ok so heres the next chapter, i hope you like it cuz i do!

"You know the Prefects bathroom on the third floor?" Cedric asked Harry. It was two days before the second task and Harry still hadn't figured out the clue in his egg.

"Yeah." Harry responded less than pleasantly to the Hufflepuff. Cedric pursed his lips together and frowned slightly.

"Well, it's not a bad place to take a bath." He told Harry. The Gryffindor tilted his head at the other boy before shaking it in confusion. Cedric let out an annoyed chuckle before turning to leave. Harry and Cedric hadn't been on speaking terms since Allie and Cedric started dating. Harry tried not to pay attention but it seems to be going well for them. Damn it! Don't think about it! When Allie was with Harry he made believe that there was no Cedric, and at the moment it was working to keep gut wrenching pain from gnawing at his stomach.

Harry narrowed his eyes at Cedric's retreating back. "Why are you helping me?" Harry demanded to know. Cedric stopped, turned his head to look at Harry, and pressed his lips together in a thin line. He walked back to where the black haired boy was standing, Cedric towered over Harry.

Cedric sighed. "Because Allie told me you were having trouble figuring it out and since you helped me with the dragons I thought I would do the same for you this task." His voice held no contempt, he was sick of this little game with Harry. Allie made her choice and sooner or later Harry would have to accept that.

"Well... thanks." Harry said quietly. Cedric nodded before walking away. Harry stood on the bridge, staring out at the grounds of Hogwarts before deciding that it was about time to take a bath in the prefects bathroom.

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"Ok Harry, tell me one more time what it said." Allie was urging him focus at the task at hand which would in turn help with his task tomorrow. It was late on the night before the second task and Harry still hadn't completely figured out what he had to do. He sighed before once again resiting the mermaid's song in the egg that was decoded under the water.

"The Black Lake, that's obvious." Hermione once again stated. Her and Allie were pacing around their table in the library trying desperately to figure the clues out. Ron and Harry were both dozing off in their chairs. Allie was getting frustrated with the boys, she throw a piece of paper at Ron and shook Harry so he would wake up. Ron's head shot up, he was not pleased with his wake up call.

"Allie why can't you just ask Cedric for the answer? He figured it out like two weeks ago right?" Ron asked stupidly. He would do just about anything to get out of the library at this point. Harry growled slightly and Ron got hit with yet another piece of paper. Harry refused to get the answer from Cedric, he even resented the fact that he gave him the tip about going to the prefects bathroom.

"No, Ron, I can't. He offered to help but I told him no, we have to figure this out ourselves, that's the only fair way to do it." Allie explained pointedly. Harry could tell she wasn't just explaining to Ron but to him as well. "We have to figure out a way for Harry to be able to breathe underwater for... what was it an hour?" She questioned the dark haired boy. He nodded his response. She paced a little more before hitting the table with her tiny fist. "This is ridiculous! Why can't we think of anything Hermione? There has to be something!"

Hermione shrugged her shoulders and Ron laid his head back down on a book. Harry observed as Allie went to a bookshelf close by, she tapped her fingers along the spines of the books as she moved down the aisle, her face was laced with concentration. Her eyes widened slightly as she tilted her head up and to the side to read a title more intently. She went to reach for the book, but her fingers barely grazed the high shelf (well Harry didn't think the shelf was high, but for the short blond it was a pretty good ways up). She tried to go higher up on her toes but it didn't help much. Allie went flat footed again and crossed her arms, annoyed.

Harry chuckled at her attempt, he stood up and went over to the shelf, he reached up over her head to get the book and handed it to her. She turned around so they were face to face. The brown flecks in her eyes were emphasized in the candle lite library. "Thanks, Harry." She said gratefully. She gave him a half smile, Harry thought that his closeness might be making her uneasy.

"Your welcome." He responded with his gaze focused on Allie. She looked over to Ron and Hermione, the bushy haired girl was scolding Ron for being lazy and not contributing to the search. Harry kept his eyes glued to her the entire time. They had not been this close since the day she almost attacked him. He had been keeping his distance to make her feel comfortable and in control of her vampire side, not because he had given up on her. She is dating Cedric, but it is just for now, it isn't a permanent thing. Harry kept reminding himself. She turned her attention back to him and her smile fell to something more serious. Their eyes were locked for a minute until she once again dropped her gaze.

