Chapter 13
The second task was a few days later and everyone made there way to the edge of the great lake taking a seat in the stands. Brianna again was sitting with Draco, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy. All the other three champions were there except Potter.
"Where's Potter." Brianna ask Draco and he just shrugged looking around before he pointed to a figure running at break neck speed up on the platform.
"Oh." was Brianna's reply.
"Well, all our champions are ready for the second task, which will start on my whistle. They have an hour to recover what has been taken from them. On the count of three, than. One…two…three." Bagman said a after a loud whistle the other champions dove in. Potter took the time to take off his shoes and socks and jumped in to wade in the water before stuffing something green into his mouth. When he swallowed his face contorted and gills appeared and Potter dove into the water.
"Gilly weed." Brianna whispered to Draco who nodded.
About an hour later Fleur was rescued from the lake not completing her task after being attacked by grindylows. Diggory came out with Cho Chang just before the hour was up. Krum was next right past the hour with Granger causing Draco and Brianna to roll there eyes. Potter was last with Weasley and Fleur's little sister she never got to.
The judges made there announcement.
"Ladies and gentleman, we have reached our decision. Fleur Delacour, demonstrated excellent use of the bubblehead charm, was attacked by grindylows and failed to complete the task. We award her 25 points. Cedric Diggory, who also used the bubblehead charm, was first to return we award him 47 points. Victor Krum used incomplete transfiguration and was second to return we award him 40 points. And last but not least Harry Potter used gillyweed to great affect. He returned last and well outside the time limit. However, he was the first to reach the hostages and due to his determination to save them all caused his delay. Most of the judges feel that this shows moral fiber and we award Potter 45 points." Bagman announced though cheers and yells. "The final task will be on June 24th. Thank you."
Everyone made there way back to the castle.
"Moral fiber what a bunch of crap." Brianna said and everyone agreed.
March rolled around and it was time yet again for another Double Potions. Draco had passed around a copy of Witch Weekly he got from Pansy to show everyone the article on Potter. This caused a lot of laughs on the way to Potions and it continued when Potter and his two friends came up.
"There they are, there they are." Pansy giggled.
"You might find something to interest you in there Granger." Brianna said as Draco tossed her the magazine she looked down and saw her face on the cover. At that moment Snape opened the door and shooed them inside. Draco and Brianna took there seats and Brianna watched as the golden trio read the magazine under the table whispering quickly and faces growing red while Snape was writing on the black board with his back turned.
"Severus you may want to check on the Golden Trio there having a whispering conversation over there reading magazines under there desk." Brianna told him.
Snape quickly turned around and smirk when it saw it striding right over and standing behind them. Everyone was watching for Potter and his friends didn't even notice. Till he started to speak.
"Fascinating though your social life undoubtedly is, Miss Granger. I must ask you not to discuss it in my class. Ten points from Gryffindor." he drawled making them jump and the Slytherins to laugh. Snape smirked at Brianna before continuing.
"Ah…reading magazines under the table as well. A further ten points I think…oh but of course…Potter has to keep up with his press cuttings." he said while flipping open the magazine and scanning the page striding back over towards Brianna's desk.
"What do you think Miss LeStrange should we find out what is so important in here that they have neglected to do there work." he ask her. She casted a glance over towards them and they had a pleading face hoping she would help. Ha fat chance.
"Why yes Professor I think we'd all love to hear it." Brianna said sitting down and putting her chin on her hand waiting for him to start. He gave a nod and the Slytherins giggled.
