Lucinda Dursley: Alternate Version

Second Task: Black Lake

Lucinda's POV

Tomorrow is the second task and Harry only figured out the egg a few days ago. He opened it under water and heard a this riddle:

Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching ponder this;
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour, the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back

We're all trying to find a way for him to do the task. Honestly, it's seeming to be impossible. And we don't know what they're taking from Harry. "There's nothing" I tell them sadly as I close the current book I was reading.

"There must be something" Hermione mutters as she moves the candle closer to her. It's after dinner time and we're still researching. "They'd never have set a task that was undoable" she states.

"True, they've never done that according to Jenny" I state.

"This time they have" Ron states. "Harry, just go down to the lake tomorrow. Stick your head in, yell at the merpeople to give back whatever they've nicked, and see if they chuck it out. Best you can do, mate" he tells Harry.

"There's a way of doing it!" Hermione says crossly. She seemed to be taking the library's lack of useful information on the subject as a personal insult; it had never failed her before.

"I know what I should have done" Harry mumbles. "I should've learned to be an Animagus like Sirius" he states yawning.

"You could of turned into a goldfish anytime you wanted" I tell him giggling.

"Or a frog" he tells me smiling.

"It takes years to become an Animagus, and then you have to register yourself and everything" Hermione tells us. "Professor McGonagall told us, remember. . . you've got to register yourself with the Improper Use of Magic Office. . . what animal you become, and your markings, so you can't abuse it" she starts explaining.

"Hermione I/he was joking" Harry and I tell her warily. Honestly I just want to go to bed.

"Oh this is no use" Hermione says snapping her current book shut. "Who on earth wants to make their nose hair grow into ringlets?" she grumbles and I giggle.

"I wouldn't mind" Fred says as he walks over with George. "It'd be a talking point, wouldn't it?" he asks.

"What're you two doing here?" I ask confused. I'd never seen them in the library before. Except when they were looking for how to make an age potion.

"Looking for you" George states. "Professor McGonagall wants to see you and Hermione in her office" he explains.

"Why?" we ask surprised.

"Dunno. . . she was looking a bit grim, though" Fred states.

"We're supposed to take you down to her office" George adds.

"Ok, lets hurry Hermione. Then we can get back to helping Harry and  Ron" I tell her. She agrees reluctantly. "We'll meet you back in the common room" I tell the boys.

"Bring as many of these books as you can, okay?" Hermione tells them.

"Right" Harry tells her. Hermione and I follow the twins out of the library to McGonagall's office. They leave once we enter. I see Cho Chang from Ravenclaw is here along with a nine year old girl. That looked like Fleur. Along with Professor Dumbledore and Madame Maxine.

"You wanted to see us Professor McGonagall" Hermione and I say together.

"Yes, thank you for coming girls" she says. "Please sit" she adds gesturing to the last two chairs. Hermione and I sit down.