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"I need to talk to you." Harry and I said at the same time the day after.
When I came back from the prefect's bathroom, it was already late and everyone had gone to bed. The flames in the fireplace were already dying out. I didn't see Harry at breakfast or lunch. So, when classes were finally done and we ate dinner, I waited for him just outside the great hall. We had grabbed each other's arms when we said it.
"Empty classroom." I said, nudging my head a little further. When Harry closed the door behind him, I put a privacy charm around the room. "You first."
"Something weird happened." He frowned.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, it's just... Professor Moody offered to help me with the egg. He said something about taking a swim. And it wasn't the first time. A few weeks before the first task, he held me back after class and asked if he needed to help."
"He's not allowed to help. None of the professors are." I frowned. Just thinking about Moody made me shiver all over. I wasn't a fan of his classes, and he kept drinking from this weird flask. But the room was always too crowded for me to figure out what it was, even with my wolf nose. But I didn't think it was pumpkin juice the way he shuddered after every sip.
"I know. I said I didn't need help, that I would do fine on my own."
"How did he take that?"
"He -" He frowned. "He looked a bit angry at that, actually."
"Hm." I placed my hands on his shoulders. "Don't get too close to him, Harry. There is something off about him. I don't trust him."
"He's a famous Auror, Alec."
"Gilderoy Lockhart was famous and see how that turned out."
Harry opened his mouth, then closed it again. "You have a point there but-"
"Just be careful, alright? The man just gives me an eerie feeling and that doesn't happen often."
"Okay. I trust your gut." I smiled a little. "What did you want to talk about?"
"I figured out the egg. Creepy Moody had a point about the swim. We needed to open the egg under water for the noise to make sense. This is what they were singing." I handed him the parchment.
"You call that singing?"
I huffed a laugh. "Underwater they have a beautiful singing voice but it's screeching the moment they breech the surface."
His eyes scanned the paper. "So, we have an hour to look for whatever is taken from us?" He looked up.
"Yeah. Do you think there are Merpeople in the black lake?"
"I think it's a possi-"
"There are. Nasty creatures, I tell you."
Harry jumped from the sudden new voice. I turned to see Draco smirking. I had heard him slip in, but since he helped us for the first task, I didn't mind him hearing us talk.
"A little jumpy, are you Potter?" He smirked. He turned to me, as Harry placed a hand over his fast-beating heart. "They don't come by the window often, but I've seen them swim by in the middle of the night. Only twice since I started school. But they are definitely down there." He cocked his head. "The second task?"
"Yes, I figured out the egg."
Draco sat down on one of the desks and I took a place next to him. Harry sat down in front of us, scowling at the Slytherin.
"We need to be underwater for at least an hour to find whatever they have taken from us. But there are multiple threats in the black lake, so we need to be able to defend ourselves. I have a few ideas for me, but the spells are very complicated. And it would take too long for Harry to learn them. Even if he managed to, I don't want to risk it failing when he's under there."
Harry paled a little at that. Draco frowned as he looked to Harry. He wasn't really looking at him but through him and I knew his mind was going in overdrive.
"We have time. The second task is two months away. I could start teaching Harry the spells, but I want to be safe and look for a better and safer option."
"What about the Fishling potion?" Draco suggested.
I shook my head. "His arms and legs would change into fins completely. He won't be able to use his wand."
"It would be a funny sight though." He laughed. And Harry stared at him like he came from another planet. Still not used to hear his full laugh. "I'll keep thinking."
I placed my hand over my cousin's. "Thank you, Draco. For helping me and-" I glanced to Harry who was still watching Draco. "For helping Harry."
Draco's gaze flicked to Harry. And for a long moment they just stared at each other. Grey eyes locked with green. Then they both looked away simultaneously. Draco cleared his throat.
"Are we still going to duel?" He asked me.
"I'm game if you two are. We don't know what we'll face underwater and what the third task may be."
"I'm in." Harry said, both of them looking at me.
"Wednesday night, the same time after dinner."
