A Dive into The Second Task of The Triwizard Tournament.
-Samantha Fyre
On February 24th, 1994 the second task of the Triwizard Tournament took place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This task involved the four Champions saving a close friend or family member from beneath the murky and treacherous waters of The Black Lake on Hogwarts grounds. Mysterious Mermaids and Goblin like Grindylows are suspected to live beneath the dark waves.
Those who were, unknown to our champions, chosen to take part in the task seemed both flattered and terrified. On the night before the task, they were gathered together before being placed into a deep sleeping spell by Hogwarts' Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.
Hermione Granger a fourth year Gryffindor at Hogwarts was chosen as Viktor Krum of Durmstrang's special person to be rescued. Granger was the Quidditch star's date to the Yule Ball, a special tradition of the tournament and they have been seen studying together in the Hogwarts Library.
When asked why she believed she had been chosen, Miss Granger remarked, "I believe that he must consider me a very good friend."
It is rumored amongst Hogwarts and Durmstrang students, that Granger and Krum share more than friendship, but this has not been confirmed by either party.
An affirmed sweetheart however, comes in the form of fifth year Hogwarts student, Cho Chang. Cho Chang is Cedric Diggory the Hogwarts Champion's girlfriend. Chang, seeker for Ravenclaw's Quidditch Team and Diggory, seeker for Hufflepuff's Quidditch team, first connected over their passion for the sport. Chang and Diggory officially became an item after spending the evening together at the Yule Ball.
After being asked how she felt about the task Chang answered, "I am a little nervous, but I know Cedric will be there to save me. I really do hope he wins. I would be so proud of him."
Several Hogwarts students have insisted that what Chang and Diggory share could in fact be described as, "True love."
Marietta Edgecombe, a fifth year Ravenclaw and Chang's reported best friend insisted that she had never seen a couple more bonded. "They are quite in love." Said Miss Edgecombe.
The trend of suspected sweethearts is broken by Beauxbatons' Fleur Delacour. Delacour has been quoted previously in saying that her sister, Gabrielle Delacour is her, "Greatest Treasure."
The younger Mademoiselle Delacour is a lovely eight year old Beauxbatons student is the spitting image of her older sister in both beauty, talent and brains. An accomplished gymnast, the younger Mademoiselle Delacour gave no doubt to her sister's ability to save her.
"Of course Fleur will find a way. She is the most talented student at Beauxbatons." The younger Mademoiselle insisted.
Ronald Weasley, another fourth year Gryffindor at Hogwarts also breaks the trend of sweethearts. Weasley is the self proclaimed best friend of the very controversial champion from Hogwarts, Harry Potter. The two met on the Hogwarts Express during their first year and since then they have shared some very bonding experiences. Weasley seemed the most relaxed about the task.
"Well at first I was bloody frightened. Harry's bloody brave and all, but I don't know if he would actually be able to figure anything to save me. If it were me, I'd bloody drown or get eaten by the squid. " Weasley revealed, "When Dumbledore said that we wouldn't die I relaxed-because this is a great time to catch up on some rest I've been missing. Especially since we've been flooded with all of the homework lately. All our teachers keep prepping us for the O.W.L.s and they aren't for another year."
Mr. Weasley's homework troubles aside, he proclaimed his deep love for his school. "Hogwarts is the best. It's home away from home ain't it? It'd be nice to see a Hogwarts champion win."
Hogwarts pride was greatly shown at the task the following day with the two Hogwarts Champions taking the top two spots.
Cedric Diggory found victory in first place, utilizing the bubblehead charm to save his girlfriend, Chang.
Third place was awarded to Viktor Krum who partially transfigured himself into a shark. He struggled with the spell slightly but emerged with Granger shortly behind Diggory.
Fleur Delacour was not able to finish the task, instead being incapacitated by Grindelows. Her fear for her sister's safety was felt by all around her.
Harry Potter used Gillyweed to give himself gills. He emerged last with both his friend, Weasley and the Younger Mademoiselle Delacour. Despite finishing third, Potter arrived at the hostages first, and only his desire to see them all safe had stopped him from finishing first. After a conversation with his fellow judges it was decided that Potter, for showing moral fibre, would be awarded second place.
The Final task has been set for June 24th, 1995 and after such an exciting second task, one can only imagine what could await the Champions.
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FanfictionSamantha Fyre's only goal in life was to become Editor-In-Chief of the Daily Prophet. With her classmates always getting into some kind of trouble, writing for the Hogwarts Gazette, a paper she had helped to found, was never too difficult. When an i...
