Chapter 29: The Third Task.

A.N. I have skipped the day before the third task because there was nothing much you could do on the day before! So here it is the final task! Also a few days ago it was the real Rhea's birthday so Happy Birthday Rhea!

It was 6am and James woke up from a bad dream. He had always had a phobia of mazes, even when he was younger, he couldn't even go into an Alice in Wonderland maze at a theme park, so how could he even get through a maze which was dangerous? James wanted to back to sleep, since he wanted some energy for the maze but he couldn't because he kept thinking about the maze. Nearly the whole school, even the teachers knew about his phobia but they didn't seem to want to help him in his situation. The only problem was that Ash didn't know about it, and this was because he didn't want Ash to think he was a baby… He wanted to impress her, not for her to feel sorry for him.

It eventually became 10am and everyone started waking up and going for breakfast before the third task, James was still awake and he had gotten no sleep since 6am.

'James?' said Sid who was just waking up

James didn't replied but he just stared into space thinking about the maze.

'JAMES!' shouted Sid which stopped James from daydreaming

'What do you want Sid?' said James

'You seem nervous and worried… Are you okay?' Asked Sid getting up

'I'm going into a maze in a couple of hours yeah I'm absolutely fine' Said James sarcastically

'Right no need to be rude Mr. Potter! Also I think we better go down for a big breakfast today because of the task!'

'Whatever Sid…' Said James getting out of bed

James and Sid got ready in their robes and they went down to the great hall where they saw Rhea and Ash on the table reading the daily prophet.

'Rhea!' Said Sid running up to Rhea

Rhea smiled and got up and hugged Sid and then gave him a kiss on the cheek 'Hey Sid!'

'How are you?' Asked Sid holding Rhea's hand

'I'm fine and you?' Replied Rhea

'I'm always fine with you' Winked Sid

Rhea smiles and then Sid moves next to Rhea…

'Hey Potter!' Said Ash smiling

'What's up Phoenix?' Replied James

'Nothing really… And you?'

'Oh nothing just got a maze in a few hours…' James laughed

'Don't joke around with me Potter, I know you do' Ash looked down 'And I'm worried' Ash whispered under her breath

'What?' Said James looking confused sitting down next to Ash

'Oh nothing' Replied Ash looking back up and giving a cheesy smile

While James, Ash, Rhea and Sid were talking, the teachers were outside getting ready for the third task…

'You sure it'll be safe?' Asked Professor Wring

'Yes, I am very sure… This task is supposed to be the hardest and it won't hurt bringing someone else into the maze with every champion…' Replied John Eccles

'But won't this increase the chance of more students dying in the maze?' Asked Professor McGonagall holding a goblet of fire whiskey

'The champions will BE ABLE to choose someone as long as the other person agrees to, so it's a matter of choosing someone who will be there for you' Replied John

'But honestly, don't you think Potter's going to choose someone who is his age?' Asked Professor Longbottom

'He may… He may not, but its his choice whether he wants to choose someone- Quickly now, the third task is drawing closer and closer' Said John as he walked away holding the Triwizard Cup

Eventually, it became time for the champions and their friends to head for the third task, or where they had been told to go. Aleksandar was surrounded by his Bulgarian friends, chanting in Bulgarian as well as Noémi who was with her sister and her best friend; they were just having a little chat in French. And finally Sid and James came together as one group with Rhea, Ash, Rachel, Rose, Hugo and Albus. They eventually reached the area where people were cheering and bands were playing and banners and words were everywhere until it all came to a silence.

'Hello everyone, and welcome to the last task of the Triwizard Tournament! I will not be going through the rules today because of the time but there is one thing I have to say…' Shouted John Eccles before everyone becoming very silent 'Today, as it is the third task, each champion will be able to take one friend with them inside the maze. However, both friends have to agree on going in. This also means if the champion gets bewitched, the friend gets bewitched, or even the champion gets disqualified, the friend is then disqualified. And I am only going to say this once, in front of everyone, that you may face you're fears inside this maze. Now please have a minute or so deciding which friend you would like to take with you, that is if you want to take a friend with you'

John Eccles walked away to the professors and all the champions stood in silence not saying anything…

'Well?' Said Sid

'Well what?' Asked Noémi

'Who's everyone going to pick?' Said James

'I don't know…' Said Aleksandar looking down

'I think I may choose Emilie to be with me' Said Noémi

'Well why don't you go and ask her?' Asked Sid

Noémi nodded and she went to Emilie who all of a sudden said 'Oui!' When Noémi asked her

