Percy Jackson at Hogwarts

Chapter 29: The second task

Percy PoV

We were at the lake.

Harry had just arrived late.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, do you have a solution? What did they steal from you?" He answers me, panting.

"Don't worry about me. But do you know where Ron and Hermione are? I haven't seen them."

"Ron has been captured, I have to get him from the bottom of the lake...-"

"WHAT?! You mean they're the ones who were captured? And Hermione?"

Harry shrugs.
"Certainly at the bottom too, maybe Krum is in charge of that. But I'm worried about them... what if we don't save them?"

I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine. Just trust me. Good luck."

Harry nods and shoves something in his mouth before going to join Cedric.

"AND THERE IT IS! OUR CHAMPIONS ARE NOW READY! WATCH OUT FOR MY WHISTLE!"

Bagman was standing not far from us. He starts a countdown.

"Two... THREE! GO!"
He blows his whistle, giving the signal to start.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Krum and Anne jumping into the water, their heads transformed, into a shark for Krum and a dolphin for Anne.

On their side, Peter and Fleur jump with air bubbles around their heads.

Cedric uses the same stratagem, and Harry is now armed with gills and webbed hands.

"Well Percy! Aren't you jumping?"

I realize that I am the last one who did not enter the water.

They need to see me do a spell to make it believable.

I raise my wand and shout:
"HeadWaterProof!"
I say it very quickly, so that it sounds like an incantation.

I see Dumbledore hiding his face in his hands.

And I jump into the water.
Of course, I breathe without difficulty.

Then I begin the descent.
The silence was total.
The temperature was cold, although not disturbing, just I feel it.

I perceive each current that passes.
I feel the presence of every living being in a rather large perimeter.

In the distance, despite the darkness, I "see" a spell fly, scattering small creatures.

Grindylows I think.

I continue to go deeper without encountering any problems.

Oops.

The sentence not to say.

Just then, a wave of little monsters starts swarming around me, so I can't grab my wand.

"Use your powers!"

I concentrate and the water around me forms a whirlpool, pulling the creatures away from me.

I take advantage of this whirlpool to go and land on the ground of the lake.

"Well, it seems that this task is a walk in the park! It is boring to death!"Complains Nyx.

"For once that there are no complications, I don't complain!"

"Let's wait and see, it's not over yet..."

I continue swimming calmly, thinking.

Who could be the person who was taken from me?

Suddenly, a movement attracts my attention a little higher.