She stared at the leather bound book in her hand. "Harry, we better get back to figuring this out." Her gaze was still cast downward as she spoke.

"Yeah, we probably should." Harry agreed. He made no sign that showed he was going to get back to work, though. Allie looked up at him one more time with her beautiful eyes before turning to go back to the table. As she walked she opened up the book and skimmed through the pages. Harry leaned against the bookshelf where she had left him, the scent of her perfume remained. It was somewhere between vanilla and coconut, the smell was so playful and addicting. Just like the girl who wore it.

He went back to the table to join the other three members of the golden four (since Allie was now clearly hanging out with the troublemakers all the time people had resorted to calling them the golden four, Harry thought it sounded pretty lame, lamer than the golden trio) Allie was showing something or other to Hermione that she thought might be useful, she pointed at the words on the page while she talked at a rapid pace. From around a nearby corner, Professor Moody came up to the friends, startling Ron tremendously.

"Mr. Weasley, Miss. Granger, Miss. Cullen, Professor McGonigal needs to see you in her office. Now." All four of them were confused. What could the Professor possible want and at this time of night?

"But Sir, the task is tomorrow and Harry-" Hermione was cut off by the badly scarred man.

"Mr. Potter, should have his egg figured out by now and should be heading off to bed to get a good night's sleep before the task tomorrow. Off you three go." Allie folded her arms and headed out of the library followed closely by Hermione and Ron. "Mr. Longbottom! Help Mr. Potter put his books away!" Moody said forcefully before disappearing around another corner.

Neville came over to Harry and helped him with his books and more.

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Harry looked around him, hoping to spot his three friends. The task was going to start any minute and he hadn't seen them since last night in the library. He took one more frantic look around before Dumbledore called the champions to take their position.

"Put that in your mouth." Moody came out of nowhere and pointed to the Gillyweed Harry had clenched in his fist. Harry stuffed the slimy plant into his mouth and almost had to spit it out. It was salty, fishy, and gross. Moody smacked him on the back to make it go down. He reluctantly swallowed. Off in the distance he heard a cannon go off, still disgusted by the Gillyweed he didn't jump in the water, he felt like the sick plant was trying to chock him. Moody nudged him off of the platform. He fell into the lake, sinking deeper and deeper into the freezing depths.

Harry was almost to the bottom of the lake when he felt something in his body start to change. He ground his teeth together and felt something taring through the skin on his neck. Harry was running out of breath, he was using his air supply too fast while he struggled with the pain. He was about to pass out when suddenly he realized he could breath... underwater. Harry once again touch his neck and found gills there. Neville was right, the Gillyweed worked.

He smiled to himself. Now it was time to go find his 'treasure' whatever that was. Harry had no idea where to start looking. He spotted a forest of sea weed and swam toward it. Looking around before entering, he take a deep breath and started to fight through the weeds. Harry was cautious of his surroundings, every few feet he would glance behind him to see if any creatures of the Black Lake were following. So far, so good.

Fifteen minutes had gone by and Harry still hadn't made it out of the seaweeds. Maybe this wasn't the smartest plan. He mentally confessed. A noise came from behind him, it sounded like a weird SKREETCH!. Harry looked around but didn't see anything. He turned back to the direction he was heading and began to swan, his guard remained up as he moved.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw something swim incredibly fast past him. He jerked his head around just in time to see a glimpse of a mermaid's scaly tail. He swam as fast as his webbed feet would go to catch up with the creature. Harry chased her for about fifty yards before breaking out of the tangle of seaweeds. What Harry saw was a small town underwater, filled with merpeople. The buildings were made of some kind of marble-like stone, there were rocks lined up on the lake bottom to act as roads (even though he wasn't sure why merpeople needed roads when they couldn't drive anything underwater). It was beautiful but also unwelcoming at the same time.

He swam through the town-like settlement, taking in his surroundings as he went. Harry came to a quaint town square, his eyes widen when he saw Allie, Hermione, and Ron all floating at the center of the clearing. They seemed to be dead. No, they cannot be dead, Dumbledore would not allow that to happen. Harry rushed over to them, he checked each of their pulses. The three each had a rhythm, but it was very faint.