'Well who do you all want?' Asked James

'I think I am going to go by myself, I vant to make Bulgaria proud of Aleksandar Penev' Said Aleksandar before walking off to the professors

'Well…?' Said James looking at Sid

'Well what?' Asked Sid

'Who are YOU going to choose?' Asked James

'I want to take Rhea… But its just I don't want to hurt her…' Said Sid looking at her

'Why… She can't get hurt… After what you told me-'James was interrupted

'Shhh… Don't talk about what I told you in public- I just don't want anyone to know' Said Sid

'Don't want anyone to know what?' Said Rhea coming next to Sid

'Oh nothing… Just about what happened in the cave' Smiled Sid

'Oh okay… Well Sid, who are you choosing?' Asked Rhea looking up at Sid with wide eyes

'I don't… I don't know Rhea' Said Sid looking down at Rhea... He then moved a lock of hair out of Rhea's face 'You're eyes… their green' Said Sid under his breath

'What?' Said Rhea looking confused

'Oh nothing… I just said you're eyes are very pretty' Said Sid smiling

'Thank you!' Said Rhea hugging Sid

'Rhea… I want you to come into the maze with me' Sid whispered

'Really?' Said Rhea

'Yeah, but its honestly fine if you don't want to'

'It's fine Sid… I'll come with you, I want to be there for you' Smiled Rhea as he leaned in and kissed Sid on the cheek

Rhea then ran up to Ash who was sitting down reading a book saying 'I'm going into the maze with Sid!'

'What?' Said Ash putting her book down

'Yeah! It's true he just asked me' Rhea smiled

'Good luck in there!' Said Ash hugging Rhea

'Thank you! Now I need to go because I need to get ready' Said Rhea going off with Sid to see the professors

Ash then got up with her book and then went up to James

'Hey Potter' Said Ash

'Oh hey Phoenix' Replied James smiling

'Who are you taking into the maze?' Asked Ash

'I honestly don't know, I think I'll go by myself because I don't think anyone wants to come with me and I know I'm going to fail at this and I don't want anyone to be in danger' Replied James

'You know… Maybe there is someone who could go with you, you just have to think hard' Said Ash before walking off back to her seat

James then walked up to the professor and told him that he didn't want anyone to go into the maze with him but the professor said no and got Professor McGonagall into the conversation.

'Potter, you're the youngest, you can't go in by yourself, if you want I can try and get someone for you' said McGonagall

'No Professor, honestly its fine I'll be fine by myself, I mean my dad did it by himself so why can't I' Said James looking around until Ash caught his eye

Ash was sitting by herself reading, he could see it in her eyes she had some worry there but she didn't let it out… Professor McGonagall was talking but he wasn't paying any attention

'Well Potter?' Asked McGonagall

'I'll be fine' Said James

The trumpet was heard and then there was silence and then the champions and their friends went to their stations and James was on the one closest to Ash.

'The champions are now ready… Time for the champions to go in!' Said John

'WAIT!' Shouted Hugo 'How come James doesn't have anyone?'

'Hugo shut up!' Mouthed James

'No I wont SHUT UP' Shouted Hugo

'Someone should go in with him' Said Rose

'ASH!' Shouted Albus as he stood up

James looked at Ash….

'Do you want to come in?' Asked James

Ash nodded and got up and everyone cheered.

'Well things have changed now! Miss Phoenix, please just go into the corner and get changed!' Smiled John

Ash got into the clothes and she went next to James… James took her hand and smiled and he could feel her shaking as the doors of the stations opened…

'Mr Potter, you can go in first' Said John Eccles

James and Ash looked at each other and still holding hands they walked in and then finally when every champion had been called the maze closed behind them and they were alone. Ash let go of James' hand and she was shaking like mad.

'Ash what's the matter?' Asked James looking at Ash

'I'm just worried…' Said Ash

'Don't worry we're in this together. I promise you we'll be fine!'

James took Ash's hand and he started walking with her… It seemed perfectly normal in the maze except it was just dark…

'Hey Ash can you just get some light for us?' Asked James

'Lumos' Ash whispered and the tip of her wand lighted up

'Thanks' Said James

James and Ash walked on, facing dead end in different places… While on the other side Sid and Rhea were facing problems of their own.

'Sid… I'm scared' Said Rhea

'Listen Rhea, you don't need to-'Sid was interrupted by laughter

'Who's there?' Said Sid with Rhea behind him

No one replied… So Sid and Rhea continued walking on, and as they were walking on they heard the laughter again.

