SuperPotterLock- The Goblet of Fire

The First Task

The next morning, Harry and Hermione rushed down to the hospital wing, where John, Sherlock and Cas were getting ready to leave.

'The First Task,' Harry said breathlessly. 'It's-'

'Dragons, yes, we know,' said Sherlock, straightening his robes.

'How do you know?'

John raised a hand.

'Oh, did you see-?'

'No, not really, but Sherlock worked it out.'

Just then, the door opened and Dean came in, who stopped in his tracks. 'Oh,' he said. 'We're all here. Good. What's going on?'

'Nothing much,' John said grumpily. 'I passed out yesterday, and Harry met some dragons. You missed it.'

'I see that.' He gave John a confused look. 'Any particular reason why you're so upset that I missed it?'

'I-' John clamped his mouth shut and thought about it for a moment. 'No, actually. Sorry.'

Dean shrugged.

'If you didn't know we were here, why are you here?' Sherlock asked.

'No reason,' Dean said hurriedly. 'So Harry met dragons? That's wild.'

'Yeah, Ron's brother Charlie was there and he said we have to get past them, for the First Task or something,' Harry said.

'And do you have a plan yet?'

Harry shook his head. 'But listen, there's something else. I spoke to Sirius last night and he told me to watch out for Karkaroff, 'cause he used to be a Death Eater.'

There were shocked exclamations from everyone but Dean.

'Pfft, that guy? Nah, he's harmless. I mean, have you seen him?'

'Someone put Harry's name in,' Cas said quietly.

'Well sure, but I don't think it was Karkaroff, and I'm thinking we have bigger problems right now, say, that giant, fire breathing dragon he has to face on Tuesday. So anybody got any ideas?'

Nobody said anything.

'Okay, awesome. Let's split into groups and see what we can do. We're not allowed to ask any of the teachers for help, are we?'

Hermione shook her head.

'All right, in that case, take Harry for a walk and see if you can't think of anything. Cas, we're gonna need some of that burn paste and anything else that you can think of that would be good for protection against a dragon. Harry, do you know what breeds they were?'

'Yeah, Charlie said them.'

'Great, write them down for me. I'm going to find Sam and we'll go to the library and see what we can find. Cas, you know much about specific breeds?'

'Not especially.'

'Okay, no problem, we'll come up with something. You two,' he said, pointing at John and Sherlock, 'go up to Trelawney's room and see if you can't see anything else.'

'I don't think I can,' said John. 'Someone's blocking me and I can't see the First Task at all, really.'

Dean thought about it for a moment. 'Okay, well, why don't you try and see anything from after it, and see if you can hear anyone talking about it after. Maybe that'll give us a clue of some kind.'

'Yeah, that's actually a good idea.'

'It happens to everyone,' Dean shrugged. 'All right, everyone good? Let's meet up and lunch and we'll figure out where to go from there.'