking home from school. (Damn sixth graders… not that I'm pointing any fingers, though.)
You see, we had this "Spirit Week" at my school. We got to wear crazy socks on Monday, dress up with someone- like a twin- on Tuesday, have our hair crazed up on Wednesday, and wear our grade color shirts Thursday. (Eighth graders- black; Seventh graders (me!)- green or teal; Sixth graders- yellow.)
And, on the last day of Spirit Week, we had to go to this pep rally at the end of the day. Man, I think I'm even more deaf than what I am partially now! (Since everyone was screaming non-stop!)
Ugh, and now I have a huge head ache.
I cannot wait for the weekend!
Where I'll finally be able to relax for a while, type up chapters, read…
Then I'll have to deal with school all over again!
But, enough of my rambling…
Onto the long awaited fourth task!
Chapter 17
Harry's POV
"May I have your attention please?" I leaned away from the closed door that led to the Great Hall and looked back at the others. Edward was leaning against the stone wall, staring off into space. Lily was standing next to him, her eyes closed. Oliver stood farther back, staring at the ground. Diane and Marie were glaring at each other, no longer bickering over girl things.
We were all waiting for Professor Dumbledore to call us into the Great Hall, where he would make the announcement of the fourth task for the Triwizard Tournament. The students didn't have a clue of what it was, but the six of us knew. I think Edward and Lily were trying to pick someone good for our team; Edward looked up at me and nodded, answering my thought.
"Now, let's bring out the champions." We stepped out of the stone room once Professor Dumbledore had called us. We stood in front of the entire school, staring out at the students.
"Now that the Yule Ball has passed, we may resume the Triwizard Tournament, onto task four. Now, this task had the six wizards being split into two teams. Edward, Harry and Lily are one team while Oliver, Diane and Marie are another. Each of these three wizards will choose four more people to join in this task." Professor Dumbledore then gestured to the students before us, as if saying, "Go ahead."
Edward walked towards our table and tapped Bella's shoulder. She stood up and walked back with Edward. He stood off to the side with her, holding her hand. Oliver walked over to his school and chose a rather bulky man that almost looked like him, except for the man/boy had bright green eyes. He walked back towards Marie and Diane.
Lily then walked off towards our table again and chose Aiden to join us. After they walked back to us, Marie walked off towards her school table and picked her friend- a girl with honey blonde hair and blue eyes. She walked back and I walked off towards my table again. But, before I could even walk away, Bella pulled me back by grabbing my sweater sleeve.
"What?" I whispered to her. "We need to pick two more people, so we better get someone good." Lily whispered to our group- which was in a small circle. "Hmm, why not Jasper and George?" Bella suggested, not just wanting all of her family to join us. Edward agreed, along with the rest of us. Edward told me we could choose people from different houses, so I walked off towards the Ravenclaw table and chose Jasper. Then, we walked over to the Gryffindor table and picked George. Then we walked back to the front of the room.
Diane walked off to the Slytherin table and picked Malfoy and another boy who had brown hair, beady grey eyes and freckles all over his face. They walked back to the front of the room and we waited for Professor Dumbledore to speak.
"Has all of the champions chose their choices?" we all nodded to Professor Dumbledore's question. "Well, now let's begin the fourth task. Teachers, please follow me. Students, follow the crowd please." Professor Dumbledore and other professors began ushering everyone out of the room. Professor McGonagall stayed behind.
"Um, what is the fourth task anyway?" Bella asked as we went a different direction from the crowd of students and teachers. "The fourth task is that we get to play Quidditch." Lily told her. Edward began to complain to her, wanting it to be a surprise for Bella, but Bella was excited that she and the rest of us would be able to play now.
Soon, Lily, Bella, Edward, George, Jasper, Aiden and I were inside one of the changing rooms that led to the Quidditch field. We all dressed in our Gryffindor Quidditch team robes. Bella was going to be the seeker, Edward, Jasper and George would be three chasers, Aiden and Lily would be the beaters, and I would be the keeper. We came up with a strategy for this match and soon, we marched onto the field.
(Okay, now here's the fourth task/Quidditch match part. I really hope I got those positions right. If not, or if anything in the match is wrong, please tell me when you review! Now, we begin…)
"Welcome all of the students and professors! Today is where the six champions- along with their choices of four other players- play a match of Quidditch. Edward, Harry, Lily, George, Aiden, Bella and Jasper are one team, and Diane, Malfoy, Joseph, (The other boy Diane picked) Oliver, Marie, Giselle (The girl Marie picked) and Fredrick (The boy Oliver picked) are another team. The same rules to the regular game apply to this task. Whichever team wins, will get a head start on the next task. Now, let's play some Quidditch!" I heard a student announce to the crowd, who were cheering non-stop. I looked around and spotted Nessie was cheering, jumping up and down for her parents. Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Neville and Hagrid stood by her, also cheering for us.
Edward- who we voted for the captain- walked off towards the center of the field and shook Oliver's hand, emotionless. Then, the Quaffle and Bludger were released. Edward kicked off the ground, before joining the rest of us- who were already in the air. (Sorry if I get some of the Quidditch things wrong.) I flew in the air in front of the goalposts while Edward, Jasper and George went after the Quaffle and Lily and Aiden batted the Bludger away. Bella was flying around the field, waiting for the Snitch.
