The Fatal Enchantment

These Tasks Are Designed to Test You

                I was sitting in Barty's office, as I read my textbook and all the notes I had made for my N.E.W.T.s which were coming up. I wondered how I'd do. Barty on the other hand, had decided to sneak into Severus's office and get some more supplies for the Polyjuice potion. As he went I looked here and there and went and crouched near the chest of his in my .
"Psst........" I whispered to the chest as I held my mug of Irish coffee. "Psstt......." I hissed.
"Who's there..." came Moody's voice.
"Alexia Potter" I said.
"Potter! Get me out of the chest. That's a Death eater out there. Crouch! He has me locked up in this chest, and is using my hairs......" he yelled from the chest.
"Hush......." I whispered. "Don't yell, or you'll gain attention. Now I cannot let the wizarding world know that they have a weapon that's me. With Severus being my godfather, and me being the twin of Harry Potter...... I'm already in grave danger... If I let you out and reveal all secrets... all of us will be in mortal peril. But the way I'm using his secrets as leverage, it'll gain us another weapon in short another Severus Snape."
"What do you even mean?" asked Moody.
"I mean I'm manipulating his moves Moody, to turn him into a spy. Death eaters who don't feel true love cannot produce a corporeal patronus, or they'll be eaten off by maggots. Voldemort can't produce one. There's already another one death eater in the castle. Igor Karkaroff... he's the headmaster of Dumstrang Institute of Magic. The one where Gellert Grindelwald studied at. So if I manipulate his moves, I will gain us another spy. Plus Crouch has a corporal patronus now, a fox" I said.
"He has a patronus... interesting" replied Moody... "I have full faith in you Potter, just be careful. Remember..."
"Constant Vigilance, yeah!" I said. "You just hang in there alright?" I said.
"Alright. Wands always ready Potter!" he replied. I got up and went to the desk and pretended to study. I saw Barty come back as he shut the door. His face contorted as he took off the magical eye that darted about. He took out the artificial leg, and his face elongated to a rectangular one, and his blonde hair turned sandy brown.
"What have you done?" I asked.
"I told you, I was sneaking off ingredients for the Polyjuice potion. Stop being such a nagging mother!" he snarked at me.
"Don't you dare go all snarky at me!" I replied. "If I want to I can open my bloody mouth and reveal the real you to Dumbledore and the Minister. Including the old chap who's in that chest." I growled at him. Barty gulped at my choice of words. That's better. He better remember that I know his bloody secrets, and that is my leverage against him. That, I could go to Severus and tell him who's stealing his potion ingredients, and who's the imposter out here. "Now tell me what did you do?"
"I almost got caught by your brother." he said. Wow! My brother, the wizarding version of Sherlock Holmes... with Ronald and Hermione as male and female versions of Dr. Watson...
"What happened? Did your potion wear off or something!" I said.
"No! Fortunately not!" he replied. "Fortunately I got myself a weapon from your gullible brother..." he said showing me a parchment.
"Marauder's Map" I said.
"What?" he said. "The Marauders, as in blood traitor Potter, blood traitor Black, half-breed Lupin and Pettigrew made this?"
"I highly doubt it that Pettigrew, the idiot has made it. He's more of a follower type who is a sneaky bastard, who'll run at the first sign of danger. How in the bloody name of Merlin, did he get sorted into Gryffindor, Godric knows! Godric Gryffindor is highly ashamed of him! disloyal to his friends... betraying his best friend and framing a friend of his... all for power... should have known, after the way Severus told me how he followed my father and Black as a lapdog after his master, but he's a bloody coward who runs at the first sign of danger like a filthy rat! I'm not surprised his animagus form is a rat! Should reveal to the Ministry... his animagus form... but that will reveal the secrets of Black and my father as well."
"How does it work? This map?" said Barty.
"Work it out yourself... I'm sure, being a Slytherin that you are... you will definitely use your slither in your resourceful, and unravel the secrets of working the map for your ambitious uses" I said. "Now I need to leave, so good night." I said. With that I closed the book of mine, gathered my notes and went to the Gryffindor tower.
"Password" said the Fat Lady.
"Perpetua Ignis" I said as she opened the door. I went in exchanged my clothes and went to sleep.
The next day, I spent with Harry and Hermione. Ron and Hermione still are in a state of cold war. Especially with Hermione, hanging out with Viktor Krum... His friend, Andrei along with my Slytherin buds hang out with me... they all though, tease me and pull my leg regarding and I quote their words the sexual tension that exists between Moody and me... as if they knew who the real prick is behind the face of that professor.
"Harry, you told me you'd figured the egg out weeks ago. The task is two days from now." Hermione said.
"Really? I had no idea." Harry replied sarcastically. "I suppose Viktor's already figured it out."
"I wouldn't know. We don't actually talk about the Tournament. Actually, we don't really talk at all. Viktor's more of a physical being. Ah- I just mean, he's not particularly loquacious." She said.
"Uh-hum." Harry and I said in unison.
"Mostly, he watches me study. It's a bit annoying, actually." Hermione admitted to us.
"You are trying to figure this egg out, aren't you?" I said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Harry.
"It just means these tasks are designed to test you, in the most brutal way; they're almost cruel. And um... I'm scared for you. You got by the dragons mostly on nerve. I'm not sure it's going to be enough this time." I said as I warned him to buckle up and solve the bloody mysterious clue behind the golden egg. Suddenly the perverted king called. You guessed it right... Cedric Diggory. He still gives me the looks of I so want to get into your pants right nowbut backs off nowadays, especially after knowing Professor Snape would hand him a month's detention for it for the very least.
"Hey, Potter... Potter! The champion one!" said Diggory. I snarled at him making him back off me.
"Cedric." Harry acknowledged him as he gritted his teeth.
"How- how are you both?" he said. I cocked up a brow.
"Spectacular." Harry said.
"I was spectacularly free and happy, until you came and ruined the moment for me." I replied.
"Look, I realize I never really thanked you properly for tipping me off about those dragons." He replied to Harry ignoring me altogether.
"Forget about it. I'm sure you would have done the same for me. If not spike the drink of my sister with a love potion..." he said.
"Sorry about the spiking thing! Couldn't help it, with your sister having the looks of a siren, even though she's not one..." he said. Uhuh! Now I have the looks of a siren do I?! "Now! You know the prefects' bathroom on the fifth floor?" he asked. "It's not a bad place for a bath. Just take your egg and... mull things over in the hot water." He went away as he didn't wink at me. Wow! Cho Chang the clingy Ravenclaw woman must have worked her charms on him. Good for both of us then.