That Damn Weasley Charm II G.W

Part 4, Chapter 32- The Second Task

"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the second task of the Triwizard Tournament!" Mister Bagman's voice rings throughout the stands. "This task is just as dangerous if not more dangerous than the first because it does not just involve the champions!"

The crowd oohs and aahs in anticipation, "Something extremely important was taken from each champion last night and has been hidden at the bottom of the lake! The champions have one hour to retrieve their prized possession from the depths!"

"How the bloody hell are they supposed to breathe underwater for a whole hour?" Walter says. A girl from Beauxbaton hushes him.

"And now that all of our champions are here, we are ready to begin! They have one hour exactly to resurface with what has been taken from them. On the count of three!"

"One..." We all count together, "Two..." George squeezes me again, "Three!"

A high pitched whistle rings out and we can hear four splashes that I can only assume are the contestants jumping into the water.

Lee and Wally stand up and go to the rain around the edge of the platform, "You can see them! It looks like Viktor turned his head into a shark!" Walter says excitedly.

"They've gone deeper... so now we are what? Supposed to just sit here for an hour staring at a lake?" Lee says clearly not very impressed with the whole situation.

"I brought exploding snap cards?" George says. He squirms in his chair and I move away from him a bit so he can get to his coat pocket easier.

"I've also got some canary creams we can feed to people." Fred says.

George looks over at him, "Are you kidding? You've brought the rest of our supply here of all places? Ludo is down on the ground right now, we can't have him see we've been feeding people those."

Fred rolls his eyes, "You're no fun anymore."

We decide to play a few rounds of exploding snap much to everyone else on the platforms annoyance. But what else were we supposed to do? Sit here and stare at the water?

A splash from the water gets everyone's attention. "Its Fleur!" Someone shouts. We all scramble to the railing of the platform so we can see what's going on.

"She doesn't have anything with her! Did she fail?" Emma gasps.

We watch in a sort of silent horror as Madam Maxine helps her out of the water and swaddles her in towels. "Fleur Delacour has returned empty handed and thus failed the task!" Mister Bagman shouts. The Beauxbaton students groan loudly.

Fred rushes back over to his seat and pops open the small trunk that he and George have been using for the bets. He pulls out a long roll of parchment and licks the top of his quill. George goes over to him and they start crossing off the people that bet on Fleur.

"The poor girl just can't catch a break can she?" Lee says.

"Whats going to happen to the person they took from her?" I ask.

Everyone grumbles a different version of 'no idea'. Once we realize that no one else is coming back to the surface for at least another half hour we all sit back down in out seats.

"I wonder if you could see whats going on from the Slytherin common room? Given that half of it is made out of glass looking out into the lake." Emma says out loud.

Everyone looks at her, "Why the bloody hell didn't you think of that before hand? We all could be down in the dungeons warm and cozy actually seeing whats going on!" Lee moans.