Complete and Utter Bewilderment Book 3 HP

Chapter 9: Hostage

Chapter 9: Hostage

I've been hanging out with Viktor for the past few days. And for once I heard a banshee screeching in the night a few days ago. There was only one more day before the second task would begin.

I didn't really know what to do for the time being to wait. Draco was obviously annoying as it is, and I practically had no one to talk to in Slytherin. Yay.

I was in the library where most of the Bulgarian girls were bullying me, and I was trying to ignore them. They just wouldn't leave me alone. I sighed when I saw Harry and Hermione and Ron walking in the library.

"Hey, guys!" I waved at them with a grin.

"Hey, Aquila!" They all said back.

"What are you all doing?" I asked.

"Trying to know how to breathe underwater," Harry said as he started to pick up a book.

"Really? You haven't figured it out?" I said. They began to pick up books and were skimming through table of contents.

"No," Harry said. Should I tell him now?

"Have you looked in books about plants?" I asked with my lip twitching to one side.

"What? Why would we need that?" Ron snorted. I just rolled my eyes at them.

"Gee, I don't know, maybe give him the ability to breathe underwater!" I said sarcastically.

"How would that be helpful? There isn't any plant!" Ron said. I glared at him.

"Well, I guess you might want to check again. Maybe if you actually picked up a book in a while and read it, you would know things." I said.

"Oh, this is no use. Who on earth wants to make their nose hair grow into ringlets?" Hermione said. Ew, that's just gross.

"I wouldn't mind. Be a talking point, wouldn't it?" I heard Fred's voice. I turned around to see him and George standing there.

"What're you two doing here?" Ron asked.

"You two read?" I said astonished.

"Looking for you. McGonagall wants you, Ron. And you, Aquila." said George. What does she want me for?

"Why? Did we do something?" I asked.

"Dunno. She was looking a bit grim, though." Fred said.

"We're supposed to take you down to her office," George said. I looked at Ron confused then we turned to Harry and Hermione. I got close to Hermione's ear.

"Hermione, in Goshawk's Guide to Herbology there's a specific plant, it'll help. Gillyweed does the trick. He can breathe underwater and swim like a fish. It's the book Neville was reading." I whispered and walked off. I saw her grin at me and I grinned back as I did a little salute.

"What was that?" Fred asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just a tip." I said with a grin. We walked to Professor McGonagall's office. Inside the room was Cho Chang which was the girl that Cedric went with to the Yule Ball. There was also a young girl that looked like a younger Fleur. Dumbledore was in here as well.

"Uh, so what's going on?" I asked.

"We're going to put you under a spell for the second task. Don't worry, it's only a bewitched sleep. You all will be quite safe and will awake when you are up out of the water." Dumbledore said.

"Wait -- wait. What if we can't swim?" I said. Of course I could swim, I just didn't really want to be apart of anything.

"Well, be lucky it's nothing for you to be worried about." Dumbledore said as he gave me a wink. He took out his wand and swished it at us. I felt my body drift off to a peaceful slumber.