Percy POV
I am currently in a big ass tent, that actually looked really small from the outside, waiting for the first trial.
But lets go back a bit.
There were the Quidditch tryouts. Then some really boring school. Then a wand weighing ceremony, though i dont plan on using my wand at all. Then an interview with a man i recognized as Lunas dad. Apparently instead of the interview being in something called the daily prophet, it would be in the quibbler. Weird name for a magazine if you ask me. Although everything here has a weird name so I shouldn't be surprised.
Anyway, im just waiting for someone to tell us what we will be doing. Dimitri and Gabrielle were quietly chatting in the corner. Apparently their older siblings had both been in the tournament. The same year Harry participated as well.
A ginger man suddenly came into the tent followed by the heads of each school.
"Gather, Gather, my name is Percy Weasley. This bag in my hand contains 3 different dragon- like creatures. Each of you will take turns to stick your hand in and choose. Hogwarts you will go last." Percy was a Weasley all right. He had the same hair as Ron, Ginny and George.
Dimitri went first. He stuck his hand in the bag and pulled out a little yellow dragon, which to my surprise, was a live dragon. I thought the bag would contain figurines. But noooo. Way to be stupid Percy! They are wizards for gods sake! Use hour head.
"The Swedish Short-Snout"
Gabrielle got one that I knew all to well.
"The Draeken"
And finally me. I put my hand in and pulled on something with a snake head. Once out of the bag, I saw that it actually had seven snake heads. Crap.
"The Hydra. Only a few have ever been spotted. You will each leave this tent one by one ans face your chosen opponent. Of course. The one out there is much bigger and much more dangerous. The objective is to grab the golden egg that your creature is guarding. Good luck!" Weasley said that last part almost cheerfully.
This is going to be fun.
Draco POV
Slytherins are so dense. Honestly they have one brain cell between them. Of course I have to act like one. Though I hate it. I got a hug from Voldemort last year because of my step-dad. And just to put it put there, he was a terrible hugger.
Moving on.
Im currently sitting in the stands waiting for Percy's task.
Dimitri Krum did pretty well. He acciod his broom and flew aeound the dragon. He got the egg. But his right arm got basically scorched off. Ah well.
Gabriele Delacour didnt do as well. She got walked away with the Draekons tail. She spent a good while dodging the acid spit while limping around on a broken leg. She ended up setting a small fire Which Distracted the Draeken long enough for her to gran the egg.
I looked up when I hears the cheers. But then a hush fell across the stands. A hydra had just been let loose on the arena. My Gods! I know first hand that Percy can defeat a hydra, but to what cost.
Percy POV
I left the tent. Gabrielle took ages with hers, it felt like I had been standing around forever. The Arena was silent. I guess none of them have ever seen a hydra before. I could see the egg on a cliff quite a fair distance away. And I could see the hydra.
Right, what would Annabeth do. I seem to ask myself this a lot lately.
First, she would go over what she knows.
Ok...
1) Middle head = immortal
2) Middle Head = Breathes Fire
3) Chop a head, get two surprises
4) Spit acid
5) Burn the stumps
Ok. So what to do? I have a sword and a whole load of power.
I start to move closer to thw dragon. His hearing is insane. He hits me with his tail and I fly backwards. Years of training makes me agile enough to land on my feet. My wand had flown out od my pocket. Apparently everyone in the stands noticed to. Unlike them though, I cant see where it landed. Doesnt matter, I wasnt using it anyway.
Since the element of surprise is out I go for the easiest plan I can think of. Run straight. The middle head geared up and fired. HAHAHA! Fired!
Focus!
Of course it dis nothing. Well or burnt half my top off, but thanks to Hephaeatus, im fireproof. Their were screams when the fire hit, then gasps when they realised it had no effect. I ran up the hydra tail and got on to its back. I stabbed my sword down into its back. The wizards has go idea where riptide came from. Clueless fools. The hydra shrieked on pain Ams startes running around trying to get me off. This is what I wanted. It ran straight at the egg. I did a perfect, if I do say so myself, flip off the hydra and landed braise the egg.
Thankfully I hadnt needed to cut any heads off. The wandless fire may have been a bit hard to explain. The fireproof not so much. I put a spell on myself before I went at the thing. At least that is what I'll say.
After being assessed for injuries, of which I have none. We were scored.
Dimitri- 42
Gabrielle- 34
Me -48
Apparently they think I could have tried harder not to hurt the hydra as its the first one they have Owen kn centuries. I got 3 points for coming 1st, Dimitri 2 ans Gabrielle 1.
Not going to lie, I thought this was a blast. Though id say the other two would disagree.
