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Midnight Blue

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Thursday, 14th November 1994

"Pretty Boy, I told you to control your house," Athena said sternly as Cedric stood up immediately when he saw that terrifying expression on her face. The smile on his friends' faces disappeared immediately, and he frantically took off the badges. "I have too many things to take care of, and I need some break. This whole coldness towards my House is annoying."

"But Harry was not supposed to be competing!" A Hufflepuff voiced out as he hid behind Cedric.

"Look, Jenkins. I've tried to fight the Professors and Crouch for Harry to stay out of the Tournament. But, as you can see, I failed miserably, and I hate to admit it. And my Age Line works because you tried and know what happens."

"I'm sorry, Athena, I've tried to tell them about the badges and their attitudes, but they won't listen. Harry also has told me about the first task." — Cedric said as he whispered the last line — "I know he doesn't want to compete and all this glory because if he did, he wouldn't have told me the first task." 

"Huh, he told you the first task," Atlas uttered as Cedric requested to walk together to the next class without his friends making too much noise. "Anyway, if you need help with anything with the tasks. We can help you, especially this one, because we know much about Dragons."

"You know the first task?" Cedric asked with a somewhat offended tone.

"Yeah, Corvus is here with our uncle and Charlie. Well, Athena knew about it first, then she told me. Technically we know the challenge you have to face but are not sure what you need to do—"

"—I mean, they can't make you fight the Dragons. That is almost impossible for untrained Wizards to do. Maybe protect or retrieve something, that's what I figured." Athena continued while Cedric was baffled. He tried to say something, but nothing came out. He hadn't thought about what the Tournament had planned for the Champions, and those not participating had figured the task out. "You know the breeds?"

"I-i, uh, yeah. The Hungarian Horntail, the Chinese Fireball, the Swedish Short-Snout, and a Welsh Green."

The Ashryver Twins slowly turned their heads and looked at one another with an expression Cedric did not want to see before his first task, especially when Athena started cursing in French and Atlas's brain working overtime.

"They got the worst dragons for you," Atlas said with a worried tone.

"The one you do not want to go against is the Hungarian Horntail," Athena warned as she watched Cedric gulp in fear and sweats more than he was. "I think I have a book about Dragons. Hold on."

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