'Who's there? Show yourself' Repeated Sid but no one was there

'Sid…' Said Rhea almost crying

'Rhea… No it's fine its probably just someone bewitched. Like Mr Eccles said we will face fears' Whispered Sid

'Oh there WILL be fears in this maze for you Sid Raichand and Rhea Basu' Said the voice

'Hold on…' Said Rhea 'Doesn't that voice sound familiar?'

Sid and Rhea looked at each other and as they walked on they saw a person in front, with red eyes but then they realised there were two people…

'Aleksandar?' Said Rhea as they got closer

Then they saw the first person was Aleksandar and he had been bewitched…

'Yes, well done Rhea… Aleksandar is in MY power now!' Said another voice

'Who is it?' shouted Sid

'Who do you think it is?' Said the voice

'Xero…' Whispered Sid

'Xero?' Asked Rhea… 'But I thought I killed him in that maze'

'Oh no you didn't Rhea!' Said Xero laughing

'Wait… That means…' Rhea stopped

Sid nodded and he got his wand out 'Xero, we can settle this. We can't have another fight between vampires!'

'Oh no Sid… I only do this because you betrayed us. You betrayed the Malusia you're whole family did!' Shouted Xero

A lightning bolt came down and red waves were everywhere and Xero appeared in front of Aleksandar who then fell to the floor…

'Good luck with the maze!' Laughed Xero as his hands waved and there was a wind in the maze and the whole maze was collapsing into one

'QUICK RHEA!' Shouted Sid

Rhea held Sid's hand and they ran as fast as they could, the bushes were closing behind them and they were running for their lives, wind and dust everywhere, as well as devils snare trying to grab their feet on the floor… Rhea and Sid ran for ages in the dust and the wind but then the wind stopped and they reached an end to their terror… Tears started coming out of Rhea's eyes and she was scared for the first time in here life, and Sid hugged her trying to comfort her but she was too scared.

'Rhea you'll be okay!' Said Sid as he held her tightly and started walking again

Xero who was behind the closed bushes was torturing Aleksandar...

'Oh Aleksandar Penev… I hope you have a good life...' Xero whispered as he threw Aleksandar onto the devils snare

The devils snare took Aleksandar in and he was disqualified…

Noémi and Emilie weren't paying much attention to the maze, they were walking about gossiping about France and different things which had happened at Hogwarts and neither of them even had a scratch or any mud on them! Until Xero disappeared and Noémi and Emilie reached where Aleksandar had been and they saw the closed end and they saw the Devils snare take in Aleksandar. Noémi was worried and she tried to help him but it was no use.

'Il n'y a aucun point en essayant de le sauver! Il est disqualifié (There's no point trying to save him! He's disqualified!)' Said Emilie

'Je sais pas… Mais il est difficile de voir quelqu'un aller comme ça (I know… But it's hard to watch someone go like that' Replied Noémi getting back up

So they then continued running trying to get to the end… While this James and Ash were proceeding well in the maze but they were still a little scared.

'Ash… How are you feeling?' Asked James

'I'm… I'm fine. How are you?' Said Ash

'I think I'm fine' Replied James jumping over a log followed by Ash

'Why did you come in here with me?' Asked James still walking

'Because… Well you know I want to help a friend, and its not nice letting a friend go somewhere dangerous by themselves' Replied Ash

'I know… But you also seemed worried when I went to tell Professor McGonagall…' Said James

'Worried? No I'm not worried' Said Ash trying her best to smile

'Ash… It's obvious' Said James still walking and smiling

'Okay yeah… I was worried. I was worried because… Because of Rhea. I mean she's been having weird moments this week and I swear at one point her eyes turned green…' Said Ash

'Ash… I know you're not worried about that because Sid did tell me about it as well'

'Oh… Damn… Well I guess, I guess I was just worried about you going into the maze by yourself' Whispered Ash

'What?' Said James looking confused

'I said-' Ash was interrupted when trees started moving and there was a cool breeze… Ash didn't know what it was but she stopped talking… And when she did a few seconds later the breeze turned into a storm and there were high winds and there was mud and dust everywhere and James and Ash couldn't see anything. No light, just the wind…

But then all of a sudden a bush crashed down and then the bushes started closing, just like they did for Sid and Rhea and Ash and James started running as fast as they could… They ran wherever they could to escape this bush which was alive. But it was no use because wherever they turned the bush was closing in behind them… James and Ash were running but then they reached a dead end…

'WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?' Shouted James

'I DON'T KNOW! WHAT CAN WE DO?' Screamed Ash

'ASH… JUST DON'T WORRY IT'LL BE OVER SOON' James took Ash's hand as her eyes were closed

Ash opened her eyes and looked at her hand and saw it was held by James and then she quickly hugged him tightly for protection… James opened his eyes as well and he saw Ash and smiled and held her tight with his arms around her…

-BOOM-

James and Ash opened their eyes and then they saw a new bush had opened up and the way they had just come from had closed up… Ash realised then at that moment she was holding onto James and his arms were around her so she quickly got out and looked away.