"Harry Potter's Secret Heartache…dear, dear, Potter, what's ailing you now? A boy like no other, perhaps, yet a boy suffering all the usual pangs of adolescence, writes Rita Skeeter. Deprived of love since the tragic demise of his parents, fourteen-year-old Harry Potter thought he had found solace in his girlfriend at Hogwarts, Muggle-born Hermione Granger. Little did he know that he would shortly be suffering yet another emotional blow in a life already littered with personal loss. Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Since the arrival at Hogwarts of Viktor Krum, Bulgarian Seeker Miss Granger has been toying with both boys' affections. Krum, who is openly smitten with the devious Miss Granger, has already invited her to visit him in Bulgaria over the summer holidays, and insists that he has never felt this way about any other girl. However, it might not be Miss Granger's doubtful natural charms that have captured these boys' interests. "She's really ugly," says Pansy Parkinson, a pretty and vivacious fourth-year student, "but she'd be well up to making a Love Potion, she's quite brainy. I think that's how she's doing it." Love Potions are, of course, banned at Hogwarts, and no doubt Albus Dumbledore will want to investigate these claims. In the meantime, Harry's well-wishers must hope that, next time, he bestows his heart on a worthier candidate.' How very touching," Snape sneered. Potter and Granger were both blushing furiously. While the Slytherins howled with laughter. He rolled the magazine up and handed it to Brianna who tucked it into her bag.
"Well I think I had better separate the three of you, so you can keep your minds on your potions rather than your tangled love lives. Weasley, you stay here. Miss Granger, over there, beside Miss Parkinson. And Potter- this table up front by my desk beside Miss LeStrange. Move. Now." Snape told them.
Potter was pissed when he dragged his stuff and sat next to Brianna. Draco had slide over to the table behind them to sit with Crabbe and Goyle to make room for Potter wishing Brianna good luck. Snape sat at his desk watching Potter mash beetles and smirked at Brianna who returned it. Brianna was steps ahead of Potter on the potion already.
"All this press attention seems to have inflated your already over-large head, Potter." Snape started quietly. Brianna snorted while stirring her potion listening hard.
"You might be laboring under the delusion that the entire wizarding world is impressed with you. But I don't care how many times your picture appears in the papers. To me, Potter, you are nothing but a nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him." Snape said taunting him. Potter just ignored it. Brianna was biting her lip hard trying not to laugh.
"So I give you fair warning, Potter. Pint sized celebrity or not- if I catch you breaking into my office one more time." Snape said in a deadly voice. That got Potter's attention.
"I haven't been anywhere near your office." Potter said angrily.
"Don't lie to me. Boomslang skin. Gillyweed. Both come from my private stores, and I know who stole them." Snape hissed. Harry stared back at Snape not blinking.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Potter said and Brianna knew he was lying about something.
"You were out of bed on the night my office was broken into. I know it, Potter! Now, Mad-Eye Moody might have jumped on the Harry Potter fan wagon, but I will not tolerate your behavior. One more nighttime stroll into my office, Potter, and you will pay." Snape spat. Brianna could see Potter roll his eyes.
"Right. I'll bear that in mind if I ever get the urge to go in there." Potter said coolly and Brianna stared at him. Snape's eyes flashed and she knew he wanted to hex the boy. He plunged his hand into his pocket. Potter flinched for a moment until Snape pulled out a vial of Potion that Brianna recognized immediately.
"Do you know what this is, Potter." Snape ask with dangerous eyes. I looked up and smiled and he saw it.
"No." Potter said and Brianna looked at him like he was crazy.
"Brianna could you enlighten Mr. Potter as to what this is." Snape said still looking at Harry.
"It's Veritaserum sir." Brianna said and Snape nodded.
"Exactly. Veritaserum- a truth potion so powerful that three drops would have you spilling your innermost secrets for this entire class to hear. Unless you watch your step, you might just find that my hand slips right over your evening pumpkin juice. And then Potter, then we'll find out what you have to hide." Snape said before pocketing the vial back and going back to writing. Harry said nothing just continued to make his potion that was all wrong.
Brianna went back to hers as well still smiling after that little display. Moments later a knock on the door startled everyone.
"Enter." Snape said. The door banged open and in walk none other than Igor Karkaroff striding up to Snape's desk.
"We need to talk." Karkaroff said in a quite voice.
"I'll talk to you after my lesson, Karkaroff." Snape muttered.
"I want to talk now, while you can't slip off, Severus. You've been avoiding me." Karkaroff replied. Brianna raised her head to look at him.
"After the lesson." Snape snapped. Karkaroff looked put out but stayed in the back of the classroom till it was over. Brianna cleaned her station when Potter knocked over something spilling it all over Brianna's shoes and her now clean station.
