Hello readers. Sorry updates have been a bit slow lately. This chapter's a little short, but it will soon be the Second Task!
Also, Draco's doppelgänger will be appearing in a chapter soon. This chapter is from the original Draco Malfoy's perspective however.
Draco Malfoy couldn't sleep. It was the night before the Second Task and he had a horrible feeling to do with his other. He got out of bed with the full intension of warning Dumbledore that his imposter was planning something, but those plans were destroyed the moment he entered the common room.
Sitting under a pile of books was Harry Potter, with a large ginger cat sitting on his lap. The sight was so unusual, that Draco wondered if he was dreaming because since when has the Boy Who Lived been one for extra classwork?
"Hermione?" He asked tentatively. It had to be polyjuice potion. Although Draco couldn't think why she would need to use it and it was obvious that it wasn't Harry Potter in front of him. For a start, it was Hermione's cat.
The messy haired, bespectacled boy looked up from Dreadful Denizens of the Deep, his eyes puffy and red. "McGonagall asked to see her. She's not here."
"Professor McGonagall's keeping a student up long past curfew?" Draco made it clear from his voice how unlikely that sounded.
'Harry' frowned. "Yeah, that does seem odd. She wanted to see Ron as well and he's not back either."
"You're not worried?" Draco asked when 'Harry' said this. Honestly, you would think Hermione Granger would come up with a better cover story. Whatever Potter and Weasley were up to, it had to be something dangerous or stupid or both.
"I would be, but I really need to find a way to breathe underwater for an hour." Draco raised an eyebrow. "None of the books in the library mention anything, so I'm beginning to wonder if it's even possible!" Hermione's rant finished with a sort of wail.
Draco sat in the chair next to 'Harry'. "Well, if you're wondering that, then you haven't been paying any attention for the past month." He studied Harry's face for a sign of understanding. A second passed.
"Seriously?" Draco exclaimed. "How have you managed to miss that?"
"Would you just tell me what I've missed?" Snapped the tired and irritable Gryffindor.
Draco shook his head. "Talk to Neville. He's been reading this book Professor Moody gave him and has been blurting out facts from it for weeks. And one of those highly irrelevant facts - which you've somehow missed - was about a plant which could make you breathe underwater."
His housemate stared at him and Draco felt his lips curl up into a smirk. 'Harry' ran upstairs to the boys' dormitory, leaving Draco wondering where Harry and Ron really were on the night before the Second Task.
This chapter is based on the part half-way through the chapter The Second Task in 'The Goblet of Fire'.
For all of those who didn't get that: Harry is busy trying to prepare for the Triwizard Tournament, while Hermione and Ron are in McGonagall's office (read: being held hostage by merpeople). Naturally, as seeing Harry study is a rare sight, Draco assumes that it is really Hermione under polyjuice who is covering for Harry and Ron's absence while they do something Gryffindor-ish and dangerous.