His friends were in a sort of trance Harry concluded. Their features suggested that they were in some sort of wax like cocoon that prevented them from drowning. Once he was assured they were okay, he took a step back to see which one he was supposed to take. He decided to take them all, not wanting to leave any of them behind.

He went to Hermione and started untying the seaweed from her ankle that anchored her to the lake bottom. He worked the knot out and moved on to Ron. A cry of outrage came from his left. He turned his head and was confronted with a triton to his neck, the angry mermaid holding it snarled at him. "Only one." She hissed.

"But their all my friends!" He protested. She pressed the sharp point harder against his skin, Harry could feel the point prick his skin and cause a drop of blood to float off in the water.

"Only one." She repeated. After the words left her mouth, the mermaid's expression changed to one of horror. The mermaid had fled in an instant. Harry turned his head to see what had frightened her. His mouth dropped open slightly at what he saw. A shark was coming straight towards him, he ducked just in time to avoid colliding with the creature. He turned around and pulled out his wand, ready to defend himself, but there was no need. He glanced at the retreating monster to see it was not one at all. It was Krum, he must have transfigured his head into a shark's. Krum glided over to Hermione and took her by the arm. Once he had a secure grip on her, he began to paddle to the surface.

Hermione was Krum's treasure. That explains everything Allie has been saying to tease Hermione. Harry felt pleased with himself. He figured out a secret about the girls in his life. He went over to Ron and started to untie him. To Harry displeasure Cedric swam up next to him and shot a spell at the seaweed restraining Allie. He went over to her and wrapped his arm firmly around her waist. Harry clenched his jaw at the sight of him. Of course Allie was his treasure, they were dating. He wasn't meant to save her or Hermione. Just Ron (which was ok, he thought).

Cedric waved his hand at Harry to get his attention. Harry saw him tap the watch on his wrist with his wand trying to warn him that time was almost up. Harry nodded once to tell him he got it. Cedric gave him a small smile before paddling upward with Allie in tow.

Harry backed away from Ron, tired of trying to work out the knot and blasted the seaweed. He returned to Ron's side and linked his arm with that of his friend. There was still a young blond girl left: Fleur's sister.

The Gryffindor scanned the perimeter of the square but saw nothing that indicated Fleur was coming to retrieve her. He didn't want to leave the poor girl underwater by herself, but he also wanted to win the task. He shook his head at himself. Harry just figured he probably wouldn't win anyway (he was taking way to long to get back) so he made is decision and went to help the French girl.

Allie's head broke the surface of the water and she immediately came back to life. She gasped for air like she had never breathed before in her life. Her throat was raw and the water was freezing cold (even for her). What the hell?! She felt a hand around her waist and heard cheers coming from... only merlin knew were. She wiped the water out of her eyes and the images began to come into focus.

She saw three sets of floating stands filled with screaming kids and she was... in the Black Lake? What?

"You ok?" A voice asked. She glanced to her side and saw Cedric. He was clutching on to her to make sure she stayed afloat. She was still kind of confused, not knowing what was going on and how the heck she ended up in the Black Lake. Allie was still pretty out of it, she put her arm around Cedric's shoulder in an attempt to make her head less fuzzy. She felt Cedric push the hair out of her face for her. She smiled at him and gave him a nod to show she was fine.

He swam back to the floating stands, keeping a firm grip on her. They reached the stands and Cedric lifted Allie up slightly so a boy from Durmstrang could pull her onto the platform. Holy Crap! It was freezing. Cedric jumped onto the platform and sat next to the small blond, catching his breath. He wrapped his arm around her and rubbed his hand up and down her back to warm her up. Seconds later each was given a robe and blanket.

"Allie!" Hermione's voice called. Allie and Cedric stood up in unison and Allie was engulfed in a hug from her best friend. She gladly returned it (partially because she was happy to see her friend and partially for the extra warmth.). She looked over Hermione's shoulder expecting to see Ron and Harry but nada. She pulled away from the bushy haired girl.

"Where's Ron and Harry?" Her head was completely clear now due to the worry that just invaded her body. Hermione gave her a small smile and rubbed her arm.

"They aren't back yet." She informed her with a slight uneasiness.

Allie couldn't help but feel her heart sink lower in her chest. She mentally slapped herself for her thoughts. Just because they weren't back yet didn't mean something bad happened, she had to stop being so negative. She turned to Cedric. "How much time is left?" He looked at the clock behind him.

