call me yours ( harry j potter )

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Call Me Yours
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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Goblet Of Fire

Ron, Y/n and Hermione were supposed to be studying for their exams, which would finish on the day of the third task, but they were putting most of their efforts into helping Harry prepare. "Don't worry about it," Hermione said shortly when Harry pointed this out to them and said he didn't mind practising on his own for a while, "at least we'll get top marks in Defence Against the Dark Arts. We'd never have found out about all these hexes in class."

"Good training for when we're all Aurors," said Ron excitedly, attempting the Impediment Curse on a wasp that had buzzed into the room and making it stop dead in midair.

"I'm more of a Magizoologist, type person," Y/n uttered as she sat next to Harry sketching some type of creature she thought of.

"Well the three of us..." Ron continued looking over at Harry.

The mood in the castle as they entered June became excited and tense again. Everyone was looking forward to the third task, which would take place a week before the end of term. Harry was practising hexes at every available moment.

He felt more confident about this task than either of the others. Difficult and dangerous though it would undoubtedly be, Moody was right.

Harry had managed to find his way past monstrous creatures with Y/n's help and enchanted barriers before now, and this time he had some notice, some chance to prepare himself for what lay ahead.

Tired of walking in on Harry, Hermione, and Ron all over the school, Professor McGonagall had given them permission to use the empty Transfiguration classroom at lunchtimes.

Harry had soon mastered the Impediment Curse, a spell to slow down and obstruct attackers; the Reductor Curse, which would enable him to blast solid objects out of his way; and the Four-Point Spell, a useful discovery of Hermione's that would make his wand point due north, therefore enabling him to check whether he was going in the right direction within the maze.

He was still having trouble with the Shield Charm, though. This was supposed to cast a temporary, invisible wall around himself that deflected minor curses; Hermione managed to shatter it with a well-placed Jelly-Legs Jinx, and

Harry wobbled around the room for ten minutes afterward before Y/n had looked up the counter-jinx. "You're still doing really well, After a little more, I reckon you would have it..." Y/n said encouragingly, looking down her list and crossing off those spells they had already learned.

"Some of these are bound to come in handy," Hermione said looking at the list as well.

"Come and look at this," said Ron, who was standing by the window. He was staring down onto the grounds. "What's Malfoy doing?"

Y/n, Harry and Hermione went to see. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were standing in the shadow of a tree below. Crabbe and Goyle seemed to be keeping a lookout; both were smirking. Malfoy was holding his hand up to his mouth and speaking into it. "He looks like he's using a walkie-talkie," said Harry curiously.

"He can't be," said Hermione, "I've told you, those sorts of things don't work around Hogwarts. Come on, Harry," she added briskly, turning away from the window and moving back into the middle of the room.

"let's try that Shield Charm again" Y/n spoke looking at Harry as he nodded with a smile looking at her.

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It was time for the third task after all of the waiting people were around and waiting longer for all the champions to come out. Y/n was standing and talking to Luna and Ginny as Ron was nowhere to be seen. "Do you think he's ready?" Ginny asked.