'I'm sorry…' Said Ash awkwardly

'It's fine' Said James smiling but looking away

Ash started walking away from James so he went after her…

'Ash what's wrong?' Asked James now covered with dust and mud

'Nothing… I just thought it was awkward so I walked away' Smiled Ash also covered with dust and mud

'You seem pretty happy after that!' Said James

'I guess' Said Ash looking down

James and Ash continued walking and then they heard a cough…

'Who's there?' Shouted James

'James?' Said the voice

James and Ash holding hands turned and ran with their wands out until Ash jumped when she saw 2 people…

'Who are they?' Said Ash

'I don't know… Do you want to get closer?' Asked James

Ash nodded and took James' hand and they started moving closer, but then so did the other people, whenever Ash and James moved closer, the other person moved closer and then eventually they came at a point where they could see each other…

'Sid?' Asked James

'James!' Replied Sid with Rhea behind him

'ASH!' Screamed Rhea

'Hey Rhea!' Said Ash

'What are we all going to do now?' Asked Rhea

'I don't know… But it's a maze and we have got to get to the Triwizard cup' Replied Ash

'But where is it?' Asked James

'I saw it on my way here but then some bushes closed as soon as I saw it' Said Sid

There were now four ways they could go, they could go up, down, left or right. Sid and Rhea had just come from the left and James and Ash had come from the opposite direction so they only had the choice of going up or down; that's what they decided.

'Well where did you see the triwizard cup, in what direction?' Asked James

'I think I saw it in the left' Replied Sid

'Well then we should go to the left together- What do you think?' Said Ash

'Shut up all of you! I think I hear something….' Whispered Rhea

Rhea was right… You could hear two people talking and whispering but you could also hear running and footsteps… All four of them took their wands out and they were wondering where the noise was coming from eventually they found out it was Noémi and Emilie running.

'James? Sid?' Said Noémi

'We thought you vould be dead by now!' Laughed Emilie

'Yeah so now we know which way to go… We'll take the right' Said Rhea

All four of them ignored Noémi and Emilie and they continued going to the right but then Emilie and Noémi followed on… Rhea, Sid, James and Ash all started running and taking turns until there was a wind again and they all had to run… They all ran as fast as they could and eventually they could see the triwizard cup but in between them and the cup was devils snare but they had to get through it… Rhea and Sid holding hands, James and Ash holding hands as well they started running through the devils snare, there feet were getting caught but they managed to escape. Emilie and Noémi followed on but Emilie was taken by the devils snare and Noémi was alone… On the way she was crying and trying to run at her best and then Sid and Rhea reached the end first, then Ash and James and then finally Noémi who was red from crying…

'Altogether we go for the cup okay?' Said James

Every one agreed and there was a countdown and they all ran up to the cup at 1 and they grabbed the cup and they were transported…

'James…?' Said Ash

'Sid…? SID?' Said Rhea

But there was no reply. Ash opened her eyes… They were somewhere but she didn't know where, this was definitely not Hogwarts… The place was dark and it looked like some kind of destroyed garden.

'Rhea? Rhea get up!' Said Ash after seeing Rhea on the floor

'What?' Said Rhea getting up

'Oh hey Ash! Sorry I didn't know it was you' Said Rhea 'Where are we?'

'I have no clue… Sid and James aren't here either' Said Ash looking worried

'Oh don't worry… They'll be here somewhere' Smiled Rhea

'Rhea. I don't know why you're smiling!' Said Ash

'I don't know either' Said Rhea going back to a straight face

'Come on, we need to go and find James and Sid' Replied Ash

Ash and Rhea went around the dark garden, dodging any logs or anything which didn't look normal… They honestly had no idea where they were going until they heard someone say 'Lumos' Which after that they hid behind a big, old tree.

