PISS OFF CHO CHANG || Hedric story

Chapter 17- The Second Task

It was the day of the second task. Luckily Dobby had given Harry gillyweed only minutes away from the commence of the task. Running to the black lake, Harry made his way to the champions and stationed himself between Fluer and Cedric. "Ok Champions, you have one hour to get your person out of the lake. They are guarded by the merpeople and they will tell us who did what. Understood?" Dumbledore said. The four nodded. Harry quickly downed the vile tasting plant. "Ok champions, the timer has started. BEGIN!" Dumbledore yelled. A pain seethed through the sides of Harry's neck as the other three champions jumped into the black water. Harry yelled out in pain as it felt like claws were digging into his neck. Eventually he had to be pushed in, sinking slowly as he could not swim due to the overwhelming pain. Looking back Cedric forgot all about the task and rushed over. Grabbing his boyfriend and checking him over to see if he was ok. Giving Harry a worried glance he slowly let go as Harry nodded it at him to tell Cedric he was ok. Harry could now breathe it was a weird sensation but he was thankful for it. He grasped the sides of his neck and felt gills, then looking at his hands he almost jumped out of his skin. They were webbed with clear green skin, much like the hands of a frog. And his feet now had beautiful flippers like that of a fish. Cedric floated wide eyed at seeing Harry, but then looking at his watch gestured to Harry that they needed to go. The two swam for the bed of the lake, knowing that roughly they would find the mer village there. However Harry was quickly pulling away from Cedric due to his new abilities. Looking back Harry saw the struggling Cedric and rolled his eyes. Quickly swimming back he grabbed his boyfriend's hand and they swam together, faster than almost anything in the lake, except for the merpeople of course.

The two finally made it to the village and swam past all the staring merpeople and made their way up to the human treasures. Harry was slightly stunned at how lifeless they looked as they were tied to the lake bed. Becoming worried he rushed to Ron who he assumed was his prize. Cedric, (to his displeasure) swam to Cho Chang as it was not yet common knowledge that they were no longer friends. Quickly freeing Cho he looked down at his watch and looked over at Harry taping on it with his wand to show that they were running out of time. Nodding Harry untied Ron as Cedric swam to the surface, earning him first place. The crowd cheered as Cedric couldn't help but smile despite the pain and exhaustion as he got off the banks. He spluttered out water gasping for air as he dragged Cho onto the sandy shores. Waking up with a start she saw how she was in Cedric's arms and would have cried of Happiness had her face not been drenched. "I knew I was your one and only." She wailed as she looked to see Cedric. Cedric tried to plaster a smile on his face but it more looked like a pained wince. Suddenly Cho grabbed Cedric's hair and pulled him in for a kiss. Despite trying to push back and protesting, Cho clung onto the Hufflepuff, forcing her lips on him. If Cedric weren't such a gentleman he would have thrown up on the spot, the thought of kissing anyone other than Harry made him physically ill. "Cho g-get off- me!" He tried to say but Cho wasn't budging. Suddenly there was a loud crack and Cho flew off him as if she were electrocuted, lying a few yards away unconscious. With astonished eyes he saw two people with their wands raised, squinting a little he recognised them as Oscar and Megan and he almost laughed. The two looked back noticing the approaching judges and other people and put their wands away. "Oh no Cho is unconscious! Someone should probably check up on her, you know like don't break stride we aren't in a rush. In fact we can let her lie for a while it's not that important, just letting you know." Oscar said innocently however there was a twinge of mischievousness and satisfactorily in his voice. Suddenly there was a loud cheer. The group looked to see Krum surfacing with Hermione, the Bulgarian roaring with applauses. "Where's Fluer and Harry." He groaned as he was still overwhelmed with strain and exhaustion. "Fluer was attacked by the Grindleow and Harry hasn't come back yet." Megan replied. "WHA- he hasn't arrived yet?!" Cedric snapped out of his state of exhaustion and bolted up now immediately worried. "Hey, hey it's ok. Relax I'm sure Dumbledore has everything under control." Oscar said as if he was trying to convince himself.