"Great." Draco jumped up. "I'll make a list of what I know to be in there." He shuddered at the thought and that didn't ease my feelings one bit. Then he walked out of the room swiftly.
"Are you two ever going to talk in public?" I asked Harry before we walked out the classroom.
"Why would we do that?"
"Yes, why..." I smiled as we walked up to the common room.
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A month passed. A month with me, Harry and Draco sparring and training. A month of researching for a way to let Harry breath underwater. Harry had told Hermione and Ron about the second task. And the former was hauled up in the library as she looked for a solution.
While Draco and Harry practiced together, I focussed on the spells I could use. The Bubble-Head charm, it was a handy spell, but I still was afraid it would burst when something sharp would hit it. My favourite, and most dangerous spell was the Sanguis Oxygeni spell. I would place a filter over my face so water couldn't get in and stopped my breathing while the Sanguis Oxygeni spell would help me breath through my blood. It was a spell that most schools didn't teach, but Beauxbatons had a specialist visit a few years back and everyone who was interested was welcome to attend. So, I did. I didn't tell the others of the spell. I think they would think I'm crazy for even trying that instead of the Bubble-Head charm.
I looked up when I heard one of the boys fall on the floor. I raised an eyebrow when I saw Draco sprawled on the ground, Harry towering over him with a smirk.
"That was a lucky shot, Potter."
"Whatever." He rolled his eyes. Then to my surprise but even more so for Draco, Harry held out his hand to pull him up. Draco eyed his head warily for a minute, probably thinking it was a trick of sorts. But then he laid his hand in his and they clasped them together as Harry helped him up. They were now standing close, really close. Draco had a few inches on Harry, but their gazes were locked, just like their hands.
"You're getting better, Potter." Draco said, his voice a little gruff.
Harry blinked. Blinked once again. "T-thanks. Wanna go again?" He asked, releasing his hand and taking a step back. It was now Draco's turn to blink. He shook his head a little. Like he was clearing his mind.
"Yeah." A smile spread across his face. A real smile that was directed at Harry. And Harry once again was dumbfounded. So, lost in Draco's smile, he didn't see the spell coming the Slytherin shot at him. Harry toppled over and fell to the floor, his glasses flying in the air.
Draco picked up the glasses and repaired them without uttering a single word. He extended his hand and Harry took it without waiting a heartbeat.
"Here." Draco's fingers shook a little as he placed the spectacles on Harry's nose. Harry was frozen in place, like a statue. When Draco adjusted the glasses behind his ear, I saw the addition he added on the glasses. I wondered when Harry would notice the tiny difference on it or why Draco had added the shape of a dragon on the right ear of Harry's glasses.
I was just thinking about slipping out, wondering if they would even notice my absence when Draco turned to me, his cheeks flushed.
"Come on, Alexandra. You're not getting out of training, you know."
I glanced between the two flushed boys, a secret smile on my lips before I pushed myself off the ground. "I know. Give me all you got, cousin."
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"De la Berre, I'm exhausted." I said as I fell down on the couch between the twins. Lee and Anglina were huddled together in an armchair, whispering to each other.
"You've been gone a lot." George said, pulling my head in his lap, while Fred grabbed my ankles.
"Training, researching for a way to let Harry breathe underwater for an hour, more training."
"I don't think we can help with the breathing underwater part, but-"
"Why don't you ask us to help you train?" Fred continued.
I glanced from one to the other. "I didn't know you'd be interested. You've been so busy with things for your shop."
"We can always make time for you to wipe the floor with us." Fred grinned, the tip of his tongue against his upper teeth. And at that moment I wanted to devour him. I looked away from him.
"Actually, a change of partners would be good. I'm getting to know what Draco or Harry are going to do by what stance they take." They knew I trained with both. They just didn't know it was at the same time. "Can you do next Sunday?"
"Why not this weekend?" George asked, his fingers combing through my hair.
"It's a Hogsmeade weekend, remember?"
"Oh, right." They frowned. "Are you going with Cedric?"