'Where do you think they are?' One person said

'I don't know… We just randomly appeared here' Said the other person

'Do you want to keep searching around or do you want to try and find the cup?' Said the first person

'No- We aren't leaving this place until we have found them' Replied the other person

Ash and Rhea were confused because they had no idea who they were. They really wanted to look and see who the people were but they just didn't have confidence. They thought it might be someone who was an enemy…

'Ash what are we going to do now? These guys aren't moving!' Whispered Rhea

'I think we'll have to do it the hard way' Said Ash

'No… Ash listen I don't want to be a murderer' Replied Rhea

'Listen Rhea… We'll go up there with our wands out and if they aren't someone we know then we'll kill them or run and if they are, we'll join hands with them. Deal?' Asked Ash

'Fine' Said Rhea unenthusiastically

Ash got up and then Rhea followed and then they both went on the grass where there were two other people there… Ash and Rhea held their wands out and then the two people turned around and there were Sid and Noémi.

'Sid!' Shouted Rhea as she went up to hug him

'Hey Rhea!' Said Sid as he put his arms around her 'Oh and hey Ash!'

Ash smiled and waved and she also waved to Noémi who didn't really seem to care

'Sid…' Said Ash before Sid turned to look at her

'Where's James?' She asked looking down

'I don't know… I woke up alone and then I found Noémi on the way and then I found you two… I thought he might've been with you…' Replied Sid but then added 'Why?'

'I was just wondering… You know' Said Ash looking down but blushing

'Sure you were Ash' Said Rhea smiling

'Shut up Rhea' Smiled Ash

'No joke but I really think we should go and find James now. I mean he could be anywhere' Said Sid letting go off Rhea but still holding her hand

'Non. I will not go for that Potter boy' Said Noémi

'Whatever you say!' Said Ash smiling

Ash, Rhea and Sid set off to find James but also the Triwizard Cup…

'James… Where are you? Oh James!' Shouted Sid

'Sid… He's not a dog' Said Ash

'I knew that…' Laughed Sid

They continued searching together until they had gone all around the park where they were back to where Noémi was.

'Oh and the ghostbusters are back' Said Noémi

'Noémi… I've always wanted to tell you this. SHUT THE HELL UP' Shouted Rhea

'Woah… Never seen her in bad Rhea mode' Whispered Ash to Sid

'I know… Must be the affects of what's happening with her. But I like this bad Rhea' Smiled Sid after whispering to Ash

'Now what are you two whispering about?' Shouted Rhea as her eyes turned green

'Oh nothing' Said Ash with Sid at the same time

Rhea gave them a stare and then walked off trying to find something and then Sid following her and Ash following Sid.

'Guys. You know there's a hole in the ground here' Smirked Rhea

'Yeah… I knew that I was saving that hole in the ground for last' Said Ash

'Thank you for noticing!' Said Sid

'Well… Are we going to go in?' Said Rhea, very calmly as her eyes turned back to normal

'Is it safe though? Because I hope it's not a dead end' Said Ash

'Oh pish posh. Its not! I saw a light in there a few minutes before you came back' Shouted Noémi looking very confident sitting on the dead grass

'Okay… Then who's going in first?' Said Sid

'We'll all go in on 1… 3… 2… 1…' Said Rhea before all three of them jumped

All three of them opened their eyes and it looked like they were in a well lit cave. It looked old but they wanted a further look.

'Do you want me to lumos?' Said Ash

'Nah it's fine, we have enough fire lamps here' Said Rhea

Rhea, Sid and Ash carried on and when it got dark Ash casted lumos to make it brighter. The cave was definitely old and it seemed like it went on forever and ever because there was no stop to the cave until they came to another cave which was glowing blue…

'Well do you want to go inside somewhere which is glowing blue?' Said Sid out of breath

'Yeah we could. But not really because it could be a spell attracting us so we can die' Said Ash

'Or it could be the colour of the triwizard cup?' Asked Rhea

'Yeah Rhea… It could be. But I don't think it glows that bright' Sighed Ash

'Maybe… But it could get brighter in dark places' Interrupted Sid

'Fine let's go in, but don't blame me if we die' Said Ash

All three walked in and they gazed in amazement when they saw the Triwizard cup in the middle of the dark room. The cup had lit up the whole room but then they saw there was a body next to the cup on the floor. They didn't know who it was.

