"Harry are you going to tell me what you want me to do for you?" Sirius asked as he followed his godson down to the Great Hall, with Hermione, Ron, and Lupin following close behind them. "I'll tell you after the First Task. Right now I need to concentrate, and get something to eat." Harry replied with the devilish grin still on his face. Harry ate buttered toast, some eggs, and some bacon then rose from the table. "I'll see you guys later, the champions are supposed to meet early so we can know what the challenge exactly includes." He then walked towards the tent that was made for the task.
"Ah, Mr. Potter. So nice of you to join us." Mr. Crouch said, upon hearing the young man entering the tent. Harry looked around, and saw Professor Dumbledore, Madame Maxime, Professor Karkaroff, Fleur, Cedric, Krum, Madame Pomfrey, Mr. Bagman, and much to his displeasure, Rita Skeeter. "As I was saying," Mr. Crouch started saying "you will each be given a dragon to face off against. The goal is not to defeat the dragon, but to retrieve the golden egg that it is guarding. Mr. Dumbledore, Mr. Crouch, Mr. Karkaroff, Ms. Maxime, Mr. Bagman, and I will be the judges for this task. It's now time for you four to reach into the bag, and find out which dragon you'll be facing."
Harry heard a voice coming from the outside of the tent, after Mr. Crouch's explanation, and went to find out who it was, and it was Hermione. "How're you feeling Harry?" Harry replied "Just fine." Hermione then said "Now the key is to concentrate, the only other thing you have to do is…" Harry finished her sentence, and said "battle a dragon." Hermione then came into the tent, then a bright flash made them stop their hug. Rita Skeeter had her Quick-Quotes Quill out already, and was talking about a headline. Krum walked up to her, and said in his thick Bulgarian accent "you have no business here. This tent is for champions and friends." Rita looked at Krum, then had her photographer snap a picture of the Bulgarian champion. Hermione then left, as Mr. Crouch brought out the bag with the dragons in it.
Cedric was first, and reach into the bag, and pulled out a small greenish dragon. Mr. Crouch said "the Swedish Short-Snout." Fleur was next, and pulled out another green dragon, and Mr. Crouch said "the Common Welsh Green." Next, was Krum, and he pulled out a red and black dragon, and Mr. Crouch said "the Chinese Fireball...which leaves." Harry muttered "the Horntail." Mr. Crouch asked Harry "did you say something my boy?" Harry shook his head, and pulled out a black and grey dragon, and Mr. Crouch said "the Hungarian Horntail."
Mr. Crouch put the bag away, then continued his speech "Now that you have your dragons, and the objective of your task, I wish all of you the best of luck. May the best wizard or witch win. Mr. Diggory you will of course be going first, when you hear the whistle you may go out and face your dragon." A few minutes later, the whistle blew, and the Cedric walked into the arena to the crowd cheering his name "Diggory! Diggory!" Harry, Fleur, and Krum couldn't tell what was going on, and were waiting with nervous anticipation of what was to come. Five minutes later, Cedric came back into the tent with the golden egg, his clothes smoldered, and his face burned.
Madame Pomfrey walked over to Cedric, and directed him to a bed, so she could tend to his wounds. Mr. Crouch walked to Fleur, and said "you're next my dear. When the whistle blows, you may go and face your dragon." Another few minutes later, and the whistle blew, signaling Fleur to start her challenge. Once again, Harry and Krum waited with a nervous anticipation. Ten minutes later, Fleur came back with the golden egg, and her skirt burned. Madame Pomfrey took her to a bed to heal her injuries. Mr. Crouch once again, walked up to Krum, then said "you're next. You know when to go." Krum nodded his head and waited for the whistle to blow.
The whistle blew two minutes later, then Krum walked out of the tent to face his dragon. "Mr. Potter, may I have a word?" Mr. Crouch asked him. Harry nodded his head, while looking for something to take his mind of his turn being next. Mr. Crouch said "Are you nervous, Mr. Potter?" Harry nodded his head, because for the moment he lost his voice. "Well it is to be expected," Mr. Crouch said "after all, even most grown wizards would hesitate while trying to participate in this tournament. I just wanted you to know though Mr. Potter, that I wish you the best of luck." Harry nodded, and a minute after he finished talking to Crouch, Krum came back with golden egg, and his clothes burned.
