Chapter 21: chapter 21 : Dragon & Song
The next day, on the eve of the first test, Harry was at the top of one of the towers with Ron who gave him a long training session.
Ron: Once again to prove that you have mastered this projection.
Harry held out his wand without uttering an incantation when a trail of sparks came out from there to take the shape of a running deer.
" Excellent !! I tell you again, dragons are intelligent but can be distracted, if Charlie who studies them has almost not had a serious accident with them, it is because he understood it and taught it to me too. Ron said with his arms crossed as he leaned against a wall.
Harry: What if I need to take something from him or near him?
Ron: Basic spells can be very useful in tricky circumstances although many overlook them.
Harry: What spell can help me retrieve an item without approaching a dragon?
Ron: (smiles)
(The next day)
It was the day of the first test and everyone was already in the stands around a large rocky pit in which the candidates were going to face the dragons.
One of the dragons was already installed there and it was a chained Swedish short-nose. In the middle of the arena, a golden egg sat on top of a stone and it confirmed Ron's suspicions, there was indeed an item to collect and it was this egg.
He was in the stands, sitting calmly with Luna by his side. Hermione told him she was going to see Harry to give him some encouragement but when she asked Ron to come with her, his response was simple...
"We already told each other everything yesterday and if he implements one of our plans, he'll win very easily. "
Hermione looked at him with some doubts and a little anger before leaving to say a few words to Harry.
A few minutes later, a rushed gunshot rang out and the first to pass was Cedric but Ron was not worried about Cedric whom he himself recognized as strong and very intelligent.
As he expected, although with difficulty, Cedric managed to take the egg and leave, much to the delight of the Hogwarts students and especially Hufflepuff.
Viktor and Fleur also passed their test then finally came Harry's turn and a spiked Magyar was waiting for him, this breed of dragon was very ferocious.
Harry didn't rush and took out his wand. The first thing to do was to spot the dragon and although with fear it moved very slowly and managed to do so.
Hiding behind some rocks near his entry point, Harry held out his wand when several stags made of sparks appeared to run in the void around the dragon who was completely distracted by it but also the crowd who watched the Light show .
Once the dragon's attention was completely elsewhere, Harry looked at the egg in the distance before casting the attraction spell "Accio" and the egg flew quickly towards him without the dragon realizing it. , he then calmly left there in front of an audience so impressed that it was silent.
"Well done Harry" Ron said as Hermione looked at him realizing what he said earlier and knew he had helped Harry.
The crowd immediately started clapping for Harry and even Dumbledore was impressed, he looked towards Ron and saw him just sitting with his arms crossed without much surprise on his face and guessed that this fine and unusual tactic probably came from him He had no doubts about Harry's intelligence, but his gut told him that Ron was involved .
Luna: Looks like your training paid off.
Ron: Have you seen us?
Luna: No, but I know you well enough to know that you were going to do something like that. You taught me many spells yourself.
Ron: Besides, why don't you use them?
Luna: I never had the chance, that's all. Why do you feel obligated to teach me so many spells or things?
Ron: If one day I'm not near you, I want you to be strong enough to face danger?
Luna: Why?
Because: Because you are my friend and my favorite pillow!
"Idiot…" She muttered in a very low voice, playing with her fingers.
(If you find that Luna is different from the films, it's because in the films she was always alone and without anyone near her except her parents but in this reality, there is someone to her since she was very little, not to mention that Ron's behavior influenced her a lot. Literally,)
Later, in the Gryffindor common room, Harry displayed his trophy, the golden egg to the applause of the others who asked him to open the egg out of curiosity and when he did, a shrill, squeaky cry and loudly echoed in the room, forcing everyone to cover their ears.
Ron was annoyed by this sound because he was sleeping on the couch. He stood up and immediately looked up with his eyes turning red at Harry who had an apologetic look and Ron asked him to stifle that sound the next time he goes to open the egg.
Harry asked him what he was talking about and Ron told him that he would talk to him about it later.
Later, they were in the Great Hall eating lunch when a first grader came and handed two large packages to Ron who was eating eggs.
The big package was on the bottom and the small one was on top.
"A delivery for you Mr Weasley" the little one said politely giving the package then from his Robe took out a card with on it a vivid image of Ron in Quidditch gear on his broom and Ron made his fountain pen appear with a snap fingers.
"Thank you very much Nigel" he said before signing an autograph for the child who he then ruffled his hair before letting him go.
Hermione: You're a real celebrity, if you only knew how many girls around the school just wait for a "Hello" from you.
Ron: Ah the burden of a world champion...
Luna: Bragging…
Ron: Next time he'll definitely want Harry's signature, (to Harry) I advise you to be ready mate.
Harry: By the way, what's in these packages?
Ron: That's top secret. It's a small order that I gave to mom!
Harry: Aunt Molly sent this?!
Ron: Yep! (Gives the little package) This one is for you Harry, don't work on it now, the other one is mine.
Luna: You just made me very curious.
Ron: Oh but don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. (looks at Harry) By the way, at 8 p.m. after everyone else has taken their baths, I want you and Cedric to meet me in the prefect's baths. Percy let me use it for an hour. It's about your eggs if, as you told me, there are clues there.
Harry: What are we going to do there?
Ron: For the sake of God Harry, just do what I said and pass the message on to Cedric. (pats the package) In the meantime, I have things to do. See you !
He got up and left while on his way, several girls smiled at him and greeted him.
(At 8 p.m. in the prefect' baths)
Cedric, Ron and Harry were in the pool filled with water and foam, they had only just arrived.
Cédric: Ron, seriously I had already taken my bath! Why am I still in the water?
Ron: Because if my suspicions are true, you'll also be in the water in the next event of your tournament.
Harry: Can you explain?
Ron: Remember that time you opened your egg in the common room?
Cédric: This shrill and unbearable noise? His egg has it too?
Ron: Yes, but it's not just any scream. Cédric, what is the main difference between the sirens of our sea and those of the Mediterranean Sea?
Cédric: The Mediterraneans are more human in appearance and I believe that they can also breathe on the surface, it is because of the millennia of evolution in warm waters and other factors from what I have read.
Ron: Yes, but it's not just that. In the Mediterranean, they can also sing on the surface normally. As for the mermaids of our waters, they populate much more cold lakes or the cold and dark depths of the seas while their songs on the surface completely resemble the cries in your eggs, the only way to listen to their song is in the sea.
Cédric : Better sound dispersion in the water.
Ron : Exactly.
Harry: How do you know all that?
Ron: Not only have I read a lot but I have already been to the Fantastic Creatures Zoo several times with my father and Uncle Amos, if Cedric hadn't been distracted by the griffins then he would have remembered that!
Cédric: I can't help it if they're better to look at!
Ron: (sighs) Your eggs and heads in the water now.
Harry and Ron looked at each other before doing what Ron said and indeed, they listened to the siren song saying...
"Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
An hour long you'll have to look,
To recover what we took."
They immediately came back up and told Ron it worked, much to his relief.
"I told you, if I had participated in this tournament then I would have crushed everyone with ease..." he said mockingly then went back upstairs to dry off and get dressed.
He left them think about the clue, Ron didn't want to become indispensable and besides he had other things to do.
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