'Do you want me to go up to it?' Said Sid

'No I will!' Said Rhea

'No! I will. If there's blood I don't want any of you to be sucking blood in front of me' Said Ash

'But-' Rhea stopped as she became confused

Ash put her wand in her pocket as she got closer to the body. Every time she got closer to the body she knew more about it. Then eventually she reached the body and she sat on the floor and then she turned the body around…

'JAMES!' She screamed

James was there, he was hurt, his face dark because of the dirt as well as blood stains on his clothes… Ash who was almost crying turned him around fully and searched him… She found out he was bleeding on his arm and he had hurt his head and that's why he was unconscious… Ash tried shaking him to wake him up but it didn't work and she tried everything she could but nothing worked…

'Ash… What's wrong?' Asked Rhea

'He won't wake up' Said Ash crying

Rhea looked down and then she saw her pocket where she took out a bottle which had a label which read: Essence of Dittany.

'Ash… What's essence of dittany' Said Rhea

'Why?' Said Ash looking up

'I had a bottle of it in my pocket' Said Rhea

'I've heard dittany heals wounds…' Said Sid

Ash ran up to Rhea and she asked if she could have the bottle, of course Rhea agreed and she gave her the bottle. Ash ran back up to James and then she put some of the liquid on the wounds that James had… First his head and then his knee but then she tried her best with his arm but it wouldn't work so she quickly ripped some of her outside robe she had on and tied it round James' arm.

'James… Please wake up now' Ash said after throwing the bottle she had just used

Rhea walked up to Ash… 'Ash talking won't help and we have to get back to Hogwarts… Lets just take the cup and go'

Ash looked and James and then held his hand 'Okay lets go'

Rhea got the cup and put it on the floor and then Sid, Ash and Rhea held on and then they were taken back to Hogwarts (oh wait they forgot Noémi)

They were taken back to the place they had started and then everyone gasped when they saw James in a state on the floor with Ash beside him.

'What has happened to James?' Said Professor Mcgonagall

'I don't know professor! He hurt his head, knee and arm and Rhea found some essence of dittany and I put it on his head and knee but-' Ash stopped as she started crying

Rhea was told to take Ash away to comfort her as James was brought back.

Professor McGonagall took a look at his arm… She knew immediately someone had done this… It looked like there was a big cut from a blade.

'Please take Mr Potter to the hospital wing, he needs certain care there' Said McGonagall

James was taken to the hospital wing and then he was cared for until a week later when it was the end of the year.

-A WEEK LATER… FAREWELL-

Ash was awake at 8am all ready for breakfast in the great hall before the farewell of the Beauxbatons and the Durmstrang Institute…

'Hey Ash, you okay?' Said Rhea doing her hair

'Yeah I'm fine… I'm still worried about James… I haven't seen him for a week now' Replied Ash

'I'm sure he'll be fine by our next year!' Said Rhea

Ash looked down and then thought about it.

'Oh my… Don't say now that you miss him?' Said Rhea with her mouth wide open

'Yes. Okay yes I do!' Said Ash getting up

'Now come on we don't want to be late for breakfast and Sid is probably already waiting for us!' Said Ash

Ash and Rhea walked down to the Great hall but then Ash stopped for a moment.

'What happened?' Said Rhea

'I swear I just saw James' Said Ash

Rhea ignored Ash and rolled her eyes while smiling and then carried on walking but Ash carried on walking after a moment of thinking. Ash and Rhea sat down at the table and they were served breakfast as usual and then they started eating when Rhea saw Sid come through the door smiling… Rhea smiled and then she mouthed something and then Sid nodded so Sid quickly came down next to Rhea and then they started whispering.

'What are you two whispering about now?' Said Ash

'Nothing!' Smiled Sid and Rhea

The door then opened and then Rhea gasped and before Ash could say what she saw James coming through the door smiling but with his arm wrapped with bandages. Ash smiled and then she almost started crying but she didn't want James to see so she turned away when James came.

'Hey guys!' Said James

'Hey!' Said Rhea and Sid

'Ash?' Said James

'What do you want Potter?' Said Ash sniffling

'I'm back' Said James smiling

'Well I can see that' Ash said wiping her tears

'Not really but your back can see me' Laughed James

Ash turned around and her nose had gone red and she was smiling and then she got up and then hugged James as best as she could…

'I'm sorry James' Said Ash

'Sorry for what?' Smiled James

'I'm sorry for everything I've done' Said Ash

'But you haven't done anything… You've just saved my life' Whispered James

'Wait- Who told you?' Said Ash letting go

'Professor McGonagall' Smiled James

Ash, James, Rhea and Sid then all ate together and had a good time together and then it was time to say goodbye to the other schools.

The champions went to the front and they all bid farewell to each other and the Durmstrang institute entered their ship and then the Beauxbatons entered their carriage and then with a farewell from Hogwarts, they all left the school peacefully. Which means it is nearly year 5.