Homesick (Fred Weasley x Reader)

The Second Task

"Have you seen Hermione?" Y/N asked, lacing up her boots as her and the twins got ready for the second task

"Yeah I think she's helping Harry in the library" George responded

"No I saw him heading to the second task already--by himself too" Fred said, standing up and stretching his back. 

"Hmm. I'm sure she's fine, but it's not like her to miss third period..." 

"She's fine! Come on, we're going to be late!" Fred called out gleefully, starting out of the common room and towards the stairwell. 

The three of them headed down the stairwell, Fred and George taking bets as they ran into various students, and popped out of the base of Gryffindor Tower, heading towards the Black Lake. 

"Bets! Take your bets!" 

"Three lads, one lady!" 

"They all go into the lake, will they all come out?" 

Ginny pushed past them as she made her way to the lake, "Why'd you have to be so rude?" She murmured. The twins looked at her for a second before turning back to the crowds. 

"Bets! Place your bets!" 

All in all, most people were betting on Harry and Krum this time around, which wasn't all that surprising. Fred and George had set the rates at such a level that no matter who won, they'd be taking home a huge amount of money. They'd already made almost 200 galleons off the first task, since almost nobody won their bets, and they were expecting at least another 100 from this round of betting. Time ticked on, and everybody was in place ready for the task to start, except nobody could find Harry. 

"Task starts in five minutes, where the hell is he?" Fred hissed

"I don't care, if I'm honest, just means more money for us" George laughed

"He is just a kid, you know" Y/N spoke up, rolling her eyes at George, "maybe he chickened out?" 

"Or maybe--" 

Just as Fred started speaking, a cheering rang throughout the crowd as a dark haired boy sprinted through the rows of spectators towards the front. 

"There he is" 

"Slept in did he?" 

"Harry!" 

Various cheers and insults were thrown as Harry stood with his hands on his knees trying to catch his breath at the pier. Soon enough, the canon fired and all four of the champions dove into the lake. 

"Not much of a view, eh?" Fred whispered as the bubbles and waves smoothed back into the black mirror-like view of the lake. As spectators grew bored, a line started to form in front of the three of them for betters. 

Fifteen minutes, then thirty passed by without so much as a bubble from inside the deep lake. At the forty minute mark, Cedric burst from the lake carrying Cho Chang and causing a ton of commotion. Soon after, Fleur emerged from the lake, alone, covered in long cuts and bruises. The cheering from the Beauxbatons students started but quickly stopped as she started convulsing and vomiting water over the pier. As medics lifted her up to help her, she broke down sobbing and tried to dive back into the lake, being caught by the medic team before she could. 

The crowd sat in silence as she screamed and thrashed against the grip of the wizards around her, shouting in French as she tried to get back into the water. Just as they had calmed her down, Krum emerged from the water with a dark haired girl. Cheering and yelling spread throughout the crowd as y/n saw Fleur run up to Krum shouting about something. 

"Oh my god" Y/N gasped, "her person is still down there" 

"Fuck, is it Davies?" George whispered, "Or one of the girls?" 

"Who cares, if she doesn't get them, who will?" 

The trio grew silent as Fleur continued to scream in French, and Madame Maxine had to place one hand on her shoulder to silence her. The clock ticked on, and the fifty minute mark passed without change. Harry and two others were still at the bottom of the lake. 

"Hermione?!" Y/N called out suddenly, squinting at the figure standing on the pier

"Y/N?" 

"HERMIONE??" 

Y/N started running towards the pier, the twins following behind her as she embraced Hermione, who was sharing a blanket with Viktor Krum and shivering. 

"Hermione what the hell? Are you okay?" 

"No matter! Where's Harry? There's barely two minutes left" 

Y/N glanced at the clock, and saw the countdown ticking slowly towards one hour. 

"You three cannot be here" an assistant called out, pushing y/n and the twins back towards the crowd. Just as they had stepped off the pier, Y/N saw the clock hit one hour. 

"He didn't do it" Y/N said, turning to the twins when a loud splashing sound came from the lake. 

Harry leaped from the water, holding Ron and a small blonde girl. The clock read 1:00:32 as the three of them were helped onto the deck. Fleur went into another round of hysterics, crying and hugging the small girl before turning to Harry and hugging him as well. 

As the judges talked quietly, the champions sat shivering, wrapped in blankets and drinking warm water as medics cleaned their wounds. Ludo Bagman pressed his wand against his neck and shouted, his voice amplified. 

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached our decision. Merchieftainess Murcus has told us exactly what happened at the bottom of the lake, and we have therefore decided to award marks out of fifty for each of the champions, as follows. . ." 

Fleur ended up with only 25 points, Cedric got a whopping 47, Krum got 40, and Harry got 45!

Harry and Cedric were tied for first place, and the entirety of Hogwarts went up in cheers as the scores were repeated one more time. 

Fred and George dolled out the winnings to various betters, and pocketed the rest, bringing their total to 275 galleons, 42 knuts, and a handful of sickles. That plus the 1,200 galleons from the World Cup was turning into quite a large sum indeed. 

"With this much, we'll be able to open up shop right after we graduate!" Fred said smiling 

Y/N smiled back, feeling the crinkle of the mandrake leaf in her mouth as she did so. 

"Y/N! Hurry we're going to be late to Earth Magic!" Angelina said, brushing past her 

"Since when do you take Earth Magic?" Fred called out as she started packing her bag

"Since McGonagall told me to pick up extra classes" Y/N hoisted the bag onto her shoulder and flattened her robes, "what do you have right now?"

"Free 'til study hall with Snape" George responded

"Cool, see you at lunch then?" 

"Lunch it is" 

Y/N ran to the Herbology classroom, barely making it in time before Professor Sprout waltzed in. She took her seat next to Angelina, who was doodling on her paper, and slid her bag onto the floor.