Chapter 93: Chapter 92 - The Second Task
Before Harry knew it, time sped by since Daphne chased him around the castle. Finally the day of the second task has arrived. Entering the Great Hall, Harry found Daphne there but no sign of Katie.
'While I can understand why Daphne couldn't be used. Even if I knew ahead of time, for the judges to take a member of my Lycan pack.' Harry thought as an intense rage filled up inside of him.
Harry's eyes turned a deep red before changing back to his green eyes. Taking a seat at the Gryffindor, he grumbled as he ate. By the time he finished the closest student was three seats away.
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"Do you think Harry is going to be fine?" Luna asked Daphne.
The pair were sitting together on the stands in the middle of Black Lake. Their eyes were focused on the platform where the four champions were standing. More specifically, Harry who stared at the water with great hatred in his eyes.
"Sending an angry Alpha into a city that currently has one of his lovers held hostage." Daphne commented sarcastically. "I don't see how this can go wrong."
"So we should expect a giant wolf head popping out of the water." Luna joked.
"..."
"He does know that she would be fine right? No need to scare the audience." Luna said. "I thought he said he would be fine."
Daphne just shrugged her shoulders. "I don't think he cares at the moment. We are just lucky that neither Fleur or I is down there. Then we would have a merfolk massacre."
"Didn't your research turn up a Vampire Alpha who burned a few nations all because they killed his lover."
Thinking a bit about it, "I believe his name was Vlad the Impaler."
"Luckily Katie should be fine." Luna said.
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Standing on the platform, Harry waited for the signal to be given. He attempted to be calm as he knew she would be alright. However, knowing it in his mind and heart were two different things.
Next to him Fleur was grumbling curses under her breath as stared daggers up at her headmistress. It appeared despite some protests, she still stuck little Gabrielle under the lake. Which now has Fleur wanting to curse the headmistress but was unsure what to go with.
Viktor on the other hand was probably the most calm out of everyone. He wasn't angry or looking to curse his headmaster. He stood there focused on the task on hand. Sadly the same can't be said the same for Cedric.
The teen was attempting to look calm but his tapping foot and worried look gave him away. Well, his girlfriend was under the water so it was understandable. However, the way he jumped whenever someone spoke to him. He was clearly afraid of the water.
Frowning as Harry didn't remember him being this afraid of the second task. "Cedric what got you in such panic?"
"I got a letter from my Father at breakfast. It was sort of last minute but he said that the ministry imported a few creatures for this tasks. He didn't mention what kind but they were all XXXX ranked." Cedric said.
After hearing his words, Harry just stared at him for a few moments unnerving the teen even more. "Are the ones under the lake safe?"
"They should be." Cedric shrugged unsure how to answer. He could only trust the organizers knew what they were doing.
If Harry knew where Cedric placed his trust, he would probably step on him. The current ministry couldn't really be trusted at the moment as it barely ran. It wasn't the minister who held the power but the ones with the most gold. Which at the moment were Voldermort Followers who managed to skip out of Azkaban.
"Welcome to the Second Task on this lovely morning…" Dumbledore announced and began to explain. In the short version the champions are tasked to save their hostage from the Black Lake within a one hour time frame.
Soon cheers erupted as the signal was given with a loud bang. Diving into the icy waters, Harry casted a bubble head charm on himself. While it wasn't creative by any means, it got the job done.
Kicking through the water like a torpedo, Harry swam straight towards the underwater city. Along the way he ran into Grindylow but scared them off when his eyes glowed red and shape fangs came out.
After twenty minutes of swimming he finally reached his goal. There he saw merfolk swimming around but Harry paid no mind to them. Grabbing Katie, Harry began to lift her when he saw a large snake-like creature appear.
'They put a giant man eating electric eel in the lake. I remember that it took twenty aurors to take one down in India when it went mad and began eating muggles and wizards alike. Only one of them managed to live to tell the tale.'
Harry watched as the merfolk swam in waves throwing tridents and spears at it for little to no effect. Due to its thick skin, it was similar to trolls and cyclops and had high physical and magical resistance.
He watched as it opened its large mouth and swallowed over ten merfolks in one swoop. Screaming in panic as they swam away, they left the other hostages who were in deep sleep to defend for themselves.
Growling as it grew closer, Harry rapidly transformed into a giant wolf. Over the last month his height grew once more and he could now tower over Fluffy. Snapping his large teeth on the eel, Harry swam up allowing his large head to burst out of the water.
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On the stands Daphne watched the water before noticing the disturbances in the distance. Grabbing her forehead, she quickly grabbed the seat as a giant head burst out of the water. Screams soon erupted from everyone as they saw a giant red eye wolf with a large electric eel in its mouth.
"I called it." She shook her head.
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Finally when the task finished, Harry was in the lead with Fleur barely hanging onto second place. Right behind her was Viktor who came in second mainly due to his half transfiguration spell. Cedric on the other hand had locked himself into last place due to failing and needing rescue. It would seem he was taken hostage by sirens they imported from Greece. A species known for capturing men to breed with before eating them.
As for Harry's shocking performance, Dumbledore managed to smooth things over. He explained that he and Harry have been researching some ancient spells. While never stating from where or age, he just said it would allow one to expand their Animagus forms. Only a few casted him a doubtful look but the majority believed him. Which left Harry's secret safe.
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