"I am, but not only him. Ange and Lee are coming, so is Alicia. And a few of Cedric's friends."
"Now we feel welcome." George muttered.
I pursed my lips at them. "I asked you to come last week. But the moment Cedric's name fell from my lips, you two mumbled something and walked away."
They both looked at me, blinking slowly. "Are we still welcome?"
"Always." I smiled up at them and they smiled back. My heart skipped a beat. I made myself comfortable between them and fell asleep quickly as their hands glided over arms.
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The Twins POV
"I think we're on the right track with Alec." Fred said as they climbed through the portrait hole.
"I agree, now that those girls are out of the way."
"Sorry." Fred muttered.
"It's not your fault. Not entirely. I agreed, didn't I?" He ran a hand through his hair. "I think that was the stupidest thing we ever did."
"Can't argue with that." Fred said as they walked up the boys' staircase. What they found in their room was unexpected to say the least.
The girl of their dreams was sitting on the windowsill in their dorm, the window next to Lee's bed. Her knees were drawn up almost against her chest. She was gazing out the window, out the dark grey clouds that flew by. Before either of them could say anything, she spoke without turning her eyes away from the dark sky.
"I used to think I was part of a triad." She said and the boys' eyes widened as they saw her softly tapping the book on her lap. "But it didn't work out." She said, her voice sad. "And if it doesn't work between best friends you've known for ages, will it ever work for anyone?" She sighed before looking at them. "I'm sorry. I wasn't snooping around or anything, but the book was on Lee's bed. I don't know why Lee has a book about triads." Her brows pulled together briefly. "My roommates are going at it. Do you mind if I hang out here for a bit?"
It seemed like they both had lost their voices. They just stared at her. And stared. She knew about triads. She tried to be in a triad. Probably with Jack and Jazz but since that didn't work, she thought it never would. They needed to show her it was possible.
"But if it's a bad time..." She hopped off the windowsill when they didn't respond.
"No." They both snapped out of it. "You're always welcome, my little Fae."
She cocked her head, a smile on her lips. "What's with the new nickname?"
"It's your middle name and we wanted a nickname that belonged just to us."
"Oh." She whispered. And that little sound shot right to their cocks.
"So, what do you want to do?" George asked.
"Anything as long as it has nothing to do with tournament."
"We can think of a thing or two that could be fun." Fred said suggestively.
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Fuck, the way they looked at me. They way Fred said that made me clench my thighs together. I didn't know what I expected for them to do as they walked over slowly. For them to let their fingers trail over my neck, to my collarbone before going lower and lower... Or for their lips to explore every inch of me. Gods, I wanted them to explore every inch of me. I was trembling slightly and clasped my hands hard on the book still in my hands. Both of their eyes were dark, but I couldn't look away. I didn't think I was breathing at that moment. My finger shifted over the book cover and -
Triads.
What if – what if Fred and George. Fred, George and I are part of a triad. My head was dizzy with the thought. And oh, how much I wanted it to be. But if they don't want that... I'm not going to bring up such a sensitive subject. Not only for them but also because of my past experience. But if I could have them both... An excited shiver shot through my whole body, and I was sure they must have noticed. The sides of their mouths kicked up. Fred's left side. George's right side. My heart was pounding in my chest, and I was a moment away from throwing them on the bed and ravishing them both.
Fred leaned in and whispered in my ear, his lips grazing the shell of my ear. "You can help us make products for our shop or-"
George's lips grazed my other ear. "We can do something entirely different." He purred.
I placed my hands on their chests, and I could feel the fast beating of their hearts. My hands fisted the fabric, and I was about to pull them closer to me when the door opened.
"Oi, Weasleys!" Lee shouted. He froze when he saw us, and I took a step back as the twins straightened up. "Sorry to interrupt, but you asked me to come get you so you wouldn't be late for detention."
The twins muttered several curses under their breath making me chuckle. Their eyes fell on me again, again turning dark. I cleared my throat and kissed their cheeks. "Uhm, I'll see you guys later." And I quickly slipped out the room.
Things are heating up!