The Girl Who Remembers

Chapter 28

Dahlia's POV

It was the day of the First task, since Hermione and Ron had distanced themselves from Harry, I was making my way down to the Champions tent by myself, I walked in and approached Harry,

"How you feeling?" I asked sitting next to him, he didn't reply making me sigh, "Being scared or nervous is acceptable, Harry. You're three years younger than the requirements for being a champion" I commented, he sighed and stood up,

"It's more than that D. What if-"

"I'm going to stop you there Harry. Thinking about the what ifs isn't going to help you. Now have you got a plan?" I asked standing up and cutting him off,

"I'm going to summon my broomstick and fly around the dragon hopefully avoiding it and grabbing the egg" He answered, I smiled and nodded

"Sounds like a solid plan" I commented before pulling him into a hug, "Please be careful. I can't handle loosing anyone" I whispered before a camera flashed making me pull away and turn to see Rita Skeeter causing me to roll my eyes,

"Young love and with the one who's been there since day one" she rambled as her quill took notes,

"Good day, champions. Gather round, please. Now you've waited, you've wondered, and at last the moment has arrived. A moment only four of you can fully appreciate" Dumbledore announced before he noticed me and raised an eyebrow but dismissed it, "Barty, the bag" Dumbledore ordered,

"Champions in a circle around me. Miss Delacour, if you will" Barty demanded, Fleur stuck her hand in the bag and pulled out a mini-dragon, "Welsh Green. Mr Krum" Krum did the same, "Chinese Fireball. Mr Diggory" He did the same, "Swedish Short. Mr Potter" He pulled out the last one, "Hungarian Horntail. These represent four very real dragons each of which has been given a golden egg to protect. Your object is simple; collect the egg, this you must do for each egg contains a clue without it, you cannot hope to proceed to the next task. Any questions?" Barty asked, they all shook their heads.

"Very well. Good luck champions. Mr Diggory, at the sound of the cannon you may-" Dumbledore was cut off by Filch firing the cannon and he left the tent, Harry handed me the miniature dragon making me raise an eyebrow,

"Consider it a little thank you for sticking by my side" he stated, I smiled rolling my eyes,

"Thanks, I'm going to go to the stands" I informed before patting his shoulder and left the tent, I made my way to the stands and where the twins were, Fred and George were taking bets on the task while Valeria and Aurora were selling shirts, scarfs etc with things to do with the task, I sat next to them, the miniature Horntail flew around me before sitting on my shoulder,

"Why do you have a tiny dragon on your shoulder?" Valeria asked,

"It's representing Harry's dragon, he gave it me as a gift" I answered,

"Can I hold it?" Aurora asked, I nodded and she scooped it off my shoulder,

"And now for our last champion; Harry Potter!" Dumbledore announced gaining my attention as I stood up at the railing, he looked around and noticed the egg but couldn't see the dragon, well until it appeared and starting attacking him,

"Your wand Harry! Use your wand!" Hermione yelled,

"Remember your plan!" I screamed, he looked at me before summoning his Firebolt and took off into the air out of the Horntail's reach... or so he thought as the Horntail broke free of its restraints and flew after Harry, destroying the Professors stand,

"Yes dragon!" The twins cheered, I ran to the back of the stand before shifting into an Eagle and flying after Harry and the dragon, they were on a rooftop, Harry was trying to free his Firebolt that was hooked on to the peek of the roof, I landed on top

"Dahlia!" He exclaimed, I gave him a slight nod before unhooking the broomstick and he took off again, myself following, I caught the attention of the Horntail as we flew back towards the task ground, I flew through the bridge after Harry, the Horntail tried to follow but failed making the bridge collapse on top of it and tumble down to the ground, I flew passed Harry and back to the stands where I shifted back just to watch Harry collect the egg making me cheer, he came out of the arena and ran towards me tackling me with a hug, "Thank you" he whispered before pulling away,

"I don't know what you're on about" I winked as the twins approached us, Fred and George lifted Harry on top of their shoulders while Aurora handed me the little Horntail back,

"You helped him" Valeria whispered,

"No I didn't" I retorted smirking,

"Very sneaky D" Aurora commented earning a shrug from me.