Howl with me ↠ R.J. Lupin

Chapter 29

I was woken up by a force slamming into my stomach.

I gasped—or tried to, but instead, I swallowed a huge gulp of water.

I opened my eyes and saw a red jersey. My instincts told me to claw my way out but turns out my arms were bound and they burned.

They bound me with wolfsbane-laced ropes!

Luckily a few moments later, we broke the surface. We landed on a dock and I turned to my side, coughing out the excess water I swallowed.

"Son of a mother ducking goose!" I rolled onto my back, trying to catch my breath.

"Glad to have you back with us Ms. Argent" Dumbledore stepped into my line of vision.

"McGonagall is never to be trusted with tea or students" I said.

The man chuckled and unbound my hands and legs, "I do apologize, but it was the only way the spell would work. It seems you are resistant to a point to sleeping curses and draughts."

"Tell Moody, he'll add it to the journal," I said. I slowly sat up and finally realized that I was in the middle of the lake. "Do you mind me asking why I was at the bottom of the Black lake?"

It was Viktor who answered this time, "They took a treasure from each champion, and we had to retrieve them. You were mine"

I mocked a gush, "Awww, you do care about me!" I said.

He laughed, "Of course, who else would let me step on their toes as much?" He asked.

"Yeah, another reminder to add to the list; Wear steel-toed shoes around Viktor Krum"

He laughed and held out a hand. I grabbed it and let him pull me up. He threw a blanket over me and I watched as Cedric was comforting Cho. Fleur was sitting near the edge, her eyes darting around every few seconds. I think we were just waiting for Harry now.

A few minutes later, two heads popped out of the water. Ron and Fleur's sister Gabrielle.

"Gabrielle!" Fleur exclaimed and brought her sister into a bone crushing hug as soon as she was safely on the dock.

Harry flew out of the water next and somehow landed on the dock.

"Show off" I called out.

Harry turned to me, "You're ok!" He exclaimed.

"Of course, I am, did you ever doubt me?"

"Or me?" Viktor asked.

"You saved her, even though she wasn't yours to save. My little sister!" Fleur came over and grabbed Harry's face. She started placing kisses on his cheeks.

"Thank you! And you—" She turned to Ron, "You helped!"

Ron flushed at the attention of the pretty French girl, "Well... yeah... a bit."

She kisses his cheeks too.

"Merci." Was Ron's intelligent answer.

I walked up to Harry and threw my blanket over his shoulders.

"I think you're starting to get a hero complex." I said pulling him into my side.

"I finished last, Dani"

"You saved two people."

"Attention! Attention!" Dumbledore used the voice amplification spell. Everyone turned to him and he continued to speak, "The winner... of the second task is Hogwart's very own Mr. Diggory!"

The crowd cheered as Cedric stood up and took a half-bow.

"For showing unique command of the bubblehead shark. The way I see it, Mr. Potter would have finished first had it not been for his determination to rescue not only Mr. Weasley but the others as well." The cheering quieted down. "We've agreed to award him second place! For outstanding moral fibre."