Bumblebee (A Fred Weasley Fanfiction)

- CHAPTER TWENTY -

The First Task

The atmosphere in the school was one of great tension and excitement. Lessons were to stop at midday to give the students time to arrive at where the first task was taking place.

Emmie and Juniper trudged through the forbidden forest and past a tent which held the four champions. They took their seat in a stand which surrounded a huge enclosure which was barren apart from some large rocks and a gleaming golden egg which sat in the centre.
Cedric was up first and the task became obvious, he had to get past a dragon, a Swedish Short-Snout to be exact, and grab the egg. His tactic was to turn a rock into a dog to distract the dragon. It took about fifteen minutes and a few narrow escapes for him to grab the egg.
"I knew he would get it!" Juniper yelled over the cheering crowd, "really? I thought he was just a pretty face!" Emmie yelled back.
Fleur was next, only taking ten minutes this time but being alot riskier with it, she put the dragon into a trance. "Now I get why all the boys love her!" Said Juniper, "yeah, she's amazing!"
Viktor was next up against the Chinese Fireball, it felt like it took him mere seconds before he was also successful in retrieving the egg by hitting the dragon with some sort of spell in the eye.
The last contestant was Harry, as soon as he entered the enclosure he took his wand out and did what none of the other contestants had done. "Accio Firebolt!" He yelled and in no time at all his boomstick came hurtling towards him.
He zoomed backwards and forwards in front of the Hungarian Horntail's face to distract it and, in the quickest time, even quicker than Krum, he had seized the golden egg.

Emmie screamed at the top of her lungs along with the rest of the crowd and Juniper grabbed her and started jumping and dancing around in joy, Harry and Krum had drew in first place.

*

The start of December brought wind and sleet to Hogwarts so Juniper and Emmie were sat in front of the fire in the Hufflepuff common room. "I'm telling you, meet someone else and you'll completely forget about him," Juniper said as they did their Transfiguration homework, "fine, who?" Emmie asked angrily, "how about him," Juniper pointed at a small boy who was sat playing wizarding chess, "he looks so young,"
"Baby face, I bet he's a fifth year,"
Juniper grabbed a piece of parchment and screwed it into a ball before throwing it at the boy, it hit him in the head and he turned around quickly, "what?" He asked in a quiet voice, "what's your name?" Juniper asked him, "Owen Cauldwell," he replied, "perfect, Owen meet Emmie -"
"Hold on!" Emmie interrupted, "what year are you in?"
"First year," Owen replied.
"I told you!"
"Nah come on you can still -" Juniper started, "no no no no no!" Emmie said, "no first years!"
Juniper opened her mouth to speak, "or second years. In fact just find me someone who is the same age as us. Okay?"
"Fine," Juniper sighed, "but you're making this harder for yourself."

*

"Emmie, Juniper, will you pay attention?" It was the end of Herbology and Professor Sprout had an announcement.
"The Yule Ball is approaching, a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament and an opportunity for us to socialise with our foreign guests. Gowns and dress robes will be worn and the ball will start at eight o'clock on Christmas day, finishing at midnight in the Great Hall."

"Now you really need to find a man," Juniper said as they left the greenhouse, "I thought we could go to the ball together," Emmie replied, "erm definitely not, I'm going with a boy,"
"And who have you got in mind?"
"I'm not sure yet, maybe that boy in Charms, Chris Hopper, he's cute," Juniper said, "isn't he dating Alicia Spinnet?" Emmie asked, "no they broke up."

- Princexiero xx