Mr. Crouch patted Harry's shoulder, and Harry waited for the whistle to blow so that he could go face the Horntail. His nervousness and fear were slowly turning into excitement and adrenaline, and he went out of the tent after hearing the whistle blow. He walked outside, and saw the dragon's nest that had the golden egg, and no Hungarian Horntail. He quickly ran towards the nest, but ducked behind a boulder, when the Horntail came out of nowhere and started breathing fire. Harry turned around to see the Horntail, and it continued breathing fire at Harry. Harry stood behind the boulder, raised his wand, and yelled "Accio Firebolt" and waited for his broom to come to him.
Meanwhile, while waiting for his broom to show up, he was busy jumping between boulders, trying to get close to the golden egg. All of his attempts failed, because of the hostile Horntail, but Harry heard his Firebolt accelerating towards him. He timed it perfectly, and jumped onto his Firebolt, and flew towards the golden egg, and he nearly had it, until he had to avoid more dragon fire. He flew out of the way, and headed towards Hogwarts, but so did the dragon, as soon as it broke free from its chain. Harry flew around Gryffindor Tower, but the dragon came up from behind him and bit the end of Harry's broom, causing him to fall on the parapet.
Harry's Firebolt was stuck on the parapet, but Harry was having difficulty getting it unhooked. The dragon landed two roofs away from Harry, and was slowly making its way towards Harry. When it was literally two feet away from Harry, Harry panicked and spoke to it using parseltongue "Wait, I'm not trying to take your eggs. There's a golden one that doesn't belong there, and I was only going for it." The weird part was the dragon actually understood him, and better yet, it answered back "Why didn't you say so, young one. I'm very protective over my eggs. How about I give you a ride back, so you can get the golden egg." Harry answered back "Sure, just let me get my Firebolt." He pointed his wand at the Firebolt, and said "Accio Firebolt!" The broom zoomed into his hand, and he climbed on top of the dragon's back, and they flew back towards the arena.
Everyone except the Slytherins were getting worried about how long Harry was gone, but then he showed up on the back of the dragon, and everybody applauded. Well, everyone except the Slytherins whose jaws were dropped. He jumped of the dragon's back, turned around and said in parseltongue "Thank you for understanding." he said, and the Horntail nodded its head. Harry walked up to the golden egg, and picked it up, then headed back to the champions' tent.
As soon as Harry walked into the tent, Mr. Crouch gave him a congratulatory pat on the back and said "that was a wonderful display you put on for us, Mr. Potter. You'll have to tell me how you got the dragon to do that one of these days, but for now, it's time for me to talk to all of the champions." Harry nodded and headed over to the beds, where Madame Pomfrey looked over him and healed his injuries. Mr. Crouch walked in front of all of the champions, then said "Well done champions, you have all gotten your egg, and inside your egg contains a clue to help you along the Second Task which is to take place in three months time. Now go on and rest and try to figure out the clue inside of the clue. I wish you all good luck."
Harry and Cedric walked up to the castle, while Fleur walked to the carriage that the Beauxbatons students came in, and Krum went to the ship that the Durmstrang students came in. "That was a fun challenge, eh Harry?" Cedric asked. Harry replied "Extremely fun. What d'you think the next task is going to be?" Cedric shook his head and said "I honestly don't know." They parted ways at the Great Hall entrance, and Harry went upstairs towards the Gryffindor Common Room, when he bumped into a beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl.
He sort of stared at the girl in awe, and she did the same. "W-w-who a-are you?" Harry stuttered. The girl replied calmly "Daphne. Daphne Greengrass. And who might you be?" Harry said a lot more confidently "Harry Potter." She looked at him in shock, then said "Oh no, this cannot be happening! You're in Gryffindor for crying out loud!" Harry looked at her school robes, then saw that she was in Slytherin "And you're in Slytherin! Oh no!" They both ran away from each other, both berating themselves for having a crush on each other, when they were both in houses that hated each other.
By the time Harry got to the Fat Lady's portrait, there was only one thing that was bothering him about the girl, and that was her last name. Harry thought to himself "Where have I heard the name 'Greengrass' before?" He walked into the Common Room, then sat on the couch by the fire, while waiting for Sirius and the rest. As soon as they came back with everybody else from Gryffindor, the thought was pushed from his head, as a long party ensued for his success during the First Task.