"There goes George Weasley following after the Quaffle, with Edward and Jasper Cullen right behind him- Oh, Fredrick just slammed into George. Edward Cullen takes the lead, with Jasper behind him- now here comes George, bringing up the line. The Quaffle's coming towards Edward- and he hits it- yes, fifteen points to Edward's team!" the crowd cheered as the Quaffle made it through the other team's goalpost. I cheered and I heard Bella cheering as she flew above me.
The game continued on, as both of the teams were now neck and neck; the other team was only ten points or so behind. The Golden Snitch hasn't even come out yet, and Bella was getting bored. But, before she could fully accept boredom, the student that was announcing shouted, "The snitch is out!"
Bella scanned the field quickly, then it flew past her, making her fly after it. Malfoy, from the other team, flew after it as well. Bella and Malfoy raced around the field, while Lily and Aided kept the Bludger away from Bella. Edward, who was flying next to me, was watching her fly.
Suddenly, as Bella flew in front of the Snitch, it suddenly disappeared as Bella suddenly stopped flying. She clutched at her stomach, using both of her hands. She was only holding onto the broom by her legs, but then, the broom gave a violent jerk and she fell off it, only holding it by one hand, while the other was holding her stomach.
"Bella!" I heard Edward shout. He flew forward, and just as Bella suddenly lost her grip on the broom, Edward was there and caught her. She sat in front of Edward still clutching her stomach. The rest of us flew towards her, while everyone wait for her.
"Bella, are you okay?!" Lily asked her frantically. Bella began coughing, with Edward patting her back. Then, she bent her head down, her hair blocking as she cough something into her hands. Even Edward didn't see what it was. "Oh my…" Bella trailed off, shocked.
"What?!" George asked her. Bella lifted her head, her hair moving back. There, nestled in her dark gloved hands with the Golden Snitch. "We got the Golden Snitch!" We all cheered. Edward hugged Bella and she hugged him back. When they pulled away, she raised her hand, as the Golden Snitch fluttered its wings. The entire Hogwarts School cheered for us, louder than the ladies of Beauxbatons Academy and much louder than the boys of the Durmstrang Institute. Only the Slytherins booed and hissed as they saw who won.
"And Edward's team has won the fourth task!" was all the announcer was shouting as everyone cheered.
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"Alice… are you there?" I looked up from my game of wizard chess with Ron to see that Bella and Rosalie were waving their hands in front of Alice's blank face. That meant she was having a vision.
Our group was sitting in the Gryffindor common room. Edward, Emmett and Jasper were standing against the walls, watching for anyone that might be coming in. Hermione and Ginny were talking in one corner, with Luna and Neville by them. Jake and Nessie were sitting on the couch, talking. George and Fred were off to the side, coming up with future pranks to pull on unsuspecting professors. Only then did the room go silent as they heard Bella and Rosalie trying to wake Alice up from her vision.
"What do you see, Alice?" Jasper asked her, moving from his spot standing by the wall to the back of the couch where Alice was sitting. He stood protectively over her, glancing around the room. Alice sat on the couch, staring blankly ahead, before coming out of her vision. "Relax everybody. I didn't see anything bad. Only that our friends will be coming after the fifth task is done." Alice informed us.
We all sighed and went back to our regular activities. Soon, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and Luna left to go back to their chambers. The rest of us went back to our beds, but before we could, an ear splitting scream echoed throughout the school.
We all rushed out of the Gryffindor tower and followed after Bella and Edward, who were trying to find the source of the scream. Their family and Luna joined us as we ran down the halls.
Finally, we saw a pale figure- who looked like a woman- was bent over a student. The woman had short spiky light brown hair and was wearing a dark t-shirt with dark jeans. She looked up at our group, with newly bright red eyes. "Cullens… and friends." She greeted us as we stopped in front of her. The Cullens all snarled at her. Before we could do anything, the vampire ran off, jumping out of an already broken window. Emmett, Jasper and Edward growled after she left, before they all went over to the figure that was now limp and dead on the ground. The small girl had to be a first year, with black hair, freckles and dead blue eyes with brown flecks in them. She was wearing a Hufflepuff crest on her robes. "That's Maybelle Buetrice. Her older brother goes here." Emmett told Edward as he examined the small girl.
Edward nodded and said one of us should tell him about his sister. Professors began hurrying down the halls towards the group. Carlisle looked sadly at the dead girl, while Esme dry sobbed. Bella began to dry sob as well, causing Edward to move over to her and hold her close to his chest. He buries his face in her hair and the other Cullen boys follow suit with their mates.
The professors take the body away while Esme and Carlisle stay back. "You kids need to stay inside your chambers from now on, after dinner. You are to only be escorted by one of my children to anywhere you go, understood?" we all nodded to Carlisle's instructions, knowing that he didn't want any of us to be attacked.
We walked back to our towers and soon, we fell asleep.
