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Harry and Hermione were walking across the bridge leading to the castle while chatting.

"How are you? Does it still hurt?" Hermione asked with some concern, looking at Harry's forehead, which now had a smaller scar than before.

It seemed that scar was slowly fading over time.

"I'm better. Just a slight headache, it's nothing," Harry said quickly.

 "I know I shouldn't ask this right now, but... you haven't researched anything about the egg, have you?" Hermione said.

 "Well, I was unconscious for two days, so it might have been a bit hard to research anything," Harry replied.

"Sorry about that. I had to ask. I'm worried about you, Harry. You faced a dragon. If it weren't because you're special, just like Wanda, you would've been in great danger. And we don't know what could happen next time," Hermione said quickly.

"I know," Harry said seriously as he looked toward the distant lake.

"Harry!" Wanda was walking cheerfully alongside Daphne as they saw him and approached.

"How are you? Wanda told me you had a horrible curse and that they had to remove it, and it was really painful," Daphne asked.

"I'm better," Harry said calmly.

"That's good," Daphne said quickly.

"By the way, Harry, I figured out the secret of the egg," Wanda said happily.

"If you're here to rub it in my face, it's not the time, Wanda," Harry said quickly.

"No, silly. The water. While I was taking a bath with Dap..."

"Ahem," Daphne interrupted.

"When I was taking a bath completely alone, without Daphne or anyone else beside me."

"You're an idiot," Daphne said as she facepalmed, her ears red with embarrassment.

"Well, the egg in the water seems to talk. You have to try it... you can take Hermione to help you figure it out," Wanda said with a mischievous smile on her face, while Daphne grabbed her arm and dragged her away to scold her.

The last comment made Harry and Hermione feel embarrassed, so they looked at each other and quickly walked off in opposite directions without looking back.

Meanwhile, at the lake, Stephen was standing, looking toward the bridge.

"What are you looking at?" Fleur asked.

 "I think I saw Harry over there. Never mind. Are you sure you want to swim in the lake? We're in the middle of winter," Stephen said quickly.

"That's why I brought you with me, darling. You can heat the water for me," Fleur said with a smile.

"So, I'm being used. That breaks my heart into pieces," Stephen said as he touched his chest with fake pain.

"Seriously. I thought you'd want to see me in a bikini. Then I'll have to ask Natasha for help," Fleur said with a teasing look.

"No need, you can use me as much as you want. Think of me as a tool with a human face," Stephen said quickly as he began to use magic to heat the water without a second thought.

"Pervert," Fleur said while shaking her head.

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"What are you doing?" Stephen said as he walked by the library and saw the golden trio buried in books.

Not far away, Wanda was talking to Madam Pince, or rather, getting scolded for being too loud. Daphne stood beside her, patiently waiting for the lecture to end.

"We figured out the clue, so we're doing some research," Harry said without looking up. "Where our voices sound, come seek us."

"The Black Lake, it's obvious," Hermione said quickly.

"And to find it you have an hour."

"Also obvious and very problematic," Hermione said again.

"Very problematic. When was the last time you held your breath underwater for an hour?" Harry said quickly, with a bit of sarcasm.

"You drown in a glass of water. Get it?" Stephen said with a smile while the others stared at him. "Ugh, I'm losing my touch," he said while grabbing a book and placing it open in front of Harry.

"A little help from your older brother. Oh, but I'm on Team Fleur, so hopefully you lose," Stephen said as he walked away calmly.

As he passed by where Wanda was still being scolded, he gave her a mocking look, 

causing her to lose her mind, and the next moment, they were both kicked out of the library.

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"By the way, where are Loki and Tony?" Hermione asked as they waited in the stands.

"They were kidnapped by an evil old man and sunk to the bottom of the lake with their legs chained," Stephen said calmly.

"What?" Ron asked in surprise.

"So that was what they had to find!" Hermione quickly said.

"Seems like the old man still thinks family is always the most important thing. But maybe this time he chose poorly," Stephen said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked quickly.

"Stephen, you made sure the magical shackles on those two idiots were active, right?" Natasha asked as she approached seriously.

"Not at all. No one was supposed to know," Stephen said with an intrigued smile.