"About five minutes."

Allie nodded her head slowly. Worry for her friends was taking over, at this point it was unavoidable. Cedric walked over to her and put his arm around her shoulders and brought her close to him. He bent his head down to her ear and whispered "They'll be ok. Just you see." She nodded once more and put one of her arms around his waist, having him near was comforting to her. Hermione came up on her other side, worry also showing through her features.

Allie took Hermione's hand in her own and gave it a reassuring squeeze. Both of them couldn't freak out at the same time, she was going to act strong for Hermione. Allie stood in Cedric's arms as the clock continued to count down the minutes. Fleur paced the platform, supposedly she had failed the challenge and her little sister was still under the water. Allie felt for her and gave the stunningly beautiful girl a small smile.

There was thirty seconds left, still nothing. Hermione was shifting her weight from foot to foot while Allie bite at her lower lip.

Fifteen seconds left....

Ten...

Five...

Suddenly two heads emerged from the water. Allie and Hermione ran to the edge to see if there friends were alright. Ron swam to the floating stands, helping a young girl as he went. Fleur helped her little sister up while Cedric rushed forward to help the girls with Ron. Allie scanned the surface of the water for some sign of Harry.

Hermione went to get Ron and Fleur's sister some robes. Allie stayed with Ron, eyes still on the lake, holding her breath. Where's Harry?

A figure shot out of the water like a rocket and flew toward the platform where Ron and Allie sat. Before Allie could process what was going on she felt whatever it was hit her and cause her to smash onto the hard wooden boards of the platform.

Allie felt all the air leave her body as the weight of the person (she identified the 'figure' as a person) crushed her. She struggled to get up but stopped when she saw who it was. Harry's green eyes were staring back at her.

She felt instant relief at the absence of Harry's weight. She sat up to see Cedric pulling him off of her, Hermione came over to give Harry a robe and blanket. Harry was coughing up water like a half drowned man. Allie saw that little scratches covered his body. The Grindilows.

When he had freed his lungs of the water he looked at Allie who was trying to regain the air she had lost. Cedric was knelt beside her, checking to see if she was ok. "Are you alright? I'm so sorry, it was an accident." Allie waved at Harry to stop apologizing.

"It's fine. Just got the wind knocked out of me, I'm good." She gasped out. Once Hermione was finished wrapping up Ron and Harry in their blankets she jumped at Harry and gave him a huge hug. He winced slightly but welcomed it.

"Harry, thank God your alright!" She leaned up to kiss him on the top of the head. Hermione helped Harry to his feet and held on to his arm. Once standing steadily Harry's gaze went back to Allie. She was standing next to Cedric, the Hufflepuff had his arm wrapped around her protectively. She was smiling up at him.

Dumbledore came onto the platform followed closely by Barty Crouch. Dumbledore cleared his throat and tried to yell at the students to get their attention. His attempt was fruitless, he reached into his robes and pulled out his wand. He put the wand to his throat and yelled once more this time his deep voice was amplified and very easy to hear.

"ATTENTION!" Anyone within ten feet had to cover their ears from the loud noise. "Now, in first place... Cedric Diggory! Followed by Viktor Krum in second, Mr. Potter in third and Fleur Delacour in fourth." The student sections erupted in applause. The Hufflepuff's were chanting 'DIGGORY! DIGGORY!'. Dumbledore once again cleared his throat "However, due to Harry Potter's moral fiber we have agreed to award him second place. Mr. Potter would have come in first if he hadn't stayed to bring up the last hostage and all the judges have agreed that he should be rewarded."

Hermione once again smiled and hugged her friend. "Second place!"

There was a mixture of boos and cheers coming from the students. Allie smiled, her guys came in first and second. She looked up at Cedric, their eyes met, both sets were filled with happiness. She went up to full height, trying to reach his lips. He grinned, bent his head down and kiss her. She pulled away and graced him with one more glowing smile before running over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. She wanted to congratulate Harry as well as her boyfriend. Aside from being one of her best friends, he was also a Gryffindor and that made his placing second even better.

Allie jumped into Harry's arms to give him a giant hug, he was stunned but wrapped his arms around her. "I'm proud of you, Harry." She said loudly over the yells. She gave him one more squeeze before letting go.

The small blond backed away to give Harry some space before he was engulfed by a sea of Gryffindors.

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