When Hearts Take Control-Draco Malfoy love story #Wattys2016

The Second Task

I was underwater. How could I breathe? I felt as if I was unconscious. I knew Hermione would be beside me. Although I had my eyes closed, I could actually see! This was scary! The water was a greenish-black color, but I could still see. There were lots of mer-people around.

Fleur's little sister and Cho were in the water too. I heard a canon blow off, and I felt a huge splash as four people jumped into the water. We were way down below, but I could still feel it.

My eyes were closed. I couldn't move my body. It was so cold! What was happening to me? Was I...dead? No, I couldn't be. There were bubbles everywhere as a huge shark came up and grabbed Hermione, pulling her back to the surface. I let out a silent scream in my head. I wished I could've helped her, but then I realized the shark had feet. Viktor Krum?

I suddenly saw Harry swimming up towards me. He got out his wand, and al the mer-people came up to him, hissing and growling.

"You can take only one!" They hissed menacingly to him.

I wanted to help Harry. Where was my wand? Was it in my pocket? Yes! I could feel it bobbing in my pocket. I wanted to take it out. I still couldn't move my body, and I still felt that my eyes were closed.

Suddenly, Cedric came up and did a spell, scaring all the mer-people away. He took Cho, and motioned to Harry that he was running out of time. Yes! That's it! There was a time limit for the unconscious thing. That means...oh no....when it runs out, I won't be able to breathe anymore. I felt panicky. How was Harry breathing? He had gills on his neck! His hands and feet were webbed. Probably gillyweed. I heard Neville going on and on about it before the first task.

I saw Fleur's sister was still floating there. Where was Fleur? Was she alright? Harry untied me and held me around the waist. He looked at Fleur's sister. I was trying to reach for her, so I could help Harry, but I couldn't control my own body. This was getting frustrating!

Harry managed to take Fleur's sister's hand and was swimming back to the top with us. I realised that his gills were disappearing, and his feet and hands were un-webbed. We were nearly there. I felt my eyes starting to flutter open. Oh my gosh!

Harry let go of us as a pack of Grindylows attacked him from below. My eyes opened fully, and I instantly realised I was holding my breath. I took Fleur's sister's hand and pulled her back up to the surface. We both gasped for air. I wanted to dive back down to save Harry, but I knew I couldn't leave Fleur's sister here by herself.

I swam back with her. Fleur was at the edge, holind out her hand for her sister. Ron helped me out of the water. Fleur was fussing over her little sister, giving her a towel.

"Good job." Ron said to me, giving me a towel too.

I was shivering uncontrollably. Ron wrapped me in a tight warm hug. Hermione walked up to us with a towel. She and I hugged. We were both shivering. At that moment, Harry shout out of the water and landed beside me. Dumbledore ran up to him and gave him a towel. Moody was standing there too.

"Harry!" I shouted, and got down on my knees beside him. Ron, Hermione and Fleur ran up to him too.

"You saved her even though she wasn't yours to save! My little sister!" Fleur said to Harry, kissing him on the cheek.

"Thank you for helping!" She said, giving me a warm hug.

She was still wet and shivering. I wondered what had happened to her. She ran up to Ron with a big smile.

"You helped too!" She said happily.

"Yeah, a bit." Ron said modestly.

Fleur laughed and kissed him on both cheeks before running back to her friends with her little sister. Ron looked stunned as he gently stroked his cheeks. I couldn't help but laugh. I turned back to Harry.