"You idiot." she hissed as they both bent down to clean it up.
"sorry." Potter said but she knew he was trying to listen.
"What is so urgent." Snape hissed when he thought everyone was gone.
"This." Karkaroff said pulling up his sleeve showing the dark mark. Potter moved to look around the desk. Brianna caught him and yanked him back by his collar.
"Don't snoop and finish cleaning this shit up." she hissed at him.
"I want to hear." Potter whined.
"It is none of your concern." Brianna whispered back.
"Well do you see. It's never been this clear, never since." Karkaroff was saying.
"Put it away." Snarled Snape.
"Severus Potter is still here with me listening I'm trying to stop him from looking at his arm." Brianna told him.
"But you must have noticed." Karkaroff began agitated.
"We can talk later, Karkaroff." Spat Snape. "Potter! What are you doing?"
Brianna and Potter both stood. Brianna and Karkaroff had a glaring contest for a moment before he turned heel and left.
"Clearing up my mess sir." Potter said innocently. Brianna rolled her eyes and waved her wand cleaning up her shoes.
"This idiot spilt shit all over the floor and desk after I already cleaned up." Brianna spat towards Potter.
"It was a bloody accident." Potter spat back.
"Yeah so you can eavesdrop." Brianna said moving towards him as his face turned red.
"That's enough get out Potter." Snape snapped and Harry flew out of the room.
"How much did he hear." Snape ask her.
"All of it I'm sure. I yanked him back when he tried to get a look at Karkaroff's arm though so I don't think he saw anything." Brianna told him and he nodded. She left after that for dinner.
Hagrid was back teaching much to the Slytherins distaste. But on the bright side Hermione had started getting hate mail due to the article causing her to turn up at there next Care of Magical Creatures class with her hand bandaged and eyes swollen.
"What wrong Granger. Hate mail getting to you." Draco called out causing Brianna to laugh. Potter and Weasley sneered at him and turned back to there Niffler they were working with that was digging up gold. One tried to bite off Pansy watch and she shrieked throwing it off.
"Why is it you always have us working with things that try to harm everyone." Brianna ask as she batted away a Niffler going after her necklace.
"Makes it more fun." Hagrid shrugged.
"Says the half giant." Draco said causing Hagrid to blush red and Potter to give a nasty look.
A few weeks later Brianna was walking with Snape when they came across Potter trying to kick in Dumbledore's door. Snape pushed Brianna into a hiding hole and she made herself invisible to watch.
"POTTER. What the bloody hell are you doing." Snape ask striding towards him.
"I need to see Dumbledore. It's Mr. Crouch he's turned up in the forest." Harry said.
"What's this rubbish. What are you talking about." Snape ask.
"Crouch from the ministry. He's I'll or something says he needs Dumbledore." Potter shouted.
"The headmaster is busy Potter." Snape told him.
"Look Crouch isn't right he says he's here to warn Dumbledore." Potter said angry. Brianna listened intensely she could tell he was telling the truth but why was Barty's father here.
The door opened and Dumbledore came out.
"Is there a problem." he ask smiling.
"Professor Crouch is in there forest something's wrong." Harry said.
"Lead the way." Dumbledore said running behind Harry leaving Snape behind.
"I'm going to tell Barty." Brianna whispered and Snape nodded as she took off running towards his office. She didn't even knock she just barged in dodging a spell he sent to her.
"Sorry I didn't know it was you." Barty told her helping her up he was in his normal form.
"It's cool. Look I just over heard Potter telling Dumbledore that your father was in the woods acting crazy trying to warn him about something. You might want to get there before they do." she told him. He nodded drank a big gulp of Poly Juice and rushed out the door invisible.
Brianna waited around till he came un loading the potion stuff he ask for that Snape gave her earlier. He came limping back in a hour later.
"Well." She ask after he changed back.
"I took care of it before he could say anything he shouldn't." he told her sitting down. She nodded knowing what that meant.
"There's the Potion ingredients you ask for." Brianna pointed out.
"Thank you." he said. She nodded before leaving to go to bed.
