Second chances *ੈ✩‧₊˚ (harry potter x reader)

⇢ ˗ˏˋ The Second Task࿐ྂ

"come on guys. the task is tomorrow. focus." Hermione says sternly.

"can't you just get some help from your brother y/n? please." Ron pleads with tired eyes.

"Hermione and i spent the day looking for him! i asked absolutely everyone and checked all his usual spots. i haven't the slightest clue where he is..." i reply.

"nevermind that. let's carry on. come seek us where our voices sound. the lake... obviously." Hermione says.

the four of us had all been sitting in the library for hours helping Harry decipher the song he had heard from the egg.

"we can not sing above the ground. while you're searching ponder this-" i add.

"so we know it's merpeople." Hermione interjects. "we've taken what you'll surely miss... well that could be anything, Harry!" she adds with a defeated sigh.

"okay. an hour long you'll have to look, to recover what we've took. straightforward enough, you'll have an hour in the lake to find what the merpeople took." Ron continues.

"that's where the problem comes in Ron. how am i supposed to breath underwater for an hour." Harry replies with irritation. he'd been laying on his arms and sulking for the past 20 minutes.

"please stop the attitude Harry. we're well aware as to what the problem is considering we've sacrificed our day trying to help you find a solution because you decided to wake up about this task so late." Hermione blurts out impatiently.

"sorry, sorry." Harry replies. "if we don't come up with something soon though i'm gonna have to tell Dumbledore i cant do it..." he adds with a mumble.

while Harry's head is down, the three of us look at each other with worry. we all know that Harry was in deep shit at the moment. we'd scoured seemingly every damn book in the library and to no avail had we found something useful.

it was around 11pm at this point, so it was quite the surprise to see Neville approach us.

"Mcgonagall is looking for you guys." he says sheepishly.

we all look at each other, very lost. "Mcgonagall is looking for us at this time?" Harry inquires suspiciously.

"well, not you... just Ron, y/n and Hermione." Neville continues. "she's in her office."

the three of us were very confused and skeptical as to what she needed so urgently, not to mention she was also wasting the very limited and precious time we had to help Harry with the next task.

we look at Harry with concern as we reluctantly walk off the to the office and leave him alone with Neville.

"what the devil could she possibly need from us thats this important." Ron comments with frustration. we exit the library and walk up to her office.

there was a note on the door that read, "come down to the lake. i will meet you there."

"the hell?" i comment softly.

Ron shakes his head, "no. this is probably some sick prank from one of the Slytherins, namely a specific blonde."

"stop it Ron. Draco wouldn't drag me or Hermione into a prank he was planning to pull on you..." i reply.

"yeah, and why would Neville be in on it if it were Draco?" Hermione adds.

this seemed to make sense in Ron's head, much to his annoyance though. "so we're seriously gonna head down to the lake right now?"

Hermione and i look at each other then shake our heads yes.

"who knows, maybe she wants to help Harry out with the task? seeing as he's the underdog..." i comment.