Bella's POV
I sighed sadly as Maybelle's brother- Ian- walked out of the courtyard, looking angry and sad at the same time. Edward picked me up and placed me in his lap, where he was sitting cross legged. I laid my head on his chest. The others were around us, talking silently. "So, what should we do today?" Emmett asked out of nowhere. The others shrugged.
"Well, I'm going to hunt. See you guys later." I said to the group. I got up off of Edward's lap, pulling him up with me, and we ran out of the courtyard. We ran down the corridors and out of the castle. Soon, we entered the forbidden forest.
After we finished hunting, Edward and I lied down. I lied on his chest, on my stomach, while he placed his arms around me. I laid my head on the crook of his neck and sighed. "What's wrong, love?" he asked me, after hearing the sigh.
"Oh, nothing…" I lied, fiddling with Edward's under shirt from his sweater. "Bella, you're lying to me." Edward complained. He removed one of his arms away from my stomach and cupped my face in one of his hands. He made me turn towards him. "Can you please tell me?" Edward pleaded, his eyes smoldering into mine. Damn, even as a vampire, he stills know how to dazzle me…
"Okay, fine. I'm just sort of 'eh' on Tanya coming over to Hogwarts. I mean, she probably still wants you, so that pisses me off. She thinks so prettier with her looks and all, and that basically wants to make-" Edward cut me off by kissing me all of a sudden. He flipped us over, and rested his hand on my leg.
Too soon, he pulled away. "I'm not done with you yet, mister." I whined, wrapping my arms around his neck. I brought him back down, but he stopped and rested his head on my chest. Edward sighed this time.
"You still don't see yourself clearly…" Edward muttered, his nose skimming my throat. "Well, I mean it is obvious. She has blonde hair, perfect figure, she's older than me…" I trailed off, because Edward was shaking his head while I tacked down the list.
"Bella, must I prove that you are beautiful?" Edward asked me, smiling. Before I could answer, Edward was already trailing his hand over my leg. "I'll tell you why you are beautiful." Edward murmured. His hand was making its way up my thigh.
I closed my eyes and he kissed my neck. "You're beautiful because you're smart-" his hand was on my waist now. "You're funny-" now on my hip. "You speak your mind-" on my stomach. "You care about other people before yourself-" now on my ribs. "You're protective of your family and friends-" now on my chest. "And, you are beautiful especially because of our daughter. If it wasn't for your human eye color, well, she would have been still adorable, but less adorable without your eyes." And now his hand was weaving through my hair, before he locked it there.
By this time, I was aching for him. But, all too soon, I heard a twig snap. We bolted upright and looked around. Again, I heard another twig snap and then we were on our feet. Then, I heard feet running away. I moved cautiously towards the bush that I heard the first twig snap, but Edward stopped me. "Edward…" I whined. "What?" he turned back to me, looking almost annoyed. "You are not going near that bush unless I come with you!" I hissed at him, already walking towards the bush.
He caught up to me and we removed the leaves from the bush. I gasped as I saw an egg that was vivid red with flecks of gold. "Why is this here?" I asked Edward. He shrugged and then bent down to pick it up. He carried it with both hands. I grabbed our robes and together, we walked out of the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid was outside his hut when we came out of the woods.
"Hagrid!" I called out. He looked up and waved to us, before spotting the egg. He jumped and ran away from us, but I begged him to come back.
"How did yeh two get 'hat?" he asked us. "Well, we were just… sitting and talking, then we heard twigs snap. We went behind a bush where we heard the first twig snap and this was just sitting there. But, I think someone placed it there. I couldn't read their mind though." Edward explained, shifting a bit. I nodded in agreement.
I took the egg from Edward and handed it to Hagrid, telling him to keep an eye on it for a bit, while Edward and I ran back to the castle to tell the others. We found them walking in a large group. "What's up, guys?" Harry asks us. We tell them to follow us back to Hagrid's; we ran back to find him sitting in a chair while the egg was by the fire. "Is that…?" Ron trails off, staring at the egg.
"Yep, Ron. This is a dragon egg." Edward tells him, kneeling down towards the egg. I explained it to the others how we got the egg. "So, someone in the woods just happened to have a dragon egg and they left it there, where you two found it?" Hermione asked. I nodded.
"Well, let's hope it won't be like Hagrid's first dragon." Ron muttered to Harry. Harry laughed and nodded.
Probably another short chapter to everyone.
Sorry if the scene in the woods with Bella and Edward was weird to anyone.
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HELP!!
I need help on the fifth task!!
Agh, I need ideas on the fifth task. I had help for the third task, while I thought up on the fourth one. I need another idea, or anyone can vote for these ideas that I have:
Have the wizards face their worst fears?
Or…
Have the wizards face their enemy?
You cane either give me more ideas, or vote for any of the ideas above. I would enjoy writing the wizards facing their worst fears, personally in my opinion. If people would like me to type up that, then it would be nice for someone to tell me Harry's worst fear, then I wouldn't have to mess it up. If he doesn't have one, then I'll make up my own.
I place up a poll later- or maybe soon- to ask for peoples opinions on the fifth task.
Please review and wait for the next chapter!
Bye for now!
~LionsAndLambsMakeAnAwesomePair~