"Welcome to the second task. Last night, our four champions had something invaluable taken from them. Now, those treasures lie at the bottom of the Black Lake. To win, our champions must retrieve their treasures and return to the surface. They only have one hour. And only one hour. After that, they will be on their own, and no magic will save them. The task will begin at the sound of the""

BOOM!

"Well, it's started," Ludo said, looking in the direction of the idiot who fired the cannon early.

The champions quickly began casting their spells, but before they could even activate them, the water not far away began to shake violently.

The champions paused with some fear, wondering what might emerge from there.

Then they saw Tony burst out of the water with magical thrusters, holding Gabrielle in his arms while she kept screaming in delight. Tony hovered over the water and looked down as he shouted:

"I beat you! Technology is superior!" he said proudly.

Meanwhile, the water below him suddenly froze, and from the center of the ice, a staircase formed where Loki walked out with a very annoyed expression, followed by another girl wearing the Durmstrang uniform.

"It's the human's fault, she's too slow," Loki complained as the girl behind him hugged her arms, shivering from the cold.

"Sorry, it's too cold. And remember, I'm wet," the girl defended herself.

Meanwhile, everyone in the stands was silent.

"Well, it was obvious," Stephen said, holding back his laughter.

"Uh… It seems the ones who were supposed to be rescued came out by themselves… What do we do now?" Ludo said, looking towards the headmasters.

"Uh… Looks like we'll have to delay the competition for another hour. Don't worry, we'll prepare quickly so the champions can compete."

"Boo!" everyone in the stands shouted.

But many others were laughing in amusement.

"Mr. Flamel, could you give us a hand? You too, Miss Granger. And you, Mr. Weasley… Fine, stay here," McGonagall said, appearing swiftly.

"Sure," Stephen said calmly.

They were then joined by two other familiar people. One was Daphne, and the other was a boy who always followed Viktor Krum around like an assistant.

"So, now we're the kidnapped ones," Stephen said with a grin.

"Yes. But we'll have to use bubbles so you'll be underwater. Is that alright for you?" McGonagall said.

"I don't mind," Stephen said calmly.

"I'm fine with it," Daphne said as well.

"M-me too. Sure," the assistant said.

"But will it be cold?" Hermione asked.

"Don't worry, Miss Granger. Professor Nicolas has prepared body warmers for you," McGonagall said as she handed them a necklace each.

"This necklace also cancels your magic just in case," McGonagall added quickly.

After that, they were taken near the lake where some hideous mermaids emerged, shrieking horribly about Dumbledore from above the water.

Then the mermaids carried the four of them to the bottom of the lake, where they would sit and wait, not too far from each other.

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"Well, sorry for the delay. We had to find new treasures for the contestants, which were taken to the bottom of the lake. So, now we can officially start the second task of this fabulous competition," Ludo said as he looked towards the floating sphere.

Many were still laughing.

"Now, when the sound of the""

BOOM!

"... Can we get someone else to handle that?" Ludo said in annoyance.

Meanwhile, the champions now knew what they had to look for, so they quickly dove into the water since they had to do it with speed.

"Here we have our participants, which we can now see thanks to this wonderful invention called the magic drone. Amazing, isn't it? If they didn't exist, we'd have to stare at the lake for an hour without knowing what's happening," Ludo said as five giant screens appeared above the lake, showing the four competitors and a fifth one showing him.

"It looks like the beautiful Fleur Delacour chose a rather beautiful transformation, to be honest. It's like the legendary mermaids," Ludo said as the first screen showed Fleur with a mermaid-like form, although she was wearing an air bubble on her head. Thanks to her large fish tail, she moved quickly.

"On the other hand, Viktor Krum chose the ugliest option," he said as everyone saw Krum with a shark's head, swimming slower than Fleur since he had to use his arms and legs to move in the water, although he could breathe underwater.

"Then there's Wanda Flamel… Is it really legal for this girl to compete?" Ludo said as everyone watched Wanda riding a large hippocampus that seemed to happily carry her. "Where did she even get a hippocampus? Aren't they supposed to be very rare?" Ludo said, looking at all the judges.

"And finally, we have Harry. Fortunately, the most normal of his siblings, who appears to have used gillyweed," but this comment made Natasha not far away glare at him, so Ludo tried not to look her way with some fear.